英语国家概况_chapter_6.ppt

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1、AGuidetoEnglish-SpeakingCountries英语国家概况英语国家概况TheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIrelandChapter6LiteratureTheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland英语国家概况CONTENTTheOldEnglishPeriodandMiddleEnglishPeriod(450-1500)ITheRenaissance(1500-1660)IITheNeo-Classical

2、Period(1660-1785)IIITheRomanticPeriod(1785-1830)IVTheModernPeriod(1914-1945)VITheVictorianPeriod(1832-1901)VThePostmodernPeriod(1945-)VIITheOldEnglishPeriodandMiddleEnglishPeriod(450-1500)I1.1GeneralKnowledge1.2TheOldEnglishPeriod1.3TheMiddleEnglishPeriod1.1GeneralKn

3、owledgeInpractice,worksofliteraturefallintofourcategoriesorgenres:narrativefictiondramapoetrynon-fictionprose1.1GeneralKnowledgeThetwokindsofnarrativefictionyouwillreadmostoftenareshortstoriesandnovels.Myths(神话),parables(寓言),romances(传奇),andepics(史诗)arealsopartoftheg

4、enre.1.2TheOldEnglishPeriodOldEnglish:theepicBeowulfAfolklegendbroughttoEnglandbytheAnglo-Saxonsfromtheircontinentalhomes.1.3TheMiddleEnglishPeriodWiththeNormanConquestin1066,BritainenteredtheMiddleAges(1066-1485).MiddleEnglish:TheCanterburyTales(1387-1400)GeoffreyCh

5、aucer(1340?-1400)TheRenaissance(1500-1660)2.1GeneralKnowledge2.2WilliamShakespeareIIRenaissanceischaracterizedbyadmirationoftheGreekandLatinclassicworks.sonnet(十四行诗)dramaThedramatypesaretragedy,comedyandfarce(滑稽剧).2.1GeneralKnowledge2.2WilliamShakespeare(1564-1616)2.

6、2WilliamShakespeare(1564-1616)Shakespeare’sBirthplace2.2WilliamShakespeare(1564-1616)EnglishplaywrightWilliamShakespearewasborninthathouseonHenleyStreetinStratford-upon-AvoninApril1564.Shakespeare’sfather,John,purchasedthebuildingintwostages,in1556and1572.Today,Shake

7、speare’sbirthplaceisamuseum,furnishedasitmighthavebeeninShakespeare’stime.ItalsohousesanexhibitonShakespeare’slife.TheGlobeTheatre,wheredramatistWilliamShakespearesawhisplaysperformed400yearsago,hasbeenrebuiltnearitsoriginallocationonthesouthbankoftheThamesRiverinLon

8、don,England.2.2WilliamShakespeare(1564-1616)ComedyAMidsummerNight’sDream(1595)TheMerchantofVenice(1598)AsYouLikeIt(1599)TwelfthNigh