英美文学1
英美文学名词解释(1)
1puritanism清教主义The dogmas 教条preached by Puritans. They believed that all men were predestined命中注定and the individual ‘s free will played no part in his quest for salvation. This was a rejection of the dogmas preached by the Roman Catholic Church and its rites仪式. The Puritans also advocated a strict moral code which prohibited many earthly pleasures such as dancing and other merry-makings.清教徒提倡严格的道德准则禁止如跳舞和其他许多世俗的快乐的气质。
They stressed the virtues of self-discipline,自律thrift节俭and hard work as evidence that one was among the “elect” to be chosen to go to Heaven after death2RomanticismThe term refers to the literary and artistic movements of the late 18th and early 19th century. Romanticism rejected the earlier philosophy of the Enlightenment, which stressed that logic and reason were the best response humans had in the face of cruelty, 残忍的stupidity, superstition,迷信的and barbarism. Instead, the Romantics asserted that reliance 依赖upon emotion and natural passions provided a valid and powerful means of knowing and a reliable guide to ethics 伦理and living. The Romantic movement typically asserts 声称，代言the unique nature of the individual, the privileged status 特权地位of imagination and fancy想象和幻想, the value of spontaneity over “artifice” and “convention”价值的理解“技巧”和“公约”，the human need for emotional outlets, the spiritual destruction 精神上的摧残of urban life.城市生活。
英美文学重点总结 第一章
Introduction: Old and Medieval English Literature1. source of the rise and growth of English literature: the cultural influences of the Anglo-Sexons conquest and the Norman conquest.盎格鲁撒克逊征服与诺曼征服2. Old English literature: 450—1066medieval period in English literature: with the Norman Conquest starts,covers about 4 centurries,3. Beowulf主题分析:Beowulf,a typical example of Old English poetry,is regarded as the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons. Thematically 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.The poem is an example of the mingling of nature myths and heroic legends.4. In the second half of the 14th century,English literature started to flourish with the appearance of writers like Geoffrey Chaucer (the greatest writer){Canterbury Tales}, William Langland (religious and social issues){Piers Plowman},John Gower (produces the best romance of the period){Sir Gawain and the Green Knight},and others.5. 骑士文学Romance which uses narrative verse or prose to sing knightly adventures or other heroic deeds is a popular literary form in the medieval period.It has developed the characteristic medieval motifs(主题) of the quest,the test,the meeting with the evil giant and the encounter with the beautiful beloved.6. Chaucer bore marks of humanism and anticipated a new era to come.7. 乔叟,押尾韵及英雄双韵体.Chaucer introduced from France the rhymed stanzas of various types to English poetry to replace the Old English alliterative verse.And in The Canterbury Tales,Chaucer employed the heroic couplet with true ease and charm toe the first time in the history of English literature.8. 最早的现代小说: Chaucer’s Troilous and CriseydeJohn Dryden called Chaucer “the father of English poetry”. The English Homer.Chapter 1 The Renaissance Period1.RenaissanceIt refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th .It first started in Italy,with the flowering of painting,sculpture,and literature.The Renaissance,shich means rebirth or revival,is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events.Therefore,in essence,it is a historical period in which the European hunanist thinkers and scholars made attempts to get rid of those old feudalist ideas in medieval Europe,to introduce new ideas that expressed the interests of the rising bourgeoisie.It was not until the reign of Henry VIII that the Renaissance really began to show its effect in England.2.HumanismRenaissance 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 perfection,and that the world they inhabited was theirs not to despise but to question,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 beautiful of this life,but had the ability to perfect himself and to perform wonders.3.人文主义者代表(best English humanists): Thomas More, Chistopher Marloweand William Shakespeare.4.By the middle of Elizabeth’s reign,Protestantism had been firmly established,witha certain compromise between Catholicism and Protestantism.5.引进印刷术的英国第一人: William Caxton.印刷了The Canterbury Tales(Chaucer), Morte Darthur(Malory)6.Petrarch was regarded as the fountainhead of literature by the English writers..7. Wyatt and Surrey engraved the forms and graces of Italian poetry. (Petrachan sonnet, blank verse)8.John Donne and George Herbert.(玄学派诗人)9. The Elizabethan drama is the real mainstream of the English Renaissance.10.Lively,vivid native English material was put into the regular form of the Latincomedies of Plautus and Terence.Tragedies were in the style of Seneca.11. The most famous dramatists in the Renaissance in England: Chistopher Marlowe,William Shakespeare,and Ben Jonson.12.Francis Bacon,the first important English essayist,was also the founder of modernscience inEngland.A.2 Shakespeare’s drama career:a.The first period,one of apprenticeship.5 histoty plays: Henry VI, Parts I, II, and III, Richard III, and Titus Andronicus.4 comedies: The Comedy of Errors, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Tamingof the Shrew, and Love’s Labour’s Lost.b.The second period,Shakespear’s style and approach became highlyindividualized.5 histories: Richard II, King John,Henry IV, Parts I, II, and Henry V.6 comedies: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Merchant of Venice, Much AdoAbout Nothing, As You Like It, Twelfth Night, and The Merry Wives of Windsor.2 tragedies: Romeo and Juliet, and Julius Caesar.c.The third period includes his greatest tragedies and his so-called dark comedies.Tragedies: Hamlet(most popular), Othello, King Lear, Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra, Troilus and Cressida, Coriolanus.2 comedies: All’s Well That Ends Well and Measure for Measure.d.The last period of Shakespeare’s(there’s a prevalent Christian teaching ofatonement [赎罪] ) work includes his principal romantic tragicomedies: Pericles, Cymbeline, The Winter’s Tale and The Tempest.2 final place: Henry VIII and The Two Noble Kinsmen.A.3 历史剧:Shakespeare’s history plays are mainly written under the priciple that national unity under a mighty and just sovereign is a necessity. The first and second parts of Henry IV are undoubtedly the most widely read among his history plays.A.4 The successful romantic tragedy is Romeo and Juliet, which eulogizes(赞美)the faithfulness of love and the spirit of pursuing happiness.A.5 四大悲剧的共性:(Greatest tragedies have some characteristic in common) Each portrays some noble hero,who faces the injustice of human life and is caught in a dufficult situation and whose fate is closely connected with the fate of the whole nation. Each hero has his weakness of nature. Along with the portrayal of the weakness or bias of the hero,we see the sharp conflicts between the individual and the evil force in the society, which shows that Shakespeare is a great realist in the true sense.A.6 The Tempest is a typical example of his pessimistic view towards human life and society in his late years.He affirms the importance of the feudal system in order to uphold social order. A.7 莎士比亚的学观Shakespeare has accepted the Renaissance views on literature.He holds that literature should be a combination of beauty, kindness and truth, and should reflect nature and reality. The end of the dramatic creation is to give faithful reflection of the social realities of the time. Shakespeare also states that literary words which have truly reflected nature and reality can reach immortality.A.8 莎士比亚的物刻画Shakespeare’s major characters are neither merely individual ones nor type ones; they are individuals representing certain types.Each character has his or her own personailities; meanwhile, they may share features with others.Shakespeare also protrays his characters in pairs.Contrasts are frequently used to bring vividness to his characters.A.9 莎士比亚的节设计Shakespeare’s plays are well-known for their adroit (巧妙的)plot constraction.He seldom invents his own plots.In order to play more lively and compact, he would shorten the time and intensify the story.A.10 莎士比亚的语言特色Shakespeare can write skillfully in different poetic forms.He has an amazing wealth of vocabulary and idiom.His coinage of new words and disortion of the meaning of the old ones also create stricking effects on the reader.B.1 米尔顿的三类文学成就Three groups:the early poetic works, the middle prose pamphlets and the last great poems.B.2 Lycidas(early period)Lycidas is composed for a collection of elegies dedicated to Edward King.It begins with grief and a feeling of immaturity; then the grief is deepen by the sense of irrecoverable loss in the silencing of a young poet.With this bitter sense of loss,Milton asks why the just and good should suffer.The climax of the poem is the blistering attack on the clergy,who are corrupted by self-interest.B.3 Areopagitica(middle period)is a great plea for freedom of the press.B.4 three major poetical works:Paradise lost, Pparodise regained and Samson AgonistesB.5 Paradise regained shows how mankind, in the person of Christ, withstands thetemper and is established once more in the divine favor. Crist’s temptation in the wilderness in the theme, and Milton follows the account in the fourth chapter of Matthew’s gospel(福音).B.6 米尔顿的艺术特色a. Milton’s style is distinguished by its rich and complex texture, the multiplicityof its classical references, its wealth of ornament and decoration.b. Milton’s subjects are lofty and magnificent. The theme of Samson Agonistes istragic and sublime.c. The great epic, which resounds with the grandear and multiplicity of the world,is also a poem, the central actions of which take place inwardly.d. Finally, his endinds are lifelike.13.玄学派诗人MetaphysicalIt refers to the school of poets that appeared in the Revolutionary period in England by using quite unconventional and often surprising conceits; the metaphysical poets wrote poems full of wit and humor. John Donne and Andrew Marvell are the representative metaphysical poets.14. 十四行诗SonnetIt is a basic lyric form, consisting of 14 lines of iambic pentameter rhymed in various patterns. Milton made a new kind of use of the Petrarchan form, and the Romantic poets continued in the Miltonic tratition.。
