英美文学史复习资料.doc

英美文学史复****资料
英国文学史资料
I. Old English Literature & The Late Medieval Ages
  <Beowulf>贝奥武夫  Artistic features:
Using alliteration头韵  
Using metaphor暗喻 and understatement含蓄陈述
  Geoffery Chaucer 杰弗里•乔叟The founder of English poetry.
     三个阶段:
1 <The Romaunt of the Rose>玫瑰传奇
2<Troilus and Criseyde>plete poem
3 <The Canterbury Tales>坎特伯雷故事集:
Significance :first time to use ‘heroic couplet’(英雄双韵体) by middle English
 
II 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. Humanism is the key-note of the Renaissance.
1.         Edmund Spenser埃德蒙•斯宾塞1552~1599
(后人称之为“诗人的诗人”。) The poets’ poet. The first to be buried in the Poet’s corner of Westerminster Abbey.
   ①  <The Faerie Queene>仙后(for Queen Elizabeth)
       The theme is not “Arms and the man”, but something more romantic “Fierce wars and faithfull loves”.
② <The Shepherds Calendar>牧人日历
     The theme is to lament over the loss of Rosalinism
Morel2.  Thomas托马斯•莫尔1478~1535
      One of the greatest English humanists
①<Utopia>乌托邦n
Two books: the social conditions of English
         an munist society   
Baconl3.  Francis弗兰西斯•培根1561~1626
n The first English of english eassy.
1<The Advancement of Learning>学术的推进
2.<New Instrument>
3<Essays>随笔58 essaysn
 
4.  Marlowe柯里斯托弗•马洛
①<The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus>浮士德博士的悲剧(根据德国民间故事书写成)
②<Tamburlaine>帖木耳大帝n 
③<The Jew of  Malta>马耳他岛的犹太人
5.  William Shakespeare威廉•莎士比亚l1564~1616共37plays
 ① Historical plays: Henry VI ; Henry IV : Richard III ; Henry V ;Richard II;Henry VIII
②四大喜剧:第二阶段 <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
③四大悲剧: <Hamlet>哈姆莱特; <Othell