英国文学简史主要作品作家
集美大学外国语学院英国文学简史主要作品作家
Beowulf
King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table.亚瑟王和他的圆桌骑士
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight高文爵士和绿衣骑士
Robin Hood罗宾汉
William Langland wrote Vision of Piers the Plowman. 威廉·朗格兰（英国文学之父，著有《耕者皮尔斯》）
Geoffrey Chaucer The Book of Duchess，Canterbury Tales坎特伯雷故事集诗体小说Thomas More Utopia
Tottel’s Miscellany were Thomas Wyatt
Spenser——The Faerie Queene《仙后》Spenserian stanza斯宾塞诗体
The Shepheardes Calendar(牧羊人日历
poetical father
Philip Sidney——Astrophel and Stella《爱星者与星星》Apologie for Poetrie为诗一辩
John Lyly’s——Eupheus Euphemism委婉语
Christopher Marlowe克里斯托弗·马洛（英国戏剧家）The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus.浮士德博士的悲剧blank verse素体诗（rhyme-less iambic pentameter）
William Shakespeare
All these dramas end happily：
A Midsummer Night’s Dream仲夏夜之梦
The Merchant of Venice威尼斯商人
The Merry Wives of Windsor温莎的风流娘们
As You Like It皆大欢喜
Though Romeo and Juliet is essentially a tragedy and The Merchant of Venice is tragic for Shylock.
All tragedies：
Julius Caesar尤利乌斯?凯撒
Hamlet哈姆雷特
Othello奥赛罗
King Lear李尔王
Macbeth麦克白
Antony and Cleopatra安东尼与克里奥佩特拉
Timon of Athens雅典的泰门
Francis Bacon Bacon’s Essay was the first of its kind to appear in English literature.
Ben Jonson：
One of these was to bring the classic form of the three unities——unity of action, unity of time and unity of place——back to the stage.戏剧三一律
he first poet laureate(桂冠诗人
The Authorized Version of the Bible——授权版本的圣经
King James’ Bible——国王詹姆斯圣经The Bible consists of two parts——the Old Testament旧约and the New Testament新约.
John Donne
the Flea”跳蚤与爱情, “A V alediction: Forbidden Morning”一个告别演说Meditation冥想Metaphysical Poets”玄学派诗人The basic features of Metaphysical poetry are its “wit”机巧or “conceit”奇喻.
John Milton
Paradise Regained复乐园Paradise Lost失乐园Samson Agonistes力士参孙Lycidas往诗Lycidas：It is a pastoral elegy. 田园挽歌
John Dryden
Dryden has been seen as “the father of English criticism.”英国批评之父
John Bunyan约翰·班杨
The Pilgrim’s Progress天路历程
Vanity Fair, by William Makepeace Thackeray. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷
Alexander Pope亚历山大·蒲柏
heroic couplet英雄双韵体, in rhymed iambic pentameter五步抑扬格
1）The Rape of the Lock夺发记, the mock-epic戏仿史诗（writing technique）2）Essay on Man 论人ethic work”伦理作品Essay on Criticism论批评
Thomas Gray托马斯·格雷
Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard墓园挽歌/乡村墓园哀歌
poet laureate桂冠诗人
Oliver Goldsmith The Deserted Village荒村: The Vicar of Wakefield威克菲德的牧师
Richard Brinsley Sheridan理查德·布林斯莱·谢立丹
The Rivals情敌and The School for Scandal造谣学校18th三大喜剧之三：哥尔德斯密斯高士密的《屈身求爱》 She Stoops to Conquer】
Thomason’s The Seasons四季and Edward Young’s Night Thoughts夜思, both written in the then unpopular blank verse.素体诗
George Crabbe乔治·克雷布
The Deserted Village.
