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A Short History of English Literature
Course Outline
（
09
英语）

I.
Old English Literature (449 A.D.------ 1066)



1. Historical Background
（了解）






(1) Celts





(2) Roman Conquest





(3) The English Conquest




2. Literature Term: (
记忆
)





Epic





Alliteration




3. Main work:


The great epic-----
Beowulf







(1) The Content of
Beowulf
（了解）






(2) The Theme of
Beowulf
（理解）

(3) The Features of
Beowulf
(
记忆
)

II. Medieval English Literature (1066--- 15
th
century)



1. Historical Background
（了解）






(1) The Danish Invasion






(2) The Norman Conquest





(3) The Rising of 1381



2. Literature Terms: (
记忆
)





Romance (definition, classification and class nature)





Ballad





Allegory





Heroic couplet
3. Major works: (
记忆
)





(1)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
The Content of it
（了解）









The Knight and Chivalry
（了解）

Analysis of the Character-----Sir Gawain
(
理解
)
(2)
The Death of King Arthur

The Content of it
（了解）

Analysis of the Character-----King Arthur
(
理解
)
Evaluation
(3)
Robin Hood and Ballads
The Content of it
（了解）

Analysis of the Character-----Robin Hood
(
理解
)
Meter and Foot
（了解）

(4)
Piers the Plowman

The Author----Langland
（了解）

The Content of it
（了解）

The Theme of it
（理解）

The Features of it
(
背诵记忆
)
4. Major Poet----
Geoffrey Chaucer
(
重点记忆
)




(1) Life (1340-1400)

（了解）







(2) Literary Career (three periods)

（了解）






(3)
The Canterbury Tales

The Content of it
（了解）

The Theme of it
（理解）

The Features of it
(
记忆
)






(4) Chaucer
’
s Contribution to English Literature
III. The English Renaissance Literature ( late 15
th
century ---- early
17
th
century)
1.

Historical Background
（了解）



The Political Background

---The Establishment of Tudor Dynasty






---The Religious Reformation


The Economic Background
---The Enclosure Movement
---The Commercial Expansion
---The War with Spain





The Cultural Background






---The Movement of Renaissance
---The Thought of Humanism



2.

Literature Features (
了解
)





Translation Versions





Prose





Poetry





Drama


3.

Literature Terms





Sonnet





Blank Verse






Spenserian Stanza
4.

Main Writers and Their Works
（记忆）







John Wycliffe
William Tyndale




The English Bible

Thomas More






Utopia
（内容和主旨及对莫尔的评价）

Francis Bacon






Essays (Of Studies)
（欣赏）







Edmund Spenser



The Shepherd
’
s Calendar

The
Fairy
Queen
（为什么斯宾塞被称为诗人中的诗
人
?
《仙后》的寓意）








Christopher Marlowe

Tamburlaine, The Jew of Malta and Doctor Faustus





















(plots, theme, achievement)

William Shakespeare

(37 plays, 3 periods)
The Tragicomics, esp Romeo and Juliet
Great Comodies, esp The Merchant of Venice

Great Tragedies, esp Hamlet

Histories, esp Henry IV
Romances,esp The Tempest
























( Plot, theme, characters)
























(
对莎士比亚的评价及莎士比亚戏剧的特点
)







Ben Jonson







Volpone
(
琼森戏剧的特点
)




IV
. English Literature of the Revolution and Restoration Period

1.

Historical Background (
了解
)
The English Revolution





The Restoration of Mornachy





The Glorious Revolution

2.

Literature Features (
了解
)
.




Poetry





Prose





Drama


3.

Literature Terms:(
记忆
)






Metaphysical Poets






Cavalier Poets


4.

Main Writers and Their Works:
（记忆）






John Donne



Songs and Sonnet
(features of his poems)
John Milton



( 3periods, poems, pamphlets and epics)
Paradise Lost


(story, theme, characters)














（对弥尔顿的评价）

John Bunyan


The Pilgrim
’
s Progress
（
allegory, story, theme,features
）

V
. The 18
th
Century English Literature

1.

Historical Background (
了解
)



Two Main Parties: Tories and Whigs



The Industrial Revolution



The Enlightenment Movement



Social Life
2.

Literature Features (
了解
)



Classicism



Realism



Sentimentalism



Pre-romanism
3.

Literature Terms:(
记忆
)





Enlightenment
Classicism
4.

Main Writers and Their Works:
（记忆）




Steele:
The Tatler




Steele and Addison:
The Spectator




Pope:
Essay on Criticism



(didactic poem in heroic couplet)








The Rape of the Lock


(mock- heroic poem)








Essay on Man





(philosophical poem in heroic couplet)



Swift:
A Tale of a Tub













The Battle of the Books











Gulliver
’
s Travels


( satirical novel, masterpiece)


Defoe:
Robinson Crusoe
(adventure novel, masterpiece)








Moll Flanders
( autobiography)


Richardson:
Pamela
(novel of letters, features of this novel)












Clarissa
(novel, masterpiece)


Fielding:

Joseph Andrews











Jonathan Wild
Tom Jones

(masterpiece, analysis of characters)

Smollett:

Roderick Random










Humphry Clinker
Sterne:

Tristram Shandy
( sentimental novel)







A Sentimental Journey


Sheridan:
The Rivals


(comedy)










The School for Scandal
(comedy of humor)
Goldsmith:
The Deserted Village
(poem, heroic couplet)









Vicar of Wakefield
(novel, masterpiece)
Blake:

Songs of Innocence









Songs of Experience





(appreciate some poems in them)
Burns: appreciate the following Stottish poems:






A Red, Red Rose
(Love)






Auld Lang Syne


(Friendship)






My Heart is in the Highlands
( Patriotism)




内容

学时安排

A brief introduction to English literature
2
Old English Literature

2
Medieval English Literature
4
Renaissance English Literature

10
English
Literature
of
the
Revolution
and
4
Restoration Period

18
th
century English literature

6
Review
2