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本·琼森《福尔蓬奈》的写作技巧分析
032《名家名作》·评论[摘 要] 英国文艺复兴时期的剧作家本·琼森综合运用多种写作手法,完成了《福尔蓬奈》这部以讽刺拜金主义为中心的著作。
该剧以喜剧闻名,剧中语言诙谐幽默,但是综观全文,深度探讨,又是一场宏大的悲剧。
分析《福尔蓬奈》中所出现的写作技巧,并讨论其深度含义。
除了引言和结语两个部分外,主体共分为四部分。
引言主要是对本·琼森和《福尔蓬奈》的简要介绍。
主体部分分析剧中使用的写作技巧:选择有力且符合时代的意象;利用隐喻将剧中人物形象化;通过戏剧性讽刺激起观众兴趣,让戏剧深入人心;以悲剧结局深化对拜金主义的讽刺。
该书对17世纪英国文学产生了重大影响,值得品鉴与分析。
[关 键 词] 拜金主义;隐喻;戏剧性讽刺;悲剧 本·琼森《福尔蓬奈》的写作技巧分析胡 悦莎士比亚去世后,本·琼森成为重要的剧作家。
本·琼森经历了人生的起起落落,他曾随父亲学习砖石,参加对西班牙人的战争,多次因嘲笑时政、打斗杀戮入狱。
他也从演员转向写剧本。
他最成熟的喜剧《福尔蓬奈》尖锐地讽刺了社会中的贪婪文化和拜金主义。
《福尔蓬奈》讲述了威尼斯绅士福尔蓬奈和仆人莫斯卡合谋欺骗贪图他财产的律师沃尔托、商人科维诺和老绅士科尔巴乔的故事。
为了得到福尔蓬奈的遗产,科尔巴乔不惜剥夺儿子博纳里奥的继承权;而平时不允许妻子出现的科维诺,却强迫妻子西莉亚与福尔蓬奈同床共枕。
最后,福尔蓬奈让莫斯卡成为遗产继承人。
沃尔托等人被激怒随后再次上法庭,指控莫斯卡犯罪。
福尔蓬奈与莫斯卡私下利益上未达成一致。
最终福尔蓬奈在走投无路时抛开了伪装,一切真相大白。
本·琼森在这部作品中,运用了多种写作手法:选择“金钱”作为矛盾中心,运用戏剧性的讽刺手法和大量比喻等修辞手法,极大地讽刺了拜金主义,在英国戏剧史上取得了巨大突破。
本文将对《福尔蓬奈》中的写作手法进行分析,探讨本·琼森的写作技巧及其深远意义。
Ben Jonson(本·琼森)
本·琼森本·琼森本·琼森(Ben Jonson,约1572年6月11日-1637年8月6日),英格兰文艺复兴剧作家、诗人和演员。
他的作品以讽刺剧见长,《福尔蓬奈》(Volpone)和《炼金士》(The Alchemist)为其代表作,他的抒情诗也很出名。
英国诗人,剧作家,评论家。
1572年6月11日生于伦敦。
主要诗集有《格言诗》、《森林集》、《灌木集》等曾就学于古代史学者坎姆登,并在其资助下到威斯敏斯特学校读书,获得关于希腊、罗马文学的丰富知识。
后又博览群书,成为当时学识最渊博的剧作家之一。
目录生平本·琼生(1573?——1637)与莎士比亚同时创作并持续到莎士比亚死后,戏剧生涯三十余年。
他一生经历坎坷,曾经随继父学习泥瓦手艺,后来从军参加对西班牙人的战争。
因讥讽时政、争斗杀人曾多次入狱。
他也是由演员转向戏剧创作的。
在1616 年莎士比亚逝世那年,他把自己的剧本结集出版。
当时剧本都作演出本用,本·琼生把它们作为独立的文学作品出版,尽管当时有人讥评,但在文学史上是有意义的事件。
他受过古希腊、罗马文化的影响,倾心拉丁诗篇,诗作有收敛整饬的古典美。
他的非戏剧的诗歌有许多佳作,像“用你的双眸给我祝酒吧”是抒情的名诗。
他的散文作品中有关文艺批评的意见,对新古典主义的形成有很大影响。
本·琼生在当时文坛上受到推崇,成为作家中的领袖人物,围绕着他活动的文学圈被称为“本·琼生派”。
个人作品琼森写了18部戏剧,除两部罗马历史悲剧《西亚努斯的覆灭》和《卡塔林的阴谋》之外,大都是社会讽刺喜剧。
其剧作遵循古典主义原则,并有强烈的道德倾向。
剧中对当时社会恶劣风习的尖锐批评曾使他两次被捕入狱。
一次是因与T·纳什合写讽刺时事、现已佚失的《狗岛》,此剧的演出还导致了伦敦剧场的暂时关闭;另一次是因与C· 马斯顿合写《向东方去》,剧中批评了詹姆斯一世的政治。
英国文学知识(完整)
英国文学知识上海新东方王海国一.古英语时期(Old English Literature 公元499—1066年)英国文学开山之作:头韵体诗歌(alliteration)《贝奥武甫》(Beowulf)琴涅武甫(Cynewulf):Christ;《朱莉安娜》(Juliana)和《埃琳娜》(Elene);《圣徒们的命运》(The Fates of the Apostles)阿尔弗雷德大帝(King Alfred):《盎格鲁—撒克逊编年史》(Anglo-Saxon Chronicle),被誉为“英国散文之父”(Father of English Prose)二.中古英语时期(Medieval English Literature 公元1066年—15世纪)头韵体诗歌:《高文爵士和绿衣骑士》(Sir Gawain and the Green Knight)英国名谣:《罗宾汉名谣集》(The Robin Hood Ballads)威廉·兰格伦(William Langland):《农夫皮尔斯的幻想》(piers the Plowman)杰弗里·乔叟(Geoffrey Chaucer):英国中世纪最伟大的诗人,享有“英国诗歌之父”的美誉(Father of English Poetry)。
the first great poet who wrote in the English language,who making the dialect of London the standard for the modern English speech.代表作:八音节(octosyllabic)英雄双韵体(heroic couplet)诗歌《坎特布雷故事集》(The Canterbury Tales)。
托马斯·马洛礼(Sir Thomas Malory):英国15世纪优秀的散文家,代表作为《亚瑟王之死》(Le Morte D’Arthur)三.文艺复兴时期(Renaissance 15世纪末—17世纪)托马斯·莫尔(Thomas More):伟大的人文主义者,代表作:《乌托邦》(Utopia)托马斯·怀特(Thomas Wyatt)和亨利·霍华德(Henry Howard)的十四行诗(Sonnet)。
文艺复兴时期英国文学概述
文艺复兴时期英国文学概述文艺复兴时期文学(15世纪后期-17世纪初)相对于欧洲其他国家来说,英国的文艺复兴起始较晚,通常认为是在15世纪末。
文艺复兴时期形成的思想体系被称为人文主义,它主张以人为本,反对中世纪以神为中心的世界观,提倡积极进取、享受现世欢乐的生活理想。
托马斯·莫尔(Thomas More, 1478-1535)是英国最主要的早期人文主义者,他的《乌托邦》(Utopia)批评了当时的英国和欧洲社会,设计了一个社会平等、财产公有、人们和谐相处的理想国。
Utopia现已成为空想主义的代名词,但乌托邦是作者对当时社会状况进行严肃思考的结果。
《乌托邦》开创了英国哲理幻想小说传统的先河,这一传统从培根的《新大西岛》(The New Atlantis)、斯威夫特的《格列佛游记》(Gulliver's Travels)、勃特勒的《埃瑞璜》(Erewhon)一直延续到20世纪的科幻小说。
文艺复兴时期诗歌创作繁荣,埃德蒙·斯宾塞(Edmund Spenser, 1552-1599)的长诗《仙后》(The Faerie Queene)歌颂女王,宣扬人文主义思想。
他创造的"斯宾塞诗体"每节诗有九行,韵律复杂,具有柔和动听、萦绕耳际的音乐性。
弗兰西斯·培根(Francis Bacon, 1561-1626)是这一时期最重要的散文家,他对文学的主要贡献是《论说文集》(Essays),共58篇。
这些文章题材广泛,内容涉及哲学、宗教、政治制度以及婚姻、爱情、友谊、园艺、读书等,文笔典雅,略带古风而又明白畅达。
英国戏剧起源于中世纪教堂的宗教仪式,取材于圣经故事的神秘剧和奇迹剧在14、15世纪英国舞台上占有主导地位,随后出现了以抽象概念作为剧中人物的道德剧。
到了16世纪末,戏剧进入全盛时期。
克里斯托弗·马洛(Christopher Marlowe, 1564-1593)冲破旧的戏剧形式的束缚,创作了一种新戏剧。
莎士比亚介绍
莎士比亚介绍【维基百科全书】威廉·莎士比亚(英文:William Shakespeare,1564年4月-儒略曆1616年4月23日或公历1616年5月3日,华人社会亦常尊称为莎翁),被许多人认为是英国文学史和戏剧史上最杰出的诗人和剧作家,也是西方文艺史上最杰出的作家之一,全世界卓越的剧作家之一。
[1]他被誉为英国的民族诗人和「艾芬河的吟游诗人」(或直接称为「吟游诗人」)。
他流传下来的作品包括38部剧本、154首十四行诗、两首长叙事诗和其他诗作。
他的剧本被翻译成所有主要使用着的语言,并且表演次数远远超过其他任何剧作家。
[2]莎士比亚在雅芳河畔斯特拉特福出生长大,18岁时与安妮·哈瑟维结婚,两人共生育了三个孩子:苏珊娜、双胞胎哈姆内特和朱迪思。
1585年到1592年期间莎士比亚在伦敦开始了成功的职业生涯,他不仅是演员、剧作家,还是宫内大臣剧团的合伙人之一,后来改名为国王剧团。
1613年左右,莎士比亚似乎退休回到雅芳河畔斯特拉特福,3年后逝世。
有关莎士比亚私人生活的记录流传下来很少,关于他的性倾向、宗教信仰、以及他的着作是否出自他人之手都依然是谜。
[3]1590年到1613年是莎士比亚的创作高峰期。
他的早期剧本主要是喜剧和历史剧,在16世纪末期达到了深度和艺术性的高峰。
接下来到1608年他主要创作悲剧,包括《哈姆雷特》、《李尔王》和《马克白》,被认为属于英语最佳范例。
在他人生最后阶段,他开始创作悲喜剧,又称为传奇剧,并与其他剧作家合作。
在他有生之年,他的很多作品就以多种版本出版,质量和准确性参差不齐。
1623年,他所在剧团两位同事出版了《第一对开本》,除两部作品外,目前已经被认可的莎士比亚作品均收录其中。
莎士比亚在世时,被尊称为诗人和剧作家,直到19世纪他的声望才达到今日的高度。
浪漫主义时期讚颂莎士比亚的才华,维多利亚时代象英雄一样地尊敬他,被萧伯纳称为莎士比亚崇拜。
20世纪,他的作品常常被新学术运动改编并重新发现价值。
英语专业英美文学文学汇总
Literature terms1Epic : a long narrative poem telling about the deedsof a great hero and reflecting the values of the society from which it originated. Many epics were drawn from an oral tradition and were transmitted by song and recitation before they were written down.(史诗)2Romance:It was a long composition, sometimes in verse, sometimes in prose, describing the life and adventures of a noble hero.(传奇文学)3Heroic Couplet: the rhymedcouplet ofiambic pentameter. (英雄双韵体)4Iambic Pentameter: is the most common Englishmeter, in which each foot contains an unaccentedsyllable and an accented syllable. (五音步抑扬格)meter 格律foot音步5ballad:is a story told in song, usually in 4-line stanzas, with the second and fourth lines rhymed.(歌谣)6Sonnet: It is a lyric poem of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, restricted to a definite rhyme scheme.(十四行诗)7Blank verse: is a type of poetry, distinguished by having a regular meter, but no rhyme.(无韵诗)8Soliloquy: an utterance or discourse by a person who is talking to himself/ herself or is disregardful of or oblivious to any hearers present (often used as a device in a drama to disclose a character’s innermost thoughts); 2. theact of talking while or as if alone(独白)9Classicism: Aesthetic attitudes and principles manifested in the art, architecture, and literature of ancient Greece and Rome and characterized by emphasis on form, simplicity, proportion, and restraint. Classicism was popular in Europe in the 18th century.(古典主义)10Neo-classicism: neo-classicism imitated the characteristics of Roman writers, including Horace, Virgil, Cicero, etc., in the days of Augustus. They tried to make English literature conform to rules and principles established by the great Roman and Greek classical writers. In writing plays, they used rhyme and couplet instead of blank verse, observed the trinity --- the unity of time, place and action.(新古典主义)11An epistolary novel is a novel written as a series of documents. The usual form is letters, although diary entries, newspaper clippings and otherdocuments are sometimes used.(书信体小说)12Sentimentalism is one of the important trends in English literature of the middle and later decades of the 18th century. It justly criticized the cruelty of the capitalist relations and the gross social injustices brought about by the bourgeoisrevolutions. It embraces a pessimistic outlook and blames reason and the Industrial Revolution, marked by a sinceresympathyforthepoverty-stricken ,expropriated peasants.(感伤主义)Romanticism: Romanticism is a literary trend. It prevails in England during the period 1798-1832. romanticists expressed the ideology and sentiment of those classes and social strata who were discontent with and opposed to the development of capitalism. They split into two groupsbecause of the different attitudes toward the capitalist society.(浪漫主义)Ode is a lyric poem of some length that honors an individual, a thing, a trait dealing with a lofty theme in a dignified manner. The form dates back to classical times and is originally intended to be sung at festivals or in plays.Brief Outline of British Literature:works1. Early and Medieval English Literature1) The Anglo-Saxon Period (449-1066)National epic:The Song of Beowulf2) The Anglo-Norman Period (1066-1350)Arthurian Romance: Sir Gawain andGreen Knight3) Geoffrey Chaucer1340-1400:Messenger of HumanismThe first important realistic writer“Father” of English poetryThe Canterbury Talesthe wife of Bath(巴斯夫人),the Knight(骑士),the Pardoner(卖赎罪卷者),the Nun’s Priest(尼姑的教士),the Prologue(序诗).The Romaunt of the Rose《玫瑰传奇》The Book of the Duchess《悼公爵夫人》Troilus and Criseyde《特罗伊洛斯和克瑞西德》Thomas MaloryMorte d’Arthur (Death of Arthur)《亚瑟之死》William LanglandPiers the Plowman[Boccaccio薄伽丘:Decameron《十日谈》Ovid奥维德:《爱的艺术》《变形记》]2. The English Renaissance (16 century)Thomas MoreUtopiaChristopher Marlowe克里斯托弗·马洛First person used blank verseDeath of Arthur 《亚瑟之死》Tamburlaine the Great «帖木儿大帝»The Jew of Malta «马尔他岛的犹太人»The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus«浮士德博士的悲剧»Hero and Leander《海洛和利安得》The Passionate Shepherd to His Love《牧羊人的恋歌》William Shakespeareone of the founders of realism in world literature as well as in English literatureV enus and Adonis《维纳斯与安东尼斯》The Rape of Lucrece《鲁克里斯受辱记》Four tragedies:Hamlet《哈姆雷特》Othello《奥塞罗》King Lear《李尔王》Macbeth《麦克白》Four comedies:A Midsummer Night’s Dream《仲夏夜之梦》The Merchant of V enice《威尼斯商人》As You Like It《皆大欢喜》Twelfth Night《第十二夜》Ben Jonson本·琼森first poet- laureateafterShakespeare the most eminent writer for the Elizabethan stagethe greatest dramatist after Shakespearethe founder of the so-called “Comedy of Humors”,Every Man in His Humor《人人高兴》Every Man Out of His Humor《人人扫兴》Volpone 《福尔蓬奈》the Fox《狐狸》The Alchemist《炼金术士》Sir