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Chapter 1: The Renaissance Period General Introduction 考核要求: 1. 识记： （1）文艺复兴时期的界定 （2）历史文化背景 2. 领会: （1）文艺复兴运动的意义与影响 （2）文艺复兴时期的文学特点 （3）人文主义的主张及对文学的影响 3. 应用：文艺复兴，人文主义及玄学诗等名词的解释 【例题】The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events EXCEPT_________.(0804) A. the rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture B. the vast expansion of British colonies in North America C. the new discoveries in geography and astrology D. the religious reformation and the economic expansion 【答案】B 【解析】(P7. para1) 文艺复兴是欧洲中世纪和现代社会的分水岭，它的发生有着深刻的社会历史根源，当时的社会发展刺激了文艺复兴的发生，如地理天文大发现，席卷欧洲的宗教改革以及对古希腊，古罗马文化的发掘等。 3. The Renaissance in England:(P10-11) ①The first-- the beginning (1485-1558) --- imitation and assimilation Poetry: Wyatt Surrey The former introduced the Petrarchan sonnet into England, while the latter brought in blank verse. ②The second -- (the peak) the Elizabeth Age (1558-1603) ---The Elizabethan drama Poetry: Spenser Marlowe Spenserian stanza: Spenserian stanza was invented by Edmund Spenser. It is a stanza of nine lines, with the first eight lines in iambic pentameter the last line in iambic hexameter, rhyming ababbcbcc. Drama: Marlowe Shakespeare 补充 Spenserian Stanza斯宾塞诗节(See P16) 前八行（抑扬格五音步iambic pentameter)+第九行（抑扬格六音步iambic hexameter/亚历山大诗行Alexandrine line） Ababbcbcc The Renaissance hero: A Renaissance hero refers to one created by Christopher Marlowe in his drama. Such a hero is always individualistic and full of ambition, facing bravely the challenge from both gods and men. He embodies Marlowes humanistic ideas of human dignity and capacity. Different from the tragic hero in medieval plays, who seeks the way to heaven through salvation and gods will, he is against conventional morality and contrives to obtain heaven on earth through his own efforts. With the endless aspiration for power, knowledge, and glory, the hero interprets the true Renaissance spirit. Both Tamburlaine and Faustus are typical in possessing such a spirit. The Elizabethan