英国文学史及作品选读

2. Help the students know about Beowulf and its significance.
3. Help the students know clearly about Geoffrey Chaucer and his work The Canterbury Tales.
After the withdrawal of the Roman troops, England was soon invaded by three Germanic (Teutonic) tribes: the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes.
By the 7th century some small kingdoms were combined into a United Kingdom called England (the land of Angles). Its people were called the English.
From 787, the English began to be troubled by bands of Danish Vikings.The great hero of the time was King Alfred the Great (849-901) of the Kingdom of Wessex in the south. It is to him that we owe much of the preservation of Old Anglo-Saxon Literature. Equally important is the fact that he started Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, a historical register of national events from dim past to his own age. The Anglo-Saxons were conquered in 1066 by the Norms from France. This is the end of

The first poem in The Lyrical Ballads is Coleridge’s masterpiece_______.所选答案： A.The Rime of the Ancient Mariner正确答案： A.The Rime of the Ancient Mariner反馈：The Rime of the Ancient MarinerOf the following four novels by Austen_______is the most popular and dramatic one.所选答案：Pride and Prejudice正确答案：Pride and Prejudice反馈：Pride and Prejudice. All the following about Romanticism are true EXCEPT .所选答案：C.Romanticism constitutes a change of direction from attention tothe inner world of human spirit to the outer world of socialcivilization.正确答案：C.Romanticism constitutes a change of direction from attention tothe inner world of human spirit to the outer world of socialcivilization.反馈：Romanticism constitutes a change of direction from attention tothe inner world of human spirit to the outer world of socialcivilization.The Romantic period is a great age of all literary genres EXCEPT .所选答案： A. drama正确答案： A. drama反馈：dramaJane Austen’s view of life is a totally one.所选答案： A.realistic正确答案： A.realistic反馈： realisticAll the following are novels written by Jane AustenEXCEPT_______.所选答案： A.Shirley正确答案： A.Shirley反馈：ShirleyIn_______, _______set forth his principles of poetry, “all goodpoetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling”.所选答案： B.In The Preface to Lyrical Ballads; Wordsworth正确答案： B.In The Preface to Lyrical Ballads; Wordsworth 反馈：In The Preface to Lyrical Ballads; WordsworthPrometheus Unbound is a(n) __________by________.所选答案： A. lyrical drama, Shelley正确答案： A. lyrical drama, Shelley反馈：lyrical drama, ShelleyAll the sonnets were written by Keats EXCEPT .所选答案： D.London 1802正确答案： D.London 1802反馈： London 1802_______is a poem that tells the glorious victory of the battle at Bannockburn led by the Scottish national hero Robert Bruce.所选答案： The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border正确答案：The Lord of the Isles_______is NOT among the representative essayists in the romantic times.所选答案： C.Walter Scott正确答案： C.Walter Scott反馈：Walter Scott_______is one of the first generation of English Romantic poets.所选答案：Wordsworth正确答案：Wordsworth反馈：WordsworthThe prevailing tone in Pride and Prejudice is .所选答案： B. mild satire正确答案： B. mild satire反馈：mild satire_______can be found among Shelley’s love lyrics.所选答案： A.One Word is Too Often Profaned正确答案： A.One Word is Too Often Profaned反馈：One Word is Too Often ProfanedPride and Prejudice is noted for its vividly depicted characters who are revealed through comparison and contrast with each other. Among the following pairs of characters are NOT in contrast.所选答案： B. Lady Catherine and Mr. Collins正确答案： B. Lady Catherine and Mr. Collins反馈：Lady Catherine and Mr. Collins_______is NOT a lyric written by Wordsworth.所选答案： B.Love’s Philosophy正确答案： B.Love’s Philosophy反馈：Love’s PhilosophyIn Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “Kubla Khan”, “A sunny pleasure dome with caves of ice “_______.所选答案： C.Refers to the palace where Kubla Khan once lived正确答案： C.Refers to the palace where Kubla Khan once lived 反馈：Refers to the palace where Kubla Khan once livedWhich one of the following statements about Don Juan is true?.所选答案：B.It displayed Byron’s genius as a romanticist and arealist simultaneously正确答案： B.It displayed Byron’s genius as a romanticist and a realist simultaneously反馈：It displayed Byron’s genius as a romanticist and a realist simultaneouslyThe Romantic Movement expressed a attitude toward theexisting social and political conditions that came with industrializationand the growing importance of the bourgeoisie.所选答案： D. negative正确答案： D. negative反馈：negative问题20得2 分，满分2 分is Shelley’s well-known political lyric, which calls upon the working class to fight against their rulers and exploiters.所选答案： D.Song to the Men of England正确答案： D.Song to the Men of England反馈：Song to the Men of EnglandWhich one of the following does NOT describe the characteristics ofScott’s writing?所选答案： B.His plotting is often closely knitted.正确答案： B.His plotting is often closely knitted.反馈：His plotting is often closely knitted.In Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”, the mariner suffers the horror of death, because _______.所选答案： B.He kills an albatross正确答案： B.He kills an albatross反馈：He kills an albatrossAll the poems were written by Byron EXCEPT_______.所选答案： C. The Masque of Anarchy正确答案： C. The Masque of Anarchy反馈：The Masque of AnarchyAfter the massacre in St. Peter’s Field near Manchester,______wrote_______.所选答案： D. Shelley, “Song to the Men of England”正确答案： D. Shelley, “Song to the Men of England”反馈：Shelley, “Song to the Men of England”The revolutionary Romantic poet went to Greece to help that country in its struggle for liberty and died of fever there.所选答案： D.Byron正确答案： D.Byron 反馈：ByronShelley was influenced by the Utopian ideal of ________.所选答案：William Godwin正确答案：William Godwin反馈：William GodwinAt the beginning of Pride and Prejudice , the attitude of Darcy andElizabeth toward each other is that of .所选答案： C. mutual repulsion正确答案： C. mutual repulsion反馈：mutual repulsion问题28得2 分，满分2 分T he following statements are about “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage”. Among them which one is NOT true?所选答案： D.The first canto deals with Albania and Greece.正确答案： D.The first canto deals with Albania and Greece.反馈： The first canto deals with Albania and Greece.“If winter comes, can spring be far behind?” is taken from _______.所选答案： D.Ode to the West Wind正确答案： D.Ode to the West Wind反馈：Ode to the West WindWhich of the following poems was written by Scott?所选答案： The Lady of the Lake正确答案： The Lady of the Lake反馈：The Lady of the Lake”You and the girls may go, or yo u may send them by themselves, which perhaps will be still better, for as you are as handsome as any of them, Mr. Bingley might like you the best of the party.” The figure of speech used in the sentence is .所选答案： D. B. irony正确答案： D. B. irony反馈：ironyAmong the following, _______is an elegy.所选答案： C.Adonais正确答案： C.Adonais 反馈：AdonaisWordsworth does not emphasize the importance of ______in poetry composition.所选答案： C.the right poeticform正确答案： C.the right poeticform反馈：the right poetic formOf the following statements about Lyrical Ballads, which is NOT true?所选答案：B.The poems are noted for the uncompromising obscurity ofmuch of the language.正确答案：B.The poems are noted for the uncompromising obscurity ofmuch of the language.反馈：The poems are noted for the uncompromising obscurity of much of the language._______ is the poetic drama written by Byron.所选答案： C.Cain正确答案： C.Cain反馈：Cain“Ode to the West Wind” is concluded with mood.所选答案： C.triumphant and hopeful正确答案： C.triumphant and hopeful反馈： triumphant and hopefulRomantic writers employ all the following EXCEPT as their poetic materials.所选答案： B. the abstract正确答案： B. the abstract反馈：the abstractIt is said that all Keats’s personality seems to be breathed into his odes, of which the more famous odes are “de to Autumn”, “Ode on Melancholy”, ”Ode on a Grecian Urn” and “Ode to Nightingale”, all with th e praise of _______ as their general theme.所选答案： C.beauty正确答案： C.beauty反馈：beauty_______is NOT a historical novel written by Scott.所选答案： A.Marmion正确答案： A.Marmion反馈：Marmionis Byron’s poetic drama with the material taken from Biblical story or stories.所选答案： A. Cain正确答案： A. Cain反馈：CainIn 1843, _______was made poet laureate.所选答案： B.Wordsworth正确答案： B.Wordsworth反馈：Wordsworth’s poetry is always sensuous, colorful and rich in imagery, which expresses the acuteness of his senses. In his poetry, sight, sound, scent,taste and feeling are all taken into give an entire understanding of an experience.所选答案： A. Keats正确答案： A. Keats反馈：Keats——is NOT the essay written by Charles Lamb所选答案： C. Characters of Shakespeare’s Plays正确答案： C. Characters of Shakespeare’s Plays反馈：Characters of Shakespeare’s PlaysAll the following statements about “Ode on a Grecian Urn” are true EXCEPT .所选答案：D.In this poem, the poet spoke as bitterly of human woes as hedid in “Ode to a Nightingale”.正确答案：D.In this poem, the poet spoke as bitterly of human woes as hedid in “Ode to a Nightingale”.反馈：In this poem, the poet spoke as bitterly of human woes as he did in “Ode to a Nightingale”.“Beauty is truth, truth beauty” is an epigrammatic line by _______.所选答案： A.William Wordsworth正确答案： D.John KeatsWhen composing poems for Lyrical Ballads, Coleridge was given the task of writing about ________.所选答案： C. the supernatural and the romantic正确答案： C. the supernatural and the romantic反馈：the supernatural and the romantic问题47得2 分，满分2 分 King Richard the Lion Heart and Robin Hood both appear inScott’s novel_____.所选答案：Ivanhoe正确答案：Ivanhoe反馈：IvanhoeKeats wrote five long poems. _______ is NOT among them.所选答案： D.Isabella正确答案： A.Annabel LeeThe two poets who won the title of the poet laureate are ________.所选答案： C. Wordsworth and Southey正确答案： C. Wordsworth and Southey反馈：Wordsworth and SoutheyWilliam Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated all of the following EXCEPT _______.所选答案： C.Elegant wording and inflated figures of speech正确答案： C.Elegant wording and inflated figures of speech 反馈：Elegant wording and inflated figures of speech。

