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MerchantofVenice?
a.Inhisromanticcomedies,Shakespeartakesanoptimisticattitudetowardloveandyouth,andtheromanticelementarebroughtintofullplay.ThemostimportantplayamongthecomediesisTheMerchantofVenice.
b.ThetraditionalthemeoftheplayistopraisethefriendshipbetweenAnotonioandBassanio,toidealiePortiaasaheroinofgreatbeauty,witandloyalty,andtoexposetheinsatiablegreedandbrutalityoftheJew.Butaftercenturies’abusingoftheJews,especiallytheholocaustcommittedbytheNaziGermanyduringtheSecondWorldWar,itisverydifficulttoseeShylockasaconventionalevilfigure.AndmanypeopletodaytendtoregardtheplayasasatireoftheChristian’shypocrisyandtheirfalsestandardsoffriendshipandlove,theircunningwaysofpursingworldlinessandtheirunreasoningprejudiceagainstJews.
(2)ExplaintheShakespear?
sgreattragedies?
a.Shakespeargreattragediesare:
Hamlet,Othello,KingLear,andMacbeth.
b.Theyhavesomethingincommon.Eachprotrayssomenoblehero,whofacestheinjusticeofhumanlifeandiscaughtinadifficultsituationandwhosefateiscloselyconnectedwiththefateofthewholenation.
c.Eachherohashisweaknessofnature:
1.Hamlet,themelancholicscholar-prince,facesthedilemmabetweenactionandmind;
2.Othello’sinnerweaknessismadeuseofbytheoutsideevilforce;
3.TheoldkingLearwhoisunwillingtototallygiveuphispowermakeshimselfsufferfromtreacheryandinfidelity.
4.Macbeth’slustforpowerstirsuphisambitionandleadshimtoincessantcrimes.
2.JohnMilton
(1)BrieflydicussJohnMilton?
Inhislife,Miltonshowshimselfarealrevolutionary,amasterpoetandagreatprosewriter.HefoughtforfreedominallaspectsasaChristianhumanist,whilehisachievementsinliteraturemakehimoveralltheotherEnglishwritersofhistimeandexertagreatinfluenceoverlaterones.
3.FrancisBacon
(1)NovumOrganum,alongwithotherworks,wontheauthorthehonor“Fatherofmodernscience”.
Whatisthenameoftheauthor,
Whatisthemainconcernofthis
workandwhyistheworkso
importantforthedevelopmentof
modernscience?
a.NovumOrganumisatreatise
onmethodologywhichwaswritten
byFrancisBacon.
b.Theargumentisfortheuseof
inductivemethodofreasoningin
scientificstudy.
c.Baconexpoundsthefourgreat
falseconceivingsthatbesetmen’s
mindandthemfromseekingthe
truth.
d.Healsoadvocatestheinductive
methodofreasoninginplaceofthe
deductivereasoning.
e.Byputtingforwardthistheory,
Baconshowsthenewempirical
attitudestowardtruthaboutnature.
f.Hebravelychallengesthe
medievalscholasticists.
ⅡTheNeoclassicalPeriod
(1)Listatleasttwoleading
neoclassicistsinEngland.What
didNeoclassicistscelebratein
literarycreation?
a.AlexanderPope,John
Dryden,SamuelJohnson
b.Theybelievedthatthe
artisticidealsshouldbeorder,logic,
restrainedemotionandaccuracy
andthatliteratureshouldbe
judegedintermsofitsserviceto
humanity.Theyseekproportion,
unity,harmonyandgraceinliterary
expressions,inanefforttodelight,
instructandcorrecthuman
beings.Thusapolite,elegant,witty
andintellectualartdeveloped.
(2)Discussthedifference
betweenRomanticismand
Neoclassicism.
a.Inthefieldsofliterature,the
EnlightmentMovementbrought
aboutarevivalofinterestintheold
classicalworks.Thistendencyis
knownasneoclassicism.
\b.Theybelievedthatartistic
idealsshouldbeorder,logic,
restrainedemotionandaccuracy,
andthatliteratureshouldbejudged
intermsofitsservicetohumanity.
c.Thisbeliefledthemtoseek
proportion,unity,harmonyand
graceinliteraryexpressions,inan
efforttodelight,instructand
correcthumanbeings,primarilyas
socialanimals.Thusapolite,urban,
witty,andintellectualart
developed.
1.DanielDefoe
(1)Whatarethefeaturesof
DanielDefoe?
?
Defoewasaverygoodstory-teller.