William Blake
Songs of Innocence天真之歌(孩童之歌语言简明，孩子都看得懂) and Songs of Experience经验之歌,Tiger
Robert Burns
My Heart’s in the Highlands我的心在高原
“A Red, Red Rose”“Tam O’Shanter”
Jonathan Swift
A Modest Proposal一个小小的建议
Gulliver’s Travels格列夫游记
Daniel Defoe丹尼尔·笛福
Robinson Crusoe鲁兵逊漂流记
Samuel Richardson
Pamela帕梅拉Virtue Rewarded美善德报
Henry Fielding
The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews约瑟夫·安德鲁斯的冒险的历史（冒险是时代主旋律）
Tom Jones汤姆·琼斯, the Foundling弃儿
William Wordsworth
Lyrical Ballads抒情诗谣集标志着浪漫主义的开始[William Wordsworth和Samuel Taylor Coleridge合作]
he Lakers”湖畔诗人
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Kubla Khan 写了忽必烈汗，充满东方色彩
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner老水手谣
Walter Scott
Ivanhoe（艾凡赫，劫后英雄传）and The Woodstock.伍德斯托克
Jane Austen
Sense and Sensibility理智与情感，Pride and Prejudice傲慢与偏见, Mansfield Park，Emma, Northanger Abby, and Persuasion.
Byron—rebellion叛乱Shelley—deep-thinking沉思冥想Keats-—beauty唯美quiet宁静“the Satanic Scholl”撒旦派a school for romantic poem
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Frankenstein the Modern Prometheus现代普罗米修斯
George Gordon Byron
Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage公子哈罗德的朝圣之旅,Don Juan唐璜,The Giaour异教徒,The Corsair书名,Lara
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Prometheus Unbound解放了的普罗米修斯
Ode to the West Wind西风颂
The poem, composed in iambic pentameter, consists of five stanzas of 14 lines each,5节14行or four 3-line sub-stanzas 4个3行为一小节plus one 2-line couplet sub-stanza.结尾句对句There are many run-on lines跨行and sub-stanzas跨小节句子, which suit well the depiction of the unruly wind不羁的风and the onrush of emotion.突进的情感
西风的象征A symbol of west wind：
1、destroy the old systems, society and things
2、The symbol of human revolution in the storm
“hear”appearing in the last line of the stanza. It describes the power of the west wind and its double role as both destroy and preserver.
Destroy of the old; preserver of the new
To a Sky Lark一个天空云雀
A Defense of Poetry为诗歌辩护
John Keats济慈
Crecian Urn” 希腊古瓮颂
“Ode to a Nightingale” is one of Keats’ masterworks.
To Autumn致秋天
The Eve of St.Agnes圣前夕
John Stuart Mill
Utilitarianism on Women
Wilkie Collins
The first detective stroty writer in English history
The moonstone The Woman in White
Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist奥利弗·退斯特;
David Copperfield大卫·科波菲尔;
A Tale of Two Cities双城记
;Great Expectation远大前程
BleakHouse
Optimistic locale in London
William MakepeaceThackery萨克雷
The Book of Snobs势利者集;
Vanity Fair名利场;
Comes from Pilgrim;s Progress
Revecca(becky) Amelia Sedley
History of Pendennis潘丹尼斯的历史;
The History of Henry Esmond亨利·艾斯芒的历史; The Newcomes纽可谟一家;
Charlote Bronte
Jane Eyre简爱Rochester
EmilyBronte
Wuthering Height呼啸山庄Catherrine Heathclliff George Eliot
The Mill on the Floss弗洛斯河上的磨坊；
Silas Marner织工马南;
Middlemarch米德尔马契;
amuel Butler勃特勒1835-1902
The Way of All Flesh如此人生
Thomas Hardy
The most passive tragedy
Wessex novels
Under the Greenwood Tree绿茵下;
Far from the Madding Crowd远离尘嚣;
The Return of the Native还乡;
The Mayor of Casterbridge卡斯特桥市长;
Tess of the D’urbervilles德伯家的苔丝;
Jude the Obscure无名的裘德
Tess Alec Angel
George Gissing吉辛1857-1903
New Crub Srreet新穷士街;
Oscar Wilde王尔德1856-1900
The Picture of Dorian Gray道林·格雷的画像
Lady Windermere’s Fan温德米尔夫人的扇子;
A Woman of No Importance一个无足轻重的妇女; An Ideal Husband理想丈夫;
The Importance of Being Earnest埃耐斯特的重要性De Prafundis自深深处
Robert Louis Stevenson史蒂文生1850-1894 Treasure Island宝岛;
The Strange Case of Dr Jeykell and Mr Hyde化身博士;
Alfred Lord Tennyson
In Memoriam悼念集三大挽歌之一
For his friend who died early. Get peace through the entrance of the death 2nd section Contrast
Break
Pun:the lash of the waves and heartbreak
