Lecture 2 The Renaissance Period英美文学课件
Lecture 2 The Renaissance Period英美文学课件
Lecture 2 The Renaissance Period
Achievements:
Marlowe’s greatest achievement lies in that he perfected the blank verse and made it the principal medium of English drama. His second achievement is his creation of the Renaissance hero for English drama.
Lecture 2 The Renaissance Period
Lecture 2 The Renaissance Period
Edmund Spenser (1552-- 1599)
Lecture 2 The Renaissance Period
The Faerie Queene
incomplete English epic poem
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Lecture 2 The Renaissance Period
Representative works:
• • • • Tamburlaine the Great (1587-1588) The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus (1589) The Jew of Malta (1590) “The passionate shepherd to his love”
2 long narrative poems
154 sonnets
Lecture 2 The Renaissance Period
sonnet
a lyric poem comprising 14 rhyming lines of equal length, iambic pentameters in English
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Learning paper (01) –Check your answers :
一. 单词预习 architecture; philosophy; contribution; employ; trade; art; literature; talent 二. 词性转换 1.disturbing→disturbed→disturb→disturbance 2.motivate→motivation→motivational 3.skilled→skillful→skillfulness 4.passerby→passersby 5.effect→effective
Discuss it according to the map
economy：Trade with other parts of the world…
find out the supporting details in para 3
2. “…tha the arts” Which social level (社会阶层) does “people”
How does the writer develop para4-5?
Group discussion: (inference)
1.What kind of a person do you think Leonardo is ?（adj.）Why? 2. Why is he mentioned at the beginning and the end twice in the passage?
Module 2
Reading and Vocabulary
The Renaissance
Fast-reading: draw the outline.(self-task 3mins)
Lecture 2 The English Renaissance
• Edmund Spenser (1552-1599) – Life The ―Poet‘s poet‖ of the period was Edmund Spenser. He was buried beside Chaucer in Westminster Abbey.
– The Faerie Queene Spenser‘s fame in English literature is chiefly based upon his The Faerie Queene (published in 1589-96). The Faerie Queene is a long poem planned in twelve books, of which he finished only six. The work was dedicated to Queen Elizabeth.
Map of Utopia
• Book Two – In Book Two we have a sketch of an ideal society in some unknown ocean, where social property is held in common and the there is no private property. – In Utopia, the main work of the magistrate is to control and organize the economic life of the country.
Page from Utopia
– question of the separation of town and country. – every member of the society, works six hours a day. After work the citizens spend their time in studying literature, art and science. – All religions in this ideal society are authorized and tolerance is the law.
The Literature of the Renaissance Period PPT课件 北京版
King Lear is based on an old British legend. The Old King Lear who is unwilling to totally give up his power makes himself suffer from treachery and infidelity
Sonnet (十四行诗)
Sonnet is one of the most conventional and influential forms of poetry in Europe.
A sonnet is lyric consisting of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, restricted to a definite rhyme scheme.
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32、肯承认错误则错已改了一半。
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33、快乐不是因为拥有的多而是计较的少。
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34、好方法事半功倍，好习惯受益终身。
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35、生命可以不轰轰烈烈，但应掷地有声。
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36、每临大事，心必静心，静则神明，豁然冰释。
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37、别人认识你是你的面容和躯体，人们定义你是你的头脑和心灵。
The Cause of Renaissance
The rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture;
The new discoveries in geography and astrology;
(完整版)英美文学选读课PPTLectureTwo
● Beowulf killed Grendel’s mother and be the king of the country.
● Beowulf fought against the fire dragon and died.
The Theme
• How the primitive people struggles against the hostile forces of the natural world under a wise and mighty leader.
Beowulf
The Story
● Hrothgar, built a great hall named Heorot ● The hall was later harassed by a monster named Grendel. ● Beowulf fought againsts Grendel and killed him. ● Grendel’s mother came to revenge.
