英国文学史 知识点

In the first half of 16th century there appeared 3 Lyrical poems by Thomas Wyatt/Henry Howard/Earl of Surrey

The contribution of Geoffrey Chaucer:①“The father of English Poetry”.the Canterbury Tales:A splendid masterpiece of realistic portrayal,the first of its kind in the history in English literature.②In contradistinction to the alliterative verse of the Anglo-Saxon poetry,Chaucer chose the metrical form which laid the foundation of the English tonic-syllabic verse.③Chaucer greatly contributed to the founding of the English literary language,the basis of which was formed by the London dialect,so profusely used by the poet.

Francis Bacon’s writing style:brevity,compactness,powerfulness

Of Studies analyzes the following points:①What studies serve for②The different attitudes and ways adopted by different people to pursue studies③How studies exert influence upon human character.To sum up,this essay exhibits Bacon’s materialism and emphasis on experimental science. Main purpose:persuades us to study,and tells us how to study if we are to make the best of what we read.Writing techniques:He uses many rhetorical devices,parallel structures throughout this one-paragraph essay

The Revolution in1688 meant 3things:①the supremacy of Parliament②the beginning of modern England③the final triumph of the principal of political liberty for which the Puritan had fought and suffered for a hundred years.

The Romance Period begins with the publication of Woodworth’s Lyrical Ballads(1798),ends with Walter Scott’s death(1832)

Lake Poets: William Wordsworth/Samuel Taylor Coleridge/Robert Southey

Pride and Prejudice:3kinds of motivation of marriage: ①For fortune,money and social position.This is to be found in Miss Bingley’s pursuit of Darcy,in Charotte Lucas’marriage to Mr Collins②The tendency to marry for beauty,appearance,attraction and passion regardless of economic condition.This is generally known as “love at first sight”,be found in marriage of Mr.Bennet and Mrs.Bennet③The ideal marriage,which is a love match with consideration of the lover’s personnel charms and economic condition.Such perfect happiness is to be found in the marriage of Darcy to Elizabeth,Mr Bingley to Jane.

What Jane Austen tries to say is that it is wrong to marry just for money,or for beauty,but it is also wrong to marry without consideration of economic conditions.Of the 3 types,She prefers the last ideal one.

Robinson Crusoe:It praise the fortitude of human labor and the Puritan. Robinson grew from a naive and artless youth into a shrewd and hardened man,tempered by numerous trials in his eventful life. It is an adventure story ,Robinson,narrates how he goes to sea,gets shipwrecked and marooned on a lonely island,struggles to live for 24 years there and finally gets relieved.

I wondered lonely As a Cloud:Theme①Nature embodies human beings in their diverse circumstance.It is nature that give him “strength and knowledge full of peace”②It is bliss to recall the beauty of nature in poet mind while he is in solitude Comment:The poet is very cheerful with recalling the beautiful sights.In the poem on the beauty of nature, the reader is presented a vivid picture of lively and lovely daffodils and poet’s philosophical ideas and mystical thoughts.

Ode to the west wind: Theme:The author express his eagerness to enjoy the boundless freedom from the reality. Comment:written in iambic pentameter,which contains 5sonnet length stanzas,each with a closing couplet.the rhyming scheme form is aba bcb cdc ded ee.Artistic features:Using rerza rima