Rhetorical repetition
Robert Browning
My last Duchess已故的公爵夫人
The Lost Mistress失去的恋人
Use of the dramatic monologue喜剧独白
The Ring and the book
Victorian Drama
Problem play 问题剧
To show the attitude for the society
George Bernard Shaw
Mrs Warren’s Profession华伦夫人的职业
Pygmalion皮革马列翁
Man and Superman人与超人;
【世界三大挽歌】
Thomas Gray托马斯·格雷
Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard墓园挽歌/乡村墓园哀歌
John Milton
Lycidas：It is a pastoral elegy. 田园挽歌
Alfred Lord Tennyson
In Memoriam悼念集
英美文学主要作家作品
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英国文学史及选读 复习要点总结
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英美文学流派整理
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英美文学作家作品
British Writers and Works The Anglo-Saxon Period ●The Venerable Bede 比得673~735 ?Ecclesiastical History of the English People 英吉利人教会史 ●Alfred the Great 阿尔弗雷得大帝849~899 ?The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 盎格鲁—萨克逊编年史 The Late Medieval Ages ●William Langland 威廉·兰格伦1332~1400 ?Piers the Plowman 农夫比埃斯的梦 ●Geoffery Chaucer 杰弗里·乔叟1340(?)~1400 ?The Books of the Duchess悼公爵夫人 ?Troilus and Criseyde特罗伊拉斯和克莱希德 ?The Canterbury Tales坎特伯雷故事集 ?The House of Fame声誉之宫 ●Sir Thomas Malory托马斯·马洛里爵士1405~1471 ?Le Morte D’Arthur亚瑟王之死 The Renaissance ●Sir Philip Sydney菲利普·锡德尼爵士1554~1586 ?The School of Abuse诲淫的学校 ?Defense of Poesy诗辩 ●Edmund Spenser埃德蒙·斯宾塞1552~1599 ?The Shepherds Calendar牧人日历 ?Amoretti爱情小唱 ?Epithalamion婚后曲 ?Colin Clouts Come Home Againe柯林·克劳特回来了 ?Foure Hymnes四首赞美歌 ?The Faerie Queene仙后 ●Thomas More托马斯·莫尔1478~1535 ?Utopia乌托邦
英美文学作家及作品
PART ONE: ENGLISH LITERATURE 英国文学 An Introduction to Old and Medieval English Literature Chapter 1 The Renaissance Period 文艺复兴时期 I. Edmund Spenser 埃蒙德.斯宾塞 牧人日记《The ShepheardesCalender》 仙后《The Faerie Queene》 婚曲《Epithalamion》 II. Christopher Marlowe 克里斯托夫.马洛 帖木儿-----Tamburlaine 浮士德博士的悲剧----Dr. Faustus 爱德华二世----Edward II 激情的牧人致心爱的姑娘---- The Passionate Shepherd to His Love III. William Shakespeare 威廉.莎士比亚 哈姆莱特---Hamlet 奥塞罗---Othello 李尔王—King Lear 麦克白--Macbeth 终成眷属---All’s Well That Ends Well 仲夏夜之梦—A Midsummer Night’s Dream 威尼斯商人---The Merchant of Venice 无事生非---Much Ado about Nothing 皆大欢喜---As You Like It 罗密欧和朱丽叶---Romeo and Juliet IV. Francis Bacon 弗兰西斯.培根 培根散文集---Essays 学术的进展---The Advancement of Learning 新工具----NovumOrganum 法律原理---Maxims of Law
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①Beowulf: The national heroic epic of the English people. It has over 3,000 lines. It describes the battles between the two monsters and Beowulf, who won the battle finally and dead for the fatal wound. The poem ends with the funeral of the hero. The most striking feature in its poetical form is the use if alliteration. Other features of it are the use of metaphors(暗喻) and of understatements(含蓄). ②Alliteration: In alliterative verse, certain accented(重音) words in a line begin with the same consonant sound(辅音). There are generally 4accents in a line, 3 of which show alliteration, as can be seen from the above quotation. ③Romance: The most prevailing(流行的) kind of literature in feudal England was the Romance. It was a long composition, sometimes in verse(诗篇), sometimes in prose(散文), describing the life and adventures of a noble hero, usually a knight, as riding forth to seek adventures, taking part in tournament(竞赛), or fighting for his lord in battle and the swearing of oaths. ④Epic: An epic is a lengthy narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significantly to a culture or nation. The first epics are known as primacy, or original epics. ⑤Ballad: The most important department of English folk literature is the ballad which is a story told in song, usually in 4-line stanzas(诗节), with the second and fourth lines rhymed. The subjects of ballads are various in kind, as the struggle of young lovers against their feudal-minded families, the conflict between love and wealth, the cruelty of jealousy, the criticism of the civil war, and the matters and class struggle. The paramount(卓越的) important ballad is Robin Hood(《绿林好汉》). ⑥Geoffrey Chaucer杰弗里.