The old and medieval English literature(8th-14th century )The renaissance period(14th –mid17th c)The neoclassical period(mid17th -18th c)The romantic period(mid18th -mid19th c)The Victorian period(1836-1901)Modern period(20th - )注:【后面的Matp指主要作品】一.The old and medieval English literature(8th-14th century)1.The Venerable Bede(A.D673-735) “father of English history”《the essiesiastical history of the English people》《the anglo-sarxon chronic》epic——Beowulf2.mid11th-mid14th 亚瑟王和圆桌骑士《Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,高文爵士和绿衣骑士》3.Geoffy Chaucer(杰弗利·乔叟,1343-1400)“the father of English poetry” ;“the first one who used London dialect ” in《The Canterbury Tales,坎特伯雷故事集》(1387-1400,a prologue\24 tales,描写14th 英国现状)二.The renaissance period (14th –mid17th c)1.Sonnet:contains 14 lines of iambic pentameter rhymed in various patterns 14行5音步抑扬格诗行(ababcdcdefefgg)e.g: So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.2.Thomas More(托马斯·莫尔1478-1535) Matp:《Utopia,乌托邦》(in Latin)3.Francis Bacon(培根1561-1626) “杰出essayist in English history”《the essays》4.Edmund Spenser(埃德蒙·斯宾赛,1552-1599) “the poet’s poet”;Matp:《The Faerie Queen,仙后》(1579);create “Spencerian Stanza ,斯宾塞诗体”。
5.Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593) “the greatest playwright 戏剧作家before Shakespeare”6.Willian Shakespeare(1564-1616) “the greatest playwright and poet of Renaissance Age”;四大悲剧:《Hamlet,哈姆雷特,1601》《Othello,奥赛罗,1604》《King Lear,李尔王,1605》《Macbeth,麦克白,1605》Matp:《HenryⅥ,亨利四世》《A Midsummer Night Dream,仲夏夜之梦》《The Merchant of Venice,威尼斯商人》《As You Like It,皆大欢喜》《Twelfth Night,第十二夜》《Venus and Adonis》(长诗)7.John Donne 《the flee》8.John Milton(弥尔顿,1608-1674) a puritan(清教徒) Matp:《Paradise Lost,失乐园,1667》《Paradise Regain,复乐园,1671》《Samson Agonistes,力士参孙,1671》9.John Bunyan(约翰·班扬) 清教散文家《The Pilgrem’s Progress,天路历程》10.John Dryden(约翰·德莱顿) 英国古典主义最杰出代表;17th 的第一位桂冠诗人;戏剧家;文艺批评家三.The neoclassical period(mid17th -18th c)1.Alexander Pope(亚历山大·蒲柏) Enlightment启蒙运动的enlighterier启蒙运动者;first one introduced rationalism to England and his satiric2.Daniel Difoe (丹尼尔·迪福) 《Robinsin Crusoe,鲁滨逊漂流记》“the first realistic novel in English ”; “the father of English and European novels,现代小说之父”3. Jonathan Swift(斯威夫特) 《Gulliver’s Travels,格列佛游记》;“comic epic of prose”“first to give modern novels its structure and style”4.Samuel Johnson(塞缪尔·约翰逊) 《A Dictionary of The English Language,英语辞典》5. Henry Fielding(约翰·菲尔丁) 《Tom Jones,汤姆·琼斯》全名《The History of Tom Jones , a Foundling 弃儿汤姆·琼斯的历史》6.Sentimentalism感伤主义文学,18th 20年代Matp: Sameul Richardson(理查逊)的《Pamela,帕米拉》和《Clarissa ,克拉丽莎》、哥尔斯特的《The Vicar of Wakefield,威克菲尔德牧师传》、Laurence Sterne (斯特恩)的《A Sentimental Journey,伤感的旅行》四.The romantic period (mid18th -mid19th c)1.