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英美文学史复习

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英美文学史复习资料

英国文学史资料

I.OldEnglishLiteratureTheLateMedievalAges

Beowulf贝奥武夫Artisticfeatures:

1.Usingalliteration头韵

2.Usingmetaphor暗喻andunderstatement含蓄陈述

GeofferyChaucer杰弗里乔叟ThefounderofEnglishpoetry.

三个阶段：

1TheRomauntoftheRose玫瑰传奇

2TroilusandCriseyde特罗伊拉斯和克莱希德longestcomplete

poem

3TheCanterburyTales坎特伯雷故事集：

Significance:firsttimetouse‘heroiccouplet’(英雄双韵体)

bymiddleEnglish

IITheRenaissancePeriod

Aperiodofdramaandpoetry.TheElizabethandramaisthereal

mainstreamoftheEnglishRenaissance.

Renaissance:theactivity,spirit,ortimeofthegreatrevival

ofart,literature,andlearninginEuropebeginninginthe

14thcenturyandextendingtothe17thcentury,markingthe

transitionfromthemedievaltothemodernworld.Humanismis

thekey-noteoftheRenaissance.

1.1.EdmundSpenser埃德蒙斯宾塞1552~1599

（后人称之为“诗人的诗人”。）Thepoets’poet.Thefirstto

beburiedinthePoet’scornerofWesterminsterAbbey.

①TheFaerieQueene仙后(forQueenElizabeth)

Thethemeisnot“Armsandtheman”,butsomethingmore

romantic“Fiercewarsandfaithfullloves”.

②TheShepherdsCalendar牧人日历

ThethemeistolamentoverthelossofRosalinism

More2.Thomas托马斯莫尔1478~1535

OneofthegreatestEnglishhumanists

①Utopia乌托邦

Twobooks:thesocialconditionsofEnglish

anidealcommunistsociety

Bacon3.Francis弗兰西斯培根1561~1626

ThefirstEnglishofenglisheassy.

1TheAdvancementofLearning学术的推进

2.NewInstrument

3Essays随笔58essays

4.Marlowe柯里斯托弗马洛

①TheTragicalHistoryofDoctor

Faustus浮士德博士的悲剧（根据德国民间故事书写成）

②Tamburlaine帖木耳大帝

③TheJewofMalta马耳他岛的犹太人

5.WilliamShakespeare威廉莎士比亚1564~1616共37plays

①Historicalplays:HenryVI;HenryIV:RichardIII;Henry

V；RichardII；HenryVIII

②四大喜剧:第