乔叟: He was an English author, poet, philosopher and diplomat. He is the founder of English poetry. He obtained a good knowledge of Latin, French and Italian. His best remembered narrative is the Canterbury Tales(《坎特伯雷故事集》), which the Prologue(序言) supplies a miniature(缩影) of the English society of Chaucer’s time. That is why Chaucer has been called “the founder of English realism”. Chaucer affirms men and women’s right to pursue their happiness on earth and opposes(反对) the dogma of asceticism(禁欲主义) preached(鼓吹) by the church. As a forerunner of humanism, he praises man’s energy, intellect, quick wit and love of life. Chaucer’s contribution to English poetry lies chiefly in the fact that he introduced from France the rhymed stanza of various types, especially the rhymed couplet of 5 accents in iambic(抑扬格) meter(the “heroic couplet”) to English poetry, instead of the old Anglo-Saxon alliterative verse. ⑦【William Langland威廉.朗兰: Piers the Plowman《农夫皮尔斯》】
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英美文学 作家作品
Beowalf:the only organic whole poem to come out of the period. the first major English poem and the greatest work of literature of the period; the first long epic poem in Europe written in the vernacular language. (probably) the greatest epic left by the ancient Germanic tribes; The most ancient epic since the demise of the Greek and Roman literatures. Definition:A Ballad is a narrative poem that tells a story.(The Robin Hood Ballads) Chaucer:the founder of English poetry. Chaucer’s contribution to English poetry lies chiefly in the fact that he introduced from France the rhymed stanzas of various types, especially rhymed couplet of iambic pentametre to English poetry, instead of the old Anglo-Saxon alliterative verse. He is the first great poet who wrote in the current English language. His production of so much excellent poetry was an important factor in establishing English as the literary language of the country. The significance of the The Canterbury T ales:1.it gives a comprehensive picture of Chaucer’s time2.the dramatic structure of the poem has been highly commended by critics .stories are cleverly woven together by links between the stories .stories are related to the personalities of the tellers3.Chaucer’s humour .Chaucer “the smyler with the knyf under the cloke”4.Chaucer’s contribution to the English language .He wrote in the London dialect to prove that English language is a beautiful language and can be handled to express different moods .Thus increased the prestige of eh English language. T omas More:Utopia. Edmund Spencer:The Shepherds Calendar/The Fairy Queen. Christopher Marlowe:The most prominent of the university wits. (Tamburlaine the Great/The tragic history of doctor Faustus) Francis Bacon:founder of English materialist philosophy. (Conciseness、Brevity、clearness、precision、Forcefulness) John Donne:the founder of the Metaphysical school of poetry.