英国文学期末整理 (1)
Questions for Revision:The Anglo- Saxon Period
Q1: What is the major literary form in this period?
Poetry
Q2: What is epic? What is the national epic in this period?
An Epic is a long narrative poem in elevated style presents characters of high relation to a central figure of heroic proportions and through their development of episodes important to the history of a nation or race.
Beowulf
Q3: What are the characteristics of Beowulf ?
1、The most striking feature in its poetic form is the use of alliteration- repetition of initial
consonant sounds in a line of poem. In alliterative verse, certain accented words in a line begin with the same consonat sound.There are generally 4 accents in a line, three of which show alliteration ,as can be seen from the quotations on P.6-10 in the textbook.
2、"kenning": a kind of figurative language
3、The use of repetition and variation
Q4: What are two highlights in the developments of the Anglo-Saxon literature?
1、the Northumbrian School
2、during the reign of King Alfred
Questions for Revision-- The Middle English Period
Q1: What was the form of literature at the time? What features does it have?
Romance
1、Romance which uses narrative verse or prose to sing of knightly adventures or other
heroic deeds is a popular literary form in the Middle Ages. The importance of romance itself can be seen as a means of showing medieval aristocratic men and women in relation to their idealized view of the world.
2、Early feudal age，as it reflects the spirit of chivalry.
3、The English romance mainly deals with three major subjects: Religious, Courtly love, and
Arthurian
3、Matter of France: a collection of tales about Chalemagne and his peers headed by Roland
and their wars against the Saracens.
4、Matter of Rome: covered everything that had come down from the ancient Romans and
from the Greeks also e.g. Trojan War
5、Matter of Britain: the legendary history of Britain. e.g. King Arthur and His Round-Table
Knights, Sir Gawain and the Greenknight
Q2: What is the literary position of Geoferry Chaucer in English Literature?
Father of English poetry
Q3: What about the significance of The Canterbury Tales ?
1. It gives a comprehensive picture of Chaucer's time.
The pilgrims represent the whole range of 14th century society except the very top and the very bottom. With his own wide experience and close observation of life, his characters are so vivid and particular that there can be no substitution for the very person described.
2. The dramatic structure of the poem has been highly commended by critics. In The Canterbury Tales, stories are cleverly woven together by links between the stories.
Most of the stories are related to the personalities of the tellers.The personality of each character, his private life and habits, his mood and social status are revealed in the prologue and in the story he tells, as well as by his behaviour along the road and his remarks on the way.
3. Chaucer's humour: gentle satire and mild irony
4. Chaucer's contribution to the English language: Chaucer wrote in the London dialect of his day, which he handled dexterously.
He was at one moment serious and another lighthearted and full of fun and sometimes he could be very poetical. He proved that the English language is a beautiful language and can be easily handled to express different moods. In so doing Chaucer greatly increased the prestige of the English language.
Q4: What are Chaucer‘s contributions to English literature?
1. Father of English poetry
2. Chaucer, for the first time in English literature, presented to us a comprehensive realistic picture of the English society of his time and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life in his masterpiece The Canterbury Tales.
3. Chaucer develops characterization to a higher artistic level, i.e. characters who are morally and socially typical but exquisitely individual and realistic in detail.
4. Chaucer introduced from France the rhymed stanzas of various types to English poetry to replace the Old English alliterative verse.
5. Chaucer used for the first time in English the rhymed couplet of iambic pentameter which is to be called later as the heroic couplet.
6. Chaucer greatly increased the prestige of English as a literary language and extended the range of its poetic vocabulary and meters.
He is considered as a great master of the English language.
Questions for Revision-- The English Renaissance
Q1:What is Renaissance? What do you know about English Renaissance and its ideal Humanism?
Renaissance: a cultural movement（the 14th to the 17th century）, beginning in Florence, Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe
As a cultural movement, it encompassed a flowering of literature, science, art, religion, and politics, and a resurgence of learning based on classical sources, the development of linear perspective in painting, and gradual but widespread educational reform.
