英国文学史课程考试大纲

《英国文学史及作品选读》教学大纲一、课程说明1. 课程代码：1070138212. 课程中文名称：英国文学史及作品选读3. 课程英文名称：History and Selected Readings of English Literature4. 课程总学时数：325. 课程学分数：26. 授课对象：英语专业学生三年级7. 本课程的性质、地位和作用本课程为面向英语专业高年级学生开设的一门专业选修课，在学科体系中居重要地位。

要求学生以先修英语阅读、综合英语、英美文化和英美概况等课程为基础。

通过教学，使学生对英国文学有一个概观了解，同时初步培养学生对英国文学作品的鉴赏能力，增强学生对西方文学及文化的了解。

该课程有助于增强学生的语言基本功，丰富学生的人文知识、充实学生的文化修养，提高学生的精神素质。

二、教学基本要求1. 本课程的目的、任务英国文学史及文学作品包含着历史的记忆和哲学的睿智，是英语语言艺术的结晶。

本课程旨在介绍英国文学各个时期的主要文化思潮，文学流派，主要作家及其代表作，使学生对英国文学的发展脉络有一个大概的了解和认识，提高他们对文学作品的阅读鉴赏能力，并能掌握文学批评的基本知识和方法。

要求学生在阅读和分析英国文学作品的基础上了解英国的历史、社会、政治等方面的情况及传统，促进学生对西方文学及文化的了解，提高学生对文化差异的敏感性、宽容性，培养学生对作品的洞察批判能力，从而丰富提升学生人文素养。

2. 本课程的教学要求了解英国文学的发展概况，熟悉发展过程中出现的历史事件，文学思潮，文学流派；熟悉具体作家的文学生涯，创作思想，艺术特色和所属流派；能读懂代表作家的经典作品，并能分析评介作品的主题思想，人物形象，篇章结构、语言特点、修辞手法、文体风格；能掌握文学批评的基本知识和方法，对重要的文学术语有相当的了解并能在文学批评中加以运用。

本课程以代表作家的经典作品的主题思想、人物形象、文体风格、语言特点及其在文学史上的地位与影响为教学重点。

《英国文学史及作品选读》教学大纲一、课程基本信息[课程编码] 03120121-2[课程中文名称] 英国文学史及作品选读[课程英文名称] History of British Literature & Selected Readings [课程性质] 专业必修课[适用专业] 英语本科[总学时] 80 （其中理论68学时，实践12学时）[周学时] 2[总学分] 4[建议开课学期] 三、四学期[建议教材] 英国文学史及选读吴伟仁主编，英国文学史及作品选读，北京：外语教学与研究出版社，1988[参考书][1]罗经国主编.《新编英国文学选读》.北京大学出版社，1996[2] 刘炳善主编.《英国文学简史》.河南人民出版社，1997[3] 王左良主编.《英国文学史》.商务印书馆，1996二、课程性质、目的及教学要求[课程性质] 专业必修课[课程目的] 该课程的目的在于培养学生阅读、欣赏、理解英语文学原著的能力，掌握文学批评的基本知识和方法。

通过阅读和分析英国文学作品，使学生了解英国的历史、地理、社会、政治等方面的情况及文化传统，促进学生对西方文学及文化的了解，提高学生对文化差异的敏感性、宽容性和处理文化差异的灵活性，培养学生的跨文化交际能力。

[教学要求] 以教师主讲为主，学生参与讨论为辅[成绩考核方式] 平时成绩10%, 考勤10%,期中考试20%,期末考试50%三、教学安排四、章节基本教学内容和要求(含学时分配和各章重点、难点、内容、课堂讨论选题、课外作业选题）Chapter 1 Introduction and the Anglo-Saxon period教学主要内容：1、The scope of literature; 2、Some important distinctions in Beowulf;3、Epic教学要求：本章节要求2课时完成，课堂讨论则针对以上提及的重点进行。

1、英国文学的特点；2、史诗的定义及其特征；3、《贝奥武夫》作为安格鲁撒克逊时期最重要的史诗作品是如何解读；4、《贝奥武夫》在英国文学中的地位。

《英美文学》课程考试大纲
一、基本描述
课程名称：英美文学（English and American Literature）
学分: 3
学时：45+45 （课内实验(践)：上机：课外实践：）
适用专业：英语
开课单位：外国语学院外语系
课程负责人：汤红
教材与主要参考书目：《英美文学选读》张伯香外语教学与研究出版社1999年12月第2版
内容概述：《英美文学》课程的教学内容是根据本课程的性质、学习目的以及英语专业教学的特点确定的。

本课程主要内容包括英国和美国文学史上代表作家的简要介绍和作品选读。

结合英国和美国文学各个历史断代的主要历史背景，文学文化思潮和流派，社会政治、经济、文化等对英国和美国文学史上最具有影响、最具有代表性的作家的作品中的艺术特色、主题结构、人物刻画、语言风格和思想意义等进行深入地分析。