The earliest inhabitants in England: the Celts, from the upper Rhineland
第二讲 The English Renaissance
3. Edmund Spenser (1552- 1599) • poets’ poet: superb technical skill, perfect melodies, rare sense of beauty, splendid imagination, lofty moral purity and seriousness, & delicate idealism. • The Shepherd’s Calendar (1579): a pastoral poem in 12 eclogues (each for a month). • The Amoretti: sequence of 89 sonnets, love poems to his future wife. * Petrarchan sonnet: octave (abba abba) + sestet (cde cde); * Spenserian sonnet: ababbcbc cdcd ee; * Shakespearean (English) sonnet: abab cdcd efef gg.
* It is considered that the scarcity of rhyming words in English explains the greater number of rhymes and freedom in the rhyming scheme in contrast to the Petrarchan form. * Spenserian stanza: ababbcbcc (8 lines in iambic pentameter, the 9th line in Alexandrine)
• Renaissance in England * Beginning in 1485 with the end of the War of Roses (1455-1485) and the reign of the House of Tudor; * 3 stages: beginning of English renaissance (1485 - 1558); Elizabethan age (1558 - 1603); James I (1603 - 25), Charles I (1625 - 49), the Puritan revolution (1640 - 1660). 王佐良: * the late coming of English renaissance resulted from distant location of England, the stability of its culture and the variety of Chaucer; * English renaissance was influenced by the European renaissance giants as well as the Greek and Roman classics;
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❖ Humanism was an attitude rather than a philosophy, non-dogmatic(非教义).
❖ According to humanists, man should mould(塑造) the world according to his own desires, and attain happiness by removing all external checks by the exercise of the human intellect. Humanism was one of the most important factors giving rise to the Renaissance.
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The English Renaissance
❖ The Renaissance was a European phenomenon. It had its origin in north Italy in the fourteenth century, and spread northward to other European countries--to France, to Germany, to the Low Countries, and lastly to England. It revived the study of Roman and Greek classics and marked the beginning of bourgeois revolution. During the period of English Renaissance England enjoyed stability and prosperity. It became the strong power in the world and the mistress(霸主） on the seas. The English Renaissance encouraged the Reformation of the Church. English King, Henry VIII, who started the Reformation, declared the break with Rome and became head of the English Church. Thus Catholicism was got rid of in England. Protestantism was established.
英国文学Chapter 2 Renaissance
Hamlet
Discussion questions(请回答下列问题): 1. what are his four greatest tragedies ? Shakespeare's greatest tragedies are: Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth. 2. What are the characteristics of the four tragedies in common? Each portrays some noble hero, who faces the injustice of human life and is caught in a difficult situation and whose fate is closely connected with the fate of the whole nation.
*2. The Essence: Humanism
Man: the measure of all. To exalt human nature
Emphasis: the dignity of men; the importance of
the present life. Advocating: Men are glorious creatures capable of perfecting themselves, and performing wonders. To see the human values and arts of splendor and enlightenment in Greek and Roman civilization.