文件-1-英美文学（第一章-第四章）练习
文件-1-英美文学（第一章-第四章）练习第一部分：Exercises of the First Part of the British Literature Section One: Multiple-choice questions1. “Upon a great adventure he was bond, / That greatest Gloriana to him gave.” These two lines are taken from[A] Milton's Samson Agonistes [B] Spenser's The Faerie Queene[C] Beowulf [D] Gray's Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard2. "O prince, O chief of many throned powers,That led th' embattled Seraphim to warUnder thy conduct, and in dreadful deedsFearless, endangered Heaven's perpetual King. "In the first line of the above passage quoted from Milton's Paradise Lost, the phrase "O prince, O chief of many throned powers” refers to________.[A] Satan [B] God [C] Adam [D] Eve3. Shakespeare claims through the mouth of Hamlet that the "end" of the dramatic creation is to give ________ of the social realities of the time.[A] faithful reflection [B] instructive representation[C] imaginative narration [D] allegorical description4. Humanists of the Renaissance turned to the spirit of ________ culture for inspiration.[A] Anglo-Saxon [B] Italian and French[C] Greeek and Roman [D] medieval5. Paradise Lost is composed in blank verse, which permits the ________ Milton needed for his subject.[A] epic grandeur [B] narrative sweep[C] descriptive subtlety [D] intellectual grasp6. Donne?s famous analogy of parting lovers to a drawing compass affords a prime example of________[A] dramatic style [B] exaggeration[C] paradox [D] conceit7. ________ is a study of the lust for wealth, which centers on Barabas, the Jew, a terrible old money lender.[A] The Jew of Malta [B] The Merchant of V enice[C] Tamburlaine the Great [D] The Tempest8. In his conception of tragedy, Marlowe perceived that tragic action must issue from, and be reflected in, ________.[A] the Renaissance hero [B] endless aspiration for knowledge[C] the individual [D] human dignity and capacity9. In The Faerie Queene, the Red Cross Knight, who stands for true religion of ________ , sets out on the orders of Queen of Faerie, who represents ________.[A] the Anglican Church, Queen Elizabeth [B] the Roman Catholic Church, Pope[C] Christianity, Christ [D] humanism, divine truth10. What figure of speech is used in the lines: "Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, / And summer's lease too short a date"?[A] Simile [B] Metonymy[C] Personification [D] Hyperbole11. The underlined part in "My deeds upon my head! I crave the law, / The penalty and forfeit of my bond. " (from TF, chant of V enice) means ________.[A] What is done can't be undone [B] Let me responsible for what I do[C] I would give anything for fulfilling my bond [D] I deservewhat I demand12. The line "When we have shuffled off this mortal coil" be, or not to be" soliloquy means________.[A] when we have got rid of this coil that is doomed to die[B] when we have unloaded this heavy burden like a coil[C] when we have taken off this coat made of coils[D] when we are relived from the trouble of mortal life wound around us like coils13. What does the word "humour" mean in the following quotation from "Of Studies": "to make judgment wholly by their rules is the humor of “a scholar”?[A] funniness [B] Wit[C]character [D] A sudden whim14. The Spenserian stanza is a group of eight lines of iambic pentameter followed by a six-stress line, with a rhyme scheme ababbcbcc.[A] trochaic [B] iambic[C] anapestic [D] dactylic15. In Satan?s speech: …if he, whom mutual league, / United : thoughts and .counsels, equal hope / And hazard in the glorious enterprise, /.joined with me once . . . " What does "the glorious enterprise refer to?[A] The former scheme to overthrow God.[B] stealing the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil[C] Finding means of evil out of good.[D] corrupting Adam and Eve.16. What is the tone in the following lines: " Saucy pedantic .go wretch, go chide / Late school-boys, and sour prentices"?[A] Ironic [B] Sarcastic [C]Humorous [D] Understated17. In the best metaphysical poetry, feeling and ________ fuse in an image that is alwaysingenious and appropriate, though it may be disconcerted at first in the shock of bringing incongruities together.[A] imagery [B] conceit [C] thought [D] colloquialism18. The sonnet "Death Be Not Proud" is written in the strict______ pattern. It reveals the poet's belief that _________.[A] Shakespearean, death is only a sleep, after which we live eternally[B] Petrarchan, death is but momentary while hal v death is eternal[C] Elizabethan, death is not as strong as people think he is[D] Portuguese, death is like a long sleep that offer, for the soul19. In the line "And every fair from fair sometime decline Shakespeare's Sonnet 18), what does the first and second “fair” mean?[A] Light complexion; beauty. [B] Loveliness; beautiful women.[C] The beautiful person or thing; beauty. [D] Sound reason; justice.20. In the court scene of The Merchant of V enice, when says to Shylock: "We all expect a gentle answer, Jew. punning on the word "gentle". He means a merciful but also means ______.[A] an amiable and tender answer [B] a noble answer[C] a Gentile's as opposed to a Jew's answer [D] a generous answer21. In his "T o be, or not to be" soliloquy, Hamlet gives the why he wants to commit suicide. Apart from his personal revenge, that he________ is another reason.[A] is unable to restore his earlier idealized image of his mother[B] thinks the next world is far better than this one[C] is mentally tormented by his father's words[D] cannot bear the social injustice and grievances22. By advancing the theory of＿＿＿＿＿, Bacon shows the empirical attitudes toward truth about nature and bravely challenges the medieval scholasticists.[A] inductive reasoning [B] deductive reasoning[C] education [D] scientific experimentation23. The central figure of Tamburlaine, the Great represents for infinite _________.[A] knowledge and happiness [B] power and authority[C] ambition and conquest [D] success and adventure24. The shepherd's Calender set the ________ fashion in English literature, and inaugurated the great 16th century.[A] rustic [B] ornate [C] rustic [D] pastoral25. In King Leur, Shakespeare has shown to us the two-fold exerted by the feudalisi corruption and __________ gradually corroded the ordered society.[A] Anarchy and rebellion [B] supernatural forces[C] super natural forces [D] tyranny[B] power and authority success and adventure fashion in English lyrical poetry of the lastSection T wo(Reading comprehension)1.So pure and innocent, as that same lambe,She was in life and every vertuous lore,And by descent from royall lynage cameOf ancient Kings and Queenes, that had of yoreTheir scepters stretcht from east to westerne shore,And all the world in their subjection held;Till that infernall feend with foule uproreForwasted all their land, and them expeld;Whom to avenge, she had this knight from far compeld. " Questions:A. Identify the poet and the poem.B. What does "this knight" refer to?C. What idea does the quotation express?2. "Within this circle is Jehovah's nameForward and backward anagrammatized,The breviated names of holy saints,Figures of every adjunct to the heavensAnd characters of signs and erring stars,By which the spirits are enforced to rise. " Questions:A. Identify the author and the work.B. Who does "Jehovah" refer to?C. What idea does the quotation express?2."Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;And thus the native hue of resolutionIs sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought;And enterprises of great pith and moment,With this regard, their currents turn awryAnd lose the name of action. "Questions:A. Identify the author and the work.B. Who is the speaker of the quoted passage?C. What idea does the quotation express?4."Some men there are love not a gaping pig,Some that are mad if they behold a cat,And others, when bagpipe sings i' th' nose,Cannot contain their urine for affection,Mistress of passion, sways it to the moodOf what it likes or loathes. "Questions:A. the author and the work.B. Who is the speaker of the quoted passage?C. What idea does the quotation express?5. “If her eyes have not blinded thine,Look, and tomorrow late, tell me,Whether both the Indias of spice and mineBe where thou left'st them, or lie here with me.Ask for those kings whom thou saw'st yesterday,And thou shalt hear, all here in one bed lay. "Questions:A. Identify the poet and the poem.B. What does the word "thou" in the last line of the quotation refer to?C. What idea does the quotation express?Section T wo Questions and answers1. Make a brief analysis of the "quality of mercy" speech by Portia,.Merchant of V enice, and try to explain why it is regarded most famous speech in the play.2. Make a brief comment on the theme of Paradise Lost.3. Make a brief summary of the historical and cultural background to English Renaissance.4. Make a brief analysis of "Death, Be Not Proud".5. What is Francis Bacon's contribution to English literature?Section Four (Topic discussion)1. Comment on Hamlet's inaction.2. What are the main characteristics of metaphysical poetry?英美文学第二阶段（新古典主义时期）综合练习II. ExercisesA. Multiple-choice questions :(Each of the statements below by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement and put the letter in the brackets . )1. In field of literature, the Enlightenment brought about a(n) _________the old classical works. This tendency is known as neoclassicism.A. revived interest inB. antagonism againstC. rebellion againstD. rational scrutiny of2. John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress is a ( n ) _________.A. allegoryB. romanceC. comedy of mannersD. realistic novel3. As a literary figure, Belinda appears in Alexander Pope's _________.A. An Essay on CriticismB. The DunciadC. The Rape of the LockD. "Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot"4. In lines "With gold jewels cover every part, /And hide with ornamentstheir want of art", Pope rejects _________.A. the "Follow Nature" fallacyB. artificialityC. aesthetic orderD. good taste5.Which of the following is NOT a typical aspect of________ Defoe'slanguage?A. Vernacular.B. Colloquial.C. Elegant.D. Smooth.6. "He has a servant called Friday". "He" in the quoted sentence is acharacter in ________.A. Gulliver's TravelsB. Tom JonesC. Robinson CrusoeD. The Rape of the Lock7. Which of the following is a typical feature of Swift's writings?A. Great wit.B. Bitter satire.C. Rich mythic allusions.D. Complicated sentence structures8. In which of the following works can you find the proper names "Lilliput","Brobdingnag", "Houyhnhnm" and "Yahoo"?A. The Pilgrim's ProgressB. The Fairie QueeneC. Gulliver's travelsD. The School for scandel9. "Of all the 18th-century novelists, he was the first to set out, both in theoryand practice, to write specifically a `comic epic in prose' , the first to givethe modern novelists " structure and style. In the above sentence, "he"refers to ________.A. Jonathan SwiftB. Daniel DefoeC. Samuel RichardsonD. Henry Fielding10. "The novel is structured around the discovery of the hero's origin. " Thisnovel is most probably________.A. David CopperfieldB. The History of Tom Jones, a FoundlingC. Wuthering HeightsD. The Vicar of the Wakefield11. "To be so distinguished, is an honor, which, being very little accustomed to favors from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge." T he above sentence is presented in a ( n ) ________ tone.A. ironicB. indifferentC. delightfulD. jealousy12. The ________ was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Western Europe in the 18th century.A. RomanticismB. HumanismC. EnlightenmentD. Sentimentalism13. Who was the greatest dramatist in the 18th century?A. Oliver GoldsmithB. Richard B. SheridanC. Laurence SterneD. Henry Fielding14. "As shades more sweetly recommend the light, So modest plainness sets off sprightly wit; For works may have more wit than does ?em good As bodies perish through excess of blood. " In the above lines, Pope tries to say that ________.A. more wit will make better poetryB. plainness is more important than wit in poetryC. too much wit will destroy good poetryD. plainness will make wit dull15. Fielding's method of presentation, namely________, enables him to write inthe fullest, freest, clearest and most straight-forward manner and also makes it possible for him to add explanations in places when necessary.A. telling the story through a series of lettersB. telling the story through the mouth of the principal characterC. the author acting as the narratorD. revealing the story through a framework16. The Rape of the Lock by Alexander Pope is written in the form of a mock________ , which describes the triviality of high society in a grand style.A. epicB. elegyC. sonnetD. ode17. Defoe's Robinson Crusoe created the image of an enterprising Englishman,typical of the English bourgeoisie in the________ century.A. 17thB. 19thC. 18thD. 20th18. In The Pilgrim's Progress , John Bunyan describes The Vanity Fair in a________ tone.A. delightfulB. solemnC. sentimentalD. satirical19. Alexander Pope strongly advocated neoclassicism, emphasizing that literaryworks should be judged by ________ rules of order, reason, logic, restrained emotion, good taste and decorum.A. classicalB. romanticC. sentimentalD. allegorical20. Of all the 18th-century novelists Henry Fielding was the first to set out, bothin theory and practice, to write specifically a "_______ in prose", the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.A. tragi-comicB. comic epicC. romanceD. romantic epic21. Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Samuel Johnson'slanguage style?A. His sentences are long and well structured.B. His sentences are interwoven with parallel phrases.C. He tends to use informal and colloquial words.D. His sentences are complicated, but his thoughts are clearly expressed. .22. The School for Scandal, one of the great classics in English drama, is a________ on the moral degeneracy of the aristocratic-bourgeois society in the 18th-century England.A. high praiseB. sharp satireC. great ironyD. bitter lament23. In "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" , Thomas Gray comparesthe common folk with the great ones, wondering what the commo nscould have achieved if they had had the________.A. loveB. chanceC. moneyD. material wealth24. In his works, Defoe gave his praise to the hard-working, sturdy________ and showed his sympathy for the downtrodden, unfortunate poor.A. middle-class peopleB. working peopleC. Irish farmersD. aristocrats25. "The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Awaits alike the inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave. "In the above quoted passage, Thomas Gray intends to say that great family, power, beauty and wealth ________.A. will never make people lead to the same destina tion-paths of gloryB. will inevitably make people realize their glorious dreamsC. are the very best things to lead people to their gloriesD. will never prevent people from reaching their final destination-graveB. Blank-filling: (Complete each of the following statements with a proper word or phrase. )1. The Neoclassical Period is also known as the Age of Enlighten ment or the Ageof ________.2. Modern English novel is a natural product of the Industrial Revolution and asymbol of the growing importance of the English ________ class.3. Joseph Andrews was first intended as a burlesque of the dubious morality andfalse sentimentality of Richardson's ________.4. As a lexicographer, Johnson distinguished himself as theauthor of the firstEnglish________.5. ________ was the only important English dramatist of the eighteenthcentury. His plays, especially The Rivals and The School for Scandal , are generally regarded as important links between the masterpieces of Shakespeare and those of Bernard Shaw.6. Jonathan Swift's ________ is generally regarded as a model of the best satirenot only in this time but also in the whole English literary history.7. The Pilgrim's Progress, which describes a Christian's journey to the CelestialCity, is a well-known religious ________.8. Henry Fielding was the first 18th century writer to try to realize, both intheory and practice, “________ the modern novel its structure and style. 9. In "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard", Gray reflects on - with a touchof his personal melancholy.10. Bunyan's style was modeled after that of the English________, with concreteand living language and carefully observed and vividly presented details.C. T-F statements: (Decide whether the following statements are true or falseand write your answers in the brackets. )( ) 1. Samuel Richardson is regarded as the first writer of the English novel of character.( ) 2.The Pilgrim's Progress is one of the most popular piecesof Christian writing produced during the Romantic Age.( ) 3. The Enlightenment was a progressive working-class movement throughoutWestern Europe in the 18th century.allegory.( ) 5. Alexander Pope strongly advocated Romanticism, emphasizing the special qualities of each individual's mind.( ) 6.Jonathon Swift was the most remarkable satirist in the 18th century who criticized the new bourgeois-aristocratic society of his age without mercy.