英美文學選讀要點總結精心整理

1、1英美文學選讀要點總結【英國】Chapter1 The Renaissance period（14 世紀至十七世紀中葉）文藝復興1.Humanism is the essence of the Renaissance.人文主義是文藝復興的核心。2.the Greek and Roman civilization was based on such a conception that man is the measure of all

2、 things.人文主義作為文藝復興的起源是因為古希臘羅馬文明的基礎是以“人”為中心，人是萬物之靈。3.Renaissance humanists found in then classics a justification to exalt human nature and came to see that human beings were glorious creatures capable of individual devel

3、opment in the direction of perfection, and that the world they inhabited was theirs not to despise but to question, explore, and enjoy.人文主義者們卻從古代文化遺產中找到充足的論據(jù)，來贊美人性，并開始注意到人類是崇高的生命，人可以不斷發(fā)展完善自己，而且世界是屬于他們的，供他們懷疑，探索以及享受。4.Tho

4、mas More, Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare are the best representatives of the English humanists.托馬斯.摩爾，克利斯朵夫.馬洛和威廉.莎士比亞是英國人文主義的代表。5.Wyatt introduced the Petrarchan sonnet into England.懷亞特將彼特拉克的十四行詩引進英國。6.The

5、first period of the English Renaissance was one of imitation and assimilation.英國文藝復興初期只是一個學習模仿與同化的階段。7.The goals of humanistic poetry are: skillful handling of conventions, force of king1970uage, and, above all, the deve

6、lopment of a rhetorical plan in which meter, rhyme, scheme, imagery and argument should all be combined to frame the emotional theme and throw it into high relief.人文3式。14. Marlowe’s second achievement is his creation of

7、the Renaissance hero for English drama.馬洛的第二項貢獻是他創(chuàng)造了文藝復興時期的英雄形象。15. His brilliant achievement as a whole raised him to an eminence as the pioneer of English drama.他對戲劇發(fā)展的貢獻是不可磨滅的，為此，它被后世尊為英國戲劇的先驅。16. The passionate sheph

8、erd to his love 激情的牧人致心愛的姑娘This short poem is considered to be one of the most beautiful lyrics in English literature.這首短詩是英國文學詩中最優(yōu)美的抒情詩。(III)William Shakespeare 威廉.莎士比亞17.The first period of his dramatic career, he wrot

9、e five history plays: Henry VI, Parts I, II, and III, Richard III, and Titus Andronicus; and four comedies: The Comedy of Errors, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Taming of the Shrew, and Love’s Labour’s Lost.在他戲劇創(chuàng)作生涯的第一

10、個階段，他創(chuàng)作了五部歷史?。骸逗嗬馈?， 《理查三世》 ，《泰托斯.安東尼》以及四部喜?。骸跺e誤的戲劇》 ， 《維洛那二紳士》 ， 《馴悍記》和《愛的徒勞》 。18.In the second period, he wrote five histories: Richard II, King John, Henry IV, Parts I and II, and Henry V; six comedies: A Midsummer

11、Night’s Dream, The Merchant of Venice, Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It, Twelfth Night, and The Merry Wives of Windsor; and two tragedies: Romeo and Juliet and Julius Caesar.在第二階段，他寫了五部歷史劇：《理查三世》 ， 《約翰王》 ， 《亨利四世》 ，