英国文学史/文学选读重要作家及作品British Writers and WorksI. Old English Literature & The Late Medieval Ages<Beowulf>贝奥武夫:the national epic of the Anglo-SaxonsEpic: long narrative poems that record the adventures or heroic deeds of a hero enacted in vast landscapes. The style of epic is grand and elevated.e.g. Homer’s Iliad and OdysseyArtistic features:ing alliterationDefinition of alliteration: a rhetorical device, meaning some words in a sentencebegin with the same consonant sound（头韵）Some examples on P5ing metaphor and understatementDefinition of understatement: expressing something in a controlled wayUnderstatement is a typical way for Englishmen to express their ideasGeoffery Chaucer 杰弗里•乔叟1340(?)~1400(首创“双韵体”，英国文学史上首先用伦敦方言写作。

约翰·德莱顿（John Dryden）称其为“英国诗歌之父”。

代表作《坎特伯雷故事集》。

)The father of English poetry.writing style: wisdom, humor, humanity.①<The Canterbury Tales>坎特伯雷故事集：first time to use ‘heroic couplet’(双韵体) by middle English②<Troilus and Criseyde>特罗伊拉斯和克莱希德③ <The House of Fame>声誉之宫Medieval Ages’ popular Literary form: Romance(传奇故事)Famous three：King ArthurSir Gawain and the Green KnightBeowulfII The Renaissance PeriodA period of drama and poetry. The Elizabethan drama is the real mainstream of theEnglish Renaissance.Renaissance: the activity, spirit, or time of the great revival of art, literature, and learning in Europe beginning in the 14th century and extending to the 17th century, marking the transition from the medieval to the modern world.Three historical events of the Renaissance – rebirth or revival:1.new discoveries in geography and astrology2.the religious reformation and economic expansion3.rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek cultureThe most famous dramatists:Christopher MarloweWilliam ShakespeareBen Johnson.1.Edmund Spenser埃德蒙•斯宾塞1552~1599（后人称之为“诗人的诗人”。

作家及作品1.the first epic in the English history：the song of Beowulf2.Romance(传奇)：Arthur and his Knights of the Round TableKing Arthur and his Knights of the Round TableSir Gawain and the Green Knight3. Popular Ballads(民谣)：The Robin Hood Ballad4. Geoffrey Chaucer(杰弗里·乔索)：The Romaunt of the Rose玫瑰传奇The Book of the Duchess悼公爵夫人Troilus and Criseyde特罗伊拉斯和克莱西德The Canterbury Tales坎特伯雷故事集5.Thomas More(托马斯•莫尔)：Utopia乌托邦book onebook two6.William Shakespeare（威廉.莎士比亚）：the great comedies：A Midsummer Night’s Dream仲夏夜之梦The Merchant of Venice威尼斯商人As You Like It皆大欢喜Twelfth Night第十二夜The great tragedies：Hamlet哈姆雷特Othello奥塞罗King Lear 李尔王Macbeth 麦克白Henry VI, Part II, III, I 亨利六世上、中、下Richard III 里查德三世The Comedy of Errors 错误的喜剧错中错Titus Andronicus 克斯泰特斯·安庄尼The Taming of the Shrew 驯悍妇The Two Gentlemen of Verona 维洛那二绅士Love’s Labor’s Lost 爱的徒劳空爱一场Romeo and Juliet 罗密欧与朱丽叶Richard II 里查德二世King John 约翰王Much Ado about Nothing无事生非Henry IV, Part I; Henry IV, Part II 亨利四世Henry V 亨利五世The Merry Wives of Windsor 温莎的风流女人Julius Caesar《凯撒大帝》As You Like It《如愿》《皆大欢喜》Twelfth Night 《第十二夜》Troilus and Cressida 《特洛埃勒斯与克莱西达》All’s Well That Ends Well 《终成眷属》Measure for Measure 《恶有恶报》《一报还一报》Antony and Cleopatra 《安东尼与克莉奥佩特拉》Coriolanus 《科利奥兰纳斯》Timon of Athens 《雅典的泰蒙Pericles《波里克利斯》Cymbeline《辛柏林》The Winter’s Tales《冬天的故事》The Tempest《暴风雨》Henry VIII《亨利八世》7.Francis Bacon：the first English essayistOf truth 论真理Of studies 论学习Love, truth ,friendship ,parents ,children ,beauty ,studies ,riches ,youth ,age ,garden ,death and others 8.John Donne：the founder of the Metaphysical school of poetryFlea 跳骚Others：George HerbertAndrew MarvellHenry Vaughan9.John Milton：Paradise Lost 失乐园Paradise Regained 复乐园Samson AgonistesLycidas10.John Bunyan(约翰·班扬)：Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinner罪人受恩记功德无量Pilgrim’s Progress 天路历程The Life and Death of Mr. Badman 恶人先生的生平和死亡贝德曼先生的一生The Holy War 神圣战争11.Daniel Defoe：father of English novelRobinson CrusoeThe shortest way with the dissentersCaptain SingletonColonel JacqueMoll Flanders12.Jonathan Swift： A Tale of a Tub 一个木桶的故事乔纳森·斯威夫特Battle of Books 书的战争书战Predictions for the Year 1708 对1708的预言Vindication of Isaac Bickerstaff 比克斯塔夫先生第一个预言的应验Gulliver’s Travels格林佛游记The Drapier’s Letters 一个麻布商的书信A Modest Proposal 一个小小的建议13.Joseph Addison：writer and a great stylist.约瑟夫·艾迪生 A Letter from Italy 意大利来鸿“The Campaign”“出征”, best-known poem in heroic coupletRosamond 罗沙蒙The Spectator 旁观者, a daily paperCato 卡托 a tragedyAddison and Steele : epistolary novel(书信体小说)14. Henry Fielding ：Joseph Andrews约瑟夫˙安德鲁斯的经历comic epic poem in prose散文体滑稽史诗亨利·菲尔丁Jonathan Wild the Great 大伟人乔纳森˙魏尔德Tom Jones 汤姆˙琼斯Amelia 阿米丽亚Plays ：The Welsh Opera 威尔斯歌剧Don Quixote in England 唐·吉诃德在英国Pasqin 巴斯昆The Historical Register for the Year 1736 一七三六年历史记事15. Alexander Pope: classical poet in the period of English Enlightenment亚历山大·薄伯Pastorals 田园组诗Essay on Criticism 论批评a didactic poem in heroic coupletsThe Rape of the Lock 夺发记masterpieceTranslations, in heroic couplet：The Iliad of Homer《荷马的伊里亚特》The Odyssey of Homer 《河马的奥德赛》The Works of Shakespeare 《莎士比亚全集》The Dunciad “愚人志” a satirical poem.Moral Essays “道德论” a philosophic poem.An Essay on Men “人论” a philosophic poem16. Samuel Johnson：London《伦敦》塞缪尔·约翰逊The Vanity of Human Wishes 人类欲望之虚幻Life of Richard Savage 理查德·沙维之传Rasselas 阿比西尼王子·拉赛拉斯Two periodicals: The Rambler 《漫游者》The Idler《闲散者》The two most important literary works：The Preface of Shakespeare《莎士比亚戏剧集序言》Lives of Poets 《诗人传》A Dictionary of English Language 《英语辞典》17.James Boswell：Life of Johnson a classic of English biography18.Thomas Grey：model of sentimentalistElegy Written in a Country Churchyard 墓园挽歌Others：Thomas Parnell ：Night-Piece on Death 夜吟死亡Robert Blair : The Grave 坟墓Edward Yong ：Night Thoughts 夜思19. Oliver Goldsmith：Periodical: The Bee哥尔德·斯密斯Poems: The Traveler 旅游人The Deserted Village 荒村Novel: The Vicar of Wakefield 威克菲尔德的牧师Comedies: The Good-Natured Man 好心人She Stoops to Conquer 屈身求爱Collection of essays: The Citizen of the World 世界公民20. William Blake : Songs of Innocence 天真之歌威廉·布莱克Songs of Experience 经验之歌The Marriage of Heaven and Hell 天堂与地狱的婚姻The Tiger21. Robert Burn s: A Red, Red, RedAuld Lang Syne 往昔的时光To a Mouse22. Richard Brinsley Sheridan：The Rivals 情敌The School for Scandal 造谣学校23. William Wordsworth：The Rime of the Ancient Mariner “古舟子咏”; “老水手之行”华兹华斯The Prelude 序曲Lyrical BalladsLines Written in Early SpringTo the CucooI Wandered Lonely as a CloudMy Heart Leaps UpIntimations of ImmortalityLines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey 丁登寺The solitary reaperComposed Upon Westminster Bridge24.Samuel Taylor Coleridge：The Rime of the Ancient Mariner 古舟子咏; 老水手之行Kubla Khan 《忽必烈汗》Christabel 《克里斯特贝尔》Biographia Literaria 《文学传记》 a literary criticismChristabel25. Robert Southey：Joan of Arc 1793 《圣女贞德》Wat Tyler 1794《瓦特·泰勒》The Inchcape Rock《因尺角之石》The Battle of Blenheim 《布莱尼姆之战》My Days among the Dead are Passed《我与死者作伴的日子已结束》Life of Nelson《纳尔逊传》Thalaba the Destroyer 《撒拉巴》1801Madoc 《麦道克》1805The Curse of Kehama 《克哈马的诅咒》1810Roderick, the Last of the Goths 《罗德里最后的高斯人》1814 26.George Gordon Byron：She Walks in BeautyWhen We Two PartedDon JuanThe Vision of JudgmentChild Harold’ Pilgrimage27.Percy Bysshe Shelley: Ode to the West Wind 西风颂Queen MabThe Revolt of IslamPrometheus Unbound 解放了的普罗旺斯The Masque of Anarchy 暴政的假面舞会A Defence of PoetryOzymandias奥西曼提斯T a Skylark 致云雀Adonais 阿多尼斯28.John Keats：Long poems: Endymion 恩底弥翁his first long poemIsabella 伊莎贝拉The Eve of St. Agnes 圣·爱格尼斯节前夕Lamia 莱米亚Hyperion 赫坡里昂Short poems : On a Grecian Urn 希腊古瓮颂Ode to Autumn 秋颂Ode on Melancholy 忧郁颂Ode to a Nightingale 夜莺颂the best knownOde on Indolence 懒惰颂Ode on a Grecian UrnOn the Grasshopper and the Cricket 蛐蛐与蟋蟀Bright Star 闪亮的星星When I have Fear 当我害怕的时候29．Walter Scott: The Lay of the Last Minstrel 最末一个行吟诗人Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border 苏格兰边区歌谣集Marmion 玛密恩The Lady of the Lake 湖上夫人Scott’s Historical Novels: Waverley 威弗利first historical novel.Guy Mannering 盖曼纳合not very goodOld Morality 清教徒Rob Roy 罗布·罗伊the best of the groupThe Heart of Midlothian 弥德洛西恩的心English History: Ivanhoe 艾凡赫Norman Conquest the best of the groupKenilworth 肯纳尔沃思堡during the Tudor dynastyThe Fortunes of Nigel 尼格尔的家产Stuart ruleWoodstock 皇家猎宫The English RevolutionPeveril of the Peak 贝弗利尔·皮克the Restoration European Countries: Quentin Durward 昆丁·达沃德best-known novel on Frenchhistory.Talisman 惊军英雄记Count Robert of Paris 巴黎的罗伯特伯爵St. Ronan’s Wells 圣·罗南之泉the only one, dealingwith his contemporary life (当代生活小说).30. Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice 傲慢与偏见Northanger AbbeyMansfield ParkEmmaPersuasionSense and Sensibility31. Charles Dicken s: Sketches by Boz 特写集the first bookThe Pickwick Papers 匹克威克外传Oliver Twist 奥克佛·特维斯特雾都孤儿Nichols Nickleby 尼古拉斯·尼克尔贝The Old Curiosity Shop 老古玩店Barnaby Rudge 巴纳比·拉奇The first novel of social historyAmerican Notes 美国札记Martin Chuzzlewit 马丁·朱述尔维特The Chimes 教堂钟声A Christmas Carol 圣诞颂歌以圣诞为题材具有浓郁宗教色彩The Cricket on the Hearth 灶上蟋蟀Dombey and Son 董贝父子David Copperfield 大卫·科波菲尔his best bookBleak House 荒凉山庄Hard Times 艰难时世Little Dorrit 小杜丽A Tale of Two Cities 双城记Great Expectations 远大前程Our Mutual Friend 我们的共同朋友the worse book;Edwin Drood (unfinished) 艾德温·德鲁德之迷32. William Makepeace Thackeray: Vanity Fai 名利场rThe Newcomes 纽克姆一家The History of Pendennis 彭登尼斯The Book of Snobs 势力人集The History of Henry Esmond 亨利·埃斯蒙德的历史The Virginians 弗吉尼亚人33. George Eliot：Novels: Adam Bede 亚当·比德The Mill on the Floss 弗洛斯河上的磨房Silas Marner 织工马南Middlemarch 米德尔马契Description of rural life; moral problems; psychological studies of charactersFelix Holt the Radical 费立可斯·霍尔特Daniel Deronda 丹尼尔·德龙达Romola 罗慕拉Scenes of Clerical Life 教区生活场景Translation: The Essence of Christianity 基督教的本质Editor : The Westminster Review威斯敏斯特评论34. Charlotte Bronte: The Professor 教授Jane Eyre 简爱Shirley 舍丽Villette 维莱特35．Emily Bronte: Wuthering Heights 呼啸山庄36. Anne Bronte: Agnes Grey 安格斯格雷The Tenant of the Wildfell Hall37.Alfred Tennyson：Poems by Two Brothers 两兄弟诗集Poems, Chiefly Lyrical 抒情诗集Poems (two volumes) 诗集The Princess 公主Maud 毛黛The Idylls of the King 国王叙事集In Memoriam 悼念Short Poems：Break, Break, Break 拍吧，拍吧，拍吧”Crossing the Bar 穿过沙洲38. Robert Browning: The Ring and the Book 指环和书dramatic monologuesDramatic Lyrics 戏剧抒情诗Dramatic Romances and Lyrics 戏剧故事及抒情诗Men and Women 男男女女Dramatic Personae 登场人物Poems: Pippa Passes 皮帕走过了Bells and Pomegranates 铃铛和石榴树Home-Thoughts, from Abroad 异域乡思Meeting at Night 深夜幽会Parting at Morning 清晨离别The Pied Piper of Hamelin39. Elizabeth Barrett: The Battle of Marathon 马拉顿之战The Cry of the Children 孩子们的哭声Sonnets from the Portuguese 葡萄牙十四行诗Poems before Congress 在大会之前写成的诗Casa Guidi Windows 圭迪的窗子Aurora Leigh 奥罗拉·利40. Thomas Hard y: Novel: Far From the Madding Crowd远离尘嚣The Woodlanders 林地居民The Return of the Native 还乡The Mayor of Casterbridge 卡斯特桥市长Tess of the D‘Urbervilles 德伯家的苔丝Jude the Obscure无名的裘德Under the Greenwood Tree 绿荫下Poem:The Dynasts, written between 列王41. David Herbert Lawrence: Rainbow 虹Lady Chatterley Lover 查泰莱夫人的情人The White Peacock 白孔雀Women in Love 恋爱中的女人Sons and Lovers 儿子和情人Oedipus Complex 恋母情结The STREAM CONSCIOUSNESS42. Virginia Woolf: Jacob′Room 雅各布的房间Mrs. Dalloway 达洛威夫人To the Lighthouse 到灯塔去Orlando 奥兰多The Waves 海浪43.James Joyce: Dubliners 都柏林人first workA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 年轻艺术家的肖像first novelUlysses 尤莉西斯Finnegans Wake 芬尼根的守灵夜43. William Butler Yeats: Sailing to Byzantium 驶向拜占庭When You are Old 当你老了44. George Bernard Shaw: Widower Houses 鳏夫的房子Mrs. Warren′s Profession 华伦夫人的职业The Devil′s Disciple 魔鬼的门徒Man and Superman 人和超人Major Barbara 芭芭拉上校Heartbreak House 伤心之家Saint Joan 少女贞德The Apple Cart 苹果车45. Oscar Wilde: Salome 莎美乐tragedyThe Importance of Being Earnest 认真的重要性A Woman of No Importance 无足轻重的女人An Ideal Husband 理想丈夫Lady Windermere′s Fan 温德美尔的扇子The Picture of Dorian Gray 道林格雷的肖像。