( ) 7.In contrast to his contemporary writers, Thomas Gray'literary output was small.( ) 8. In The Pilgrim's Progress, the Celestial City stands for Heaven or the kingdom of God.( ) 9.In The Rape of the Lock Pope bemoans the fate of the lords and ladies in the aristocratic bourgeois society.( ) 10. Unlike Pope, Samuel Johnson is seldom didactic and never tries to moralize in his writings.D. Works-author pairing-up.l. The Castle of Otranto A. John Bunyan2. The Mysteries of UdUdolpho B. Alexander Pope3. The Pilgrim's Progress C. Jonathan Swift4. The Rape of the Lock D. Henry Fielding5. Robinson Crusoe E. Horace Walpole6. Gulliver's Travels F. Richard B. Sheridan7. The History of T om Jones, G. Ann Radcliffea Foundling H. Thomas Gray8. The Lives of Poets I. Daniel Defoe9. The School for Scandal J. Samuel Johnson10. "Elegy Written in a countryChurchyard"E. Define the literary terms listed below:1. The Enlightenment2. The Gothic Novel3. Neoclassicism4. The Heroic CoupletF. Reading comprehension:( For each of the quotations listed below please give the name of the author and the title of the literary work from which it is taken and then briefly interpret it . )1. "Here is the Britain Row, the French Row, the Italian Row, the Spanish Row, the German Row, where several sorts of vanities are to be sold. But, as in other fairs, some one commodity is as the chief of all the fair, so the ware of Rome and her merchandise is greatly promoted in this fair: only our English nation, with some others, have taken a dislike thereat. "2. "True wit is Nature to advantage dressed,What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed;Something whose truth convinced at sight we find,That gives us back the image of our mind. "3. "`Is not a patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help?"'G. Questions: (For each of the following questions you are asked to give abrief answer, explaining what you know about it. You should write no more than 100 words for each answer, and, therefore, concen trate on those essential points. )1. What are the artistic features of Thomas Gray's poetry?2. What is the theme of Sheridan's The School for Scandal ?3. What are the features of Swift's prose?H. Essay questions: ( In this part you are asked to write a short essay on eachof the giv en topics. You should write no more than 150 words on each one.Therefore, you should concentrate on those most important Points. try your best to be logical in your essay, and keep your writing clear and tidy. )1. Comment on the features of "comic epic in prose" in the selected reading ofTom Jones.2. Comment on the rope-dances and the leaping and creeping games described inGulliver?s Travels.3. Comment on the theme and images of "Elegy Written in a CountryChurchyard".E. Define the literary terms listed below:1. The Enlightenment2. The Gothic Novel3. Neoclassicism4. The Heroic Couplet浪漫主义时期文学Exercises IIII. Multiple-choice questions1. The two major English novelists produced in the Romantic Age are_______.[A] Byron and Shelley [B] Wordsworth and Coleridge[C] Scott and Austen [D] Lamb and Hazlitt2. "And because I am happy and dance and sing, / They think they havedone me no injury, /And are gone to praise God and his priest and king, / Who make up a heaven of our misery. The above four lines are taken from_______.[A] Song of Experience [B] Song of Innocence[C] Poetical Sketches [D] Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard3. _______ is central to Blake's concern in his Songs of Innocence andSongs of Experience .[A] Politics [B] Religion[C] Childhood [D] Manhood4. Which of the following statements about Wordsworth is NOT true?[A] He is regarded as a "worshipper of nature".[B] He thinks that common life is the only subject of literary interest.[C] His deliberate simplicity and refusal to decorate the truth of experience produced a kind of pure and profound poetry.[D] He changes the course of English poetry by using allusive speech of thelanguage.5. Coleridge's actual achievement as a poet can be divided into tworemarkably diverse groups: the demonic and the conversational. Which one of the following poems belongs to the conversational group? [A] The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. [B] Christabel.[C] Kubla Khan. [D] Frost at Midnight.6. Which of the following words is NOT appropriate to describe thecharacteristic features of the "Byronic hero"?[A] Proud. [B] Mysterious.[C] Rebellious. [D] Pious.7. In the conversation with Mrs. Bennet in Chapter One of Pride andPrejudice, Mr. Bennet uses a teasing tone and_______ humor.[A] ironic [B] joyous[C] black [D] sarcastic8. Which of the following works i s NOT a poetic drama written by Byron?[A] The Prisoner of Chillon [B] Manfred[C] Childe Harold's Pilgrimage[D] Don Juan9. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of agood fortune must be in want of a wife. " This sentence is presented in a(n) _______tone.[A] ironic [B] indifferent[C] delightful [D] Jealousy10. Which of the following works is an elegy written by Shelley?[A] Adonais[B] Lycidas[C] Isabella [D] Queen Mab11. In the poem "She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways" ending lines golike this: "But she is in her grave, and, Oh. The difference to me!" Theword "me" in the quoted line probably refer to _______.[A] the poet [B ] the reader[C] her lover [D] her father12. In the early 19th-century England, the heavily exploited workersexpressed themselves in the popular outbreaks of machine-breaking known as the ______ riots.[A] Chartist [B] Peterloo[C] Enclosure [D] Luddite13. "Those ungrateful drones who would/Drain your sweat—nay, drink yourblood?" The word "drones" in the above two 1ines written by Shelley is used as a(n) ______. .[A] irony [B] metaphor[C] metonymy [D] synecdoche14. In his poem, "Ode to the West Wind", Shelley intends to present hiswind as a central______ around which the poet weaves various cycles of death and rebirth.[A] synecdoche [B] symbol[C] simile [ D] metonymy15. Byron's "Song for the Luddites" contains three five-lined stanzas of______ movement. The rimes in each stanza are abba .[A] iambic [B] anapestic[C] trochee [D] dactylic16. Byron's masterwork, Don Juan , is based on the _______.[A] Bible [B] Greek myth[C] Roman myth [D] Spanish legend17.. "The Isles of Greece" is among Byron's most effective poeticalutterances on national freedom and consists of sixteen six-lined stanzas of_______ tetrameter, with a rime scheme of ababcc. All the 16 stanzas are supposed to have been sung by a Greek singer at the wedding feast of Don Juan and Haidee.[A] iambic [B] anapestic[C] trochee [D] dactylic18. In Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790), the word "marriage" , to Blake,means the _______. .[A] subordination of the one to the other[B] co-existence of the conflicting parts[C1 fighting of the conflicting parts[D] reconciliation of the contraries19. Wordsworth defines poetry as " the spontaneous overflow of powerfulfeelings, which originates in emotion recollected in_______.[A ] memory [B] observation[C] tranquility [D1 nature20. The stanza Shelley invents for this Ode to the West Wind is a highlycomplicated fusion of the sonnet and of _______ rima, with no division into octave and sestet. Shelley's rhyme scheme :or his stanzas may be. represented as aba bcb cdc ded ee.[A] free [B] end[C] internal [D] terza21. The poetic view of _______ can be best understood from his remarkabout poetry: " all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings. "[A] Samuel Taylor Coleridge [B] John Keats[C] William Wordsworth [D] Percy Bysshe Shelley.22. By contrasting the freedom of the ancient Greece ard the enslavement ofthe present Greece in "The Isles of Greece appealed to the Greek people to fight for _______.[ A ] love [B] happiness[C] peace [D] liberty23. Most of the important issues explored in the novel, Pride and Prejudice ,are presented from the _______ viewpoint.[A] masculine [B] objective[C] feminine [D] neutral24. In the conversation with Mrs. Bennet in Chapter One of Pride andPrejudice , Mr. Bennet uses a_______ tone and sarcastic humor.[A] solemn [B] harsh[C] intimate [D] teasing25. "And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills Where blossomedmany an incense-bearing tree; And here were forests ancient as the hills, Enfolding sunny spots of greenery. "The above lines are probably taken from _______.[A] Wordsworth's "The Solitary Reaper"[B] Blake's "The Chimney Sweeper"[C] Coleridge's "Kubla Khan"[D] Keats's "Ode on an Grecian Urn"II.. 阅读理解题(Reading comprehension)1."Wherefore, Bees of England, forge /many a weapon, chain, andscourge,That these stingless drones may spoil?。
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Try to remember the points learnt in class. 1. literary terms 2. writer’s name 3. writing features
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5.discussion activities
The Roman Conquest
beginning of 5th century: declining of the Roman Empire In 410 A. D. Romans withdrew. 400 years of occupation
Britons, trodden (trampled) down as slaves or cultivators of the land Buildings of Roman style for Roman conquerors Highways or Roman roads for military purposes Towns built, as London Christianity introduced
