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《英美文學(xué)選讀》應(yīng)考指導(dǎo) 一、教材說(shuō)明 《英美文學(xué)選讀》是全國(guó)高等教育自學(xué)考試英語(yǔ)專業(yè)本科段的必修課程，也是廣大考生比較頭疼的課程。教材大體可以分為兩個(gè)大的部分，文學(xué)發(fā)展史和作家介紹及作品選讀。讓考生頭疼的事情是課本信息量太大，考綱要求的內(nèi)容較多，學(xué)習(xí)的時(shí)候理不出頭緒，也不便記憶。事實(shí)上，文學(xué)課有著相當(dāng)強(qiáng)的邏輯性和系統(tǒng)性，只要我們把握住這一點(diǎn)，這門課程并不難學(xué)，也不難考過(guò)。 二、考情分析 2009年，本門課程的考試大綱做了一些調(diào)整，這種調(diào)整在某種程度上減輕和考生的復(fù)習(xí)負(fù)擔(dān)，但也同時(shí)考察的內(nèi)容更細(xì)，更全。 （一）關(guān)于考核要求的調(diào)整 考核要求中每章概述內(nèi)容不作調(diào)整；“該時(shí)期的重要作家”只包含對(duì)考核知識(shí)點(diǎn)中保留的重要作家的相關(guān)內(nèi)容的考核。 （二）大綱調(diào)整后的特點(diǎn) （1）新大綱更加突出了英美各個(gè)文學(xué)時(shí)期的時(shí)代特點(diǎn)。如：文藝復(fù)興時(shí)期的戲劇和詩(shī)史，浪漫主義時(shí)期的詩(shī)歌等。從這個(gè)意義上講，命題的重點(diǎn)突出了。 （2）新大綱中考核的作家，都是每一個(gè)文學(xué)時(shí)期文學(xué)潮流的最具代表性的作家，都是對(duì)該時(shí)期文學(xué)的發(fā)展起到?jīng)Q定作用的作家。從這個(gè)意義上講，命題的焦點(diǎn)集中了。 （3）新大綱中所保留的作家的作品大多是廣大考生耳熟能詳?shù)淖髌?，從這個(gè)意義上講，考試的難度降低了。 三、復(fù)習(xí)方法 （一）概述： 考試大綱調(diào)整以后，可命題的作家的數(shù)量減少了，但命題的深度會(huì)增加；同時(shí)，由于作家數(shù)量的減少，這也意味著在每一章的概述部分和作品選讀部分的命題點(diǎn)會(huì)增多。 （二）每章概述部分的復(fù)習(xí)重點(diǎn) 在對(duì)這部分的復(fù)習(xí)中，重點(diǎn)關(guān)注每一個(gè)文學(xué)時(shí)期的界定以及其標(biāo)志性事件；另外每一個(gè)文學(xué)時(shí)期的時(shí)代特點(diǎn)和突出文學(xué)成就也是考查的重點(diǎn)，還有本時(shí)期同時(shí)存在的文學(xué)流派的特點(diǎn)也是重點(diǎn)內(nèi)容。 （三）每章重點(diǎn)作家的復(fù)習(xí)重點(diǎn) 作家的文學(xué)史上的地位和貢獻(xiàn)；作家的代表作以及代表作的中心大意和所反映的社會(huì)現(xiàn)實(shí)；作家的寫作風(fēng)格和寫作特點(diǎn)也是命題的重點(diǎn)。 （四）每章作品選讀的復(fù)習(xí)重點(diǎn) 作品選讀前面的斜體字部分的簡(jiǎn)介和概括；作品中的名句；作品選讀中的注釋部分，小說(shuō)作品中的人物關(guān)系。 在對(duì)新考綱解讀完了之后，剩下的事情就是大家去聽后面的串講，認(rèn)真學(xué)習(xí)，通過(guò)考試！ Part One: English Literature An Introduction to Old and Medieval English Literature I Understanding and application: (理解應(yīng)用) 1.England’s inhabitants are Celts. And it is conquered by Romans, Anglo Saxons and Normans. The Anglo-Saxons brought the Germanic language and culture to England, while Normans brought the Mediterranean civilization, including Greek culture, Rome law and the Christian religion. It is the cultural influence of these two conquests that provided the source for the rise and growth of English literature. 2. The old English literature extends from about 450 to 1066, the year of the Norm 3. The old English poetry that has survived can be divided into two groups: The religious group and the secular one 4. Beowulf: a typical example of Old English poetry is regarded as the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons. It is an example of the mingling of nature myths and heroic legends. 5. After the Norman’s conquest, three languages co-existed in England. French is the official language that is used by king and the Norman lords. Latin is the principal tongue of church affairs and in universities. Old English was spoken only by the common English people. 6. In the second half of 14th century, English literature started to flourish with the appearance of writers like Geoffrey Chaucer, William Langland, John Gower, and others II Recite: (識(shí)記再現(xiàn)) 1. Romance: ①It uses narrative verse or prose to sing knightly adventures or other heroic deeds is a popular literary form in the medieval period. ②It has developed the characteristic medieval motifs of the quest, the test, the meeting with the evil giant and the encounter with the beautiful beloved. ③The hero is usually the knight, who sets out on a journey to accomplish some missions. There are often mysteries and fantasies in romance. ④Romantic love is an important part of the plot in romance. Characterization is standardized, While the structure is loose and episodic, the language is simple and straightforward. ⑤The importance of the romance itself can be seen as a means of showing medieval aristocratic men and women in relation to their idealized view of the world. 2.Heroic couplet: () Heroic couplet is a rhymed couplet of iambic pentameter. It is Chaucer who used it for the first time in English in his work The Legend of Good Woman. 3. The theme of Beowulf: The poem presents a vivid picture of how the primitive people wage heroic struggles against the hostile forces of the natural world under a wise and mighty leader. The poem is an example of the mingling of the nature myths and heroic legends. 