英国文学史及作品选读Chapter 3Word下载.docx
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(1)TheHundredYearsWar(1337-1453):
TheresultofthewarwasanawakeningofnationalconsciousnessinEngland.AndtheFrenchlanguagewasgraduallyreplacedbyEnglishnativetongue.
(2)Thepeasantuprisingof1381:
Itwastheresultoftheconflictbetweenthepeasantsandfeudallords.(3)1360-1400ThesummitofMiddleEnglishliterature:
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2.ThetwocontemporariesofChaucer:
JohnWycliff:
The“FatherofEnglishprose”.HetranslatedtheBibleintoMiddleEnglish.WilliamLangland:
TheVisionofPiersPlowman.Anallegory.2011-6-193
3.GeoffreyChaucer(ca.1343-1400)Life:
Bornurbanmiddleclass;
Intheserviceoftherulingclass;
ThediplomaticmissionthatsentChaucertoItalyin1372wasamilestoneinhisliterarydevelopment.HehaddirectcontactwiththeItalianRenaissance.PerhapsheacquiredmanuscriptsofworksbyDante,Petriarch,andBoccaccio.2011-6-194
4.TheCanterburyTales:
(1)TheCanterburyTalesisoneofthelandmarksofEnglishliterature,perhapsthegreatestworkproducedinMiddleEnglish;
ThestructureofTheCanterburyTalesisindebtedtoBoccaccio&
#39;
sDecameron;
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(2)ThesignificanceofTheCanterburyTales:
a.ItgivesacomprehensivepictureofChaucer’stime;
b.Thedramaticstructureofthepoemishighlycommended;
c.Chaucer’sgentlesatireandmildironymadehimapioneeringEnglishhumoristwriter;
d.ChaucerwroteintheLondondialectofhisday.InsodoingChaucergreatlyincreasedtheprestigeoftheEnglishlanguage.2011-6-196
5.“TheGeneralPrologue”Theprologueisasplendidmasterpieceofrealisticportrayal,thefirstofitskindinthehistoryofEnglishliteratureSummery:
AsAprilcomes,thenarratorbeginsapilgrimagetoCanterburyfromtheTabardInnatSouthwerk.TwentyninepeoplemakethepilgrimagetowardCanterburyandthenarratordescribestheminturn.TheHost,aboldandmerryman,suggeststhatontheirwaytoCanterburyeachpilgrimtelltwotales,andonthewaybacktwomore.Theydrawlotstodecidewhowilltellthefirsttale.2011-6-197
InTheGeneralPrologue,Chaucersetsupthegeneralstructureofthetalesandintroduceseachofthecharacterswhowilltellthetales.Thecharacterswhotelleachofthetalesareasimportantasthecharactersinthetalesthattheytell;
asignificantportionoftheactionofTheCanterburyTalestakesplacewithintheprologuetoeachofthetales.TheGeneralPrologueinessenceservesasaguide.Chauceronlylivedtowrite24tales.Someofthestoriesthatremainareonlyfragmentswhichhaveeitherbeenlostorwerenevercompletedbytheauthor.2011-6-198
6.CharacterAnalysis:
Chaucer’spilgrimnarratorsrepresentawidespectrumofranksandoccupations.Thegreatvarietyoftalesismatchedbythediversityoftheirtellers;
talesareassignedtoappropriatenarratorsandjuxtaposedtobringoutcontrastsingenre,style,tone,andvalues.Thesepilgrimsexistalmostentirelyintermsoftheirprofession.Chaucergivesonlyafewofthemcharacternames.2011-6-199
Thepilgrimnarratorsrepresentawidespectrumofranksandoccupations—diversityThePrioressTheWifeofBath2011-6-1910
TheParsonThePlowmanThePardoner,TheHost2011-6-1911
Notes
(1)prioress:
(MadamEglantyne)Anuninchargeofaprioryorrankingnextbelowtheabbessofanabbey.小女隐修院院长或大女隐修院副院长parson:
AnAnglicanclericwithfulllegalcontrolofaparishunderecclesiasticallaw;
arector.教区牧师英国英车圣公会牧师,在基督教法律下拥有对一个教区的完全的法律控制权;
教区长2011-6-1912
Notes
(2)pardoner:
Amedievalecclesiasticauthorizedtoraisemoneyforreligiousworksbygrantingpapalindulgencestocontributors.出售免罪符的人中世纪获准出售教会的赦免书而为宗教事务筹钱的神职人员2011-6-1913
Socialsignificanceofthework:
TheCanterburyTalesisChaucer’sMasterpieceandoneofthemonumentalworksinEnglishliterature.1.giveusatruetolifepictureofhistime.2.heaffirmsmenandopposesthedogmaofasceticismpreachedbytheChurch.3.Asaforerunnerofhumanism,hepraisesman’senergy,intellect,quickwitandloveoflife.4.Histalesexposeandsatirizetheevilsofhistime,attackdegenerationofthenoble,theheartlessofthejudge,thecorruptionoftheChurchandsoon.2011-6-1914
Chaucer’swritingstyle:
1.Hispoetryisfullofvigorandswiftness.2.HeenrichedthepoeticformsfortheEnglishpoetry.andisthefirstpeoplewhomadethelondonvernacularthelanguageofhisworkandthusmakeitthefoundationformodernspeechandestablishingEnglishastheliterarylanguageofthecountry.3.Hislanguagestyleisrematkablylexible.Hisproseiseasyandinformal.Hisworksarefullofgenialsatires.2011-6-1915
Chaucer’scontribution:
1.HeintroducedintoEnglandtherhymedstanzasofvariousformstoEnglishpoetryinsteadoftheoldAnglo-Saxonalliterateverse,especiallyheroic
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