Sonnet 18
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? a Thou art more lovely and more temperate; b Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, a And summer's lease hath all too short a date; b Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, c And often is his gold complexion dimm'd; d And every fair from fair sometime declines, c By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd; d But thy eternal summer shall not fade, e Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st; f Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade, e When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st: f So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, g So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. g
英美文学选读1.TheRenaissancePeriod
1. Generally speaking, the Old English poetry that has survived can be divided into two two groups: groups: the the religious religious religious group group and the secular one . 2. Beowulf , a typical example of Old English English poetry, poetry, poetry, is is is regarded regarded regarded as as as the the the epic epic epic of of the Anglo-Saxons. 3. 3. Geoffrey Geoffrey Geoffrey Chaucer Chaucer Chaucer is is is one one one of of of the the the greatest greatest poets in English.●The Renaissance Period (14th---mid17th)◆William Shakespeare : : (38 (38 (38 plays, plays, 154 sonnets, 2 long poems) 1.作品：Henry IV , The Merchant of Venice, Romeo and Juliet, Sonnet 18, The Tempest 2. Greatest Greatest tragedies:tragedies:Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth. 3. The The Tempest Tempest is is known known known as as as the the the best best best of of Shakespeare Shakespeare’’s final romance . The playwright playwright resorts resorts resorts and and and to to to the the the supernatural supernatural atmosphere atmosphere and and and to to to the the the dreams dreams dreams to to to solve solve solve the the conflict. And And this this play play is is is also also a a typical typical example example of of of his his his pessimistic pessimistic view view towards towards human life and society in his late years. 4. 4. William William William Shakespeare Shakespeare Shakespeare’’s s history history history plays plays plays are are mainly written under the principal that national unity under a mighty and just sovereign is a necessity. 5.Try to analyze Hamlet Hamlet Hamlet is is is a a a man man man of of of speculation, speculation, speculation, umbrage umbrage and contemplation.Hamlet Hamlet is is is neither neither neither a a a frail frail frail and and and weak weak weak minded minded youth youth nor nor nor a a a thought thought thought sick sick sick dreamer. dreamer. dreamer. He He He has has none of the single minded blood lust of the earlier earlier revengers. revengers. revengers. It It It is is is not not not because because because he he he is is incapable of action, but because the cast of his his mind mind mind is is is so so so speculative, speculative, speculative, so so so questioning questioning and and so so so contemplative contemplative contemplative that that that action, action, action, when when when it it finally comes, seems almost like like defeat. defeat. Trapped Trapped in in in a a a nightmare nightmare nightmare world world world of of of spying, spying, testing and plotting, and apparently bearing the intolerable burden of the duty to revenge his father's death, Hamlet is obliged obliged to to to inhabit inhabit inhabit a a a shadow shadow shadow world, world, world, to to to live 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 the conventional conventional conventional role role role of of of a a a stage stage stage revenger. 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 medieval prejudices prejudices prejudices and and and superstitions. superstitions. superstitions. He 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. 6. What What What did did did Shakespeare Shakespeare Shakespeare criticize criticize criticize in in in his 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 in plays plays plays such such such as as as The The The Merchant Merchant Merchant of of of V V enice and The Tempest. In his tragedies, he condemned the hypocrisy, treachery and general general corruption corruption corruption at at at the the the royal royal royal court. court. court. He 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 Hamlet to release his anguish. 