I. Old English Literature & the Late Medieval Ages 贝奥武夫 :the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons Geoffrey Chaucer 杰弗里 ?乔叟 1340(?)~1400 The father of English poetry. ① 坎特伯雷故事集：first time to use ‘heroic couplet’(双韵体 ) by middle English ②特罗伊拉斯和克莱希德③ < The House of Fame>声誉之宫II The Renaissance Period A period of drama and poetry. The Elizabethan drama is the real mainstream of the English Renaissance. Renaissance: the activity, spirit, or time of the great revival of art, literature, and learning in Europe beginning in the 14th century and extending to the 17th century, marking the transition from the medieval to the modern world. Three historical events of the Renaissance – rebirth or revival: 1.new discoveries in geography and astrology 2.the religious reformation and economic expansion 3.rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture The most famous dramatists:Christopher Marlowe William Shakespeare Ben Johnson. William Shakespeare 威廉 ?莎士比亚 1564~1616① Historical plays:Henry VI 亨利六世 ; Henry IV : Richard III 查理三世; Henry V ；Richard II；Henry VIII ②Four Comedies: 皆大欢喜 ; 第十二夜 ; < A Midsummer Night’S Dream>仲夏夜之梦 ; 威尼斯商人③Four Tragedies: 哈姆莱特 ; 奥赛罗 ; 李尔王 ; 麦克白④Shakespeare Sonnet :154 Three quatrain and one couplet, ababcdcdefefgg A sonnet is a lyric consisting of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter restricted to a definition rhyme scheme. ⑤the comedy of errors 错中错，Titus Andronicus 泰特斯· 安特洛尼克斯，The Taming of the shrew 驯悍记Love's labour's lost （爱的徒劳）Romeo and Juliet 罗...
