1、1PPT课件1.Anglo-Saxons Period(449-1066)works and writerslBeowulf(old English poetry,alliteration押头韵,pagan poem非宗教诗歌,tribal society部落社会）2PPT课件lCaedmonCadmons Hymn卡德蒙的赞美诗lCynewulf (religious poems)The fates of apostles 使徒们的命运Juliana朱莉安娜Elene 埃琳娜3PPT课件Middle English Period(1066-1485)lThomas MarloryLe Mor
2、te DArthur 亚瑟王之死(the Death of King)lWilliam LanglandPiers the Plowman 耕者皮尔斯（allegory寓言,symbolism象征主义)4PPT课件lGeoffrey Chaucer(the father of English poetry,the father of English fiction)The Canterbury Tales 坎特伯雷故事集（unfinished，24 stories）5PPT课件Troilus and Criseyde 特罗勒斯和科利西德the Romaunt of the Rose 玫瑰罗曼史
3、（translation work）lSir Gawain and the Green Knight高文爵士与绿色骑士（the culmination of the Arthurian romance亚瑟王浪漫主义文学顶峰）6PPT课件Question:1._ leaves unfinished,with only 24 stories written.A Le Morte dArthur B The Canterbury tales C Beowulf D Sir Gawain and the Green KnightB7PPT课件 2 Which is not the work of Cy
4、newulf?A The Fates of the Apostles B Piers the Plowman C Juliana D EleneB8PPT课件 3 _ is one of the best of the Middle English Romances.The poem consists of 2500 lines and contains 4 parts.A Sir Gawain and the Green Knight B Cadmons Hymm C The Fates of the Apostles D The Canterbury Tales A9PPT课件Renais
5、sance07商务商务英语本科本科1班班 陈然陈然 0110PPT课件1.Renaissance in European history,refers to the period between 14th century to 17th century.Renaissance in England mainly ranges from the reign of Henry VIII,Edward,Mary and then to Queen Elizabeth and Jacobean Era.11PPT课件The word“Renaissance”means“rebirth”.It mean
6、t the reintroduction into Western Europe of the full cultural heritage of Greece and Rome.The essence of the Renaissance is humanism,attitudes and feelings which had been characteristic of the 14th and 15th centuries persisted well down into the era of Humanism and Reformation.And the real main stre
7、am of the English Renaissance is The Elizabethan drama.12PPT课件Writers:1.Thomas More2.Edmund Spenser3.Francis Bacon4.Shakespeare5.John Donne6.Jonh Milton13PPT课件Thomas More（托马斯 摩尔）14781535Utopia乌托邦14PPT课件Edmund Spenser(埃德蒙斯宾塞）(1552-1599)He is most famous for his long allegorical romance.His poetry can
8、 be described as a perfect melody,a rare sense of beauty and a splendid imagination.The Faerie Queen仙后The Shepherd Calendar牧羊人日志15PPT课件Francis Bacon(弗朗西斯培根)(1561-1626)He is best known for his essays which greatly influenced the development of this literary form.He lays the foundation for modern scie
9、nce with his insistence on scientific way of thinking and fresh observation rather than authority as a basis for obtaining knowledge.Essays论说文集论说文集After the publication of Essays,he became the first English“essayist”.16PPT课件William Shakespeare（威廉莎士比亚）(1564-1616)What do you know about Shakespeare?17P
10、PT课件All the world s a stage,And all the men and women merely playersAs You Like ItTo be,or not to be:that is a questionHamlet18PPT课件Comments on Shakespeare:English playwright and poetone of the greatest of all dramatists.The most widely quoted author in historyHis plays have probably been performed
11、more times than those of any other dramatist.He was not of an age,but for all time!19PPT课件I.Shakespeare1.three major periods of literary life(1)1590-1600(youthfulness,optimism,rich imagination)History:King JohnComedy:A Midsummer Nights Dreamthe Merchant of VeniceAs You Like ItTwelfth NightMuch Ado a
12、bout Nothing Tragedy:Julius Caesar Tragicomedy:Romeo and Juliet20PPT课件(2)1601-1609(growth in experience,vision;gloom,depression)Hamlet Othello King Lear Macbethintense moral struggle,less joyous view of lifeperiod of tragedies!21PPT课件(3)1609-1612(full of unrealistic compromises and fantasy)Pericles
13、泰尔亲王里克里斯 Cymbeline 辛白林 The Winters Tale 冬天的童话 The Tempest 暴风雨 period of dramatic romances!22PPT课件John Donne(约翰邓恩)(15721631)He wrote poems that were both obscene,vulgar and poems of serious philosophical thinking.These reflect his feeling of the conflict between the body and the soul.Later,the term“m
14、etaphysical poetry”is commonly used to name the work of the 17th century writers wrote under the influence of him.23PPT课件Works:The Holy Sonnets神圣体十四行The Flea跳蚤之歌Go and Catch a Falling Star去抓住一颗流行The Songs and Sonnets歌谣与十四行诗（Love is the basic theme in it）24PPT课件John Milton(约翰弥尔顿)(16081674)Paradise Lo
15、st失乐园It is Miltons masterpiece and one of the greatest poems in world literature.Paradise Regained复乐园Comus科马斯LAllegro快乐的人Lycidas列西达斯Samson Agonistes力士参孙25PPT课件Questions:1、Which of the following is not among Shakespeares four great tragedies?A.HamletB.Romeo and JulietC.MacbethD.King LearB26PPT课件2.Par
16、adise Lost is the masterpiece of _.A.William ShakespeareB.Robert BurnsC.John MiltonD.William BlakeC27PPT课件3.“To be,or not to be”has become a universal question puzzling every intellectual mind.This is a quotation from_.A.King LearB.HamletC.Romeo and JulietD.OthelloB28PPT课件4.The Flea was written by_.