Thomas Wyatt托马斯·怀亚特Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey 亨利·霍华德·萨里伯爵Sir Philip Sidney 西德尼Astrophel and Stella《爱星者和星星》Arcadia《阿卡狄亚》The Defence of Poetry《诗辩》Edmund Spenser埃德蒙·斯宾塞the Poet’s poet , a model of poetical artgreatest non-dramatic poet of his timefirst master of English verseThe Shepherd’s Calendar《牧人月历》Amoretti 《爱情小诗》The FairyQueen《仙后》Francis Bacon 弗朗西斯·培根The father of experimental philosophyThe most important prose writer of the Elizabethan Agethe first English essayistthe founder of English materialist philosophy.The Advancement of Learning《学术的进展》The Novum Organum (The New Instrument)《新工具》The New Atlantis《新大西岛》The Essays 《散文集》(Of Studies)3. The Period of The English Bourgeois Revolution(17 century)John Milton约翰·弥尔顿the smartest man in Europea master of the blank verseParadise Lost《失乐园》Paradise Regained《复乐园》Samson Agonistes《力士参孙》Lycidas 《利西达斯》Comus《科玛斯》a masque《假面剧》John Bunyan约翰·班扬Pilgrim’s Progress《天路历程》Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinner《功德无量》The Life and Death of Mr. Badman《恶人先生的生平和死亡》《贝德曼先生的一生》The Holy War《神圣战争》John Donne约翰·邓恩Founder of Metaphysical poetry选学派诗人Songs and Sonnets《歌与短歌》Holy sonnet《圣十四行诗》Divine poem《神圣诗歌》Elegies and Satire《挽歌与讽刺诗》Meditations《冥想》/《沉思》4. The Age of Enlightenment (18 century)Alexander Pope亚历山大·蒲柏Essay on Criticism《论批评》The Rape of the Lock《夺发记》Joseph Addison约瑟夫·艾狄生andRichard Steel理查德·斯蒂尔The Tatler and The SpectatorDaniel Defoe丹尼尔·笛福18世纪启蒙时期现实主义小说的奠基人Robinson CrusoeCaptain Singleton《辛格顿船长》ColonelJacque《杰克上校》Moll Flanders《茉尔·弗兰德丝》A Journal of the Plague Year《瘟疫记事》Jonathan Swift乔纳森·斯威夫特One of the greatest masters of English prosea master satiristGulliver’s TravelsA Tale of a Tub 《一个木桶的故事》The Battle of Books《书的战争》The Drapier’s Letters《一个麻布商的书信》A Modest Proposal《一个小小的建议》Samuel Richardson 塞谬尔·理查逊Pamela《帕美勒》Clarissa: Or the History of a Young Lady《克拉丽莎》The History of Sir Charles Grandison《查尔斯·葛兰底森爵士传》Henry Fielding亨利·菲尔丁最早的现实主义小说理论家现实主义小说奠基人Tom Jones《汤姆˙琼斯》Don Quixote in England《唐吉诃德在英国》Pasqin《巴斯昆》The Historical Register for the Year 1736《一七三六年历史记事》The Tragedy of Tragedies or The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great 《悲剧的悲剧:或伟人汤姆传》Joseph Andrews《约瑟夫˙安德鲁斯的经历》Jonathan Wild the Great《大伟人乔纳森˙魏尔德》Amelia《阿米丽亚》Samuel Johnson塞缪尔·约翰逊As Lexicographer orThe Dictionary of the English Language英语词典Oliver Goldsmith戈德史密斯Anovelist and poet belongs to the school of Sentimentalism She Stoops to Conquer《屈伸求爱》The Vicar of Wakefield 《威克菲尔德牧师传》The Traveler and The Deserted VillageThe Citizen of the World《世界公民》Richard BrinsleySheridan 谢里丹The School for Scandal 《造谣学校》Comedy of Manners风尚喜剧Thomas Gray 格雷-------- sentimentalismOn the Death of a Favorite Cat《爱猫之死》Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard《墓园挽歌》The Progress of Poetry《诗的发展》The Correspondence of Thomas Gray《格雷书信集》William Blake威廉布莱克Tiger《老虎》Songs of Innocence《天真之歌》Songs of Experience《经验之歌》The Marriage of Heaven and Hell《天堂与地狱的婚姻》Robert Burns-罗伯特彭斯--- pre-romanticismthe most famous poets of the peasants in the worldA red red rose《我的爱人像朵红红的玫瑰》5. Romanticism in England (19 century)PoetryWilliam Wordsworth华兹华斯The prelude《序曲》Lyrical Ballads《抒情歌谣集》I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud《我好似一朵流云独自漫步》To the 《咏水仙》S. T. Coleridge柯林律治The Rime of the Ancient Mariner《古舟子咏》《古水手谣》Kubla khan《忽必烈汗》George Gordon Byron乔治戈登拜伦Oneofthemost excellent representatives of English Romanticismone of the most influential poets of the timeHours of Idleness《闲暇时刻》Child Har old’s Pilgrimage《恰尔德·哈罗德游记》.Don Juan《唐璜》She Walks in BeautyPercy Bysshe Shelley雪莱Prometheus Unbound《解放了的普罗米修斯》Queen Mab 《仙后麦布》Address to the Irish People《告爱尔兰人书》The Revolt of Islam《伊斯兰的反叛》The Masque of Anarchy《暴政的行列》The Cenci《钦契一家》A Defence of Poetry《诗辩》The Necessity of Atheism《无神论的必要性》Ode to the West Wind10. To a Skylark《致云雀》John Keats济慈Lamia《莱米亚》Endymion《恩底弥翁》On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer《初读查普曼译荷马史诗》Isaabella 《伊莎贝拉》The Eve of St. Agnes《圣·爱格尼斯节前夕》Hyperion《赫坡里昂》On a Grecian Urn 《希腊古瓮颂》To Autumn《秋颂》On Melancholy《忧郁颂》To a Nightingale 《夜莺颂》Prose fictionWalter Scott司各特the first novelist to recreate the pastWaverleyOld MoralityRob RoyThe Heart of MidlothianIvanhoe《艾凡赫》Rob RoyNovelJane Austen 简·奥斯丁Northanger Abbey《诺桑觉寺》Sense and Sensibility《理智与情感》Pride and Prejudice《傲慢与偏见》Mansfield Park《曼斯菲尔德花园》Emma《爱玛》Persuasion 《劝告》Romantic essayCharles Lamb查尔斯·兰姆Tales from Shakespeare《莎士比亚戏剧故事集》Album VersesEssays of Elia《伊利亚随笔》William Hazlitt威廉·赫列特Thomas De Quincey托马斯·德·昆西6. The Victorian Age --- Critical Realism inEngland (19 century)NovelCharles Dickens查尔斯·狄更斯Oliver Twist《雾都孤儿》The Old Curiocity Shop《老古玩店》The Pickwick Papers《匹克威克外传》fill in the BlanksBeowulf is a folk legend brought to England by the Anglo-Saxons from their primitive Northern Europe.Beowulf was passed down from mouth to mouth.Beowulf was written down in the 10th century.Humanism refers to the literary culture in the Renaissance.Humanism became the central theme of English Renaissance. Thomas More and William Shakespeare are the best representatives of the English humanistsHumanism is the idea that man has a potential for culture which distinguishes him from lower orders of beings, and which he should strive constantly to fulfill.The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events, such as the rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture, the new discoveries in geography and astrology, the religious reformation and the economic expansion.Early Plays in Middle Agesinclude The Miracle Play奇迹剧The Morality Play道德剧The Interlud幕间休息剧The Classical Drama古典剧The immediate predecessors of Shakespeare were a group of men from the two universities of Oxford and Cambridge, who were generally known as the University WitsThe key-note of Hamlet’s character is melancholy,and there can be no Hamlet without melancholyHamlet is a hero of the RenaissanceHamlet’s learning , wisdom, noble nature,limitation and tragedy are all representative of the humanists at the turn of the 17th and the 16th centuries. Shakespeare was skilled in many poetic forms: the song, the sonnet, the couplet, and the dramatic blank verse;He was a great master of English language;He was the summit of the English Renaissance and one of the great writers all over the world.Adam andEveembody Milton’s belief in thepowers of man, craving (longing) for knowledge.Satan is a rebel against tyranny and Satan and his followers resemble a republican ParliamentEnglish enlighteners believed in the power of reason. That is why the 18th century has often been called “the age of reason” or “the kingdom of reason”.Most of the enlighteners believed that social problems could be solved by human intelligence.this period was characterized by the so-called neo-classicism of which the leading figure was Alexander Pope.The representative of Periodical Literature in Early 18th Century England: Addison and SteeleThe best part of Robinson Crusoe is the realistic account of the successful struggle of Robinson alone against the pitiless forces of nature on the island.A social fable consists of four books. The hero of the novel is Lemuel Gulliver, a doctor. telling about his fantastic visits to some unbelievable places, in which the inhabitants are Lilliputians,the giants Brobdingnagians, Yahoos, and Houyhnhnms.The features of the Romantic writingsa dissatisfaction with the bourgeois society.Romantic writings are filled with strong-willed heroes or even titanic images, formidable events and tragic situations, powerful conflicting passions andexotic picturesThe romanticists paid great attention to the spiritual and emotional life of manPersonified nature plays an important role in the pages of Romantic writingsThe publication of the “Lyrical Ballads” marked the break with the conventional poetical tradition of the 18th centuryi wandered lonely contains four six-lined stanzas of iambic tetrameter.The poem is about The beauty of natureQuestion1What is Literature?Literature refers to the practice and profession of writing. It comes from human interest in telling a story, in arranging words in artistic forms, in describing in words some aspects of human experiences.2What is Renaissance?1. DefinitionThe Renaissance (14th – mid-17th century), which means rebirth and revival. The renaissance, therefore, in essence, is a historical period in which the European humanist thinkers and scholars tried to get rid of those old feudalist ideas in medieval Europe, to introduce new ideas that expressed the interests rising bourgeoisie, and to recover the purity of the early church from the corruption of the Roman Catholic Church(罗马天主教堂).It is characterized with the growth of a more scientific outlook, major development in art and literature, new invention and overseas discoveries and a general assertion of human value and emancipation(解放) of the human intellect and power.3Summarize the periods of Shakespeare’s literary career and achievements?Shakespeare’s Literary Career⏹Four successive periods with increasing maturity◆1588-1593, the Period of Experiment and Preparation●Richard III, a melodramatic chronicle-history play, largely imitative of Marlowe and yet showing striking power●At the end of this period Shakespeare issued two rather long narrative poems on classical subjects, Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece◆1594-1601, the second period Shakespeare’s work, filled with chronicle-history plays and comedies●Richard II, Henry IV, Henry V, etc.●Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Merchant of Venice, Much Ado about Nothing, As You Like It●Romeo and Juliet◆1601-1609, the third period of Shakespeare’s literary career, in which appeared Shakespeare’s great tragedies and certain cynical plays●In these plays, Shakespeare sets himself to grapple with the deepest and darkest problems of human characters and life●Shakespeare’s four great tragedies⏹Hamlet: the struggle of a perplexed and divided soul/self⏹Othello: the ruin of a noble life/ man by an evil one through the terrible power of jealousy⏹King Lear: unnatural ingratitude working its hateful will and yetthwarted at the end by its own excess and by faithful love⏹Macbeth: the destruction of a large nature by material ambition◆After 1609, the fourth period of Shakespeare’s literary career, a periodof romance-comedies●Shakespeare did not solve the insoluble problems of life, but having presented them as powerfully, perhaps, as is possible for human intelligence, he turned in his last period to the expression of the serene philosophy of life●Cymbeline, The Winter’s Tale, and The Tempest(1) Shakespeare is one of the founders of realism in world literature. He maintains that the purpose of dramatic performance is "to hold, as it were, the mirror up to nature". In his works, he paints the decline of the old feudal nobility and the vice of the new Tudor monarch. Besides,his plays have good plots and life-like characters too. His dramais an expression, a monument of the English Renaissance since he wrote about his own people for his own time.(2)Shakespeare is amazingly prolific Within 22 years, he produced 37 plays, 154 sonnets,and 2 long poems. No two of his play invoke the same feeling or image among the audience. He is a master-hand for every form of drama-comedy, tragedy, and historical plays. He gives us a world of full-blooded people who live and struggle, suffer and rejoice-representing all the complexitiesand implications of real life.(3)Shakespeare was skilled in many poetic forms: the song, the sonnet, the couplet, andthe dramatic blank verse. And he is a great master of the English language. He used avocabularylarger than any other English writersMany ofhis new coinage and turns of expressions havebecome every-day usage in English life. Shakespeare and the Authorized Version of the EnglishBible are the two great treasures of the English language.(4)Hence, Shakespeare has been universallyacknowledged to be the summit of the English Renaissance, and one of the greatest writers the world over.3Chaucer’s Contribution?1. He introduced from Italy and France the rhymed stanza of various types, especially the rhymed couplet of 5 accents in iambic meter (heroic couplet) to English poetry, instead of the old Anglo-Saxon alliterative verse.2. He was the first great poet who wrote in English language (Middle English), thus establishing English as the literary language.3. He did much in making the London dialect the foundation for modern English language4What is the Enlightenment Movement?The 18th century marked the beginning of an intellectual movement in Europe, known as the Enlightenment, which was, on the whole, an expression of struggle of the bourgeoisie against feudalism. The enlighteners fought against class inequality, stagnation, prejudices and other survivals of feudalism.What is romanticism? What about its feature?1. The general feature is a dissatisfaction with the bourgeois society.2. Their writings are filled with strong-willed heroes or even titanic images, formidable events and tragic situations, powerful conflicting passions andexotic pictures.3. The romanticists paid great attention to the spiritual andemotional life of man.Personified nature plays an important role in the pages of their works.文学赏析Beowulf:---national epic(1) Goodness conquers evil. (Beowulf stands for all that is good, brave and proper, while the monsters stand for evil.)(2) Men against nature (The poem presents a vivid picture of how the primitive people wage heroic struggles against the hostile forces of the natural world under a wise and mighty leader.)(3) Judge the greatness of a human being by the greatness of his deeds and his noble ancestry.(4) Help thy neighbor. (Beowulf risks his life to help a neighbor, King Hrothgar, in trouble.)(5) Forces of darkness—irrational, menacing—are always at work in society.The writing features of Beowulf1). The most important is in alliterative(头韵的) verse and in artistic form.2). Another is the frequent use of metaphorsand understatements(暗含的意义) forironical humor.The Faerie(Fairy) Queene and Commentsa long poem1 The dominating thoughts of it: nationalism, humanism and Puritanism2 The Spenserian stanza: a verse form consisting of 8 iambic pentameter lines followed by a ninth line of 6 iambic feet with the rhyme scheme ababbcbcc.3 The Faerie Queene is the first national epic of England in the age of the Renaissance. It expresses the poet’s patriotic feelings of national greatness, and voices the moral ideals of the English aristocracy as embodied in the noble, virtuous and brave knight.The Image of Hamlet1. He is a humanist free from medievalprejudice and superstition. He has love for the world rather than heaven, he cherishes a firm belief in man’s power and destiny.2. He loves good and hates evil. He adore his father, loves Ophelia and greets his school-fellows with hearty welcome, while he is disgusted withhis uncle’s drunkenness and shocked by his mother’s shallowness3. His intellectual genius is outstanding. He is a close observer. He can easily see through people. His quick perception drives him to penetrate below the surface of things and question what others take for granted. He is scholar, soldier and statesman. His image reflects the versatility of the men of the Renaissance.The Merchant of V eniceThe traditional themeTo praise the friendship between Antonio and Bassanio, to idealize Portia as a heroine of great beauty, wit and loyalty, and to expose the insatiable greed and brutality of the Jew.The modern interpretationTo regard the play as a satire of the Christians’hypocrisy and their false standards of friendship and love, their cunning ways of pursuing worldliness and their unreasoning prejudice against Jews, here represented by ShylockParadise lost1. The theme of the poem is a revolt against God’s aut hority.2. God: selfish despot暴君,cruel, unjust3. Adamand Eve embody Milton’s belief in the powers of man, craving (longing) for knowledge4. God’s angels are foolish, resembling the court of an absolute monarch.5. Satan is a rebel against tyranny(专制,暴行) and Satan and his followers resemble arepublican ParliamentThe Image of Satan1. Satan is the real hero of the poem.2. He is firmer than the rest of the angels.3. He has an invincible(战无不胜的) heart.4. Satan remains superior in nobility and welcomes his defeat and his torments as a glory, a liberty and a joy;5. Satan is the spirit questioning the authority of God.6. Milton makes Satan as his own mouthpiece(代言人).The Pilgrim’s ProgressBunyan’s language1.Bunyan’s language is chiefly plain and collo quial and quite modern in comparison with that of the writers of the Renaissance.2. His language is clear, vivid, natural, homely (朴实的), fluent, musical and powerful.3. He paved the way not only in language style but also in writing technique of novels, for the novelists of the 18th century as Swift and Defoe.The image of Robinson Crusoe1.One of the representative of the rising bourgeoisie2. An enterprising Englishman3. A laborer, a hard-working industrious and intelligent man.4. A typical colonizer, explorer, and a foreign trader.5.He is alert, vigorous and resourcefulBlake’s poems such as tiger 《老虎》and comments on Blank(1) Blake’s poems seem easy but difficult to understand for his mmysterious images andsymbols, unless versed in ( skilled at )religious knowledge.(2) Blake’s poems are full of emotionandapparentpresentation of his progressive democratic idea in symbolismComments1) Blake was opposed to the classicism of the 18th century.2) His poems were full of romantic spirit, imagery symbolism and revolutionary spirit.3) He was a Pre-Romanticist or forerunner of the romantic poetry of the 19th century.Comments on Burns & His Poems1. Burns was one of the most famous poetsof the peasants in the world.2. He obtained the characteristic of all old Scottish songs: simplicity, vividness, humor, directness and optimism, with anew spirit of romanticism.Explanation William Wordsworth poem i wandered lonely【赏析】:这首诗写于诗人从法国回来不久。
简明英国文学史问题及答案
