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Name/CN Name Writer's Features Writings / CN Writings Writing's Features English Literature The Renaissance Period 1. age: 1500-1660 2. background: stimulated by the rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek classic; England's Golden Age, especially in literature; the Church of England broke away from the Catholic Church 3. features: (1)New poetical forms introduced, e.g. blank verse and sonnet; (2) the English drama based itself on the models of Roman and Greek classics and the precedents from Italy and Spain (3)the universal tend of humanism in emphasizing man's dignity and his worldly happiness Edmund Spenser 埃德蒙.斯賓賽 1. The poet's poet; 2. Perfect melody; a rare sense of beauty; a splendid imagination; a lofty moral purity and seriousness; a dedicated idealism The Faerie Queen 仙后 (The Shepheades Calender牧人日记;Epithalamion新婚喜歌) An allegory; "a historical poem" to present the example of a perfect gentleman; a hero represent one of the 12 virtues; fierce warres and faithful loves Christopher Marlowe 克里斯扥夫.馬洛 （Blank verse University wit） 1. perfected blank verse and turned it into the principal medium of English drama 2. created a series of images of the Renaissance hero for English drama Dr Fauctus 浮士德博士 The Passionate Shepherd to His Love多情的牧羊人致情人 1. symbolic of a humanist in the Renaissance; based on the German legend of a magician aspiring for knowledge and finally meeting his tragic end as a result of selling his soul to the Devil William Shakespeare 威廉.莎士比亞 The greatest playwright and the most popular sonnet writer; a creation of characters; skillful plot construction; irony; a good use of a language; skilled in various poetic forms; of three quatrains and a couplet(三节四行诗加一节偶句); national unity under a mighty and just sovereign is a necessity—“The King’s government must be carried on” (在一个强大英明的君主统治下的国家，统一是非常必要的) (Each hero has his weekness of nature: Hamlet, the melancholic scholar-prince, faces the dilemma between action and mind; Othello’s inner weakness is made use of by the outside evil force; the old king Lear who is unwilling to totally give up his power makes himself suffer from treachery and infidelity; and Macbeth’s lust for power stirs up his ambition and leads him to incessant crimes.) literature should be a combination of beauty, kindness and truth, and should reflect nature and reality Sonnets 十四行詩 The Merchant of Venice 威尼斯商人 Hamlet 哈姆雷特 (Venus and Adonis维纳斯和安东尼斯; The Rape of Lucrece鲁克丽斯受辱记;romantic tragicomedies浪漫悲喜剧;Romeo and Juliet; Shakespeare's greatest tragedies are : Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth) 1. 154 poems; English form 2. The traditional theme of the play is to praise the friendship between Antonio and Bassanio, to idealize Portia as a heroine of great beauty, wit and loyalty, and to expose the insatiable greed and brutality of the Jew. Many people today tend to regard the play as a satire of the Christians' hypocrisy and their false standards of friendship and love, their cunning ways of pursuing worldliness and their unreasoning prejudice against Jews (Shylock). 3. A man of contemplation rather than action; has the qualities of a “blood-and-thunder” thriller and a philosophical exploration of life and death Francis Bacon 弗蘭西斯.培根 a well known philosopher scientist and essayist; lays the foundation of modern science; his "Essays" is an important landmark in the development of English prose brevity\compactness\powerfulness Of Studies 论学习 It analyzes what studies chiefly serve for, the different ways adopted by different people to pursue studies, and how studies exert influence over human charater John Donne 約翰.鄧恩 the leading figure(代表人物) of the "metaphysical school(玄学派); his poems can be divided into two groups: the secular and the religious; sermons; The songs and Sonnets a seemingly unfocused diversity of experiences and attitudes and a free range of feelings and moods; dynamic rather than static The Sun Rising 太阳升起 Death, Be Not Proud 死神，莫骄横（Holy Sonnets） 1. dramatizing and illustrating the state of being in love 2. a bold challenge to the proud Death John Milton 約翰.彌爾頓 A versatile writer; fight for freedom in all aspects as a Christian humanist Paradise Lost 失樂園 Satan, after being defeated in his rebel against God, tempts Adam and Eve to eat the apples from the Forbidden Tree, and causes the Fall of Man The Neoclassical Period 1. age: 1660-1798 2. background: The English society of the neoclassical period was a turbulent one. Fast development of England as a nation; the Age of Enlightenment or the Age of Reason 3. features: (1)a furtherance of the Renaissance – the Enlightenment Movement, advocated universal education (2)reason, "eternal truth", "eternal justice", "eternal equality" was what human society should seek for; advocated universal education (3)reviving the interest in old classical works (neoclassicism) (4)keep to order, logic, restrained emotion and accuracy (5)had specific rules for almost every genre of literature John Bunyan 約翰.