英国文学史及选读之文学史作品及作者以上是英国文学中一些重要的作家和作品，它们在英国文学史上占据着重要的地位。

___: The Iliad and The Odyssey by Homer, The Complete Works of Shakespeare, The Dunciad, a satirical poem, Moral Essays, a philosophical poem, An Essay on Man, a philosophical poem. Samuel Johnson's works include London, The Vanity of Human Wishes, Life of Richard Savage, Rasselas, and two dicals, The Rambler and The Idler. The two most ___ Lives of Poets, along with A nary of the English Language. James Boswell's Life of Johnson is a classic of English graphy. Thomas Grey's Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard is a model of ___ works include Night-Piece on Death by Thomas Parnell, The Grave by Robert Blair, and Night Thoughts by Edward Young. Oliver Goldsmith's works include the dical The Bee, poems such as The Traveler and The Deserted Village, the novel The Vicar of Wakefield, and comedies like The Good-Natured Man and ___.n of essays: The Citizen of the World20. William Blake: Songs of Innocence21. Robert Burns: A Red, Red, RoseAuld Lang SyneTo a Mouse22. Richard Brinsley Sheridan: The Rivals___23. William ___: The Rime of the Ancient MarinerThe PreludeLyrical BalladsLines Written in Early Spring To the CuckooI Wandered Lonely as a Cloud My Heart Leaps Up______The Solitary Reaper___24. Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The Rime of the Ancient MarinerKubla KhanChristabelgraphia Literaria25. Robert Southey: Joan of Arc Wat TylerThe Inchcape RockThe Battle of BlenheimMy Days among the Dead are Passed Life of Nelson"Life of Nelson" ___, ___, and it offers a detailed account of his life and achievements.Charles Dickens is one of the most famous authors of the 19th century. His novels, including Sketches by Boz, The Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby, The Old sity Shop, Barnaby Rudge, Martin Chuzzlewit, American Notes, The Chimes, A Christmas Carol, The Cricket on the Hearth, and Dombey and Son, are known for their vivid ns of Victorian England, their social commentary, and their ___.Alfred Tennyson's poetry, ___, Chiefly Lyrical, is known for ___, death, ___.Poems (two volumes) is a n of poetry by Alfred Lord Tennyson. The Princess, Maud, The Idylls of the King, and In Memoriam are some of the most well-known works included in this n. nally, Short Poems, including "Break, Break, Break" and "Crossing the Bar," are also featured. The Ring and the Book, a n of dramatic monologues, is a notable work by Robert Browning. Other works by Browning include Dramatic Lyrics, Dramatic Romances and Lyrics, Men and Women, ___ included in this n. Elizabeth Barrett's works, such as The Battle of Marathon, The Cry of the Children, and s from the Portuguese, are also featured. Poems before Congress, Casa Guidi Windows, and Aurora Leigh are nal works by Barrett. Thomas Hardy's novels, Far From the Madding Crowd, The Woodlanders, The Return of the Native, TheMayor of Casterbridge, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, and Jude the Obscure, are included in this n. Under the Greenwood Tree is a poem by Hardy, and The Dynasts, written een 1903 and 1908, is a notable work by him. Lastly, David Herbert Lawrence's Rainbow, Lady Chatterley's Lover, and The White Peacock are also featured.。