Historical Background
(Society, Politics and Economy)
1、The Hundred Years’ War (1337-1453) between France and England
2、The War of the Roses (1455-1485)
--- Red Rose represents the noble family of Lancaster and White Rose represents the noble family of York.
3、The Civil War or Bourgeois Revolution (1642-1660) between the Monarch and the House of Commons
4、Restoration (1660-1688)
5、Glorious Revolution (1688)
6、The Agrarian Revolution --- the largest scale enclose of common land
The land was turned into pasture to greed sheep, driving many peasants to the cities.
7、Development of the clothing industry --- the beginning of the English capitalist production,
geographical exploration and trade expansion
8、Discovery of new land
In England, the exploration had two objects: one was the quest of gold and silver, and the other was the finding of new markets for English cloth.
Humanism: is the idea that man has a potential for culture which distinguishes him from lower orders of beings, and which he should strive constantly to fulfill.
1.Rebellious spirit against the Medieval feudal value and blind faith in humbleness,
servitude, and after-life.
2.Belief in man’s divinity and capability of self perfection
3.Emphasis of the importance of personal worth and enjoyment of the present life Q2:What are the major writers in this period? What about their representative works ? Edmund Spenser The Shephearde’s Calender The Faerie Queene
Christopher Marlowe Tamburlaine the Great The tragical History of Doctore Faustus
The Jew of Malta
William Shakespeare
History: Henry IV (1-2)
Comedy: Mid-summer Night’s Dream
The Merchant of Venice
Much Ado about Nothing
As You Like It
Twelfth Night
Tragedy:
Hamlet
Othello
King Lear
MacBeth
Famous Plays:
Romeo and Juliet
Julius Caesar
Antony and Cleopatra
The Tempest
Q3: What are the reasons for the flourishing of drama in the last thirty years of the 16th century?
Cities and towns grew rapidly in the 16th century and since there was no other means of entertainment than watching drama so it became the only form of amusement to city dweller and nobleman.
Q4: What are William Shakespeare's major achievements to English literature?
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Q5:What is sonnet? What about Shakespeare's sonnet or English sonnet?
1、The sonnets comprise four stanzas of three quatrains and a final couplet composed in iambic pentameter with designated rhyme scheme . Shakespeare also uses the iambic pentameter in most of his plays, where they are called blank verse, as they do not usually rhyme.
2、The two basic types of sonnet are the Petrarchan(or Italian) and the Shakespearen(or English). The Petrarchan sonnet follows the rhyme scheme:abbaabba cdecde, or abbaabbacdccdc.
The Shakespearen sonnet's thought-division is a 4-4-4-2 plan. There are four sections-three quatrains and a final couplet.In Shakespearen sonnet each quatrain deals with a different aspect of the subject and the couplet either summarizes the theme or makes a final, sometimes contradictory comment.
Q6:How to appreciate sonnet 18 ? What is the theme of this poem?
Figures of Speech
1) Simile
thee---a summer’s day
(compare…to…)
2) Metaphor
summer’s duration---a lease
the sun---the eye of heaven
3) Personification
summer---has a short lease
sun---has gold complexion
death---brag “thee” in his shade
poem---gives life to “thee”
Rhetorical Devices in Sonnet 18
1、rhetorical question: the first line, used to create a tone of respect, and to engage the audience.
2、personification: line 5,6 and line 11, used to elevate the sun and death.
3、parallelism: the final couplet, used to emphasize the message: the beauty of the subject will be immortalized by the power of his art.
The Theme of the poem:
Surface: love, beauty
Deeper meaning: the power of poetry/literature- -Beauty can be easily destroyed by accidents or fade with the passing of time. However, it will be immortalized by the power of poetry or literature.
Q7: Where lies in the greatness of Hamlet?
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Q8: What is soliloquy? How do you understand the famous line "To be, or not to be" in the context of the soliloquy in scene I Act III of Hamlet?
1、Soliloquy(独白)is a dramatic speech uttered by one character speaking aloud while alone on the stage (or while under the impression of being alone) .