班楊 As a stout Puritan, he had made a conscientious study of the Bible and firmly believed in salvation through spiritual struggle Concrete and living language\carefully observed and vividly presented detail The Pilgrim’s Progress 天路历程 (Symbolizes human world, for "All the cometh is vanity"; everything and anything in this world is "vanity", have no value and no meaning; but this town "lay" in the way to the Celestial City, meaning pilgrims had to resist the temptations there when they made their way through) Is the most successful religious allegory in the English language; its purpose is to urge people to abide by Christian doctrines and seek salvation through constant struggles with their own weakness and all kinds of social evils Alexander Pope 亞歷山大.蒲伯 Strongly advocated neoclassicism, emphasizing that literary works should be judged by classical rules of order, reason, logic, restrained emotion, good taste and decorum Satiric\concise\smooth\graceful\well-balanced style On Criticism 論批評 a comprehensive study of the theories of literary criticism; a typical didactic one; written in the form of heroic couplets, it's plain in style and it is easy to read. Daniel Defoe 丹尼爾.笛弗 A very good story-teller; his sentences are sometimes short, crisp and plain, and sometimes long and rambling, which leave on the reader an impression of casual narration Smooth\easy\colloquial\mostly vernacular Robinson Crusoe 鲁宾逊漂流记 Adventure on a deserted island; depicts a hero grows from an inexperienced youth onto a shrewd and hardened man; a song of courage, wisdom, struggle against the hostile natural environment Jonathan Swift 喬納森.斯威特 Is almost unsurpassed in the writing of simple, direct, precise prose; “proper words in proper places” Clear\simple\concrete diction\uncomplicated sentence structure\economy and conciseness of language Gulliver’s Travels 格列佛遊記 Four places: Lilliput, Brobdingnag, the flying island; Houyhnhnm Henry Fielding 亨利.菲爾丁 First of all the 18th century English novelist to write the "comic epic in prose"; the first to give the modern novel its structure and style; use the third-person narration; “Father of the English Novel ”; “the just copies of human manners” Easy\unlaboured\familiar\extremely vivid and vigorous\ logic and rhythm Tom Jones 湯姆.琼斯 Samuel Johnson 賽繆爾.約翰遜 Very much concerned with the theme of the vanity of human wishes; no matter how complex his sentences are, the thought is always clearly expressed To the Right Honorable the Earl of Chesterfield 致可敬的吉士菲尔伯爵 书 关于书的成语关于读书的排比句社区图书漂流公约怎么写关于读书的小报汉书pdf A strong indignation at the Earl's fame-fishing; implying writers independence in economy and writing; open a new era in the development of literature Richard Brinsley Sheridan 理查德.比.謝立丹 The only important English dramatist of the eighteenth century; in his plays, morality is the constant theme The School of Scandal 造谣学校 A story about two brothers Thomas Gray 扥馬斯.格雷 The leader of the sentimental poetry of the day, especially “the Graveyard School” Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard墓园挽歌 Reflects on death, the sorrow of life, and the mysteries of human life with a touch of his personal melancholy The Romantic Period 1. age: 1798-1870 2. background: coming along with the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution 3. features: (1)contrary with the neoclassicism: emphasize that man have in common, focuses on the special qualities of individual mind (2)tend to probe into the inner world of the human spirit rather narrate daily happenings of the human world (3)employ rural scenery, legendary and mythological, stories of ancient times, figures from country and Orientals (4)produce a number of great poets, the Romantic period is an age of poetry (5)the focus of the everyday life of human beings in the Age brought about the flourishing of familiar essays William Blake 威廉.布萊克 The first important Romantic poet; the spokesman of vevolt; took “This World” as “a World of Imagination and Vision”, declaring that “The Nature of my work is visionary and imaginative” Plain\direct\lyric beauty\symbolism The Chimney Sweeper/Songs of Innocence 扫烟囱的孩子/天真之歌 The Chimney Sweeper/Songs of Experience 扫烟囱的孩子/經驗之歌 The Tyger老虎 1. indicates the conditions of the exploitation of child labor, which make religion a consolation; 2. reveals the true nature of religion which helps bring misery to the poor children William Wordsworth 威廉.華茲華斯 A “worshipper of nature”; a poet in memory of the past, to him, life is a cyclical journey, its beginning finally turns out to be its end; Advocate the writing of the common people in ordinary language; the joys and sorrows of the common people are his themes; natural scenery with its beauty and mystery acts also as one of his favorite themes, the poor in rural places; reveal the inner workings of individual’s mind; the seeming simplicity of the poet both in diction and description is immersed in a profound and sympathetic longing for a better world; poetry originates from “emotion recollected in tranquillity” Lyrical Ballads 抒情歌謠集 Tintern Abbey 丁登寺旁 （（I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud我孤独地漂泊犹如一片浮云 Composed upon Westminster Bridge作于西敏寺桥上 She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways她居住在人迹罕至的地方 The Solitary Reaper孤独的割麦女） A vivid picture of a beautiful morning I n London; Italian form Samuel Taylor Coleridge 塞繆爾.