Britain
the land of Britons
the tribal society
The Roman Conquest
55 B. C. Julius Caesar, the Roman conqueror Britons fought fiercely
43 A. D. a Roman province Britain was under control completely by the Roman Empire in 78 A. D.
story novel novella poem poetry poesy verse(诗句,诗行) epic (史诗,叙事诗)
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1.Allegory (寓言)A tale in verse or prose in which characters, actions, or settings represent abstract ideas or moral qualities.寓言，讽喻：一种文学、戏剧或绘画的艺术手法，其中人物和事件代表抽象的观点、原则或支配力。
2.Alliteration (头韵)Alliteration is the repetition of the same initial consonant sound within a line or a group of words.头韵：在一组词的开头或重读音节中对相同辅音或不同元音的重复。
3.Allusion (典故)A reference to a person, a place, an event, or a literary work that a writer expects the reader to recognize and respond to.典故：作者对某些读者熟悉并能够作出反映的特定人物，地点，事件，文学作品的引用。
4.Analogy (类比)A comparison made between two things to show the similarities between them.类比：为了在两个事物之间找出差别而进行的比较。
5. Antagonist (反面主角)The principal character in opposition to the protagonist or hero or heroine of a narrative or drama.反面主角：叙事文学或戏剧中与男女主人公或英雄相对立的主要人物。
6. Antithesis (对仗)The balancing of two contrasting ideas, words, or sentences.对仗：两组相对的思想，言辞，词句的平衡。
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英美文学名词解释 1. Allegory: A tale in verse or prose in which characters, actions, or settings represent abstract ideas or moral qualities. An allegory is a story with two meanings, a literal meaning and a symbolic meaning. 寓言：用诗歌或散文讲的故事，在这个故事中人物、事件或背景往往代表抽象的概念或道德品质。
所有的寓言都是一个具有双重意义、文学内涵或象征意义的故事。
2. Alliteration: The repetition of the initial consonant sounds in poetry. 头韵：诗歌中单词开头读音的重复。
3. Allusion: A reference to a person, a place, an event, or a literary work that a writer expects the reader to recognize and respond to. An allusion may be drawn from history, geography, literature, or religion. 典故：文学作品中作家希望读者能够认识或做出反应的一个人物、地点、事件或文学作品。
典故或来自历史、地理、文学或宗教。
4. American Naturalism: American naturalism was a new and harsher realism. American naturalism had been shaped by the war; by the social upheavals that undermined the comforting faith of an earlier age. America’s literary naturalists dismissed the validity of comforting moraltruths. They attempted to achieve extreme objectivity and frankness, presenting characters of low social and economic classes who were determined by their environment and heredity. In presenting the extremes of life, the naturalists sometimes displayed an affinity to the sensationalism of early romanticism, but unlike their romantic predecessors, the naturalists emphasized that the world was amoral, that men and women had no free will, that lives were controlled by heredity and environment, that the destiny of humanity was misery in life and oblivion in death. Although naturalist literature described the world with sometimes brutal realism, it sometimes also aimed at bettering the world through social reform.。
英美文学欣赏最新版教学课件英国文学 Unit 1 William Shakespeare
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Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name; And for that name, which is no part of thee, Take all myself.
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date. 狂风把五月宠爱的嫩蕊作践， 夏天出赁的期限又未免太短；
（注解：诗人自答，对朋友的珍爱之情跃然纸上。原因在于：因为狂风会把 五月娇嫩的花蕾摧残，夏天延续的时间又过于短暂。这后两行是为下面作铺 垫。以上四句是诗的第一节，此为起。)
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Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? 我怎么能够把你来比作夏天？ （注解：将朋友比作英国气候最宜人的夏季，通俗自然，让人耳目一新。）
Thou art more lovely and more temperate. 你不独比他可爱也比他温婉；
2. What does it mean when Juliet says “that which we call a rose/By my other name would smell as sweet”?
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Sonnet 18.
Sonnet：十四行诗（或音译为 “商籁体”）是一种格律比较严谨的 诗体。它起源于文艺复兴初期，有多 种变体。莎士比亚十四行诗为五音步 抑扬格，每行十个音节，全诗共分三 节，按照a-b-a-b-c-d-c-d-e-f-e-fg-g 格式押韵。最后两行带有警句性 质，总结全诗内容，为点睛之笔。
英美文学欣赏最新版教学课件英国文学 Unit 1 William Shakespeare
（注解：当这种比蜜还甜的话源源不断地在耳 边倾诉时，相信没有女孩会不动心。）
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O, be some other name! What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By my other name would smell as sweet. So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call’d, Retain that dear perfection which he owes
世》（Richard III, 1592）、《亨利四世》（Henry IV, 1597）等；喜剧 《仲夏夜之梦》（A Mid-Summer Night’s Dream, 1595）、《威尼斯商人 》（The Merchant of Venice, 1596）、《第十二夜》（Twelfth Night, 1600）等；悲剧《罗密欧与朱丽叶》（Romeo and Juliet, 1594）、《汉 姆雷特》（Hamlet, 1601）、《奥赛罗》（Othello, 1604）、《李尔王》 （King Lear, 1605）、《麦克白》（Macbeth, 1605）等；传奇剧《暴风 雨》（The Tempest, 1612）等。
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An Appreciation of English Literature
Unit 1 William Shakespeare
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作者简介
威廉· 莎士比亚（William Shakespeare, 1564—1616）是英国文艺复兴 时期最伟大的诗人、剧作家，也被认为是 世界文学史上最伟大的诗人和剧作家。莎 士比亚出生于英国中部艾汶河畔的斯特拉 福镇。幼年在当地文法学校学习，20 多岁 只身到伦敦谋生，在剧团里先做杂工，跑 龙套，后成为剧团的演员、编剧和股东。 他的作品共包括37 部剧本、两首长诗和 154 首十四行诗。晚年，他归居故里，颐 养天年，谢世后葬在家乡。斯特拉福镇现 已成为文学爱好者心目中的圣地。
英美文学选读英国部分第一章文艺复兴时期
英美文学选读中文翻译及重点习题答案英国文学(AMERICAN LITERATURE)第一章文艺复兴时期(The Renaissance Period)二、背景知识(Background knowledge)1、历史文化背景(Historical and cultural background)(1)文艺复兴是从中世纪向近代过渡时期发生在欧洲许多国家的一场思想文化运动。
它是在一些历史因素的合力作用下而引发的，如对希腊罗马古典文化的重新发现，宗教改革运动，地理和自然科学领域的探索，以及资本主义经济的扩张等。
(2)人文主义是文艺复兴的主要特征。
它颂扬人性，强调以“人”为本，宣传个性解放，反对神秘主义和中古神权，反对野蛮和兽性。
(3)16世纪的宗教改革导致了新教的创立。
英格兰同罗马教皇的决裂最初源于国王亨利八世决定与其第一位妻子离婚但遭到教皇否决。
宗教教义的改革则发生在后来的爱德华六世和女王伊丽莎白一世统治期间。
(4)工商业持续发展，中产阶级逐渐壮大，非神职人员获得受教育的机会，王权巩固，宫廷成为文化生活的中心，以及海外扩张和科学探索日益拓展人们的视野，所有这些都为文学提供了新的推动力和发展方向。
威廉·卡克斯顿首次将印刷术介绍到英国，使那里的出版社迅速增加，随之而来的是印刷书籍的繁荣。
2、英国文艺复兴时期文学的特点(Features of English Renaissance literature)(1) 诗歌(Poetry)开创文艺复兴时期一代新的华丽诗风的两个最重要的人物是菲利普·悉尼爵士和埃德蒙·斯宾塞。
在他们的抒情和叙事作品中，展现出一种词藻华丽、精雕细琢的文风。
到16世纪末，出现了两类新的诗歌风格。
第一类以约翰·邓恩和其他玄学派诗人为代表；第二类风格的典范是本·琼森和他所代表的流派。
英国文艺复兴时期的最后一位大诗人是清教作家约翰·密尔顿，他的诗歌具有惊人的震撼力和优雅的韵致，同时传达出深邃的思想。
英美文学选读1.The Renaissance Period
1. Generally speaking, the Old English poetry that has survived can be divided into two groups: the religious group and the secular one.2. Beowulf, a typical example of Old English poetry, is regarded as the epic of the Anglo-Saxons.3. Geoffrey Chaucer is one of the greatest poets in English.●The Renaissance Period (14th---mid17th)◆William Shakespeare: (38 plays, 154 sonnets, 2 long poems)1.