4. The Wife of Bath in The Canterbury Tales: The Wife of Bath is depicted as the new bourgeois wife asserting her independence. Chaucer develops his characterization to a higher artistic level by presenting characters with both typical qualities and individual dispositions. 5. Chaucer’s achievement: ①He presented a comprehensive realistic picture of his age and created a whole gallery of vivid characters in his works, especially in The Canterbury Tales. ②He anticipated a new ear, the Renaissance, to come under the influence of the Italian writers. ③He developed his characterization to a higher level by presenting characters with both typical qualities and individual dispositions. ④He greatly contributed to the maturing of English poetry. Today, Chaucer’s reputation has been securely established as one of the best English poets for his wisdom, humor and humanity. 6.“The Father of English poetry”: Originally, Old English poems are mainly alliterative verses with few variations. ①Chaucer introduced from France the rhymed stanzas of various types to English poetry to replace it. ②In The Romaunt of the Rose (玫瑰傳奇), he first introduced to the English the octosyllabic couplet (八音節(jié)對(duì)偶句). ③In The Legend of Good Women, he used for the first time in English heroic couplet. ④And in his masterpiece, The Canterbury Tales, he employed heroic couplet with true ease and charm for the first time in the history of English literature. ⑤His art made him one of the greatest poets in English; John Dryden called him “the father of English poetry”. 【例題】The work that presented, for the first time in English literature, a comprehensive realistic picture of the medieval English society and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life is most likely ______________. (0704) A. William Langland’s Piers Plowman B. Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales C. John Gower’s Confession Amantis D. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight 【答案】B 【解析】(P4.para.2) 本題考查的是中世紀(jì)時(shí)期幾位詩(shī)人作品的創(chuàng)作主題和創(chuàng)作范圍。A答案是《農(nóng)夫皮爾斯》及其作者威廉蘭格倫他在其作品中描述了他那個(gè)時(shí)期的宗教與社會(huì)問(wèn)題。 C《愛人的告白》，D《高文爵士和他的綠衣騎士》都是約翰高厄的作品，屬于時(shí)最精美的騎士文學(xué)作品;然而只有喬叟，在英國(guó)文學(xué)史上第一次向我們展示了表現(xiàn)當(dāng)時(shí)英國(guó)社會(huì)的一幅綜合性、現(xiàn)實(shí)主義的畫卷,在他的代表作《坎特伯雷故事集》中塑造了一系列來(lái)自社會(huì)各階層的生動(dòng)形象的人物。 本 章 小 結(jié) 本章重點(diǎn)： Chaucer and his achievement 本章提示： 本部分內(nèi)容以選擇題考查，所以，復(fù)習(xí)時(shí)以識(shí)記為主。 Chapter 1: The Renaissance Period General Introduction 考核要求: 1. 識(shí)記： （1）文藝復(fù)興時(shí)期的界定 （2）歷史文化背景 2. 領(lǐng)會(huì): （1）文藝復(fù)興運(yùn)動(dòng)的意義與影響 （2）文藝復(fù)興時(shí)期的文學(xué)特點(diǎn) （3）人文主義的主張及對(duì)文學(xué)的影響 3. 應(yīng)用：文藝復(fù)興，人文主義及玄學(xué)詩(shī)等名詞的解釋 考點(diǎn)串講: 1. The Renaissance: The Renaissance marks a transition from the medieval to the modern world. Generally, it refers to the period between the 14th & 17th centuries. It first started in Italy, with the flowering of painting, sculpture & literature. From Italy the movement went to embrace the rest of Europe. The Renaissance, which means "rebirth" or "revival," is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events, such as: ①The re-discovery of ancient Roman & Greek culture ②The new discoveries in geography & astrology, the religious reformation & the economic expansion. ③The Renaissance, therefore, in essence is a historical period in which the European humanist thinkers & scholars made attempts to get rid of those old feudalist ideas in medieval Europe, to introduce new ideas that expressed the interests of the rising bourgeoisie, & to recover the purity of the early church from the corruption of the Roman Catholic Church. 【例題】The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events EXCEPT_________.(0804) A. the rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture B. the vast expansion of British colonies in North America C. the new discoveries in geography and astrology D. the religious reformation and the economic expansion 【解析】(P7. para1) 文藝復(fù)興是歐洲中世紀(jì)和現(xiàn)代社會(huì)的分水嶺，它的發(fā)生有著深刻的社會(huì)歷史根源，當(dāng)時(shí)的社會(huì)發(fā)展刺激了文藝復(fù)興的發(fā)生，如地理天文大發(fā)現(xiàn)，席卷歐洲的宗教改革以及對(duì)古希臘，古羅馬文化的發(fā)掘等。 