Soliloquies often appear in plays from the age of Shakespeare, notably in his Hamlet and Macbeth. The best known of all dramatic soliloquies is Hamlet’s speech which begins “To be, or not to be”.
2、To take action or to suffer / to continue live or to die, the speech conveys a sense of world-weariness as well as the author’s incisive comments on the social reality of his time. Hamlet lives between action and resolution. He is so contemplative that he examines the nature of the action only to deny its possibility. He considers it better for people to die, but then says nobody knows what happens in the afterlife.
Q9: What is the literary position of Francis Bacon?
He is regarded as the chief figure in English prose and progenitor of English materialism, and his essays began the long tradition of the long tradition of the English essay in the history of English literature.
Q10: What is the main idea of Bacon's "Of Studies"?
It is the most popular of Bacon’s 58 essays.
It analyzes what studies chiefly serve for, the different ways adopted by different people to pursue studies, and how studies exert influence over human character.
Forceful and persuasive, compact and precise, “Of Studies” reveals to us Bacon’s mature attitude toward learning. This essay impresses the reader not only by its argumentative strength but also by its elegance of style.
Q11: What is the writing style of Bacon's essays?
Language and Style
1. Bacon’s aphoristic style is characterized by the frequent use of parallelism. F ind one such example from the text and either translate or paraphrase the selected sentences.
2. Underline some of the metaphors or metaphorical descriptions in the essay. Select at least two and explain what they illustrate.
Q12: What do you know about the metaphysical poets?
Q13: What do you know about John Miltion and his masterpiece?
Q14. What is a Romance?
A romance is a narrative either written in verse or in prose, describing heroic achievements, or chivalry love. Romance was the prevailing literary form in the Middle Ages.
Q15.What is an allegory?
Allegory is a story in verse or in prose with a double meaning: a primary or surface meaning; and a secondary or under-the-surface meaning.
It is a story that can be read, understood and interpreted at two levels.
Q16. What is a ballad?
1、Fundamentally, a ballad is a song that tells a story and originally was a musical accompaniment to a dance.
2、A ballad is a story told in song, usually in 4-line stanzas, with the second and four lines rhymed..
some basic features are common to large numbers of ballads: 1) the beginning is often abrupt; 2) the language is simple; 3) the story is told through dialogue and action; 4) the theme is often tragic though there are a number of comic balllads; 5) there is often a refrain（叠句，副歌）.
There are two kinds of ballad: the folk or popular ballad and the literary ballad.
Q17. What is Enlightenment?
A term used to describe a literary and philosophical movement in Europe between 1660 and 1770. In England it is sometimes referred to as "the Age of Reason."
Q20. What is Neo-classical period?
The Neo-classical period is usually taken to be the hundred-odd years from 1660-1780.
Q18. What is Poetry?
The word poetry comes from a Greek verb which means to make.Poetry is not like ordinary speech or writing; it is a specially made object in words.
In Western Literature, poetry is the oldest of written art forms.
Poetry has its roots in the oral tradition of our distant ancestors.
The earliest poetic forms were epics and balllads sung by travelling bards and minstrels.
Q19. Iambic
Iambic is the most common pattern of meter since it is the way we generally talk . It is the unstressed followed by stressed syllable pattern.
Here is an example of iambic lines:
Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright, (U/|U/|U/|U/)
The bridal of the earth and sky; (U/|U/|U/|U/)
The dew shall weep thy fall to night, (U/|U/|U/|U/)
For thou must die.(U/|U/|) (from “Virtue” by George Herbert)
Q20.Iambic pentameter
A meter in poetry, consisting o f lines with five feet (hence “pentameter”) in which the iamb is the dominant foot (hence “Iambic”).