（考核要求：A—重点考核；B—一般考核；C—了解）三、考核方式
试卷考核
四、大纲编写的依据与说明
根据专业培养目标及教学计划，综合该课程权威体系编写。

起草人：汤红审核人：章联日期：2016年11月9日。

Chapter 1 Old English Literature (450 – 1066)Beowulf(1) National epicBeowulf is the first great English literary work and is regarded as the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons.Chapter 2 Middle English Literature (1066 -- the 14th century)Major ContentA. Medieval romanceSubjects: Matter of France; Matter of Rome; Matter of BritainB. The Popular Ballads:Definition(1) A narrative song, or an oral form of verse.(2) Composed by common people during a long period of time.(3) An important stream of the Medieval folk literature.C. Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?-1400)Messenger of Humanism; The first important realistic writer; “Father” of English poetry and Master of the English language:masterpiece: The Canterbury TalesChapter 3 Renaissance (from 14th c. to mid-17th c.)1. Renaissance(1) It marks the transition from the medieval to the modern world (from 14th c. to mid-17th c.).(2) "Renaissance" means rebirth or revival.(3) The combination of Christian (Britain’s tradition) and Greek tradition s.(4) It is stimulated by events like the rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture (culture), the new discoveries in geography and astronomy (science), the religious reformation (religion) and the economic expansion (economy).(5) To get rid of old feudalist ideas and introduce new ideas of the rising bourgeoisie, to recover the purity of the early church from the corruption of the Roman Catholic Church.2. Humanism(1) To exalt human elements or stress the importance of human interests, as opposed to the supernatural, divine elements—or as opposed to the grosser赚钱的机器, animal elements.（否定旧的）(2) To see human beings as glorious creatures capable of individual development.（肯定新的2、3、4、5）(3) To emphasize the dignity of human beings and the importance of the present life.(4) To believe that man does not only have the right to enjoy the beauty of this life, but the ability to perfect himself and to perform wonders. （2、3的总结）(5) To express the rebellious spirit against the tyranny of feudal rule and religious domination. Representatives: More, Marlowe, Shakespeare（同renaissance一样，最后落脚到封建主义与资本主义的对立）Elizabethan PoetryI. Major Forms of Elizabethan Poetry1.Sonnet(1) A lyric poem of 14 lines with a formal rhyme scheme,(形式)(2)Expressing different aspects of a single thought, mood, or feeling,（内容）(3) Iambic pentameter is essentially the meter, but here again certain poets have experimentedwith hexameter and other meters.（方法）2. Blank verse3. heroic coupletII. Selected readings (Discussion)1. Sonnet 18 (by Shakespeare)William Shakespeare(1564-1616)1. Four great tragedies: Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth2. HamletContrast(a)Hamlet and Claudius: Each tries to probe into the mind of the other.Whether the king is guiltyWhether Hamlet is mad(b) MadnessReal madness v. Feigned madness (Ophelia – Hamlet)(c) Different attitudes toward vengeance(复仇):Hamlet thinks too much, delays too long.Laertes acts too rashly, thinks too little.Fortinbras is a man of both action and thoughts.(d) Inner conflict in Hamlet’s mind:strong urge to revenge vs. disillusioned view of human lifemakes him weakCould you explain Hamlet’s hesitation in action to kill his uncle from the perspective of Oedipus Complex?The study, Hamlet and Oedipus,was written by Sigmund Freud‘s colleague and biographer Ernest Jones. In particular, Jones explains Hamlet’s mysterious delay in action as a consequence of the Oedipus Complex: the son continually postpones the act of revenge because of the impossibly complicated psychodynamic(心理动力的) situation in which he finds himself. Though he hates his fratricidal(杀兄弟的) uncle, he nevertheless unconsciously identifies with him—for, having killed Hamlet's father and married his mother, Claudius has carried out what are Hamlet's own unconscious wishes.In addition, marriage to Hamlet's mother gives the uncle the unconscious status of the father—destructive impulses towards whom provoke great anxiety and meet with repression.John Donne (1572-1631)Special features(1) Conceits: (A fanciful poetic image, especially an elaborate or exaggerated comparison 奇思妙想) – metaphysical conceits refer to bringing together things that are primary unlike(2) Wit: (聪敏机智）-- the centre of Donne’s poetic method, such as the dialectical arrangementof a poem, logical reasoning, dramatic plot(3) Imagery: drawn form his interests, revealing the width of his intellectual exploration(4) Dramatic and conversational style:(5) metric skills: violating conventional and metrical regularities of rhythm and stress(1) The Flea(2) “Death, Be Not Proud”John MiltonII. His worksA. Early poetic works:LycidasB. middle prose pamphletsAreopagitican.《论出版自由》C. last great poemsParadise LostParadise RegainedSamson AgonistesParadise lostPlotsThe story it related (12 books in all)1. The fall of the angels, the tortures andthe struggles they made upon the God.2. God creates the Adam and Eve.3. Man’s disobedience.4. The banishment of Adam and Eve, theirloss of paradise .Major characters analysisSatan (Lucifer) :1. he is the first character to whom the reader is introduced, and the most complex. It has been suggested that Satan is the true "epic hero" of the piece, largely because of his epic language and heroic energy.2. he hold the self-centered perspective , arrogant, boldness and diligence in fighting with god .Adam & Eve1. Strong, intelligent, and rational character possessed of a remarkable relationship with God .2. Innocent and impulsive ,dedicative to their love .3. with the spiritual purity , her capacity for emotion, and forbearance .God1.omnipotent(全能的）character who knows everything before it happens .2. unknowable to mankind and to some extent lacks emotion and depth .Themes1.The Importance of Obedience to God .Paradise Lost presents two moral paths that one can take after disobedience:(1) The downward spiral of increasing sin and degradation, represented by Satan.(2) the road to redemption, represented by Adam and Eve.2. The Hierarchical Nature of the UniverseThe layout of the universe—with Heaven above, Hell below, and Earth in the middle—presents the universe as a hierarchy based on proximity （亲近）to God and his grace .This spatial hierarchy leads to a social hierarchy of angels, humans, animals, and devils, To obey God is to respect this hierarchy.Humankind must now experience pain and death, but humans can also experience mercy, salvation, and grace in ways they would not have been able to had they not disobeyed.On the other side, it also gives individual human beings the opportunity to redeem（救赎）themselves by true repentance and faith.Chapter4 The Neo-classical PeriodFeaturesNeo-classicism (last decades of the 17th century and the first half of the 18th century)(1) Models on the classical literature of the ancient Greek and Roman writers like Homer,Virgil, Horace, Ovid, etc. and in the contemporary French writers such as Voltaire and Diderot.(2) A partial reaction against the fires of passion blazed in the late Renaissance, especially inthe Metaphysical poetry.(3) Stresses on the classical artistic ideals of order, logic, proportion, restrained emotion,accuracy, good taste and decorum.(4) Neo-classical writers are: John Dryden, Alexander Pope, Jonathan Swift, Joseph Addison,Richard Steele, Henry Fielding, Samuel Johnson, Oliver Goldsmith, Edward Gibbon, etc.