development of english sonnets英国十四行诗的发展.ppt

Development of English Sonnets  The term sonnet is derived from the Proven?al word sonet and the Italian word sonetto, both meaning little song. By the thirteenth century, it had come to signify a poem of fourteen lines following a strict rhyme scheme and logical structure. Contents The origin of the sonnet The introduction of the sonnet into  England Form and style of the sonnet The sonnet beyond Elizabethan period The origin of sonnets The sonnet originates in Italy in the 12th and 13th century. The term comes from the Italian for little song and the best known Italian sonneteers were Dante and Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) (1304-1374). Petrarch proved most influential on the sonnets subsequent history, bequeathing his predominant theme of secular love as well as the form itself to subsequent poets. In 14th century Italy the sonnet was clearly established in as a major form of love poetry. Introduction of the sonnet The sonnet was introduced to England by Thomas Wyatt (1503-42) in the 16th century after he learned of the form during his travels in Spain and Italy. Wyatt wrote 32 sonnets in the form known as the Petrarchan sonnet. A friend of Wyatt, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517-1547) shares credit for introducing the sonnet to English. Surreys work deviates somewhat both thematically and structurally from Petrarchs conventions and represents a more complete taming of the sonnet into the English language. Form and Style of the Sonnet 1.?????? The Italian Sonnet (also called Petrarchan sonnet). ? The sonnets rhyme scheme divides the poems 14 lines into two parts, an octet or octave (first eight lines of two quatrains) and a sestet (last six lines). The rhyme scheme is abba abba cdecde or cdccdc The octave presents the narrative, states the proposition or raises a question; the sestet drives home the narrative by making an abstract comment, applies the proposition, or solves the problem. 2.?????? The English Sonnet ( Shakespearean sonnet).