Iambic rhythms are quite easy to write in English and iambic pentameter is among the most common metrical forms in English poetry. Like the rest of the meters it has its origins in Greek poetry.
da-DUM da-DUM da-DUM da-DUM da-DUM
(Weak STRONG / weak STRONG / weak STRONG / weak STRONG / weak STRONG)
Was-THIS the-FACE that-LAUNCH'D a-THOU sand-SHIPS
人物及代表作
1. Geoffrey Chaucer Canterbury Tales
2. Francis Bacon of Studies
3. John Bunyan (1628—1688 Pilgrim’s Progress
4. John Milton (1608-1674 Paradise Lost
5. John Donne peculiar conceits
6. Daniel Defoe Robinson Crusoe
7. Henry Fielding The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
英国文学期末考试题目(英语专业必备)
.. ;.. 一．中古英语时期 Beowulf is the oldest poem in the English language, and the most important specimen (范例、典范)of Anglo-Saxon literature, and also the oldest surviving epic in the English language. The romance is a popular literary form in the medieval period（中世纪）. It uses verse or prose to sing knightly a dventures or other heroic deeds. Geoffrey Chaucer, one of the greatest English poets, whose masterpiece, The Canterbury Tales（《坎特伯雷故事集》）,was one of the most important influences on the development of English literature. Chaucer is considered as the father of English poetry and the founder of English realism. 二．文艺复兴Renaissance Renaissance r efers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries. It marks a transition(过渡) from the medieval to the modern world. It started in Italy with the flowering of painting, sculpture（雕塑）and literature, and then spread to the rest of Europe. Humanism is the essence of Renaissance -----Man is the measure of all things. This was England’s Golden Age in literature. Queen Elizabeth r eigned over the country in this period. The real mainstream of the English Renaissance i s the Elizabethan drama. The most famous dramatists in the Renaissance E ngland are Christopher Marlowe and W illiam Shakespeare. The greatest of the pioneers of English drama was Christopher Marlowe. Francis Bacon was the best known essayist of this period. “Of Studies” is the most popular of Bacon’s 58 essays. Thomas More ——Utopia Edmund Spenser——The Faerie Queene 相关练习 1. Which is the oldest poem in the English language? A. Utopia B. Faerie Queene C. Beowulf D. Hamlet 2. _____ is the father of English poetry. A. Edmund Spenser B. William Shakespeare C. Francis Bacon D. Geoffrey Chaucer 3. ____ is not a playwright during the Renaissance period on England. A. William Shakespeare B. Geoffrey Chaucer C. Christopher Marlowe D. Ben Johnson 三．莎士比亚William Shakespeare “All t he world 's a stage, a nd all the men and women merely p layers.”——William Shakespeare William Shakespeare is considered the greatest playwright in the world and the finest poet who has written in the English language. Shakespeare understood people more than any other writers. He could create characters that have
英国文学史及选读 复习要点总结
《英国文学史及选读》第一册复习要点 1. Beowulf: national epic of the English people; Denmark story; alliteration, metaphors and understatements （此处可能会有填空，选择等小题） 2. Romance （名词解释） 3. “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”: a famous roman about King Arthur’s story 4. Ballad（名词解释） 5. Character of Robin Hood 6. Geoffrey Chaucer: founder of English poetry; The Canterbury Tales (main contents; 124 stories planned, only 24 finished; written in Middle English; significance; form: heroic couplet) 7. Heroic couplet (名词解释)8. Renaissance（名词解释）9.Thomas More——Utopia 10. Sonnet（名词解释）11. Blank verse（名词解释）12. Edmund Spenser “The Faerie Queene” 13. Francis Bacon “essays” esp. “Of Studies”（推荐阅读，学习写正式语体的英文文章的好参照，本文用词正式优雅，多排比句和长句，语言造诣非常高，里面很多话都可以引用做格言警句，非常值得一读） 14. William Shakespeare四大悲剧比较重要，此外就是罗密欧与朱立叶了，这些剧的主题，背景，情节，人物形象都要熟悉，当然他最重要的是Hamlet这是肯定的。