(5) It had a lasting wholesome influence upon the literature of the coming generation.Alexander Pope (1688-1744)Major worksAn Essay on Criticism (1711), The Rape of the Lock (1712-14),The Dunciad (1728-42), The Essay on Man (1733-34)Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)I. Major WorksA Tale of a Tub (1704) The Battle of Books (1704)“A Modest Proposal” (1730) Gulliver's Travels (1726)II. Analysis of Gulliver's Travels (1726)(1) ThemeIt is a satire on the 18th-century English society, touching upon the political, religious, legal, military, scientific, philosophical as well as literary institutions. It takes great pains to bring to light the wickedness of the then English society, with its tyranny, its political intrigues and corruption, its aggressive wars and colonialism, its religious disputes and persecution, and its ruthless oppression and exploitation of the common people.(2) Narrative features(A) Both a fantasy and a realistic work of fiction.(B) The language is very simple, unadorned, straightforward and effective.(C) An apparent innocence and honesty of the hero and his account, the direct, truthful, detailed presentation of people and things encountered set off the biting satire and a desperate indignation of the writer.(D) Tidy structural arrangement. The four seemingly independent parts are linked up by the central idea of social satire and make up an organic whole.(E) From outward-homeward-bound motif to a darkening gradation of incident and a growingperversion of the hero; on one hand, from a chance shipwreck to man-made misfortunes and intended mutinies. The hero's attitude towards mankind changes from firm belief to doubt, further doubt, and finally to dislike.The Rise of the English Novel and DefoeDaniel Defoe (1660-1731)1. Features of his Novels(1) Picaresque tradition(2) Autobiographical form and first person narration(3) Journalistic style with great detail and specific time and space(4) LanguageDiction: plain, smooth, easy, direct, and colloquial but never coarseSyntax: long, rambling sentences without strong pauses to give his style an urgent, immediate, breathless quality, but the units of meaning are small and clear with frequent repetition so that the writing gives an impression of simple lucidity.2. A Brief Analysis of Robinson Crusoe(1) Story: a Alexander Selkirk who once stayed alone on the uninhabited island Juan Fernandez for 5 years(2) Different levels of meaning(a) Adventurous story; (b) Moral tale; (c) Commercial account; (d) Puritan fable; (e)Myth of modern civilization.(3) Theme:(a) It celebrates the strength of human rational will to conquer the natural environment.(b) Robinson is the very prototype of the empire builder, the pioneer colonist. His success was due to the sturdy qualities in his character, to his own unaided efforts, to his courage and patience, to his practical skill, and to his intelligent persistence.Chapter 5 The Romantic Period(The Romantic Movement starts in 1798 and ends in 1832)1. Definitions:Romanticism: Romanticism is a term applied to literary and artistic movements of the late 18th and early 19th century. It can be seen as a rejection of the precepts of order, calm, harmony, balance, idealization, and rationality that typified classicism in general and late 18th-century neoclassicism in particular. It was also to some extent a reaction against the Enlightenment and against 18th-century rationalism and physical materialism in general. Inspired in part by the libertarian ideals of the French Revolution, the romantics believed in a return to nature and in the innate goodness of humans, as expressed by Jean Jacques Rousseau. They emphasized the individual, the subjective, the irrational, the imaginative, the personal, the spontaneous, the emotional, the visionary, and the transcendental. They also showed interest in the medieval, exotic, primitive, and nationalistic. Critics date English literary romanticism from the publication of William Wordsworth and S. T. Coleridge's Lyrical Ballads in 1798 to the death of Sir Walter Scott and the passage of the first reform bill in the Parliament in 1832.2. Romantic poets:a. William Blake (1757-1827)Poetical Sketches (1783) (a collection of youthful verse with notes of joy, laughter and love) Songs of Innocence(1809) (presenting a happy and innocent world, though not without itsevils and sufferings)Songs of Experience(1794) (painting a different world, a world of misery, poverty, disease, war and repression with a melancholy tone)Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790) (marking Blake's entry into maturity)b.William Wordsworth (1770-1850)c. Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)Major worksPoems: a. the demonic poemse.g. (1) “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”; (2) “Christabel”; (3) “Kubla Khan”b. the conversational poemse.g. “Frost at Midnight” “Dejection : an Ode”d. George Gordon Byron (1788-1824)e. Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)"Ode to the West Wind” (1819f. John Keats (1795-1821)Odes: The odes are generally regarded as Keats's most important and mature works.“Ode on a Grecian Urn”g. Jane Austen (1775-1817)William Wordsworth (1770-1850)All good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings which originates from emotion recollected in tranquility.I. Major works(1) Lyrical Ballads (1798)(2) Prelude, or Growth of a Poet’s Mind (1850)II. Selected readings(1) “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”Main ideaThe poem is crystal clear and lucid. By recounting a little episode, the poet gives a description of the scene and of the feelings that match it. Then he abstracts the total emotional value of the experience and concludes by summing that up. Below the immediate surface, we find that all the realistic details of the flowers, the trees, the waves, the wind, and all the accompanying sensations of active joy, are absorbed into an over-all concrete metaphor, the recurrent image of the dance, which appears in every stanza. The flowers, the stars, the waves are units in this dancing pattern of order in diversity, of linked eternal harmony and vitality. Through the revelation and recognition of his kinship with nature, the poet himself becomes as it were a part of the whole cosmic dance.Paraphrase(1)I, alone, walked slowly around the valleys and hills, like a lonely cloud moving slowly over. Suddenly, I saw bundles and bundles of golden daffodils growing beside the lake or under the trees. In the breeze, the daffodils moved lightly and quickly as if they were dancing. Paraphrase(2)The yellow flowers fluttered and danced without a stop just like the stars that shine and change their light in the Milky Way. These flowers grew in a long line that extended without an end along the edge of a bay. I had a quick look at the ten thousand flowers when they moved their heads asthey were dancing lively.Paraphrase(3)The waves in the lake next to the daffodils also danced together; but the joyful daffodils danced better than the glimmering waves. I was very cheerful because I have such pleasant companions. And I couldn't help looking steadily and admir ing at the daffodils for a long time, but I didn’t realize at that moment that the scene of the dancing daffodils had brought me something to be cherished forever.Paraphrase(4)Very often, when I recline on my couch, feeling empty or thinking deeply and sadly, dancing daffodils emerge in my mind and inspire my solitary heart. This is the very happiness and comfort for me, a lonely being. Thus my heart, dancing with the golden daffodils, will be full of satisfaction and happiness.George Gordon Byron (1788-1824)Major works(1) Childe Harold's Pilgrimage(2) Don JuanThe Byronic Hero(1) A proud, mysterious rebel figure of noble origin.(2) With immense superiority in his passions and powers.(3) To right all the wrongs in a corrupt society.