特勒.科勒律治 Can be divided into two groups: the demonic and conversational; Kubla Khan 忽必烈漢 Describes the pleasure dome of the Khan; George Gordon Byron 喬治.戈登.拜倫 G.G.Byron’s chief contribution: “Byronic hero”: Such a hero is a proud, mysterious rebel figure of noble origin. Passionate and powerful, he is right all the wrongs in a corrupt society, and he would fight single – handedly against all the misdoings, political, religious and moral. Thus his figure is a rebellious individual against outworn social systems and conventions. Song for the Luddites 为卢得派歌唱 Don Juan （The Isles of Greece） 唐璜（哀希腊） Percy Bysshe Shelley 鉑.比.雪萊 Greatest achievement is his four-act poetic drama, Prometheus Unbound A Song : Men of England 英国人民之歌 Ode to the West Wind 西風頌 1. a war cry calling upon all working people of England to rise up against their political oppressors and an address to point out to them the intolerable injustice of economic exploitation 2. The autumn wind, burying the dead year, preparing for a new Spring; “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?” expressed eagerness to enjoy the boundless freedom from the reality John Keats 約翰.濟慈 Sensuous, colorful and rich in imagery; exact and closely knit construction, sensual description Ode to an Grecian Urn 希腊古瓮頌 Show the contrast between the permanence of art and the transience of human passion Jane Austen 簡.奧斯汀 Main literary concern is about human beings in their personal relationships; her characteristic theme is that maturity is achieved through the loss of illusions Delightful and profound Pride and Prejudice 傲慢與偏見 Wave vivid pictures of everyday life of simple country society The Victorian Period 1. age:1836-1901 2. background: (1)early years: rapid economic development as well as serious social problems (2)the next twenty years: prosperity and relative stability. a national spirit of earnestness, respectability, modesty domesticity (3)the last three decades: the decline of the British empire and the decay of the Victorian values 3. idea: (1)Darwin’s The Origin of Species; The Descent of Man shook the theoretical basis of the traditional faith (2)Utilitarianism: whether it could promote the material happiness (3)socially conscious writers criticized(2)‘s depreciation of cultural values, cold indifference towards human feeling (4)literature: magnitude and diversity, romantically and realistically 4.critical realist writers: criticized the society, concerned about the fate of common people　　　　　　　　　　　 Charles Dickens 查尔斯.狄更斯 1. theme: critical realist writers, criticize: poverty, injustice, hypocrisy, corruptness 2. characteristics: (1)he is skillful in the dialect and have a large vocabulary (2)character portrayal (3)characters are mostly innocent ,helpless, persecuted child characters (4)a mixture of humor and sympathism (pathos) (5)bizarre figure, horrible Oliver Twist雾都孤兒 (The Pickwick Paper; David Copperfield; Domeby and Son; A Tale of Two Cities; Bleak House; Little Dorrit; Hard Times; Great Expectations) the cruelty and hypocrisy of the workhouse system and the dark criminal underworld life The Bronte Sisters 夏治特.布郎帝 1.scene: vast, rough, untouched moorland wilderness 2. Charlotte’s works are all about the struggle of an individual consciousness towards self-realization, about some lonely and neglected young women with a fierce longing for love, understanding and a full, happylife. In her mind, man’s life is composed of perpetual battle between sin and virtue, good and evil Jane Eyre /Charlotte Bronte 簡愛 Wuthering Heights/Emily Bronte 呼嘯山莊 1.Mr.Rochester and Jane Eyre. Rochester: a grim-looking, energetic, quick-tempered, but an understanding middle-aged man; has a burning spirit and a longing to love and be loved; struggles for recognition of her basic rights and equality as a woman. It‘s an individual conscious struggle towards self-realization. She gets joy through the sacrifice of herself or her weakness overcome 3. (uses flashbacks) Nelly: Catherine’s old nurse, narrator, told Mr. Lockwood, a temporary tenant the story Alfred Tennyson 阿爾弗雷德.丁尼生 Poet Laureate(Wordsworth, Southey) a powerful expression of the poet‘s philosophical and religious thoughts, his doubts about life, soul; has the natural power of linking visual pictures with musical expression, and these two with the feelings Break Break Break 冲激，冲激，冲激 Crossing The Bar過沙洲 Ulysses尤利西斯 1. the feeling of sadness are contrasted with the carefree, innocent joys of the children and the unfeeling movement of the ship and sea waves; abcb 2. means leaving this world and entering the next world 3. express Tennyson’s own determination and courage to brave the struggle of life but also reflects the restlessness and aspiration of the age Robert Browning 羅伯特.