英国文学名著必读
英国文学有着悠久的历史和丰富的遗产，包括了许多经典名著。

以下是一些必读的英国文学名著。

1. 《傲慢与偏见》–简·奥斯汀所著。

这部小说是英国文学的经典之一，讲述了女主角伊丽莎白·班纳特的爱情故事，也是一部关于社会阶层和婚姻制度的戏剧。

2. 《呼啸山庄》–勃朗特姐妹所著。

这部小说描述了两个家族之间的恶意和复仇，以及热情和爱情的力量。

它是一部关于人性和道德的故事，也是一部英国文学中的经典之作。

3. 《雾都孤儿》–查尔斯·狄更斯所著。

这部小说讲述了孤儿奥利弗的冒险故事，以及他在维多利亚时代的贫困生活和社会不公。

它是一部关于社会和人性的故事，也是一部英国文学中的经典之作。

4. 《战争与和平》–列夫·托尔斯泰所著。

这部小说虽然不是英国文学作品，但是它对英国文学有着深刻的影响。

它是一部关于俄罗斯农民战争和拯救祖国的故事，也是一部关于爱情和家庭的故事。

5. 《鲁宾逊漂流记》–丹尼尔·笛福所著。

这部小说讲述了鲁宾逊在荒岛上生存的故事，以及他如何通过自己的聪明才智和勇气克服困难。

它是一部关于人性和
适应力的故事，也是英国文学中的经典之作。

这些作品代表了英国文学的不同流派和主题，从爱情和社会阶层到冒险和人性等各种领域。

无论你是英国文学爱好者还是新手，这些经典必读作品都值得一读。

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英国文学史及选读试题Ⅰ. Multiple Choice（1′×20=20分）1.______ was respected as “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets ofEngland.Shakespeare B. Geoffrey Chaucer C. John Milton Donne2.In terms of influence upon England, ____ brought French civilization and French language toEngland.A. Anglo-SaxonsB. RomansC. Anglo-NormansD. T eutons3. According to Thomas More, “it was a time when sheep devoured men”. It refers to____.A. IndustrializationB. Religious ReformationC. Commercial ExpansionD. Enclosure Movement4. It was ____who introduced sonnet into English literature.A. Thomas WyattB. William ShakespeareC. Edmund SpenserD. Philip Sidney5. Which of the following is NOT Shakespeare’s tragedies?A. HamletB. King LearC. The Merchant of VeniceD. Othello6. In 1649 ____ was beheaded. England became a commonwealth under the leadership of Oliver Cromwell.I B. Henry VIII C. Elizabeth I D. Charles I7. Which comment on John Donne is wrong?A. He is the leading figure of metaphysical poetry.B. His poetry is characterized by mysticism and peculiar conceit.C. John Donne usually employs traditional and regular poetic form.D. His attitudes toward love are both positive and negative.8. Friday in The Adventuous of Robinson Crosue can be termed as EXCEPT____.A. a kind-hearted personB. a person with colonial mindC. a smart personD. a friendly person9. Thomas Gray is the representative of _____.A. SentimentalismB. Pre-RomanticismC. RomanticismD. English Renaissance10. William Blake’s ____is a lovely volume of poems, presenting a happy and innocent world,though not without its evils and sufferings.Sketches B. The Book of Thel C. Songs of Experience D. Songs of Innocence11. ____, the national peasant poet in Scotland, and his poem____ shows his passionate love for his Beloved.Blake, Lodon B. William Wordsworth, I Wandered Lonely as a CloudC. Robert Burns, A Red, Red RoseD. Robert Burns, Auld Lang Syne12. English Romanticism begins with____ and ends with____.A. the publication of Lyrical Ballads, John Keats’s deathB. French Revolution, Walter Scott’s deathC. the publication of Lyrical Ballads, Walter Scott’s deathD. Industrialization, John Keats’s death13. ____ are named as Lake Poets and Escapist Romanticists.A. Wordsworth, Shelley and KeatsB. Wordsworth, Byron and ShelleyC. Wordsworth, Coleridge and ShelleyD. Wordsworth, Coleridge and Southey14. Which of the following statement is NOT correct?A. Romantic literature is decidely an age of poetry.B. Dramma was fully developed during the Romantic period.C. The general feature is a dissatisfaction with the bourgeoise society.D. Romanticists paid great attention to the spiritual and emotional life of nature plays animportant role in the pages of their works.15. ____ was the founder of the novel which deals with unimportant middle class people and of which there are many fine examples in latter English fiction.A.Charlotte BronteB. Emily BronteC. Charles DickensD. Jane Austen16. King ____ broke off with the Pope, dissolved all the monasteries and abbeys in the country,which is known as Religious Reformation.A. Henry VIIB. Henry VIIIC. Mary I I17. ____ was honored as Poet Laureate.A. ByronB. P. B ShelleyC. John KeatsD. William Wordsworth18. John Milton’s Paradise Lost is based on the story of ____.A. Greek MythologyB. Roman MythologyC. Old TestamentD. New Testament19. The 18th century witnessed that in England there appeared two political parties_____A. the Whigs and the ToriesB. the Senate and the House of RepresentativesC. the upper House and lower HouseD. the House of Lords and the House ofRepresentatives20.“If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?”is an epigrammatic line by __.A. William WordsworthB. P. B. ShelleyC. George ByronD. John Keats Ⅱ. Translate the following literary terms (English into Chinese and Chinese into English) （1′×10=10分）1．iambic pentameter 2. heroic couplet 3. antagonist 4. soliloquy 5. sonnet6. 无韵体诗7. 民谣8. 伏笔, 铺垫9. 诗节10. 清教主义III. Identify the author and title of the literary work (2′×5=10分) long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.is not lost: the unconquerable will,And study of revenge, immortal hate,And courage never to submit or yield:And what is else not to be overcome?4. Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear,And the rocks melt wi’ the sun:I will love thee still, my dear,While the sands o’ life shall run.5. And then my heart with pleasure fills,And dances with the daffodilsIV. Define the following literary terms (Each term should include the time, the features and representative figures or significance) (5′×4=20分)1. English Renaissance2. English Enlightenment3. Pre-Romanticism4. Metaphysical PoetryV. Interpreting the following texts(20′×2=40分)Text 1The curfew tolls the knell of parting day,The lowing herd wind slowly o’er the lea,The plowman homeward plods his weary way,And leaves the world to darkness and to me. (stanza 1)The breezy call of incense-breathing Morn,The swallow twittering from the straw-bulit shed,The cock’s shrill clarion, or the echoing horn,No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed. (stanza 5)Questions:1.Identify the author and the title of this poem (2分)2.Examine the poetic form (rhyme, foot and meter should be involved) (3分)3.Explain the underlined words (4分)4.What is the tone in stanza 1? How does the poet achieve it? (3分)5.Stanza 5 involoves rich imagery, please classify them and give examples. (6分)6.Point out the rhetorical devices in the above poem (2分)Text 2I wander through each chartered street,Near where the chartered Thames does flow,And mark in every face I meetMarks of weakness, marks of woe.In every cry of every man,In every infant's cry of fear,In every voice, in every ban,The mind-forged manacles I hear.How the chimney-sweeper's cryEvery blackening church appals;And the hapless soldier's sighRuns in blood down palace walls.Questions:1.Explain the underlined words. (5分)2.Identify the poetic form (3分)3.This poem is the mightiest brief poem, how does William Blake convey the mighty lines? (4分)4.Understand “chartered street and chartered Thames” and “Mind-forged manacles”? (4分)5.Please analyze the images of “Chimney-sweeper” and “soldier’s sigh”. (4分)英国文学史及作品选读（模拟试题一）参考答案Ⅰ. Multiple ChoiceⅡ. Translate the following literary terms (English into Chinese and Chinese into English)1.抑扬格五音步2. 英雄双韵体3.反面人物4.独白5.十四行verse 9. stanza 10. PuritanismIII. Identify the author and title of the literary work1. William Shakespeare Sonnet 182. Francis Bacon Of Studies3. John Milton Paradise Lost4. Robert Burns A Red, Red RoseWordsworth I Wandered Lonely as a CloudIV. Define the following literary terms (Each term should include the time, thefeatures and representative figures or significance)RenaissanceIt sprang first in Italy in the 14th century and gradually spread all over Europe. It made its appearance in England in the 16th and 17th centuries. It means the rebirth of Greek and Roman culture. Two features are striking of this movement. The one is a thirsting curiosity for the classical literature. Another one is the keen interest in the activities of humanity. Humanism is the key-note of Renaissance. Thomas More, Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare are the best representatives of the English Reanaissance.2. English EnlightenmentThe 18th century marked the beginning of an intellectual movement in Europe, known as the Enlightenment, which was, on the whole, an expression of struggle of the bourgeoisie against feudalism. The enlighteners fought against class inequality, stagnation, prejudices and other survivals of feudalism. They attempt to place all branches of science at the service of mankind by connecting them with the actual needs and requirements of people. English enlighteners differed in some way from those of France “cleared the minds of men for the coming revolution,” the English enlighteners set no revolutionary aims before them. They stove to bring it to an end by clearing away the feudal ideas with the bourgeois ideology. The representatives are Joseph Addison, Richard Steele (essayists), Daniel Defoe, Jonathan Swift (novelists), and Alexander Pope (poet).3. Pre-RomanticismIn the latter half of the 18th century, a new literary movement arose in Europe, called the Romantic Revival. It was marked by a strong protest against the bondage of Classicism, by a recognition of the claims of passion and emotion, and by a renewed interest in medieval literature. In England, this movement showed itself in the trend of Pre-Romanticism in poetry.William Blake and Robert Burns are the representatives.4. Metaphysical PoetryMetaphysical Poetry is commonly used to name the work of the 17th century writers who wroteunder the influence of John Donne. With a rebellious spirit, the metaphysical poets try to break away from the conventional fashion of the Elizabethan love poetry. They are characterized by mysticism in content and fantasticality in form. John Donne is the leading figure of the “metaphysical school.”V. Interpreting the following textsText 1Gray Elergy Written in a Country Churchyard2. Examine the poetic form (rhyme, foot and meter should be involved)ˇThe `cur/ˇfew `tolls/ ˇthe `knell/ ˇof `par/ˇting `day,/ aThe lowing herd wind slowly o’er the lea, bThe plowman homeward plods his weary way, aAnd leaves the world to darkness and to me. bIt is written in iambic pentameter, rhymed abab3. Explain the underlined wordsCurfew: evening bell lea: meadow plods: walks with heavy steps lowly bed: grave is the tone in stanza 1? How does the poet achieve it?Tone: gloomy and melancony through imagery, long vowels and diphthongs5 involoves rich imagery, please classify them and give examples.Visual image: strw-built shedAuditory image: cock’s clarion, echoing hornTactile image: breezy callout the rhetorical devices in the above poemTransferred epithet and EuphemismText 26.Explain the underlined words.Chartered: possessed as the private property marks; signs ban: Prohibition Appals: shocks hapless: unfortunate7.Identify the poetic formIt is written in iambic tetrameter, rhymed abab.ˇI `wan/ˇder `through/ ˇeach `char/ˇtered `street,/ˇNear `where/ˇthe `char/ˇtered `Thames/ ˇdoes `flow/8.This poem is the mightiest brief poem, how does William Blake convey the mighty lines?Parallelism and repetition every is repeated five times in stanza 29.Understand “chartered street and chartered Thames” and “Mind-forged manacles”? chartered street and chartered Thames show the outlook of English bourgeoisie, their extreme greedMind-forged manacles mean that people under political white terror, they are bonded physically and mentally. They have no freedom in their mind.10.Please analyze the images of “Chimney-sweeper” and “soldier’s sigh”.Chimney-sweeper: to expose the hypocrisy of the churchSolider’s sigh: they are forced to fight for their country, but their blood runs along the palace wall.The war is full of cruelty. So they give the sigh。

