Shakespeare莎士比亚文学作品介绍(英文)教学提纲

Meaning: That is a question whether to live on in this world or to die, that is, to take action or to do nothing.
Shakespeare’s Language
Shakespeare wrote in “Early Modern English.”
EME was not very different from “Modern English,”
Shakespeare’s Language
A mix of old and very new Rural and urban words/images Understandable by the lowest peasant
human nature in all literature
appropriately as the greatest achievements of his dramatic artistry
his unforgettable tragic characters, such as Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth
chronicle plays ）----a highly popular form
of drama in Shakespeare’s time.
Shakespeare’s Poetry
Poetry
Venus and Adonis The Rape of Lucrece Sonnets
`A Lover's Complaint' The Passionate Pilgrim The Phoenix and The Turtle
罗密欧,罗密欧,你为什么是罗密欧?否定你的父亲放弃 你的姓氏.
Meaning: It is best not to lend (money) to others and not to borrow from others. When we lend sth, we risk losing both the thing we lend and the friendship with the other person.
Well-known Comedies
The Merchant of Venice 威尼斯商人 A Midsummer Night’s Dream 仲夏夜之梦 Twelfth Night 第十二夜 As You Like It 皆大欢喜 All’s Well That Ends Well 终成眷属 Much Ado about Nothing 无事生非
and the highest noble
Thou=you(主格） Thy=your（物主代词） Thee=you（宾格）
Warming-up
Match the meaning with the quotation and the play.
Meaning: Empty words, not real thoughts or ideas from the heart.
William Shakespeare
(1564-1616)
Shakespeare’s Works
154 sonnets
十四行诗
2 long poems
37 plays
Comedies Tragedies History plays Tragi-comedies
HIS TRAGEDIES
among the most powerful studies of
“Words, words, only words, no matter
from the heart”
空话,空话,只是空话,没有一点发自内心.
Romeo, Romeo, why are you Romeo ? Deny your father, and refuse your name…
Version In modern English
Histories
2 Henry VI 3 Henry VI 1 Henry VI Richard III Richard II
King John 1 Henry IV 2 Henry IV Henry V Henry VIII
His History Plays
History plays（sometimes known as
“Neither a borrower nor a lender be”
别借债,莫放债.
Uneasy lieຫໍສະໝຸດ the head that wears a crown.
头戴王冠,寝食不安.
Meaning: A person who has great responsibility, such as a king, is constantly worried and therefore doesn’t sleep soundly.
By means that are sometimes humiliating （ degrade ） , even painful, characters learn greater wisdom and emerge with a clearer view of reality.
Tragedies begin happily and end in misery. Comedies, on the other hand, begin in misery and end happily.
Four Great Tragedies
Hamlet(1601)
哈姆雷特
Othello(1604)
奥赛罗
King Lear(1605)
李尔王
Macbeth(1606)
麦克白
His comediesHcIeSlebCrOateMhEuDmIaEnSsocial life even
as they expose human folly（stupid） .