他的sonnet也很重要，最重要属sonnet18。（其戏剧中著名对白和几首有名的十四行诗可能会出选读） 15. John Milton 三大史诗非常重要，特别是Paradise Lost和Samson Agonistes。对于Paradise Lost需要知道它是blank verse写成的，故事情节来自Old Testament，另外要知道此书theme和Satan的形象。 16. John Bunyan——The Pilgrim’s Progress 17. Founder of the Metaphysical school——John Donne; features of the school: philosophical poems, complex rhythms and strange images. 18. Enlightenment（名词解释） 19. Neoclassicism（名词解释） 20. Richard Steele——“The Tatler” 21. Joseph Addison——“The Spectator”这个比上面那个要重要，注意这个报纸和我们今天的报纸不一样，它虚构了一系列的人物，以这些人物的口气来写报纸上刊登的散文，这一部分要仔细读。 22. Steel’s and Addison’s styles and their contributions 23. Alexander Pope: “Essay on Criticism”, “Essay on Man”, “The Rape of Lock”, “The Dunciad”; his workmanship (features) and limitations 24. Jonathan Swift: “Gulliver’s Travels”此书非常重要，要知道具体内容，就是Gulliver游历过的四个地方的英文名称，和每个部分具体的讽刺对象; （我们主要讲了三个地方）“A Modest Proposal”比较重要，要注意作者用的irony 也就是反讽手法。 25. The rise and growth of the realistic novel is the most prominent achievement of 18th century English literature. 26. Daniel Defoe: “Robinson Crusoe”, “Moll Flanders”, 当然是Robinson Crusoe比较重要，剧情要清楚，Robinson Crusoe的形象和故事中蕴涵的早期黑奴的原形，以及殖民主义的萌芽。另外注意Defoe的style和feature，另外Defoe是forerunner of English realistic novel。 27. Samuel Richardson——“Pamela” (first epistolary novel), “Clarissa Harlowe”, “Sir Charles Grandison” 28. Henry Fielding: “Joseph Andrews”, “Jonathan Wild”, “Tom Jones”第一个和第三个比较重要，需要仔细看。他是一个比较重要的作家，另外Fielding也被称为father of the English novel. 29. Laurence Sterne——“Tristram Shandy”项狄传 30. Richard Sheridan——“The School for Scandal” 31. Oliver Goldsmith——“The Traveller”(poem), “The Deserted V illage” (poem) (both two poems were written by heroic couplet), “The Vicar of Wakefield” (novel), “The Good-Natured Man” (comedy), “She stoops to Conquer” (comedy),
英国文学史期末复习重点
英国文学史 Part one: Early and Medieval English Literature Chapter 1 The Making of England 1. The early inhabitants in the island now we call England were Britons, a tribe of Gelts. 2. In 55 B.C., Britain was invaded by Julius Caesar. The Roman occupation lasted for about 400 years. It was also during the Roman role that Christianity was introduced to Britain. And in 410 A.D., all the Roman troops went back to the continent and never returned. 3. The English Conquest At the same time Britain was invaded by swarms of pirates（海盗）. They were three tribes from Northern Europe: the Angles, Saxons and Jutes. And by the 7th century these small kingdoms were combined into a United Kingdom called England, or, the land of Angles. And the three dialects spoken by them naturally grew into a single language called Anglo -Saxon, or Old English. 4. The Social Condition of the Anglo -Saxon Therefore, the Anglo -Saxon period witnessed a transition from tribal society to feudalism. 5. Anglo -Saxon Religious Belief and Its Influence The Anglo -Saxons were Christianized in the seventh century. Chapter 2 Beowulf 1. Anglo -Saxon Poetry But there is one long poem of over 3,000 lines. It is Beowulf, the national epic of the English people. Grendel is a monster described in Beowulf. 3. Analysis of Its Content Beowulf is a folk lengend brought to England by Anglo -Saxons from their continental homes. It had been passed from mouth to mouth for hundreds of years before it was written down in the tenth century. 4. Features of Beowulf The most striking feature in its poetical form is the use of alliteration, metaphors and understatements. Chapter 3 Feudal England 1）T he Norman Conquest 2. The Norman Conquest The French -speaking Normans under Duke William came in 1066. After defeating the English at Hastings, William was crowned as King of England. The Norman Conquest marks the establishment of feudalism in England.