8.The The theme theme theme of of of Sonnet Sonnet Sonnet 18 18 18 is is is that that that a a a nice nice summer summer’’s s day day day is is is usually usually usually transient, transient, transient, but but but the the beauty in poetry can last for ever. 9.Discuss the four periods of Shakespeare Shakespeare’’s dramatic career. The The first first first period period period of of of Shakespeare Shakespeare Shakespeare’’s s dramatic dramatic career was one of apprenticeship. He wrote five history plays (e.g. Henry VI), four comedies comedies (The (The (The Comedy Comedy Comedy of of of Errors). Errors). Errors). In In In the the second period, Shak Shakespeare’s espeare’s style and approach became highly individualized. He wrote wrote five five five histories histories histories (e.g. (e.g. (e.g. Henry Henry Henry IV), IV), IV), six six comedies (The (The Merchant Merchant Merchant of of of V V enice) and two two tragedies tragedies tragedies (e.g. (e.g. (e.g. Romeo Romeo Romeo and and and Juliet). Juliet). Juliet). His His third period includes includes his greatest' his greatest' tragedies (e.g. Hamlet) and his so called dark comedies comedies (Measure (Measure (Measure for for for Measure). Measure). Measure). The The The last last period includes his principal romantic tragicomedies (The Tempest). 10. Briefly discuss discuss Shakespeare’Shakespeare’Shakespeare’s artistic s artistic achievement in characterization, plot construction and language A. Shakespeare’s major char characters acters are neither merely individual ones nor type ones; they represent certain types; they are individuals individuals representing representing representing certain certain certain types. types. types. By By employing a psycho-analytical approach, Shakespeare succeeds in exploring the characters characters’’inner inner world. world. world. Shakespeare Shakespeare Shakespeare also also portrays portrays his his his characters characters characters in in in pairs. pairs. pairs. Contrasts Contrasts are frequently used to bring vividness to his characters. B. Shakespeare seldom invents his own plot; instead, he borrows them form old plays or storybooks, storybooks, from from from ancient ancient ancient Greek Greek Greek or or or Roman Roman sources. sources. In In In order order order to to to make make make the the the play play play more more lively lively and and and compact, compact, compact, he he he would would would shorten shorten shorten the the time and intensity the story. There are usually usually several several several clues clues clues running running running through through through the the play, thus providing the story with suspense and apprehension. C. Shakespeare can write skillfully in different different poetic poetic poetic forms, forms, forms, such such such as as as the the the sonnet, sonnet, the blank verse and the rhymed couplet. He has has an an an amazing amazing amazing wealth wealth wealth of of of vocabulary vocabulary vocabulary and and idiom. His coinage of new words and distortion of the the meaning of meaning of the the old words old words also creates striking effects on the reader. 11. 11. About About About the the the four four four tragedies: tragedies: tragedies: What What What are are the characteristic of the four tragedies in common? Briefly summarize each hero ’s weakness of nature Each Each portrays portrays portrays some some some noble noble noble hero, hero, hero, who who who faces faces the injustice of human life and is caught in a difficult situation and whose fate is closely connected with the fate of the whole nation. 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 by the the outside evil force; outside evil force; t he the the old old old king king king Lear Lear Lear is is unwilling to totally give up his power; and Macbeth's lust for power stirs up his ambition and leads him to incessant crimes. ◆John Milton 1.作品：Paradise Lost ，Paradise Regained ，Samson Agonistes ，Lycidas 2.John Milton Milton’’s greatest poetical work Paradise Lost is the only generally acknowledged epic in English literature since Beowulf 3.His His literary literary literary achievement achievement achievement can can can be be be divided divided into into 3 3 3 groups: groups: groups: the the the early early early poetic poetic poetic works, works, works, the the middle middle prose prose prose pamphlets pamphlets pamphlets and and and the the the last last last great great poems. 4. Milton Milton wrote wrote wrote his his his three three three major major major poetical poetical works after the Restoration. 5. Paradise Lost is taken from Genesis of the Bible; the theme is “the fall of man ”6. 6. According According According to to to the the the setting setting setting of of of the the the poem poem Paradise Lost, discuss the theme, the author author’’s s intention intention intention to to to create create create it it it and and and the the implication that the poem expresses. A. The theme of the poem Paradise Lost is the "Fall of Man ”, i . e. man's disobedience . e. man's disobedience and and the the the loss loss loss of of of Paradise, Paradise, Paradise, with with with its its its prime prime cause-Satan. B. The author's intention to write this poem is to expose the ways of Satan and to "justify the ways of God to men". C. In this poem, the author implicitly expresses his fundamental concern with freedom freedom and and and choice choice choice and and and his his his belief belief belief that that that the the unquestionable unquestionable truth truth truth of of of Biblical Biblical Biblical revelation revelation means that an all knowing God was just in allowing Adam and Eve to be tempted and of their free will to choose sin and its inevitable punishment. 