英国文学习题

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1、英国文学习题与练习Week2EarlyandMedievalEnglishLiteratureReferenceQuestions:1.WhoweretheearliestsettlersofBritton/England?Whatdoyouknowaboutthem(home,language,belief,lifestyle)?2.Whatarethe3conquests?Whateffectstheyhaduponthenation?3.Ideologicallywhatisthemostsignificantcha

2、ngeinpeople’sspirituallife?4.Howwasthenationdevelopedpoliticallyorwhatchangeswerethereintheformofthesocialstructure?5.Intermsofliterature,whatinfluencehadtheFrenchuponEngland?6.HowmanylanguageswerespokenduringtheFrenchreign?HowdoyouunderstandmodernEnglishasalangua

3、ge?7.WhatwastheessenceofChristiandoctrinepreachedatthetime?Wasthereanyignoblereasonbehindit?8.WhywastheMiddleAgesknownastheDarkAges?9.Whatwastheformofliteratureatthetime?Whatfeaturesdoesithave?10.Whatarethe3periods/stagesofChaucer’sliterarycareer?11.Inwhatwaydowec

4、allChaucer’sCanterburyTalesthefirstworkofEnglishliterature?Textstudy:Chaucer’sCanterburyTales(6-7)1.Whatisimageofthenun?2.Isshefavorablyandadmirablyorsatiricallyportrayed?How?3.Whatfiguresofspeechareused?Week3Renaissance(1)Referencequestions:1.WhatisRenaissance?Ho

5、wandwhydiditcomeabout?2.Whatisthedevelopmentofdrama?Whatweretheoriginalformsandcontentandpracticeofdrama?3.WhydiddramaflourishinElizabethanage?Whoarethemajorplaywrightsofthetime?4.WhoisMarlowe?WhatcontributionsdidhemaketoEnglishdrama?5.WhoisShakespeare?Whatfamousa

6、ndgreatplays(history,comedy,tragedy)?Whatfeatures?1.WhatdidBenJonsonwriteabout?Whatrepresentativework?2.PreparetheexcerptfromHamlet(31-32).Whatisitmainlyabout?Whathumanistideacanyoufindinthesoliloquy?3.Whatwasthemostimportanttranslationofthetime?Week4Renaissance(2

7、)ReferencequestionsonShakespeareandHamlet:1.WhyisShakespeareaneternalsubjectofstudy?Wherelieshisgreatness?2.WhatarethethemesofHamlet?3.WhatisthesignificanceofHamletasacharacter?4.Whatisblankverse?5.Whatissoliloquy?TextstudyHamlet’ssoliloquy“Tobeornottobe”(31-32)1.

8、WhatisthemainideaofHamlet’ssoliloquy?Summarizeinoneortwosentencesthemainideaofthesoliloquy?2.Howdoesthesoliloquyreflectthespiritofthetimeortheideaofhuma