莎士比亚_英文.ppt

William Shakespeare1564-1616 Born in Warwickshire The 3rd of 8 kids Married at age 18 Work as an actor before 1590. The home of Mary Arden, Willy Shakespeares mothers house Anne Hathaways [Shakespeares wife] cottage The Avon River, near Stratford-upon-Avon. Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon The New Globe Theater The life of Shakespeare Arriving in London in 1586 Being well-known in 1581 Died on 23, Apr,1616 Though a respected poet and playwright in his own day, he did not rise to its present heights until the 19th century. Shas works The works of William Shakespeare are a great land mark in the history of world literature. He was the first founders of realism(现实主义)，a masterhood at realistic portrayal of human characters and relations. In the expression of art, he inherited three traditions of the dramas of ancient Greece and Rome, medieval Britain and the European Renaissance. He tried hard to reflect the true life and explore the inner mysteries, displaying many diverse and complex personalities, vivid characters. During the twenty-two years of his literary work he produced 37 plays, two narrative poems and 154 sonnets. His literary work may be divided into three major periods： The first period(1590-1600) The second period(1601-1608) The third period(1609-1612) His early plays were mainly comedies and histories, he rose to the peak of sophistication and artistry（复杂性和艺术性） by the end of the sixteenth century. He then wrote mainly tragedies until about 1608, including Hamlet(1601), Othello(1604), King Lear(1605), and Macbeth(1605), considered some of the finest works in the English language. poetry 十四行诗（The Sonnets） 爱人的怨诉（A Lovers Complaint） 鲁克丽丝失贞记（The Rape of Lucrece） 维纳斯和阿多尼斯（Venus and Adonis） 热情的朝圣者（The Passionate Pilgrim) 凤凰和斑鸠（The Phoenix and the Turtle） ? Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? 能否把你与夏日相比？ Thou art more lovely and more temperate: 你却比炎夏更可爱温婉； Rough w