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1、Chapter I The Renaissance Period一、學習目的和要求 通過本章學習，了解文藝復興運動和人文主義思潮產(chǎn)生的歷史，文化背景，認識該時期文學創(chuàng)作的基本特征和基本主張，及其對同時代及后世英國文學乃至文化的影響；了解該時期重要作家的文學生涯，創(chuàng)作思想，藝術特色及其代表作品的主題結構，人物刻畫，語言風格，思想意義等；同時結合注釋，讀懂所選作品，了解其思想內(nèi)容和寫作特色，培養(yǎng)理解和欣賞文學作品的能力。二、考核要求(一)

2、 文藝復興時期概述1. 識記：（1）文藝復興時期的界定（2）歷史文化背景2. 領會: （1）文藝復興運動的意義與影響（2）文藝復興時期的文學特點（3）人文主義的主張及對文學的影響3. 應用：文藝復興，人文主義及玄學詩等名詞的解釋Brief Introduction to the Renaissance PeriodI. 應用 Definitions of the Literary Terms:1. The Renaissance: Th

3、e Renaissance marks a transition from the medieval to the modern world. Generally, it refers to the period between the 14th Epithalamion (1595), a poem expressing the deep personal feelings occasioned by the poets secon

4、d marriage; Amoretti (1595), a series of sonnets.3. 領會 His Influence 1) Main qualities of Spenser's poetry①a perfect melody ②a rare sense of beauty③a splendid imagination④a lofty moral purity & seriousness⑤a dedi

5、cated idealism2) In his writing, Spenser drew on the conventions & thought of Classical, medieval, & Renaissance literature. However, he added to his fusion of these diverse elements much that was original, &

6、 his works inspired many later English poets. He created a new stanza, called the Spenserian stanza, which is well suited to narrative verse. His skills in writing melodious English verse & his combination of emotion

7、, erudition, & spiritual vision have won him the admiration of generations of English poets. It is his idealism, his love of beauty, &his exquisite melody that make him known as “the poets' poet.“4. 應用The Fae

8、rie Queene: 1) It is a long, allegorical poem. In the poem, Spenser dramatized political, religious, & moral themes by personifying them, or making them characters.2)Plot: The story, which is set against a background