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1、英美文学复习笔记整理英国部分TheRenaissancePeriod1.Renaissance:between14thandmid-17thcentury.2.Renaissancemeansrebirthorrevival,isactuallyamovementstimulatedbyaseriesofhistoricalevents,suchastherediscoveryofancientRomanandGreekculture,thenewdiscoveriesingeographyandast
2、rology,thereligiousreformationandtheeconomicexpansion.3.theRenaissance,thereforeinessenceisahistoricalperiodinwhichtheEuropeanhumanistthinkersandScholarsmadeattempttogetridofthoseoldfeudalistideasinMedievalEurope,tointroducenewideasthatexpressedthepurity
3、oftherisingbourgeoisie,andtorecoverthepurityoftheearlychurchfromthecorruptionoftheRomanCatholicchurch.4.HumanismistheessenceoftheRenaissance(1)Capableofindividualdevelopmentinthedirectionofperfection.(2)Theyinhabitedwastheirsnottodespisebytoquestion,expl
4、oreandenjoy.(3)ByemphasizingthedignityofhumanbeingandtheImportanceofthepresentlife,theyvoicedtheirbeliefsthatmandidnotonlyhavetherighttoenjoythebeautyofthislife(4)TomasMore,ChristopherMarlowandWilliamShakespearearethebestrepresentativeoftheEnglishhumanis
5、t.5Metaphysicalpoetry:Metaphysicalischaracterizedbypassionatethoughtsuccessionofconcentratedimage,exerciseofelaborateingenuityand“wit”,JohnDonewasthefamousoftheMetaphysicalpoet.TheMetaphysicalPoetsweremenoflearningandtoshowtheirlearningwastheirendeavour.
6、EdmundSpencerMasterpiece:TheFaerieQueene(allegory)ChristopherMarloweUniversitywitsImportantplays:Tambulaine,Dr.Faustus,TheJewofMetaEdmundIIMarlowevoicedthesupremedesireofthemanoftheRenaissanceofinfinitepowersandauthority(1)Perfectedtheblankverse.(2)Creat
7、ionoftheRenaissanceherotoEnglishdrama,itembodiesMarlowe’sidealofhumandignityandcapacity.Dr.Faustus:aspiringforknowledge,theplay’sdominantmoralishumanratherthanreligious,itcelebratesthehumanpassionforknowledge,powerandhappiness,italsorevealsman’sfrustrati
8、oninrealizingthehighaspirationinahostilemoralorderandtheconfinementtotimeisthecruelestfactofman’scondition.WilliamShakespeare1.Works:154sonnets,38plays,2longpoemsComedy:MerchantofVenice.24greattragedies:Hamlet,Othello,King