(4) Rise single-handedly against tyrannical rules with unconquerable wills and inexhaustibleenergies.Percy Bysshe Shelley(1792-1822)1. Major works(1) Queen Mab (1813) (2) Prometheus Unbound (1819)(3) lyrics: "Ode to the West Wind” (1819)“The cloud” “To a Skylark” (1820)(4) Adonais (1821) (5) In Defence of Poetry (1822)"Ode to the West Wind"Ode: The ode is a lyric poem of some length, dealing with a lofty(崇高的) theme in a dignified manner. (praising and glorifying an individual,Commemorating纪念an event, or describing nature intellectually rather than emotionally).Themes(1) The cycle of the seasons(2) Destroyer and preserver(3) Wind sweeps across the land.(4) Wind sweeps across the sky.(5) Wind sweeps across the ocean.(6) Wind and man:Young: tameless, radical, brave, passionate, energetic, courageous, with strong imagination Old: tamed, conservative, inactive, indifferent, cold, loss of imaginationJane Austen (1775-1817)1. Characteristics of her works(1) Chief InterestMain concern is about human beings in their personal relations, human beings with theirfamilies and neighbors.(2) Narrownessthe range of experience.The subject matter, the character range, the moral setting, physical setting and social setting, and plots are all restricted to the provincial or village life of nineteenth-century England, absolute accuracy and sureness by never stepping beyond the limits of her knowledge.3. The Works of Jane AustinSense and Sensibility (1811),Pride and Prejudice (1813),Mansfield Park (1814),Emma (1816)Persuasion and Northanger Abbey (published posthumously by her brother in 1818)4. Pride and Prejudice (First Impressions )(1) Themesgood judgment (pride and prejudice)love and marriage(a) those who marry for money, position and property,(b) those who marry just for passion(c) and those who marry for love which is based on consideration of t he person’s personalmerit as well as his economical and social status.(3) Selected readingMain idea:The selection is the first chapter of the novel, in which the parents of the Bennet girls are busy considering the prospects of their daughters’ marri ages shortly after hearing of the arrival of a rich unmarried young man, Mr. Bingley, as their neighbor.In this selection, we can find mild satire in the author’s seemingly matter-of-fact description of the conversation between Mr. and Mrs. Bennet, in the vivid portrait of the husband and the wife, and, specifically, in the opening sentence. The relationship of the husband and wife and their attitude towards each other are also subtly presented.Mrs. Bennet, an empty-headed woman, is simple and naive, eager to talk with any slight encouragement. Mr. Bennet is a man of intricate character and quick wit. His teasing tone and sarcastic humor are just beyond his wife’s understanding.Homework1. The characterization in Pride and PrejudiceHow many types of characters have been portrayed in this novel? Who are they? What are their characteristics?2. Austen’s Marital View reflected in Pride and Prejudice.Chapter 6The Victorian Period(Reign of Queen Victorian from 1836 to 1901)Major ContentA.Charles Dickens (1812-1870)1. Major works: Early period: The Pickwick Papers; Oliver Twist; David CopperfieldLate Period: Bleak House; A Tale of Two Cities; Great Expectations2. Special FeaturesB. William M. Thackeray (1811-1863)1. Some features of his works2. V anity FairC. Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855)Jane EyreD. Emily Bronte (1818-1848)Wuthering HeightsE. Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892)F. Robert Browning (1812-1889)“My Last Duchess”G. George Eliot (1819-1880)Middlemarch(1872)H. Thomas Hardy (1840-1928)The Victorian Period and DickensCharles Dickens (1812-1870)Major worksThe Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Bleak House, A Tale of Two Cities, Great ExpectationsAnalysis of Great Expectations(1) StoryPip, Joe Gargery, Miss Havisham, Estella , Magwitch, Biddy, Satis House(2) Themes(a) A novel about "great expectations", or dreams and disillusions.(b) The personal development of Pip from a innocent, honest boy to a vain, selfish, snobbish young gentleman. The painful experience in the struggle to grow up, to “climb up” or to succeed in the commercialized world.The Bildungsroman("novel of formation") is a genre of the novel which focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from youth to adulthood. The genre arose during the German Enlightenment.A Bildungsroman tells about the growing up or coming of age of a sensitive person who is looking for answers and experience. Usually in the beginning of the story there is an emotional loss which makes the protagonist leave on his journey.Thomas Hardy (1840-1928)“All his novels present the losing struggle of individuals against the obscure power which moves the universe.1. Major worksThe Return of the Native (1878) , The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886) Tess of D’Urbervilles (1891) Jude the Obscure (1896).2. A brief analysis of Tess of D’Urbervilles(1) The storyMajor characters: Alec, Tess, Angel Clare (a triangle)(2) ThemesA.determinism(a) Tess, a pure woman, wages a loosing battle against the evil society 纯真的少女vs.邪恶的社会(b) Once a thief, always a thief. Once a victim, always a victim. Although Tess is a beautiful, innocent, honest, sweet-natured, and hard-working country girl, she can not avoid being played with by fate.Determinism & NaturalismDeterminism refers to the belief or theory that human actions and events are controlled by and result from causes that determine them. Characters who illustrate determinism act without free will in accordance with forces beyond their control.Naturalism: A post-Darwinism movement in the late 19thcentury that tried to apply the “laws” of scientific determinism to fiction. The naturalists went beyond the realists’ insistence on the objective presentation of the details of everyday life and insisted that materials of literature should be arranged to reflect a deterministic universe in which a person is a biological creature controlled by this environment and heredity. There is an emphasis of chance or coincidence and the character’s p assivity in naturalistic works, and the toner is rather pessimistic. Major writers of British literature include Hardy and Gissing.B. Criticism of social conventions of VictorianEngland (ideas of social class as well as thesexual double standard);A Patriarchal Society(男权制的社会): men dominating women(3) Structure(a)A cyclical pattern, divided into three parts. The first part is a prelude, telling how Tess leaves home and encounters Alec. She was seduced by Alec and comes back home disgraced. This is the first cycle, beginning in May and ending in August.(b) The second part is the main love story meeting with Angel at Talbothays. It begins in May, reaches its climax at the turning of the year and ends in the following winter.(c) The last part represents her decline. Forced by poverty, Tess returns to Alec until Angel comes to claim her. In shame and anger, Tess kills Alec, and is finally arrested and executed. This part starts in winter and ends in spring.Chapter 7 The Modern Period( the early decades of 20th century, before WWWI)A. Joseph ConradHeart of Darkness (1902)B. Oscar Wilde (Art for Art’s sake)Major works: The importance of Being EarnestC. George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)Greatest dramatist in modern time in British literary history, won Nobel Prize in 1925.Major Works: PygmalionD.Virginia WoolfA novelistMajor Works: Mrs. Dalloway, The Waves, To the LighthouseStream of Consciousness is a narrative mode that se eks to portray an individual’s point of view by giving the written equivalent of the character’s thought processes, either in a loose interior monologue, or in connection to his or her actions.。

