英国文学史3.ppt

Literary Characteristics of the Revolution Period sadness and pessimism; gloom. a critical and intellectual spirit 2. The restoration period (1) emphasize rationalism（理性主义）. (2) clear and simple prose as an instrument of rational communication. (3) John Dryden Defence of the English People 《为英国人民声辩》 Second Defence of the English People 《为英国人民再辩》 Eikonoklasted 《偶像破坏者》 Areopagitica [?rip?d3itik?] 《论出版自由》 Three Western great epics Homer’s Epic 《荷马史诗》 The Divine Comedy 《神曲》 Paradise Lost 《失乐园》 Epic An epic is a long narrative poem, in an elevated style, on a great event or a series of greate events, often concerning the heroic doings of one whom depends the fate of a tribe, a nation or the human nation. It can be divided into folk or national epic and art or literary epic. Paradise Lost Samson Agonistes: poetical drama 3. He is a great master of blank verse. 4. He is the glorious pioneer to introduce blank verse into non-dramatic poetry, and has made it an admirable tool for the expression of epical themes. the plot It tells of the spiritual pilgrimage (朝圣之旅)of Christian who flies from the City of Destruction, meets with the perils（危险） and temptations of the Slough of the Despond（绝望潭） , Vanity Fair（名利场）, and Doubting Castle（疑惑城）, faces and overcomes the demon Appollyon, and finally comes to the Delectable Mountains （愉悦山）and Celestial City（圣城）. Metaphysical poets玄学派诗人 “The Flea” It sucked me first, and now sucks you, And in this flea, our two bloods mingled be; ------- This flea is you and I, and this Our marriage bed, and marriage temple is; John Dryden （1631-1700） 1. Elizabethan literature has a marked unity in spirit, resulting from the patriotism of all classes and their devotion to a queen. Puritan literature, with the kings the enemies of the the people, is as divided in spirit as the country is divided with the struggle for political and religious liberty Elizabethan literatu