Chapter7LiteraturePartOne

BritishLiteratureAnIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureLearningFocusBeowulfTheCanterburyTalesWilliamShakespeareDanielDefoeBront?Sisters;CharlesDickens;ThomasHardyJosephConrad;VirginiaWoolf

AnIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureBeforeYouReadWarm-up1.WhoisthewinnerofNobelPrizeinLiteraturein2023?___________________________________2.HaveyoueverwatchedanymoviethatisadaptedfromBritishliteraryworks?____________________________________3.DirectorFengXiaogang’sfilm“TheBanquet”hasbeencalledtheChineseversionofHamlet.HowmuchdoyouknowabouttheplayHamlet?

____________________________________AnIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureBeowulf

Beowulf,alongpoemfromAnglo-SaxontimesItisthenationalepicoftheEnglishpeople.Thispoemhasmorethan3,000lines.AnIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureBeowulfIttellsthestoryofthe6thcenturySwedishwarriorBeowulfandhisconflictwithaterriblemonsterGrendelandhismother.AnIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureDeathofArthur

Medievalromancesbecameapopularformofliteratureduringthemedievalage.ThestoriesofKingArthurandhisknightsreflectthespiritofknighthood.AnIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureDeathofArthurThebestknownversionofthisstoryisThomasMalory’s“MorteD’Arthur”(DeathofArthur).AnIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureTheCanterburyTalesGeoffreyChauceristhefatherofmodernEnglishpoetry.

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isanimportantChristianchurch.TheCanterburyTalesismadeupofaseriesofstories.AnIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureTheCanterburyTalesTheprologueofthispoemprovidesaframeworkforthetales.ThestoryofthewifeofBathisthemostwellknowninallthesetales.

AnIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureChristopherMarlow(1564-1593)Threefamousplays:1.Tamburlaine(1587)《帖木耳大帝》2.TheJewOfMalta(1592)《馬耳它旳猶太人》3.TheTragicalHistoryofDr.Faustus(1588)《浮士德博士旳悲劇》AnIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureWilliamShakespeare(1564-1616)Heisregardedasoneofthefoundersofrealisminworldliterature.Hamletisthemostperformedplayintheworld.AnIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureWilliamShakespeare

(1564-1616)TheothergreattragediesareOthello,KingLear,andMacbeth.

Ofthecomedies,TheMerchantofVeniceisquitefamous.AnIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureEnglishNovelDanielDefoe(1660-1731)RobinsonCrusoedescribeshowCrusoemakesgreateffortstoovercomethehardshipsanddifficultiesheencountersontheisland...AnIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureEnglishNovelJonathanSwift(1667-1745)Gulliver’sTravelswasafierceattackonhumanfoolishnessandsocialevils.ThisnoveltellsseparatelyaboutthevoyagestoLilliput,toBrobdingnag，toLaputa，andthevoyagetothecountryoftheHouhnhnms.AnIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureEnglishNovelJaneAusten(1775-1817)Hernovelsrevealwomen’slongingforfreedominmarriedlife.

HermostfamousnovelisSenseandSensibility.

AnIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureJaneAusten(1775-1817)

佳句賞析“Itisatruthuniversallyacknowledged,thatasinglemaninprofessionofagoodfortunemustbeinwantofawife.”

但凡有財產(chǎn)旳單身漢，肯定需要娶位太太，這已經(jīng)成了一條舉世公認旳真理。

AnIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureEnglishNovelTheBront?SistersCharlotteBront?’sJaneEyreandEmily’sWutheringHeightsarethemostsuccessful.JaneEyretellsthestoryofanorphan,whohasalovelesschildhoodataterribleboardingschool.AnIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureEnglishNovelCharlesDickens(1812-1870)HedescribedhismiserableexperienceinhisnovelDavidCopperfield.

OliverTwisttellsthestoryofanorphanchilddrawnintocrimeintheLondonunderworld.AnIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureCharlesDickens(1812-1870)佳句賞析“Itwasthebestoftimes,itwastheworstoftimes,itwastheageofwisdom,itwastheageoffoolishness,itwastheepochofbelief,itwastheepochofincredulity…”這是最佳旳時代，這是最壞旳時代；這是智慧旳時代，這是愚蠢旳時代；這是信仰旳時期，這是懷疑旳時期……”AnIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureEnglishNovelThomasHardy(1840-1928)TessoftheD’UrbervillesisHardy’smostmovingstory.ThisstorytellsthetragicfateofTess,abeautifulcountrygirl.Characters:Tess,AlecD’urbervilles,AngelClare

AnIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureTheTwentiethCenturyLiteratureJosephConrad(1857-1924)JosephConradisoneofthemostfamousEnglishmodernistwriters.

JosephConradadoptedacriticalattitudetowardscolonialism.AnIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureJosephConradHismostfamousstoryisTheHeartofDarkness.It’sastoryofariverboatjourneyincentralAfricatoinvestigateanexploitativeEuropeanivorytradercalledMr.Kurtz.AnIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureTheTwentiethCenturyLiteratureVirginiaWoolf(1882-1941)Herworkwasconcernedwiththefemaleconsciousness.Hernovelpenetratedintothemindofthecharacter.

Mrs.Dalloway,TotheLighthouse,andTheWaves.

The“streamofconsciousness”technique:theunorganizedflowofthoughtontothepage.

AnIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureTheTwentiethCenturyLiteratureGeorgeOrwell(1903-1950)AnimalFarmand1984werehismostpopularnovels.1984isapowerfulsatireonthetotalitarianten