英国⽂学史及作品选读习题集（5）5 English Literature in the Romantic PeriodⅠ. Essay questions.1. In Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen explored three kinds of motivations of marriage the middle-class people had in the second half of the 18th century. Try to make a brief discussion about them with specific examples from the novel. Make comments on Austen’s attitude towards these motivations.2. What are the general features of English Romanticism3. Tell the story of Pride and Prejudice and make a comment on it.4. Make a comment on Wordsworth concerning his contribution to poetry.5. Irony abounds in Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice. Please illustrate it with reference to some examples.6. Make a general comment on Walter Scott.’Ⅱ. Define the following terms.1. Romanticism2. Ode3. Byronic hero4. Ottava rima5. Terza rima6. Irony7. Lyric8. Motif9. Theme10. Symbol11. Imagery12. Foil13. Synaesthesia14. Character15. Flat character16. Round character17. Negative capacityⅢ Fill in the blanks.1. As an age of romantic enthusiasm, the Romantic Age began in 1798 when ______and ______published _______ and ended in 1832 when ______died.2. In the Preface of the 2nd and 3rd editions of __________, Wordsworth laid down the principles of poetry composition.3. The English Romantic Age produced two major novelists, _________ and ______.4. _____, ________, and_________ are referred to as the “Lake Poets” because they lived in the Lake District in the northwestern part of England.5. In 1805, Wordsworth completed his long autobiographical poem entitled__________.6. Scott’s historical novels depicted Scotland, England, and the Continent covering a period ranging from _______ up to, and including, _______.7. _______ mourned for _______’s premature death in an elegy “Adonais”, w riting “He is made one with Nature.”8. “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage” is a long poem created by contains four cantos in the_______ stanza, namely a 9-line stanza rhymed ababbcbcc, in which the first eight lines are in iambic pentameter while the ninth in iambic hexameter,9. _______ is Byron’s masterpiece, written in the prime of his creativepower. He called it an “epic satire”, “a satire on abuses of the present state of society.”10. The great novelist in the Romantic period_______ marked the transition from Romanticism to the period of Realism which followed it.11. The plot of Shelley’s lyrical drama Prometheus Unbound is borrowed from _______, a play of the Greek tragedian Aeschylus.12. In “To Autumn”, Keats writes,” Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, / Clise bosom-friend of the maturing sun; / Conspiring with him how to load and bless / With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run; / …” The figure of speech used in the lines is _______.13. “Ode to a Nightingale” expresses the contrast be tween _______ and _______.14. The unifying principle in Don Juan is the basic ironic theme of _______, ., what things seem to be and what they actually are.15. Byron employed _______ from Italian mock-heroic poetry. His first experiment was made in Beppo. It was perfected in Don Juan in which the convention flows with ease and naturalness.was memorized and honored as “the heart of all hearts” after his death. 17. Many critics regard Shelley as one of the greatest of all English poets. They point especially to his_______.18. Romanticism was in effect a revolt of the English _______against the neoclassical _______, which prevailed from the days of pope to those of Johnson.19. _______ are generally regarded as Keats’s most important and mature works.20. “Ode on a Grecian Urn” shows the contrast between _______and21. Among the Romantic figures, _______has a fundamental conviction of the health of the social system, of its ability to reform itself, and of the assurance of social well-being and the likelihood of a reasonable personal happiness.22. Scott is considered “the father of _______” which open(s) up to fiction the rich and lively realm of history.23. Two prevailing themes of Pride and Prejudice are _______ and _______.24. _______ was composed in a dream after the poet Coleridge took the opium.25. All such works of Coleridge as “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”, “Christable” and “Kubla Khan” revealed his keen interest in_______,26. _______ is regarded as a “worshipper of nature”.27. “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”, “An Evening Walk”, “My Heart Leaps up” and “Tintern Abbey” are all masterpieces on _______.28. The main idea running through the dramatic poem Prometheus Unboundis that of _______.29. _______, with a triumphant praise of the imagination, highly exalts the role of poetry, thinking that poetry alone could free man and offer the mind a wider view of its powers. He holds that poetry “is a more direct representation of the actions and passions of our internal being”.30. The Romantic period is an age of poetry. The major Romantic poets such as Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron,Shelley and Keats started a rebellion against the neoclassical literature, which was later regarded as _______.31. _______ and _______ gave great impetus to the rise of the Romantic32. _______ is a great critic of the romantic period on Shakespeare, Elizabethan drama, and English poetry. He is also a maser of the familiar essays.33. With _______, the essay is no longer chiefly a mode of intellectual inquiry and moral address. Rather, the essay becomes a medium for a delightful literary treatment of life’s small pleasures and reassurances.Ⅳ. Choose the best answer1. “Beauty is truth, truth beauty” is an epigrammatic line by _______.A. Kohn KeatsB. William BlakeC. William WordsworthD. Percy Bysshe Shelley2. William Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated all of the following EXCEPT _______.A. Normal contemporary speech patternsB. Humble and rustic life as subject matterC. Elegant wording and inflated figures of speechD. Intensely subjective feeling toward individual experience3. In Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “Kubla Khan”, “A sunny pleasure dome with caves of ice “_______.A. Refers to the palace where Kubla Khan once livedB. Vividly describes a building of poor qualityC. Is the gift given to a beautiful girl called AbyssinianD. Symbolizes the reconciliation of the conscious and the unconscious4. _______is one of the first generation of English Romantic poets.A. KeatsB. ShelleyD. Wordsworth5. “If winter comes, can spring be far behind” is taken from _______.A. The Solitary ReaperB. Ode to the West WindC. To AutumnD. Song to the Man of England6. _______is NOT among the representative essayists in the romantic times.A. Charles LambB. William HazlittC. Thomas De QuinceyD. Walter Scott7. In_______, _______set forth his principles of poetry, “all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling”.A. The Preface to Lyrical Ballads; WordsworthB. “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”; ColeridgeC. “A Defence of Poetry”; ShelleyD. “Lectures on the English Poets”; Hazlitt8. _______is NOT a lyric written by Wordsworth.A. My Heart Leaps UpB. Intimations of ImmortalityC. Love’s PhilosophyD. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud9. All the poems were written by Byron EXCEPT_______.A. Childe Harold’s PilgrimageB. Don Juan。

英国文学史及选读1翻译第一部分：英国文学史概述英国文学拥有悠久的历史，自中世纪晚期开始至今，经历了多个重要时期的发展和变革。

本文档旨在概述英国文学史的主要阶段，并进行部分重要作品的选读翻译。

1. 中世纪文学中世纪文学是英国文学史的起点，主要以教会为中心。

其中最著名的作品之一是《坎特伯雷故事集》（The Canterbury Tales），由乔叟（Geoffrey Chaucer）创作于14世纪末。

本书以描绘各式各样的故事和人物为特色，反映了当时社会的面貌。

部分作品翻译示例：•坎特伯雷故事集（精选）–故事一：“骑士故事”（The Knight’s Tale）在古代雅典，有两位骑士为了同样的女性而展开激烈的角逐。

–故事二：“约翰故事”（The Miller’s Tale）一位老蠢材告诉了关于一位受骗的年轻学者和一个花心的妻子的故事。

2. 文艺复兴时期文艺复兴时期是英国文学史上的黄金时期，涌现出许多重要的作家和作品。

莎士比亚（William Shakespeare）是这一时期的代表性人物，他的作品包括戏剧、sonnet 等多种形式。

此外，约翰·密尔顿（John Milton）的《失乐园》（Paradise Lost）也被认为是文艺复兴时期的经典之作。

部分作品翻译示例：•莎士比亚戏剧选读-《哈姆雷特》（Hamlet）-《罗密欧与朱丽叶》（Romeo and Juliet）-《麦克白》（Macbeth）•约翰·密尔顿《失乐园》（选读）探讨人类起源、罪恶和救赎的叙事诗，描述了亚当和夏娃被逐出伊甸园的故事。

3.18世纪启蒙运动18世纪是英国文学史上启蒙运动的时期，以理性和思想自由为核心。

重要的作家包括弥尔顿（John Milton），斯威夫特（Jonathan Swift）和詹姆斯·麦克菲尔（James Macpherson）。

部分作品翻译示例：•斯威夫特《格列佛游记》（选读）这本小说通过一个航海家的冒险旅程，揭示了社会和政治问题，具有强烈的讽刺意味。

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Some of the major figures of the Enlightenment were David Hume（休姆）, Immanuel Kant（康 （休姆） （ 德）, John Locke（洛克）, the Baron de （洛克） Montesquieu（孟德斯鸠）, Jean-Jacques （孟德斯鸠） Rousseau（卢梭）, and Voltaire（伏尔泰）. The （卢梭） （伏尔泰） Encyclopédie（百科全书）of Denis Diderot（狄德 （百科全书） （ 集中体现;成为...缩影) ...缩影 罗） epitomized (集中体现;成为...缩影) the spirit of the age.
1. Historical background --- a world power
An Act of Union in 1707 joined Scotland to England and Wales. Britain became a world power, an empire on which the sun never set. But it also changed internally. The world seemed different in 1785. A sense of new, expanding possibilities — as well as modern problems — transformed the daily life of the British people, and offered them fresh ways of thinking about their relations to nature and to each other. Hence literature had to adapt to circumstances for which there was no precedent.

