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1、EnglishLiterature——ThebeginningperiodofEnglishliteratureChaucer,thefirstimportantwriterinEnglishhistoryBeowulf,themostimpressivelongpoeminOldEnglish,wascreatedaroundA.D.700;itisbelievedwrittenbyaDanishcleric.14thCEngland,threemajorpoets:GeoffreyChaucer,WilliamLangland,andthea
2、nonymous“Gawain-poet”ChauceristhefatherofmodernEnglishpoetry.Hisfirstmajorwork:TheBookoftheDuchesshismonumentalsuccess:TheCanterburyTales（砍特博雷故事集）WilliamLangland,“PiersPlowman”SirGawainandtheGreenKnight,oneofthemostoutstandingpoemsinmedievalEnglishliterature,wasnotfocusingonr
3、ealhumanlifeandcharacter.——Thegloryofpoetry:FromSidneytoPopeFivegreatpoets:Shakespeare,Spenser,Sidney,Donne,MiltonPhilipSidney(菲利普·西德尼),bestrepresentedthespiritoftheElizabethAge.Thefamouswords:”Thyneedisgreaterthanmine.”Hismajorachievementasapoet:AstrophelandStellaOthers:Defe
4、nseofPoetry(诗辩),AnApologyforPoetryEdmundSpencer(斯宾塞):TheFaerieQueen(仙后),hisgreatallegoryTheShepheardesCalendar(牧羊人的日记)Amoretti(爱情小诗)Shakespeare:Sonnets ---representthefinestpoeticcraftsmanshipofElizabethanpoetry.HewasthemostdistinguishedpractitioneroftheEnglishsonnetduringthe
5、ElizabethanAge.JohnDonne(多恩)---ametaphysicalpoet(玄学派);HolySonnetsOthermetaphysicalpoetsofhistime:GeorgeHerbert,RichardCrashaw,HenryVaughanJohnMilton(弥尔顿):ParadiseLostishismasterpieceandoneofthegreatestpoemsinworldliterature.ParadiseRegained,SamsonAgonistes(drama)JohnDryden(德莱
6、顿)asapoet---theneoclassicists(新古典主义)AlexanderPope(亚历山大·薄柏):HebroughttheheroiccoupletHisfirstimportantpoem,AnEssayonCriticismHismostfamouspoem,TheRapeoftheLock——ThegoldenageofEnglishdramaTheElizabethanAgeistheageofsonnets,andtheageofdrama.ChristopherMarlowe(克里斯托弗·马洛),heisthemo
7、stoutstandingdramatistamongthegroup“UniversityWits”.HeisacknowledgedasthegreatesttragedywriterbeforeWilliamShakespeare.TheTragicalHistoryofDoctorEaustus(浮士德医生)TheJewofMalta(马耳他岛的犹太人)WilliamShakespeare’sdramaticcareercanbedividedintofourperiodsBenJonson:VolponeortheFox,TheAlch
8、emistJohnWebster:TheWhiteDevilandTheDuchessofMalfi——ThebeautyofProse
