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英国文学史课程考试大纲
PartOneEarlyandMedievalEnglishLiterature
Chapter1TheMakingofEngland
I.TheBritons:
atribeofCelts,theearlyinhabitantsintheIsland,formwhich(Britons)Britain(i.e.LandofBritons)gotitsname.(识记,重点)
II.TheRomanConquest:
In55B.C.BritainwasinvadedbyJuliusCaesar,theRomanconqueror.TheRomanconquestlastedforabout400years(toAD410).RoadsystemsinLondonwerebuilt.(识记,重点)
III.TheEnglishConquest:
Britaininvadedbythreetribes(pirates)fromNorthEurope:
TheAngles,SaxonsandJutes.Sevenkingdomswereestablished----thencombinedintoaunitedkingdomcalledEngland(thelandofAngles)---thethreetribesmixedintoonepeoplecalledEnglishortheAngles,andthethreedialectsgrewintoonesinglelanguagecalledAnglo-Saxon,orOldEnglish.(识记,重点)
IV.TheSocialConditionofTheAnglo-Saxons(识记,一般)
V.Anglo-SaxonReligiousBeliefandItsInfluence:
TheAnglo-Saxonswereheathenpeople,believinginoldmythologyinNorthEurope.TheywereChristianizedinthe7thcentury.(识记,次重点)
Chapter2Beowulf
I.Anglo-SaxonPoetry:
Beowulf(apoemofmorethan3000lines)isthenationalepicoftheEnglishpeople.(识记,重点)
II.TheStory(理解,一般)
III.AnalysisofitsContent(理解,一般)
IV.Features(应用,重点)
1)theuseofalliteration(certainaccentedwordsinalinebeginwiththesameconsonants;
2)theuseofmetaphors/kennings(e.g.“Ring-giver”forking,or“whale’sroad”forsea)
3)theuseofunderstatements(e.g.“nottroublesome”forverywelcome,“neednotpraise”forarighttocondemn)
Chapter3FeudalEngland
1)TheNormanConquest
I.TheDanishInvasion(识记,一般)
II.TheNormanConquest
(1)TheFrench-speakingNormansunderDukeWilliamcamein1066.WilliamwaslatercrownedasKingofEngland.(识记,次重点)
(2)TheNormanConquestmarkedtheestablishmentoffeudalisminEngland.(识记,次重点)
(3)TheinfluenceofNormanConquestontheEnglishlanguage.(应用,重点)
2)FeudalEngland(skip)
4)TheRomance
I.ThecontentoftheRomance
(1)ThemostprevailingkindofliteratureinFeudalEnglandwastheromance.(识记,重点)
(2)TheessenceoftheRomancesidchivalry.(识记,次重点)
II.TheRomanceCycle
(1)MattersofBritain(KingArthurandhisKnightsoftheRoundTable,theculminationofwhichisSirGawainandtheGreenKnight);(理解,重点)
(2)MattersofFrance;(识记,一般)
(3)MattersofRome.(识记,一般)
Chapter4Langland
(1)WilliamLangland:
authorofPiersthePlowman;
(2)PiersthePlowmanisoneofthegreatestofEnglishpoems,writtenintheformofadreamvision,;
(3)depictingthefeudalEnglandbyallegoryandsymbolism.(识记,重点)
Chapter5TheEnglishBallads
(1)definitionofBallad(应用,重点)
(2)ThemostimportantdepartmentofEnglishfolkliteratureistheballad.(识记,一般)
(3)TheRobinHoodBallads(理解,重点)
Chapter6GeoffreyChaucer(c.1343-1400)
(1)father/founderofEnglishpoetry
(2)majorworks:
TroilusandCriseyde;TheCanterburyTales(识记,重点)
(3)TheCanterburyTales:
(应用,重点)
A.Dramaticstructure:
aframedstory(definition);(识记,一般)
B.realisticpresentationofcharacters(e.g.WifeofBath)andcontemporarylife;(识记,一般)
C.Heroiccouple(definition),whichisChaucer’schiefcontributiontothemetricschemeoftheEnglishpoetry;(理解,重点)
D.HeusedLondondialect(insteadofLatinorFrench)astowritepoetry,thusmakingEnglishLanguageofliterature.(识记,重点)
PartTwo:
TheEnglishRenaissance
Chapter1OldEnglishinTransition
I.TheNewMonarchy
(1)HundredYearsWarwithFrance(1337-1453)(识记,一般)
(2)TheWaroftheRoses(1455-1485)(识记,一般)
(3)TudorDynasty,acentralizedmonarchy(tomeettheneedsoftherisingbourgeoisie(识记,一般)
II.TheReformation
(1)HenryVIIIdeclaredthebreakwithRome,andestablishedProtestantism;(识记,一般)
III.TheEnglishBible
(1)ThefirstcompleteEnglishBiblewastranslatedbyJohnWycliffe(1324?
