英国文学史及选读第一册Lecture-5-Renaissance----shakespeare.pptVIP

Thee, Thou, Thy Thine Thou: you 第二人称代词单数主格 Thee: you 第二人称代词单数宾格 Thy or Thine: your 第二人称代词单数所有格 Some more examples: Hath=has; Doth=does; Dost=do; Canst=can; Be’est=be; Hast=have; Art=are; Swell’st=swell; Find’st=find; Wilt=will; Would’st=would; Might’st=might; Whilst=while Ⅳ Features of Shakespeare’s writing He is one of the founders of realism in world literature. His dramatic creation often used the method of adaptation. His long experience with the stage and his intimate knowledge of dramatic art thus acquired make him a master-hand for play-writing. He was skilled in many poetic forms: the song, the sonnet, the couplet, and the dramatic blank verse. He was a great master of the English language. Francis Bacon 1561-1626 Life: The fifth son of a lord keeper to Elizabeth Born in London Acted as ambassador, lawyer, and MP Deprived of office, devoted himself fully to writing Bacon’s contribution ----A man of Science and Literature ----The first English Essayist ----The Founder of English materialist philosophy ----The Founder of modern science in English “A man of Renaissance”: Politician, lawyer, judge, scientist and essayist Bacon’s Works: (P122) The philosophical works The Advancement of learning, 1605, in English 《学术的推进》 Novum Organum, or the New Instrument, 1620, in Latin　《新工具》 The literary works History of the Reign of King Henry VII,1622《亨利七世王朝史》 The New Atlantis, 1627 《新大西岛》 Essays,1597,1625 《随笔》 3. The professional works (专业著述) Maxims of the Law 《法律箴言》 Features of Bacon’s Essays A new literary form A variety of subjects Precision, clearness, brevity and force (精确，明了，简洁，有力) Quotes from Bacon’s Essays Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other. ?----Of Death Wives are young men’s mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men’s nurses.