7. What is M ilton’s ilton’s fundamental concern fundamental concern in Paradise Lost? At the center of the conflict between human love and spiritual duty lies M ilton’s fundamental concern with freedom and choice. The theme is the” Fall of Man,” i. e. man’s man’s disobedience and the loss of Paradise. disobedience and the loss of Paradise. In the fall of man Adam discovered his full humanity. humanity. The The The freedom freedom freedom of of of the the the will will will is is is the the keystone of Milton's creed. 1.Shall I compare thee to a summer day?thou art more lovely an d more temperate:rough winds do shake the darling darling buds buds buds of of of May.adn May.adn May.adn summers summers summers lease lease hath all too short a date: 答：sonnet 18,Shakespeare Speech Figure Personification Them of the poem:A nice summer ’s day is usually usually transient transient transient but but but the the the beauty beauty beauty in in in poetry poetry can last forever. 2.So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,/So long lives this,and this gives life to thee. 答：Implication of the work: the beauty in poety can last forever, Idea Idea of of of the the the two two two line line line express:Shakespeare express:Shakespeare express:Shakespeare’’s faith in the permanence of poetry. 3.For For herein herein herein Fortune Fortune Fortune shows shows shows herself herself herself more more kind/than is he custom.It is still her use/To let the wretched man outlive his wealth/to view with hollow eye and wrinkled brow/An brow/An age age age of of of poverty:from poverty:from poverty:from which which which ling ling ring penance/Of such misery doth she cut me off .答：Shakespeare, She refer to Fortune. Mean:Antonio thinks Fortune is more kind toward him because Fortune is taking away both his wealth and life,which means Antomio Antomio will will will not not not feel feel feel the the the pain pain pain of of of losing losing everything. 4.To be or not to be-that is the question : 答：William Shakespeare, Hamlet. Mean:To Mean:To live live live on on on in in in this this this world world world or or or to to to die:to die:to suffer or to take action. Characteristic of the protagonist:He is a man of speculation,umbrage and contemplation What does the third line imply:The protagonist lived in a world that was full of trouble, trouble, and and and he he he was was was often often often determined determined determined to to take take up up up arms arms arms against against against troubles troubles troubles that that that sweep sweep upon him like a sea,But he did not succeed. 5. If thou beest he -but O how fallen! How changed/From him who in the happy realms realms of of of light/Clothed light/Clothed light/Clothed with with with transcendent transcendent brightness brightness didst didst didst outshine/Myriads,though outshine/Myriads,though bright! If he whom mutual league /United thoughts and counsels,equal hope/And hazard hazard in in in the the the glorious glorious glorious enterprise,/Joined enterprise,/Joined with with me me me once,now once,now once,now misery misery misery hath hath hath joined/In joined/In equal ruin:into what pit thou seest... 答：Paradise lost John Milton The story story is is is taken taken from Genesis of of the the Bible,The theme is the Fall of Man. What does the poet intend to do in writing it? it? Intended Intended Intended to to to expose expose expose the the the ways ways ways of of of Satan Satan and to “justify the ways of God to men. The word he refers to God. 。
英美文学学习笔记-The_Renaissance_Period-EL
Chapter 1 The Renaissance Period A basic introduction to the neoclassical period.Edumund SpenserEdumund Spenser1)William ShakespeareHamlet To be, or not to be---that is the question; Whether tis nobler in the midn to suffer/The sligs and arrows (2) of outrageous fortune, Or to take arm against a sea of troubles, And bu opposing end them? To die, to sleep---no more; and by a sleep to say we end.Francis Bacon (1561-1626)1) Francis Bacon, a representative of the Renaissance in England, is a well-known philosopher, scientistand essayist. He lady th efoundation for modern science with his insistence on scientific way of thinkingand fresh observation rather than authority as a basis for obtaining knowledge His Essays is the first and fresh observation rather than authority as a basis for obtaining knowledge. His Essays is the firstexample of that genre in English literature.2) The Advancement of Learning, written in English; Novum Organum, an enlarged Latin version of TheAdvancement of Learning. Other works are Apophthagmes New and Old, The History of the Reign ofHenry VII, and his unfinished The New Atlantis. Maxims of Law and The Learned Reading upon theStatute of Uses are the two famous works from the third group.3) The Advancement of Learning is a great