Part One: Early and Medieval English Literature1.The Making of Englanda. The Roman Conquestb. The English Conquestc. The Norman Conquest2. It is Beowulf, the national epic of the English people.3. Alliteration: In alliterative verse, certain accented words in a line begin with the sameconsonant sound.4. The Class Nature of the RomanceThe theme of loyalty to king and lord was repeatedly emphasized in romance, as loyalty was the corner-stone of feudal morality, without which the whole structure of feudalism would collapse. The romances were composed for the noble, of the noble, and in most cases by the poets patronized by the noble (由贵族供养的).5.Two department of English literature: the romance and the ballad.6.Geoffrey Chaucer (乔叟)a.He was the founder of English poetry. He died in 1400 and was buried in WestminsterAbbey(西敏寺)，thus founding the“Poets’ Corner.” (诗人角)b.《The Canterbury Tales》●The whole poem is a collection of 24 independent stories.●The host of the inn is the judge of the story-telling contest.●24 stories are divided into groups: marriage, religious belief, scholarship, status ofwomen●Prologue/introduction is the summary.●Story-tellers are from different ranks and professions. It provide an overall pictureof British life.c.His contribution●Chaucer’s language, now called Middle English, is vivid and exact. He is a masterof word-pictures.●He introduced from France the rhymed stanza of various types, especially therhymed couplet of 5 accents in iambic meter (英雄双行体)to English poetryinstead of the old Anglo-Saxon alliterative verse.●Chaucer did much in making the dialect of London the standard for the modernEnglish speech.Part Two: The English Renaissance1.The Authorized V ersion was sometimes called the King James Bible.2.Renaissance:The Renaissance or the rebirth of art and literature is an intellectual movement. It sprang first in Italy in the 14th century and gradually spread all over Europe. Two features are striking of this movement. The one is a thirsting curiosity for the classical literature. Another feature of the Renaissance is the keen interest in the activities of humanity. Humanism is the key-note of the Renaissance.4.Edmund Spenser斯宾塞《The Faerie Queene》仙后5. Francis Bacon is an essayist6. Drama: the miracle play, the morality play, the interlude, the classical drama.7.Christopher Marlowe was the most gifted of the "university wits".8.Marlowe's three plays: 《Tamburlaine》greed for power《The Jew of Malta》for wealth《Doctor Faustus》for knowledge9.William Shakespeare was born on April 23, 1564 and died on April 23, 1616.10.Shakespeare's plays:The Taming of the Shrew 驯悍记Love's Labour's Lost 爱的徒劳A Midsummer Night's Dream 仲夏夜之梦The Merchant of V enice 威尼斯商人Hamlet 哈姆雷特Othello 奥赛罗King Lear 李尔王Macbeth 麦克白Timon of Athens 雅典的泰门The winter's Tale 冬天的故事The Tempest 暴风雨11.The principal idea of historical plays is the necessity for national unity under one king.12. The melancholy of Hamlet:●The keynote of Hamlet's character is melancholy, but his melancholy is not thenegative, hair-splitting and fruitless kind. It is rather the result of his penetrating habitof mind.●What Hamlet seeks is not only his personal revenge but also the great responsibility inreforming the world as a whole. But to realize his ideal in his own time is beyond him.This and this only, is the cause of Hamlet's profound melancholy and his delay inrevenge.Part Three: The Period of the English Bourgeois Revolutionton 《Paradise Lost》2.The works of the Metaphysical poets are characterized, generally speaking, bymysticism in content and fantasticality in form. (P116)Part Four: The Eighteenth Century1.Enlightenment (启蒙运动)The 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 attempted to place all branches of science at the service of mankind by connecting them with the actual needs and requirements of people.2.Classicism(古典主义)The classicists upheld reason, law and order.3.Steele’s and Addison’s contribution to the English literature:●Their writings afford a new code of social morality for the rising bourgeoisie.●They give a true picture of the social life of England in the 18th century●In the hands of Steele and Addison, the English essay had completely established itself asa literary genre. Using it as a form of character sketching and story-telling, they usheredin the dawn of modern English novel4.Swift:《Gulliver’s Travels（格利弗游记）》《A Modest Proposal（一个温柔的建议）》5.Defoe:《Robinson Crusoe（鲁宾逊漂流记）》6.Richardson:《Pamela（帕美拉）》(the first English psycho-analytical novel)He was noted as a storyteller, letter writer and moralizer.7.《Pamela（帕美拉）》was a new thing in three ways:●It discarded the “improbable and marvelous”accomplishments of the former heroicromances, and pictured the life and love of ordinary people●Its intention was to afford not merely entertainment but also moral instruction●It described not only the sayings and doings of the characters but also their secretthoughts and feelings.8.Samuel Johnson:《Johnson’s Dictionary(1755)》●It marked an epoch in the study of the English language●It marked the end of English writer s’ reliance on the patronage of noblemen for support9.Sentimentalism (感伤主义)By the middle of 18th century, sentimentalism gradually made its appearance. It came into being as the result of a bitter discontent among the enlightened people with social reality.Dissatisfied with reason, which classicists appealed to, sentimentalists appealed to sentiment, “to the human heart”.10. Compare: 《Songs of Innocence (1789)（天真之歌）》and 《Songs of Experience (1794)（经验之歌）》P197●视角：SI was written from the eyes of children, while SE was a much more mature workwhich was written from the eyes of adults●内容：SI mainly describes the nature, such as the sun, the hills, the streams the insectsand the flowers as well as the innocence of the child and the lamb. SE draws pictures ofneediness and distress and showed the sufferings of the miserable●主题：SI shows a picture of light, harmony, peace and love. SE brought a fuller sense ofthe power of evil, and of the great misery and pain of the people’s life.Part 5: Romanticism in England1.Romanticism prevailed in England during the period 1798-1832. Generally speaking, theromanticists expressed the ideology and sentiment of those classes and social strata who were discontent with, and opposed to, the development of Capitalism. But owning to difference in social and political attitudes, they spilt into two schools: escapist romanticists (Wordsworth 华兹华斯, Coleridge柯勒律支and Southey骚赛) and active romanticists (Byron拜伦, Shelley雪莱and Keats济慈). (P211)2.William Wordsworth and Coleridge jointly published the 《Lyrical Ballads(抒情歌谣集)》. Hebased his own potential principle on the premise that “all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling.”所有好的诗歌都是强烈情感的自然流露(P213)3.Coleridge’s best poem: 《The rime of the ancient Mariner》4.Keats四大颂歌《Ode to Autumn(秋月颂)》《Ode on Melancholy(忧郁颂)》《Ode on a Grecian(希腊古翁颂)》《Ode to a Nightingale(夜莺颂)》5.Charles Lamb:《Tales from Shakespeare》《The essay of Elia》mb was a romanticist, seeking a free expression of his own personality and weavingromance into the daily life. But his romanticism is different from that of Wordsworth.Wordsworth was the romanticist of nature, and Lamb the romanticist of city. While Wordsworth drew inspirations from the mountains and lakes, Lamb’s imagination was fired with the busy life of London.(P258)Part Six: English Critical Realism1.English Critical Realisma.English Critical Realism of the 19th century flourished in the forties and in the early fifties.The critical realists described with much vividness and great artistic skill the chief traits of the English society and criticized the capitalist system from a democratic view point.b.With striking force and truthfulness, English critical realist creates pictures of bourgeoiscivilization, describing the misery and sufferings of the common people. They hold a critical attitude to the society.c.The critical realists laid bare the cruelty hypocrisy of the capitalists.d.They also paid sympathy for the working class by showing their misery sufferings etc.2.Dickens’s Novelsa. the first period:The Pickwick Papers Oliver Twist 雾都孤儿b. the second period:American Notes 访美札记Dombey and Son 董贝父子David Copperfield 大卫科波菲尔c. the third period:Bleak House 荒凉山庄Hard Times 艰难时事A Tale of Two CitiesGreat Expectations 远大前程3.Thackeray 萨克雷——V anity Fair 名利场p303Jane Austen——《Sense and Sensibility》《Emma》《Pride and Prejudice》The Bronte Sisters: Charlotte——《Jane Eyre》Emily——《Wuthering Heights 呼啸山庄》（哥特式小说horror）AnneMrs. Gaskell 盖斯凯尔夫人——《Mary Barton（玛丽巴顿）》（Mary Barton is still a realisticnovel giving a picture of the class struggle in the period of Chartism）George Eliot 爱略特——《Adam Bede（亚当比德）》《The Mill on the Floss（弗洛斯河上的磨坊）》Part Seven: Prose-writers and Poets of the Mid and Late 19thCentury1.Naturalism 自然主义Naturalism is a literary trend prevailing in Europe, especially in France and Germany, in the second half oh the 19th century. According to the theory of naturalism, literature must be “trueto life” and exactly reproduce real life, including all its details of life without any selection.Naturalist writers usually write about the lives of the poor and oppressed, or the “slum life”.Naturalism, in reality, was a development of realism.2.Aestheticism 唯美主义Aestheticism began to prevail in Europe at the middle of the 19th century. The aestheticists declared the theory of “art for art’s sake” that art should serve no religious, moral or social end, nor any end except itself, trying to separate art from real life, paid little attention to its social and moral obligations.(Walter Pater and Oscar Wilde 卡明斯王尔德)（艺术的自足论自足体autonomy）Part Eight: 20th Century English Literature1. Joseph Conrad (康拉德)：one of the most original novelists of early 20th century, was a Pole bybirth.——《Heart of Darkness（黑暗的心脏）》《Lord Jim (吉姆老爷)》Henry James: “stream of consciousness”意识流的创始人——《Daisy Miller（黛西米勒）》《The Ambassadors（使者）》Thomas Hardy——《Tess of the D’Urbervilles （德伯家的苔丝）》2. ModernismModernism in English literature prevailed during the 20s and 30s of the 20th century. It was a movement of experiments in new technique in writing. Modernist fiction put emphasis on the description of the characters’ psychological activities, and so has sometimes been called modern psychological fiction.wrence 劳伦斯——《Sons and Lovers》《Women in Love》《Lady Chatterley’s Lover》James Joyce乔伊斯——《Dubliners》《Ulysses》《Finnegans》Virginia Woolf沃尔芙——《To the Lighthouse（去灯塔）》《The Waves（海浪）》《ARoom of One’s Own（一个自己的房间）》（女性主义）W.B.Y eats (诗人)T.S.Eliot 艾略特(诗人理论家) ——《The Waste Land（荒原）》《Four Quartets（四个四重奏）》Tradition and the Individual Talent 传统和个人才能。