英国文学史及选读__期末试题及答案
考试课程：英国文学史及选读考核类型：A 卷 考试方式：闭卷出卷教师: XXX 考试专业：英语考试班级：英语xx班 I.Multiple choice (30 points, 1 point for each) select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. 1._____，a typical example of old English poetry ,is regarded today as the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons. A.The Canterbury Tales B.The Ballad of Robin Hood C.The Song of Beowulf D.Sir Gawain and the Green Kinght 2._____is the most common foot in English poetry. A.The anapest B.The trochee C.The iamb D.The dactyl 3.The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events, which one of the following is NOT such an event? A.The rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture. B.England’s domestic rest C.New discovery in geography and astrology D.The religious reformation and the economic expansion 4._____is the most successful religious allegory in the English language. A.The Pilgrims Progress B.Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners C.The Life and Death of Mr.Badman D.The Holy War 5.Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries, its essence is _____. A.science B.philosophy C.arts D.humanism 6.“So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,/So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”(Shakespeare, Sonnets18)What does“this”refer to ? A.Lover. B.Time. C.Summer. D.Poetry. 7.“O prince, O chief of my throned powers, /That led th’ embattled seraphim to war/Under thy conduct, and in dreadful deeds/Fearless, endangered Heaven’s perpetual king”In the third line of the above passage quoted from Milton’s Paradise Los t, the phrase“thy conduct”refers to _____conduct. A.God’s B.Satan’s C.Adam’s D.Eve’s
英国文学期末考试复习要点
英国文学期末考试复习要点 1.英国最早的居民：凯尔特人Celts 2.英语语言起源于盎格鲁萨克斯ANGLO-SAXON部落融合统一之后，发展于诺曼征服Norman Conquest之后。 3.古代文学两个分支（异教徒文学Pagan和基督文学Christian）；BEOWULF文学地位（英国的民族史诗national epic of England），人物角色(Beowulf,Grendel, Grendel's mother, Fire Dragon,Wiglef)，修辞手法（头韵法alliteration，暗喻metaphor，低调陈述understatement） 4.诺曼征服人物William the Conqueror，骑士Romance文学年代（中世纪14th-16TH）, 《高文和绿衣骑士的故事》Sir Gawain and the Green Knight（亚瑟王传说最佳作品）P.21选段，反映的是英国的故事matters of Britain。骑士的优良传统美德（忠诚loyalty） 5.威廉朗莱德William Langland作品《耕者皮尔斯》Piers the Plowman（十四世纪以梦境dream vision呈现的作品）
6.乔叟Chaucer地位（诗歌之父Father of English Poetry），主要作品The Canteberry Tales，文学贡献（英雄双行体Heroic Couplet，净化purified LONDON 音dialect），葬于西敏寺大教堂Westminster Abbey，为此建立诗人角Poet's Corner；《坎特伯雷故事集》主要人物（32 朝圣者pilgrims），选作P45(时间April，地点Tabard Inn，人物，巴斯妇人的故事Wife of Bath)，抑扬五步格iambic pentameter （轻音unstressed syllable+重音stressed syllable） 7.实行政教分离者（亨利八世Henry VIII）Religious Reformation:The King broke off with the Pope. 8.托马斯摩尔Thomas More的《乌托邦》Utopia，宣扬财产property与困境poverty 分离和建立理想国度ideal state。 9.托马斯怀亚特Thomas Wyatt把十四行诗sonnet引入英国，分离为莎士比亚体Shakespearian Sonnet和斯宾塞体Spencerian Sonnet，十四行诗源于意大利
英国文学期末考试题目(英语专业必备)
一．中古英语时期 ?Beowulf is the oldest poem in the English language, and the most important specimen (范例、典范)of Anglo-Saxon literature, and also the oldest surviving epic in the English language. ?The romance is a popular literary form in the medieval period（中世纪）. It uses verse or prose to sing knightly adventures or other heroic deeds. ?Geoffrey Chaucer, one of the greatest English poets, whose masterpiece, The Canterbury Tales（《坎特伯雷故事集》）,was one of the most important influences on the development of English literature. ?Chaucer is considered as the father of English poetry and the founder of English realism. 