英美文学史及作品选读(207023261) > 课程作业> 复查测验：英国文学史及作品选读练习题（THE 18TH CENTURY)复查测验：英国文学史及作品选读练习题（The 18th Century)名称英国文学史及作品选读练习题（The 18th Century)状态已完成分数得120 分，满分120 分说明问题 1得 2 分，满分 2 分In the last twenty years of the 18th century, England produced two well-known romantic poets. They are William Blakeand .所选答案：Burns正确答案：Robert BurnsBurns问题 2得 2 分，满分 2 分Jonathan Swift’s famous prose work ________ is a satirical dialogue between the Ancients and the Moderns in thecharacter of the Bee and the Spider.所选答案： C. The Battle of the Books正确答案： C. The Battle of the Books反馈：The Battle of the Books问题 3得 2 分，满分 2 分The 18th century witnessed that in England there appeared twopolitical parties, _____.所选答案： A. the Whigs and the Tories正确答案： A. the Whigs and the Tories反馈：the Whigs and the Tories问题 4得 2 分，满分 2 分Blake’s Songs of Innocence is a lovely volume of poems, presenting a world of .所选答案： D. happiness and innocence正确答案： D. happiness and innocence反馈：happiness and innocence问题 5得 2 分，满分 2 分Jonathan Swift held the opinion that human nature , thus human nature and human institutions both neededconstant reform and improvement.所选答案： C. was a mixture of the angelic and the satanic正确答案： C. was a mixture of the angelic and the satanic反馈：was a mixture of the angelic and the satanic问题 6得 2 分，满分 2 分According to the neoclassicists, which of the following istrue?所选答案： D. All the above.正确答案： D. All the above.反馈：All the above.问题 7得 2 分，满分 2 分The social significance of Gulliver’s Travels lies in _____.所选答案：A. the devastating criticisms and satires of all aspects in the then English and European life正确答案：A. the devastating criticisms and satires of all aspects in the then English and European life反馈：the devastating criticisms and satires of all aspects in the then English and European life问题 8得 2 分，满分 2 分Which of the following cannot correctly describe Enlightenment Movement?所选答案： C. It advocated individual education.正确答案： C. It advocated individual education.反馈：It advocated individual education.问题 9得 2 分，满分 2 分In , Jonathan Swift suggests that children of the poor Irish people be sold at one year old as food for the Englishnobles. It shows his indignation toward the terribleoppression and exploitation of the Irish people by theEnglish ruling class.所选答案： A Modest Proposal正确答案： A Modest Proposal反馈： A Modest Proposal问题 10得 2 分，满分 2 分Sir Walter Scott called the father of Englishfiction.所选答案：Fielding正确答案：Henry FieldingFielding反馈：Henry Fielding; Fielding问题 11得 2 分，满分 2 分In his novel, Robinson Crusoe, Defoe eulogizes the hero of the .所选答案： B. rising bourgeoisie正确答案： B. rising bourgeoisie反馈：rising bourgeoisie问题 12得 2 分，满分 2 分The literary form of neoclassicism is of the strict symmetry.The prevailing genre of neo-classical literature is thewhich consists of two riming lines of iambic pentameter, andthe second line completes the thoughts expressed by thecouplet.所选答案：heroic couplet正确答案：heroic couplet反馈：heroic couplet问题 13得 2 分，满分 2 分In the first part of Robinson Crusoe, the hero saved a savage and named him .所选答案：Friday正确答案：Friday反馈：Friday问题 14得 2 分，满分 2 分Thomas Gray has been regarded as the leader of the of the day.所选答案： D.sentimental poetry正确答案： D.sentimental poetry反馈：sentimental poetry问题 15得 2 分，满分 2 分Which of the following is NOT a character in the novel TheHistory of Tom Jones, a Foundling?所选答案： d.Amelia正确答案： d.Amelia反馈：Amelia问题 16得 2 分，满分 2 分is a typical feature of Swift’s writings.所选答案：Bitter Satire正确答案：Bitter Satire反馈：Bitter Satire问题 17得 2 分，满分 2 分Daniel Defoe describes as a typical Englishmiddle-class man of the 18th century, the very prototype of theempire builder or the pioneer colonist.所选答案：Robinson Crusoe正确答案：Robinson CrusoeCrusoe反馈：Robinson Crusoe; Crusoe问题 18得 2 分，满分 2 分In the Houyhnhnm land, Gulliver found that ______ were hairy, wild, low and despicable brutes while ______ are endowedwith reason and all good and admirable qualities.所选答案： B. the Yahoos ... the horses正确答案： B. the Yahoos ... the horses反馈：the Yahoos ... the horses问题 19得 2 分，满分 2 分In the middle decades of the 18th century became the leader of the classic school in English poetry and prose.所选答案：Samuel Johnson正确答案：Samuel JohnsonJohnson反馈：Samuel Johnson; Johnson问题 20得 2 分，满分 2 分ranks among the greatest satirist of England, and of the world. “A Modest Proposal” is one of his satiricalworks.所选答案：Jonathan Swift正确答案：Jonathan SwiftSwift反馈：Jonathan Swift; Swift问题 21得 2 分，满分 2 分_________came into being as a result of a bitter discontent on the part of certain enlighteners in society reality.所选答案： D. Sentimentalism正确答案： D. Sentimentalism反馈：Sentimentalism问题 22得 2 分，满分 2 分The following on Daniel Defoe are true except .所选答案： B. He was a member of the upper class正确答案： B. He was a member of the upper class反馈：He was a member of the upper class问题 23得 2 分，满分 2 分Which of the following place does Gulliver visit first inGulliver’s Travels?所选答案： D. Lilliput正确答案： D. Lilliput反馈：Lilliput问题 24得 2 分，满分 2 分The only novel of Oliver Goldsmith is _________, which givesa detailed account of the numerous misfortunes befalling thecentral character and his family.所选答案： C. The Vicar of Wakefield正确答案： C. The Vicar of Wakefield反馈：The Vicar of Wakefield问题 25得 2 分，满分 2 分In the following writings by Henry Fielding, which brings him the name of the “Prose Homer”?所选答案： D.The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling正确答案： D.The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling反馈：The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling问题 26得 2 分，满分 2 分Of all the 18the century novelists, _________ was the first to set out in theory and practice, to write specially a“comic epic in prose”, and the first to give the modernnovel its structure and style.所选答案： A.HenryFielding正确答案： A.HenryFielding反馈：HenryFielding问题 27得 2 分，满分 2 分The Rivals written by is a clever satire on the sentimental and pseudo-romantic fancies of many young womenof the upper classes of the 18th century.所选答案：Sheridan正确答案：Richard Brinsley SheridanBrinsley SheridanSheridan反馈：Richard Brinsley Sheridan; Brinsley Sheridan; Sheridan问题 28得 2 分，满分 2 分Literature of Neoclassicism is different from that ofRomanticism in that ________.所选答案： C.the former celebrates reason, rationality, order andinstruction while the latter sees literature as an expression on an individual’s feelings and experiences正确答案： C.the former celebrates reason, rationality, order andinstruction while the latter sees literature as an expression on an individual’s feelings and experiences反馈：the former celebrates reason, rationality, order and instruction while the latter sees literature as an expression on an individual’s feelings and experiences问题 29得 2 分，满分 2 分In Gulliver’s Travels, Yahoos are the creatures living on ________.所选答案：Houyhnhnms 正确答案：Houyhnhnms 反馈：Houyhnhnms问题 30得 2 分，满分 2 分The greatest novelist of the 18th century, and also one of the greatest that England ever produced is , who isconsidered as the founder of the English realistic novel.所选答案：Henry Fielding正确答案：Henry FieldingFielding问题 31得 2 分，满分 2 分1. The principal elements of the ________Novel are mystery,horror and suspense.所选答案：Gothic正确答案：Gothic反馈：Gothic问题 32得 2 分，满分 2 分 Friday is a character in the novel__________.所选答案：Robinson Crusoe正确答案：The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson CrusoeRobinson Crusoe反馈：The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of RobinsonCrusoe; Robinson Crusoe问题 33得 2 分，满分 2 分_________is William Blake’s most important prose work, which is the manifesto of his spiritual independence.所选答案： A. The Marriage of Heaven and Hell正确答案： A. The Marriage of Heaven and Hell反馈：The Marriage of Heaven and Hell问题 34得 2 分，满分 2 分“Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear,And the rocks melt wi’ the sun:I will luve thee still, my dear,While the sands o’ life shall run.”The above verse lines are taken from the famous poem“________”.所选答案： A Red, Red Rose正确答案： A Red, Red Rose反馈： A Red, Red Rose问题 35得 2 分，满分 2 分Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels is the greatest work in English literature.所选答案： A. satiric正确答案： A. satiric反馈：satiric问题 36得 2 分，满分 2 分The best part of Robinson Crusoe is the realistic account of his against the hostile nature.所选答案：struggle正确答案：strugglefight反馈：struggle; fight问题 37得 2 分，满分 2 分Which of the following is not true about Robinson Crusoe?所选答案： D. It is a record of Defoe’s own expe rience.正确答案： D. It is a record of Defoe’s own experience.反馈：It is a record of Defoe’s own experience.问题 38得 2 分，满分 2 分The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling has been praised for its excellent plot construction. The three big divisions of theadventures of the hero and the heroine are marked by thechange of scenes: in the country, on the road and in__________.所选答案：London正确答案：London反馈：London问题 39得 2 分，满分 2 分’s poem “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” is taken as a model of sentimentalist poetry,esp. the Graveyard school.所选答案：Gray正确答案：Thomas GrayGray反馈：Thomas Gray; Gray问题 40得 2 分，满分 2 分Which of the following is not true about Samuel Richardson?所选答案： D. He is the first novelist of realist tradition.正确答案： D. He is the first novelist of realist tradition.反馈：He is the first novelist of realist tradition.问题 41得 2 分，满分 2 分_______is of the author of the first dictionary by anEnglishman—Dictionary of the English Language, which hasbecome the foundation of all subsequent Englishdictionaries.所选答案： A. Samuel Johnson正确答案： A. Samuel Johnson反馈：Samuel Johnson问题 42得 2 分，满分 2 分Sheridan’s _____is the best English comedy sin ce the days of Shakespeare.所选答案： C. The School for Scandal正确答案： C. The School for Scandal反馈：The School for Scandal问题 43得 2 分，满分 2 分The 18th century England is known as the Age of Enlightenment or the Age of ________.所选答案：Reason正确答案：Reason反馈：Reason问题 44得 2 分，满分 2 分Joseph Andrew is Fielding’s first novel. He wrote the novel with the intention of ridiculing Richard’snovel .所选答案：Pamela正确答案：Pamela反馈：Pamela问题 45得 2 分，满分 2 分In Robinson Crusoe, the writer glorifies .所选答案： A. human labor and the Puritan fortitude正确答案： A. human labor and the Puritan fortitude反馈：human labor and the Puritan fortitude问题 46得 2 分，满分 2 分Many of Burns’ songs deal with friendship, ______has long become a universal parting-song of all the English-speakingcountries.所选答案： D. Auld Lang Syne正确答案： D. Auld Lang Syne反馈：Auld Lang Syne问题 47得 2 分，满分 2 分In the William Blake’s poetry, the father (and any other in whom he saw the image of the father such as God, Priest andKing) was usually a figure of_______.所选答案：tyranny正确答案：tyranny反馈：tyranny问题 48得 2 分，满分 2 分Gothic novels are mostly stories of ____, which take place in some haunted or dilapidated Middle Age castles.所选答案： D. mystery and horror正确答案： D. mystery and horror反馈：mystery and horror问题 49得 2 分，满分 2 分The only important English dramatist produced in the 18thcentury is ________.所选答案：Sheridan正确答案：Richard Brinsley SheridanBrinsley SheridanSheridan反馈：Richard Brinsley Sheridan; Brinsley Sheridan; Sheridan问题 50得 2 分，满分 2 分Of the eighteenth-century novelists Henry Fielding was the first to _____.所选答案： D. give the modern novel its structure and style正确答案： D. give the modern novel its structure and style反馈：give the modern novel its structure and style问题 51得 2 分，满分 2 分Blake’s Songs of Experience paints a world of _____ with a melancholy tone.所选答案： A. misery, poverty, disease, war and repression正确答案： A. misery, poverty, disease, war and repression反馈：misery, poverty, disease, war and repression问题 52得 2 分，满分 2 分In the 18th century, _______found its expression chiefly in poetry, especially that of William Blake and Robert burns.所选答案： D. pre-romanticism正确答案： D. pre-romanticism反馈：pre-romanticism问题 53得 2 分，满分 2 分_______was a progressive intellectual movement going on throughout Europe in the 18th century.所选答案： C. The Enlightenment正确答案： C. The Enlightenment反馈：The Enlightenment问题 54得 2 分，满分 2 分The main literary stream of the 18th century was .What the writers described were mainly social realities.所选答案：Realism正确答案：realism反馈： realism问题 55得 2 分，满分 2 分The rise and growth of __________is the most prominentachievement of the 18th century English literature, which hasgiven the world such writers as Daniel Defoe, Jonathan swiftand Henry fielding.所选答案： B.realisticnovel正确答案： B.realisticnovel反馈：realisticnovel问题 56得 2 分，满分 2 分is undoubtedly the greatest poet Scotland has ever produced. His “Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect” isof great importance.所选答案：Robert Burns正确答案：Robert BurnsBurns反馈：Robert Burns; Burns问题 57得 2 分，满分 2 分Among the representatives of the Enlightenment, _______ was the first to introduce rationalism to England.所选答案：pope正确答案：Alexander PopePope反馈：Alexander Pope; Pope问题 58得 2 分，满分 2 分Modern English novel arose in the ________century.所选答案： C. 18th正确答案： C. 18th反馈：18th问题 59得 2 分，满分 2 分Pamela is written in the form of a ______novel.所选答案：epistolary正确答案：epistolary反馈：epistolary问题 60得 2 分，满分 2 分Which of the following novels by Henry Fielding satirizes thepolitical system of England and the then PrimeMinister Sir Robert Walpole?所选答案： C.Jonathan Wild theGreat正确答案： C.Jonathan Wild theGreat反馈：Jonathan Wild theGreat（注：可编辑下载，若有不当之处，请指正，谢谢!）。