英国文学史课程的教学大纲英国文学史课程的教学大纲英国文学史是一门广受欢迎的课程，它探讨了英国文学的发展和演变，从中世纪到现代。

这门课程不仅帮助学生了解英国文学的历史背景，还能够培养他们的批判性思维和分析能力。

下面将介绍一份典型的英国文学史课程的教学大纲，以帮助学生更好地了解这门课程的内容和目标。

第一部分：中世纪文学在这一部分，学生将了解中世纪英国文学的起源和特点。

他们将研究古英语文学作品，如《贝奥武夫》和《坎特伯雷故事集》。

通过阅读和分析这些作品，学生将了解中世纪社会和文化的重要方面，如骑士精神、宗教信仰和封建制度。

第二部分：文艺复兴文学在这一部分，学生将探索文艺复兴时期英国文学的兴起。

他们将研究莎士比亚的戏剧作品，如《哈姆雷特》和《罗密欧与朱丽叶》。

此外，学生还将研究约翰·米尔顿的史诗《失乐园》。

通过这些作品，学生将了解文艺复兴时期的人文主义思想和文学风格。

第三部分：启蒙时期文学在这一部分，学生将研究启蒙时期英国文学的发展。

他们将阅读亨利·菲尔丁的小说《汤姆·琼斯的历险》和亚历山大·蒲柏的诗歌作品。

通过这些作品，学生将了解启蒙时期的思想和文学风格，如理性主义和古典主义。

第四部分：浪漫主义文学在这一部分，学生将探索浪漫主义时期英国文学的兴起。

他们将研究威廉·华兹华斯和塞缪尔·泰勒·柯勒律治的诗歌作品，如《抒情诗集》和《唐顿修道院》。

此外，学生还将研究玛丽·雪莱的小说《弗兰肯斯坦》。

通过这些作品，学生将了解浪漫主义时期的情感表达和个人主义思想。

第五部分：维多利亚时期文学在这一部分，学生将研究维多利亚时期英国文学的发展。

他们将阅读查尔斯·狄更斯的小说《雾都孤儿》和艾米莉·勃朗特的小说《简·爱》。

此外，学生还将研究阿尔弗雷德·丁尼生和罗伯特·布朗宁的诗歌作品。

通过这些作品，学生将了解维多利亚时期的社会问题和文学风格。

《英国文学史》课程教学大纲一.课程教学目标学生通过本课程的学习,在知识方面应对英国文学发展脉络有一个清晰系统地把握,内容主要涉及文学背景,文学思潮,文学流派,文学术语,主要作家作品等；在能力方面经过一个学年的系统学习基本掌握文学欣赏的基本方法,为以后进一步深造或进行学术科学研究打下良好的基础．二课程性质，目的与任务：《英国文学史》是全日制大学本科教育英语专业本科学生的必修课程,是为培养和检验学生英美文学的基本知识和理解、鉴赏英美文学原著的能力而设置的一门专业理论课程.本课程的教学任务和目的是:培养学生阅读、欣赏、理解英语文学原著的能力,掌握文学批评的基本知识和方法,通过阅读和分析英美文学作品,促进学生语言基本功和人文素质的提高,增强学生对西方文学及文化的了解.使学生了解和认知英国文学史上一些较有影响的作家的创作倾向、思想方法、在文学史上的地位和成就以及对本国文学乃至世界所产生的影响等等.在此基础上,使学生了解一些名家的代表作品的思想意义、文学价值、写作手法、语言技巧等,为学生的教学、研究打下基础.三基本要求:本课程要求学生对英国文学形成与发展的全貌有个大概的了解: 了解各个发展时期的文学特色及作家、作品，并通过阅读具有代表性的英国文学作品，理解作品的内容，学会分析作品的艺术特色并努力掌握正确评价文学作品的标准和方法，努力提高语言水平，增强对英美文学原著的理解，特别是对作品中表现的社会生活和人物情感的理解，提高他们对各种形式的文学作品如小说、诗歌、戏剧等阅读能力和鉴赏水平。

