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单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,本资料仅供参考，不能作为科学依据。谢谢。本资料仅供参考，不能作为科学依据。本资料仅供参考，不能作为科学依据。谢谢。本资料仅供参考!,英国文学选读,教学课件,1/10,Unit3 Francis Bacon (I561-1626),Of Marriage and Single Life,Of Studies,2/10,Francis Bacon(15611626),Francis Bacon,the youngest son of Sir Nicholas Bacon,Keeper of the Privy Seal to Queen Elizabeth.He went to Cambridge University at twelve.He took up law after graduation,and soon became successful.He became a member of the House of Commons(下议院)at the age of twenty-three.His alliance with the bourgeoisie(中产阶级)offended Queen Elizabeth who,up until that time had liked him.When James I came to the throne,Bacon became Lord Chancellor and was made a knight in 1618.In the course of his climbing to the top,however,he made enemies who brought about his final downfall.He died in disgrace in 1626.,3/10,Bacon was English,philosopher,essayist,courtier,jurist,and statesman.,Bacons works may be divided into three groups:the philosophical works;the literal works;and the professional works.,Bacon was,the founder of English materialist philosophy,as well as of modern science in England.,He published,The advancement of Learning,(1605)and,The New Instrument,(1620),.The former deals with the accomplishments of science up to his time.In this work he analyzed the various divisions of knowledge and considered the possible means of advancing them.In the latter Bacon described the method by which knowledge could be universalized.,4/10,Bacons literary works are essays.They are noted for their style and striking observations about life.They are the first true English prose classic.,Bacon is especially famous for his,Essays,first published in 1597 and then in 1625.Bacons practical wisdom is shown through his reflections and comments on rather abstract subjects in his 58 essays.These essays cover a wide variety of subjects,such as love,truth,friendship,parents and children,beauty,studies,riches,youth and age,death and many others.Among these essays the famous pieces are,Of Studies,Of Travel,and,Of Wisdom.,5/10,Writing Style of Bacons Essays:,His essays have a literal style peculiar to their own.They are noted for their,clearness,brevity and forces of expression.,Bacons chief concern is to express his thought with clearness and in as few words as possible.His sentences are short,pointed,incisive and often of balanced structure.Many of them have become wise old sayings.Generally speaking,Bacons literary style has three prominent qualities:,directness,terseness(简练),and forcefulness.,6/10,3.Of studies,a.five parts:purpose of reading,attitudes towards study,principles of studies,study method,study develop your character/effect of study on human character,Style:a.The arguments are well arranged in unity and coherence in one paragraph.,b.the conciseness of expressions and phrases presents a plain style as well as his simple language.,c.The simple metaphors have deep implications.,d.The omission makes the essay concise,clear and coherent.,e.The natural flow of parallels makes his logic and philosophical argument convincingly and forceful.E.g.To spend too much time in study,Crafty man simple man.,7/10,“Of Studies”discusses the fuctiong and method of reading.Although Bacon highly promotes reading,he also urges readers to combine his reading with experiment abd observation.Many excerpts from the essay become so famous that they have become daily quotations.,8/10,H,T,H,9/10,Thank you for learning,10/10,