新编英国文学及选读复习资料2

英语专业课程：新编英国文学选读复习资料Lecture1Ⅱ.RecommendedNovelsforReading(British)18th-centuryGulliver’sTravels:JonathanSwift;socialsatire/fantasy/;PartI,II,andIVinteresting;languagedifficulty***.RobinsonCrusoe:DanielDefoe;anaccountoftheprocessofthebuildingoftheBritishEmpireinthe18thcentury;diary-likedetaileddescriptionandnarration;languagedifficulty**.19th-centuryGreatExpectations:CharlesDickens;aboutmoralcorruptionandlossofinnocenceandhonestyingrowingup;theCinderellapatterninstructure;languageDif***;abittoolong.JaneEyre:CharlotteBronte;apoor,plaingovernessstrugglingforself-dignityandpersonalhappiness;languagedif**.WutheringHeights:EmilyBronte;oneofthebestnovelsintheworld;apresentationofthemostprimitive,natural,powerful,touchingaswellasthemostdestructivelovehumanbeingsarecapableof;languagedif**.SilasMarner:GeorgeEliot;areligiousfableaboutreligionofhumanity;languagedif**;small.TessofD’Urbervilles:ThomasHardy;tragicfateofa“pure”youngpeasantwomanatthetimeofcapitalistinvasionintothecountryinthe19th-centuryEngland;languagedif***.20th-centurySonsandLovers:D.H.Lawrence;OedipusComplex;thestudyofman-womanrelations;languagedif***.MrsDalloway,VirginiaWoolf;aboutthespiritualjourneyofMrsDalloway;typicalstreamofconsciousnessfiction;languagedif***,notlongTheFifthChild:DorisLessing;aboutdistortionorhorrorofhumannature/ahuman-bornmonster;Languagedif**,small.Ⅲ.ContentsChapterOne:OldEnglishLiteratureChapterTwo:MiddleEnglishLiteratureChapterThree:GeoffreyChaucerChapterFour:TheRenaissanceChapterFive:TheRevolutionandRestorationChapterSix:EnlightenmentinEnglandChapterSeven:TheRomanticPeriodChapterEight:TheVictorianAgeChapterNine:TwentiethCenturyLiteratureⅣ.DevelopmentofLiteratureThreestagesofEnglishlanguagedevelopment:i.OldEnglish/Anglo-Saxon(OE.Asthelanguageupto1066isusu.called)ii.MiddleEnglish(about1100-1500)iii.ModernEnglish(about1500-present)PartOne:OldandMedievalEnglishLiteratureHistoricalbackground3conquests/invasions---Romans(4thtothe6thcen.):politicsofself-government,transportationsystem,cities,LatinlanguageandChristianity(littleremained)---English/Anglo-SaxonConquest(Angles,Saxons,Jutes)A.GermanictribesfromtheMediterraneancoast:Scandinavia,DenmarkandGermanyB.thePagans/heathens异教徒C.enslavedtheCeltsanddroveotherstoWales,ScotlandandIrelandD.beganfeudalism;newsocialstrata:serfs农奴—freemen自由民—farmers农民--thanes乡士--earls爵爷—kings王爷E.amedleyofdifferentraces/ethnicgroups;ofmultipleinfluencesandculturalandpoliticalorders---NormanConquestin1066byWilliam,DukeofNormandyfromNorthernFrance:A.furtherestablishedfeudalism,andendedtheslavesystemin14thcen.B.powerfulPopedom教皇制established(1/3ofland,politicalright,widemoraldegenerationoftheclericals;penancesorpardons赦罪令C.highlycentralizedroyalpower,butconcededinthe13thcen.withestablishmentofparliament(1215theMagnaCarta/KingJohn)D.communicationwiththeoutsideworld:diplomaticrelations,developmentoftradeandincreasingstrengthfortradesmenandskilledprofessionalsE.influencefromoutsideworldinideologyF.coexistenceof3languages:Latin,theclericalandlearned;French,noblemenandroyalcourt;A-SnativeEnglish/Celticdialect(vernacular)forthecommon[Notuntilthe13thcenturydidEnglishentertheworldofofficialdiscourse官方用语.1258HenryIIIissuedaproclamation布告in3languages,14thcen.,parliamentandcourtallowedEnglish.](TheDarkAge:blindbeliefofRomanCatholicismandafter-lifeandstagnantphilosophicalandartisticdevelopment)Ⅴ.Literature(secular)---theOldEnglish(untilA-Speriod)andMiddleEnglish(after1066)---talespassedonorallybygleemenorminstrels吟唱诗人untilHomer’sIliadandOdysseyOldEnglishPeriod:Beowulf,anEpicA.themostimportantexistentwork;thenationalepicofAnglo-SaxonsB.writtenin7-8cen.C.partly-historicalandpartly-legendaryD.notaboutEnglandbuttheirhomelandinDenmarkE.epicform:alongversenarrativeontheexploitsofanationalhero,BeowulfF.theprimitivepeople’sheroicstruggleagainsthostileforcesofthenaturalworldunderawiseleaderG.paganelements+Christiancoloring:“fate”,“God’,“Lord”H.alliterationandGermaniclanguageMiddleEnglishLiteratureA.Romance罗曼史---Roman,Frenchmattersforsubjects:TrojanWar,Charlemagne,Rolandandtheknights;chivalric;---Englishromance:KingArthurandhisround-tableknights;“SirGawainandtheGreenknight”(1360-1370),“LeMorted’Arthur”bySirThomasMaloryB.Religiouswritingsandtranslations(fromHebrewtoLatin):Langland’s“PiersthePlowman”C.Poeticform:alliterativepoetry头韵诗metricalpoetry韵律诗Lecture2GeoffreyChaucer(1340-1400)FatherofEnglishpoetry/literature3periodsofcreation:FrenchRomauntoftheRose,translationItalian(afterDanteDivineComedy,PetrarchandBoccaccio,Decameron;TheHouseofFame,TheLegendofGoodWomen,TroylusandCriseyde)British(1386-1400)TheCanterburyTalesContributions:A.thefirsttopresentacomprehensiveandrealisticpictureoftheEnglishsocietyofhistimeandcreatedawholegalleryofvividcharactersfromallwalksoflifeinhismasterpieceTheCanterburyTalesB.introducedfromFrancetherhymedstanzasofvarioustypestoreplacetheOldEnglishalliterativeverseC.thefirsttousetherhymedcoupletofiambicpentameter/heroiccoupletCanterburyTales:Thestory:29pilgrims,andthepoetonthewaytoCanterbury,stoppedataninn.Att