英美文学重点知识归纳.docx
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英美文学重点知识归纳
英美文学重点知识归纳
OldEnglish:
450-1066
MedievalEnglish:
1066-middle14thcentury
GeoffreyChaucer-thefatherofEnglishpoetry(wisdom,humor,humanity)
TheRenaissancePeriod14th-mid17thstartedinItaly
Aseriesofhistoricalevents:
1.rediscoveryofancientRoman&Greekculture
2.newdiscoveriesingeography&astrology(占星学)
3.thereligiousreformation&economicexpansion
TheRenaissance-rebirthorrevival
Humanism-theessenceoftheRenaissanee,thedignityofhumanbeing&theimportanceofthepresentlife
Bestrepresentatives:
ThomasMore,ChristopherMarlowe,WilliamShakespeare
TheElizabethandrama:
therealmainstreamofEnglishRenaissance
Mostfamousdramatists:
ChristopherMarlowe,WilliamShakespeare,BenJonson
EdmundSpenser]-thepoets'poet
5quality:
1)aperfectmelody2)araresenseofbeauty3)asplendidimagination
4)alofty(高尚的)moralpurityandseriousness5)adedicatedidealism
主角:
Arthur-whopossess12virtues
Gloriana-theFairyQueen
Thethemeisnot“Armsandtheman,”butsomethingmoreromantic-
Fiercewarresandfaithfullloves”
READING:
excerptfromTheFaerieQueene仙后
University
Wits”
thepioneer
of
Englishdrama
Content:
RedcrosseKnightsetoutonhisadventures.
ChristopherMarlowe
Hyperbole(夸张)
Marlowe'achievement:
1)blankverse无韵诗歌
ItisMarlowewhobroughtvitality(活力)andgrandeur(伟
大)intotheblankversewithhismightylines,”whiclcarrystrongemotions.
2)hiscreationoftheRenaissanceheroforEnglishdrama.(notstrongindramaticconstruction.)tthepioneerofEnglishdrama
3tragedies:
帝aplayaboutanambitiousandpitilessoverpoweringking.
non-drama
themostbeautifullyrics(抒情诗)
READING:
1.excerptfromDr.Faustus浮士德博士的悲剧
AplaybasedontheGermanlegend
Content:
Faustusisascholarwhohasastrongdesiretoacquireknowledge.Byconjuration(念咒文召唤)hecallupMephistophilis,theDevil'servant.Hemakeabond(契
约)tosellhissoultotheDevilinreturnfor24yearsoflifeinwhichMephistophilistogivehimeverythinghedesires.Devil'nameisLucifer.
Dominantmoralishumanratherthanreligious
2.ThePassionate热情的)ShepherdtoHisLove
thisshortpoemisconsideredtobeoneofthemostbeautifullyrics(抒情诗)inEnglishliterature.Theshepherd(牧羊人)enjoyanidealcountrylife,cherishing(珍爱)apastoral(田园的)andpureaffectionforhislove.Strongemotionisconveyedthroughthebeautyofnature.
WilliamShakespeare|-playwright&poet(aboveallwritersinthepastandinthepresenttime)
1.
2.vRichardn>,vHenryIV>,vHenryV>,vKingJohn>…
Comedies:
Tragedy:
3.Fourtragedies-vHamlet>,vOthello>,vKingLear>&vMacbeth>
4.tragicomedies:
vTheTempest>
Achievement:
A.exploringthecharactersinnermind.
soliloquy(独白)ormonologue-fullyrevealtheinnerconflictofthecharacters
contrasts-bringvividnesstothecharacters
B.adroit(精巧的)plotconstruction
C.Ironyisagoodmeansofdramaticpresentation.Disguiseisanimportantdevicetocreatedramaticirony.
D.theIanguage.
READING:
1.Sonnet18(14line)
2.excerptfromTheMerchantofVenice
Doubleplot:
(1)BassanioaskAntonioforaloansothathemightmarriagewithPortia
(2)AntonioborrowmoneyfromShylock,theJewishusurer.ShylockmakeastrangebondthatrequiresAntoniotosurrenderapoundofhisfleshifhefailtorepayhimwithinacertainperiodoftime.Portiadisguisedasayounglawyerinstructedtojudgethecase:
Shylockcantakehispoundoffl
esh,butthereisnomentionofbloodinthebond.Otherwise,hislandsandgoodswillbeconfiscated(充公)accordingtohelawofVenice.