2. Humanism: 人文主義 Humanism is the essence of the Renaissance. It sprang from the endeavor to（嘗試）restore a medieval reverence for the ancient authors and is frequently taken as the beginning of the Renaissance on its conscious, intellectual side, for the Greek and Roman civilization was based on such a conception that man is the measure of all things. Through the new learning, humanists not only saw the arts of splendor and enlightenment, but the human values represented in the works. Renaissance humanists found in the classics a justification to exalt human nature and came to see that human beings were glorious creatures capable of individual development in the direction of perfections, and that the world they inhabited was theirs not to despise but to question, explore, and enjoy. Thus, by emphasizing the dignity of human beings and the importance of the present life, they voiced their beliefs that man did not only have the right to enjoy the beauty of this life, but had the ability to perfect himself and to perform wonders. Thomas More, Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare are the best representatives of the English humanists. 3. The Renaissance in England: ①The first-- the beginning (1485-1558) --- imitation and assimilation Poetry: Wyatt & Surrey The former introduced the Petrarchan sonnet into England, while the latter brought in blank verse. ②The second -- (the peak) the Elizabeth Age (1558-1603) ---The Elizabethan drama Poetry: Spenser & Marlowe Spenserian stanza: Spenserian stanza was invented by Edmund Spenser. It is a stanza of nine lines, with the first eight lines in iambic pentameter & the last line in iambic hexameter, rhyming ababbcbcc. Drama: Marlowe & Shakespeare The Renaissance hero: A Renaissance hero refers to one created by Christopher Marlowe in his drama. Such a hero is always individualistic and full of ambition, facing bravely the challenge from both gods and men. He embodies Marlowes humanistic ides of human dignity and capacity. Different from the tragic hero in medieval plays, who seeks the way to heaven through salvation and gods will, he is against conventional morality and contrives to obtain heaven on earth through his own efforts. With the endless aspiration for power, knowledge, and glory, the hero interprets the true Renaissance spirit. Both Tamburlaine and Faustus are typical in possessing such a spirit. The Elizabethan drama: It is the real mainstream（主流）of English Renaissance. It could be dated back to the Middle Ages. English material was put into the regular form of the Latin comedies of Plautus and Terence. Tragedies were in the style of Seneca The most famous dramatists in the Renaissance England are: Marlowe, Shakespeare & Ben Jackson ③The third– further development (1603---1660) Poetry: John Donne & John Milton Metaphysical poetry: The term "metaphysical poetry"（玄學(xué)詩(shī)派） is commonly used to name the work of the 17th century writers who wrote under the influence of John Donne. With a rebellious spirit, the metaphysical poets tried to break away from the conventional fashion of the Elizabethan love poetry. The diction is simple as compared with that of the Elizabethan or the Neoclassic periods, and echoes the words and cadences of common speech. The imagery is drawn from the actual life. The form is frequently that of an argument with the poets beloved, with God, or with himself. Drama: Ben Jackson Essay: Francis Bacon He is the first important English essayist, is known for his essays which greatly influenced the development of this literary form. He is also the founder of modern science in England. His writings paved the way for the use of scientific method The typical authors during this period 考核要求: 1.一般識(shí)記：重要作家的文學(xué)生涯 2.識(shí)記：重要作品及主要內(nèi)容 3.領(lǐng)會(huì)：重要作家的創(chuàng)作思想，藝術(shù)特色及其代表作品的主題結(jié)構(gòu)，人物塑造，語(yǔ)言風(fēng)格，藝術(shù)手法，社會(huì)意義等。 4.應(yīng)用： （1）莎士比亞詩(shī)歌的主題，意象 （2）喜劇《威尼斯商人》的主題和主要人物性格分析 （3）哈姆雷特的性格分析 （4）史詩(shī)《失樂(lè)園》的結(jié)構(gòu)，人物性格，語(yǔ)言特點(diǎn)等的分析 考點(diǎn)串講: Ⅰ. William Shakespeare 1. The bibliography William Shakespeare is one of the most remarkable playwrights and poets the world has ever known. 