吴伟仁英国文学史期末复习重点Review

OUTLINEOFENGLISHLITERATUREAnglo-SaxonOralliteratureBeowulfAnglo-NormanRomanceKingArthur,RobinHood14thcenturyEnglishPoetryGeoffreyChaucerBeowulf•Threepagantribes:________,______,and_______fromDenmarkandnorthernGermanyaround450-600AnglesSaxonsJutes•thenationalepicirrelevanttothenation•Themaincharacters:•Themainplot:•Themainfeature:BeowulfGrendel&itsmother3fightsofBeowulfalliterationRomance•apursuitinside,bothphysicalandpsychologicaladventure•mainthemes:chivalry,heroicqualities,knightlyerrand•targetedaudience:thearistocracy•mainromances:LegendofKingArthur,SirGawainandtheGreenKnight,RobinHoodGeoffreyChaucer•1340(?)—1400•FatherofEnglishpoetry—JohnDryden•Acomprehensivecontactwithboththelowerclassandthenobility,whichenableshimtodemonstratevividlyafullpictureofthesocietyatthattimeinhismasterpiece_____________________.TheCanterburyTales•atwo-foldnarrativestructure•heroiccouplet:arhymedcoupletiniambicpentameterWilliamShakespeareLiteratureofRenaissanceTheRenaissanceRenaissance•Thebackground:•emergenceofcapitalism•consolidationofthenation•Religiousrevolution(HenryVIII)•Thedefinition:anintellectualmovementwhichsprangfromItalyinthe14thcenturyandgraduallyspreadalloverEurope.•Twofeatures:①preferenceforancientGreekandLatincultures②humanismLiteratureofRenaissanceProse:•FrancisBaconandhisEssays,ThomasMooreandhisUtopiaPoems:•ThomasWyatt,1stuserofsonnetintoEnglish•EdmundSpenser,TheFaerieQueene(epic)•Spenserianstanza:iambicpentameterin1-13linesandthelastlineiambichexameter,usuallywiththerhymescheme:ababbcbccdcdee•ShakespeareandhisTheSonnets•Theimpliedreader,thefairyouth•Threesequences•Shakespearianstanza:3quatrainandonecoupletiniambicpentameter,usuallyababcdcdefefggPlays•ChristopherMarlowe•blankverse•TheTragicalHistoryofDoctorFaustus•WilliamShakespeare•4comedies:AsYouLikeit,TwelfthNight,AMidsummerNight’sDream,MerchantofVenice•4tragedies:Hamlet,Othello,KingLear,Macbeth•CharacterizationofShakespeare•explicitexplorationandbrilliantdescription•TheinterpretationsofShylockinTheMerchantofVeniceJohnsThe17thCenturyHistoricalBackground•TheGloriousRevolution1688•ThevictoryoftheParliament•ConstitutionalMonarchy•Theinheritedsystemofconcepts:•analogyandorder•ThesovereignpowerofKing•allegoricalormythologicalnarratives,sonnets,andpastorallyrics.TheMetaphysicalPoets玄学派诗人•17thEnglishpoetsfor_______,_________andthecolloquialstyle,ledby___________.conceithyperboleJohnDonne•JohnDonneandhisPoems•AValediction:TheForbiddingMourning•Soulsareone,likeapieceofgold,beatingcanonlystretchitbutnotbreakit•SoulsaretwolikecompasshastwofeetJohnMilton•The1stand2nddefenseoftheEnglishPeople•OnHisBlindness•SamsonAgonistes•ParadiseLost•1stEnglishnarrativepoemthatdidn’trhyme•blankverse•Enjambment•anti-heroic(?)•thequestionaboutsovereigntyJohnBunyan•Nonconformist•acall/revelationfromGod•Pilgrim’sProgress•religiousallegory•HowdoesChristiangethissalvationProseThe18thCentury(Enlightenment)TheEnlightenment•Aprogressiveintellectualmovementthatcelebratesreason,equality,scienceandhumanabilitytoperfectthemselvesandtheirsociety.•Neoclassicism:Addison,Steele,Pope•Sentimentalism:Goldsmith,Sterne,Gray•Pre-romanticism:Blake,BurnsDanielDefoe•RobinsonCrusoeandtheinterpretation•Colonizer?•Piousbelieverwhohadsinned?JonathanSwift•Gulliver’sTravel•questionanddoubtabouthumanity•AModestProposal•thegapbetweenauthorandnarratorPoetryRomanticism•1798-1832•thepublicationof_____________andthedeathofWalterScottLyricalBallads•TheLakePoets:__________________,__________,andSouthey.WilliamWordsworthColeridge•Wordsworth’sdefinitionofagoodpoem:ittakesitsoriginfromemotionrecollectedintranquility•TinternAbbeyCharlesDickensTheBrontë'sSisterVirginiaWoolfOscarWildeTheVictorianAge&20thIwanderedlonelyasacloudThatfloatsonhigho'ervalesandhills,WhenallatonceIsawacrowd,Ahost,ofgoldendaffodils;Besidethelake,beneaththetrees,Flutteringanddancinginthebreeze.•iambictetrameter•personification•thelonelinessofthepoetandthecomforthegetsfromnature/daffodils