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I. Old English Literature the Late Medieval Ages Beowulf 贝奥武夫 :the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons Geoffrey Chaucer 杰弗里 ?乔叟 1340(?)~1400 The father of English poetry. The Canterbury Tales坎特伯雷故事集： first time to use ‘heroic couplet’(双韵体 ) by middle English Troilus and Criseyde特罗伊拉斯和克莱希德 ③ The House of Fame声誉之宫 The Renaissance Period A period of drama and poetry. The Elizabethan drama is the real mainstream of the English Renaissance. Renaissance: the activity, spirit, or time of the great revival of art, literature, and learning in Europe beginning in the 14th century and extending to the 17th century, marking the transition from the medieval to the modern world. Three historical events of the Renaissance –rebirth or revival: 1. new discoveries in geography and astrology 2. the religious reformation and economic expansion 3. rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture The most famous dramatists: Christopher Marlowe William Shakespeare Ben Johnson. William Shakespeare 威廉 ?莎士比亚 1564~1616 ① Historical plays: Henry VI 亨利六世 ; Henry IV : Richard III 查理三 世; Henry V ； Richard II ；Henry VIII Four Comedies: As You Like It 皆大欢喜 ; Twelfth Night 第十二夜 ; A Midsummer Night ’ S Dream仲夏夜之梦 ; Merchant Of Venice威尼斯商人 Four Tragedies: Hamlet哈姆莱特 ; Othello 奥赛罗 ; King Lear 李尔王 ; Macbeth麦克白 Shakespeare Sonnet :154 The Sonnets Three quatrain and one couplet, ababcdcdefefgg A sonnet is a lyric consisting of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter restricted to a definition rhyme scheme. the comedy of errors 错中错， Titus Andronicus 泰特斯·安特洛尼克斯， The Taming of the shrew 驯悍记 Loves labours lost （爱的徒劳） Romeo and Juliet 罗密欧与朱丽叶 Much ado about nothing （无事生非） The merry wives of Windsor. 温莎的风流娘们 King John 约翰王 Alls well that ends well 终成眷属 Measure for measure（一报还一报） Bacon: Of Studies; Of Beauty; Of Marriage and Single Life English Bourgeois Revolution ，The Advancement of Learning学术的推进 III ：the period of the English bourgeois revolution. Milton ：1608~1674 Paradise Lost; Samson Agonistes力(士参孙 ); On