作品：Henry IV, The Merchant of Venice, Romeo and Juliet, Sonnet 18, The Tempest2. Greatest tragedies:Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth.3. The Tempest is known as the best of Shakespeare’s final romance. The playwright resorts and to the supernatural atmosphere and to the dreams to solve the conflict. And this play is also a typical example of his pessimistic view towards human life and society in his late years.4. William Shakespeare’s history plays are mainly written under the principal that national unity under a mighty and just sovereign is a necessity.5.Try to analyze Hamlet Hamlet is a man of speculation, umbrage and contemplation.Hamlet is neither a frail and weak minded youth nor a thought sick dreamer. He has none of the single minded blood lust of the earlier revengers. It is not because he is incapable of action, but because the cast of his mind is so speculative, so questioning and so contemplative that action, when it finally comes, seems almost like defeat. Trapped in a nightmare world of spying, testing and plotting, and apparently bearing the intolerable burden of the duty to revenge his father's death, Hamlet is obliged to inhabit a shadow world, to live suspended between fact and fiction, language and action. His life is one of constant role playing, examining the nature of action only to deny its possibility, for he is too sophisticated to degrade his nature to the conventional role of a stage revenger. By characterizing Hamlet, Shakespeare successfully makes a philosophical exploration of life and death. Hamlet is also a humanist, a man who is free from medieval prejudices and superstitions. He has an unbounded love for the world rather than heaven. He cherishes a profound reverence for man and a firm belief in man's power over destiny.6. What did Shakespeare criticize in his play?The conscientious playwright criticized various kinds of human vices and sins, like greed, betrayal, pride, prejudice and deception, including acts of social inequality, sexual and racial discriminations in plays such as The Merchant of Venice and The Tempest. In his tragedies, he condemned the hypocrisy, treachery and general corruption at the royal court. He does not hesitate to describe the cruelty and anti-natural character of the civil wars against religious persecution and the corrupting influence of money and gold. In King Lear, he criticized the bourgeois egoism while he feared anarchy, hated rebellion and despised democracy.7. Soliloquy is a nature medium for Hamletto release his anguish.8.The theme of Sonnet 18 is that a nicesummer’s day is usually transient, but thebeauty in poetry can last for ever.9.Discuss the four periods ofShakespeare’s dramatic career.The first period of Shakespeare’s dramaticcareer was one of apprenticeship. He wrotefive history plays (e.g. Henry VI), fourcomedies (The Comedy of Errors). In thesecond period, Shak espeare’s style andapproach became highly individualized. Hewrote five histories (e.g. Henry IV), sixcomedies (The Merchant of Venice) andtwo tragedies (e.g. Romeo and Juliet). Histhird period includes his greatest' tragedies(e.g. Hamlet) and his so called darkcomedies (Measure for Measure). The lastperiod includes his principal romantictragicomedies (The Tempest).10. Briefly discuss Shakespeare’s artisticachievement in characterization, plotconstruction and languageA. Shakespeare’s major char acters areneither merely individual ones nor typeones; they represent certain types; they areindividuals representing certain types. Byemploying a psycho-analytical approach,Shakespeare succeeds in exploring thecharacters’inner world. Shakespeare alsoportrays his characters in pairs. Contrastsare frequently used to bring vividness to hischaracters.B. Shakespeare seldom invents his own plot;instead, he borrows them form old plays orstorybooks, from ancient Greek or Romansources. In order to make the play morelively and compact, he would shorten thetime and intensity the story. There areusually several clues running through theplay, thus providing the story with suspenseand apprehension.C. Shakespeare can write skillfully indifferent poetic forms, such as the sonnet,the blank verse and the rhymed couplet. Hehas an amazing wealth of vocabulary andidiom. His coinage of new words anddistortion of the meaning of the old wordsalso creates striking effects on the reader.11. About the four tragedies: What arethe characteristic of the four tragedies incommon? Briefly summarize each hero’sweakness of natureEach portrays some noble hero, who facesthe injustice of human life and is caught ina difficult situation and whose fate isclosely connected with the fate of the wholenation.Each hero has his weakness of nature:Hamlet, the melancholic scholar-prince,faces the dilemma between action and mind;Othello’s inner weakness is made use of bythe outside evil force; the old king Lear isunwilling to totally give up his power; andMacbeth's lust for power stirs up hisambition and leads him to incessant crimes.◆John Milton1.作品：Paradise Lost，Paradise Regained，Samson Agonistes，Lycidas2.John Milton’s greatest poetical workParadise Lost is the only generallyacknowledged epic in English literaturesince Beowulf3.His literary achievement can be dividedinto 3 groups: the early poetic works, themiddle prose pamphlets and the last greatpoems.4. Milton wrote his three major poeticalworks after the Restoration.5. Paradise Lost is taken from Genesis ofthe Bible; the theme is “the fall of man”6. According to the setting of the poemParadise Lost, discuss the theme, theauthor’s intention to create it and theimplication that the poem expresses.A. The theme of the poem Paradise Lost isthe "Fall of Man”, i. e. man's disobedienceand the loss of Paradise, with its primecause-Satan.B. The author's intention to write this poemis to expose the ways of Satan and to"justify the ways of God to men".C. In this poem, the author implicitlyexpresses his fundamental concern withfreedom and choice and his belief that theunquestionable truth of Biblical revelationmeans that an all knowing God was just inallowing Adam and Eve to be tempted andof their free will to choose sin and itsinevitable punishment.7. What is M ilton’s fundamental concernin Paradise Lost?At the center of the conflict between humanlove and spiritual duty lies M ilton’sfundamental concern with freedom andchoice. The theme is the” Fall of Man,” i. e.man’s disobedience and the loss of Paradise.In the fall of man Adam discovered his fullhumanity. The freedom of the will is thekeystone of Milton's creed.1.Shall I compare thee to a summerday?thou art more lovely an d moretemperate:rough winds do shake thedarling buds of May.adn summers leasehath all too short a date:答：sonnet 18,ShakespeareSpeech Figure PersonificationThem of the poem:A nice summer’s day isusually transient but the beauty in poetrycan last forever.2.So long as men can breathe or eyes cansee,/So long lives this,and this gives life tothee.答：Implication of the work: the beauty inpoety can last forever,Idea of the two line express:Shakespeare’sfaith in the permanence of poetry.3.For herein Fortune shows herself morekind/than is he custom.It is still her use/Tolet the wretched man outlive his wealth/toview with hollow eye and wrinkledbrow/An age of poverty:from which lingring penance/Of such misery doth she cutme off.答：Shakespeare, She refer to Fortune.Mean:Antonio thinks Fortune is more kindtoward him because Fortune is taking awayboth his wealth and life,which meansAntomio will not feel the pain of losingeverything.4.To be or not to be-that is the question:答：William Shakespeare, Hamlet.Mean:To live on in this world or to die:tosuffer or to take action.Characteristic of the protagonist:He is aman of speculation,umbrage andcontemplationWhat does the third line imply:Theprotagonist lived in a world that was full oftrouble, and he was often determined totake up arms against troubles that sweepupon him like a sea,But he did not succeed.5. If thou beest he -but O how fallen! Howchanged/From him who in the happyrealms of light/Clothed with transcendentbrightness didst outshine/Myriads,thoughbright! If he whom mutual league /Unitedthoughts and counsels,equal hope/Andhazard in the glorious enterprise,/Joinedwith me once,now misery hath joined/Inequal ruin:into what pit thou seest...答：Paradise lost John MiltonThe story is taken from Genesis of theBible,The theme is the Fall of Man.What does the poet intend to do in writingit? Intended to expose the ways of Satanand to “justify the ways of God to men.The word he refers to God.。
