WilliamShakespeare-----ThepeakofHumanismWilliamShakespeare1564-1616“Alltheworld'sastage,Andallthemenandwomenmerelyplayers.”MainContents1.Shakespeare'sliteraryposition2.Shakespeare'sLegendlife3.Shakespeare'smasterpiece1.Shakespeare'sliterarypositionInwesternliteraryhistory,onlyveryindividualwritershavequalifiedsay:withouthim,theliteraturewillbecomeanotherway.Shakespeareisoneofthemostqualified.Shakespeareisthegreatestplaywrightandpoetintheworldofthehistory.2.Shakespeare'slife(1564-1616)Birthplace•BorninWarwickshire•The3rdof8kids•Marriedatage18•Workedasanactorbefore1590.ThehomeofMaryArden,weeWillyShakespeare'smother'shouseAnneHathaway's[Shakespeare'swife]cottageTheAvonRiver,nearStratford-upon-Avon.HenleyStreet,Stratford-upon-AvonThesonofgroceriesbusinessmaninthetown,18marriedLeavinghomeforLondontomakelivingatabout22,doingasthegroom,DickinsonStartingwritingplaysatabout30yearsold5yearslater,becominguniversalshareholderoftroupe.TheNewGlobeTheaterThelifeofShakespeare♥ArriveinLondonin1586♥Well-knownin1581♥Diedonthe23rdofApril,1616ThetombofShakespeare•Arespectedpoetandplaywrightinhisownday,buthisreputationdidnotrisetoitspresentheightsuntilthe19thcentury.•Hisworkwasrepeatedlyadoptedandrediscoveredbynewmovementsinscholarshipandperformance.Hisplaysremainhighlypopulartodayandareconstantlystudied,performedandreinterpretedindiverseculturalandpoliticalcontextsthroughouttheworldAbouthisworksTheworksofWilliamShakespeareareagreatlandmarkinthehistoryofworldliterature.Hewasthefirstfoundersofrealism(现实主义),amasterhoodatrealisticportrayalofhumancharactersandrelations.KarlMarxregardedAeschylusandShakespeareas“thetwogreatestdramaticgeniusestheworldhaseverknow.”Shakespearetookstoriesfromoldsourcessuchasolddrama,novel,chronicles(编年史)andfolklegends.(民间传说)UnderShakespeare’spen,thosestoriesassumednewmeaningandsignificance.Intheexpressionofart,heinheritedthreetraditionsofthedramasofancientGreeceandRome,medievalBritainandtheEuropeanRenaissanceanddeveloped,innovatingcreativelyfromthecontenttotheform.Hisplaystryhardtoreflectthetruelifeandexploretheinnermysteries,thuscanfigureoutmanydiverseandcomplexpersonalities,vividcharactersthatrepresentthetypicalfigureandsociallife.•Duringthetwenty-twoyearsofhisliteraryworkheproduced37plays,twonarrativepoemsand154sonnets.•Hisliteraryworkmaybedividedintothreemajorperiods:Thefirstperiod(1590-1600)Thesecondperiod(1601-1608)Thethirdperiod(1609-1612)•Hisearlyplaysweremainlycomediesandhistories,heraisedtothepeakofsophisticationandartistry(复杂性和艺术性)bytheendofthesixteenthcentury.•Hethenwrotemainlytragediesuntilabout1608,includingHamlet(1601),Othello(1604),KingLear(1605),andMacbeth(1605),consideredsomeofthefinestworksintheEnglishlanguage3.Shakespeare'swriting1)154sonnets,twolongpoempoetry•十四行诗(TheSonnets)•爱人的怨诉(ALover'sComplaint)•鲁克丽丝失贞记(TheRapeofLucrece)•维纳斯和阿多尼斯(VenusandAdonis)•热情的朝圣者(ThePassionatePilgrim•凤凰和斑鸠(ThePhoenixandtheTurtle)•Sonnet:•alyricpoemcomprising3quatrainswitharhymingschemeababcdcdefef•AndacoupletrhymingggSonnet18WilliamShakespeareShallIcomparetheetoasummer’sday?Thouartmorelovelyandmoretemperate:RoughwindsdoshakethedarlingbudsofMay,Andsummer’sleasehathalltooshortadate:SometimetoohottheeyeoftheheavenshinesAndoftenishisgoldcomplexiondimmed;Andeveryfairfromfairsometimedeclines,Bychanceornature’schangingcourseuntrimmed;Butthyeternalsummershallnotfade,Norlosepossessionofthatfairthouow’st;Norshalldeathbragthouwander’stinhisshade,Whenineternallinestotimethougrow’st:Solongasamancanbreathe,oreyescansee,Solonglivesthis,andthisgiveslivetothee.ShallIcomparetheetoasummer’sday?•能否把你与夏日相比?Thouartmorelovelyandmoretemperate:•你却比炎夏更可爱温婉;RoughwindsdoshakethedarlingbudsofMay,•狂风摧残五月的蓓蕾,Andsummer’sleasehathalltooshortadate•夏日的时光何其短暂。Sometimetoohottheeyeofheavenshines,•休恋那丽日当空,Andoftenishisgoldcomplexiondimmed;•转眼又云雾迷蒙;Andeveryfairfromfairsometimedeclines,•休叹百花凋零,Bychance,ornatureschangingcourseuntrimed•摧残于无常即或天命。ThefurthestdistanceintheworldIsnotwhenIstandinfrontofyouYetyoucan'tseemyloveButwhenundoubtedlyknowingthelovefrombothYetcannotbetogetherThefurthestdistanceintheworldIsnotbeingapartwhilebeinginloveButwhenpainlycannotresisttheyearningYetpretendingyouhaveneverbeeninmyheartThefurthestdistanceintheworldIsnotbutusingone'sindifferentheartTodiganuncrossableriverFortheonewholovesyou世界上最遥远的距离不是我就站在你面前你却不知道我爱你而是明明知道彼此相爱却不能在一起世界上最遥远的距离不是明明知道彼此相爱却不能在一起而是明明无法抵挡这股思念却还得故意装作丝毫没有把你放在心里世界上最遥远的距离不是明明无法抵挡这股思念却还得故意装作丝毫没有把你放在心里而是用自己冷漠的心对爱你的人掘了一条无法跨越的沟渠2)HistoriesRepresentativeworks:HenryIVRichardIIIhistories•亨利四世,第一卷(HenryIV,part1)•亨利四世,第二卷(HenryIV,part2)•亨利五世(HenryV)•亨利六世,第一卷(HenryVI,part1)•亨利六世,第二卷(HenryVI,part2)•亨利六世,第三卷(HenryVI,part3)•亨利八世(HenryVIII)•约翰国王(KingJohn)•理查德二世(RichardII)•理查德三世(RichardIII)3)ComedyThemerchantofVenicemidsummernight'sdreamhappytwelfthnightComedies•错中错(TheComedyofErrors)•皆大欢喜(All'sWellThatEndsWell)•如愿(AsYouLikeIt)•仲夏夜梦(AMidsummerNight'sDream)•无事生非(MuchAdoAboutNothing)•一报还一报(MeasureforMeasure•第十二夜(TwelfthNightorWhatYouWill)•威尼斯商人(TheMerchantofVenice)•空爱一场(Love'sLabor'sLost)•冬天的故事(TheWinter'sTale)威尼