二．文艺复兴Renaissance ?Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries. It marks a transition(过渡) from the medieval to the modern world. ?It started in Italy with the flowering of painting, sculpture（雕塑）and literature, and then spread to the rest of Europe. ?Humanism is the essence of Renaissance -----Man is the measure of all things. ?This was England’s Golden Age in literature. Queen Elizabeth reigned over the country in this period. The real mainstream of the English Renaissance is the Elizabethan drama. The most famous dramatists in the Renaissance England ? ?“Of Studies” is the most popular of Bacon’s 58 essays. ?Thomas More ——Utopia ?Edmund Spenser——The Faerie Queene 相关练习 ? 1. Which is the oldest poem in the English language? ? A. Utopia B. Faerie Queene ? C. Beowulf D. Hamlet ? 2. _____ is the father of English poetry. ? A. Edmund Spenser B. William Shakespeare ? C. Francis Bacon D. Geoffrey Chaucer ? 3. ____ is not a playwright during the Renaissance period on England. ? A. William Shakespeare B. Geoffrey Chaucer ? C. Christopher Marlowe D. Ben Johnson 三．莎士比亚William Shakespeare ?“All the world 's a stage, and all the men and women merely players.”——William Shakespeare ?William Shakespeare is considered the greatest playwright in the world and the finest poet who has written in the English language. Shakespeare understood people more than any other writers. He could create characters that have
英国文学简史期末考试复习要点资料
英国文学简史期末考试复习要点
一、中世纪文学（约5世纪—1485） ?《贝奥武甫》（Beowulf） ?《高文爵士和绿衣骑士》（Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ) 杰弗利·乔叟（Geoffrey Chaucer) “英国诗歌之父”。（Father of English Poetry） 《坎特伯雷故事》（The Canterbury Tales） 二、文艺复兴时期文学（15世纪后期—17世纪初） ?托马斯·莫尔（Thomas More ） 《乌托邦》（Utopia） ?埃德蒙·斯宾塞（Edmund Spenser） 《仙后》（The Faerie Queene) ?弗兰西斯·培根（Francis Bacon） 《论说文集》（Essays) 克里斯托弗·马洛 Christopher Marlowe ?《帖木儿大帝》（Tamburlaine） ?《浮士德博士的悲剧》（The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Dr. Faustus） ?《马耳他岛的犹太人》（The Jew of Malta） 威廉·莎士比亚William Shakespeare ） 《哈姆莱特》（Hamlet） SONNET18 三、17世纪文学 约翰·弥尔顿 John Milton 《失乐园》（Paradise Lost） ?约翰·班扬（John Bunyan） 《天路历程》（The Pilgrim’s Progress） 四、启蒙时期文学（17世纪后期—18世纪中期） 18世纪初，新古典主义成为时尚。新古典主义推崇理性，强调明晰、对称、节制、优雅，追求艺术形式的完美与和谐。 亚历山大·蒲柏（Alexander Pope）是新古典主义诗歌的代表。 ?乔纳森·斯威夫特 Jonathan Swift 《格列佛 ?丹尼尔·笛福 Daniel Defoe 英国小说之父 《鲁滨孙漂流记》（Robinson Crusoe） ?亨利·菲尔丁 Henry Fielding 《汤姆·琼斯》（Tom Jones） ?乔纳森·斯威夫特 Jonathan Swift 《格列佛游记》Gulliver’s Travels ?亨利·菲尔丁 Henry Fielding 《汤姆·琼斯》（Tom Jones） 托马斯·格雷 Thomas Gray 《墓园哀歌》（Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard） 五、浪漫主义时期文学（1798-1832） ?罗伯特·彭斯 Robert Burns ?威廉·布莱克 William Blake ?威廉·华兹华斯 William Wordsworth ?塞缪尔·泰勒·柯勒律治 Samuel Taylor Coleridge 《抒情歌谣集》（Lyrical Ballads）
英国文学史复习资料(三年级专业生期末考试必备)[1] (1)
英国文学史资料British Writers and Works I. Old English Literature & The Late Medieval Ages
英国文学期末考试试题 广外
英国文学期末考试试题（广东外语外贸大学） Instructions：This examination consists of 5 parts，and the total time for the examination is 2 hours. All the answers should be entered onto the Answer Sheet. Part I：Multiple Choices （10%） Choose the best answer to the following sentences. 1.Which of the following is NOT a feature of Beowulf？ A. Alliteration B. Anglo-Saxons’ early life in England C. Germanic language D. The national epic of Anglo-Saxon people 2.English Renaissance Period was an age of. A. prose and novel B. poetry and drama C. essays and journals D. ballads and songs 3.The main literary form of the early 17th century was poetry. John Milton was acknowledged as the greatest. Besides him，there were two groups of poets. They were the Cavalier poets and. A. the lake poets B. the university wits C. the Metaphysical poets D. the Romantic poets 4. Pamela is widely considered to be the first novel and was written by ___________. A. Thomas Hardy B. James Joyce C. Samuel Richardson D. Henry Fielding 5.The publication of，which was the joint work of William Wordsworth and Samuel T. Coleridge，marked the beginning of the Romantic Age in England. A. Don Juan B. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner C. Lyrical Ballads D. Queen Mab 6.Among the most famous realistic novelists of the Victorian age are，W. M. Thackeray，Bronte sisters，etc.
英国文学期末整理 (1)
Questions for Revision:The Anglo- Saxon Period Q1: What is the major literary form in this period? Poetry Q2: What is epic? What is the national epic in this period? An Epic is a long narrative poem in elevated style presents characters of high relation to a central figure of heroic proportions and through their development of episodes important to the history of a nation or race. Beowulf Q3: What are the characteristics of Beowulf ? 1、The most striking feature in its poetic form is the use of alliteration- repetition of initial consonant sounds in a line of poem. In alliterative verse, certain accented words in a line begin with the same consonat sound.There are generally 4 accents in a line, three of which show alliteration ,as can be seen from the quotations on P.6-10 in the textbook. 2、"kenning": a kind of figurative language 3、The use of repetition and variation Q4: What are two highlights in the developments of the Anglo-Saxon literature? 1、the Northumbrian School 2、during the reign of King Alfred Questions for Revision-- The Middle English Period Q1: What was the form of literature at the time? What features does it have? Romance 1、Romance which uses narrative verse or prose to sing of knightly adventures or other heroic deeds is a popular literary form in the Middle Ages. The importance of romance itself can be seen as a means of showing medieval aristocratic men and women in relation to their idealized view of the world. 2、Early feudal age，as it reflects the spirit of chivalry. 3、The English romance mainly deals with three major subjects: Religious, Courtly love, and Arthurian 3、Matter of France: a collection of tales about Chalemagne and his peers headed by Roland and their wars against the Saracens. 4、Matter of Rome: covered everything that had come down from the ancient Romans and from the Greeks also e.g. Trojan War 5、Matter of Britain: the legendary history of Britain. e.g. King Arthur and His Round-Table Knights, Sir Gawain and the Greenknight Q2: What is the literary position of Geoferry Chaucer in English Literature? Father of English poetry Q3: What about the significance of The Canterbury Tales ? 1. It gives a comprehensive picture of Chaucer's time. The pilgrims represent the whole range of 14th century society except the very top and the very bottom. With his own wide experience and close observation of life, his characters are so vivid and particular that there can be no substitution for the very person described. 2. The dramatic structure of the poem has been highly commended by critics. In The Canterbury Tales, stories are cleverly woven together by links between the stories.