考研英国文学复习要点(参照教材刘炳善《英国文学简史》)(汇编).pdf

精品文档 Part One: Early and Medieval English Literature 1. Beowulf: national epic of the English people; Denmark story; alliteration, metaphors and understatements （此处可能会有填空，选择等小题） 2. Romance （名词解释） 3. “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ”roman about King Arthur: a famous ’s story 4. Ballad （名词解释） 5. Character of Robin Hood 6. Geoffrey Chaucer: founder of English poetry; The Canterbury Tales (main contents; 124 stories planned, only 24 finished; written in Middle English; significance; form: heroic couplet) 7. Heroic couplet ( 名词解释 ) Part Two: The English Renaissance 8. The Authorized Version of English Bible and its significance （填空选择） 9. Renaissance （名词解释） 10.Thomas More —— Utopia 11. Sonnet （名词解释） 12. Blank verse （名词解释） 13. Edmund Spenser “The Faerie Queene ” ; Amoretti (collection of his sonnets) Spenserian Stanza （名词解释） 14. Francis Bacon “essays ” esp. “（推荐阅读，学习写正式语体的英文文章的好参Of Studies ” 照，本文用词正式优雅， 多排比句和长句，语言造诣非常高， 里面很多话都可以引用做格言 警句，非常值得一读） 15. Christopher Marlowe ( “Doctor Faustus ” and his achievements) 16. William Shakespeare可以说是英国文学史中最重要的作家，一定要看熟了。四大喜剧， 四大悲剧比较重要，此外就是罗密欧与朱立叶了，这些剧的主题，背景，情节，人物形象都 要熟悉，当然他最重要的喜剧作品是 Hamlet 这是肯定的。他的 sonnet 也很重要，最重要属 sonnet18。（其戏剧中著名对白和几首有名的十四行诗可能会出选读） Lecture 1 Part 1 Early and Medieval English Literature “Early ere means English literature in primitive and slavery society.” h “Medievalperiod ”is a quite special period in English history. In Chinese “Medieval or” “The Middle Age ”means “中世纪 ” You. may hear something about this period. It was called “The Middle Age ”ecause it was considered as the time between ancient world and t