英国文学简史期末考试复习要点 刘炳善版

德莱顿（

John Dryden

）称其为

“

英国诗

歌之父

”

。代表作《坎特伯雷故事集》。

)

The father of English poetry.

It is ____alone who, for the first time in English literature, presented to us a comprehensive (

综合的，广泛的

)realistic

picture of the English society of his time and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life. ( A )

A. Geoffrey Chaucer

B. Matin Luther

C. William Langland

D. John Gower

writing style:

wisdom, humor, humanity.

①

坎特伯雷故事集：

first time to use

?

heroic couplet

?< /p>

(

双韵体

) by middle English

②

特罗伊拉斯和克莱希德

③

<

The House of Fame>

声誉之宫

Medieval Ages

’

popular Literary form:

Romance(

传奇故事

)

Famous three

：

King Arthur

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Beowulf

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.

Two features

1.

a thirsting curiosity for the clasical literature

2.

the keen interst in the activities of

humanity.

1

The Renaissance marks

a transition

from

the medieval

to

the modern

world. The Renaissance is

a historical

period in which the European humanist thinkers and scholars made attempts:

(1)

to get rid of those old feudalist ideas in medieval Europe,

(2)

to introduce new ideas that expressed the interests of the rising bourgeoisie,

(3)

to recover the purity of the early church from the corruption of the Roman Catholic Church.

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.

English Renaissance:the early 16th century to the early 17th century.

1.

E

dmund Spenser

埃德蒙

?

斯宾塞

1552~1599

（后人称之为

“

诗人的诗人

< br>”

。

）

The

poets

?

poet.

The

first

to

be

buried

in

the

Poet?s

corner

of

Westerminster Abbey

12. Which of the following statements is not the reason for that Edmund Spenser is famous for

“

the poet

?

s poet

”

? ( B )

A. Spenser

?

s idealism

B. his struggle for criteria

C. his love of beauty

D. his exquisite melody

①

仙后

(for Queen Elizabeth)

The

theme

is

not

“

Arms

and

the

man

”

,

but

something

more

romantic

“

Fierce

wars

and

faithfull

loves

”

.

Artistic features:

1.

Using Spenserian Stanza

Definition of Spenserian Stanza:a stanza of nine lines ababbcbcc.

Eight lines in iambic

pentameter, and last line in iambic hexameter.

②

牧人日历

The theme is to lament over the loss of Rosalind.

③

<

Amor etti>

爱情小唱

?

2.

Thomas

?

More

?

莫尔

1478~ 1535

One of the greatest English humanists

①

乌托邦

?

3.

Francis

?

Bacon

弗兰西斯

?

培根

15 61~1626

（哲学家、散文家；在论述探究知识的著作中提出了知识就是力量这一 著名论断；近代唯物主

义哲学的奠基人和近代实验科学的先驱。

）

Philosopher, scientist, lay the foundation for modern science. The first English essayist.

?

Writing style:

brevity, compactness&powerfulness, well-arranging and enriching by Biblical allusions,

metaphors and philosophy to man

?

s reason.

①

<

The

Advancement of Learning>

学术的推进

②< /p>

<

Essays>

随笔

< br>(famous quotas: )

?

The theme of

Of

Studies

: uses and benefits of study and different ways adopted by different

people to pursue studies.

4. Ben Jonson

①

<

Comedy of Humours>

②

<

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