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1、英美文学选读纲要(1-2章)作者:如哲 出自:朗月行云浏览/评论:1,383/2 日期:2009年3月5日12:08英国文学ChapterITheRenaissancePeriod一、学习目的和要求 通过本章学习,了解文艺复兴运动和人文主义思潮产生的历史,文化背景,认识该时期文学创作的基本特征和基本主张,及其对同时代及后世英国文学乃至文化的影响;了解该时期重要作家的文学生涯,创作思想,艺术特色及其代表作品的主题结构,人物刻画,语言风格,思想意义等;同时结合注释,读懂所选作品,了解其思想内容和写作特色,培养理解和欣赏文学作品的能力。二、考核要求
2、(一)文艺复兴时期概述1. 识记:(1)文艺复兴时期的界定itreferstotheperiodbetweenthe14th&17thcenturies. (2)历史文化背景A场所:Englishschoolsanduniversitieswereestablishedinplaceoftheoldmonasteries.B.印刷术的引进:WilliamCaxtonintroducedprintingintoEngland.C.翻译的时代的出现。Withtheintroductionofprinting,anageoftranslat
3、ioncameintobeing.2. 领会:(1)文艺复兴运动的意义与影响(2)文艺复兴时期的文学特点A.诗歌:A).早期特点:ThefirstperiodoftheEnglishRenaissancewasoneofimitationandassimilation.B).代表作家及作品:a.Spenser'sTheShepheardesCalendershowedthepastoralconventionb.In"ThePassionateShepherdtoHisLove,"Marlowespokethatitwouldbeve
4、rydifficultforustoconnectitwiththevoiceinhistragedies.c.PoetryandpoeticdramawerethemostoutstandingliteraryformsandcarriedonbyShakespeareandBenJohnson.B.戏剧:A).特点:TheElizabethandramaistherealmainstreamoftheEnglishRenaissanceB).作家:ThemostfamousdramatistsareChristopherMarlowe,Wi
5、lliamShakespeare,andBenJohnson.(3)人文主义的主张及对文学的影响 3.应用:文艺复兴,人文主义及玄学诗等名词的解释DefinitionsoftheLiteraryTerms: 1.TheRenaissance:TheRenaissancemarksatransitionfromthemedievaltothemodernworld.Generally,itreferstotheperiodbetweenthe14th&17thcenturies.ItfirststartedinItaly,withtheflow
6、eringofpainting,sculpture&literature.FromItalythemovementwenttoembracetherestofEurope.TheRenaissance,whichmeans"rebirth"or"revival,"isactuallyamovementstimulatedbyaseriesofhistoricalevents,suchasthere-discoveryofancientRoman&Greekculture,thenewdiscoveriesingeography&astrolog
7、y,thereligiousreformation&theeconomicexpansion.TheRenaissance,therefore,inessenceisahistoricalperiodinwhichtheEuropeanhumanistthinkers&scholarsmadeattemptstogetridofthoseoldfeudalistideasinmedievalEurope,tointroducenewideasthatexpressedtheinterestsoftherisingbourgeoisie,&tor
8、ecoverthepurityoftheearlychurchfromthecorruptionoftheRomanCatholicChurch.