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杨岂深英国文学选读Book1笔记和考研真题详解

杨岂深英国文学选读Book1笔记和考研真题详解

杨岂深英国⽂学选读Book1笔记和考研真题详解第1章 复习笔记第1单元 杰弗⾥·乔叟Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400)(杰弗⾥·乔叟)1. Life(⽣平)In 1340, Geoffrey Chaucer was born in London, a son of a wine merchant who had connectionswith the Court. He is the founder of English poetry.Chaucer was a royal butler and had several occasions to Belgium, France and Italy. Thus, French culture and Italy humanist literature represented by Dante, Pytlak and Bio had a great influence on him.He died in 1400 and was buried in Westminster Abbey, thus founding the “Poets’ Corner”.1340年,杰弗⾥·乔叟出⽣于伦敦,是⼀个与宫廷有联系的酒商的⼉⼦。

他是英语诗歌的创始者。

乔叟曾充任王室管家,数度出使⽐利时、法国和意⼤利。

乔叟早年受法国⽂学和以但丁、彼特拉克与薄伽丘为代表的意⼤利⼈⽂主义⽂学的影响。

乔叟逝于1400年,被葬在威斯敏斯特教堂,“诗⼈⾓”开始出现。

2. Main works(主要作品)Troilus and Criseyde (1380-1385)《特罗勒斯与克丽西德》The Canterbury Tales (1386-1400)《坎特伯雷故事集》3. Chaucer’ s Literary Career(⽂学⽣平)Chaucer’s literary career can be divided into three periods. The first period consists of works tra nslated from French, the second consists of works adapted from the Italian, as Troilus and Cris eyde. The third period includes The Canterbury Tales, which is purely English.乔叟的⽂学⽣平可划分为三个阶段。

王守仁《英国文学选读》笔记和课后习题详解-A. S. 拜厄特【圣才出品】

王守仁《英国文学选读》笔记和课后习题详解-A. S. 拜厄特【圣才出品】

第23单元 A.S.拜厄特23.1复习笔记Antonia Susan Byatt(1936-)(A.S.拜厄特)1.Life(生平)Antonia Susan Byatt,a prominent author,was born in Sheffield,north England, in1936.She studied at Newnham College,Cambridge and Somerville College, Oxford.After graduation,she taught in London University and the Central School of Art and Design.She became a full-time lecturer in English and American Literature at University College London,1972.In1983,she resigned and devoted herself to literary creation.She has served on the judging panels for a number of literary prizes,including the Booker Prize for Fiction,and is recognised as a distinguished critic,contributing regularly to journals and newspapers.Her most successful book, Possession:A Romance,won the Booker Prize for Fiction.A.S.Byatt was appointed CBE in1990and DBE in1999.In2002she was awarded the Shakespeare Prize by the Alfred Toepfer Foundation,Hamburg,in recognition of her contribution to British culture.A.S.拜厄特于1936年出生于英格兰北部的谢菲尔德市,是英国当代杰出的女作家。

杨岂深《英国文学选读Book 3》笔记(彼得 昆纳尔)【圣才出品】

杨岂深《英国文学选读Book 3》笔记(彼得 昆纳尔)【圣才出品】

第12单元彼得•昆纳尔Peter Courtney Quennell (1905- ) (彼得·昆纳尔)1. Life(生平)Peter Courtney Quennell was a biographer, poet, novelist and critic. He was born in London and studied in Oxford. From 1944 to 1951, he worked as an editor for Cornhill Magazine, then he worked as an editor for History Today. Quennell wrote biography of British writers Byron, Ruskin, Shakespeare, Pope and Queen Caroline, especially Byron. In addition, Quennell translated the memoir of the court minister of Louis XIV Comte de Gramont.彼得·昆纳尔,传记作家、诗人、小说家和评论家。

生于伦敦,曾在牛津受教育。

l944至1951年任文学和艺术期刊《康希尔杂志》编辑。

后又担任《今日历史》月刊编辑。

昆纳尔著有关于英国作家拜伦、罗斯金、莎士比亚与蒲柏以及卡罗琳王后等人的传记。

他对拜伦研究尤深。

此外,昆纳尔还写过小说、诗歌、评论,翻译了法王路易十四的宫廷大臣的回忆录。

2. Major Works(主要作品)Byron: The Year of Fame 《拜伦:盛名时期》A History of English Literature 《英国文学史》Four Portraits: Studies of the Eighteenth Century 《四幅画像:关于十八世纪的研究》3. Selected Works(选读作品)◆Four Portraits:Studies of the Eighteenth Century《四幅画像:关于十八世纪的研究》Four Portraits:Studies of the Eighteenth Century was a biography of Quennell. He chose four famous representative figures: James Boswell, Gibbon, Laurence Sterne and John Wilkes and respectively called them biography writer, historian, writer and patriot. Through their life and career achievement, the author introduced the late 18th English literature briefly. In 1756, England and France started seven years’ war in order to seize colonies. In 1763, the war was over and that year was an important turning point of the four people. The author focused on four complete different ways of life and their contributions to English literature.《四幅画像:关于十八世纪的研究》是昆纳尔于1946年写成的一部传记。