17、A.John Donne B.Philip SidneyC.Thomas More D.William ShakespeareA29PPT课件The middle of 17th Century-18th Century30PPT课件Neoclassicism A revival of interest in the old classical works the artistic ideals:order,logic,restrained emotion and accuracy Upheld the classic principles of ration,morality,balance
18、,unity,order,propriety,etc.31PPT课件Famous Writers of Neoclassicism John Dryden Alexander Pope Daniel Dofoe Samuel Richardson Henry Fielding Jonathan Swift John Bunyan Oliver Goldsmith Richard Brinsley Sheridan Samuel Johnson Thomas Gray32PPT课件John Bunyan(1628-1688)Masterpiece:The Pilgrims Progress 天路
19、历程 This is a prose allegory depicting the pilgrimage of a human soul in search of salvation.the most successful religious allegory in English language33PPT课件John Dryden(1631-1700)The Father of Criticism Works:All for love 一切为了爱 Alexanders Feast 亚历山大的宴会 An Essay of Dramatic Poesy 论戏剧诗歌34PPT课件Daniel D
20、ofoe(1660-1731)Masterpiece:The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe 鲁滨逊漂流记 A Journal of the Plague Year 大疫年记35PPT课件Jonathan Swift(1667-1745)Famous for his satirical prose Masterpiece:A Modest Proposal 一个温和的建议 Gullivers Travels 格利佛游记 A Tale of a Tub 一个木桶的故事36PPT课件Alexander Pope(1688-1744)Essayist Major work
21、s:Pastorals 田园诗集 An Essay on Criticism 论批评(poem)Odyssey 奥德修记 The Rape of the Lock 卷发劫遇记(mock epic)Windsor Forest 温莎林 (epic)An Essay on Man 人论(poem)37PPT课件Samuel Richardson(1689-1761)The founder of the English domestic novel Masterpiece:Pamela 帕米拉 Clarissa 克拉丽莎 The History of Sir Charles Grandison 查尔
22、斯.格莱德生爵士的历史38PPT课件Henry Fielding(1707-1754)Novelist:modern novel “comic epic in prose”Masterpiece:Amelia 阿米丽亚 The History of Tom Jones,a Founding 汤姆.琼斯 (This book bought him the name of the“Prose Homer”)Joseph Andrews 约瑟夫.安德鲁39PPT课件Samuel Johonson(1709-1784)poet,satirist,essayist,lexicographer 词典编缀人
23、 Major works:1740 The Vanity of Human Wishes 人类欲望之虚幻1779 Lives of the Poets(52)1747-1755 A Dictionary of the English Language 英语大词典40PPT课件Oliver Goldsmith(1730-1774)Works:The Vicar of Wakefield 威克费尔德牧师 She Stoops to Conquer 屈身求爱41PPT课件Richard Brinsley Sheridan(1751-1816)The only important English Dr
24、amatis of 18th century Works:The School for Scandal 造谣学校 The Rivals 情敌42PPT课件Thomas Gray Sympathy for the poor and the unknown Major works:Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard 墓园挽歌 Ode on the Spring 春之颂43PPT课件Questions1._ was the greatest dramatist during the Neoclassical period in England?A.Goldsm
25、ithB.SheridanC.SternD.FieldingAnswer:B He was the only important English dramatist during the neoclassical period 44PPT课件Questions2.Essays on Criticism was written by_,which first established his reputation as a _.A.Francis Bacon,criticB.Francis Bacon,essayistC.Alexander Pope,playwrightD.Alexander Pope,essayistAnswer:D.45PPT课件Questions3._ is the most successful religious allegory in English Language.A.GenesisB.The Pilgrims ProgressC.Exodus D.The Holy WarAnswer:B 46PPT课件
