常耀信版英国文学第五讲老师课件.ppt

The Flowering of English Literature Translation Historical books: Adventurous books Poetry Drama The Flowering of English Literature Translation: Thomas North诺斯 : Lives of Greek and Roman Heros 《希腊罗马名人传》(Plutarch布鲁达克) Don Quixote (Cervantes) Florio傅罗瑞: Essays (Montaign蒙田) Chapman贾伯孟: Illiad; Odyssey (Homer) Historical books: Chronicles (Holinshed霍林希德) Adventurous books Haklyut哈鲁特: Priciple Navigations, Voyages and Discoveries《英国主要航行、航海和发现记》 Poetry Sir Thomas Wyatt(1503—1542) 托马斯·维阿特 English diplomat and poet noted for introducing the sonnet form , a 14-line poem, into English literature. Earl of Surrey Named Henry Howard, noted for introducing sonnet and English blank verse. He also translated Virgil’s Aeneid《埃涅伊德》 Poetic Miscellanies Richard Tottel 托特尔: Miscellancy of Songs and Sonnets《诗歌与十四行诗杂录》 Prose in Renaissance Period In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. John Lyly (1553-1606) 1) Euphues Lyly was born in a scholars family. He was one of the university wits. He wrote poetry, court comedies and prose romances. As a prose writer, he was famous for his prose romance Euphues. The work Euphues contains two parts. The first is entitled Euphues or the Anatomy of Wit; the second part is called Euphues and His England. Writing Style of Euphues Euphues was written in a peculiar style known as Euphuism. This kind of style consists of two distinct elements. The first is abundant use of balanced sentences, alliterations and other artificial prosodic means. The second element is that Lyly decorated his p