英国文学 3. The Renaissance Period.pptx

 The Renaissance Period (1550-1642);Ⅰ Historical Background;Renaissance;; Ⅱ Literary Background;;Ⅲ William Shakespeare (1564-1616);4. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark;4.3 Reading and interpretation (Act III, Scene I);Notes: To be, or not to be: To live, or to end one’ s life by self-destruction. The slings and arrows: A metaphor for “agonies and tortures”. 3. That flesh is heir to: That human beings are bound to suffer. 4. shuffle off this mortal coil coil (coile/ coyle, ) : trouble mortal coil: everyday cares and worries of life. relieved from the trouble of life that have been wound round us like coils. Euph. to die. ;;(朱生豪）生存还是毁灭这是一个值得考虑的问题；默然忍 受命运的毒 箭和暴虐，或是挺身反抗人世的无涯 的苦难，在奋斗中结束了一切，这两种行为，哪 一种是更勇敢的？死了；睡着了； (卞之琳）活下去还是不活：这是个问题。 要做到高贵，究竟该忍气吞声 来忍受狂暴的命运矢石交攻呢， 还是该挺身反抗无边的苦恼， 扫它个干净？死，就是睡眠;(朱生豪）什么都完了；要是在这一种睡眠之中，我们心头 的创痛，以及其它的无数血肉之躯所不能避免的 打击，都可以以此消失，那正是我们所求之不得 的结局。死了，睡着了；睡着了也许还会做梦； 嗯，阻碍就在这儿： (卞之琳）就这样；而如果睡眠就等于了结了， 心痛以及千百种身体所要担受的， 皮痛肉痛，那该是天大的好事， 正求之不得啊！死，就是睡眠； 睡眠，也许要做梦，这就麻烦了！; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come, When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause: there’s the respect That makes calamity of so long life;15 For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,; The oppressor’s wrong, the proud man’s contumely, The pangs of despised love, the law’s delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes,20 When he himself might his quietus make (/ with a bare bodkin?) ;;;;;4.4 Analysis of the work;;;Traditional approaches: Biographical criticism 传记式批评 Historical criticism 历史批评 Current theories of criticism: 1920s and 1930s Russian formalism 俄国形式主义批评