布郞寧 perfects "dramatic monologue", keeps readers alert, thoughtful and enlightened My Last Duchess 我逝去的公爵夫人 Meeting at Night夜會 Parting at Morning晨別 1. in heroic couplets, dramatic monologue sounds like blank verse George Eliot 喬治.艾略特 Pseudonym: Mary Ann Evans founder of "stream of consciousness", focus on inner struggle. hereditary influences govern human action. concern for the destiny of woman. the tragedy of women lies in their very birth(hereditary influences) naturalistic and psychological novel Middlemarch A Study of Provincial Life 米德爾馬契，外省生活研究 a full view of life in a small Englishtown Thomas Hardy 扥馬斯.哈代 1. evaluation: naturalist (D.H.Lawrance; Theodore Dreiser; George Eliot),also critical realist writer(Dickens) 2. features: nostalgic(Washington Irving; F.Scott Fitzergerald; William Faulkner),also pessimistic intellectually advanced and emotionally traditional tells very good stories about very interesting people but seldom stops to ask why 3. naturalism: Darwin’s idea of "survival of the fittest" (1)man is born with tragic, inevitably bound by his own hereditary traits (2)man proves powerless before fate however he tries, he seldom escapes his doomed destiny Tess of The D’Urbervilles 德伯家的苔丝 (Wessex: The Return of the Nature; The Mayor of Casterbridge; Jude the Obscure) criticize the society, hypocricy of the society naturalism, the misery, poverty Tess suffers “Not guessing the cause, there was nothing to remind him that experience is as to intensity, and not as to duration. Tess’s passing corporeal blight had been her mental harvest” The Modern Period 1.background: 1914-1945 (1)natural and social sciences enormously advanced (2)capitalism came into its monopoly stage (3)the gap between the rich and the poor was further deepened (4)World War 1 2 broke 2.what ideas influence this period: all kinds of philosophical ideas (1)Karl Marx: scientific socialism (2)Darwin’s theory of evolution, "survival of the fittest" (3)Freud’s analytical psychology (4)The irrationalist philosophers give immense influence 3.ideas: (1)Modernism originated from skepticism and disillusion of capitalism (2)The French symbolism announced modernism (3)takes the irrational philosophy and the theory of psycho-analysis as its theoretical base. The major themes are the distorted, alienated and ill relationships 4.difference between Modernism and Realism Modernism is a reaction against realism in many aspects (1)Modernism rejects rationalism, which is the theoretical base of Realism (2)Modernism reflects the source of Realism, i.e. the external, objective, material world (3)Modernism rejects almost all the traditional elements in literature 5.D.H.Lawence’s works’ features: (1)he interests in exploring the psychological development, he thinks life impulse is man‘s instinct. any conscious oppression will cause distortion of the individual‘s personality (2)make a psychological exploration of human relationships, especially those between men and women (3)he emphasizes that it‘s capitalist industrialization that turn man into inhuman machines. And the desires for power and money cause the alienation of human relationships 6.John Osborne: "Look back in Anger" "the Angry Young Man", the working-class drama and the Theater of Absurd George Bernard Shaw 蕭伯納 1.idea:against "art for art‘s sake", art should serve social purposes by reflecting human life, revealing social contradictions and educating common people 2.works features: problem plays, only one passion: indignation (1)showing one’s character by the expense of another’s (2)inversion, Shaw’s characters are the representatives of ideas, points of view, that shift and alter during the play the forward motion consists not in the unrolling of plot but in the operation of the spirit of discourse Mrs. Warren’s Profession 华伦夫人的职业 (St. Joan(historical play); The Apple Cart(political play); The Doctor‘s Dilemma(political play)) a play about the economic oppression of woman John Galsworthy 約翰.高爾斯華瑞 A conventional writer, having inherited the fine traditions of the great Victorian novelists of the critical realism; focusing on plot development and character portrayal; impartial presentation of the social life in a documentary precision; satire, humor, clear, unpretentious; a clear and straightforward language The Man of Property有产者(trilogy: The Man of Property; In Chancery; To Let) Soames(husband),Irene(wife),Bosinney(wife’s lover) the predominant possessive instinct of the Forsytes Soames represents the principle that the accumulation of wealth in the aim of life, for he considers everything in terms of one‘s property, he never pays any attention to his wife‘s thoughts and feelings, he takes her merely as part of his own property. theme: human relationsh