英国文学史复习资料(3)

A sonnet is a lyric consisting of 14 lines, usually in iambic

pentameter restricted to a definition rhyme scheme.

III The 17th Century

1. John Milton约翰 弥尔顿1608~1674

（诗人、政论家;失明后写 《失乐园》、《复乐园》、《力士参孙》。）

①Epics: <Paradise Lost>失乐园

②Dramatic poem: < Samson Agonistes>力士参孙

③ <Areopagitica>论出版自由

④ <On His Blindness>我的失明

This sonnet is written in iambic pentameter rhymed in abba abba cde cde, typical of

Italian sonnet.

Its theme is that people use their talent for God, and they serve him best sho can

endure the suffering best.

2. John Bunyan约翰 班扬1628~1688

（代表作《天路历程》，宗教寓言，被誉为―具有永恒意义的百科全书‖，是英国文学史上里程碑式著作。与但丁的《神曲》、奥古斯丁的《忏悔录》并列为世界三大宗教题材文学杰作。）

Puritan poet(清教徒派诗人)

①Religionary Allegory:<The Pilgrim‘s Progress>天路历程

3. John Donne

the Metaphysical poet(玄学派诗人).

Metaphysical Poetry(玄学诗)：（用语）the diction is simple, the imagery is from the actual, (形式)the form is frequently an argument with the poet’s beloved, with god, or with himself.（主题：love, religious, thought）

Artistic features:

1. conceits or imagery奇思妙喻

2. syllogism三段论

② Songs And Sonnets

IV The 18th Century

A revival of interest in the old classical works, order, logic, restrained emotion(抑制情感) and accuracy

The Age of Enlightenment/Reason: the movement was a furtherance of the Renaissance of the 15th and 16th centries, a progressive intellectual movement, reason(rationality), equality&science(the 18th century)

小说崛起：In the mid-century, the newly literary form, modern English novel rised(realistic novel现实主义小说)

Gothic novel(哥特式小说)：mystery, horror, castles(from middle part to the end of century)

1. Alexander Pope亚历山大 蒲柏1688~1744