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1、英美文学要点归总英国文学部分Chapter1TheRenaisancePeriodOldEnglish450-1066MedievalEnglish1066-middle14thcenturyGeoffreyChaucer-thefatherofEnglishpoetryfirsttimetouse‘heroiccouplet'TheRenaissance-rebirthorrevivalHumanism-theessenceoftheRenaissance,thedignityofhumanb
2、eing&theimportanceofthepresentlifeThomasMore,ChristopherMarloweandWilliamShakespearearethebestrepresentativesoftheEnglishhumanists.WyattintroducedthePetrarchansonnetintoEngland.ThemostfamousdramatistsintheRenaissanceEnglandareChristopherMarlowe,WilliamShakespeare,andBenJonson.ex
3、althumannaturehumanbeingsweregloriouscreaturescapableofindividualdevelopmentinthedirectionofperfection,andthattheworldtheyinhabitedwastheirsnottodespisebuttoquestion,explore,andenjoy.EdmundSpenserthethemeofRedcrosseisnot“Armsandtheman,”butsomethingmoreromantic-“Fiercewarsandfait
4、hfulloves.”theSpencerianstanza“thepoets’poet.”Spenser’sidealism,hisloveofbeauty,andhisexquisitemelodyChristopherMarlowe-UniversityWits,thepioneerofEnglishdramaTamburlaine,PartsI&II,Dr.Faustus,TheJewofMaltaandEdwardIIgreatestachievementheperfectedtheblankverseand
5、madeittheprincipalmediumofEnglishdramasecondachievementishiscreationoftheRenaissanceheroforEnglishdramathehumanpassionforknowledge,powerandhappinesspastorallifeconsideredtobeoneofthemostbeautifullyricsinEnglishliteratureWilliamShakespe
6、are-aboveallwritersinthepastandinthepresenttimeFourtragedies-Hamlet,Othello,KingLear&MacbetheternalorimmortalbeautytopraisethefriendshipbetweenAntonioandBassanio,toidealizePortiaaheroineofgreatbeauty,witandloyalty,toexposetheinsatiablegreedandbruta
7、lityhesitatebetweenfactandfiction,languageandaction,toosophisticatedtodegradehisnaturetotheconventionalroleofastagerevengerTobe,ornottobe-toliveoninthisworldortodie;tosufferortotakeactionSoliloquyormonologue-fullyrevealtheinnerconflictofthecharacters.historyplaystheprinc
8、iplethatnationalunityunderamightyandjustsoverei