英国文学选读复习资料.doc

Part=1\*ROMANITheMiddleAge
Chapter1theAnglo-Saxonperiod(449-1066)
1.Beowulf（贝奥武甫）:England’snationalepic.（第一部民族史诗）
2.artisticfeature:=1\*GB3①usingalliteration
=2\*GB3②usingmetaphorandunderstatement
Chapter3GeoffreyChaucer(ca1343-1400)
1.GeoffreyChauceristhefatherofEnglishpoetryandoneofthemostgreatestnarrative（叙事）poetsofEngland.
2.首创双韵体.tonico-syllabicverse.运用Londondialect.
3.writingstyle:wisdom,humor,humanity.
4.代表作：TheCanterburyTales-----Inthisbook,Chaucercreatedastrikinglybrilliantandpicturesquepanoramaofhistimeandhiscountry.InthispoemChaucer’srealism,trenchantironyandfreedomofviewsreachedsuchahighlevelofpowerthatithadnoequalinalltheEnglishliteratureuptothe16thcentury.ButChaucerwasnotentirelydevoidofmedievalprejudices.[乔叟为他那个时代和国家勾勒出一幅生机勃勃而又充满诗情画意的社会百态图。在他的这部现实主义诗歌中，他将自己的讽刺艺术和宽广视野展现的淋漓尽致，使该作品在16世纪前的英国独树一帜。但是没能脱离中世纪的偏见。

Part=2\*ROMANIITheRenaissance（文艺复兴）
1.时期：duringthe16thcentury（1550---1642）
2.国家：GreekandRoman.AlsoEnglandindrama.
3.定义：ThetermRenaissanceoriginallyindicatedarevivalofclassicalartsandscienceafterthedarkagesofmedievalobscurantism.
4.类型：dramaandcanto（诗章）.
5.keywork:=1\*GB3①humanism---admirehumanbeautyandhumanachievement.
=2\*GB3②ThomasMore---Utopiain1516.
=3\*GB3③FrancisBacon---thegreatEnglishscientistandphilosopher.
=4\*GB3④ChristopherMarlowe---thegreatestofthepioneersofEnglishdrama
=5\*GB3⑤EdmundSpenser(埃德蒙·斯宾塞)----TheFaerieQueene（仙后）
Chapter5WilliamShakespeare(1564-1616)
1.HeisthegreatestofEnglishauthors,theworld’spre-eminentdramatist.
2.Oneofthefirstfoundersofrealism.
3.Amasterhandatrealisticportrayalofhumancharactersandrelations.
4.四大悲剧:=1\*GB3①Hamlet=2\*GB3②Othello=3\*GB3③KingLear=4\*GB3④TheTragedyofMacbeth.
5.创作阶段:=1\*GB3①comedy:1590-1600=2\*GB3②tragedy:1601-1608=3\*GB3③tragicomedies:1609-1612
22年写了37plays,2narrativepoems,154sonnets.
6.Hamlet:ItistheprofoundestexpressionofShakespeare’shumanismandcriticismofcontemporaryworld.
ThecharacterofHamlet.1.Ahumanist,freefromprejudicesandsuperstitions.Loving