(The Flea). Comments on John Donne:1)In his life time, he exerted a measure of influence that none of his contemporaries ever dreamt of having.2)He was to Ben Johnson “the first poet f the world in some things”3)His poems are uneven in quality. John Milton:(Paradise Lost/Paradise Regained/Samson Agonistes.) God: somewhat ruthless and tynnical.Satan: The real hero of the poem. Satan represented the spirit of rebellion against unjust authority. Adam and Eve: embodying Milton’s belief in the powers of man.The Importance of John Milton:1) He was the third greatest English poet after Chaucer and Shakespeare, and the greatest to come out of the 17th century. He made a strong influence on the later English poetry. Every progressive English poet since Milton has drawn inspiration from him.2) He wrote the greatest epic in English literature.3) He was a master of the blank verse, first used blank verse in non-dramatic works. 4) H e was a great stylist, and famous for his grand style. John Bunyan: Puritan writer of prose.(The Pilgrim’s Progress(Allegory)) Jonathan Swift:(Gulliver’s Travels).Comments on Jonathan Swift:1)Swift is one of the realist writers. His realism is quite different from Defoe's. Defoe's stories are based upon the reality of human life, while Swift's come from imagination.2)Swift is a great satirist. His satire is apparent and powerful.3)Swift is one of the greatest masters of English prose. His language is simple, clear and vigorous. Daniel Defoe:The forerunner of English realistic novel.(Robinson Crusoe/Moll Flanders)
英国文学史及作品选读
英国文学史及作品选读 （模拟试题二） Ⅰ. Multiple Choice（1′×20=20分） 1．______can be justly termed England’s national epic. A. The Canterbury Tales B. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight C. The Song of Beowulf D. The Romance of the Rose 2. Among of the following dramas, which is one of Shakespeare’s four tragedies? A.Macbeth B.As You Like it C. Twelfth Night D. The Merchant of Venice 3. _______ is called as “ father of English novels” A. William Shakespeare B. Christopher Marlowe C. Daniel Defoe D.John Donne 4. It was ____who made blank verse the principal vehicle of expression in drama. A. Thomas Wyatt B. William Shakespeare C. Edmund Spenser D. Christopher Marlowe 5. Absoulute monarchy in England reached its summit during the reign of ____, especially Britain’s sea power was established. A.James I B. Henry VIII C. Queen Elizabeth D. Charles I 6. Hamlet, the most popular of Shakespeare's plays for readers and theater audiences, tells about the story of Hamlet, Prince of _______, and son of the dead king, who seeks revenge for his father’s death. A. England B. Norway C. Scotland D. Denmark 7. Which comment on John Donne is wrong? A. He is the leading figure of metaphysical poetry. B. His poetry is characterized by mysticism and peculiar conceit. C. John Donne’s poetry is characterized regularity among irregularity D. He never shows positive attitude towards love. 8. Robinson Crosue can be termed as____. A. a self-dependent person B. a person with colonial mind C. an adventuous person D. all of the above 9. Robert Burns is the representative of _____. A. Sentimentalism B. Pre-Romanticism C. Romanticism D. English Renaissance 10. William Blake’s ____ paint a world of misery, poverty, disease, war and repression with a melancholy tone. A.Poetical Sketches B. The Book of Thel C. Songs of Experience D. Songs of Innocence 11. The notorious “Peterloo Massacre” happened in _____. A. English Romantic period B. English Renaissance C. period of Restoration D. Neo-classical period 12. Lyrical Ballads are made by ____. A. Wordsworth and Shelley B. Wordsworth and Southey C. Wordsworth and Coleridge D. Shelley and Byron 13. According to____, poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings which originates in emotion and recollected in tranquillity.
