英国作家及作品一览

British Writers and Works 英国作家及作品一览

(河南理工大学外国语学院英语系李东风编辑) Edited by Mr. LI Dongfeng , English Department

History of English Literature

English literature began with the Anglo-Saxon national epic Beowulf.

《贝奥武夫》1.Early / Old English(Anglo-Saxon): 428~1066

2.Medieval/ Middle English: 1066~1500

3.Renaissance：1500~1600（Modern English）

4.Neo-classical: 1660~1798

5.Romanticism: 1798~1830

6.Victorian: 1830/1837~1901 Realistic Criticism

7.Modernism: 1914~1945

8.Post-modernism

History of English

古英语

中古英语

现代英语

早期现代英语Old English(Anglo-Saxon): 450~1100 (428~1066) Middle English: 1100~1450

Modern English: 1450~now

Early Modern English: 1450~1700

Caedmon Hymns, ：first English poem known by name.

Beowulf

Bede(Baeda) Ecclesiastical History: first history of English people.

Medieval English Literature

1066~1500 Romance is the most prevailing kind of literature in the Middle Ages. Popular ballad occupies an important position.

Romance （骑士）传奇Chanson de Roland, French epic

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, ~1400

Ballads 民谣Geste of Robinhood, Drama

神秘剧奇迹剧道德剧Mystery：The Second Shepherd’s Play, 1385 Miracle：

Morality：Everyman, 1485

Geoffrey Chaucer

the most important

medieval writer; the first

realistic writer; father of

English poems.

The Canterbury Tales, 1387~1400 William Langland Pies the Plowman, 1360~1399

Renaissance English literature

(late 15th century ~ early 17th century) Humanism; Knowledge;

The representative writers are Edmund Spencer in poetry, William Shakespeare in drama and Francis Bacon in essay.

Edmund Spenser poet’s poet 诗人中的诗人Epithalamion贺新婚曲The Faerie Queene仙后

选文The Faerie Queene

Christopher Marlowe 1564~1593 University Wit Tamburlaine ,1593铁木耳转

Dr. Faustus , 1588浮士德悲剧

The Jew of Malta 马乐他岛的犹太人

Edward II 爱德华二世

Hero and Leander 海洛与勒安德尔

选文Dr. Faustus ；The Passionate Shepherd to His Love

William Shakespeare 2 long poems

154 sonnets

37 plays

Three Periods:

1. 1590~1600

2. 1601~1608

3. 1609~1612Rape of Lucrece 鲁克斯受辱记

Venus and Adonis 维纳斯与安东尼斯

Titus Andronicus 泰托斯安东尼

The Comedy of Errors 错误的喜剧

The Two Gentlemen of Veroma 维洛那二绅士

The Taming of the Shrew 驯悍记

Love’s Labour’s Lost 爱的徒劳

Richard II 理查二世

King John 约翰王

Henry IV, Parts I and II, Henry V

Six Comedies:

A Midsummer Nigh t’s Dream 仲夏夜之梦

The Merchant of Venice 威尼斯商人

Much Ado About Nothing 无事无非

As You Like It 皆大欢喜

Twelfth Night 第十二夜

The Merry Wise of Windsor 温莎的风流娘儿们

Two Tragedies:

Romeo and Juliet 罗米欧与朱丽叶

Julius Caesar 凯撒

Hamlet, 1601

Othello

King Lear

Macbeth

Antony and Cleopatra 安东尼与克里佩特拉

Troilus and Cressida, and Coriolanus 特洛伊勒斯与克利西达All’ Well That Ends Well (comedy) 终成成眷属

Measure for Measure (comedy) 一报还一报