tract on education. In Book I, Bacon highly praises)f g g,g y pknowledge, refuting the objections to learning and outlining the problems with which his poan is to deal.Also he answers the charge that learning is against religion.4) Novum Organum is a successful treatise written in Latin on methodology.5) "esteem the performance of public duty his highest aim."6) Francis Bacon is "Father of Science". His work "Novum Organum" is the most impressive display ofhis intellect. what is the main concern of the work? why the work is so important for the development ofd i?A)Th k i t f ht i d ti i i l f th A i t t li modern science? A) The work is an argument for hte inductive reasoning in place of the Aristotelian deductive reasoning. B) The Aristotelian reasoning only states the fact, not capable of discovery while the inductive reasoning, although starting with a hypothesis and developing with experiments, amy lead to the discovery of true knowledge.7) According to Bacon, man's understanding consists of three part: History to man's memory; Poetry toman's imagination and creation; and Philosophy to man's reason.8)Francis Bacon is best known fo r his essays.Of Studies What is the main idea of "Of Studies"? Answer: "Of Studies" analyzes what studies chiefly serve for, the different ways adopted by different people to pursue studies, and how studies exert influence over human character."Of Studies"reveals to usOf Studies how studies exert influence over human character. Of Studies reveals to us Bacon's mature attitude towards learning.John Donne (1572-1631)1) The term "metaphysical poetry" is commonly used ot name th ework of the 17th-century writers who wrote under the influence of John Donne. With a rebellious spirit, the metaphysical poets tried to break away from the conventional fashion of the Elizabethan love poetry away from the conventional fashion of the Elizabethan love poetry.2) John Donne is the leading figure of the "metaphysical school." Herbert, Vaugham, Crashaw, Marvell and Cowley are also considered to be metaphysical poets.3) The Songs and Sonnets, by which donne is probably best known, contains most of his early lyrics. Love is the basic theme. John Donne holds that the nature of love is the union of soul and body .4) The Sun Rising is to give compliments to the mistress and her power of beauty .John Milton (1608-1674)1) Paradise Lost was finished in 1665, after seven year's labor in darkness. In 1666 Milton began his Paradise Regained In 1671appeared his last important work Samson Agonistes (the Death, Be Not ProudThis is a sonnet written in the strict Petrarchan pattern, with 14 lines of iambicpentameter rnhyming abba abba cddc ee.Paradise Regained . In 1671 appeared his last important work Samson Agonistes (力士参孙）, the most powerful dramatic poem on the Greek model.2) John Milton wrote his three major poetical works: Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained and Samson Agonistes. Among the three, the first is the greatest, indeed the only generally acknowledged epic in English literature since Beowulf; and the last one if the most perfect example of the verse drama after the Greek style in English.3) Areopagitica is probablhy his most memorable prose work. (John Milton ,1644)p g p y p 《论出版自由》(著,年出版)4) The theme of Paradise Lost is the "Fall of Man," i. e. Man's disobedience and hte loss of Paradise,with its prime cause:Satan.5) What are the characteristics in the style of "Paradise Lost?" A) "Paradise Lost", the greatest English epic since "Beowulf", long and complicated lines, formal words. A lot of contrasts andparallels. The meanings of some lines are vague, it is called Miltonic Vagueness. As a whole his style i d l Paradise Lost 1) The Poem tries to convince us that the unquestionable truth of Biblical revelationmeans that an all-knowing God was just in allowing Adam and Eve to be tempted and,of their free will to choose sin and its inevitable punishment.2) Selected: "Here in the heart of hell to work in fire,/ Or do his errands in the gloomydeep." In the gloomy deep means in Chaos.。
英美文学简史PPT课件
——阿贝拉尔（12世纪法国神 学家）
如何学习文学——“三不 分”
君掌盛无边
刹那含永
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—William Blake
文学包罗万象
• the inseparability of literature, history & philosophy
• Close connection between literature, music, painting & photography
Of prancing poetry
This traverse may the poorest take
Without oppress of toll:
How frugal is the chariot
That bears the human soul!
Emily Dickinson
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文学的激励作用
1. learn basic information about different periods in English and American literary history
2. understand important writers of different schools of English and American literature
如何学好文学
• 学而无思则罔， 思而不学则殆。
文学与生活密切相关。从生活中汲 取灵感来理解文学；从文学中吸取智慧 来感悟人生。在“悟”中把握人生的真 谛。
The renaissance 英国文学史及选读课件
2.Renaissance:
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Renaissance means revival, specially
between the 14th and mid 17th century, revival
of interest in ancient Greek and Roman culture.
