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HISTORY AND ANTHOLOGY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE 英国文学史及选读 English Literature College of Foreign Languages China Three Gorges University

College of Foreign Languages, CTGU College of Foreign Languages, CTGU H ISTORY AND A NTHOLOGY OF ENGLISH L ITERATURE Teaching Outline  1 Review  2 English Literature in the Renaissance Period

College of Foreign Languages, CTGU College of Foreign Languages, CTGU H ISTORY AND A NTHOLOGY OF ENGLISH L ITERATURE 1 Review  1.1 Summarize Chaucer’s literary career.  1.2 What is Chaucer’s contribution to English language?

College of Foreign Languages, CTGU College of Foreign Languages, CTGU H ISTORY AND A NTHOLOGY OF ENGLISH L ITERATURE 2 English Renaissance and Humanism English Renaissance :  the medieval -> the modern world  The word “Renaissance” means rebirth or revival.  the 14th---mid-17th  a European phenomenon/ an intellectual movement / cultural life / the rise of the bourgeoisie/ in Italy ( 14th ) / Europe

College of Foreign Languages, CTGU College of Foreign Languages, CTGU H ISTORY AND A NTHOLOGY OF ENGLISH L ITERATURE 2.1 English Renaissance and Humanism  Two features of English Renaissance  1 a thirsting curiosity for the classical literature.  2 the keen interest in the activities of humanity  Humanism (the capacities of the human mind and the achievements of human culture) -- keynote

College of Foreign Languages, CTGU College of Foreign Languages, CTGU H ISTORY AND A NTHOLOGY OF ENGLISH L ITERATURE 2.4 Three periods  The first period ---the beginning of the Renaissance ( 1516 – 1578)  The second period --- the flowering time of the Renaissance ( 1578 – 1625)  Elizabethan Period/a magnificent achievement/the Age of William Shakespeare  The third period--- the epilogue of the Renaissance ( )

College of Foreign Languages, CTGU College of Foreign Languages, CTGU H ISTORY AND A NTHOLOGY OF ENGLISH L ITERATURE 2.5 English Literature in the Renaissance Period  English literature in the Renaissance Period is usually regarded as the highlight in this history of English literature.  An age of poetry and drama  Prose:  Thomas More( ) and His Utopia  About Utopia : Utopia the form of a conversation/ two books the social conditions of England/ an idea society called Utopia

College of Foreign Languages, CTGU College of Foreign Languages, CTGU H ISTORY AND A NTHOLOGY OF ENGLISH L ITERATURE English Literature in the Renaissance Period Lyrical Poetry.  General introduction  Variety / freshness / youthfulness / romantic feeling  a fashion /Queen Elizabeth /a nest of singing birds  Thomas Wyatt / Henry Howard / Philip Sidney / Edmund Spenser

College of Foreign Languages, CTGU College of Foreign Languages, CTGU H ISTORY AND A NTHOLOGY OF ENGLISH L ITERATURE English Literature in the Renaissance Period  Edmund Spenser( )  the poets’ poet /The Faerie Queene  The writing features of The Faerie Queene  written in the form of allegory  a new verse form ( Spenserian Stanza )Spenserian Stanza  sweet melody / musical lines/ rare sense of beauty,

College of Foreign Languages, CTGU College of Foreign Languages, CTGU H ISTORY AND A NTHOLOGY OF ENGLISH L ITERATURE Spenserian Stanza  It is written in a special verse form that consists of eight iambic pentameter lines followed by a ninth line of six iambic feet, with the rhyme scheme abab bcbc c.

College of Foreign Languages, CTGU College of Foreign Languages, CTGU H ISTORY AND A NTHOLOGY OF ENGLISH L ITERATURE 3 Assignments  Hamlet  The Merchant of Venice

College of Foreign Languages, CTGU College of Foreign Languages, CTGU H ISTORY AND A NTHOLOGY OF ENGLISH L ITERATURE Collection  Questions?

College of Foreign Languages, CTGU College of Foreign Languages, CTGU H ISTORY AND A NTHOLOGY OF ENGLISH L ITERATURE