NO.1 what does the poem by repeating "every" in the second stanza?The three ‗in every‘ are obvious parallelism in the second line.Blake repeatedly uses the word "every" in the second stanza to symbolize the depression that hovers over the entire society and stress these feelings of being imprisoned and trapped. The repeated use of word "every" implies that the miseries that are not suffered only by particular individuals but by ―every man‖ and ―every infant‖. In a sense, these miserable sufferings are uni versal. NO.2 What is London like under Blake's pen?‗London‘, which had been written in 1794 is a lyric. At the time, the Britain had been capitalism for centuries. The society became more decayed as the time past. For express the dissatisfaction to the society, the author wrote the poem. Blake opened out the reality that the society moldered day by day. The distance between rich and poor were larger and larger. More and more inequable things happened in the daily lives. It seems that people lost the hope for the future. Blake used a technique as montage to write the different angles of the society. As the fast change of the scene, the poem shows up a real British society to readers. I see as though the weak and woeful faces; I hear as though the cry of chimney-sweeper; moreover, as though the youthful harlot's curse hovers over my ears unceasingly. The feeling is so vivid even more than 200 years past. I love the poem because of the real description but the beautiful words. The most real poem, the most real society.NO.3 How would you describe the language Johnson adapted in this letter?The letter was written in a very refined and polite language, the author‘s bitterness, sarcasm, anger and defiance of the authority is obvious there.Writing features in the letter1).beautiful, elegant statement and long sentences2).The use of Triple parallelism3). The use of irony, satire and humor4).The combination of metaphor and allusion.4. What's the central idea of the Letter?In this letter to the Lord, Johnson declared that he did not feel obliged to anyone and that he was not ―accustomed to favors from the great.‖ He reminded the Lord how he was treated with total indifference and contempt years ago when he visited him in hope of getting some help for his work, and how, over the past seven years, he had toiled and suffered working on his dictionary without any help from any patron.As he had relied solely on himself in this gigantic task, he did not want the public to think that he had received help from a patron. He condemned the fame-fishing act of Chesterfield by hinting that he was the kind of man who ―looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help.‖5. What is Swift's proposal ? Why does he make this proposal?AIM：Jonathan Swift wrote ―A Modest Proposal‖ in 1720 to call attention to abuses inflicted on Irish Catholics by well-to-do English Protestants.REASON:Over the centuries, England gradually gained a foothold in Ireland. In 1541, the parliament in Dublin reco gnized England‘s Henry VIII, a Protestant, as King of Ireland. In spite of repeated uprisings by Irish Catholics, English Protestants acquired more and more estates in Ireland. By 1703, they owned all but 10 percent of the land. Meanwhile, legislation was enacted that severely limited the rights of the Irish to hold government office, purchase real estate, get an education, and advance themselves in other ways. As a result, many Irish fled to foreign lands, including America. Most of those who remained in Ireland lived in poverty, facing disease, starvation, and prejudice. It was this Ireland–an Ireland of the tyrannized and the downtrodden–that Jonathan Swift attempted to focus attention on in ―A Modest Proposal‖ in 1720.Swift himself was a Protestant, but he was also a native of Ireland, having been born in Dublin of English parents. He believed England was exploiting Ireland.6. What are the chief features of Swift's satire?In ―A Modest Proposal,‖ Swift satirizes the English landlords with outrageous humor, proposing that Irish infants be sold as food at age one, when they are plump and healthy, to give the Irish a new source of income and the English a new food product to bolster their economy and eliminate a social problem. He says his proposal, if adopted, would also result in a reduction in the number of Catholics in Ireland, since most Irish infants–almost all of whom were baptized Catholic–would end up in stews and other dishes instead of growing up to go to Catholic churches. Here, he is satirizing the rivalry and prejudice characterizing Catholic-Protestant relations in Britain.Swift also satirizes the Irish themselves in his essay, for too many of them had accepted abuse stoically rather than taking action on their own behalf. 7. What's the theme and subject of the poetry "Composed upon Westerminster Bridge"?The dominating theme in the poem is Nature. This reiterates his conviction that the city, at this particular point of day, does not clash with nature but becomes a part of it.The poet transmits to the readers the calm and the tranquility described in his poem. In Wordsworth's poem, it is the sight that emerges, while the hearing is absent. In Wordsworth's poem, London shows clean air and the sun illuminates the whole city.8. What's the tone of this poem "I Wandered Lonely as a Clould"? What elements help to create the tone?Wordsworth was a writer of the romatic era. This was a time where writers felt alone in the world and most of them were searching for the ideal relm. Theyfelt as if that is where pure knowledge existed. This poem has a somber mood because the author is lonley. He feels he is special (that's how romatics thought) and has no one to understand him. He is longing for the ideal relm. The words clouds futher suggest that he feels he is superior because clouds float above all things.'wonder' at the beauty of the vision of the daffodils,'loneliness' at being alone wandering through the woods,'awareness of beauty' at the vision of the rippling field of flowers,'sharpness of sight' at the shock of the vastness of the surprising field of blooms,'poetic' at the sight of 'tossing their heads in sprightly dance', and 'the waves beside them danced','nostalgia' in thinking back to the feelings of awe at the sight,'mind clarity and recall' when remembering the beauty and feelings evoked by the experience.9. Describe the image of the lady in the poem "She Walks in Beauty".She walks in Beauty is considered to have been Byron‘s tribute to the beauty of art. The poem begins with the image if a woman who ―walks in beauty like the night‖ (poem), which would lead the reader to ask how she could be found. The answer to that question is answered in the next line when the speaker says that the night is cloudless and that the stars illuminate the sky, bringing into focus the imagery of light and darkness. When the first line of a poem is presented with no punctuation, but is followed by a line that will clarify the previous statement is referred to as enjambment, and this technique is used in the first four lines of the poem. In the next few lines Byron draws attention to the word meet; it emphasizes the contrasts in the woman being described; the imagery presented in the first two lines reappears in these lines, and the contrast of light and dark makes another appearance. The light anddark appear in her face and in her eyes. Her face contains light alabaster skin, yet has dark hair, and her eyes are dark in the iris in contrast with the white of her eye. This repeat of the contrast between light and dark reinforces the imagery introduced in the beginning of the poem. The poem goes on to say that if she were to have even one bit more light or less dark she would not be ruined but she would be only ―half impair‘d‖. As the poem begins to end Byron speaks of the woman‘s inner thoughts and how they are all good, which serves to convey the woman as pure , making her all the more beautiful. The reference to her angelic looks gives a window into her morality as a person, and enhances her beauty all the more .According to Uma Kukathas there is a contrast of light and dark in the poem can easily be a representation of what art is in its entirety; there are so many varying, contrasting parts of art and yet it all comes together to create something that is beautiful. The contrast of light and dark is used to convey the soft beauty of the woman; the beauty is soft and pronounced but not overdone. The woman‘s beauty is soft like candlelight, it is not too over powering and yet her beauty is still obvious to all who look at her. The dark part of the contrast serves as a reality check to make the woman seem more worldly and real, it creates flaws and yet if she were to have even one bit more light or darkness she would only be ―half-impaired‖. Byron speaks o f her ―nameless grace‖, in which one would think he were speaking of her grace as she walks but, he is really speaking of the grace she possesses from the darker features of her face, which serve to enhance her beauty in the speakers eyes.10. What's the main idea of each stanza? What's the theme of the poem?It consists of five stanzas.In the first part, the poet describes a graceful and serene lady successfully with his delicate touch. He compared the lady to the night. So we can guess that the lady dressed black.In the second part, Byron says that every change of the brightness will impair the nameless grace and the glow of the lady‘s face is nearly perfect. These convey the romantic idea that her inner beauty is mirrored by her outer beauty. Her thoughts are serene and sweet. She is pure and dear. Then, we turn to the first part‘s analogy. We can find that the beautiful lady has something same to the sunny night. Both are simple and innocent.The last part is split between three lines of visage description and three lines that describe the lady‘s moral characters. From her smile and expression, we can see a Venus walking to us. Her soft, calm glow reflects a life of peace and goodness. This is a repetition, an emphasis, of the theme that the lady‘s physical beauty is a reflection of her inner beauty.The main theme of the poem is a description of a lady, and the enumeration of certain qualities that the author considers give her beauty. NO.11How does the poet describe the power of the west wind?Shelley invokes the wind magically, describing its power and its role as both "destroyer and preserver," and asks the wind to sweep him out of his torpor "as a wave, a leap, a cloud!" In the fifth section, the poet then takes a remarkable turn, transforming the wind into a metaphor for his own art, the expressive capacity that drives "dead thoughts" like "withered leaves" over the universe, to "quicken a new birth"---that is, to quicken the coming of the spring. NO.12.What is fiction?DefinitionFiction is the form of any narrative or informative work that deals, in part or in whole, with information or events that are not factual, but rather, imaginary—that is, invented by the author. Although fiction describes a major branch of literary work, it may also refer to theatrical, cinematic or musical work. Fiction contrasts with non-fiction, which deals exclusively with factual (or, at least, assumed factual) events, descriptions, observations, etc. (e.g., biographies, histories).小说是文学的一种样式，一般描写人物故事，塑造多种多样的人物形象，但亦有例外。

