小自考《英美文学选读》文艺复兴时期2

　　1.一般识记：重要作家的文学生涯

　　2.识记：重要作品及主要内容

　　3.领会：重要作家的创作思想，艺术特色及其代表作品的主题结构，人物塑造，语言风格，艺术手法，社会意义等。

　　4.应用：

　　（1）莎士比亚和邓恩诗歌的主题，意象

　　（2）喜剧《威尼斯商人》的主题和主要人物性格分析

　　（3）哈姆雷特的性格分析

　　（4）史诗《失乐园》的结构，人物性格，语言特点等的分析

　　1. Edmund Spenser

　　1. 一般识记

　　Brief Introduction to the Author English poet，born in London， England， about 1552，and died in London， Jan 13， 1599.

　　2. 识记

　　His Major Works Spenser's most important work & masterpiece is The Faerie Queene， a great poem of its age. A complex moral， religious， & political allegory， it is also an epic that exalts Queen Elizabeth Ⅰ& the English nation. According to Spenser's own explanation， his principal intention is to present through a "historical poem" the example of a perfect gentleman： "to fashion a gentleman or noble person in virtuous & gentle discipline." Its principal hero is the Arthur of medieval legend. The six books of the poem illustrate the nature of particular virtues， such as， temperance & justice. Other major works of Spenser are The Shepheardes Calender（1579）， a poem consisting of 12 eclogues-corresponding to the 12 months of the year； Epithalamion （1595）， a poem expressing the deep personal feelings occasioned by the poets second marriage； Amoretti （1595）， a series of sonnets.

　　3. 领会

　　His Influence

　　1） Main qualities of Spenser's poetry

　　①a perfect melody

　　②a rare sense of beauty

　　③a splendid imagination

　　④a lofty moral purity & seriousness

　　⑤a dedicated idealism

　　2） In his writing， Spenser drew on the conventions & thought of Classical， medieval， & Renaissance literature. However， he added to his fusion of these spanerse elements much that was original， &

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