“Gothic哥特式”:具有恐怖意义的小说,恐怖、神秘、超自然三个特征,18th 兴起Matp: Mary Shelley(玛丽·雪莱) 的《Frankenstein: the Modern Prometheus,弗兰肯斯坦:现代普罗米修斯》2. “the Lake Poets湖畔诗人”:英国早期浪漫主义作家;代表人物William Wordsworth(威廉·华兹华斯)、Samuel Taylor Coleridge(塞缪尔·泰勒·柯勒律治)、Robert Southey(罗伯特·骚塞);华兹华斯和柯勒律治合著的《Lyrical Ballads,抒情歌谣集》成为了英国诗坛上浪漫主义文学的宣言;1843年华兹华斯荣获“Poet Laureate,桂冠诗人”3. Percy Bysshe Shelley (雪莱):Matp: 《Ode to West Wind,西风颂》、《To the Skylark,致云雀》、《Prometheus Unbound,解放了的普罗米修斯》、《Adonais》which bewail the death of John Keats4. George Gordon Byron(拜伦):Matp:长篇叙事诗“comic epic”《Don Juan,唐璜》5. John Keats (约翰·济慈) :英国浪漫主义诗人Matp:《Ode to Nightingale,夜莺颂》、《To Autumn,秋颂》、《Ode to Melancholy,忧郁颂》6. Walter Scott(沃尔特·司格特):Matp: 《Ivanhoe,艾凡赫》7. Jane Austin (简·奥斯丁):女作家Matp:《Pride and Prejudice,傲慢与偏见》、《Sense and Sensibility,理智和情感》、《Mansfield Park,曼斯菲尔德庄园》、《Emma,爱玛》、《Persuasion,劝导》8. Charles Lamb(查尔斯·兰姆):散文家,主要作品有散文、诗歌和戏剧五.The Victorian period(1836-1901)1.Charles Dickens(查尔斯·狄更斯) :“Critical Realism批判现实主义”Matp:《Oliver Twist,雾都孤儿》、《The Old Curiosity Shop,老古玩店》、》《Dombey and Son ,董贝父子》、《David Copperfield,大卫·科波菲尔》、《Hard Time,艰难时世》、《 A Tale of Two Cities ,双城记》、《Great Expectation,远大前程》2. 勃朗特三姐妹:Anne Bronte(安·勃朗特)-《Agnes Grey》、Charlotte Bronte (夏洛特·勃朗特)-《Jane Eyre,简·爱》、Emily Bronte(艾米丽·勃朗特)-《The Wuthering Heights ,呼啸山庄》《Shirley ,谢利》《Villette,维莱特》3. William Thackeray(威廉·萨克雷) :Matp:《Vanity Fair,名利场》4. Thomas Hardy(托马斯·哈代):“Romance and Fantasies罗曼史和幻想”、“Novels of Ingenuity爱情阴谋小说”、“Novels of Character and Environment性格和环境小说”;Matp:《Far from Madding Crowd,远离尘嚣》、《The Return of the Native,还乡》、《The Mayor of Casterbridge卡斯特桥市长》、《Tess of d’Urbervilles,德伯家的苔丝》、《Jude the Obscure,无名的裘德》5. George Eliot (乔治·艾略特) :19th 女作家;Matp:《Adam Bede,亚当·比德》、《Silas Marner,织公马南传》《the mill on the floss》6. Alfred Tenneyson(丁尼生):Matp: 《Ulysses,尤利西斯》、《In Memoriam,悼念》poet laureate7. Oscar Wilde(奥斯卡·王尔德) :“Aestheticism英国唯美主义”《Lady Windermere’s Fan,温德密尔夫人的扇子》8. George Benard Shaw(乔治·伯纳·萧) :1925年获诺贝尔文学奖;Matp:《Widower’s Houses ,鳏夫的房产》、《Mrs. Warren’s Profession ,华伦夫人的职业》、《Major Barbara,巴巴拉上校》、《Pygmalion,皮革马利翁》六.Modern period(20th - )1.John Galsworthy(约翰·高尔斯华绥) :小说家、剧作家Matp:《The Forsyte Saga,福尔赛世家三部曲》——《The Man of Property,有产的人》《In Chancery,骑虎难下》《To Let,出租》、《A Modern Comedy,现代喜剧三部曲》——《The White Monkey,白猿》《The Silver Spoon,银匙》《Swan Song,天鹅之歌》、《The End of the Chapter一章的结束》——《Maid in Waiting,女侍》《Flowering Wilderness开花的荒野》《Over the River,河那边》2. David Herbert Laurence (D·H·劳伦斯):Matp:《Sons and Lovers,儿子与情人》、《The Rainbow,虹》、《Women in Love,恋爱中的女人》、《Lady Chatterley’s Lover查特莱夫人的情人》3. William Somerset Maugham(威廉·萨默赛特·毛姆):Matp:《Of Human Bondage,人性的枷锁》、《The Moon and Sixpence,月亮与六便士》4. James Joyce(詹姆斯·乔伊斯):大量运用“Stream of Consciousness 意识流”手法;Matp:《Ulysses,尤利西斯》《Dubliners》《A portrait of the artist as a Young man》《Finnegan’s wake》5. William Butler Yeats(威廉·巴特勒·叶芝):爱尔兰诗人剧作家;1923年荣获诺贝尔文学奖6. Edward Morgan Forster(E·M·福斯特):Matp: 《A Passage to India ,印度之行》7. Virginia Woolf(弗吉利亚·伍尔芙):英国小说家、散文家、文学批评家、文艺理论家,著名女权运动领袖。