英国文学复习提纲

英国文学史资料 BritishWritersandWorksI.OldEnglishLiterature&TheLateMedievalAges〈Beowulf＞贝奥武夫:thenationalepicoftheAnglo-SaxonsEpic:longnarrativepoemsthatrecordtheadventuresorheroicdeedsofaheroenactedinvastlandscapes.Thestyleofepicisgrandandelevated.e.g.Homer'sIliadandOdysseyArtisticfeatures:1.UsingalliterationDefinitionofalliteration:arhetoricaldevice,meaningsomewordsinasentencebeginwiththesameconsonantsound（头韵）SomeexamplesonP52.UsingmetaphorandunderstatementDefinitionofunderstatement:expressingsomethinginacontrolledwayUnderstatementisatypicalwayforEnglishmentoexpresstheirideasGeofferyChaucer 杰弗里•乔叟 1340（?）~1400（首创“双韵体”，英国文学史上首先用伦敦方言写作。约翰•德莱顿（JohnDryden）称其为“英国诗歌之父”。代表作《坎特伯雷故事集》。）ThefatherofEnglishpoetry.writingstyle:wisdom,humor,humanity.① 〈TheCanterburyTales〉坎特伯雷故事集：firsttimetouse‘heroiccouplet'（双韵体）bymiddleEnglish② ＜TroilusandCriseyde＞特罗伊拉斯和克莱希德③ ＜TheHouseofFame＞声誉之宫MedievalAges'popularLiteraryform:Romance（传奇故事）Famousthree：KingArthurSirGawainandtheGreenKnightBeowulfII TheRenaissancePeriodAperiodofdramaandpoetry.TheElizabethandramaistherealmainstreamoftheEnglishRenaissance.Renaissance:theactivity,spirit,ortimeofthegreatrevivalofart,literature,andlearninginEuropebeginninginthe14thcenturyandextendingtothe17thcentury,markingthetransitionfromthemedievaltothemodernworld.ThreehistoricaleventsoftheRenaissance-rebirthorrevival:1.newdiscoveriesingeographyandastrology2.thereligiousreformationandeconomicexpansion3.rediscoveryofancientRomanandGreekcultureThemostfamousdramatists:ChristopherMarloweWilliamShakespeareBenJohnson.1.EdmundSpenser 埃德蒙•斯宾塞 1552~1599（后人称之为“诗人的诗人"。Thepoets'poet.ThefirsttobeburiedinthePoet'scornerofWesterminsterAbbey①＜TheFaerieQueene＞仙后（forQueenElizabeth）Thethemeisnot“Armsandtheman”,butsomethingmoreromantic“Fiercewarsandfaithfullloves".Artisticfeatures:1. UsingSpenserianStanzaDefinitionofSpenser...