Quiz (1)1.The first settlers of the British Isles were Celt, and Britain got its name from a branch of thispeople called Briton. But later they were driven to live in Scotland, Wales and Ireland.不列颠群岛的第一批定居者是凯尔特人,Britain的叫法则就是来源于他们的一个叫做Briton(不列颠人)的分支。
但后来他们被驱赶到苏格兰,威尔士和爱尔兰居住。
2.The Angles, Saxons and Jutes were Germanic tribes originally living on the Continent. Theymoved to the British Isles and became the ancestors of the English people.盎格鲁人、撒克逊人和朱特人是最初居住在大陆的日耳曼部落。
他们搬到不列颠群岛,成为英国人的祖先。
3.The most important event of the Old English Period was Norman Conquest, which tookplace in the year 1066.古英语时期最重要的事件是1006年发生的诺尔曼征服。
4.The Roman Catholic Church sent St. Augustine to England in 597 to convert the Englishpeople to Catholicism.罗马天主教会于597年将圣奥古斯丁派遣到英格兰,使英国人皈依天主教。
two poems of this period apart from Beowulf: Widsith, and The Seafarer.请列出这段时期的除了《贝奥武夫》两首诗:Widsith(威德西斯)和The Seafarer(水手) 6.Beowulf is an epic of Alliterative lines, and it tells the events that took place on theContinent before they moved to the British Isles.贝奥武甫(Beowulf)是一首头韵体裁的史诗,它讲述了在大陆迁移到不列颠群岛之前发生的事件。
外国文学作品英文名称
I. Early and Medieval English Literature (5th century-15th century)1. Bewolf 《贝尔武甫》2. The Legend of King Arthur and his Round Table Knights;《亚瑟王和他的圆桌骑士》“Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” 《高文爵士和绿衣骑士》3. William Langland (1330-1400) Piers the Plowman《农夫皮尔斯》4. Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400) 杰弗里•乔叟The Canterbury Tales (1387-1400)《坎特伯雷故事集》The Romanunt of the Rose 《玫瑰罗曼史》Troilus and Criseyde《特罗勒斯和克丽西德》The House of Fame《声誉之堂》II. English Literature of the Renaissance (16th century) —the Elizabethan Age (1558-1603)1. Thomas More (1478-1535)Utopia (1516) 《乌托邦》2. Edmund Spenser (1552-99)The Faerie Queen (1596) 《仙后》The Shepherd’s Calendar (1597 《牧人日历》3. Christopher Marlowe (1564-93)Tamburlaine the Great (1587)《帖木儿》Dr. Faustus (1589)《浮士德博士的悲剧》The Jew of Malta (1590) 《马耳他的犹太人》The Passionate Shepherd to His Love 《多情牧童致爱人》4. William Shakespeare (1564-1616)The First Period (1590-1594)1590 Henry VI, Part II《亨利六世中篇》Henry VI, Part III《亨利六世下篇》1591 Henry VI, Part I 《亨利六世上篇》1592 Richard III《理查三世》The Comedy of Errors 《错误的喜剧》1593 Titus Andronicus《泰特斯•安德洛尼克斯》The Taming of the Shrew《训悍记》1594 The Two Gentlemen of Verona《维洛那二绅士》Love’s Labour’s Lost《爱的徒劳》Romeo and Juliet 《罗密欧与朱丽叶》Two narrative poems:Venus and Adonis 《维纳斯与阿多尼斯》The Rape of Lucrece《露克丽丝受辱记》The Second Period (1595-1600)The second period of Shakespeare’s work is his mature period, mainly a period of “great comedies” and mature historical plays. 1595 Richard II 《理查二世》A Midsummer Night’s Dream《仲夏夜之梦》1596 King John《约翰王》The Merchant of Venice 《威尼斯商人》1597 Henry IV, Part I《亨利四世上篇》Henry IV, Part II《亨利四世下篇》1598 Much Ado about Nothing《无事生非》Henry V《亨利五世》The Merry Wives of Windsor《温莎的风流娘儿们》1599 Julius Caesar《裘力斯•凯撒》As You Like It《皆大欢喜》1600 Twelfth Night《第十二夜》The Third Period (1601-1607)The third period of Shakespeare’s dramatic career is mainly the period of “great tragedies” and “dark comedies”. 1601 Hamlet《哈姆莱特》1602 Troilus and Cressida《特洛伊罗斯与克瑞西达》1603 All’s Well That Ends Well《终成眷属》1604 Measure for Measure《一报还一报》Othello《奥瑟罗》1605 King Lear《李尔王》Macbeth《麦克白》1606 Antony and Cleopatra《安东尼与克莉奥佩特拉》1607 Coriolanus 《科利奥兰纳斯》Timon of Athens 《雅典的泰门》The Fourth Period (1608-1602)The fourth period of Shakespeare’s work is the period of romantic drama.1608 Pericles《泰尔亲王配瑞克里斯》1609 Cymbeline《辛白林》1610 The Winter’s Tale《冬天的故事》1601 The Tempest《暴风雨》1612 Henry VIII《亨利八世》5. Ben Jonson (1573-1637)Every Man in His Humor (1598)V olpone, or the Fox (1606)The Alchemist (1610) 《炼金术士》Bartholomew Fair (1614)6. Francis Bacon (1561-1626)Advancement of Learning, 1605 《学术的进展》Novum Organum, 1620《新工具》New Atlantics, 1627《新大西岛》Essays, 1597,1612,1625 《论说文集》III. English Literature during the English Bourgeois Revolution and the Restoration (17th century)1. John Milton (1608-1674)“Morning of Christ’s Nativity”(1629)“圣诞晨歌”“L’ Allegro” (1632) “欢乐的人”“Il Penseroso” (1632) “沉思的人”Areopagitica (1644)《论出版自由》Deference of the English People (1651)《为英国人民辨》Second Deference of the English People (1654)《再为英国人民辨》Paradise Lost (1667)《失乐园》Paradise Regained (1671)《复乐园》Samson Agonistes (1671)《力士参孙》2. John Donne (1572-1631)3. Andrew Marvell (1621-1678)“To His Coy Mistress”《给他羞怯的情人》4. Robert Herrick (1591-1674)“Gather ye Rosebuds while ye May”《花开堪折直须折》5. John Bunyan (1628-1688)T he Pilgrim’s Progress (1678) 《天路历程》The Life and Death of Mr. Badman (1680)Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners《罪人受恩记》6. John Dryden (1631-1700)“All for Love”《一切为了爱》“Absalom and Achitophel”“A Song for St. Ceilia’s Day, 1687”“Alexander’s Feast”“An Essay of Dramatic Poesy”IV. English Literature of the 18th Century (18th century)1. Alexander Pope (1688-1744)An Essay on Criticism (1711) 《论批评》The Rape of the Lock (1714)《夺发记》The Dunciad (1728-1742)《愚人志》Essay on Man (1732-1734)《人论》2. Richard Steele (1672-1729) and “The Tatler”《闲话》报(1709-1711)3. Joseph Addison (1672-1719) and “The Spectator” 《旁观者》报(1711-1712)4. Daniel Defoe (1660-1731)The True Born Englishman (1701)《真正的英国人》The Shortest Way with the Dissenters (1702)《消灭不同教派的捷径》Robinson Crusoe (1719)《鲁滨逊漂流记》Moll Flanders (1722)《摩尔•弗兰德》A Journal of the Plague Year (1722)《大疫年日记》5. Samuel Richardson (1689-1761)Pamela: or, Virtue Rewarded (1742)《帕美拉,或德行有报》Clarissa: or The History of a Young Lady (1747)《克莱丽莎》The History of Sir Charles Grandison (1754)《查尔斯•格兰迪森爵士的历史》6. Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)The Battle of Books (1697)《书籍之战》A Tale of a Tub (1698)《一个木桶的故事》Drapier’s Letters (1724)《布商的来信》Gulliver’s Travels (1726)《格列佛游记》7. Henry Fielding (1707-1754)The Coffee-house Politician (1730)《咖啡屋政客》Don Quixote in England (1734)《堂吉诃德在英国》The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews (1742)《约瑟夫•安德鲁》The History of Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great (1743)《大伟人江奈生•魏尔德伟》The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling (1749)《汤姆•琼斯》8. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816)The Rivals (1775)《情敌》St. Patrick’s Day (1775)《圣帕特里克日》The School for Scandal (1777)《造谣学校》A Trip to Scarborough (1777)《思卡波罗之行》9. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)A Dictionary of the English Language (1755)《英语大辞典》Lives of the Poets (1779-1781)《诗人传》The Vanity of Human Wishes《人类欲望之虚幻》10. James Boswell (1740-1795)Life of Johnson《约翰逊传》11. Edward Gibbon (1737-1794)The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 《罗马帝国衰亡史》12. Laurence Stern (1713-1768)The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy (1760-67)《项狄传》A Sentimental Journey (1768)《伤感之旅》13. Oliver Goldsmith (1730-1774)The Bee (1759)《蜜蜂》The Citizen of the World (1760—1761)《世界公民》The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale (1766)《威克菲尔牧师传》The Deserted Village (1770)《荒村》She Stoops to Conquer (1773) 《屈身俯就》14. Thomas Gray (1716-1765)Ode on the Spring (1742)春天颂Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College (1747)《伊顿颂歌》Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (1750)《墓园挽歌》The Progress of Poetry (1757) 《诗歌的进程》15. Robert Burns (1759-1796)Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (1786)《苏格兰方言诗集》“To a Mouse”“致老鼠”“To a Louse” “致虱子”“Scots Wha Hae” “苏格兰人”“My Heart’s in the Highlands”“我的心呀在高原”“Auld Lang Syne”“过去的好时光”“A Red, Red Rose” 《一朵红红的玫瑰》16. William Blake (1757-1827)Poetical Sketches (1783)《素描诗集》Songs of Innocence (1789)《天真之歌》The French Revolution (1791)《法国革命》The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1793)《天堂与地狱的婚姻》Songs of Experience (1794)《经验之歌》V. Romanticism in England — the Romantic Period (early 19th century)1. William Wordsworth (1770-1850)Lyrical Ballads (1789)《抒怀歌谣集》Lucy Poems (1799)《露西组诗》“The Solitary Reaper”(1807)“孤独的刈麦女”“I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” (1807)“我似孤独流云”The Prelude (1850)《序曲》“My Hearts Leaps Up” “我的心跳了起来”Tintern Abbey 《丁登寺旁》2. Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)“The Fall of the Bastille” (1789)“巴士底狱的倒塌”Lyrical Ballads (1789)《抒情歌谣集》“The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”(1798)“老水手谣”“Kulbla Khan”(1816)“忽必烈汗”Biographa Literaria (1817)《文学传记》3. Robert Southey (1774-1843)Joan of Arc《圣女贞德》Walt Tyler《瓦特•泰勒》The Fall of Robespierre《罗伯斯庇尔之死》The Life of Nelson 《纳尔逊传》4. George Gordon Byron (1788-1824)Hours of Idleness (1807)《懒散时刻》Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage (Canto I and II 1812; Canto III 1816; Canto IV, 1818)《恰尔德哈罗德游记》Oriental Tales (1813-1816)《东方叙事诗》Don Juan (1818-1823)《唐璜》The Age of Bronze (1822)《青铜时代》5. Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)“Queen Mab”(1813)“麦布女王”“The Masque of Anarchy”(1819)“专制魔王的化妆舞会”“Ode to West Wind” (1819)“西风颂”“Song to the Men of England”(1819)“致英国人民”“England in 1819”(1819)“一八一九年的英国”“Prometheus Unbound” (1819)“解放了的普罗米修斯”“To a Skylark” (1820)“致云雀”“A Defense of Poetry”(1821)“诗辩”6. John Keats (1795-1821)“Endymion”(1818)“恩底弥翁”“Isabella; or the Pot of Basil” (1820)“伊莎贝拉”“Ode to a Nightingale” (1819)“夜莺颂”“Ode on a Grecian Urn” (1819)“希腊古瓮颂”“Ode on Melancholy” (1819) “忧郁颂”“Ode to Autumn” (1819) “秋颂”“La Belle Dame Sams Merci”(1820)“无情的美女”“Sonnet on Peace” “和平十四行诗”7. Charles Lamb (1775-1843)Essays of Elia (1823;1833)《伊利亚随笔》Tales from Shakespeare (1807) 《莎士比亚戏剧故事集》Specimens from English Dramatic Poets Contemporary with Shakespeare《莎士比亚时期英国戏剧诗人选》8. Thomas De Quincey (1785-1859)The Confession of an English Opium-Eater《一个英国吸食鸦片者的自白》9. Mary ShellyFrankenstein《弗兰肯斯坦》10. Walter Scott (1771-1832)The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border(1802-1803)《英格兰边区歌谣集》The Lay of the Last Minstrel (1805) 《末代歌者之歌》The Lady of the Lake (1810)《湖上夫人》Waverly (1814)《威弗利》Guy Mannering (1815)《盖•曼纳令》Rob Roy (1817)《罗布•罗伊》Ivanhoe (1819)《艾凡赫》11. Jane Austen (1775-1817)Sense and Sensibility (1811)《理智与情感》Pride and Prejudice (1813)《傲慢与偏见》Mansfield Park (1814)《曼斯菲尔德庄园》Emma (1816)《爱玛》Northanger Abbey (1818)《诺桑觉寺》Persuasion (1818)《劝导》VI. English Critical Realism (second half of the 19th century) — the Victorian Age (1837-1901) 1. Charles Dickens (1812-1870)1836 Sketches by Box《博兹特写集》1836-1837 The Pickwick Papers《匹克威克外传》1837-1838 Oliver Twist《雾都孤儿》1838-1839 Nicholas Nickleby《尼古拉斯•尼克贝尔》1840-1841 The Old Curiosity Shop 《老古玩店》1841 Barnaby Rudge1842 American Notes 《游美札记》1843-1845 Martin Chuzzlewit《马丁•朱速尔唯特》1843 A Christmsa Carol《圣诞欢歌》1844 The Chimes《钟乐》1845 The Cricket on the Hearth《炉边蟋蟀》1846-1848 Dombey and Son《董贝父子》1849-1850 David Copperfield 《大卫•科波菲尔》1852-1853 Bleak House《荒凉山庄》1854 Hard Times《艰难时世》1855-1857 Little Dorrit《小杜丽》1859 A Tale of Two Cities《双城记》1860-1861 Great Expectations《远大前程》1864-1865 Our Mutual Friend 《我们的共同朋友》2. William M. Thackeray (1811-63)The Book of Snobs (1847)《势利人脸谱》Vanity Fair (1847-1848)《名利场》Pendennis (1848-1850)《潘丹尼斯》The History of Pendennis (1850) 《潘丹尼斯的历史》The History of Henry Esmond (1852)《亨利•埃斯蒙德》The Newcomers (1853-1855)《纽克姆一家》The Virginians (1857-1859)《弗吉尼亚人》Lovel the Widower (1860)《鳏夫洛弗尔》Adventures of Philip (1861-1862) 《菲利普历险记》3. Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855)Jane Eyre (1847)《简•爱》Shirley (1849)《谢利》Vilette (1853)《维莱特》The Professor (1857) 《教授》4. Emily Bronte (1818-1848)Wuthering Heights (1847)《呼啸山庄》5. Anne Bronte (1820-1849 )Agnes Grey 《艾格尼丝•格雷》6. William Morris (1834-1896)News from Nowhere 《来自乌有乡之消息》A Dream of John Ball《梦遇约翰•保尔》The Earthly Paradise 《人间乐园》Chants for Socialism《社会主义歌集》7. Robert Stevenson (1850-1894)Treasure Island《金银岛》New Arabian Nights《新天方夜谭》Kidnapped《诱拐》A Child’s Garden of Verses《儿童诗园》8. Oscar Wilde (1856-1900)An Ideal Husband《理想丈夫》The Picture of Dorain Gray《道林•格雷画像》A Woman of No Importance《一个无足轻重的女人》The Importance of Being Earnest《认真的重要性》Lady Windermere’s Fan《温德米尔夫人的扇子》The Ballad of Reading Gaol《累丁狱之歌》The Happy Prince and Other Tales《快乐王子集》9.George Eliot (1819-1880)Adam Bede (1859)《亚当•比德》The Mill on the Floss (1860)《弗洛斯河上的磨坊》Silas Marner (1861)《织工马南》Romola (1863)《罗莫拉》Middlemarch (1871-1872)《米德尔马奇》10. Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892)11. Robert Browning (1812-1889)VII. 20th Century English Literature (20th century) — the Modernist Period (between the two world wars) 1. Thomas Hardy (1840-1928)Far from the Madding Crowd《远离㵙尘嚣》The Mayor of Casterbridge《卡斯特桥市长》The Return of the Native《还乡》Under the Greenwood Tree《绿荫下》Tess of the D’ Urbervilles 《德伯家的苔丝》Jude the Obscure《无名的裘德》Wessex Pooems《威塞克斯诗集》2. Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)The Jungle Book (1894)《林莽丛书》The Second Jungle Book (1895)《林莽丛书之二》3. Arnold Bennett (1867-1931)The Old Wives’ Tale (1908)《老妇谭》4. E. M. Forster (1879—1970)Where Angles Fear to Tread (1905)《天使们望而却步的地方》The Longest Journey (1907)《最漫长的旅行》A Room with a View (1908)《可以远眺的房间》A Passage to India (1924)《印度之行》5. John Galsworthy (1867-1933)The Forsyte Saga (1906)《福尔赛世家》In Chancery (1920)《骑虎》The Man of Property 《有产业的人》To Let (1921)《出租》Modern Comedy 《现代喜剧》The White Monkey (1924)《白猿》The Silver Spoon (1926)《银匙》Swan Song (1928)《天鹅曲》From the Four Winds (1897)《天涯海角》The Silver Box (1906)《银匣》6. Joseph Conrad (1857-1924)The Nigger of the Narcissus (1897)《白水仙号上的黑家伙》Lord Jim (1900)《吉姆老爷》Heart of Darkness (1902)《黑暗心脏》The Secret Agent (1907)《间谍》Under the Western Eye (1911)《在西方的注视下》7. Henry James (1843-1916)8. George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)Widow’s Houses (1892)《鳏夫的房产》Mrs. Warren’s Profession (1894)《华伦夫人的职业》Arms and Man (1894)《武器与人》Man and Superman (1903)《人与超人》Major Barbara (1905)《巴巴拉上校》Pygmalion (1913)《皮格马利翁》Heartbreak House (1917)《伤心之家》9. W. B. Yeats (1865-1939)10. T. S. Eliot (1888-1965)11. D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930)The White Peacock (1911)《白孔雀》Sons and Lovers (1913)《儿子与情人》The Rainbow (1915)《虹》Women in Love (1916)《恋爱中的女人》Lady Chatterley’s Lover (1928)《恰泰莱夫人的情人》12. James Joyce (1882-1941)Dubliner (1914)《都柏林人》A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916)《年轻艺术家画像》Ulysses (1922)《尤利西斯》Finnegan’s Wake (1939)《芬尼根的觉醒》13. Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)Mrs. Dalloway (1925)《黛洛维夫人》To the Lighthouse (1927)《到灯塔去》The Waves (1931)《浪》The V oyage Out (1915)《航行》Orlando (1928)《奥兰多》14. Katherine Mansfield (1888—1923)。
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查尔斯 · 约翰 · 赫芬姆 · 狄更斯 (Charles John Huffam Dickens) - 在英国乃至整个世界文学史上掀起了现实主义的新高 潮; - 被后世奉为 “ 召唤人们回到欢笑和仁爱中来的明灯 ”, 批 判现实主义最杰出的代表; - 马克思把他和他同时代的英国著名作家萨克雷等称誉 为英国的 “ 一批杰出的小说家 ” 查尔斯 · 兰姆 (Charles Lamb) - 具有世界声誉的随笔作家 克利斯托弗 · 马洛 (Christopher Marlowe) - “ 诗剧的晨星 ” 、 “ 英国悲剧之父 ” ; - 是莎士比亚以前英国戏剧界最重要的人物 , 也是英国文 艺复兴戏剧的真正创始人; 革新了中世纪的戏剧 , 在舞台上 创造了反映时代精神的巨人性格和 ” 雄伟的诗行 ” 丹尼尔 · 笛福 (Daniel Defoe) - 英国启蒙时期现实主义小说的奠基人 , 被誉为 “ 小说之 父” 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯 (David Herbert Lawrence) - 二十世纪英国最独特和最有争议的作家之一; - 被称为 “ 英国文学史上最伟大的人物之一 ” ; - 福特 · 马多克斯 · 休弗评价他 : 他是个天才 , 是 “ 浸透情欲 的天才 ” 埃德蒙·斯宾塞 (Edmund Spenser) - 主要启发了马洛 , 使十音节诗行在无韵诗体里臻于完美; - 影响了 18 世纪前期浪漫主义诗人汤姆逊、 格雷以及 19 世纪浪漫主义诗人雪莱和济慈 欧内斯特·查尔斯·琼斯 (Ernest Charies Jones) - 英国宪章运动左翼领袖之一 , 第一国际的参加者 , 马克思 的战友 弗朗西斯 ·培根 (Francis Bacon) - 英国唯物主义的第一个创始人; - 第一代圣阿尔本子爵; - 古典经验论的始祖 盖斯凯尔夫人 (Mrs. Gaskell) - 马克思曾称赞狄更斯、 萨克雷和盖斯凯尔夫人是 “ 一批杰 出的小说家 ” 1810-1865 1561-1626 1819-1869 1660-1731
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英国文学史资料British Writers and Works一、中世纪文学(约5世纪—1485)•《贝奥武甫》(Beowulf)•《高文爵士和绿衣骑士》(Sir Gawain and the Green Knight )杰弗利·乔叟(Geoffrey Chaucer)“英国诗歌之父”。
(Father of English Poetry)《坎特伯雷故事》(The Canterbury Tales)二、文艺复兴时期文学(15世纪后期—17世纪初)•托马斯·莫尔(Thomas More )《乌托邦》(Utopia)•埃德蒙·斯宾塞(Edmund Spenser)《仙后》(The Faerie Queene)•弗兰西斯·培根(Francis Bacon)《论说文集》(Essays)克里斯托弗·马洛Christopher Marlowe•《帖木儿大帝》(Tamburlaine)•《浮士德博士的悲剧》(The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Dr. Faustus)•《马耳他岛的犹太人》(The Jew of Malta)威廉·莎士比亚William Shakespeare喜剧《仲夏夜之梦》(A Midsummer Night’s Dream)、《威尼斯商人》(The Merchant of Venice)悲剧《罗密欧与朱丽叶》(Romeo and Juliet)、《哈姆莱特》(Hamlet)、《奥赛罗》(Othello)、《李尔王》(King Lear)、《麦克白》(Macbeth)历史剧《亨利四世》(Henry IV)传奇剧《暴风雨》(The Tempest)本·琼生Ben Johnson•《人人高兴》(Every Man in His Humor)•《狐狸》(V olpone)•《练金术士》(The Alchemist)三、17世纪文学约翰·弥尔顿John Milton《失乐园》(Paradise Lost)《复乐园》(Paradise Regained)诗剧《力士参孙》(Samson Agonistes)•约翰·班扬(John Bunyan)《天路历程》(The Pilgrim’s Progress)•威廉·康格里夫(William Congreve)《以爱还爱》(Love for Love)《如此世道》(The Way of the World)四、启蒙时期文学(17世纪后期—18世纪中期)18世纪初,新古典主义成为时尚。
Ben-Jonson(本·琼森)
本·琼森本·琼森本·琼森(Ben Jonson,约1572年6月11日-1637年8月6日),英格兰文艺复兴剧作家、诗人和演员.他的作品以讽刺剧见长,《福尔蓬奈》(Volpone)和《炼金士》(The Alchemist)为其代表作,他的抒情诗也很出名. 英国诗人,剧作家,评论家。
1572年6月11日生于伦敦。
主要诗集有《格言诗》、《森林集》、《灌木集》等曾就学于古代史学者坎姆登,并在其资助下到威斯敏斯特学校读书,获得关于希腊、罗马文学的丰富知识。
后又博览群书,成为当时学识最渊博的剧作家之一。
目录生平本·琼生(1573?——1637)与莎士比亚同时创作并持续到莎士比亚死后,戏剧生涯三十余年。
他一生经历坎坷,曾经随继父学习泥瓦手艺,后来从军参加对西班牙人的战争。
因讥讽时政、争斗杀人曾多次入狱。
他也是由演员转向戏剧创作的。
在1616 年莎士比亚逝世那年,他把自己的剧本结集出版。
当时剧本都作演出本用,本·琼生把它们作为独立的文学作品出版,尽管当时有人讥评,但在文学史上是有意义的事件。
他受过古希腊、罗马文化的影响,倾心拉丁诗篇,诗作有收敛整饬的古典美。
他的非戏剧的诗歌有许多佳作,像“用你的双眸给我祝酒吧”是抒情的名诗。
他的散文作品中有关文艺批评的意见,对新古典主义的形成有很大影响。
本·琼生在当时文坛上受到推崇,成为作家中的领袖人物,围绕着他活动的文学圈被称为“本·琼生派"。
个人作品琼森写了18部戏剧,除两部罗马历史悲剧《西亚努斯的覆灭》和《卡塔林的阴谋》之外,大都是社会讽刺喜剧。
其剧作遵循古典主义原则,并有强烈的道德倾向。
剧中对当时社会恶劣风习的尖锐批评曾使他两次被捕入狱。
一次是因与T·纳什合写讽刺时事、现已佚失的《狗岛》,此剧的演出还导致了伦敦剧场的暂时关闭;另一次是因与C· 马斯顿合写《向东方去》,剧中批评了詹姆斯一世的政治 .1598年的《人人高兴》和1599 年的《人人扫兴》是琼森根据气质论(中世纪所谓4种不同气质产生不同性格的生理学学说)创作的癖性喜剧。
专八人文知识汇总_自我总结版
