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《英美文学选读》笔记全面归纳要点.doc

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一、学习目的和要求



经过本章学习,认识文艺中兴运动和人文主义思潮产生的历史,文化背景,认识该时期文学创作的基本特色和基本主张,及其对同时代及后代英国文学致ngthedignityofhumanbeingsandtheimportanceo



fthepresentlife,theyvoicedtheirbeliefsthatmandidnotonlyhavetherighttoenjoythebeautyofthislife,buthadtheabilitytoperfecthimselfandtoperformwonders.ThomasMore,ChristopherMarloweandWilliamShakespearearethebestrepresentativesoftheEnglishhumanists.

3.Spenserianstanza:





SpenserianstanzawasinventedbyEdmundSpenser.Itisastanzaofninelines,withthefirsteightlinesiniambicpentameter&thelastlineiniambichexameter,rhymingababbcbcc.

Metaphysicalpoetry:Theterm"metaphysicalpoetry"iscommonlyusedtonametheworkofthe17thcenturywriterswhowroteundertheinfluenceofJohnDonne.Witharebelliousspirit,themetaphysicalpoetstriedtobreakawayfromtheconventionalfashionoftheElizabethanlovepoetry.Thedictionissimpleascomparedwiththatofthe

ElizabethanortheNeoclassicperiods,andechoesthewordsandcadencesofcommonspeech.Theimageryindrawnfromtheactuallife.Theformisfrequentlythatofanargumentwiththepoet'sbeloved,withGod,orwithhimself.

TheRenaissanceherARenaissanceheroreferstoonecreatedbyChristopherMarloweinhisdrama.Suchaheroisalwaysindividualisticandfullofambition,facingbravelythechallengefrombothgodsandmen.HeembodiesMarlowe'shumanisticidesofhumandignityandcapacity.Differentfromthetragicheroinmedievalplays,whoseeksthewaytoheaventhroughsalvationandgod'swill,heisagainstconventional

moralityandcontrivestoobtainheavenonearththroughhisownefforts.Withtheendlessaspirationforpower,knowledge,andglory,theherointerpretsthetrueRenaissancespirit.BothTamburlaineandFaustusaretypicalinpossessingsuchaspirit.

(二该时期的重要作家



一般识记:重要作家的文学生涯



识记:重要作品及主要内容



领悟:重要作家的创作思想,艺术特色及其代表作品的主题构造,人物塑造,语言风格,艺术手法,社会心义等。



应用:(1莎士比亚和邓恩诗歌的主题,意象





(2喜剧《威尼斯商人》的主题和主要人物性格解析



(3哈姆雷特的性格解析



(4史诗《失乐园》的构造,人物性格,语言特色等的解析



I.EdmundSpenser



一般识记



BriefIntroductiontotheAuthor



Englishpoet,borninLondon,England,