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---------------------------------------------------------------最新资料推荐------------------------------------------------------ 英国文学史及作品选读Chapter 5Chapter VThe English Renaissance(1550-1642)2013-7-1411/ 19莎士比亚生平莎士比亚写作生涯的四个阶段Shakespeare’s Writing CareerBirthplace 出生地2013-7-14Shakespeare’s LifeThe Royal Theatre皇家剧院1564-16162---------------------------------------------------------------最新资料推荐------------------------------------------------------ The birthplace of Shakespeare at Stratford2013-7-14 33/ 19Royal Shakespeare Theatre2013-7-14 4---------------------------------------------------------------最新资料推荐------------------------------------------------------ 1. Historical background? The Elizabeth Age (1558-1603): England enjoyed peaceful development under the rule of Queen Elizabeth I, who maintained a balance of between the Protestants and the Catholics.? The War with Spain:in 1588, English navy defeated the Spanish Armada, which accelerated the awakening English people’s national consciousness;2013-7-14 55/ 19? The enclosure movement: Many peasants were forced to leave the land and settled down in towns. The two opposite classes came into being, the capitalist and the laboring class. ? Reformation: It was a return to pure Christianity-cleansing the church of all the corruption. English Reformation was triggered by Henry VIII’s divorce and remarrying.2013-7-14 6---------------------------------------------------------------最新资料推荐------------------------------------------------------ 2. Renaissance and Humanism:? (1) Renaissance: a French word, meaning “rebirth”. The art and science of ancient Greece and Rome were being rediscovered after long years of neglect. ? (2) English Renaissance had two impulses— humanist reverence for the classics and English pride and sense of national identity. ?(3) Humanism is the essence of the renaissance emphasizing the dignity and potential of the individual and the worth of life in this world.2013-7-14 77/ 19Literature from 16th to 17thC.? Translation occupied an important place in the English Renaissance. The translated classical works of Greek and Latin; theKing James Bible(in 1611 under the auspices of James , a monument of english language and english literature) ? A large amount of books describing discoveries and adventures. ? Poetry and plays2013-7-14 8---------------------------------------------------------------最新资料推荐------------------------------------------------------ Poets and writers? Thomas More(1478-1535): an English politician and writer.his work Utopia describes his ideal of a perfect society. He was a powerful adviser to King Henry Ⅷ, but he opposed the king’s divorce and refused to accept him as the head of the Church of England. For this the king put him into prison and ordered his head to be cut off.2013-7-14 99/ 19? Thomas Wyatt (1503-1542) 托马斯.怀亚特English diplomat and poet who was the first to introduce the sonnet form into English literature. ? Philip Sidney(1554-1586) 菲利普.锡德尼 English poet, soldier, and politician. His most important works are the sonnet sequence Astrophel and Stella(十四行组诗《爱星者和星星)and the collection of pastoral idylls Arcadia(田园诗集《阿卡迪亚》), both published posthumously. ? ThomasCampion托马斯.坎皮恩(1567-1620) English poet and composer of songs for voice and lute. ? Edmund Spenser(1552?-1599)埃德蒙.斯宾塞:English poet known chiefly for his allegorical epic romance The Faerie Queene (1590-1596 《仙后》 ). His other works include the pastoral Shepeardes Calendar (1579 《牧羊人的日历》 ) and the lyrical marriage poem Epithalamion (1595 《祝婚歌》 ).2013-7-14 10---------------------------------------------------------------最新资料推荐------------------------------------------------------ ? John Lyly(1553?-1606)约翰.黎里: English playwright and novelist who wrote a number of comedies that influenced English drama.His novel Eupheus ? Thoma Loge ? Christopher Marlowe(1564-1593)克里斯托弗.马洛English playwright and poet whose development of blank verse influenced Shakespeare. His plays include Tamburlaine the Great (c. 1587 《帖木耳大帝》 ) and Edward II (c. 1592《爱德华二世》 ). ? Robert Greene (1558?-1592)罗伯特.格林English writer noted for his plays, such as Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay (c. 1589 《弗里亚· 培根和弗里亚· 邦奇》 ).2013-7-14 1111/ 193. The flourishing of drama:? The reason for the flourishing of drama; ? Th e structure of the Elizabethan theatre; ? “The University Wits”: Robert Greene; Thomas Kyd; Christopher Marlowe. They were the predecessors to Shakespeare: ? Christopher Marlowe: The Tragic History of Doctor Faustus2013-7-14 12---------------------------------------------------------------最新资料推荐------------------------------------------------------ 4. William Shakespeare (1564-1616):? Life: ? 1564, Born in Stratford-on-Avon, ? Ca. 1588-1592, in London as actor and playwright; ? Ca. 1592-98, devotes himself mainly to chronicle histories and comedies; ? Ca. 1601-1609, period of the greatest tragedies and romantic comedies ? Ca. 1610, retires to Stratford; ? 1616, died.2013-7-14 1313/ 194.1 Shakespeare’s Sonnets:– Sonnet: A fixed form of lyric poetry that consist of fourteen lines, usually written in iambic pentameter. There are two basic types of sonnets, the Italian and the English Sonnet.?2013-7-1414---------------------------------------------------------------最新资料推荐------------------------------------------------------ ? Shakespeare’s sonnets: Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets. The first group was addressed to a Mr. W. H. The second group was addressed to a Dark Lady. ? Shakespeare’s sequence suggests a story. Certain motifs are evident. ?2013-7-14 1515/ 19? “Sonnet 18”: the immortality of Art; ? “Sonnet 29”: eulogy of friendship; ? “Sonnet 66”: criticizing social injustice.2013-7-1416---------------------------------------------------------------最新资料推荐------------------------------------------------------ 4.2 Shakespeare’s Plays:Shakespeare wrote 37 plays in all. His writing career can be roughly divided into four stages: ? 1. 1592-1594: a period of experimentation. (The Comedy of Errors, The Taming of the Shrew) ? 2. 1595-1600: period of rapid growth and development (Middle Summer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet, As You Like It ) ? 3. 1601-1608: period of gloom and depression, (Hamlet, King Lear, Othello, Macbeth) ? 4. 1608-1612: restored serenity, a period of calm (The Winter’s Tale, The Tempest )2013-7-14 1717/ 194.2.1 Hamlet? (1) Hamlet: It supports a massive variety of interpretations and understandings; It reflects the nature of humanity in the universe; the play is about the relationship in human life between thought and action. ? (2) Hamlet’s &quot;tragic flaw”: the imbalance between his active and passive natures; the moral question of suicide in a malevolent universe; the question of Hamlet&#39;s sanity ? (3) “To be or not to be” soliloquy: It&#39;s human nature to feel cowardly and ineffective when you&#39;re unable (or too smart) to take decisive (or rash) action.2013-7-1418---------------------------------------------------------------最新资料推荐------------------------------------------------------ 4.2.2 Romeo and Juliet :? ? ? ? ? Shakespeare’s earliest success in tragedy; Setting: Verona, a city in Italy; Two families in feud: Montague, Capulet Main characters: Romeo, Juliet, Friar Laurence Romeo sees Juliet at the Capulet’s ball, falls in love with her and stands beneath her balcony. ? Despite the family feud, a pair of innocent lovers express their love for each other. ? Butterfly Lovers is often considered as A Chinese Version of Romeo and Juliet . Make a comparative study of the two.2013-7-14 1919/ 19。