1、I. Multiple choices(20*1=20)2. T or F( 10*2=20)3.work-autor paring up( 10*2=20)4. reading comprehension( 2*10=20)5. essay questions( 2*10=20) I. Early and Mediaval literatureBeowulf( the national epic for Britain）Romance(The most prevailing literature in the feudal England) Sir Gawain and the Green
2、Knight-勇敢，忠贞，美德Geoffrey Chaucer: The Canterbury TalesThe father of English poetry英国诗歌之父II. The English Renaissance（ 15 世纪后期-17 世纪初）Two features are striking of Renaissance. The one is a thirsting curiosity for the classical literature. Another is humanism(essence), which means the new feeling and ad
3、miration for human beauty and human achievement.1. Shakespeares greatest tragedies are Hamlet , Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth. And his 4 great comedies are The Merchant of Venice, A Midsummer Nights Dream, As You Like It and Twelfth Night . 2. Sonnet: A sonnet is a lyric poem consisting of a singl
4、e stanza of fourteen iambic pentameters. It was introduced to England from Italy. Its a very popular poem form and used widely in English literature. 3. Iambic Pentameter Iambic pentameter is the most common English meter which contains 5 feet in each line and each foot contains an unstressed syllab
5、le followed by a stressed syllable. 4. Sonnet 18 (reading comprehension) III.The Period of English Bourgeois Revolution(17 世纪文学）John Milton: Paradise Lost; Paradise Regained; Samson AgonistesThe metaphysical(玄学） poets：“Metaphysical poets“ is used to classify certain 17th century poets whose works us
6、ually characterized, generally speaking, by mysticism in content and fantasy(奇特） in form, with John Donne as its representative.The FleaJohn Bunyan: The Pilgrims Progress IV.The Age of EnlightenmentAge of Neoclassicism/ Age of Pope in poetry 1. Neoclassicist poetry: 新古典主义诗歌a) Upheld the classic prin
7、ciples of ration, morality, balance, unity, order, propriety(得体）, decorum（端正）, etc.rationemotion; traditioncreation; formcontent b) Led by Alexander Pope and Samuel Johnson2. a newly rising literary form: novel ( gives a realistic presentation of life of the common English people)3. Gothic novel (fr
8、om mid-18th-century) 哥特式小说against the rigid rationality principleemphasis on the irrational and dark side of human nature: the imaginative, the supernatural, mystery and horror , the discarded Medieval castle 4. Jonathan Swift: excellent satirist Gulivers Travels: Yahoo (like human): avarice, suspic
9、ious, spleen, dirty, low,vice.Houyhnhnms (horse): possessed of reason, noble, high spirit.V. English Romanticism(1798-1832)1. Romanticism:Term: Romanticism was a movement in literature， philosophy，music and art which developed in Europe in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Romanticism emphasiz
10、ed individual values and aspirations above those of society. It advocates direct contact with nature for inspiration. Romanticism gave impetus to the national liberation movement in 19th century Europe. features:Subjectivism(主观性）;Spontaneity（自发性）; Singularity（新颖性）; Worship of nature（崇拜自然）; Simplicit
11、y（朴实）; Melancholy（忧郁，伤感）Outpouring of feelings and emotions（情感的流露） 2. pre-romanticists: William Blake and Robert Burns.Robert Burns: the national poet of Scotland3. lake poets: William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey 4. William Wordsworth: the worshipper of nature, “poetry is
12、spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings, which originates in emotion recollected in tranquility ”reading comprehensionI wandered lonely as a cloud A Red,Red Rose5. Shelly: If winter comes, can spring be far behind? (Ode to West Wind)6. Pride and Prejudice: womens secondary role, money marriage, th
13、e first impression is not reliable. Jane Austen: Prose Shakespeare.The analysis of the theme and characterization of Pride and PrejudiceVI. The Victorian Period(19 世纪三十年代-1918）1. the golden age of novel.2. The dominent trend of Victorian novel is critical realism.(Charles Dickens)term: Critical real
14、ism flourished in the forties and early fifties of the 19th century.Critical realists revealed the social reality and criticized the injustice, poverty and religious hypocrisy.Charles Dickens is the most famous critical realistic writer in British literature.3. Thomas Hardy: naturalism, pessimistic
15、attitude, local-color novel, novels of environment and character,disillusionment.questions to think about:1. Who should be responsible for Tesss tragedy?Is Tess pure of not?2. The features of the characters in Jane Eyre3. The understanding of Oscar Wildes two fairy tales.Modern and Contemporary lite
16、rature1. British literature in the 20th century can be defined as co-existence and co-development of realist tradition and modernistic literature.2. D. H. Lawrence: The Rocking-horse Winner, main characters: Paul, the mother, her husband, Uncle Oscar, Bassett.The analysis of the theme of The Rocking
17、-horse Winner.Work-author paring-up1. Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet(William Shakespeare ) 2. The Flea (John Donne ) 3. Paradize Lost, Paradise Regained (John Milton ) 4.Gulivers travels, A Modest Proposal (Jonathan Swift ) 5. A Red, Red Rose (Robert Burns ) 6. I Wandered lonely as a Cloud , Lyrical Balla
18、ds (William Wordsworth ) 7. Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen) 8. Jane Eyre (Charllot Bronte) 9. Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)10. A Tale of Two Cities , Great Expectations( Charles Dickens)11. Tess of the DUrbervilles , Jude the Obscure(Thomas Hardy )12. The Happy Prince and Other tales , The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde) 13. The Rocking-horse winner, Sons and Lovers (D.H.Lawrence)Notes: 1. Be honest and do not cheat.2. All your answers of the later parts should be in the form of complete sentecses, otherwise, you will get no points.
