Ben Jonson 2.ppt

Ben Jonson
Life
Works
Position
Artistic features
contribution
1572-1637
Son of a bricklayer
He received a good education, became a remarkable Greek and Latin scholar, then began to write for the London stage, and rose to be one of the leading dramatist of the day
He is a famous poet, dramatist and critic
He wrote dozens of plays, edies, tragedies and masque(假面剧)
Of the many contetemporaries and essors of Shakespeare, the most well known was Ben Jonson
Ben Jonson's life
Ben Jonson's works
Comedies :Every Man in His Humour《人各随其癖》,Every Man out of His Humour《人各逆其癖》Volpone《福尔蓬奈》又名《狐狸》,The Alchemist《炼金术士》,Bartholomew《巴托罗谬集市》
Tragedies: Sejanus《西亚努斯的覆灭》,Catiline《卡特林的阴谋》
Poem :To Celia (“Drink to me only with thine eyes”只需用你的眼睛为我祝酒)
His poems were included in his Works《作品集》
Prose work is Timber ,or Discoveries Made upon Men and M atter
Ben Jonson's Major Works
Volpone :
The chief character in Volpone is a miser, greedy for money for its own sake .Volpone's method of increasing his wealth is to play upon the avarice of men .he pretends to be at the point of death, and his “suitors” who know his love of gain and the fact that he has no heirs, edneavour hypocritically to sweeten his last moments by giving him rich presents ,so that he will leave them all his wealth .but Volpone, wishing to enjoy a general disappointment to the full , draws up a will ,in which he bequeaths all