自考英语本科《英美文学选读》英美文学选读纲要.doc
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1、英美文学选读纲要(1-2章)英国文学 Chapter I The Renaissance Period 一、学习目的和要求通过本章学习,了解文艺复兴运动和人文主义思潮产生的历史,文化背景,认识该时期文学创作的基本特征和基本主张,及其对同时代及后世英国文学乃至文化的影响;了解该时期重要作家的文学生涯,创作思想,艺术特色及其代表作品的主题结构,人物刻画,语言风格,思想意义等;同时结合注释,读懂所选作品,了解其思想内容和写作特色,培养理解和欣赏文学作品的能力。二、考核要求 (一) 文艺复兴时期概述 1. 识记:(1)文艺复兴时期的界定 it refers to the period between
2、the 14th & 17th centuries. (2)历史文化背景 A场所:English schools and universities were established in place of the old monasteries. B 印刷术的引进:William Caxton introduced printing into England . C 翻译的时代的出现。With the introduction of printing, an age of translation came into being. 2. 领会: (1)文艺复兴运动的意义与影响(2)文艺复兴时期的
3、文学特点 A.诗歌: A). 早期特点:The first period of the English Renaissance was one of imitation and assimilation. B). 代表作家及作品: a. Spensers The Shepheardes Calender showed the pastoral convention b. In The Passionate Shepherd to His Love, Marlowe spoke that it would be very difficult for us to connect it with t
4、he voice in his tragedies. c. Poetry and poetic drama were the most outstanding literary forms and carried on by Shakespeare and Ben Johnson. B.戏剧: A). 特点: The Elizabethan drama is the real mainstream of the English Renaissance B). 作家: The most famous dramatists are Christopher Marlowe, William Shak
5、espeare, and Ben Johnson. (3)人文主义的主张及对文学的影响3. 应用:文艺复兴,人文主义及玄学诗等名词的解释 Definitions of the Literary Terms:1. The Renaissance: The Renaissance marks a transition from the medieval to the modern world. Generally, it refers to the period between the 14th & 17th centuries. It first started in Italy, with t
6、he flowering of painting, sculpture & literature. From Italy the movement went to embrace the rest of Europe. The Renaissance, which means rebirth or revival, is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events, such as the re-discovery of ancient Roman & Greek culture, the new discov
7、eries in geography & astrology, the religious reformation & the economic expansion. The Renaissance, therefore, in essence is a historical period in which the European humanist thinkers & scholars made attempts to get rid of those old feudalist ideas in medieval Europe, to introduce new ideas that e
8、xpressed the interests of the rising bourgeoisie, & to recover the purity of the early church from the corruption of the Roman Catholic Church. 2. Humanism: Humanism is the essence of the Renaissance. It sprang from the endeavor to restore a medieval reverence for the ancient authors and is frequent
9、ly taken as the beginning of the Renaissance on its conscious, intellectual side, for the Greek and Roman civilization was based on such a conception that man is the measure of all things. Through the new learning, humanists not only saw the arts of splendor and enlightenment, but the human values r
10、epresented in the works. Renaissance humanists found in the classics a justification to exalt human nature and came to see that human beings were glorious creatures capable of individual development in the direction of perfections, and that the world they inhabited was theirs not to despise but to q
11、uestion, explore, and enjoy. Thus, by emphasizing the dignity of human beings and the importance of the present life, they voiced their beliefs that man did not only have the right to enjoy the beauty of this life, but had the ability to perfect himself and to perform wonders. Thomas More, Christoph
12、er Marlowe and William Shakespeare are the best representatives of the English humanists. 3. Spenserian stanza: Spenserian stanza was invented by Edmund Spenser. It is a stanza of nine lines, with the first eight lines in iambic pentameter & the last line in iambic hexameter, rhyming ababbcbcc. 4. M
13、etaphysical poetry: The term metaphysical poetry is commonly used to name the work of the 17th century writers who wrote under the influence of John Donne. With a rebellious spirit, the metaphysical poets tried to break away from the conventional fashion of the Elizabethan love poetry. The diction i
14、s simple as compared with that of the Elizabethan or the Neoclassic periods, and echoes the words and cadences of common speech. The imagery in drawn from the actual life. The form is frequently that of an argument with the poets beloved, with God, or with himself. 5. The Renaissance her A Renaissan
15、ce hero refers to one created by Christopher Marlowe in his drama. Such a hero is always individualistic and full of ambition, facing bravely the challenge from both gods and men. He embodies Marlowes humanistic ides of human dignity and capacity. Different from the tragic hero in medieval plays, wh
16、o seeks the way to heaven through salvation and gods will, he is against conventional morality and contrives to obtain heaven on earth through his own efforts. With the endless aspiration for power, knowledge, and glory, the hero interprets the true Renaissance spirit. Both Tamburlaine and Faustus a
17、re typical in possessing such a spirit. (二) 该时期的重要作家 1. 一般识记:重要作家的文学生涯 2. 识记:重要作品及主要内容 3. 领会:重要作家的创作思想,艺术特色及其代表作品的主题结构,人物塑造,语言风格,艺术手法,社会意义等。 4. 应用:(1)莎士比亚和邓恩诗歌的主题,意象(2)喜剧威尼斯商人的主题和主要人物性格分析(3)哈姆雷特的性格分析(4)史诗失乐园的结构,人物性格,语言特点等的分析 I. Edmund Spenser 斯宾塞及其代表作 Edmund Spenser and The Faerie Queene. A.创作意图: Th
18、e principal intention is to present through a historical poem the example of a perfect gentleman B.整体线索:The recurring appearances of Arthur serve as a unifying element for the poem as a whole. C.寓意:The Redcrosse Knight in Book I stands for St. George, he also represents Holiness. D.主题:The theme is n
19、ot Arms and the man, but something more romantic-Fierce wares and faithfull loves. E.作者文学地位:His exquisite melody that make him known as the poets poet. 1. 一般识记 Brief Introduction to the Author English poet,born in London, England, about 1552,and died in London, Jan 13, 1599. 2. 识记His Major Works Spe
20、nsers most important work & masterpiece is The Faerie Queene, a great poem of its age. A complex moral, religious, & political allegory, it is also an epic that exalts Queen Elizabeth & the English nation. According to Spensers own explanation, his principal intention is to present through a histori
21、cal poem the example of a perfect gentleman: to fashion a gentleman or noble person in virtuous & gentle discipline. Its principal hero is the Arthur of medieval legend. The six books of the poem illustrate the nature of particular virtues, such as, temperance & justice. Other major works of Spenser
22、 are The Shepheardes Calender(1579), a poem consisting of 12 eclogues-corresponding to the 12 months of the year; Epithalamion (1595), a poem expressing the deep personal feelings occasioned by the poets second marriage; Amoretti (1595), a series of sonnets. 3. 领会His Influence 1) Main qualities of S
23、pensers poetry a perfect melody a rare sense of beauty a splendid imagination a lofty moral purity & seriousness a dedicated idealism 2) In his writing, Spenser drew on the conventions & thought of Classical, medieval, & Renaissance literature. However, he added to his fusion of these diverse elemen
24、ts much that was original, & his works inspired many later English poets. He created a new stanza, called the Spenserian stanza, which is well suited to narrative verse. His skills in writing melodious English verse & his combination of emotion, erudition, & spiritual vision have won him the admirat
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