shakespeare-(精选·公开·课件).pptVIP

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * William Shakespeare(1564-1616) The Merchant of Venice Hamlet sonnets Popular Ballads Two types of ballads Old English Ballads Literary Ballads Flourished in 15th c. Poems of simplicity and dramatic intensity from the common people’s point of view. “Babes in Wood” tells the law of causation and retribution. (因果报应) Renaissance Rebirth of art and literature of ancient Greek learning in Europe after the dark Middle Ages Background After the dark Middle Ages, roughly 14-16th c Politically, power centralization Religiously, Reformation Geographical discovery Rising bourgeois class English Renaissance Late of 15th c to 16th c. 1485, end of the Wars of the Roses 1534, Anglican Church Bourgeois parliament 1588, sea victory over the Spanish Armada Spirit of the Renaissance literature Man over god Reason over religion Praise of man with his infinite capabilities Earthly life over the afterlife Revival of science and art after the Middle Ages Representatives In drama Christopher Marlow马洛, William Shakespeare 莎士比亚 In poetry Spenser, John Milton弥尔顿 In Essay Francis Bacon培根 Rise of play 1576, 1st public theatre. Growth of english drama molded modern English. pictures William Shakespeare(1564-1616) Birth place: Stratford-at-Avon Family: father, rich merchant; 18, married Career: 22, left to London; actor, playwright in a leading playing company—Lord Chamberlaine’s Men Position and achievements The most influential writer in all of English literature, the worlds pre-eminent dramatist. The three sources of English literature: the Bible, Greek and Roman Myths, Shakespeare. “He was not of an age, but for all time”—Ben Johnson 37 plays, 2 narrative poems, and 154 sonnets. 4 stages of dramatic writing: History plays: Henry VI, IV, Richard II, III (Concerned with shifting power relations, humanizing the heroes, the kings.) comedies: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Tragedies: Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth Tragi-Comedies: Cy