英国文学史复习材料整理篇一：英国文学史知识梳理一、TheAnglo-SaxonPeriod(449-1066)Theliterature：Twodivisions:paganandChristianTheSongofBeowulf：theeventswhichtookplaceontheContinentatthebeginningofthe6thCentury，Thepoemtellsofahero,aScandinavianprincenamedBeowulf,whoridstheDanesofthemonsterGrendel,halfmanandhalffiend,andGrendelsmother,whocomesthateveningtoavengeGrendelsdeath.FiftyyearslaterBeowulf,nowkingofhisnativeland,fightsadragonwhohasdevastatedhispeople.BothBeowulfandthedragonaremortallywoundedinthefight.ThepoemendswithBeowulfsfuneral.Theme：theprimitivepeople’sstruggleagainsthostileforcesofthenaturalworldunderawiseandmightyleader.二、TheAnglo-NormanPeriod(1066-1350)TheLiterature：TheliteraturewhichtheybroughttoEnglandisremarkableforitsbright,romantictalesofloveandadventure(Romance),inmarkedcontrastwiththestrengthandsomberness(朴实无华)ofAnglo-Saxonpoetry(Epic).ExplanationofSirGawainandGreenKnight：Twomotifs（主题）1.Thetestoffaith,courage,purity2.Thetestofhumanweaknessforself-preservation三、GeoffreyChaucer(1340?-1400）Characteristics①Hisallegoriesandsymbolsarealreadytingedwithrealisticimages②Chaucer’spoemisdistinguishedforitsprofounddelineationofcharacterandtruthfuldescriptionofhumanrelations.TheCanterburyTales：TheHost(HarryBaily)proposesastorytellingcontesttopassthetime;eachofthe30pilgrims(includingthepoet)istotellfourtalesontheroundtrip.MajorWork:1.TheLegendofGoodWomen好女人的故事2.TheHouseofFame声誉殿堂3.TheCanterburyTales坎特伯雷故事集4.TroilusandCressida特洛伊勒斯和克莱西5.TheParliamentofFowls百鸟会议四、TheRenaissance（16thCentury）Twofeatures：1.Athirstingcuriosityforclassicalliterature.2.Thekeeninterestinlifeandhumanactivities.1.WilliamShakespeare(1564-1616)ThreePeriodsofhisDramaticCareeranditscharacteristics(1)theyearsfrom1590to1600,arecharacterizedfromadegreebyformalandratherobviousconstructionandbystylizedversetohighlyindividualized.Comedies:1)TheMerchantofVince,威尼斯商人2)AMidsummerNight’sDream,仲夏夜之梦TwelfthNight,第十二夜3)AsYouLikeIt.（皆大欢喜）4)TheComedyofErrors,5)TheMerryWivesofWindow,theyearsfrom1601to1608,themostprofoundofhisworks.Tragedies:1)Hamlet哈姆雷特2)KingLear李尔王3)Macbeth麦克白4)Othello奥赛罗5)RomeoandJuliet罗密欧与朱丽叶6)TimonofAthens.(雅典的泰门）theperiodfrom1609-1612,principalromantictragicomedies.TheThemesofHamlet：newthemes:1.theimpossibilityofcertainty;2.thecomplexityofaction;3themysteryofdeath;4.itsexplorationintoman’sinnerworld,intohumanpsychologythroughaseriesofsoliloquy（喃喃自语，独白）.TraditionalaspectsofThemes：1.Hesitation:2.InheritedSinandCorruption(人生而有罪和堕落):3.SonsSeekingRevenge4.Deception:DeceptionmakesupamajormotifinHamlet.5.Ambition6.Loyalty:7.Madness8.EmptyExistenceFeaturesofShakespeare’sDrama：1).oneofthefoundersofrealisminworldlit.2)Skilledinmanypoeticforms.3).AgreatmasteroftheEnglishlanguagePetrarchansonnet:Theoctaveiseightlineslong,andtypicallyfollowsarhymeschemeofABBAABBA,orABBACDDC.Thesestetoccupiestheremainingsixlinesofthepoem,andtypicallyfollowsarhymeschemeofCDCDCD,orCDECDE.Shakespeareansonnet:ABABCDCDEFEFGGThesonnet18,16TheSpencerianSonnet:ABABBCBCCDCDEEOnHisBlindness2.FrancisBacon(1561-1626)Majorworks:1)AdvancementofLearning学术的进展2)NewInstrument新工具3)NewAtlantis新大西岛;4)Essays随笔(OfTruth;OfFriendship;OfStudies论学习;OfWisdomforaMan’sSelf)五、ThePeriodofRevolutionamp;Restor...