杨岂深《英国文学选读Book 3》笔记(威斯坦 休 奥登)【圣才出品】

杨岂深《英国文学选读Book 3》笔记(威斯坦 休 奥登)【圣才出品】

第14单元威斯坦•休•奥登Wystan Hugh Auden (1907-1973) (威斯坦·休·奥登)1. Life(生平)Auden was a poet, born in a well-off family in Yorkshire. In the late 30s, Auden participated in political and social activities and also was engaged in creation. Auden was in favor of Marxism in his early years, but also believed in the theory of Freud. In 1938, he and Isherwood visited China and in the next year they moved to America. In 1940, Auden converted to Christianity and in 1946, he took American nationality. He worked as a teacher in many universities in America and was selected as poetry teacher in Oxford. He died in Vienna.奥登,诗人。

出身于约克郡一小康人家,30年代后期投身政治和社会活动,同时从事创作。

奥登早年赞成马克思主义,但又相信弗洛依德学说。

1938年和衣修午德一起访华,次年移居美国,l940年皈依基督教,1946年加入美国籍。

他曾在美国多所大学执教,并被选为牛津大学诗学教授。

病卒于维也纳。

2. Major Works(主要作品)The Orators 《雄辩家》Spain 《西班牙》About the House 《屋子内外》3. Selected Works(选读作品)◆Who’s Who《名人志》The hero of this poem experienced many hardships and finally succeeded. But he didn’t care about richness but missed his family. The first half of the poem described the process of the poet’s success. The second half imagined the daily life of his wife, indirectly expressing his respect to the good behavior of his wife. This poem uses simple language to reveal a common truth: a celebrity can be an ordinary person, too.诗中的主人公经过许多含辛茹苦的搏斗,终于干出了一番业绩。

王守仁《英国文学选读》(第2版)笔记和课后习题详解(杰弗里 乔叟)【圣才出品】

王守仁《英国文学选读》(第2版)笔记和课后习题详解(杰弗里 乔叟)【圣才出品】

第1单元杰弗里•乔叟1.1 复习笔记Geoffrey Chaucer (杰弗里·乔叟)(1340-1400)1. Life (生平)Geoffrey Chaucer, born in 1343 in London, is the founder of English poetry. He was the son of a wine merchant who had connections with the Court. He later became a courtier and comptroller.Chaucer’s learning was wide in scope. He obtained a good knowledge of Latin, French and Italian. He had broad and intimate acquaintance with persons high and low in all walks of life, and knew well the whole life of his time, which left great impressions upon his works and particularly upon his variegated depiction of the English society of his time.He died in 1400 and was buried in Westminster Abbey, thus founding the Poets’ Corner.杰弗里·乔叟于1343年出生于伦敦,他是英语诗歌之父。

他是一个与宫廷有联系的酒商的儿子。

他后来担任过侍臣和审计官。

乔叟知识渊博。

他精通拉丁语、法语和意大利语。

他结交广泛且易与人深交,无论是贵族还是贫民,因此他深谙所处世事。

杨岂深《英国文学选读Book 3》笔记(克里斯托弗 衣修午德)【圣才出品】

杨岂深《英国文学选读Book 3》笔记(克里斯托弗 衣修午德)【圣才出品】

第9单元克里斯托弗•衣修午德Christopher Isherwood (l904- ) (克里斯托弗·衣修午德)1. Life(生平)Christopher Isherwood was an English novelist. He was born in Cheshire county, England and his father was an officer. Isherwood studied at Christ college, Cambridge and London Imperial College. Then, he was an English teacher as well as a writer. In 1928, he published his first novel All the Conspirators. His earlier novels mainly describe young people fighting against traditional customs and pursuing individual freedom. In 1946, Isherwood joined the U.S. citizenship. In addition to novels, Isherwood also had travel notes, reviews and some scripts jointly with Auden.克里斯托弗·衣修午德,英国小说家。

