Renaissance文艺复兴时期的英国文学史.ppt

Renaissance Lead-in Questions 1. What is English Renaissance? 2. What is the Background of English Renaissance? 3.Do you know any writers or works of that period? Renaissance 1.The movement began in Italy in the 14th century. 2.In the 15th and 16th century European scholars had keen interest in the Greek and Latin culture. 3.The ideal of the movement was Humanism. Background The establishing of the foundations of capitalism in England. Absolute monarchy in England at the beginning of the 16th century. Peace and prosperity during the reign of Queen Elizabeth. England becoming a mighty naval power after the victory over the Spanish Armada. Main writers and their works 1.Edmund Spenser (1552-1599） 2. Thomas More (1478-1535 ） 3.Francis Bacon (1561-1626 ） 4. Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593） 1. Edmund Spenser (1552-1599） “the poet’s poet”, creator of Spenserian stanza Faerie Queen 2. Utopia 3. Essays Of Studies 4.The greatest playwright before Shakespeare The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus (master piece ） Tamburlaine the Great, The Jew of Malta, William Shakespeare (1564-1616）1.Early Period Two Gentlemen of Verona Henry VI Richard III The Taming of the Shrew Love’s Labour Lost The Comedy of Errors 2.　Period of rapid growth and development Romeo and Juliet Midsummer Night’s Dream Julius Caesar HenryIV HenryV As You Like It 3.　Period of gloom and depression King Lear Othello Hamlet Macbeth 4.　Period of restored serenity. The Winter’s Tale Tempest Shakespeare’s Sonnets What is sonnet? 1. Sonnet is a type of poem consisting of one single fourteen-line stanza（诗段，节） 2. It was perfected by the Italian poet in the 13th century and introduced into England in the early 16th century. 3. English sonnets, in terms of structure, largely fall i