英美文学1
英美文学史复习标准版1（盎格鲁萨克逊时期到盎格鲁罗曼）时期划分c---century---Early&Medieval literature: The Anglo-Saxon period(5c-11c)和The Anglo-Norman period(11c-15c)---Renaissance(16c) 文艺复兴---Revolution&Restoration (17c)资产阶级革命与王权复辟---Enlightenment (18c)启蒙运动---Romantic Period(1798-1832 19c) 浪漫主义时期一．The Anglo-Saxon period(496-1066)1.pagan异教徒Christian基督徒2.代表作：The song of Beowulf《贝奥武甫》异教徒诗歌（national epic 民族史诗，英国史上第一部史诗）采用了暗喻（metaphor）和押头韵（alliterate）的手法。
内容：讲述了挪威一个勇士贝奥武甫与怪物格伦德尔搏斗，使其断臂而死。
怪物之母为子复仇，又被他追踪杀死。
后来他做了国王。
一次火龙来犯，他挺身斩龙，伤中而死。
人民为他举行了隆重的丧礼。
三次战斗 a.与格伦德尔Grendelb.与格伦德尔的母亲Grendel’s motherc.与火龙firedrake二．The Anglo-Norman period（1066-1350）1.Romance传奇描写的是骑士的冒险精神和典雅爱情，表现骑士为获得荣誉、保护宗教或赢得贵妇人的爱情而到处冒险的骑士精神的文学。
2.代表作：Sir Gawain and the Green Knight《高文爵士和绿衣骑士》押头韵（alliterate）描写的是古代亚瑟王属下一个“圆桌骑士”Knights of the Round 的奇遇。
基本情节是：某年圣诞节，亚瑟王在自己的宫廷里举行宴会。
英美文学重点知识归纳
英美文学重点知识归纳一、英美文学的概念和特点英美文学是指英国和美国的文学作品，包括小说、诗歌、剧本等。
它具有以下几个特点：1.多元化：英美文学以其丰富多样的风格和流派而闻名。
从古典主义到浪漫主义，从现代主义到后现代主义，英美文学不断演变和发展，展示了人类思想和情感的多样性。
2.自由和开放性：英美文学强调个体的自由和独立思考，在作品中反映了社会、政治和文化的变革。
自由主义和个人主义的精神贯穿在英美文学的历史中。
3.注重个人感受和情感表达：英美文学注重个人感受和情感表达，通过描写人物内心的矛盾和困惑，展示了人性的复杂和多样性。
二、英美文学的重要时期和代表作品1. 文艺复兴时期（16世纪）文艺复兴时期是英美文学的重要里程碑，代表作品有：•威廉·莎士比亚的剧作《哈姆雷特》、《罗密欧与朱丽叶》等，深刻地反映了人性的复杂性和命运的无常。
•约翰·米尔顿的史诗《失乐园》，通过对上帝、撒旦和亚当夏娃的描写，揭示了人类的原罪和思想的自由。
2. 浪漫主义时期（18世纪末至19世纪初）浪漫主义时期是英美文学的重要发展阶段，代表作品有：•威廉·华兹华斯的诗集《抒情诗选集》，强调对自然和个人感受的表达，展现了对自由和灵魂的渴望。
•简·奥斯汀的小说《傲慢与偏见》，通过对社会等级和女性地位的描写，呈现了封建社会的弊端。
3. 现代主义时期（20世纪初至中期）现代主义时期是英美文学的革命性时期，代表作品有：•弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫的小说《至灵之泉》，以流动的意识流体式叙述，探索了心灵的迷茫和现代社会的困惑。
•T·S·艾略特的诗集《荒原》，通过对现代社会的批判和对个体灵魂的探索，反映了人类在现代社会中的孤独和迷失。
三、英美文学的重要作家和代表作1. 威廉·莎士比亚（1564-1616）威廉·莎士比亚是英国文学史上最伟大的剧作家之一，代表作品有：•《哈姆雷特》：探讨了人性的矛盾和命运的无常，是世界戏剧史上最重要的作品之一。
英美文学名词解释整理版 (1)
❖American Transcendentalism A literary and philosophical movement, associated with Ralph Waldo Emerson and Margaret Fuller, asserting the existence of an ideal spiritual reality that transcends the empirical and scientific and is knowable through intuition. 超验主义：一种文学和哲学运动，与拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生和玛格丽特·富勒有关，宣称存在一种理想的精神实体，超越于经验和科学之处，通过直觉得以把握❖English Romanticism was an artistic, literary and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Europe.❖ode in ancient literature, is an elaborate lyrical poem composed for a chorus to chant and to dance to; in modern use, it is a rhymed lyric expressing noble feelings, often addressed to a person or celebrating an event.❖conceit 奇喻A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning 。
A kind of metaphor that makes a comparison between two startlingly different things. A conceit may be a brief metaphor, but it usually provides the framework for an entire poem. An especially unusual and intellectual kind of conceit is the metaphysical conceit.新奇的比喻：将两种截然不同的食物进行对比的一种隐喻。
英美文学欣赏最新版教学课件英国文学 Unit 1 William Shakespeare
作品简介
英美文学欣赏（第四版）
在名城维洛那，有两家门第相当的名门望族— —蒙太古家族（Montague）和凯普莱特家族 （Capulet），累世的宿怨使两家势不两立，经常刀 剑相向，发生流血冲突。两个家族中的一对青年罗 密欧与朱丽叶却相爱了，好心的神父为他们举行了 秘密婚礼。可是，在一场争斗中，罗密欧却失手杀 了凯普莱特家族中的人，遭到放逐。朱丽叶的父母 执意让她嫁给另一个贵族青年。神父设妙计让朱丽 叶喝下一种药液，可以佯死42 个小时，待家人将其 下葬，再让罗密欧赶来相见，两人一同逃走。不幸 的是，罗密欧没有得到这一真实情况。他赶到墓穴， 以为朱丽叶真的死去，便服毒自杀。朱丽叶醒来， 看见罗密欧的尸体，遂用匕首结束了自己的生命。 两个在家族世仇下惨遭牺牲的年轻人以悲壮的殉情， 终于使两家化干戈为玉帛。
天上的眼睛有时照得太酷烈， 给机缘或无常的天道所摧折， 没有芳艳不终于凋残或销毁。
（注解：诗人接着解释道，天上的眼睛有时发出灼热的亮光，它金色的 容颜又常遭乌云遮挡；无论是偶然的原因或是必然的变化，一切美好的 东西总会凋零。此为承，继续第一节的内容，同时极力渲染，将诗人要 表达的意思推向极至。单看sometime, often, every fair fromfair 几个措辞，就感到诗的气势如排山倒海，步步逼近，诗往下，似再无可 写处。）
英美文学欣赏（第四版）
高级实用英语系列教材
英美文学欣赏（第二版）
An Appreciation of English Literature
Unit 1 William Shakespeare • Romeo and Juliet (Act II, Scene II) • Sonnet 18 Unit 2 English Essayists (Ⅰ) Francis Bacon • Of Studies • Of Marriage and Single Life Samuel Johnson • Letter to Lord Chesterfield
英美文学 第一部分 上古及中世纪英国文学
II. Medieval Literature
• 1. background: Norman Conquest • In the 11 th century, Norman Conquered England, and feudal system was established in English society. With the coming of Normans, the Anglo-Saxons sank to a position of abjectness. The relationship between Normans and AngloSaxons is that of master and servant. Meanwhile, Anglo-Saxon English was despised by the nobility, while French and Latin were considered noble.
Part One
Early and Medieval English Literature 上古及中世纪英国文学
Teaching Arrangement:
• • • • • • • • • • （一） 盎格鲁-萨克逊文学 1、社会文化背景 2、盎格鲁-萨克逊诗歌+Beowulf 片段欣赏 （二） 中世纪文学 1、社会文化背景 2、中世纪传奇故事 (Romance) A. Romance cycles B. King Arthur and his Round Table Knights C. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight D. Morte D’ Arthur
� the monster ’ s mother the she-monster comes to avenge the death, Beowulf following the bloody trail to a lake � Beowulf plunges into water, finds her, follows her into a hall under the waves � by chance finding a big sword left by giants of old time � Beowulf cuts off her head and the monster ’s too. After a celebration, Beowulf sails home to Geats land and becomes king and reigns over his people for 50 years.
英美文学1 .Jane Austen
Characteristics of her Works
• 3. Jane Austen’s work has a very narrow literary field. • 4. Jane Austen is a writer who regards novel writing as a sophisticated art.
Characteristics of her Works
• Stories of love and marriage provide the framework for all her novels and in them women are always taken as the major characters.
Assessment
• Austen’s work has a very narrow literary field .She is particularly preoccupied with the relationship between men and women in love. • Austen tries to say that it is wrong to marry just for money or for beauty, but it is also wrong to marry without it. • Her novels show a wealth of humor, wit and delicate satire.
Assessment
Generally speaking, Jane Austen was a writer of the 18th century, though she lived mainly in the nineteenth century. She holds the ideal of the d class in politics, religion and her works show clearly her firm in the predominance of reason over passion, the sense of responsibility, good manners and clear-sighted judgment over the romantic tendencies of emotion and individuality.