他出生于英格兰的切希尔郡,父亲是个军官。

衣修午德曾先后求学于剑桥大学基督学院和伦敦帝王学院,而后,一面教授英语,一面进行写作,l928年发表了第一部小说《所有的阴谋者》。

他的早期小说多以描写青年人反抗传统习俗、追求个性自由为主题。

1946年衣修午德加入美国国籍。

除小说外,衣修午德还著有游记、评论文,并与奥登等人合作过一些剧本。

(完整word版)英国文学选读复习资料

(完整word版)英国文学选读复习资料

(完整word版)英国文学选读复习资料Part I The Middle AgeChapter 1 the Anglo-Saxon period (449-1066)1. Beowulf(贝奥武甫): England’s national epic.(第一部民族史诗)2. artistic feature: ① using alliteration② using metaphor and understatementChapter 3 Geoffrey Chaucer (ca1343-1400)1.Geoffrey Chaucer is the father of English poetry and one of the most greatest narrative(叙事)poets of England.2.首创双韵体. tonico-syllabic verse. 运用London dialect.3. writing style: wisdom, humor, humanity.4.代表作:The Canterbury Tales-----In this book, Chaucer created a strikingly brilliant and picturesque panorama of his time and his country. In this poem Chaucer’s realism, trenchant irony and freedom of views reached such a high level of power that it had no equal in all the English literature up to the 16th century. But Chaucer was not entirely devoid of medieval prejudices. [乔叟为他那个时代和国家勾勒出一幅生机勃勃而又充满诗情画意的社会百态图。

(NEW)杨岂深《英国文学选读Book 2》笔记和考研真题详解

(NEW)杨岂深《英国文学选读Book 2》笔记和考研真题详解

目 录第1章 复习笔记第1单元 乔治•梅瑞狄斯第2单元 威廉•莫里斯第3单元 塞缪尔•勃特勒第4单元 托马斯•哈代第5单元 罗伯特•路易士•史蒂文生第6单元 格菜葛瑞夫人第7单元 奥斯卡•王尔德第8单元 萧伯纳第9单元 乔治•吉辛第10单元 约瑟夫•康拉德第11单元 约瑟夫•罗德雅德•吉卜林第12单元 威廉•巴特勒•叶芝第13单元 赫伯特•乔治•威尔斯第14单元 阿诺德•本涅特第15单元 约翰•高尔斯华绥第16单元 萨奇第17单元 爱德华•摩根•福斯特第18单元 约翰•沁孤第19单元 罗素第20单元 威廉•骚姆赛特•毛姆第21单元 约翰•梅斯菲尔德第22单元 贾尔斯•李顿•斯特雷奇第23单元 肖恩•奥凯西第24单元 詹姆斯•乔埃斯第25单元 维吉尼亚•沃尔芙第26单元 劳伦斯第27单元 凯瑟琳•曼斯菲尔德第28单元 托马斯•斯特尔那斯•艾略特第29单元 奥尔德斯•里奥纳德•赫胥黎第30单元 约翰•博因顿•普里斯特利第2章 考研真题及典型题详解杨岂深《英国文学选读Book 2》考研真题及典型题详解(一)杨岂深《英国文学选读Book 2》考研真题及典型题详解(二)杨岂深《英国文学选读Book 2》考研真题及典型题详解(三)第1章 复习笔记第1单元 乔治•梅瑞狄斯George Meredith (1828-1909) (乔治·梅瑞狄斯)1. Life(生平)George Meredith, novelist and poet in the Victorian era, was born in a tailor family. He wrote more than 20 novels and many poems. Different from other English novelists in the second half of the 19th century, he laid little emphasis on structure and technique. He was famous for his excellent conversation, witty and poetic scenes and mental description. He was far beyond his age for his treating women as totally independent persons as men.乔治·梅瑞狄斯是英国维多利亚时代的小说家、诗人。

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第1章复习笔记第1单元杰弗里•乔叟Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400)(杰弗里·乔叟)1. Life(生平)In 1340, Geoffrey Chaucer was born in London,a son of a wine merchant who had connections with the Court. He is the founder of English poetry.Chaucer was a royal butler and had several occasions to Belgium, France and Italy. Thus, French culture and Italy humanist literature represented by Dante, Pytlak and Bio had a great influence on him.He died in 1400 and was buried in Westminster Abbey, thus founding the “Poets’Corner”.1340年,杰弗里·乔叟出生于伦敦,是一个与宫廷有联系的酒商的儿子。

他是英语诗歌的创始者。

乔叟曾充任王室管家,数度出使比利时、法国和意大利。

乔叟早年受法国文学和以但丁、彼特拉克与薄伽丘为代表的意大利人文主义文学的影响。

乔叟逝于1400年,被葬在威斯敏斯特教堂,“诗人角”开始出现。

2. Main works(主要作品)Troilus and Criseyde (1380-1385)《特罗勒斯与克丽西德》The Canterbury T ales (1386-1400)《坎特伯雷故事集》3. Chaucer’ s Literary Career(文学生平)Chaucer’s literary career can be divided into three periods. The first period consists of works translated from French, the second consists of works adapted from the Italian, as Troilus and Criseyde. The third period includes The Canterbury Tales, which is purely English.乔叟的文学生平可划分为三个阶段。

