英国文学作品论文选题

British Writers and Works

The Anglo-Saxon Period

The Venerable Bede 比得673~735

Ecclesiastical History of the English People 英吉利人教会史

Alfred the Great 阿尔弗雷得大帝849~899

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 盎格鲁—萨克逊编年史

The Late Medieval Ages

William Langland 威廉·兰格伦1332~1400

Piers the Plowman 农夫比埃斯的梦

Geoffery Chaucer 杰弗里·乔叟1340(?)~1400

The Books of the Duchess悼公爵夫人

Troilus and Criseyde特罗伊拉斯和克莱希德

The Canterbury Tales坎特伯雷故事集

The House of Fame声誉之宫

Sir Thomas Malory托马斯·马洛里爵士1405~1471

Le Morte D’Arthur亚瑟王之死

The Renaissance

Sir Philip Sydney菲利普·锡

作家作品

一、Geoffery Chaucer 杰弗里 乔叟1343~1400

(首创“双韵体”，英国文学史上首先用伦敦方言写作。约翰·德莱顿（John Dryden）称其为“英国诗歌之父”。代表作《坎特伯雷故事集》。)

The father of English poetry.

Writing style: wisdom, humor, humanity.

作品：

① <The Canterbury Tales>坎特伯雷故事集：

first time to use ‘heroic couplet’(双韵体) by middle English ②<Troilus and Criseyde>特罗勒斯与克丽西德

③ <The House of Fame>声誉之堂

④<The book of the Duchess>公爵夫人之书

⑤<The Parliament of Fowls>百鸟议会

二、William Shakespeare威廉 莎士比亚1564~1616 playwright,poet

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Widely regarded as the greatest writer in

1. What is Literature?

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Literature refers to the practice and profession of writing. It comes from human interest in telling a story, in arranging words in artistic forms, in describing in words some aspects of human experiences. Literature is characterized by beauty of expression and form and by university of intellectual and emotional appeal.

Literature shows us not only what a society is like in a certain age, but also what individuals feel about it, what they hope from it, and how they can change it or escape from it.

I. Multiple choice.

7. The English Renaissance period was an age of ______. A. poetry and drama C. novel and poetry

B. drama and novel D. romance and poetry

2. Renaissance first started in _______, with the flowering of the fields of painting, sculpture and literature. A. France C. Germany

B. Italy D. Britain

10. _____ is the essence of the Renaissance. A. Poetry C. Humanism

B. Drama D. Reason

11 “To be, or not to be—that is the question” is a line taken from ______. A. Hamlet C. King Lear

B. Othello

D. The Merchant of V

I. Multiple choice.

7. The English Renaissance period was an age of ______. A. poetry and drama C. novel and poetry

B. drama and novel D. romance and poetry

2. Renaissance first started in _______, with the flowering of the fields of painting, sculpture and literature. A. France C. Germany

B. Italy D. Britain

10. _____ is the essence of the Renaissance. A. Poetry C. Humanism

B. Drama D. Reason

11 “To be, or not to be—that is the question” is a line taken from ______. A. Hamlet C. King Lear

B. Othello

D. The Merchant of V

British Literature

I. Multiple Choice.

The Middle Age

1. When we speak of the Old English prose, the first name that comes into our minds is_______, who is the first scholar in English literature and has been regarded as father of English learning. A. William Shakespeare B. Beowulf

C. Julius Caesar D. Venerable Bede

2. The most important work of Alfred the Great is _______, which is regarded as the best monument of the Old English prose.

A. The Song of Beowulf B. The Anglo-Sa

填空 A.

1. Dickens‘ writings from 1836 to 1841 show the characteristic of youthful _______.

2. Dickens‘ writings from 1842 to 1850 show the character of _______. 3. Dickens‘ writings from 1852 to 1870 show the feature of ______.

4. Nicholas Nickleby touches upon a burning question of the time—the education of ____ in private schools.

5. _____ is a great novel of social satire and famous for its criticism of both the British and American bourgeoisie.

6. The theme of Dombey and Son is the pride of wealth, or ―_____‖.

现代文学作品论文-雨中漫步

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《雷雨》并非宿命,是人性在苦苦挣扎中迫于生存而走向了毁灭,这种“复杂而原始的情绪”即人性深处的冲突在周朴园与侍萍等人中得以演绎。接下来,就让我们一起漫步于这场惊世“雷雨”之中,去感受它的美妙与传奇。

《雷雨》作为曹禺创造的第一个艺术生命,一经诞生就引起了广泛的关注,被誉为现代话剧成熟的标志。随着时光流逝,《雷雨》被热爱它的人们饱含热情地演绎着、解读着。下面我们就通过对剧中三个主要角色的分析来漫步“雨”中,细细品味《雷雨》的不朽魅力。 一、繁漪

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英国文学复习总结详解

Part one:Early and medieval English literature

1.Beowulf《贝奥武甫》------the national epic of the English people ,it is also the epic of the Anglo-Saxon.(P3)

2.The name of the terrible monster------Grendel(格伦德尔)(P3)

3.the most striking feature in its poetical form is the use of alliteration(头韵)，others are metaphor （暗喻）and understatement(保守陈述)(P5)

4The Norman Conquest （诺曼征服）marks the establishment of feudalism in England. (P6) 5.The romance(传奇文学)(P8)

The most popular of literature in fedual England was the romance. It

英语专业 英美文学考试题

Humanism

Humanism is the essence of the Renaissance. It emphasizes the dignity of human beings and the importance of the present life. Humanists voiced their beliefs that man was the center of the universe and man did not only have the right to enjoy the beauty of the present life, but had the ability to perfect himself and to perform wonders.

Neoclassicism

According to neoclassicism, all forms of literature were to be modeled after the classical works of the ancient Greek and Roman writers. Neoclassicism emphasiz