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1、英国文学(English Literature)450-1066Old English (or Anglo-Saxon) Period 古英语（或盎格鲁撒克逊）时期1066-1500Middle English Period 中古英语时期1500-16601516-15781578-16251625-1660The Renaissance 文艺复兴 1) The beginning of the Renaissance 2) The flowering period 3) The epilogue of the Renaissance1660-1785The Neoclassical Peri
2、od 新古典主义时期1785-1830The Romantic Period 浪漫主义时期1832-1901The Victorian Period 维多利亚时期1901-1914The Edwardian Period 爱德华时期1910-1936The Georgian Period 乔治五世时期1914 -The Modern Period 现代时期1945 - Postmodernism 后现代主义一、 Old and Medieval English Literature中古英语文学 (8世纪-14世纪)1) The Old English Period / The Anglo-Sa
3、xon Period古英语时期 (449-1066)a. pagan poetry(异教诗歌): Beowulf贝奥武甫- 最早的诗歌；长诗(3000行) heroism & fatalism & Christian qualitiesthe folk legends of the primitive northern tribes; a heroic Scandinavian epic legend; 善恶有报b. religious poetry: Caedmon(凯德蒙 610-680): the first known religious poet; the father of Eng
4、lish songCynewulf(基涅武甫 9C): The Christc. 8th C, Anglo-Saxon prose: Venerable Bede(673-735); Alfred the Great(848-901)2) The Medieval Period 中世纪 (1066-ca.1485 / 1500): a. Romance 中世纪传奇故事 (1200-1500): the Middle Ages; 英雄诗歌无名诗人 - Sir Gawain and the Green Knight高文爵士与绿色骑士: Celtic legend; verse-romance; 2
5、530 lines 14th C, Age of Chaucer: * Geoffrey Chaucer(乔叟 1340-1400): 文风：vivid and exact language, his poetry is full of vigor and swiftnessthe father of English poetry; the father of English fiction; 首创“双韵体”; 首位用伦敦方言写作英国作家The Canterbury Tales: pilgrims stories 受Boccaccio(薄伽丘) - Decameron十日谈启发The Hous
6、e of Fame; Troilus and Criseyde; The Romaunt of the Rose玫瑰罗曼史(译作) * William Langland(朗兰 1332-1400)：The Vision of Piers Plowman农夫皮尔斯之幻象: 普通人眼中的社会抗议b. 15th C, English ballads: Thomas Malory (1395-1471) : Morte dArthur亚瑟王之死- 圆桌骑士二、The Renaissance Period英国文艺复兴 (1500-1660): humanism 十四行诗，文艺复兴，无韵诗，伊丽莎白戏剧
7、1) 诗歌 Henry Howard(霍华德 1516-1547)a. Thomas Wyatt (怀亚特1503-1542): the first to introduce the sonnet into English literatureb. Sir Philip Sidney(雪尼爵士 1554-1586)：代表了当时的理想 - “the complete man” Defense of Poetry为诗辩护 Astrophel and Stella; Arcadia阿卡狄亚: a prose romance filled with lyrics; a forerunner of th
8、e modern worldc.Edmund Spenser(斯宾塞 1552-1599): the poets poet; non-dramatic poet of伊丽莎白时代 - long allegorical romance 文风：a perfect melody, a rare sense of beauty and a splendid imagination. The Shepherd Calendar The Faerie Queen仙后：long poem for Queen Elizabeth; Allegory - nine-line verse stanza/ the
9、Spenserian StanzaSpenserian Stanza(斯宾塞诗体): Nine lines, the first eight lines is in iambic(抑扬格) pentameter(五步诗), and the ninth line is an iambic hexameter(六步诗) line.2) Prose 散文a. Thomas More(莫尔 1478-1535): 欧洲早期空想社会主义创始人 Utopia乌托邦: More与海员的对话b. John Lyly (黎里 1553-160，剧作家&小说家)：Eupheus Euphuism(夸饰文体): A
10、bundant use of balanced sentences, alliterations(头韵) and other artificial prosodic(韵律) means. The use of odd similes(明喻) and comparisonsc. Francis Bacon (培根 1561-1626)：英国首位散文家，中世纪至现代欧洲时期; 近代唯物主义哲学奠基人和近代实验科学先驱the trumpeter of a new age; Essays(论说文集)：Of Studies, Of Love, Of Beauty: the first true Engl
11、ish prose classic3) 戏剧 a. Christopher Marlowe(马洛 1564-1593): University Wits 大学才子派 Edward II；The Jew of Malta马耳他的犹太人first made blank verse(无韵诗：不押韵的五步诗) the principle instrument of English dramaThe Tragical History of Doctor Faustus浮士德博士的悲剧：根据德国民间故事书写成; 完善了无韵体诗。Tamburlaine the Great帖木儿大帝：残酷而野心勃勃的帝王b.
12、 William Shakespeare(剧作家&诗人, 1564-1616): 154 sonnets(十四行诗) + 37 plays + long poems; 现实主义创始人16 comedies : Merchant of Venice (Shylock; Antonio; Bassanio; Portia); The Taming of the Shrew驯悍记 A Mid-Summer Nights Dream; As You Like It皆大欢喜; The Twelfth Night; The Comedy of Errors;Much Ado About Nothing无事
13、生非; The Winters Tale冬天的故事; All is Well that Ends Well终成眷属 11 tragedies: Romeo and Juliet; Hamlet; Macbeth麦克白; The Tempest暴风雨 Othello: a hero Othello vs. bad man Iago; Venice and Cyprus King Lear: British King; greatest achievement; most complex in plot and most painful 10 historical plays: Henry IV;
14、 Henry V c. Ben Jonson(琼生 1562-1637 诗人&剧作家&批评家): Comedy of Humors; Volpone狐狸; The Alchemist炼金术士三、 17世纪文学 1) Literature of the Revolution Period (Age of Milton)资产阶级革命时期: poetry (Metaphysical 玄学派+ Cavalier骑士派) a. John Donne(多恩 1572-1631)：玄学派创始人; A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning临别辞：莫悲伤文风：obscene, vul
15、gar and serious philosophical thinking the conflict between body and soul The Holy Sonnets; The Flea; Go and Catch a Falling Star; The Songs and Sonnets（主题-爱） b. John Milton(弥尔顿 1608-1674)：Renaissance and Reformation (宗教改革)Paradise Regained复乐园; Paradise Lost失乐园: the greatest English epic; Satan is the heroSamson Agonistes力士参孙：closet drama; for r