第一章英语国家概括第一节英国概括Ⅰ地理有四个部分组成great Britain(England,Wales,Scotland)and northern IrelandⅡ地理特征最短的海峡strait of Dover 多佛海峡1 England the pennies 英格兰最主要的山脉2 Scotland three natural zone :the highlands central lowlands the southern uplands ,首都是Edinburgh ,river Clyde 克莱德河是最重要的河流,3 Wales Cardiff 最大的城市和首府4 northern Ireland Belfast 英国最大的湖是内伊湖(Lough Neagh)5 Rivers and lakes最长的是Severn river(赛文河),第二长和最重要的是泰晤士河,(Thames river),典型的海洋性气候(maritime climate)Ⅲ人口60million ,英国人是Anglo-Saxons,苏格兰人hospitable and generous,Wales are emotional and cheerful people,北爱尔兰的官方语言是爱尔兰语,其次才是英语ethic groups 伦敦是最大的少数名族聚居区ⅣHistory:1 first settlers are Lberians (伊利比亚人)2 1066(Norman conquer)1215 (大宪章)1337—1453(英法百年战争)1381(农民起义)1458(玫瑰战争,1350-1650(Renaissance)1642-1646(first civil war ),1658(the restoration 王朝复辟)1688(the glorious revolution)Ⅴ教育实行的是5-16岁都必须前去学习ⅥReligionEstablished churches分为the Church of England(official church ,英国君主必须是这个教的成员主教和大主教由monarch 指定)and the Church of Scotland(Presbyterian,长老教会)Unestablished churches: the Anglican churches 英国圣公会,the free churches 自由教,the roman catholic church 天主教Ⅶ主要节日Christmas day December 25th Easter 复活节(主要的天主教节日)whit Sunday(圣灵降临节,复活节后的第7个周日)Gay Fawkes day (盖伊福克斯之夜,11月5日,燃放烟火的节日)Ⅷsports ,足球是最受欢迎的(职业足球从August 到May),最典型的英国运动是cricket,板球)网球(annual Wimbledon fortnightⅨArts 博物馆(the British museum,the national history museum .the national army museum ,the national gallery)Music (甲壳虫乐队,the Beatles ,first national music day was held in 1992,the most famous music festival is the Edinburgh international festival of music and dramaⅩmedia (BBC ,daily Express Daily mail daily mirror , daily star ,financial times ,the Guardian, the times (泰晤士报)the observer (the first Sunday newspaper)ⅪPoliticalconstitutional monarchy,没有宪法,全靠惯例,parliament (the house of lord and the house of commons,任期为五年)political party :labor party(Whigs 辉格党) and conservative party(Tories 托利党)第二节美国概括Ⅰyellow National park(大平原地带),大峡谷(the grand canvon ,in Arizona ,phoenix is the largest city in the intermountain region ,the largest commercial city( san Francisco, also the second largest city in California )ⅡAlaska and Hawaii (Alaska 居住着Inuits,also called Eskimos)Hawaii (Mauna Loa ,莫纳罗亚山,the world’s largest active volcano,盛产sugar cane and pineapple,首府是Honolulu)Ⅲ地理特征1 两大主要山脉是,Appalachian mountains and rocky mountains ,2 the Mississippi river (greatest continental rivers,American Ruhr ),Ohio river(俄亥俄河)3 the great lakes:lake Michigan(唯一一个在美国境内),lake superior(世界上最大的淡水湖),the lake Huron(休伦湖)lake Erie(伊利湖)and lake Ontario(安大略湖)Ⅳhistory1620,201 pilgrim,mayflower,1774(September, first continental congress), on April 19 ,1775 (,the second continental congress),1776( declaration of independence) , in September 1783, (英国承认其独立,签署停火协议),1789(established federal government),1812(和英国开战,认识到强大的联邦政府的重要)1861-1865(civil war),gilded age (镀金时代,国内战争到20世纪初),1949(north Atlantic treaty),1950s (civil rights movement)1950-1975(the Vietnam war),1972(Watergate scandal)1972 (访华),1979(中美建交)ⅤAmerican political美国宪法是世界上最早的成文宪法,(1789讨论成立,国会两院,三分之二以上赞成便可以对宪法进行修改。
英国文艺复兴时期文学(15世纪后期—17世纪初)
英国文艺复兴时期文学(15世纪后期—17世纪初)文艺复兴时期文学(15世纪后期—17世纪初)相对于欧洲其他国家来说,英国的文艺复兴起始较晚,通常认为是在15世纪末。
文艺复兴时期形成的思想体系被称为人文主义,它主张以人为本,反对中世纪以神为中心的世界观,提倡积极进取、享受现世欢乐的生活理想。
托马斯·莫尔(1478-1535)是英国最主要的早期人文主义者,他的《乌托邦》(Utopia)批评了当时的英国和欧洲社会,设计了一个社会平等、财产公有、人们和谐相处的理想国。
Utopia现已成为空想主义的代名词,但乌托邦是作者对当时社会状况进行严肃思考的结果。
《乌托邦》开创了英国哲理幻想小说传统的先河,这一传统从培根的《新大西岛》(The New Atlantis)、斯威夫特的《格列佛游记》(Gulliver’s Travels)、勃特勒的《埃瑞璜》(Erewhon)一直延续到20世纪的科幻小说。
文艺复兴时期诗歌创作繁荣,埃德蒙·斯宾塞(Edmund Spenser, 1552-1599)的长诗《仙后》(The Faerie Queene)歌颂女王,宣扬人文主义思想。
他创造的“斯宾塞诗体”每节诗有九行,韵律复杂,具有柔和动听、萦绕耳际的音乐性。
弗兰西斯·培根(Francis Bacon, 1561-1626)是这一时期最重要的散文家,他对文学的主要贡献是《论说文集》(Essays),共58篇。
这些文章题材广泛,内容涉及哲学、宗教、政治制度以及婚姻、爱情、友谊、园艺、读书等,文笔典雅,略带古风而又明白畅达。
英国戏剧起源于中世纪教堂的宗教仪式,取材于圣经故事的神秘剧和奇迹剧在14、15世纪英国舞台上占有主导地位,随后出现了以抽象概念作为剧中人物的道德剧。
到了16世纪末,戏剧进入全盛时期。
克里斯托弗·马洛(Christopher Marlowe, 1564-1593)冲破旧的戏剧形式的束缚,创作了一种新戏剧。
benjonson诗歌
benjonson诗歌
Ben Jonson是一位英格兰文艺复兴时期的剧作家、诗人和演员,他的作品以讽刺剧见长,代表作有《福尔蓬奈》(Volpone)和《炼金士》(The Alchemist),他的抒情诗也很出名。
以下是他的部分诗歌作品:
1. “To the Memory of My Beloved, the Author, Mr. William Shakespeare: And What He Hath Left Us”,是本·琼森写给已故的威廉·莎士比亚的挽歌,表达了他对这位伟大剧作家的敬仰和赞美。
2. “Epigram: To My Book”,本·琼森为自己的作品所写的墓志铭,表达了他对作品的自信和期望。
3. “To the Reader”,本·琼森写给读者的序言,强调了作品的真实性和作者的苦心孤诣。
4. “Song: Beautiful Robes (Fool, Fool, in thy Folly)”,本·琼森的一首歌曲,以美丽的衣裳比喻爱情和婚姻,表达了对世俗价值的讽刺和批判。
5. “Epigram: On My First Son”,本·琼森为悼念自己的长子所写,表达了失去亲人的痛苦和悲痛。
以上是Ben Jonson的部分诗歌作品,他的作品风格独特,语言优美,思想深邃,深受读者喜爱。
狐狸在英汉语中文化内涵对比及相关习语翻译
狐狸在英汉语中文化内涵对比及相关习语翻译所属分类:英语论文论文摘要在对词汇的文化内涵进行研究的过程中,有一种很有趣的语言现象,即在不同的语言中,具有同一实体指称意义的词语在民族文化不断的渗透和影响下,其内涵变得不甚相同或者大相径庭,动物词汇便很好得体现了这一语言特点。
本文以“狐狸”为例,分析对比其在英汉两种语言中文化内涵的异同,为读者正确理解并恰当翻译与其相关的惯用语提供一些参考。
一、狐狸在英汉语中文化内涵的解读及对比1.狐狸在英汉文化内涵中的共同之处。
在肉食动物庞大的群体中,狐狸四肢较短、体小力弱,无论是攻击猎食还是躲避敌害,其都不能与老虎、猎豹这样的丛林佼佼者相提并论。
狐狸狩猎时,经常会通过伪装受伤或者同伴相争来麻痹猎物使其掉以轻心,并能迅速趁其不备袭击猎物要害部位。
此外,为了躲避丛林中的陷阱或者防止食物被盗,狐狸经常会在危险或者隐藏食物的地方释放臭气,以此来提醒同伴或者保护食物。
基于对其习性的认识,“诡计多端”、“狡猾善变”便成了众人对对狐狸形象的一种共识。
在现代汉语中,“狐朋狗友”、“狐假虎威”、“狐狸尾巴”、“狼顾狐疑”这样的成语屡见不鲜; 而英语中,“as cunning as fox( 像狐狸一样狡猾) ”,“an old fox( 老奸巨猾的人) ”以及“play the fox( 耍滑、装假) ”也体现了西方人对于狐狸狡猾本性的普遍认同。
然而,在英汉文化各自的体系中,狐狸这一动物形象还有许多鲜为人知的地方。
2.在汉语中独有的文化内涵。
中国狐文化历史悠久,源远流长。
“狐是一种象征物,一种神秘的文化符号,一种动人的审美意象。
在宗教、民俗和文学中,它曾长久地发挥着特殊的文化功能和艺术功能。
”在中国上古神话中,大禹与涂山女的姻缘故事反映了狐作为祥瑞之兽的图腾文化。
东汉赵晔在《吴越春秋》卷六中记载“禹三十未娶,行到涂山,恐时之暮,失其度制。
乃辞‘吾娶也,必有应矣。
’乃有白狐九尾,造于禹。
外国文学作品英文名称
I. Early and Medieval English Literature (5th century-15th century)1. Bewolf 《贝尔武甫》2. The Legend of King Arthur and his Round Table Knights;《亚瑟王和他的圆桌骑士》“Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” 《高文爵士和绿衣骑士》3. William Langland (1330-1400) Piers the Plowman《农夫皮尔斯》4. Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400) 杰弗里•乔叟The Canterbury Tales (1387-1400)《坎特伯雷故事集》The Romanunt of the Rose 《玫瑰罗曼史》Troilus and Criseyde《特罗勒斯和克丽西德》The House of Fame《声誉之堂》II. English Literature of the Renaissance (16th century) —the Elizabethan Age (1558-1603)1. Thomas More (1478-1535)Utopia (1516) 《乌托邦》2. Edmund Spenser (1552-99)The Faerie Queen (1596) 《仙后》The Shepherd’s Calendar (1597 《牧人日历》3. Christopher Marlowe (1564-93)Tamburlaine the Great (1587)《帖木儿》Dr. Faustus (1589)《浮士德博士的悲剧》The Jew of Malta (1590) 《马耳他的犹太人》The Passionate Shepherd to His Love 《多情牧童致爱人》4. William Shakespeare (1564-1616)The First Period (1590-1594)1590 Henry VI, Part II《亨利六世中篇》Henry VI, Part III《亨利六世下篇》1591 Henry VI, Part I 《亨利六世上篇》1592 Richard III《理查三世》The Comedy of Errors 《错误的喜剧》1593 Titus Andronicus《泰特斯•安德洛尼克斯》The Taming of the Shrew《训悍记》1594 The Two Gentlemen of Verona《维洛那二绅士》Love’s Labour’s Lost《爱的徒劳》Romeo and Juliet 《罗密欧与朱丽叶》Two narrative poems:Venus and Adonis 《维纳斯与阿多尼斯》The Rape of Lucrece《露克丽丝受辱记》The Second Period (1595-1600)The second period of Shakespeare’s work is his mature period, mainly a period of “great comedies” and mature historical plays. 1595 Richard II 《理查二世》A Midsummer Night’s Dream《仲夏夜之梦》1596 King John《约翰王》The Merchant of Venice 《威尼斯商人》1597 Henry IV, Part I《亨利四世上篇》Henry IV, Part II《亨利四世下篇》1598 Much Ado about Nothing《无事生非》Henry V《亨利五世》The Merry Wives of Windsor《温莎的风流娘儿们》1599 Julius Caesar《裘力斯•凯撒》As You Like It《皆大欢喜》1600 Twelfth Night《第十二夜》The Third Period (1601-1607)The third period of Shakespeare’s dramatic career is mainly the period of “great tragedies” and “dark comedies”. 1601 Hamlet《哈姆莱特》1602 Troilus and Cressida《特洛伊罗斯与克瑞西达》1603 All’s Well That Ends Well《终成眷属》1604 Measure for Measure《一报还一报》Othello《奥瑟罗》1605 King Lear《李尔王》Macbeth《麦克白》1606 Antony and Cleopatra《安东尼与克莉奥佩特拉》1607 Coriolanus 《科利奥兰纳斯》Timon of Athens 《雅典的泰门》The Fourth Period (1608-1602)The fourth period of Shakespeare’s work is the period of romantic drama.1608 Pericles《泰尔亲王配瑞克里斯》1609 Cymbeline《辛白林》1610 The Winter’s Tale《冬天的故事》1601 The Tempest《暴风雨》1612 Henry VIII《亨利八世》5. Ben Jonson (1573-1637)Every Man in His Humor (1598)V olpone, or the Fox (1606)The Alchemist (1610) 《炼金术士》Bartholomew Fair (1614)6. Francis Bacon (1561-1626)Advancement of Learning, 1605 《学术的进展》Novum Organum, 1620《新工具》New Atlantics, 1627《新大西岛》Essays, 1597,1612,1625 《论说文集》III. English Literature during the English Bourgeois Revolution and the Restoration (17th century)1. John Milton (1608-1674)“Morning of Christ’s Nativity”(1629)“圣诞晨歌”“L’ Allegro” (1632) “欢乐的人”“Il Penseroso” (1632) “沉思的人”Areopagitica (1644)《论出版自由》Deference of the English People (1651)《为英国人民辨》Second Deference of the English People (1654)《再为英国人民辨》Paradise Lost (1667)《失乐园》Paradise Regained (1671)《复乐园》Samson Agonistes (1671)《力士参孙》2. John Donne (1572-1631)3. Andrew Marvell (1621-1678)“To His Coy Mistress”《给他羞怯的情人》4. Robert Herrick (1591-1674)“Gather ye Rosebuds while ye May”《花开堪折直须折》5. John Bunyan (1628-1688)T he Pilgrim’s Progress (1678) 《天路历程》The Life and Death of Mr. Badman (1680)Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners《罪人受恩记》6. John Dryden (1631-1700)“All for Love”《一切为了爱》“Absalom and Achitophel”“A Song for St. Ceilia’s Day, 1687”“Alexander’s Feast”“An Essay of Dramatic Poesy”IV. English Literature of the 18th Century (18th century)1. Alexander Pope (1688-1744)An Essay on Criticism (1711) 《论批评》The Rape of the Lock (1714)《夺发记》The Dunciad (1728-1742)《愚人志》Essay on Man (1732-1734)《人论》2. Richard Steele (1672-1729) and “The Tatler”《闲话》报(1709-1711)3. Joseph Addison (1672-1719) and “The Spectator” 《旁观者》报(1711-1712)4. Daniel Defoe (1660-1731)The True Born Englishman (1701)《真正的英国人》The Shortest Way with the Dissenters (1702)《消灭不同教派的捷径》Robinson Crusoe (1719)《鲁滨逊漂流记》Moll Flanders (1722)《摩尔•弗兰德》A Journal of the Plague Year (1722)《大疫年日记》5. Samuel Richardson (1689-1761)Pamela: or, Virtue Rewarded (1742)《帕美拉,或德行有报》Clarissa: or The History of a Young Lady (1747)《克莱丽莎》The History of Sir Charles Grandison (1754)《查尔斯•格兰迪森爵士的历史》6. Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)The Battle of Books (1697)《书籍之战》A Tale of a Tub (1698)《一个木桶的故事》Drapier’s Letters (1724)《布商的来信》Gulliver’s Travels (1726)《格列佛游记》7. Henry Fielding (1707-1754)The Coffee-house Politician (1730)《咖啡屋政客》Don Quixote in England (1734)《堂吉诃德在英国》The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews (1742)《约瑟夫•安德鲁》The History of Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great (1743)《大伟人江奈生•魏尔德伟》The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling (1749)《汤姆•琼斯》8. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816)The Rivals (1775)《情敌》St. Patrick’s Day (1775)《圣帕特里克日》The School for Scandal (1777)《造谣学校》A Trip to Scarborough (1777)《思卡波罗之行》9. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)A Dictionary of the English Language (1755)《英语大辞典》Lives of the Poets (1779-1781)《诗人传》The Vanity of Human Wishes《人类欲望之虚幻》10. James Boswell (1740-1795)Life of Johnson《约翰逊传》11. Edward Gibbon (1737-1794)The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 《罗马帝国衰亡史》12. Laurence Stern (1713-1768)The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy (1760-67)《项狄传》A Sentimental Journey (1768)《伤感之旅》13. Oliver Goldsmith (1730-1774)The Bee (1759)《蜜蜂》The Citizen of the World (1760—1761)《世界公民》The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale (1766)《威克菲尔牧师传》The Deserted Village (1770)《荒村》She Stoops to Conquer (1773) 《屈身俯就》14. Thomas Gray (1716-1765)Ode on the Spring (1742)春天颂Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College (1747)《伊顿颂歌》Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (1750)《墓园挽歌》The Progress of Poetry (1757) 《诗歌的进程》15. Robert Burns (1759-1796)Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (1786)《苏格兰方言诗集》“To a Mouse”“致老鼠”“To a Louse” “致虱子”“Scots Wha Hae” “苏格兰人”“My Heart’s in the Highlands”“我的心呀在高原”“Auld Lang Syne”“过去的好时光”“A Red, Red Rose” 《一朵红红的玫瑰》16. William Blake (1757-1827)Poetical Sketches (1783)《素描诗集》Songs of Innocence (1789)《天真之歌》The French Revolution (1791)《法国革命》The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1793)《天堂与地狱的婚姻》Songs of Experience (1794)《经验之歌》V. Romanticism in England — the Romantic Period (early 19th century)1. William Wordsworth (1770-1850)Lyrical Ballads (1789)《抒怀歌谣集》Lucy Poems (1799)《露西组诗》“The Solitary Reaper”(1807)“孤独的刈麦女”“I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” (1807)“我似孤独流云”The Prelude (1850)《序曲》“My Hearts Leaps Up” “我的心跳了起来”Tintern Abbey 《丁登寺旁》2. Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)“The Fall of the Bastille” (1789)“巴士底狱的倒塌”Lyrical Ballads (1789)《抒情歌谣集》“The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”(1798)“老水手谣”“Kulbla Khan”(1816)“忽必烈汗”Biographa Literaria (1817)《文学传记》3. Robert Southey (1774-1843)Joan of Arc《圣女贞德》Walt Tyler《瓦特•泰勒》The Fall of Robespierre《罗伯斯庇尔之死》The Life of Nelson 《纳尔逊传》4. George Gordon Byron (1788-1824)Hours of Idleness (1807)《懒散时刻》Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage (Canto I and II 1812; Canto III 1816; Canto IV, 1818)《恰尔德哈罗德游记》Oriental Tales (1813-1816)《东方叙事诗》Don Juan (1818-1823)《唐璜》The Age of Bronze (1822)《青铜时代》5. Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)“Queen Mab”(1813)“麦布女王”“The Masque of Anarchy”(1819)“专制魔王的化妆舞会”“Ode to West Wind” (1819)“西风颂”“Song to the Men of England”(1819)“致英国人民”“England in 1819”(1819)“一八一九年的英国”“Prometheus Unbound” (1819)“解放了的普罗米修斯”“To a Skylark” (1820)“致云雀”“A Defense of Poetry”(1821)“诗辩”6. John Keats (1795-1821)“Endymion”(1818)“恩底弥翁”“Isabella; or the Pot of Basil” (1820)“伊莎贝拉”“Ode to a Nightingale” (1819)“夜莺颂”“Ode on a Grecian Urn” (1819)“希腊古瓮颂”“Ode on Melancholy” (1819) “忧郁颂”“Ode to Autumn” (1819) “秋颂”“La Belle Dame Sams Merci”(1820)“无情的美女”“Sonnet on Peace” “和平十四行诗”7. Charles Lamb (1775-1843)Essays of Elia (1823;1833)《伊利亚随笔》Tales from Shakespeare (1807) 《莎士比亚戏剧故事集》Specimens from English Dramatic Poets Contemporary with Shakespeare《莎士比亚时期英国戏剧诗人选》8. Thomas De Quincey (1785-1859)The Confession of an English Opium-Eater《一个英国吸食鸦片者的自白》9. Mary ShellyFrankenstein《弗兰肯斯坦》10. Walter Scott (1771-1832)The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border(1802-1803)《英格兰边区歌谣集》The Lay of the Last Minstrel (1805) 《末代歌者之歌》The Lady of the Lake (1810)《湖上夫人》Waverly (1814)《威弗利》Guy Mannering (1815)《盖•曼纳令》Rob Roy (1817)《罗布•罗伊》Ivanhoe (1819)《艾凡赫》11. Jane Austen (1775-1817)Sense and Sensibility (1811)《理智与情感》Pride and Prejudice (1813)《傲慢与偏见》Mansfield Park (1814)《曼斯菲尔德庄园》Emma (1816)《爱玛》Northanger Abbey (1818)《诺桑觉寺》Persuasion (1818)《劝导》VI. English Critical Realism (second half of the 19th century) — the Victorian Age (1837-1901) 1. Charles Dickens (1812-1870)1836 Sketches by Box《博兹特写集》1836-1837 The Pickwick Papers《匹克威克外传》1837-1838 Oliver Twist《雾都孤儿》1838-1839 Nicholas Nickleby《尼古拉斯•尼克贝尔》1840-1841 The Old Curiosity Shop 《老古玩店》1841 Barnaby Rudge1842 American Notes 《游美札记》1843-1845 Martin Chuzzlewit《马丁•朱速尔唯特》1843 A Christmsa Carol《圣诞欢歌》1844 The Chimes《钟乐》1845 The Cricket on the Hearth《炉边蟋蟀》1846-1848 Dombey and Son《董贝父子》1849-1850 David Copperfield 《大卫•科波菲尔》1852-1853 Bleak House《荒凉山庄》1854 Hard Times《艰难时世》1855-1857 Little Dorrit《小杜丽》1859 A Tale of Two Cities《双城记》1860-1861 Great Expectations《远大前程》1864-1865 Our Mutual Friend 《我们的共同朋友》2. William M. Thackeray (1811-63)The Book of Snobs (1847)《势利人脸谱》Vanity Fair (1847-1848)《名利场》Pendennis (1848-1850)《潘丹尼斯》The History of Pendennis (1850) 《潘丹尼斯的历史》The History of Henry Esmond (1852)《亨利•埃斯蒙德》The Newcomers (1853-1855)《纽克姆一家》The Virginians (1857-1859)《弗吉尼亚人》Lovel the Widower (1860)《鳏夫洛弗尔》Adventures of Philip (1861-1862) 《菲利普历险记》3. Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855)Jane Eyre (1847)《简•爱》Shirley (1849)《谢利》Vilette (1853)《维莱特》The Professor (1857) 《教授》4. Emily Bronte (1818-1848)Wuthering Heights (1847)《呼啸山庄》5. Anne Bronte (1820-1849 )Agnes Grey 《艾格尼丝•格雷》6. William Morris (1834-1896)News from Nowhere 《来自乌有乡之消息》A Dream of John Ball《梦遇约翰•保尔》The Earthly Paradise 《人间乐园》Chants for Socialism《社会主义歌集》7. Robert Stevenson (1850-1894)Treasure Island《金银岛》New Arabian Nights《新天方夜谭》Kidnapped《诱拐》A Child’s Garden of Verses《儿童诗园》8. Oscar Wilde (1856-1900)An Ideal Husband《理想丈夫》The Picture of Dorain Gray《道林•格雷画像》A Woman of No Importance《一个无足轻重的女人》The Importance of Being Earnest《认真的重要性》Lady Windermere’s Fan《温德米尔夫人的扇子》The Ballad of Reading Gaol《累丁狱之歌》The Happy Prince and Other Tales《快乐王子集》9.George Eliot (1819-1880)Adam Bede (1859)《亚当•比德》The Mill on the Floss (1860)《弗洛斯河上的磨坊》Silas Marner (1861)《织工马南》Romola (1863)《罗莫拉》Middlemarch (1871-1872)《米德尔马奇》10. Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892)11. Robert Browning (1812-1889)VII. 20th Century English Literature (20th century) — the Modernist Period (between the two world wars) 1. Thomas Hardy (1840-1928)Far from the Madding Crowd《远离㵙尘嚣》The Mayor of Casterbridge《卡斯特桥市长》The Return of the Native《还乡》Under the Greenwood Tree《绿荫下》Tess of the D’ Urbervilles 《德伯家的苔丝》Jude the Obscure《无名的裘德》Wessex Pooems《威塞克斯诗集》2. Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)The Jungle Book (1894)《林莽丛书》The Second Jungle Book (1895)《林莽丛书之二》3. Arnold Bennett (1867-1931)The Old Wives’ Tale (1908)《老妇谭》4. E. M. Forster (1879—1970)Where Angles Fear to Tread (1905)《天使们望而却步的地方》The Longest Journey (1907)《最漫长的旅行》A Room with a View (1908)《可以远眺的房间》A Passage to India (1924)《印度之行》5. John Galsworthy (1867-1933)The Forsyte Saga (1906)《福尔赛世家》In Chancery (1920)《骑虎》The Man of Property 《有产业的人》To Let (1921)《出租》Modern Comedy 《现代喜剧》The White Monkey (1924)《白猿》The Silver Spoon (1926)《银匙》Swan Song (1928)《天鹅曲》From the Four Winds (1897)《天涯海角》The Silver Box (1906)《银匣》6. Joseph Conrad (1857-1924)The Nigger of the Narcissus (1897)《白水仙号上的黑家伙》Lord Jim (1900)《吉姆老爷》Heart of Darkness (1902)《黑暗心脏》The Secret Agent (1907)《间谍》Under the Western Eye (1911)《在西方的注视下》7. Henry James (1843-1916)8. George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)Widow’s Houses (1892)《鳏夫的房产》Mrs. Warren’s Profession (1894)《华伦夫人的职业》Arms and Man (1894)《武器与人》Man and Superman (1903)《人与超人》Major Barbara (1905)《巴巴拉上校》Pygmalion (1913)《皮格马利翁》Heartbreak House (1917)《伤心之家》9. W. B. Yeats (1865-1939)10. T. S. Eliot (1888-1965)11. D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930)The White Peacock (1911)《白孔雀》Sons and Lovers (1913)《儿子与情人》The Rainbow (1915)《虹》Women in Love (1916)《恋爱中的女人》Lady Chatterley’s Lover (1928)《恰泰莱夫人的情人》12. James Joyce (1882-1941)Dubliner (1914)《都柏林人》A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916)《年轻艺术家画像》Ulysses (1922)《尤利西斯》Finnegan’s Wake (1939)《芬尼根的觉醒》13. Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)Mrs. Dalloway (1925)《黛洛维夫人》To the Lighthouse (1927)《到灯塔去》The Waves (1931)《浪》The V oyage Out (1915)《航行》Orlando (1928)《奥兰多》14. Katherine Mansfield (1888—1923)。
专八考试英国文学复习资料(整理)
专八考试英国文学复习资料(按时间顺序)整理一The Anglo-Saxon period(449-1066)1代表作:The Song of Beowulf贝奥武夫(民族史诗national epic)采用了隐喻手法2写作手法:押头韵例子:to his kin the kindest ,kennest for praise二The Anglo-Norman period(1066-1350)1 Canto 诗章romance传奇文学(romance was a prevaliling form of literature in the medieval period)2代表作:Sir Gawain and the Green Knight高文爵士和绿衣骑士,是一首押头韵的长诗三Geffrey Chaucer(1340-1400)杰弗里.乔叟时期1 he is the father of English poetry 他是英国诗歌之父2 heroic couplet 英雄体对句Pentameter 五步抑扬格3代表作:the Canterbury tales 坎特伯雷故事集(英国文学史的开端)、小说特点:each of the narrators tells his tale in a peculiar manner ,thus revealing his own views and charactors.小说观点:he believes in the right of man to earthly happiness.he is anxious to see man freed from superstitons and a blind belief in fate.4大众民谣popular ballads:a story hold in 4-lines stanzas with second and foruth line rhymed.ballads are anonymous narrative songs that have been preserved by oral transmission.代表人物:Bishot Thomas Percy 托马斯.帕西主教Robin Hood and Allin-a-Dale 罗宾汉和阿林戴尔四Renaissance(16世纪)文艺复兴时期DramaCanto1 key words:humanism人文主义:admire the bueaty and huamn achievement2 代表人物:1)Thomas More 托马斯.莫尔Utopia 乌托邦2)Francis Bacon 佛朗西斯.培根,他是第一个散文家,“the trumpeter of a new age”(his essaies invlve bueaty,love and studies)3)Thomas Wyatt 托马斯.怀亚特,他是引入十四行诗的第一人(另外写十四行诗的还有Henry Howard ,Sidney,Spenser)4)John Lyly 约翰.黎里Eupheus夸饰文体5)Edmund Spenser 埃蒙德.斯宾塞被称作诗人中的诗人poet’s poet,代表作有the fairy queen仙后,The Shepherd’s Calendar牧羊人日志。