第一阶段乔叟的作品主要是从法语翻译过来的,第二阶段则改编于意大利,如《特洛伊罗斯与克瑞西达》。

第三阶段包括《坎特伯雷故事集》,这是纯英语创作阶段。

4. Selected works(选读作品)◆The Canterbury Tales(1386-1400)《坎特伯雷故事集》(1) Main plot(内容提要)The poet and other travelers went to Canterbury on a pilgrimage. They decided that every person told two stories as entertainment. The story-tellers come from different classes and occupations, including knight, merchant, monk and doctors etc.诗人与一群不约而同前往坎特怕雷朝圣的香客结识并结伴同行。

他们决定每人讲两个故事,作为消遣。

讲述者中间有武士、商人、僧尼、医生等不同阶层和职业的人物。

(2) Social Significances of The Canterbury T ales(社会影响)a. Through the depiction of the characters and stories, it shows a vivid English social-life picture of the 14th century. It also reflects the rise of the bourgeoisieand its mental attitude.b. Taking from the stand of rising bourgeoisie, Chaucer affirms men and opposes the dogma of asceticism preached by the Church.c. He praises man’s energy, intellect, quick wit and love of life.d. His tales expose and satirize the evils of his time, attack degeneration of the noble, the corruption of the Church.a. 通过人物介绍与故事的叙述,作品生动地反映了英国十四世纪的社会生活,展示了反映资产阶级的兴起及其精神面貌的现实生活图景。

b. 站在发展中的小资产阶级的立场,乔叟肯定了人的力量,反对教会宣扬的禁欲主义。

c. 赞扬了人的力量,智慧和对生活的热爱。

d. 展现并批判了时代的罪恶,批判了贵族和教会的堕落。

(3) Chaucer’ s Language(乔叟的语言)a. Chaucer’s language, now called Middle English, is vivid and exact. He is a master of word-pictures.b. Chaucer’s contribution to English poetry lies chiefly in the fact that he introduced from France the rhymed stanza of various types, (especially the heroic couplet) to English poetry.c. Chaucer did much in making the dialect of London the standard for the modern English speech.d. Chaucer is good at the terza rima, which makes his language a high style.a. 乔叟的语言属于中英语,非常形象准确。

他是用语言构建图画的大师。

b. 乔叟对英语诗歌的贡献主要在于他将法国的韵脚重复的诗节(尤其是英雄双韵体)介绍到英国。

c. 乔叟在使伦敦方言成为现代英语的标准中发挥了重要作用。

d. 乔叟善于使用三行体,这种诗体使他的语言很高雅。

第2单元流行民谣1. Ballad(民谣)(1) Ballads are oral literature of the English people.(2) A ballad is a story told in song, usually in 4-line stanzas, with the second andfourth lines rhymed.(3) The subjects of ballads are various such as the struggle of young lovers againsttheir feudal-minded families, the conflict between love and wealth, the cruelty of jealousy, and the criticism of the civil war.(4) “Robin Hood” is the most important ballad of that time.Robin Hood lived in the greenwood tree with his merry men, taking from the rich and giving to the poor and fighting against bishops.(1) 民谣是英国人民大众的口头文学。

(2) 民谣是以歌的形式讲述的故事,通常由4行组成一节,其中第二和第四行押韵。

(3) 民谣内容多样,有关于年轻爱侣反对封建家长的,有爱情和财富冲突的,有关于嫉妒残忍行动的,有批判国内战乱的。

(4) 其中,罗宾汉民谣是最重要的。

罗宾汉同他的伙伴们一起逍遥地生活在绿林中,劫富济贫,与教会作斗争。

2. Robin Hood and Allin·a-Dale《罗宾汉和埃林阿代尔》A knight grabbed common women and Robin Hood tried to prevent him and saved the women.骑士强夺民妇,罗宾汉路遇不平、拔刀相助,最后救出了妇女。

3. The Babes in the Wood《林中孩童》(1) Main plot(内容提要)An uncle plotted to take heritage and killed his nephew and niece. Suffering from retribution, the uncle dissipated all his fortune and died in prison from debt.一个叔父为了谋夺遗产,害死侄儿侄女。

后天理报应,叔父倾家荡产,终因负债死于狱中。

(2) Moral(寓意)The moral of the story is to encourage people to do good deeds.故事的寓意在于劝人为善。

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