2. Viewpoints Viewpoints on politics: necessity of mighty and just sovereign, and the condemn to the anti-nature and anti-humanism of the feudal wars—anti-feudalism Viewpoints on religion: against the religious persecution and racial discrimination, against the social inequality and the corrupting influence of the gold and money---anti-Catholicism Viewpoint on literature: literature should be a combination of beauty, kindness and truth, and should reflect nature and reality---humanism 3. The major contributions ①38 plays (historical plays, tragedies and comedies) ②2 narrative poems: Venus, The Rape of Lucrece ③154 sonnets 4. four stages for his play-creation ①The first stage: the apprenticeships five historical plays: Henry IV, part I, II, and III; Richard III; and Titus Andronicus（泰特斯, 提圖斯）. four Comedies, including: The Comedy of Errors; The Two Gentlemen of Verona（維羅納）; The Taming of the Shrew（潑婦的馴服）, and Love’s Labor’s Lost ②The second stage, his style became highly individualized, Five historical: Richard II, King John, Henry IV, part I, II, Henry V Six comedies: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Merchant of Venice, Much Ado About Nothing, As You like(皆大歡喜), Twelfth Night, and the Merry Wives of Windsor（溫莎公爵的快樂(lè)情婦） Two tragedies: Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar ③The Third stage is the peak of his creation, included his greatest tragedies and his so-called dark comedies: Seven tragedies: Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra（克利奧帕特拉）, Troilus and Cressida（特洛伊羅斯和克雷西達(dá)）, Coriolanus（科里奧蘭納斯） Two comedies: All’s Well That Ends Well, Measure for Measure ④The last period of Shakespeare’s includes his principal romantic tragicomedies: Pericles, Cymbeline, The Winter’s Tale, and The Tempest Two final plays: Henry III, and The Two Noble Kinsmen 5. About his dramas ①historical plays Shakespeare’s history plays are mainly written under the principle that national unity under a mighty and just sovereign is a necessity. The three history plays in the reign of Henry VI are the beginning of Shakespeare’s epic treatment of English history. ②Romantic Comedies In his romantic comedies, Shakespeare takes an optimistic attitude toward love and youth, and the romantic elements are brought into full play. They are The Merchant of Venice, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, As You like, Twelfth Night, but the most important one is The Merchant of Venice. ③Tragedies The successful romantic tragedy is Romeo and Juliet, which eulogizes（贊揚(yáng)） the faithfulness of love and the spirit of pursuing happiness. Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies are Hamlet,--the first of greatest tragedies, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth(麥克白.) They have some characteristics in common William Shakespeare’s four great tragedies are Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth. They have some characteristics in common. Each portrays some noble hero, who faces the injustice of human life and is caught in a difficult situation and whose fate is closely connected with the fate of the whole nation. Each hero has his weakness of nature: Hamlet, the melancholic(憂郁的) scholar prince, faces the dilemma(進(jìn)退兩難) between action and mind; Othellos inner weakness is made use of by the outside evil force; the old king Lear who is unwilling to totally give up his power makes himself suffer from treachery and infidelity; and Macbeths lust for power stirs up his ambition leads him to incessant crimes. ④Romantic tragicomedies The Tempest is a typical example of his pessimistic(悲觀的) view towards human life and society in his late year 6. About his sonnets ①Lyric: A poem, usually a short one, which expresses a speaker’s personal thoughts or feelings. The elegy, ode, and sonnet are all forms of the lyric ②The theme: most of the sonnets concerns with the flying of the time, and the youth, beauty, belief and the love are also gone. 7. Shakespeare’s writing characteristics The progressive significance of the theme--humanism The successful character portrayal—women’s characters The masterhand in constructing the plot The ingenuity of his poetry The mastery of his language 8. About selected