-1384),themorningstaroftheReformation,”andhisfollowers.(识记,重点)
(2)KingJamesBible,theAuthorizedVersion.(识记,重点)
V.TheEnclosureMovement(识记,一般)
VI.TheCommercialExpansion(识记,一般)
VII.TheWarwithSpain
(1)theroutoftheSpanishfleet“Armada”(Invincible)(识记,次重点)
(2)TheEnglishBourgeoisiecametotheforeinthearenaofhistory.(识记,一般)
VII.TheRenaissanceandHumanism
(1)definitionofTheRenaissance(应用,重点)
(2)Humanismisthekey-noteoftheRenaissance.(识记,重点)
Chapter2More
(1)ThomasMore(1478-1535):
thegreatestoftheEnglishhumanists,authorofUtopia.(识记,重点)
(2)Utopia(理解,重点)
Chapter3TheFloweringofEnglishLiterature
I.TheFloweringofEnglishLiterature(Skip)
II.SidneyandRaleigh
(1)SirPhilipSidney(1554-1686):
well-knownasapoetandacriticofpoetry.(识记,一般)
(2)HisApologyforPoetryisoneoftheearliestEnglishliteraryessays.(理解,次重点)
III.EdmundSpencer(1552-1599)
(1)Knownas“ThePoet’sPoet”,heldapositionasamodelofpoeticalartamongtheRenaissanceEnglishpoets.(识记,重点)
(2)TheFaerieQueene(理解,重点)
(3)TheSpenserianStanza(理解,重点)
IV.JohnLyly(1554?
-1606)(skip)
V.FrancisBacon(1561-1626)
(1)founderofEnglishmaterialistphilosophy;(识记,次重点)
(2)founderofmodernscienceinEngland(Knowledgeispower.)(识记,重点)
(3)twoworksAdvancementofLearningandNewInstrument(putforward“Inductivemethodofreasoning”)(识记,重点)
(4)alsofamousforhisEssays.(理解,重点)
Chapter4Drama
I.TheMiraclePlay
(1)ThehighestgloryoftheEnglishRenaissancewasunquestionablyitsdrama.(识记,重点)
(2)EnglishdramahadrootsreachingbacktothemiracleplaysoftheMiddleAges.(识记,一般)
(3)definitionofmiracleplays(BasedonBiblestories)(理解,次重点)
II.TheMoralityPlay
(1)alittlelaterthanmiracleplays.(理解,重点)
(2)definition(conflictofgoodandevilwithallegoricalpersonages,suchasMercy,Peace,Hate,Follyandsoon.)(理解,次重点)
III.TheInterlude(识记,一般)
IV.TheClassicalDrama(识记,一般)
Miracleplays,moralityplays,interludesandclassicalplaysweretheformsofdramaprevailinguntilthereignofElizabethandpavedthewayfortheflourishingofdrama.(识记,次重点)
V.TheLondonTheatre
Inthe16thcentury,LondonbecamethecenterofEnglishdrama.(识记,一般)
VI.TheAudience(识记,一般)
VII.ThePlaywrights
TheUniversityWits(Lyly,Peele,Marlowe,Greene,LodgeandNash)(识记,次重点)
Chapter5Marlowe(1564-1593)
I.Themostgiftedofthe“universitywits”wasChristopherMarlowe.(识记,重点)
II.Marlowe’sbestincludesthreeofhisplays:
Tamburlaine(1587);TheJewofMalta(1592);DoctorFaustus(识记,重点)
III.DoctorFaustus(理解,重点)
IV.SocialsignificanceofMarlowe’sPlays(理解,重点)
V.Marlowe’sliteraryachievement
Marlowefirstmadeblankverse(unrhymediambicpentameter)theprincipalinstrumentofEnglishdrama.(识记,重点)
Chapter6Shakespeare(1564-1616)
I.Life
WilliamShakespearewasborninStratford-on-Avon,alittletowninWarwickshire.Allthroughhislifehewrote37(?
