英国文学史6-7th week.ppt

Chapter 3 The Golden Age of English Drama I Origins and Influences 1. The Emergence and Thriving of Theater 1585—1620 golden age of English drama Drama as native folk art of the British Playhouses First playhouse: built in 1576 by James Burbage, “The Theater” 1577, the Curtain, 1587, The Rose built by Philip Henslowe, 1595, the Swan, 1599, the Globe, 1600, the Fortune, 1605, the Red Bull The Swan Theater 40 playhouses 1576-1642 the civil war broke out Public theaters: cheap tickets tickets with different prices Private theaters: more expensive for aristocrats Miracle Plays 奇迹剧 Biblical stories adapted Secular elements in these plays, moving to church lawn or graveyard and then to the market place or the streets Later called mystery play ? Morality Plays 道德剧 Dramatized allegories virtues and vices all personified in various forms Interludes 插剧 Less religious and more realistic comic homely incidents II The Playwrights before Shakespeare The University Wits Robert Greene (c.1560-1592), John Lyly (c.1554-1606), Thomas Nashe (1567-1601), Thomas Lodge (1558-1625), Thomas Kid (1558-1594), George Peele (1556-1597), Christopher Marlowe Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593)克里斯托弗·马洛 Son of a shoemaker University of Cambridge Short life full of misdeeds and adventures Mysterious death: died in a quarrel  Major plays and comments Tamburlaine (c.1587) 《帖木儿》 Edward II (1592-1593) 《爱德华二世》 The Jew of Malta（1592） 《马耳他岛的犹太人》 The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus (1604)《浮士德博士的悲剧》 The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus (1604)《浮士德博士的悲剧》 Plot: Theme: to celebrate the human passion for knowledge, power and happiness human blind faith in human intellect Artistic Features Experimental and exploring spirit first user of blank verse in drama passion and grandeur of epic lack of structural smoothness William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Life Poet Playwright A master of the English language a genius of character portrayal and plot construction Good fri