英美文学名词解释整理版 (1)
❖American Transcendentalism A literary and philosophical movement, associated with Ralph Waldo Emerson and Margaret Fuller, asserting the existence of an ideal spiritual reality that transcends the empirical and scientific and is knowable through intuition. 超验主义：一种文学和哲学运动，与拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生和玛格丽特·富勒有关，宣称存在一种理想的精神实体，超越于经验和科学之处，通过直觉得以把握❖English Romanticism was an artistic, literary and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Europe.❖ode in ancient literature, is an elaborate lyrical poem composed for a chorus to chant and to dance to; in modern use, it is a rhymed lyric expressing noble feelings, often addressed to a person or celebrating an event.❖conceit 奇喻A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning 。
A kind of metaphor that makes a comparison between two startlingly different things. A conceit may be a brief metaphor, but it usually provides the framework for an entire poem. An especially unusual and intellectual kind of conceit is the metaphysical conceit.新奇的比喻：将两种截然不同的食物进行对比的一种隐喻。
英美文学 知识点总结
英美文学知识点总结英美文学是指在英国和美国国家领土内产生的文学作品，包括英国文学与美国文学。
英美文学史是人类文明史的一个重要组成部分，包括从古典到现代的文学作品，涵盖了从莎士比亚到奥斯卡·王尔德等众多作家的作品。
英美文学的知识点众多，具有深刻的历史、文化和社会背景，下面将总结英美文学知识点，帮助读者更好地了解和学习英美文学。
1. 英国文学的起源和发展英国文学的起源可追溯至中世纪，早期的英国文学作品包括《贝奥歌》、《坎特伯雷故事集》等。
而随着文艺复兴的到来，英国文学迎来了新的发展时期，莎士比亚、斯宾塞等众多作家的作品为英国文学的繁荣与发展奠定了基础。
18世纪的启蒙运动影响了英国文学的发展方向，霍华德、斯威夫特等作家的作品在英国文学史上留下了重要的痕迹。
2. 美国文学的诞生与发展美国文学的起源较晚，17世纪移民新英格兰书信文学是美国文学的开端。
18世纪，美国文学开始迈入现代化阶段，风格多样的文学作品层出不穷。
19世纪的浪漫主义运动、现实主义运动以及自然主义运动，都为美国文学的繁荣与发展贡献了力量。
3. 英美文学的经典作品在英美文学史上，有许多经典作品，这些作品对后世文学产生了深远的影响。
如莎士比亚的《哈姆雷特》、奥斯卡·王尔德的《风华绝代》、简·奥斯汀的《傲慢与偏见》、查尔斯·狄更斯的《雾都孤儿》等。
4. 英美文学的主题和风格英美文学作品的主题和风格多种多样，既有对家国情怀的歌颂，也有对人性命运的探索。
从文艺复兴时期的骑士文学到现代主义文学，英美文学作品的风格也是千姿百态。
5. 英美文学的流派英美文学的作品涉及的流派众多，包括戏剧、小说、诗歌、散文等。
在戏剧方面，莎士比亚的作品是最具代表性的；在小说方面，狄更斯的作品是最为典型的；在诗歌方面，弗罗斯特的作品是最为著名的。
6. 英美文学的影响英美文学对全球文学产生了深远影响，从语言、风格、主题等方面都对其他国家的文学产生了影响。
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William LanglandR e q u i r e m e n t so f t h e C o u r s eRemember the Words & Expressions.Words and ExpressionsIntroduction to the Course1. Choose the best answer .⏹Charles Dickens is a great writer in the ______.⏹ A. Victorian Age⏹B. Renaissance⏹C. Romantic period⏹D. 20th century⏹A2. Fill in the blanks.☐(1) _______ is the representative works in the Anglo-Saxon Literature.☐(2) ________ is the central theme of the English Renaissance.3. Say true or false.⏹(1) Beowulf is written by Chaucer.⏹F⏹(2) Early English drama includes Miracle Play, Mystery Play and Morality Play⏹TExamples for Terms and Questions4. Explain the literary terms.●(1) Realism (2) Romanticism5. Answer the following questions briefly.●(1)What is Jack London’s pro se style?●(2)Comment on Shakespeare’s Hamlet.Requirements for the CourseA C o u r s e o fE n g l i s h P o e t r y(f o r C o l l e g e S t u d e n t s)英国诗歌教程李正栓吴晓梅编著吕中舌主审课件制作魏晓红E a r l y E n g l i s h L i t e r a t u r e(450—1050)Important PointsThe Making of EnglandThe English people are not one origin but a mixed blood.The Roman ConquestThe Roman ConquestThe English Conquest and Old English▪During the Roman Conquest, swarms (crowds, a number of ) of pirates (海盗) came from Northern Europe .What is the Social Condition of the Anglo-Saxons? What is Anglo-Saxon religious belief?●The Anglo-Saxons were heathen (异教徒) people, believingin old mythology of Northern Europe.●English language was influenced by the Northernmythology.●The Anglo-Saxons were Christianized in the 7th century.The monks in the monasteries(修道院)maintained to tinge(affected slightly) the earliest works when copied them. Anglo-Saxon LiteratureBeowulf《贝尔武甫》Beowulf●1. Beowulf is a national epic of English people. ●2. It is the representative works of the early English literature with 3000 lines.●3. Its writer is unknown.Beowulf●C haracters in the story:●B eowulf: a nephew of king of Gents, a people in Denmark.●H rothgar: king of Denmark.●G rendel: a monster.●S he-monster(女妖怪): Grendel’s mother.●D ragon: a fire dragon, a monster.Beowulf●1. Beowulf is a folk legend brought to England by the Anglo Saxon from their primitive Northern Europe.●2. Beowulf was passed down from mouth to mouth.●3. Beowulf was written down in the 10th century. Beowulf●Beowulf●5. Beowulf is a grand hero.●1) brave deeds●2) faithful to his people●6. Beowulf reflects the features of the tribal society of ancient times.What are the writing features of Beowulf?●1. The most important is in alliterative(头韵的) verse and in artistic form.Beowulf●Thus made their mourning the men of Geatland, ●For their hero’s passing, his hearth-companions What are the writing features of Beowulf?● 2. Another is the frequent use of metaphors and understatements(暗含的意义) for ironical humor. Beowulf●M etaphors:●r ing-giver:●h earth-companions:●w hale’s road:●s ea-wood:Summary for the Literary Works:Literary Featuresof the Anglo-Saxon Period⏹1) secular(非宗教的) poetry,⏹non religious poems but with Christian coloring;⏹2) created collectively and orally;⏹3) based on history, legend or events of the time; Literary Featuresof the Anglo-Saxon Period☐4) for entertainment;☐5) for the minstrels吟游诗人as a paying profession; ☐6) unknown writers, written down by the monks in the 10th century.Choose the right answer.Choose the right answer.●2. In 55 B. C., Roman troops led by _____ invaded Britain.●A. Julius Caesar●B. Claudius●C. King Alfred the Great●D. William●?Choose the right answer.●3.The Roman occupation in Britain lasted for about _____ years.●A. 200 B. 300●C. 400 D. 500●?Choose the right answer.●4.Old English came into being by the ____ century.●A. 4th B. 5th●C. 6th D. 7th●?Choose the right answer.●5. In ____ Britain became a Roman province.●A. 55 B. C. B. 43 A. D.●C. 410 A. D. D. 787 A. D.●?Choose the right answer.●6.The Anglo-Saxon period ended in ____.●A. 1017 B. 1042●C. 1016 D. 1066●?Choose the right answer.☐7.____ is an early English poem about the life of the gleeman.☐A. “Deor’s Lament”☐B. “The Wife’s Complaint”☐C. “The Husband’s Message”☐D. “The Seafarer”☐?Choose the right answer.⏹8. ____ is an early English poem about love.⏹A. “Deor’s Lament”⏹B. “Widsith”⏹C. “The Husband’s Message”⏹D. “The Seafarer”⏹?Choose the right answer.☐9. ____ is an early English poem about the adventures of the sea.☐A. “Deor’s Lament”☐B. “The Wanderer”☐C. “The Husband’s Message”☐D. “Beowulf”☐?Choose the right answer.●10. ____ is the representative work of the early English literature.●A. “Deor’s Lament”●B. “The Wanderer”●C. “The Husband’s Message”●D. “Beowulf”●?Choose the right answer.●11. Grendel is a monster described in ______.●A. “Deor’s Lament”●B. “Widsith”●C. Beowulf●D. “The Seafarer”●?Complete the sentences.●English language in the Anglo-Saxon period wasinfluenced by the Northern ____________.●The Anglo-Saxon poetry belongs to secularpoetry, that is ______________________ butwith Christian coloring.Complete the sentences.●3. ____________ is the most important feature in Beowulf.●4. Another writing feature in Beowulf is the frequent use of _____________and __________________for ironical humor.Exercises•1. How does Old English come into being?•2. Comment on Beowulf.•3. What are the features of Anglo-Saxon literature? •4.Preview the medieval English Literature, Langland, Chaucer.G o o d b y e.。