39)plays,154sonnetsand2longpoems.HewasacknowledgedtobethesummitoftheEnglishRenaissance.(识记,重点)
II.AChronologicallistofShakespeare’splays(识记,一般)
III.Periodsofhisdramaticcomposition
(1)The1stperiod:
Historicalplays(hisfirsttheatricalsuccesswashishistoricalplaysHenryVI)andfourcomedies.(识记,一般)
(2)The2ndperiod:
greatcomedies(识记,一般)
(3)The3rdperiod:
greattragediesanddarkcomedies(识记,一般)
(4)4thperiod:
romancesorreconciliationplays(识记,一般)
IV.TheGreatComedies:
AMidsummerNight’sDream;TheMerchantofVenice;AsYouLikeIt;TwelfthNight(应用,重点)
V.TheMatureHistories
(1)HenryIV(识记,一般)
(2)TheImageofHenryV:
thesymbolofShakespeare’sidealkingship.(识记,一般)
(3)TheimageofSirJohnFalstaff(理解,重点)
VI.TheGreatTragedies:
Hamlet;Othello;KingLear;Macbeth(应用,重点)
VII.Hamlet(应用,重点)
(1)Thestory(识记,一般)
(2)ThecharacterofHamlet(hesitanthumanist)(理解,重点)
(3)ThemelancholyofHamlet(理解,重点)
VIII.TheLaterComedies(识记,一般)
IX.ThePoems
(1)VenusandAdonis(识记,一般)
(2)TheRapeofLucrece(识记,一般)
(3)sonnets(154,definition)(理解,重点)
X.FeaturesofShakespeare’sDrama(理解,次重点)
Chapter7BenJonson(1572-1637
Mainlyrememberedforhiscomedies:
EverymaninhisHumour;Volpone,orTheFox;TheAlchemist;BartholomewFair(识记,一般)
PartThreeThePeriodoftheEnglishBourgeoisRevolution
Chapter1TheEnglishRevolutionandtheRestoration(skip)
Chapter2JohnMilton(1608-1674)
I.Lifeandwork
(1)Areopagitica:
appealingforthefreedomofpress.(识记,重点)
(2)threeepics:
ParadiseLost,ParadiseRegained;SamsonAgonistes(识记,重点)
II.ParadiseLost
(1)Thestory(识记,一般)
(2)Themeandcharacterization(理解,次重点)
(3)TheImageofSatan(理解,重点)
III.SamsonAgonistes(理解,次重点)
IV.Briefsummary(理解,次重点)
Chapter3JohnBunyan(1628-1688)
(1)ThePilgrim’sProgressisareligiousallegory.(识记,重点)
(2)ContentofThePilgrim’sProgress(理解,重点)
Chapter4MetaphysicalpoetsandCavalierpoets
(1)definitionof“Metaphysicalpoetry”(理解,重点)
(2)JohnDonnewasthefounderoftheMetaphysicalSchool.(识记,重点)
(3)Othermembersofthemetaphysicalschool:
GeorgeHerbert(1593-1633);AndrewMarvell(1621-1678);HenryVaughan(1622-1695)(识记,一般)
Chapter5Someprosewriters(Skip)
Chapter6RestorationLiterature
I.RestorationComedies(skip)
II.JohnDryden(1631-1700)
(1)ThemostdistinguishedliteraryfigureoftheRestorationperiod(1660-1688),poet,playwright,andcritic.(识记,重点)
(2)AnEssayofDramaticPoesyestablishedhispositionastheleadingcriticoftheday.(识记,次重点)
(3)HewastheforerunneroftheEnglishclassicalschoolofliteratureinthenextcentury.(识记,一般)
PartFourTheEighteenthCentury
Chapter1TheEnlightenmentandClassicisminEnglishLiterature
I.TheEnlightenmentandthe18thcenturyEngland
(1)Afterthe“GloriousRevolution”of1688,EnglandbecameaconstitutionalmonarchyandpowerpassedformtheKingtothePar
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