• Renaissance, therefore, in essence, was a historical period in which the European humanist thinkers and scholars made attempts to get rid of conservatism(保守主义) in feudalist Europe and introduce new ideas that expressed the interests of the rising bourgeoisie, to lift the restrictions in all areas placed by the Roman church authorities.
• Italian Galileo’s(1564-1642) gravitational force, discovery of Jupiter’s satellites, Moon’s mountainous nature, etc.
Historical background
Ideologically
Historical background
Socially
7. Royalty
• the Stuarts: James I (1603-1685)
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❖ In 1453,the Turks seized Constantinople.
❖ The Englishmen who studied in Italy brought the new learning back with them to the monasteries at Oxford and Cambridge and from there Greek and Roman culture were spread to other places.
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The English Renaissance (1550-1642)
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Historical Background
❖ The reign of Queen Elizabeth(1588-1603)— peace and prosperity
❖ English navy defeated Spanish Armada in 1588, and became a mighty naval power.
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Humanism
❖ So many brilliant writers worked at the same time.
❖ The literary movement began in the 14th century in Italy and later spread to France, Spain, the Netherlands, and England.
❖ The first modern drama, however, was not performed by professionals, not by guilds, as in the case of the miracle plays—Ralph Royster Doyster.
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Dispossessed peasants Hired labourers for the merchants The fathers of modern English proletariats. The world manufacture.
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The Renaissance Period
Ⅰ. The time period
第二讲 The English Renaissance
Ⅰ.Social background
1.Political and Religious influence:
1337-1453: the Hundred Years‟ War ( 英法百年战争 ) 1455-1485: the War of the Roses（玫瑰战争） Henry VII founded Tudor Dynasty(都铎王朝) in 1485, a centralized monarchy(君主专制) which met the needs of the rising bourgeoisie。 Henry VIII‟s Religious Reformation ( 宗教改革): (1509-1547): break with Roman Catholic, established the Church of England(英国国教), known as Protestantism (新教). Henry VIII‟s six marriages
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William Shakespeare is the greatest of all English authors and one of the greatest authors in world literature.
Two genres: plays and poems. William Shakespeare is generally considered the greatest dramatist in human history and the supreme poet of the English language— he wrote plays and poems.
Ⅲ. William Shakespeare
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IV. The 17th Century
The earlier seventeenth century, and especially the period of the English Revolution (1640–60), was a time of intense ferment in all areas of life — religion, science, politics, domestic relations, culture.
B. Drama: Byron: Manfred Shelley: Prometheus Unbound
C. Novel: Jane Austen: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Emma. Walter Scott: Ivanhoe
VII English Literature of Victorian Age
Features of the Victorian Literature: Realism
Victorian literature, as a product of its age, naturally took on its quality of magnitude & diversity. It was manysided and complex, and reflected both romantically and realistically the great changes that were going on in people’s life and thought. Great writers and great works abounded.
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The renaissance 英国文学史及选读课件
Historical background
Ideologically
• epics: Homer, Vigil, Dante//Spenser, Milton
• sonnets: Petrarch, Dante// Shakespeare, Sidney “Arcadia”, Jonson, Donne and Andrew Marvell
Literature
2. English literature
Historical background
Ideologically
• 1. Copernicus (1473-1543, Polish astronomer) and German Johannes Kepler about the center of the universe (heliocentric, not Earth, E circles around the Sun)
2.Renaissance:
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Renaissance means revival, specially
between the 14th and mid 17th century, revival
of interest in ancient Greek and Roman culture.
• Renaissance, therefore, in essence, was a historical period in which the European humanist thinkers and scholars made attempts to get rid of conservatism(保守主义) in feudalist Europe and introduce new ideas that expressed the interests of the rising bourgeoisie, to lift the restrictions in all areas placed by the Roman church authorities.
高中英语Module 2 The Renaissance优秀课件
The Renaissance
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Predict:In terms of the Renaissance, what will be covered?
The Renaissance
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the Middle Ages
500 AD - 15f the Roman Empire.
1096 - Start of the First Crusade.
