新大綱自考《英美文學選讀》筆記總結(jié) 背完必過

1、新大綱自考《英美文學選讀》筆記總結(jié)背完必過《英美文學選讀》筆記背完必過PartOne:EnglishLiteratureAnIntroductiontoOldMedievalEnglishLiteratureIUnderstingapplication:(理解應用)1.Engl’sinhabitantsareCelts.itisconqueredbyRomansAngloSaxonsNmans.TheAngloSaxonsbrought

2、theGermaniclanguageculturetoEnglwhileNmansbroughttheMediterraneancivilizationincludingGreekcultureRomelawtheChristianreligion.ItistheculturalinfluenceofthesetwoconqueststhatprovidedthesourceftherisegrowthofEnglishliterat

3、ure.2.TheoldEnglishliteratureextendsfromabout450to1066theyearoftheNmanconquestofEngl.3.TheoldEnglishpoetrythathassurvivedcanbedividedintotwogroups:Thereligiousgroupthesecularone4.Beowulf:atypicalexampleofOldEnglishpoetry

4、isregardedasthenationalepicoftheAngloSaxons.Itisanexampleoftheminglingofnaturemythsheroiclegends.5.AftertheNman’sconquestthreelanguagescoexistedinEngl.FrenchistheofficiallanguagethatisusedbykingtheNmanlds.Latinistheprinc

5、ipaltongueofchurchaffairsinuniversities.OldEnglishwasspokenonlybythecommonEnglishpeople.6.Inthesecondhalfof14thcenturyEnglishliteraturestartedtoflourishwiththeappearanceofwriterslikeGeoffreyChaucerWilliamLanglJohnGowerot

6、hersIIRecite:(識記再現(xiàn))1.Romance:①Itusesnarrativeverseprosetosingknightlyadventuresotherheroicdeedsisapopularliteraryfminthemedievalperiod.②Ithasdevelopedtheacteristicmedievalmotifsofthequestthetestthemeetingwiththeevilgiant

7、theencounterwiththebeautifulbeloved.③Theheroisusuallytheknightwhosetsoutonajourneytoaccomplishsomemissions.Thereareoftenmysteriesfantasiesinromance.④Romanticloveisanimptantpartoftheplotinromance.acterizationisstardizedWh

8、ilethestructureislooseepisodicthelanguageissimplestraightfward.⑤Theimptanceoftheromanceitselfcanbeseenasameansofshowingmedievalaristocraticmenwomeninrelationtotheiridealizedviewofthewld.2.Heroiccouplet:Heroiccoupletisarh

9、ymedcoupletofiambicpentameter.ItisChaucerwhouseditfthefirsttimeinEnglishinhiswkTheLegendofGoodWoman.3.ThethemeofBeowulf:Thepoempresentsavividpictureofhowtheprimitivepeoplewageheroicstrugglesagainstthehostilefcesofthenatu

10、ralwldunderawisemightyleader.Thepoemisanexampleoftheminglingofthenaturemythsheroiclegends.4.TheWifeofBathinTheCanterburyTales:TheWifeofBathisdepictedasthenewbourgeoiswifeassertingherindependence.ChaucerGeneralIntroductio

11、n考核要求:1.識記：（1）文藝復興時期的界定（2）歷史文化背景2.領會:（1）文藝復興運動的意義與影響（2）文藝復興時期的文學特點（3）人文主義的主張及對文學的影響3.應用：文藝復興，人文主義及玄學詩等名詞的解釋考點串講:1.TheRenaissance:TheRenaissancemarksatransitionfromthemedievaltothemodernwld.Generallyitreferstotheperiodbet

12、weenthe14th17thcenturies.ItfirststartedinItalywiththefloweringofpaintingsculptureliterature.FromItalythemovementwenttoembracetherestofEurope.TheRenaissancewhichmeansrebirthrevivalisactuallyamovementstimulatedbyaseriesofh

13、isticaleventssuchas:①TherediscoveryofancientRomanGreekculture②Thenewdiscoveriesingeographyastrologythereligiousrefmationtheeconomicexpansion.2③TheRenaissancetherefeinessenceisahisticalperiodinwhichtheEuropeanhumanistthin

14、kersscholarsmadeattemptstogetridofthoseoldfeudalistideasinmedievalEuropetointroducenewideasthatexpressedtheinterestsoftherisingbourgeoisietorecoverthepurityoftheearlychurchfromthecruptionoftheRomanCatholicChurch.【例題】TheR

15、enaissanceisactuallyamovementstimulatedbyaseriesofhisticaleventsEXCEPT_________.(0804)A.therediscoveryofancientRomanGreekcultureB.thevastexpansionofBritishcoloniesinNthAmericaC.thenewdiscoveriesingeographyastrologyD.ther

16、eligiousrefmationtheeconomicexpansion【答案】B【解析】(P7.para1)文藝復興是歐洲中世紀和現(xiàn)代社會的分水嶺，它的發(fā)生有著深刻的社會歷史根源，當時的社會發(fā)展刺激了文藝復興的發(fā)生，如地理天文大發(fā)現(xiàn)，席卷歐洲的宗教改革以及對古希臘，古羅馬文化的發(fā)掘等。2.Humanism:HumanismistheessenceoftheRenaissance.Itsprangfromtheendeavtorest

17、eamedievalreverenceftheancientauthsisfrequentlytakenasthebeginningoftheRenaissanceonitsconsciousintellectualsideftheGreekRomancivilizationwasbasedonsuchaconceptionthatmanisthemeasureofallthings.Throughthenewlearninghuman

18、istsnotonlysawtheartsofsplendenlightenmentbutthehumanvaluesrepresentedinthewks.Renaissancehumanistsfoundintheclassicsajustificationtoexalthumannaturecametoseethathumanbeingsweregliouscreaturescapableofindividualdevelopme