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本·琼森(1572-1637),英国文艺复兴时期重要的剧作家和诗人。
出生于牧师家庭,是英国第一位桂冠诗人。
其主要成绩在戏剧创作方面,作品包括有:《个性互异》(Every ManIn His Humour),《福尔蓬奈》(Volpone),《炼金士》(The Alchemist )等。
他在诗歌创作方面也颇有建树,出版有诗集《森林集》、《灌木集》等,其中以一些短诗最为引人注目。
这首《致西丽娅》就具有其诗作的典型风格:语言朴素精炼,富于音乐美。
诗中,热恋中的情郎手端美酒,眼睛却在寻找与情人沟通的机会。
我们常说“眼睛是心灵的窗户”,情人间的眼神应当更富于爱的情意。
只要能够得到这种情意,情郎宁愿放弃杯中的美酒,就连“天神的琼浆玉液”也在所不惜!的确,爱情就是人世间最甘醇的美酒,与之相比,“天神的琼浆玉液”又算得了什么呢?送情人玫瑰花冠是爱情的象征,但情郎此举不只是为了取悦情人或纯粹地表达爱意,而是为了让玫瑰花接受情人的亲吻后得以“永不凋残”,并且就如同情人的气息般永远地保留在自己的记忆中!真可谓情之深,爱之切。
诗人对情郎的心理描写得细致入微,字里行间流露出真挚情意,引起了广大读者的心灵共鸣,因而一直在情人之间广为传诵。
Song to Celia----Ben JonsonDrink to me only with thine eyes,And I will pledge with mine;Or leave a kiss but in the cup,And I’ll not look for wine.The thirst that from the soul doth riseDoth ask a drink divine;But mig ht I of Jove’s Nectar sup,I would not change for thine.I sent thee late a rosy wreath,Not so much honoring theeAs giving it a hope, that thee,It could not withered be.But thou thereon didst only breathe,And sent’st it back to me;Since when it grows, and smells, I swear,Not of itself, but thee.My appreciationThe poem is one of Ben Jonson’s representative works. As a love poem, it is so popular that people talks a lot about it so far.The whole poem is iambic. It’s first、third、fifth、seventh line has four meter each, while its second、fourth、sixth、eighth line has three meter each. Its rhyme was arranged by a b c b a b c b. All the rhymes, mine、wine、devine、thine 、thee、be、me、thee,fall on the even lines. This arrangement makes the poem full of the beauty of music.The poem has two parts. The first part was about drink. With a drinkin hand, the lovers express their love between eyes. The poet hoped his lover to leave a kiss on the cup, then even the Jove’s nectar, he would not change his wine. In the poets’ eyes, the drink brewed with love was the most delicious in the world. Compared to this, all the other things was nothing. The second part was about rose. The rose was a symbol of love. Giving his lover a rose, the poet did not only to express his love, but hoped that the rose would never fade with the lover’s love. In the poet’s eyes, his lover’s aroma was stronger than the rose. The poet described the lover’s delicate psychology perfectly. We can feel the poet’s deep love between the lines.The poet praised the sincere and pure love. The love between the lovers was more spiritual than material. This love was more valuable. This love was the true love!你只用眼睛向我祝饮,我就会用我的和你对饮;或者就在杯边留下一个亲吻,我就不会向杯中把美酒找寻。
英美文学重点作者汇总情况
一、早期和中世纪的英国文学◆Geoffrey Chaucer ii1.简介:Geoffrey Chaucer is the founder of English poetry and a forerunner ofhumanism. He was regarded as the founder of English realism. 代表作:Troilusand Criseyde《特洛伊斯洛与克瑞西达》(改变于意大利);The Canterbury Tales《坎特伯雷故事集》(包括:“The Prologue”《总序》;“The Wife of Bath”《巴斯妇人》)。
●The Canterbury Tales《坎特伯雷故事集》的影响:①It shows a true-to-lifepicture of Chaucer’s time. (之所以说乔叟是The founder of realism,是因为早期英国文学歌颂英雄(Anglo-Saxon poetry),中期英国文学歌颂骑士精神(TheRomance),之后虽然有了piers the plowman,也不曾直接写社会不公,直到乔叟真实描写中世纪及各层人民。
) ②Taking from the stand of rising bourgeoisie,Chaucer affirms men and opposes the dogma of asceticism preached by theChurch. ③His tales expose and satirize the evils of his time, attackdegeneration of the noble, the corruption of the Church.2.语言特色/贡献:①He is the first great poet who wrote in the English language.②He introduced from France the rhymed stanza of various types, especiallythe Heroic couplet to English poetry. ③He is good at the terza rima, whichmakes his language a high style.二、英国文艺复兴◆Thomas More ii1.简介:Thomas More is an English humanism churchman. 代表作:Utopia《乌托邦》。
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/Opera/images/volponeVolpone Ben JonsonIn Jonson’s Volpone the foxy main character outwits himself and his downfall moves the satirical play toward tragedy. In contrast, Campbell’s libretto tows a comic line and significantly simplifies the five-act, 38-scene Elizabethan play.In the first two scenes, Campbell establishes the story of the swindle that Volpone and his servant Mosca (the fly) enact against three scavenging fortune hunters who are appropriately named Voltore (vulture秃鹰), Corvina (raven大乌鸦, 掠夺), and Cornaccio (crow乌鸦, (婴孩)格格地笑). Volpone’s scam is to pretend he is dying. He accepts luxurious gifts from these three scavengers as he promises each one that he or she will be his sole heir.The stakes are increased in scene two as Mosca convinces Corvina to cinch her position with Volpone as sole heir by disinheriting her son Bonario in favor of Volpone. By Mosca’s logic, Corvina’s son would eventually get two inheritanc es. Next, Mosca convinces Cornacccio to speed Volpone’s death by bringing Cornaccio’s virgin wife, Celia, to Volpone’s bed.Feeling smugly satisfied, Mosca unexpectedly encounters Corvina’s nauseatingly virtuous son. Without reflecting on the consequences, Mosca tells him that his mother has disinherited him. The final interaction of the scene introduces Mosca to the woman who abandoned him as a small child. Mosca rebukes Erminella whom herecognizes only as a lady of the night. Erminella, the successful madam from Paris who has come back to Venice to look for her son, is an invention by Campbell that he uses to steer the opera’s comedic course.Act I concludes with the innocents—Bonario and Celia—being thrown in jail. In scene three, Bonario, looking to resolve his rightful inheritance, has taken out his sword to rescue Celia from being raped by Volpone. In the mayhem that follows, everyone in Volpone’s house except Volpone is arrested. Voltore, whose profession is law (Did Ben Jonson create the first jokes about lawyers?), convinces Corvina and Cornaccio to follow his lead to protect their interests in Volpone’s estate. To cap off the courtroom fiasco where the guilty go free, Volpone is wheeled in and promptly dies.A series of reversals rock Act II. Volpone has only feigned death. Mosca is annoyed but relieved because now they can escape to Genoa. However, Volpone hasn’t finished with his scam. He signs a new will giving his estate to Mosca. Volpone wants to punish the trio of scavengers. Suddenly Mosca, the orphan, is rich and it goes to his head. He tells Volpone to get out.In the street, the dispossessed Volpone meets Erminella and discovers her relationship to Mosca. Meanwhile, in prison, Bonario and Celia confess their love for each other. The final scene of the opera takes place in court where Bonario and Celia are to be sentenced. Mosca shows up to clear his name and validate the will that makes him heir to Volpone’s estate. What Mosca says clears Bonario and Celia, but makes Mosca libel for perjury. Volpone, disguised as an aged French lawyer, enters the courtroom with Erminella who wears a black veil and claims to be the estranged widow of Volpone. Finally, Erminella rescues Mosca by blackmailing the judges who have all visited her house of "good" repute. The opera ends with Erminella, Mosca and Volpone sailing to Genoa.Mark Campbell's libretto is an unembroidered contemporary poetic text that emphasizes comedy. Like Elizabethan playwrights, he employs puns and bawdiness. Unlike t he Elizabethans and Ben Jonson, Campbell’s artistic vision emphasizes fun and a light touch devoid of metaphors that invite social, literary, or cosmic commentary. John Musto’s music is attentive to the spoken word and allows the singer to be featured over the music. The music rides the line between lyrical and dissonant. Songs like Volpone’s opening aria to gold and Erminella’s "Where is the son I never knew?" linger in memory more as text and dramatic delivery than as musical rendering. Under the baton of Michael Barrett, the orchestra presented a measured concert that never overwhelmed the singers.What was remarkable about the premiere of this new opera was its highly polished delivery. The words were audible and understandable in the Barns of Wolf Trap, a 500-seat venue. The players were not only accomplished opera singers, but they were outstanding actors. Joshua Winograde as Volpone not only impressed his audience with his sonorous bass-baritone voice, but he frequently moved so deeply into the fox persona that he became the animal. This accomplished animal mimicking was also true for Ryan Taylor who played the vulture and Jason Ferrante who played the crow. Bravo to David O. Roberts for the transforming but unobtrusive costumes. Workingwith the elevated stage, Erhard Rom has tilted and tiled the floor in a checkerboard pattern which seems to project the players into the audience, an especially welcome effect since seating in the Barns is not tiered. Using fabric walls that opened into various doorways and windows, Rom should get an award for his economic use of this small stage.Vienna, Virginia, March 10, 2004- Karren L. Alenier。