The Crusades were a series of religious wars.In all, eight major Crusade expeditions occurred between 1096 and 1291.
Raphael
Write a short passage to introduce the Renaisssance briefly.
the background,the features,the influences,the influential figures...
Summary
Renaissance means “rebirth〞 which took place in Europe and has a great effect on the culture in the world .The achievements it made in painting , architecture, philosophy made it a unique period in history .Great times created great people . Leonardo was an extraordinary genius interested in everything and with many different talents . Mona Lisa painted by him is believed to be the best example of the Renaissance.
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Adapted from a popular old German legend
Tired with the study of Medieval knowledge (Theology, Philosophy, Medicine, Law), Dr. Faustus turns to magic book and signs a contract with the devil Mephistopheles. He sells his soul to the devil on the condition that the latter will satisfy every demand of his for a period of 24 years.
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Queen Elizabeth (Tudor) (1558-- 1603)
“Balance” the rising middle class ------ feudal lords
Protestants ------ Catholics
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Lecture 2 The Renaissance Period
Historical Background 1. Renaissance in Europe: 14th -- mid-17th Slow in reaching England, Why? a. separation from the continent b. domestic unrest: 1st, Wars of the Roses: 1455-1485 (aristocrats) 2nd, Hundred Years War: 14th-15th (Bri-Fran)
education
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Representative works:
ቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱ• • • • Tamburlaine the Great (1587-1588) The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus (1589) The Jew of Malta (1590) “The passionate shepherd to his love”
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Comments on him:
Spenser was the greatest non-dramatic poet of the Elizabethan Age. Spenser has been called the “poets’ poet”, because of his idealism, his love of beauty, and his exquisite melody. Spenser has exerted great influence on later poets.
Comedies
Tragedies
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3) Great tragedies
Four tragedies
Dark comedies 4) Romantic tragicomedies
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Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships, And burnt the topless towers of Ilium-Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss.-Her lips suck forth my soul: see, where it flies!-Come, Helen, come, give me my soul again. Here will I dwell, for heaven is in these lips, And all is dross that is not Helena.
The old aristocracy was wiped out.
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King Henry VIII of the Tudor House (1509-1547) Roman Catholic Church
Church of England Religious Reformation
Humanism is the essence of the Renaissance.
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Humanism:
Humanism is both the keynote of the Renaissance and the intellectual liberation movement.
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Lecture 2 The Renaissance Period
Edmund Spenser (1552-- 1599)
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The Faerie Queene
incomplete English epic poem
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Generally, his dramatic career is divided into four periods.
1) Apprenticeship:
History plays Comedies 2) Individualized: History plays
The humanists took interest in human life and human activities and gave expression to the new feeling of admiration for human beauty, human achievement.
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Chief Achievements
1.Poetry: prosperous
“a nest of singing birds”
sonnet
2. Drama:
Marlowe, Ben Jonson, Shakespeare blank verse London--- centre of drama performance
2 long narrative poems
154 sonnets
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sonnet
a lyric poem comprising 14 rhyming lines of equal length, iambic pentameters in English
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Then a series of adventures and romances follow the signing of the contract. First his romance with a woman, then his visit to Alexander the Great and later a visit from Helen of Troy. The play ends with Faustus’ forced surrender of his soul to the devil.
It is a very popular verse form in English poetry. It was extensively employed in English poetry of the Renaissance.
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The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus
His work paved the way for the plays of the greatest English dramatist--- Shakespeare.
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Blank verse refers to verse written in unrhymed iambic pentameter.
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Achievements:
Marlowe’s greatest achievement lies in that he perfected the blank verse and made it the principal medium of English drama. His second achievement is his creation of the Renaissance hero for English drama.
1588 English navy Spanish navy
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The word “Renaissance” means revival or rebirth, and in this particular context, it means the revival of arts and sciences of ancient Greece and Rome after long years of neglect in the medieval time. “Renaissance, therefore, in essence, is a historical period…. Roman Catholic Church.”