大纲内容Part oneⅠ、Aims: The study of this part aims at offering a general knowledge to the students about the important literary forms ﹠the most important writer, Geoffrey Chaucer in this period.Ⅱ、DemandsStudents are required to get acquainted with the general knowledge mainly by the way of self-study.Ⅲ、ContentsA .The Introduction to LiteratureB. Beowulf, the national epic of English PeopleC. Romance, an important literary form which is popular from 11th –14th CenturyD. Ballad, an important literary form which is popular in 15th century.E. Geoffrey Chaucer, the most important writer in this period. IV. Points emphasizedGeoffrey Chaucer and his masterpiece, Canterbury Tales.V. Direction for studyA. Getting acquainted with literature.B. Consulting reference books for the convince of self-study.VI. ExercisesQuestions to be answered.1. What is the theme of Beowulf?2. What are the differences between Romance & Ballad?3. Why is Geoffrey Chaucer considered as the greatest writer in early& medieval English literary period.VII. SummaryThe dearly and medieval English literary period is comparably a less important literary period. The most important issue of this period is something about Geoffrey Chaucer.Part Two. The English RenaissanceI. AimsThe study of this part aims at getting to know something about Renaissance Movement, humanism, Elizabethan drama and William Shakespeare.II. DemandsStudents are required to get acquainted the basic characters of Renaissance literature & master the corresponding part of Elizabethan drama and William Shakespeare.III. ContentsA.Introduction to Renaissance Movement & HumanismB.Elizabethan Prose1.Utopian prose2.Francis Bacon’s essaysC.Elizabethan Poetry1. General introduction to Elizabethan poetry2. Edmund Spenser, the poets’ poetD. Elizabethan Drama1.Introduction to Elizabethan drama2.Introduction to William Shakespeare’s literary career3.The themes in William Shakespeare’s works4.The comedy of William Shakespeare5. The tragedy of William Shakespeare6.The historical plays of William Shakespeare7.The sonnet of William Shakespeare8.Other Elizabethan DramatistsIV. Points emphasizedA. Elizabethan dramaB. William ShakespeareV. Direction for studyA.Read as many works of William Shakespeare as possibleB.Consult the reference books to have a general knowledge on Renaissance literatureVI. Exercises1. What is your understanding of English Renaissance Movement?2. What is your comment on William Shakespeare3.What is your comment on Hamlet?4.What is your comment on The Merchant of Venice?VII. SummaryRenaissance period is one of the most important literary periods in English literary history, which witnesses the prosperity of prose, poetry and drama. Yet Elizabethan drama is the most important literary form in this period, William Shakespeare is the great writers in the world as well as in Great Britain. It is rather necessary for us to have a thorough going study on him.Part Three. The Period of English Bourgeois RevolutionI. AimsThe study of this part aims at providing students with a general knowledge of English revolutionary period & detail information of John Milton & John Bunyan.II. DemandsStudents are required to grasp the main idea of the literary achievement of this century and master the corresponding part to introduce John Milton & John Bunyan.III. ContentsA.Introduction to the two dominant literary thoughts in this period1.Revolutionary spirit2.Anti revolutionary tendencyB.John Milton1.John Milton, the great pamphleteer2.John Milton, the greatest poet3.Paradise Lost, the masterpiece of John MiltonC.John Banyan1.John Banyan, the great prose writer2.Pilgrims Progress, the masterpiece of John MiltonD.Metaphysical poets & Cavalier PoetsIV. Points EmphasizedJohn Milton the great pamphleteer and greatest poetV. Direction for studyA.Getting to know something about English revolutionB.Reading Paradise LostVI. ExercisesQuestions to be answered.1.What is your common on Milton Paradise LostVII. SummaryThe period is comparably less important than other period, and the most significant issue is to master the great achievement of John Milton & masterpiece of him: Paradise Lost.Part Four. The Eighteenth CenturyI. AimsThe study of this part aims at providing students with the knowledge of Enlightenment movement. Neo-classicism and realistic literature.II. DemandsStudents are required to study eighteenth century as an enlightenment century & Enlightenment movement as an intellectual movement but only a literary movement. Realistic literature is the most important literary tread they should master.III. ContentsA.Introduction to Enlightenment movementB.Introduction to Neo-classicism and Alexander PopeC.Brief introduction to Joseph Addison & Richard Steele1.The basic characteristics of 18th century English realistic novel.2.Daniel Defoe & Jonathan Swift3.Detail study of Henry FieldingD.Sentimentalist writers and pre-romanticism writersIV. Points EmphasizedA.Enlightenment MovementB.Realistic novelV. Direction for studyA.Having a comprehensive study of Enlightenment movementB.Reading as many realistic novels in period as possibleVI. ExercisesQuestions to be answered1.What is the influence of 18th century Enlightenment thought on literature2.What are the basic characteristics of 18th century English realistic novel?3.What do we say Henry Fielding is the greatest realistic novelist in 18th century?VII. SummaryEighteenth century is a very important period in English literary history. Enlightenment thought is the dominant literary thought prevailing in the whole century, upon the influence of the Enlightenment thought, there emergesNeo-classicism in poetry and prose, realism in the field of novel. To have a comprehensive study of Enlightenment thought and study realistic literature of this century is of vital importance for students to have a good understanding of this part of literary history in this period.Part Five. Romanticism in EnglandI. AimsThe study of this chapter aims at having a comprehensive understanding of the characters of romanticism and getting acquainted with a group of world famous romantic poets esp. William Wordsworth, Percy Bysshe Shelley, George Gordon Byron & John Keats.II. Demands1. Having a comprehensive study on Romanticism2. Having a detail study of romantic poetsIII. ContentsA. Detail introduction to romanticismB. Detail analysis of Lake poets1. William Wordsworth2. S. T. ColeridgeC. Detail analysis of active romanticists1. Percy Bysshe Shelly2. Gorge Gordon Byron3. John KeatsD. Brief introduction to romantic prose writersE. Brief introduction to Walter ScottIV. Point EmphasizedA. RomanticismB. Romantic poetsV. Direction for studyA. Getting acquainted with romantic literature through the comparison between romantic literature and classical literatureB. Reading as many romantic poems created in this period as possibleVI. Exercises1. Why does romantic poetry become popular in early 19th century?2. How can we appreciate a piece of poem?3. What’s your comment on bake poets4. What’s your comment on William Wordsworth?VII. SummaryThe part is one of another most important literary period in English period. The great achievement in this period lives in the poetic field. To study romantic poetry is the most important task of the students.Part Six. English Critical RealismI. AimsThe study of this part aims at cultivating the ability of students to appreciates, analysis the mot complex literary form, novel.II. RemandsStudents are asked to have a clear knowledge of realistic tradition in 18th century and have the solid foundation of English language.II. ContentsA. Introduction to critical realismB. Charles Dickens, the greatest critical realism writer1. A panoramic description of the English society in 19th century.2. Bitter criticism on all social evils3. Basic characteristics of his novel4. Detail analysis his representative worksC. William Makepeace ThackerayD. Women novelist1. Bronte sisters2. Mrs. Gaskell3. George EliotIV. Points EmphasizedA. The comprehensive understanding of critical RealismB. A comprehensive study of Charles DickensV. Direction for studyA. Making comparison between 18th century English realism and critical realismB. Reading as many critical realism novels as possibleVI. ExercisesA. Questions to be answered1. What is critical realism2.What’s your comment on Charles Dickens children images3. What are the similarities and difference of 18th century realistic novel and 19thcentury critical realism novel4. How do you understand the image of Jane Eyre in Charlotte Bronte’ Jane Ey re?B. Essay writing: writing an essay on Charles DickensVII. SummaryCritical realism represents the greatest achievement of English writers in English literary history. The novels of Charles Dickens give a panoramic description of the social condition at that time in the second half of 19th century. All critical realism writer have made painstaking efforts to enable English literature achieve her maturity. To have a thorough-gong study of critical realism literature is of great significant to the students.Part Seven. Prose writers and Poet of the mid and late 19th centuryI. AimsThe study of this part aims at providing students with general knowledge of prose writers and detail information of Victorian Poets.II. DemandsStudents are requirement to make full use of the textbook and all kinds of information channels to get acquainted with Victorian literature.II. ContentsA. Introduction to Victorian periodB. General survey on prose writerC. Detail Analysis of Victorian poets1. Tennysona. Tennyso n’s life and careerb. “In Memoriam”c. “The Idylls of the king”2. The Browning’sa. Browning’s early life careerb. Elizabeth Barrett (Mrs. Browning)c. Browning’s Main Achievement in poetryd. Browning’s short lyricsD. General survey on literary trends at the end of the century1. Naturalism2. Neo-romanticism3. AestheticismIV. Points EmphasizedVictorian PoetsV. Direction for studyA. Consult as many reference books as possibleB. Read short lyrics of Victorian writersVI. Exercises1. What is Browning’s main achievement in poetry2. What is naturalism?3. What is your comment on aestheticism?VII. SummaryThe period is notable main because of the literary and social criticism represent by Carlyle Ruskin. The development of English poetry, of course, did not stop. New poets appeared who wrote poems under the influence of their romantic predecessors and did much to perfect the form of English poetry. Another significant literary phenomenon appeared in the end of this period is the arising of new literary trends especially the appearance of naturalism and aestheticism.Part Eight Twentieth Century English LiteratureI. AimsThe study of this part aims at providing students with clear idea about Modernism literature and the new characters of realistic literature in 20th century.II. DemandsStudents are required to have a comprehensive study of modernism literature and master the new techniques wired by modernist writers.III. ContentsA. General introduction to English novels in 20th century.B. Thomas Hardy1. Life and work2. “Tess of the D’UrbervillesC. The Irish Dramatic movement:Bernard ShawD. Modernism in poetry1. Imagism Movement2. W.B. Yeats3.T.S. EliotE. The Psychological Fiction1. Introduction psychological fiction2. D.H. Lawrence3. The stream of Consciousness school of novela. James Joyceb. Virginia WoolfIV. Points emphasizedModern literatureV. Direction for studyA. Read as many works of modernist writer as possibleB. Get acquainted with new techniques of modernist writersVI. Exercises1. What is modernism2. What is your comment on imagist movement3. What is your comment on stream of conscious novels?4. How do you understand D.H Lawrence’s new relation ship between man and woman?VII. SummaryThis period is one of the most important literary periods in English literary history. We can find from the works of realistic writers in this period the inheritance of the literary tradition of the last century and also the arising of new literary trend of modernism. Modernism literature is the most important literary achievement of 20th century and we can find the best refection of modernism from the works of D.H Lawrence, James Joyce and Virginia Woolf.六、课程的有关说明本大纲是依据1999年国家教育部批准实施的高等教育英语专业英语教学大纲并且依据本系办学特点及学生实际情况而编写的.本课程大纲的教学对象是师范本科英语专业三年级学生。

