英国文学作家,作品主要特征风格(吐血整理)

人书脑

1. William

Shakespeare

莎士比亚

1564-1616

Romeo and Juliet罗密欧与朱丽叶

The Merchant of Venice威尼斯商人;

Hamlet哈姆雷特/王子复仇记;

Othello奥塞罗;

King Lear李尔王;

The Tragedy of Macbeth麦克白;

Timon of Athens雅典的泰门;；

Measure for Measure恶有恶报;

The Tempest暴风风雨;

Renaissance

Shakespearian sonnet

14行诗

Not for an age, but for all time. 永

垂不朽

Quatrain 成组句

Couplet 对偶句

2 John Milton

约翰·弥尔顿

1608-1674

(The phases of

Milton's life

parallel the

major historical

and political

divisions in

Stuart Britain.

)

L‘Allegro欢乐的人;

Il Penseroso沉思的人;

Comus科马斯;

Lycidas列西达斯;

Areopagitica论出版自由;

The Defense of the English people为英国人民声辩;

The Second Defense of the English people再为英国人民

声辩;

Paradise Lost失乐园;

Paradise Regained复乐园;

Samson Agonistes力士参孙

Milton's poetry and prose reflect

1. deep personal convictions

2. a passion for freedom and

self-determination

3. the urgent issues and

political turbulence

4. achieved international

renown within his lifetime.

1. Rich and complex texture,

multiplicity of the classical (Biblical

and mythological) references,

wealth of ornament and

decoration

2. Subjects are magnificent

3. The characters are human and

believable

4. In the ending, life not death is

triumphant

Romantic poets William Blake and

Percy Shelley, who saw Satan as

the real hero of the poem and a

rebel against the tyranny of

Heaven........Winston Churchill Daniel Defoe

丹尼尔·迪福 1. D had a gift for organizing

3 1660-1731

1. The Father

of the English

Fiction

2. first

important

English

novelist 标志

着近代英国小

说的形成

3. versatile 多

产的

Robinson Crusoe《鲁宾逊漂流记》1719

Captain Singleton《辛格尔顿船长》1720

Moll Flanders《摩尔·弗兰德斯》1722

A Journal of the Plague Year《大疫年记事》1722

The Shortest Way with the Dissenters《消灭不同教派的捷径》

Hymn to the Pillory《枷锁颂》→wrote in prison. imitated the

lyric poem of Greek poet Pindaros(品达罗斯) .

The True-Born Englishman《地道的英国人》1701→his first

ironic poem & the most successful poem.

minute detail---both credible and

fascinating.

2. His sentences are sometimes

short and plain,sometimes long

and rambling---an impression of

casual narration.

3. His language is smooth, easy,

and mostly vernacular地方的.

everything is common English at

its best instead of artificial..

3.His novels enjoy a popularity

among middle class.

1. Sings the praises of labour

2. Beautifies the colonialism

3. Reflects the aggressive and

brave image of the rising English

bourgeoisie

4. Belaud the individualism.

5. Affirm the power of human,

espcially the force of reason

4 Jonathan Swift

斯威夫特1667-1745 ( a master of satire )

Dublin ,Ireland

an attack on pedantry(买弄学问)

1. in the form of a parable

2. a satire upon all religious sects an attack on Christianity

itself

Lilliput 小人国--the Tories(托利党) & the Whigs(辉格党)

Brobdingnag 大人国---a satire on English lords and

ladies

Flying Island 飞岛国---corrupted philosophers &

projectors

Country of the Horses 智马国---the conflicts of English

society

and people

simple, clear, vigorous language;

direct and precise prose;

a master satirist;

deadly irony & powerful satire.

1. Satire

Swift was a man of great moral

integrity and social charm.

His satire is usually masked by

an outward gravity and an

apparent earnestness which

renders his satire all the more

powerful.

2. Simplicity and Directness

Swift is always most

unsurpassed in the writing. He

defined a good style as “proper

words in proper places.”

5 Henry Fielding

亨利·菲尔丁1707-1754 Joseph Andrews 约瑟·安德鲁传--epistolary novel 书信体小

说

1.He firmly believed the

educational function of literature