新编英国文学选读上 所有作者作品简介复习资料.doc

John Wycliff Father of English prose Reform the church to away with the corruption and rottenness; translate Bible into standard English; maintain church must not interfere in temporal matters; fixes a national standard for English prose to replace various dialects. William Langland poet The Vision of Piers Plowman(takes form of allorgory but gives realistic picture of 14th century) Sir Thomas Malory poet Le Morte dArthur/The Death of Arthur Goeffrey Chaucer the father of English poetry born in rising family, join army then prisoned. ?smooth in political life.1st imitated French poetry and translated French poem, influenced by Italian,famous for his tales by links The Book of Duchess, Troilus and Cryseyde, The Parliament of Fowls, The House of Fame, The Canterbury Tales Renaissance Edmund Spenser “the poet’s poet” born poor, became part of noble family, secretary of influential political members, queen son-in-law, boss burn down, he die in poor The Shepheards Calender(poem in 12parts, Virgils verse dialogues, different descriptions of the English countryside, theme of love, poetry, religion);The Faerie Queene(allegorical romance, 7 deadly sins) Christopher Marlowe The greatest of pioneers of English drama in Renaissance have been cooperate with Shakespeare.write all tragedies, works are remarkable for their imagination, burning passion, sensuous richness, variety of pace and response to varying emotions. ?his verse is known for its stateliness and its poetic beauty. Perfect blank-verse Tamburlaine the Great(1587,Tamburlaine represent the Renaissance desire for infinite power and authority); The Tragic History of Doctor Faustus(1592, reflect the desire for infinite knowledge and express his atheism and patriotism, conforms with the orthodox teachings of the church) William Shakespeare Thomas More, Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare are the best representatives of the English humanism. rich,help father of his shop, 18 married. left native town,a rising actor,