英国文学选读王守仁课后题答案

Geoffrey Chaucer The Canterbury Tales

1. How is the setting of the tales described? With such a setting, could you predict the general tone of the tales?

Early spring. General tone: happy, easy, lively, humorous. 2. Character of the Knight?

The knight displays many traits which make him seem almost too good to be true, and a true gentleman that rarely exists in reality. The knight holds four main admirable traits, making him the most liked traveler in \Canterbury Tales,\and also amplying the doubt of his realism. From the

Geoffrey Chaucer The Canterbury Tales

1. How is the setting of the tales described? With such a setting, could you predict the general tone of the tales?

Early spring. General tone: happy, easy, lively, humorous. 2. Character of the Knight?

The knight displays many traits which make him seem almost too good to be true, and a true gentleman that rarely exists in reality. The knight holds four main admirable traits, making him the most liked traveler in \Canterbury Tales,\and also amplying the doubt of his realism. From the

Geoffrey Chaucer The Canterbury Tales

1. How is the setting of the tales described? With such a setting, could you predict the general tone of the tales?

Early spring. General tone: happy, easy, lively, humorous. 2. Character of the Knight?

The knight displays many traits which make him seem almost too good to be true, and a true gentleman that rarely exists in reality. The knight holds four main admirable traits, making him the most liked traveler in \Canterbury Tales,\and also amplying the doubt of his realism. From the

1. THE ANGLO-SAXON PERIOD 盎格鲁--撒克逊时期

Beowulf 贝奥武甫

2. THE ANGLO-NORMAN PERIOD 盎格鲁—诺曼时期

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight 高文爵士和绿衣骑士

3. GEOFFREY CHAUCER 乔叟时期

The Canterbury Tales 坎特伯雷故事集 Popular Ballads 大众民谣 Robin Hood and Allin-a-Dale

Get Up and Bar the Door 起来，去关门 Sir Patrick Spens 派屈克·斯宾塞爵士

4. THE RENAISSANCE 文艺复兴时期

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 威廉·莎士比亚 Hamlet 哈姆雷特

The Merchant of Venice 威尼斯商人 Sonnet 18 十四行诗 Sonnet 29 Sonnet 106

FRANCIS BACON 弗朗西斯·培根 Of Truth 论真理 Of Studies 谈读书

5. THE 17TH CENTURY 17世纪

THE

IntroductionAbout the course Bird-eye view of American literature Origin and formation of American literature.

About the Course

Course description: While offering a very brief outline of American literary history from the colonial period to the post war time, this course provides guided reading of chosen pieces by American literary masters from every important stage in the American literary evolution, and explores the historical experience as well as the literary importance of these writers. It aims to introduce the stu

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英国文学史及选读

主讲人：王江 (重庆邮电大学外国语学院)

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History and Anthology of English Literature

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The Flea

Mark but this flea, and mark in this, How little that which thou denies me is; Me it sucked first, and now sucks thee, And in this flea our two bloods mingled be; Thou know’st that this cannot be said A sin, or shame, or loss of maidenhead, Yet this enjoys before it woo, And pampered swells with one blood made of two, And this, alas, is more than we would do. Oh stay, three lives in one flea spare, Where we almost, nay more th

英国文学

英国文学史及选读

主讲人：王江 (重庆邮电大学外国语学院)

英国文学

History and Anthology of English Literature

英国文学

英国文学

英国文学

The Flea

Mark but this flea, and mark in this, How little that which thou denies me is; Me it sucked first, and now sucks thee, And in this flea our two bloods mingled be; Thou know’st that this cannot be said A sin, or shame, or loss of maidenhead, Yet this enjoys before it woo, And pampered swells with one blood made of two, And this, alas, is more than we would do. Oh stay, three lives in one flea spare, Where we almost, nay more th

Exercise for English Literature (2)

Choose the best answer for each blank.

1. ________, the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England, was born in London about 1340. A. Geoffrey Chaucer B. Sir Gawain C. Francis Bacon D. John Dryden 2. Chaucer died on the 25th October 1400, and was buried in ________. A. Flanders B. France C. Italy D. Westminster Abbey

3. The progress in industry at home stimulated the commercial expansion abroad. ________ encouraged exploration and travel

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