reading ①about sonnet 18 Sonnet 18 is one of the most beautiful sonnets written by Shakespeare, in which he has a profound meditation on the destructive power of time and the eternal beauty brought forth by poetry to the one he loves. Typical lines: thee: refers to the beauty and permanence of poetry ShallIcomparetheetoasummer’sday? Thouartmorelovelyandmoretemperate: The theme: Immortality, Beauty and love Note: Nice summer days are usually transient, but the beauty in poetry can last forever. Every fair from fair sometimes declines. But the eternal summer shall not fade. Note: Shakespeare has a faith in the permanence of poetry So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, so long lives this, and this gives life to thee. ②about The Merchant of Venice Major characters: Bassanio: -- a young Venetian court Portia, accepted Antonio: --a merchant of Venice, all money invented in ships, at sea, return not on time Shylock:--the Jewish usurer (放高利貸者) Portia:-- standing for the great beauty, wit and loyalty Main plot: Bassanio, a young Venetian, would like to travel to Belmont to woo the beautiful and wealthy heiress Portia. He approaches his friend Antonio, a merchant, for three thousand ducats needed to subsidize his traveling expenditures as a suitor for three months. As all of Antonios ships and merchandise are busy at sea, Antonio approaches the Jewish moneylender Shylock for a loan, and the reward of breaking the returning oath is a pound of fresh from Antonio’s body. Court happening: unsuccessful persuading, no more and no less than one pound of flesh, spilling no drop of blood The analysis to the personalities: Antonio: --faithful to friend, Shylock:--greedy, brutal and inhuman Portia:-- beautiful, witty and loyal Theme: traditional theme of the play is to praise the friendship between Antonio and Bassanio, to idealize Portia as a heroine of the great beauty, wit and loyalty, and to expose the greed and brutality of the Jew. Typical lines: “I am sorry for you ; You’ve come to answer a stony adversary, an inhuman wretch , uncapable of pity , void and empty from any dram of mercy”(Duke) Note: The duck’s statement reflects that Shylock is a greedy and cruel merchant. “You ask me why I rather choose to have a weight of flesh than to receive three thousand ducats , what if my house be troubled with a rat, and Ibe pleased to give ten ducats to have it banned. (Shylock) Note :The figure of speech in this statement is analogy.(類比) Not on the sole, but one the soul.(P43) Note: the figure of speech in this statement is pun.(雙關(guān)) The quality of mercy is not strained . It drops as the gentle rain from heaven… It blesses him that gives and takes. It is mightiest of the mightiest. (Portia P46) Note: Portia persuades Shylock to show his mercy to Antonio. The figure of speech in this statement is simile.明喻 A Daniel come to judgment. (Shylock P47)(Daniel: means a wise man full of wisdom) But little, I am armed and well prepared … fare you well. Don’t grieve that Iam fallen to this for you.(Antonio P48) Antonio, I am married to a wife which is as dear to me as life itself but lie itself, my wife, and all the world are not with me esteemed above your life (Bassanio P49) Note: Antonio is trying to comfort Bassanio. The statement above reflects the true friendship between them. Your wife would give you little thanks for that. (P49 Bassano) Note: The figure of speech here is irony. Two things provided more: He presently become a Christian; The other, of all he dies possessed upon his son and his daughter. (P53 Antonio) Note: The statement above is the end of judgment: Shylock has to change his religion. "Superfluity comes sooner by white hairs, but competency lives longer." (Act i. Sc. 2.) "The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose." (Act i. Sc. 3.) "Mislike(厭惡) me not for my complexion, the shadow’d livery of the burnish’d sun." (Act ii. Sc. 1.) "In the twinkling of an eye." (Act ii. Sc. 2.) "All that glisters is not gold." (Act ii. Sc. 7.) ③about Hamlet The Major characters: Hamlet: the title character, is the son of the late king, for whom he was named. He has returned to Elsinore Castle from Wittenberg,