william-coxton英语演讲稿-ppt

1、WilliamCaxton,(bornin1422,Englandanddiedin1491,London),thefirstEnglishprinter,who,asatranslatorandpublisher,exertedanimportantinfluenceonEnglishliterature.SummarizeIntroductionAchievementsInfluenceNewYear‘sdayin1999,TheBritishbroadcastingcorporation（英国广播公司）held“theBBCaudienceselection（评选）inonethousandtheEnglishcelebrity”activitiesannounced,Shakespeare（莎士比亚）wonthetitle,andWilliamCaxton，wonthesecond.I‘mafraidthisisquiteastrangenameformostpeoplelistening.Butinfact,beconcernedwithEnglishliteraturec。

2、ontributionandinfluence,inadditiontoShakespeare,probablynoonecancomeupto.WilliamCaxtonisthefirstprintingbusiness.In1441,CaxtonarrivedinFlanders（弗兰德斯）Bruges（布鲁日）,whereeverwastheEuropeanwooltradingcenter.After30years,Caxtonbecamearichmerchant.（商人）Buthelovesreading,heismoreinterestedinliteratureBeginfrom1469,hebegantotranslationFrenchTrojanhistoryreview(《特洛伊史回顾》).HewaslearningprintingintheGermanBruges（布鲁日）,andsetupaprinter,TheTrojanhistoryreviewwhichhepublishedthefirstbookwashetranslated.Shakespear。

3、e‘s（莎士比亚）theTroilusandCressida（《特洛伊勒斯与克里希达》）rootinthisbook.In1438hewasapprenticedtoRobertLarge,arichmercer,whointhefollowingyearbecamelordmayor(市长）ofLondon.In1463hetookupdutiesas“GovernoroftheEnglishNationofMerchant（商业的）Adventurers.Statusisveryprominent.Sometimein1470hestoppedtobegovernorandenteredtheserviceofMargaret（玛格丽特）,duchessofBurgundy,（勃艮第公爵夫人）possiblyasherfinancialadviser.MargaretHesetupapressinBrugge（布鲁日）about1474,andtheRecuyell,thefirstbookprintedinEnglish,waspublishedtherein1475.Caxto。

4、n’stranslationfromtheFrenchofTheGameofChesse(inwhichchess（国际象棋）istreatedasanallegory（寓言）oflife)waspublishedin1476.TheGameofChesseCaxtontowardtheendof1476hereturnedtoEnglandandestablishedhispress（出版社）atWestminster.（威斯敏斯特）Fromthenonhedevotedhimselftowritingandprinting.ThefirstdatedbookprintedinEnglish,DictesandSayengesofthePhylosophers,（《哲学家的名言或警句》）appearedonNovember18,1477.Hisvariedoutput—includingbooksofchivalric（骑士的）romance,conduct（行为）,morality（道德）,history,andphilosophyandanencyclopaedia,TheMyr。

5、rouroftheWorld（《世界镜鉴》）(1481),thefirstillustrated（插图）Englishbook—showsthathecateredalsotoageneralpublic.ThelargenumberofservicebooksanddevotionalworkspublishedbyCaxtonwerethestaplereadingofmostliteratepersons.PrintedbyWilliamCoxtonHealsoprintednearlyalltheEnglishliteratureavailabletohiminhistime:theCanterburyTales（《坎特伯雷故事集》）(1478and1484)andotherpoemsbyChaucer（乔叟）,JohnGower’s（约翰·高尔半岛）Confessioamantis(1483),SirThomasMalory’sLeMorteDarthur（托马斯·马洛礼的《亚瑟王之死》）(1485),andmuchofJohnLydgate.Caxtontranslated。

6、24books,someofthemimmenselylong.Bythetimeofhisdeath,hehadpublishedabout100itemsofvariouskinds.Hisindustrywasverygreat,andhediedinthemidstofhiswork.Hewasnotonlyaskillfulmasterprinterandpublisherofbooks,buttosomeextentamanofletters-editor,author,translator-withacertainstyleofhisownandatrueenthusiasmforliterature.AtCaxtontimes,howmanycountieshavehowmanydialects.(方言)Nomatterinoral（口语）orwrittenlanguage,Englishisfarfromfixeddie.CaxtonpublishedbooksinEnglish,choosesisLondonandpalacemoreotherdialectclos。

7、ertotheFrenchlanguage,makeEnglishsentencepronunciationandgrammarroughlyfinalizethedesign.ForthestandardizationoftheEnglish,heevenmadeacopyoftheBritish-Frenchvocabulary,thisisoneoftheearliestbilingualdictionary.(双语词典）In1476,WilliamCaxtonputpressintoEngland,modernvernacularChineseliterature（白话文）begantovigorousdevelopment.Religious（宗教）reformbroughtwritingsinThevernacularservice,finallyproduceTheBookofCommonPrayer（《公祷书》）,havingaprofoundimpactonEnglishliterature.Caxtonguilelessandwonderfulvividindivi。

8、dual(个人的）writinglanguage,alsoproducedsomeparticulareffectonlaterEnglishwriting.ItshouldbesaidthatbeforeinShakespeare,CaxtonisthesecondbiggestinfluencewithEnglish.Producer:EngineeringmanagementClass1ofgrade2011Theseventhgroup。