Hehadagiftfororganizingminute
detailsinsuchavividwaythathis
storiescouldbebothcredibleand
fascinating.Hissentencesare
sometimesshort,crispandplain,
andsometimeslongandrambling,
whichleaveonthereaderan
impressionofcasualnarration.His
languageissmooth,,easy,
colloquialandmostlyvernacular.
Thereisnothingartificiainhis
language;
itiscommonEnglishat
itsbest.
(2)DiscussCrusoeasan
embodimentoftherising
middle-classvirtuesinthe
mid-eighteenthcenturyEngland.
Robinsonisherearealhero;
a
typicaleighteenth-centuryEnglish
middle-classman,withagreat
capacityforwork,inexhaustible
energy,courage,patienceand
persistenceinoverwhelming
obstacles,instrugglingagainstthe
hostilenaturalenviroment.Heis
theveryprototypeoftheempire
builder,thepioneercolonist.In
describingRobinson’slifeonthe
island,Defoeglorifieshuman
labourandthePuritanfortitude,
whichsaveRobinsonfromdespair
andareasourceofprideand
happiness.Hetoilsforthesakeof
subsistence,andthefruitsofhis
laborarehisown.
2.HenryFielding
(1)BrieflydicussHenry
Fielding?
sformsofplays?
Duringhiscareerasadramatist,
Fieldinghadattempteda
considerablenumberofformsof
plays:
wittycomediesofmanners
orintriguesintheRestoration
tradition,farcesorballadsoperas
witpoliticalimplications,and
burlesquesandsatiresthatbear
heavilyuponthestatus-quoof
English.
(2)Explainthethemeof
TomJones?
ThethemeofTomJones:
Tomis
anhonest,kind-hearted,
high-spirited,loyalandbrave,but
impulsive,wantingprudenceand
fullofanimalspirits.Inaway,the
youngmanstandsforawayfaring
Everyman,whoisexpelledfrom
theparadiseandhastogothrough
hardexperiencetogaina
knowledgeofhimselfandfinallyto
approachperfectness.
(3)Brieflydicussthefeaturesof
swritings?
Fielding’slanguageiseasy,
unlabouredandfamiliar,but
extremelyvividandvigorous.His
sentencesarealwaysdistinguished
bylogicandrhythm,andhis
structurecarefullyplannedtowards
aninevitableending.Hisworksare
alsonotedforlively,dramatic
dialoguesandothertheatrical
devicessuchassuspense,
coincidenceandunexpectedness.
ⅢTheRomanticPeriod
(1)Inspirationforthe
romanticapproachintiallyame
fromtwogreatshapersof
thought,whoarethey?
a.Jean-JacquesRousseau,a
Frenchphilosopher,wasoneofthe
leadingthinkersinthesecondhalf
ofthe18thcentury.In1762,he
publishedtwobooksthatelectrified
Europe,thatis,DuContratSocial
andEmile,inwhichheexplored
newideasaboutNature,Society
andEducation.
b.Nonewassoeffectiveas
ThomasPaine’sDeclarationof
RightofMan.Paineknewwhathe
wastalkingabout;
hehadbeenin
FranceduringtheRevolution,and
demonstratedconclusivelythatby
1789Francewassoenmeshedin
oppressionandmiserythatnothing
shortofrevolutioncouldserhim
free.
(2)WhatistheGothicnovel?
Gothicnovel,atypeofromantic
fictionthatpredominatedinthe
lateeighteenthcentury,wasoneof
theRomanticmovement.Its
principalelementsareviolence,
horror,andthesupernatural,which
stronglyappealtothereader’s
emotion.Withitsdescriptionsof
thedark,irrationalsideofhuman
nature,theGothicformhas
exertedagreatinfluenceoverthe
writersofRomanticperiod.Works
likeTheMysteriesofUdolpoby
AnnRadcliffeandFrankensteinby
MaryShelleyaretypicalGothic
romance.
1.WilliamWordsworth
(1)WhyisLyricalBallads
consideredtemilestonetomark
thebeginningofEnglish
Romanticism?
a.Inthisbook,Wordsworth
andColeridgeexplorednew
theoriesandinnovatednew
techniquesinpoetrywriting.
b.TheprefacetotheLyrical
Balladsactsasamanifestoforthe
newschool.Inthepreface,
Wordsworthdefinespoetryand
poets.
c.Wordsworth’spoemsin
thisbookdifferinmarkedways
fromhisearlypoetry:
simplicityof
thelanguage,sympathyforthepoor,
andexpressionsofinwardstatesof
mind.
2.GeorgeGordonByron
(1)BrieflyexplainByro