英国文学史及选读第一册Lecture2Renaissancepart1-2.pptVIP

Lecture 4An Introduction to Literature of Renaissance England Part 1-2 Expectations FOR SS: Acquire the definition of the relative literary terms, such as tragedy, comedy, tragicomedy, dramatic monologue ,sonnet, essay, blank verse, stanza and etc. Give your comments on → the phases trends of English literature of Renaissance; → Shakespeare’s place influence on English literature Part I: Historical Overview Wars of the Roses (1455-1487)：玫瑰战争 the?Thirty?Years’?War,?was?a?series?of?civil?wars?fought?between?two?great?families,?both?of?them?claimed?of?the?right?to?the?English?throne.?The?House?of?Lancaster?used?a?red?rose?as?its?emblem?and?the?House?of?York?identified?itself?with?a?white?rose.?The?war?lasted?for?thirty?years?until?King?Henry?VII?defeated?Richard?III?(1483-1485)?at?the? Battle?of?Bosworth波斯沃之役?and?ended?the?civil?war.? Henry?Tudor,?or Henry?VII?(1485-1509) married?Elizabeth?of?the?House of?York,?brought? compromise?between?the?two?families. Influence: P65 ●The Tudors都铎王朝: the golden age English ruling dynasty (1485-1603), including Henry VII and his descendants Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I. 3 generations: Henry VII (1485-1509) ↓ Henry VIII (1509-1547 ) → ↓ Edward VI (1547-1553) ↓ “Bloody” Mary (1552-1557) - Catholicism ↓ Elizabeth (1558-1603) The Pre-Elizabethan Period (1400-1557) Three significant historical events happened during this period: → Protestant Reformation 新教改革运动 The growing disaffection with the corrupt Catholic Church; the desire of the enlightened religious minds for reform and improvement protestant: A member of a Western Christian church whose faith and practice are founded on the principles of the Protestant Reformation, especially in the acceptance of the Bible as the sole source of revelation, separated from the church of Rome in the 16th century. → Renaissance In European history, refers to the period between 14th century