3.ExcerptfromHamlet
content:
Hamlet,theprince,appearinginamoodofworld-weariness(厌
世)occasionedbyhisfather'sdea-thdhismother'hastyremarriagewithClaudius,hisfather'sbrother.HamletisinformedthatClaudiushasmurderedhisfatherandthentakenoverbothhisfather'throneandwidow.ThusHamletisurgedtoseekrevenge.
Note:
Tobe,ornottobe-toliveoninthisworldortodie;tosufferortotakeaction
Francis.Bacon|-philosopher,scientist,essayist,laythefoundationformodernscience
HisEssaysisthefirstexampleofthatgenreinEnglishliterature.
Bacon'essaysarefamousfortheirbrevity,compactness&powerfuIness,well-arrangingandenrichingbyBiblicalallusions(典故),metaphors(隐喻)andcadenee(韵律).
vTheAdvancementofLearning〉man'snderstandingconsistsofthreeparts:
historytoman'smemory,poetrytoman'dmaginationandcreation,andphilosophytoman'reason.
vNovumOrganum>writteninLatinonmethodology方法论
Baconsuggeststheinductivereasoning归纟纳
法(i.e.proceedingfromtheparticulartothegeneral)
inplaceofAristotelianmethod,thedeductivereasoning演绎
法(i.e.proceedingfromthegeneraltotheparticular)
READING:
OfStudies
补)toeachother.Thecorrectattitudetoreadingbooks-toweighandconsider.Howstudiesexert
John
Donne
"Metaphysicalpoetry
influeneeoverhumancharacter-readingmakethafullman,conferenceareadyman,andwritinganexactman.
(玄学诗)-breakawayfromlovepoetry,thediction(用
poet'bel
语)issimple,theimageryisfromtheactual,theformisfrequentlyanargumentwiththeoved,withGod,orwithhimself.
A)conceitsB)syllogism(三段论)
Poetry早
期:
晚期:
vHolySonnets>
Prose:
hissermons,whicharebothrichandimaginative
READING:
1.TheSunRising2.Death,BeNotProud(asonnet,14lines)
mthegodslovedieyoung'.Thoughdeathisusuallyconsideredpowerful,itactuallyprovidesarestforaman'sbodyandabirthforhissoul.
JohnMilton|
Achievement:
1)theearlypoeticworks2)themiddleprose(散文)3)thelastgreatpoemsElegy(挽歌)-
Epic(史诗)-
Dramaticpoem(诗居U)-
孙themostperfectexampleoftheversedramaaftertheGreekstyleinEnglish.
READING:
excerptfromParadiseLost
TakefromtheOldTestament,thethemeisthe“FakbfMan":
SatanrebelagainstGodandaredrivenfromHeaven.Hedeterminedtorevengebyseduce(弓丨
诱)AdamandEvetoeatthefruitfromtheTreeofKnowledgeagainstGodsinstructions.So,AdamandEveareexiledbyGodfromtheparadise.
dColeridge
-arevivalofinterestintheoldclassicalworks,order,logic,restrainedemotion(抑制情感)&accuracy
theAgeofEnlightenment/Reason-themovementwasafurtheraneeoftheRenaissaneeofthe15thand16thcentries,aprogressiveintellectualmovement,reason(rationality),equality&scienee(the18thcentury)
modernEnglishnovel-newlyrisingliteraryform现实主义小说诞生(themid-century)Gothicnovel(哥特式小说)-mystery,horror&castles(frommiddleparttotheendofcentury)
JohnBunyanI
REAING:
TheVanityFair名利场anexcerptformThePilgrim'Progress(天路历程)
言),itspurposeistourgepeopletoabidebyChristiandoctrinesandseeksalvation(拯
救)throughconstantstruggleswiththeirownweaknessesandallkindsofsocialevils.Itspredomi
Alexander
PopeI
oneofthefirsttointroduce
nantmetaphor-lifeasajourney
rationalismtoEngland,forhimthesupremevaluewasorder.
READING:
excerptfromAnEssayonCriticis%论批评)
句),criticizethepresentpoemlackoftruetaste&callonpeopletoturntotheoldGreekandRomanwritersforguidanee,truewitwhichisbestsetinaplain(simple&clear)style.
Daniel|Defoe-thefirstwriterstudyofthelower-classpeople,hisIanguageissmooth,easy,colloquialandmostlyvernacular(方
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