英美文学简易复习表格优质资料(可以直接使用，可编辑优质资料，欢迎下载）Name/CNNameWriter'sFeaturesWritings/CNWritingsWriting'sFeaturesEnglishLiteratureTheRenaissancePeriod1.age:1500-16602.background:stimulatedbytherediscoveryofancientRomanandGreekclassic;England'sGoldenAge,especiallyinliterature;theChurchofEnglandbrokeawayfromtheCatholicChurch3.features:(1)Newpoeticalformsintroduced,e.g.blankverseandsonnet;(2)theEnglishdramabaseditselfonthemodelsofRomanandGreekclassicsandtheprecedentsfromItalyandSpain(3)theuniversaltendofhumanisminemphasizingman'sdignityandhisworldlyhappinessEdmundSpenser埃德蒙.斯宾赛1.Thepoet'spoet;2.Perfectmelody;araresenseofbeauty;asplendidimagination;aloftymoralpurityandseriousness;adedicatedidealismTheFaerieQueen仙后(TheShepheadesCalender牧人日记;Epithalamion新婚喜歌)Anallegory;"ahistoricalpoem"topresenttheexampleofaperfectgentleman;aherorepresentoneofthe12virtues;fiercewarresandfaithfullovesChristopherMarlowe克里斯扥夫.马洛（BlankverseUniversitywit）1.perfectedblankverseandturneditintotheprincipalmediumofEnglishdrama2.createdaseriesofimagesoftheRenaissanceheroforEnglishdramaDrFauctus浮士德博士ThePassionateShepherdtoHisLove多情的牧羊人致情人1.symbolicofahumanistintheRenaissance;basedontheGermanlegendofamagicianaspiringforknowledgeandfinallymeetinghistragicendasaresultofsellinghissoultotheDevilWilliamShakespeare威廉.莎士比亚Thegreatestplaywrightandthemostpopularsonnetwriter;acreationofcharacters;skillfulplotconstruction;irony;agooduseofalanguage;skilledinvariouspoeticforms;ofthreequatrainsandacouplet(三节四行诗加一节偶句);nationalunityunderamightyandjustsovereignisanecessity—“TheKing’sgovernmentmustbecarriedon”(在一个强大英明的君主统治下的国家，统一是非常必要的)(Eachherohashisweeknessofnature:Hamlet,themelancholicscholar-prince,facesthedilemmabetweenactionandmind;Othello’sinnerweaknessismadeuseofbytheoutsideevilforce;theoldkingLearwhoisunwillingtototallygiveuphispowermakeshimselfsufferfromtreacheryandinfidelity;andMacbeth’slustforpowerstirsuphisambitionandleadshimtoincessantcrimes.)literatureshouldbeacombinationofbeauty,kindnessandtruth