英美文学作家作品集合
杰弗里·乔叟（Geoffrey Chaucer，1340年—1400年），英国中世纪著名作家，出生于一个酒商家庭。1359年随爱德华三世的部队远征法国，被法军俘虏，不久以黄金赎回。乔叟当过国王侍从，出使许多欧洲国家，两度访问意大利，发现了但丁、薄伽丘和彼特拉克的作品，对他的文学创作起了极大的作用。代表作：《坎特伯雷故事集》（The Canterbury Tales）其他作品《公爵夫人之书》(Book of the Duchess)、《声誉之宫》(The House of Fame)、《百鸟会议》(The Parliament of Fowles)、《贤妇传说》(The Legend of Good Women)以及《特洛伊罗斯与克丽西达》(Troilus and Criseyde)。乔叟于1400年10月25日在伦敦逝世，葬于威斯敏斯特教堂里的“诗人之角”。乔叟的死因不明，可能是被谋杀，英国的中世纪研究专家特里·琼斯曾出了一本书《谁谋杀了乔叟？》。 乔叟率先采用伦敦方言写作，并创作“英雄双行体”，对英国民族语言和文学的发展影响极大，故被誉为“英国诗歌之父”。 艾德蒙·斯宾塞（1552-1599）毕业于剑桥大学，著名英国诗人，尤以十四行诗著称。在不少英国批评家眼中，斯宾塞是英国历史上最伟大的诗人之一，与其齐名的，仅莎士比亚、弥尔顿、华兹华斯等二三人而已。从一个外国读者的眼中来看，他的诗无疑是优美可诵的，例如他写的十四行诗，就不比莎士比亚逊色。可以爱情小唱（1595）第75首为例：有一天我把她的名字写在沙滩上，大浪冲来就把它洗掉。我把她的名字再一次写上，潮水又使我的辛苦成为徒劳。“妄想者，”她说，“何必空把心操，想叫一个必朽的人成为不朽！我知道我将腐烂如秋草，我的名字也将化为乌有。” “不会，”我说，“让卑劣者费尽计谋而仍归一死，你却会声名长存，因为我的诗笔会使你的品德永留，还会在天上书写你的荣名。[b]死亡虽能把全世界征服我们的爱却使生命不枯。”[/b] 其诗主要以优美清新而著称，如那句一再咏唱的sweet thames! run softly till i end my song!(甜美的河，轻轻流到歌罢)，除此之外，斯宾塞还有长篇名著，如《仙后》《牧童的日历》等 马洛(1564～1593) Marlowe，Christopher 英国诗人，剧作家。1564年3月6日生于坎特伯雷一富有鞋匠之家，1593年5月30日卒于伦敦附近的德特福德。1587年在剑桥大学获硕士学位。在伦敦期间曾与探险家、政治活动家罗利，剧作家查普曼，数学家哈里奥特等怀疑宗教者结成团体，人称黑夜派和无神论者。曾一度入狱。后被人刺死。马洛共写了7 部剧本，均属悲剧或带有悲剧意味的历史剧：《帖木儿》、《浮士德博士的悲剧》、《马耳他的犹太人》、《爱德华二世》、《迦太基女王狄多》和《巴黎的大屠杀》。后两剧可能是与剧作家纳什合作，时间不能确定。马洛革新了中世纪的戏剧，在舞台上创造了反映时代精神的巨人性格和``雄伟的诗行''，为莎士比亚的创作铺平了道路。 弗兰西斯培根（1561——1626）是一位英国文艺复兴的代表人物，他是杰出的哲学家，科学家及散文家。他通过持之以恒地用科学方法思考及依靠观察而非权威学说获取知识的态度成为现代科学的奠基人。他的《培根散文集》是英国文学中这一流派的典范，并被誉为英语散文发展的重要里程碑。他所运用的一些新鲜词汇还进入了英国文学传统。 "Of Studies"主要内容： 《论读书》<