莎士比亚(英文版).ppt

William Shakespeare-The peak of HumanismMain Contents1.Shakespeares literary position2.Shakespeares Legend life3.Shakespeares masterpiece4.Significance of Shakespeares works1.Shakespeares literary positionIn western literary history,only very individual writershave qualified say:without him,the literature will become another way.Shakespeare is one of the most qualified.在西方文学史上,只有很个别的作家有资格这样说：如果没有他，整个文学将变成另外一个样子。莎士比亚无疑是其中最有资格的一个。2.Shakespeares life(1564-1616)BirthplaceStratford-on-Avon：a little town in Warwickshire（沃里克郡（英国英格兰郡名）The son of groceries（食品杂货店）businessman in the town,18 marriedLeaving home for London to make living at about 22,doing as the groom（马夫）Starting writing plays at about 30 years old5 years later,becoming“universal”shareholder（股东）of troupe（(演员等的)一团;一班）.3.Shakespeares masterpiece1)154 sonnets（十四行诗,商籁诗）two long poem 2)HistoriesRepresentative works（代表作）Henry IV 亨利四世 Richard III 理查德三世3)ComedyThe merchant of Venice威尼斯商人As you like it 皆大欢喜 twelfth night 第十二夜Much Ado about nothing无事生非A midsummer nights dream仲夏夜之梦威尼斯商人第十二夜All that glisters is not gold.闪光的并不都是金子。威尼斯商人 All the worlds a stage,And all the men and women merely players;They have their exits and their entrances;And one man in his time plays many parts.世界是一个舞台，所有的男男女女不过是一些演员，他们都有下场的时候，也都有上场的时候。一个人的一生中扮演着好几个角色。皆大欢喜Tips：4)TragedyHamlet 哈姆雷特Othello 奥赛罗Macbeth 麦克白King Lear 李尔王李尔王哈姆雷特Tips：This above all:to thine self be true.最重要的是，你必须对自己忠实。哈姆雷特 Whats done cannot be undone.覆水难收。麦克白 its no use crying over split milk.Out,out,brief candle,life is but a walking shadow.熄灭吧，熄灭吧，瞬间的灯火.人生只不过是行走着的影子。麦克白 5）TragicomedyRomeo and Juliet 罗密欧与朱丽叶1.To be or not to be，thats a question.生存还是毁灭，这是一个值得考虑的问题。2.Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.宁为聪明的愚夫，不作愚蠢的才子。3.Cowards before death,in good times already dead,The valiant only once in every thing,died in peoples afraid to die is a most strange things.懦夫在未死以前，就已经死了好多次；勇士一生只死一次，在一切怪事中，人们的贪生怕死就是一件最奇怪的事情。Tips：4.Significance of Shakespeares worksShakespeare is one of the founders of realism in world literature.He faithfully and vividly reflects,through a host of typical characters in his plays,the major social contradictions of his time.Under his hand drama becomes very elastic.His dramatic creation often uses the method of adoption.He borrowed many plots from Roman,Italian and contemporary authors,but he made all the characters belong to Shakespeares own time,and so his dramas becomes a monument of the English Renaissance.the character also bear this manifold quality.They are full-blooded people,representing all the complexities and implications of real life.Thank you!