1、English Literature in English Literature in the Renaissancethe Renaissance1SocialandHistoricalBackground16thcentury:thefoundationofcapitalism,theriseofthebourgeois“Sheepdevouredmen”(ThomasMore)Absolutemonarchy绝对君主制,中央集权君主制:startingfromKingHenryVIII;reachingitssummitduringthereignofQueenElizabeth(rei
2、gned1558-1603)TheWarsofRoses(1455-1485):self-destructionofnobility,theriseofthegentryDefeatoftheSpanishInvincibleArmadain1588:thestrengtheningofhegemonyonthehighsea2LiteratureintheRenaissanceHumanist thinking:e.g.ThomasMoresUtopia(1516),FrancisBaconsEssays(1625)Sonnets:ThomasWyattfirstintroducedthes
3、onnetsintoEnglishliterature;HenryHoward,EarlofSurrey,gavetheformthatcharacterizestheEnglishsonnets.Lyricalpoetry:PhilipSidneysThe Countess of Pembrokes Arcadia(阿卡迪亚);EdmundSpensersThe Fairy Queen(仙后);3Novels:JohnLylysEupheus(“euphuism”,anaffectedstyleofcourtspeech倚丽体),Drama:ChristopherMarlowesThe Tr
4、agical History of Doctor Fausus;The Jew of Malta(Marlowemadeblankversetheprincipalvehicleofexpressionindrama素体诗剧),RobertGreene,WilliamShakespeare4William Shakespeare(1564-1616)5William ShakespearethegreatestofallEnglishauthorsalandmarkinthehistoryofworldcultureandliteratureThefirstfoundersofrealism,
5、amasterhandatrealisticportrayalofhumancharactersandrelations6William Shakespeare154sonnets,37plays,and2longnarrativepoems;Fourgreattragedies:Othello,King Lear,Macbeth,andHamlet.Fourgreatcomedies:A Midsummer Nights Dream,The Merchant of Venice,As You Like It,Twelfth Night7SonnetSonnet十四行诗,商籁体十四行诗,商籁体
6、Sonnet:afourteen-linepoemusuallyiniambicpentameterwithaspecificrhymescheme.8Sonnet 18ShakespeareansonnetisalsocalledtheEnglishsonnet,withthreefour-linestanzas(quatrains)andatwo-lineunitcalledacouplet(对子).Therhymeschemeisasfollows:Firststanza(quatrain):ABAB;Secondstanza(quatrain):CDCD;Thirdstanza(qua
7、train):EFEF;Couplet:GG.9IambicPentameteriambus:ametricalfootconsistingofanunstressedsyllable(-)followedbyastressedsyllable(),e.g.:begin(-).Apentametermeansalineofverseconsistingoffivemetricalfeet.Afootis(usually)twoorthreesyllablesthatcontainonestrongstress.10RhymeSchemeofSonnet18Quatrain 1AShallIco
8、mparetheetoasummersDAY?BThouartmorelovelyandmoretemperATE:ARoughwindsdoshakethedarlingbudsofMAY,BAndsummersleasehathalltooshortaDATE:Quatrain 2CSometimetoohottheeyeofheavenSHINES,.DAndoftenishisgoldcomplexionDIMMD;.CAndeveryfairfromfairsometimedeCLINES,DBychanceornatureschangingcourseunTRIMMD;.Quatr
9、ain 3 EButthyeternalsummershallnotFADE,FNorlosepossessionofthatfairthouOWEST;.ENorshallDeathbragthouwanderstinhisSHADE,FWhenineternallinestotimethouGROWEST:.CoupletGSolongasmencanbreatheoreyescanSEE,GSolonglivesthisandthisgiveslifetoTHEE.11Quatrain 1ShallIcomparetheetoasummersday?Thouartmorelovelyan
10、dmoretemperate:RoughwindsdoshakethedarlingbudsofMay,Andsummersleasehathalltooshortadate:我怎么能够把你来比作夏天?你不独比它可爱也比它温婉:狂风把五月宠爱的嫩蕊作践,夏天出赁的期限又未免太短:Extravagantpraisecomparesasummerdayaslesslovelyandconstantasthebeloved.IfIcomparedyoutoasummerday,/Idhavetosayyouaremorebeautifulandserene:/Bycomparison,summeri
11、sroughonbuddinglife,/Anddoesntlastlongeither:12Quatrain 2Thesunissometimestoohotinsummeroroccasionallyshaded.Everybeautifulthingbecomeslessbeautifulthroughchanceortime.Sometimetoohottheeyeofheavenshines,Andoftenishisgoldcomplexiondimmed,Andeveryfairfromfairsometimedeclines,Bychance,ornatureschanging
12、courseuntrimmed:天上的眼睛有时照得太酷烈,它那炳耀的金颜又常遭掩蔽:被机缘或无常的天道所摧折,没有芳艳不终于雕残或销毁。Attimesthesummersunistoohot,/Andatothertimescloudsdimitsbrilliance;/Everythingfairinnaturebecomeslessfairfromtimetotime,/Bychance,orbecauseoftheroughhandofnature13Quatrain 3Transitioninthesestettocounterthatthebelovedsbeautywillnotf
13、adeordiebecauseofthepoem.Butthyeternalsummershallnotfade,Norlosepossessionofthatfairthouowst,Norshalldeathbragthouwanderstinhisshade,Whenineternallinestotimethougrowst,但是你的长夏永远不会雕落,也不会损失你这皎洁的红芳,或死神夸口你在他影里漂泊,当你在不朽的诗里与时同长。However,you yourself will not fade,/Nor lose ownership of your fairness;/Not eve
14、n death will claim you,/Because these lines I write will immortalize you:14Sonnet 18Couplet:Thepoemwillbereadaslongasmanlivesandthebelovedwillliveon.Solongasmencanbreathe,oreyescansee,Solonglivesthis,andthisgiveslifetothee.只要一天有人类,或人有眼睛,这诗将长存,并且赐给你生命。Yourbeautywilllastaslongasmenbreatheandsee,/AsLon
15、gasthissonnetlivesandgivesyoulife15LiteraryDevicesinSonnet18Rhetorical questioning:the1stline,usedtocreateatoneofrespect,andtoengagetheaudience.Personification:line5,6andline11,usedtoelevatethesunanddeath.Parallelism:thefinalcouplet,usedtoemphasizethemessage:thebeautyofthesubjectwillbeimmortalizedbythepowerofhisart16