南京信息工程大学2019考研大纲：840英国文学综合考研大纲频道为大家提供南京信息工程大学2019考研大纲：840英国文学综合，一起来看看吧！更多考研资讯请关注我们网站的更新!南京信息工程大学2019考研大纲：840英国文学综合科目代码：840科目名称：英国文学综合第一部分：大纲内容(一)早期和中世纪英国文学1.目的和要求:了解昂格鲁·撒克逊时代的民族史诗和贝奥武甫的作品特色，了解中世纪诗歌和浪漫传奇、早期人文主义代表杰弗瑞·乔叟和他的作品。

2.基本内容：2.1.盎格鲁•撒克逊时代(公元450-1050年)的通俗诗歌。

2.2.盎格鲁•诺曼时代(公元1066-1350年)的文学。

2.3.诺曼时代的文学特征: 浪漫传奇，歌谣，早期传奇剧、神秘剧和道德剧。

2.4.贝奥伍夫：贝奥伍夫的故事起源，贝奥伍夫的故事内容，贝奥伍夫的故事特征。

2.5.杰弗瑞• 乔叟及其作品《坎特伯雷故事集》：作者简介(包括作者乔叟的生平、作品介绍)，乔叟对英国文学的贡献，乔叟的语言特色，押头韵和英雄双韵体的区别和联系，乔叟的《坎特伯雷故事集》序赏析。

(二)文艺复兴时代(14世纪—17世纪)1. 目的和要求：了解文艺复兴运动和人文主义思想，了解该时期重要作家的创作思想，艺术特色。

2.基本内容：2.1.文艺复兴时期的背景介绍：意大利和法国的文艺复兴以及有影响的作家(彼特拉克和但丁)——彼特拉克(Petrarch)和意大利十四行诗，但丁(Dante)的神曲“The Divine Comedy”。

2.2.英国的文艺复兴以及有影响的作家：(1)伟大的戏剧家莎士比亚生平及作品：《哈姆雷特》中“王子的独白”赏析和“Sonnet 18”赏析。

(2)散文家弗兰西斯• 培根的生平及作品：《论学习》、《论婚姻和单身》赏析。

(3)诗人中的诗人：埃德蒙•斯宾塞和他的作品《仙后》赏析。

(三)资产阶级革命和王朝复辟时代1. 目的和要求：了解十七世纪资产阶级革命和王朝复辟时代的主要作家及作品。