教 案 课程名称 英因文学 授课专业及层次 授课内容 Lecture five: Introduction to William Shakespeare I 学时数 2 To let the students see the significance of literature; 教学目的 Tolet thestudentshave the To let the students get basic knowledge of British literature To get to know the general clue of British literary history 重点 To get to know the important British writers and literary works 难点 To get to know some key terms Toknowsomemthodsforrry appreciationnditcsm 自学内容 Additional reading materials about the western cultural background 使用教具 Projector,audio-video machine 相关学科知识 Western culture and general Literary theories Open questions and answers in class 教学法Class discussion and analysis 讲授内容纲要、要求及时间分配 1.0 English Drama in the Renaissance Period 1.1 Shakespeare's Predecessors A)Lyly,Peele,Kyd,and Marlowe 5 After 1588the flourishing period of English drama arived.The summit was Shakespeare's works.Before Shakespeare,a group of university graduates known as "University Wits"wrote excellent plays.They were John Lyly,Robert Greene,George Peele Christopher Marlowe,and Thomas Kyd. B)Christopher Marlowe(1564-1593)was the greatest playwright 5 before Shakespeare and the most gifted ofthe"University Wits" Marlowe's best plays include Tamburlaine the Great,The Jew of
教 案 课程名称 英国文学 授课专业及层次 授课内容 Lecture five: Introduction to William Shakespeare I 学时数 2 教学目的 To let the students see the significance of literature; To let the students have the general impression of British literature. To let the students get basic knowledge of British literature 重 点 To get to know the general clue of British literary history To get to know the important British writers and literary works 难 点 To get to know some key terms To know some methods for literary appreciation and criticism 自学内容 Additional reading materials about the western cultural background 使用教具 Projector, audio-video machine 相关学科知识 Western culture and general Literary theories 教 学 法 Open questions and answers in class Class discussion and analysis 讲授内容纲要、要求及时间分配 1.0 English Drama in the Renaissance Period 1.1 Shakespeare's Predecessors A) Lyly, Peele, Kyd, and Marlowe After 1588, the flourishing period of English drama arrived. The summit was Shakespeare's works. Before Shakespeare, a group of university graduates known as "University Wits" wrote excellent plays. They were John Lyly, Robert Greene, George Peele, Christopher Marlowe, and Thomas Kyd. B) Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593) was the greatest playwright before Shakespeare and the most gifted of the "University Wits". Marlowe's best plays include Tamburlaine the Great, The Jew of 5’ 5’ 5’
Malta and Doctor Faustus. The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus is Marlowe s masterpiece.The tragedy of Doctor Faustus is symbolic of a humanist in the age of Renaissance. C)Marlowe's Literary Achievement 5 Marlowe was the greatest of the pioneers of English drama.He reformed the English drama and perfected the language and verse of dramatic works.It is Marlowe who first made blank verse (unrhymed iambic pentameter)the principal instrument of English drama.His blank verse is a living thing:it is vigorous,fluid and precise.It translates thoughts and emotions into rhythmical speech with happy exactness,thus interpreting the restlessly moving and questing spirit of the Renaissance.Marlowe's dramatic achievement lies chiefly in his epical and at times lyrical verse.His works paved the way for the plays of the greatest English dramatist-Shakespeare whose achievements were the monument of the English Renaissance. 1.2 Shakespeare's contemporary and successor 5 Ben Jonson (1572-1637)was a forerunner of classicism in English literature and the Poet Laureate of James I.he is chiefly remembered for his comedies Volpone,orthe Fox,The Alchemist
Malta and Doctor Faustus. The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus is Marlowe' s masterpiece. The tragedy of Doctor Faustus is symbolic of a humanist in the age of Renaissance. C) Marlowe's Literary Achievement Marlowe was the greatest of the pioneers of English drama. He reformed the English drama and perfected the language and verse of dramatic works. It is Marlowe who first made blank verse (unrhymed iambic pentameter) the principal instrument of English drama. His blank verse is a living thing; it is vigorous, fluid and precise. It translates thoughts and emotions into rhythmical speech with happy exactness, thus interpreting the restlessly moving and questing spirit of the Renaissance. Marlowe's dramatic achievement lies chiefly in his epical and at times lyrical verse. His works paved the way for the plays of the greatest English dramatist – Shakespeare - whose achievements were the monument of the English Renaissance. 1.2 Shakespeare’s contemporary and successor Ben Jonson (1572-1637) was a forerunner of classicism in English literature and the Poet Laureate of James I. he is chiefly remembered for his comedies Volpone, or the Fox, The Alchemist. 5’ 5’
2.0 William Shakespeare(1564-1616) 2.1Life From three sources,we know Shakespeare's life:the church and legal records,the folk traditions,and the comments of his contemporaries. Shakespeare was bor on the 23d of April,1564,in Stratford-on-Avon,Warwickshire(沃里克郡艾汶河畔的斯特拉福 镇). He got education in a local grammar school for a few years 5 There he picked up the"small Latin and less Greek". When Shakespeare was about fourteen years old,he left school and became a country schoolmaster to help support his family. In 1582 Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway who was eight vears older than her husband. A few years later,Shakespeare went to London,where he first did some odd jobs.It was said that he kept horses for the audience outside the play houses.Then by 1592,he became an actor and a writer. In 1593-1594,Shakespeare published his two narrative poems, Venus and Adonis and The Rape ofLucrece. In 1612 he retired from the stage and returned to his hometown,where he bought a considerable estate and lived until his
