英国文学史上-The 17th Century—Revolution and Restoration

The 17th Century—The Period of Revolution and Restoration

Reference: 1) The French influence was most marked in the drama. Rhymed couplets instead of blank verse,. Unities are important.用工整的对偶句代替以往的无韵诗，三一律也很重要。The comedies were coarse in language and their view of the relations between men and women was immoral and dishonest.

2) The literature in Restoration period was often witty and clever机敏睿智, but on the whole immoral and cynical颓废、愤世嫉俗. John Dryden(约翰•德莱顿)was the most distinguished literary figure of that time.

John Donne约翰•多恩1572-1631 P114

the Metaphysical poet(玄学派诗人)

Writing Styles:①extraordinary frankness坦诚的态度

②Penetrating realism 对现实入木三分的描绘

③Cynicism 愤世嫉俗的情绪

Metaphysical Poetry(玄学诗): the diction（用语，措词）is simple, the imagery is from the actual, the form(形式) is frequently an argument with the poet’s beloved, with god, or with himself.（主题：love, religious, thought）The essence of metaphysical poetry is the employment of conceits.巧智

Artistic features: 1) conceits or imagery奇思妙喻

2) syllogism三段论

Works: 1) Song 歌P116 （美女不信）

√2) A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning 离别辞：节哀P117 （给临产妻子。关于爱情如圆规和黄金的比喻十分著名）

3)Sonnet: Death Be Not Proud 致死神P119

Definitions of important literary terms:

1)Conceit:Conceits used in Renaissance poetry mean a precise and detailed comparison of something more remote or abstract with something more present or concrete; and often detailed through a chain of metaphors or similes明喻.

2)Metaphysical Poetry: The poetry of John Donne and other seventeenth-century poets who wrote in a similar style. Metaphysical poetry is characterized by verbal wit 用词巧妙and excess, ingenious structure灵巧的结构, irregular meter韵律, colloquial language直白的语言, elaborates imagery精致奇特的想象, and a drawing together of dissimilar ideas.

John Milton约翰•弥尔顿1608~1674 P120

（诗人、政论家;失明后写《失乐园》、《复乐园》、《力士参孙》）

Works: 1) Paradise Lost 失乐园P122

2) On His Blindness 失明述怀p128 (This sonnet is written in iambic pentameter rhymed in abba abba cde cde, typical of Italian sonnet. Its theme is that people use their talent for God, and they serve him best who can endure the suffering best.)

3) On His Deceased Wife 梦亡妻p128

John Bunyan约翰•班扬1628~1688 P130

（代表作《天路历程》，宗教寓言，被誉为“具有永恒意义的百科全书”，是英国文学史上里程碑式著作。与但丁的《神曲》、奥古斯丁的《忏悔录》并列为世界三大宗教题材文学杰作。）Puritan poet(清教徒派诗人)

Works: Religionary Allegory（寓言）：天路历程P132 Vanity Fair 浮华集市P136