2.0 William Shakespeare (1564-1616) 2.1Life From three sources, we know Shakespeare's life: the church and legal records, the folk traditions, and the comments of his contemporaries. Shakespeare was born on the 23rd of April, 1564, in Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire( 沃里克郡艾汶河畔的斯特拉福 镇). He got education in a local grammar school for a few years. There he picked up the “small Latin and less Greek". When Shakespeare was about fourteen years old, he left school and became a country schoolmaster to help support his family. In 1582 Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway who was eight years older than her husband. A few years later, Shakespeare went to London, where he first did some odd jobs. It was said that he kept horses for the audience outside the play houses. Then by 1592, he became an actor and a writer. In 1593-1594, Shakespeare published his two narrative poems, Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece. In 1612 he retired from the stage and returned to his hometown, where he bought a considerable estate and lived until his 5’ 5’ 5’
death on April 23,1616,which was his 52nd birthday 2.2 Literary career 5 During the twenty-two years of his literary career,he produced 37 plays,154 sonnets and two long poems.Shakespeare's literary career may be divided into four major phrases which represent respectively his early,mature,flourishing,and late periods. 2.2.1 The first period(1590-1594) 5 It is the period of his apprenticeship in play-writing.His work in this period relies not so much on character as on fine or witty speech and situation and bears the mark of youth,but of youth with astonishing versatility and wonderful talent.The comedies are chiefly concerned with the affairs ofyouth and full ofromantic sentiment.In historical plays,the dramatist tried to handle political themes and give historical lessons.Besides,Shakespeare's early plays show an extraordinary facility in expression and a felicity in the choice of phrases and epithets.And blank verse developed by him into a happy vehicle to expressall kinds ofthought and emotion freely 1)historical play: 5 1590,HeyI,pam2《亨利六世，中》 1590,Henry VI part.3《亨利六世，下》 1591,Hey,pam1《亨利六世，上》 1592,RichardIlI 《查理三世》
death on April 23, 1616, which was his 52nd birthday. 2.2 Literary career During the twenty-two years of his literary career, he produced 37 plays, 154 sonnets and two long poems. Shakespeare’s literary career may be divided into four major phrases which represent respectively his early, mature, flourishing, and late periods. 2.2.1 The first period (1590-1594) It is the period of his apprenticeship in play-writing. His work in this period relies not so much on character as on fine or witty speech and situation and bears the mark of youth, but of youth with astonishing versatility and wonderful talent. The comedies are chiefly concerned with the affairs of youth and full of romantic sentiment. In historical plays, the dramatist tried to handle political themes and give historical lessons. Besides, Shakespeare’s early plays show an extraordinary facility in expression and a felicity in the choice of phrases and epithets. And blank verse developed by him into a happy vehicle to express all kinds of thought and emotion freely. 1) historical play: 1590，Henry VI, part 2 《亨利六世，中》 1590，HenryVI, part 3 《亨利六世，下》 1591，Henry VI, part 1 《亨利六世，上》 1592，Richard III 《查理三世》 5’ 5’ 5’
2)comedy: l592,The Comedy ofErrors《错误的喜剧》 1593,Taming ofthe Shrew《g驯悍记》 l594,Two Gentlemen of Verona《维洛那二绅士》 l594,Loe's Labour's Lost《爱的徒劳》 3)tragedy: 1593,Titus Andronicus《泰特斯·安德洛尼克斯》 1594,Romeo andJuliet《罗密欧与朱丽叶》 4)narrative poems 1593,enus and Adonis《维纳斯与安东尼斯》 1594,The Rape ofLucrece《鲁克丽丝受辱记》 2.2.2Thesecond period(1595-1600) It is a period of"great comedies"and mature historical plays.The dramatist made an advance in every way and the general spirit is optimism.In the historical plays of this period,different phrases of English life are shown before us.There is a great lift in characterization(人物创造)and sources the dramatist employed in this period are many and diversified.As a whole,this period is Shakespeare's sweet and joyful time,in which he succeeds in portraying a magnificent panorama of the manifold pursuits of people in real life. 1)Six Comedies:
2）comedy: 1592，The Comedy of Errors 《错误的喜剧》 1593，Taming of the Shrew 《驯悍记》 1594，Two Gentlemen of Verona 《维洛那二绅士》 1594，Love's Labour’s Lost 《爱的徒劳》 3)tragedy: 1593，Titus Andronicus《泰特斯·安德洛尼克斯》 1594，Romeo and Juliet 《罗密欧与朱丽叶》 4)narrative poems: 1593，Venus and Adonis 《维纳斯与安东尼斯》 1594，The Rape of Lucrece 《鲁克丽丝受辱记》 2.2.2The second period (1595-1600) It is a period of “great comedies” and mature historical plays. The dramatist made an advance in every way and the general spirit is optimism. In the historical plays of this period, different phrases of English life are shown before us. There is a great lift in characterization(人物创造)and sources the dramatist employed in this period are many and diversified. As a whole, this period is Shakespeare’s sweet and joyful time, in which he succeeds in portraying a magnificent panorama of the manifold pursuits of people in real life. 1) Six Comedies: 5’ 5’ 5’ 5’