《英国文学史 第一册》求取 ⇩

Chapter ⅠENGLISH LITERATURE OF THE ANGLO-SAXON PERIOD1

1． The Historical Background1

2． “Beowulf” the National Epic of the Anglo-Saxons3

3． Minor Anglo-Saxon Poetry： Caedmon and Cynewulf11

4． Anglo-Saxon Prose： Bede； Alfred； “The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle”； Aelfric16

Chapter ⅡENGLISH LITERATURE OF THE LATE MIDDLE AGES26

Section ⅠEnglish Literature from the Mid-11th Century to the Mid-14th26

1． The Background： Political and Social26

2． Folk Literature and Religious Literature from the Mid-11th to the Mid-14th Century28

3． Early Alliterative and Metrical Romances in the： 12th，13th and Early 14th Centuries33

Section ⅡEnglish Literature of the Second Half of the 14th Century39

1． The Background： Political and Social39

2． John Wycliffe； John Gower； William Langland42

3． Geoffrey Chaucer49

Section ⅢEnglish Literature of the Fifteenth Century61

1．The Background： Political and Social61

2．The English and Scottish Popular Ballads： “Robin Hood Ballads”63

3．Early English Drama： Folk Drama； The Mystery Plays； The Miracle Plays； The Morality Plays72

4．The English Chaucerians； Early Scottish Poetry and the Scottish Chaucerians77

5．English Prose of the 15th Century： Sir Thomas Malory and His “Le Morte d’Arthur”81

Chapter ⅢENGLISH LITERATURE OF THE RENAISSANCE85

Section ⅠThe Historical Background： Economic， Politi-cal and Cultural85

1．The Renaissance in Europe85

2．Stages and Trends of English Literature of the Renais-sance．89

Section ⅡEnglish Literature of the Early 16th Century91

1．The Oxford Reformers； Thomas More91

2．Court Poetry： Skelton； Wyatt and Surrey97

3．Morality Plays and Interludes of the 16th Century：David Lyndsay； John Heywood．102

Section ⅢEnglish Literature of the Second Half of the 16th Century105

1．Court Poetry： Philip Sidney； Edmund Spenser105

2．Prose Fiction： Lyly， Lodge， Greene， Sidney， Nashe，Deloney113

3．Pre-Shakespearean Drama： English Drama under Classical Influence； University Wits： Lyly， Peele，Lodge， Nashe， Greene， Kyd and Marlowe121

Section ⅣShakespeare．133

1．Shakespeare’s Life and Literary Career133

2．Shakespeare’s Poems and Sonnets134

3．Early Period of Shakespeare’s Plays： History Plays （“Richard Ⅲ”， “Henry Ⅳ”， Parts 1 and 2， “Henry Ⅴ”）； Early Tragedies （“Romeo and Juliet”， “Julius Caesar”）； Comedies （“The Merchant of Venice”，“Much Ado about Nothing”， “As You Like It”，“Twelfth Night”）138

4．Mature Period of Shakespeare’s Plays．Tragedies （“Hamlet”， “Othello”， “King Lear”， “Macbeth”， “Antony and Cleopatra”， “Coriolanus”， “Timon of Athens”）， Tragi-Comedies （“Measure for Measure”， “All’s Well that Ends Well”， “Troilus and Cressida”）150

5．Last Period of Shakespeare’s Dramatic Career： “Peri-cles”， “Cymbeline”， “The Winter’s Tale”， “The Tempest”， “Pericle”， “Henry Ⅷ”167

6．General Comments on Shakespeare： Shakespeare’s Progressive Significance and Limitations； His Indebted-ness to the English Dramatic Tradition； His Character-Creations； His Plot Construction； His Mastery of Language； His Literary Influence170

Section ⅤEnglish Literature of the First Quarter of the 17th Century182

1．Drama of Shakespeare’s Contemporaries： Ben Jonson，Chapman， Dekker， Thomas Heywood， Beaumont and Fletcher182

2．The Decline of Drama in Early 17th-Century England up to the Closing of the Theatres in London in 1642：Marston， Tourneur， Webster， Ford， Middleton， Mass-inger， Shirley197

3．Francis Bacon209

4．The King James Bible and Other Prose in Early 17th Century218

5．English Non-Dramatic Poetry in the First Thirty Years of the 17th Century： John Donne， Ben Jonson，the Spenserians221

Chapter ⅣENGLISH LITERATURE DURING THE ENGLISH BOURGEOIS REVOLUTION AND THE RESTORATION231

Section ⅠThe Historical Background： Political and Ideological231

1．The Political Background from the Eve of the English Bourgeois Revolution to the Downfall of Stuart Absolutism （1625-1688）231

2．The Ideological Background of English Literature in the 17th Century．234

Section ⅡMinor Currents of English Literature from 1625 to 1660238

1．Minor English Poets and Prose Writers of the Period238

2．The Pamphlet Literature of the Levellers and the Diggers： John Lilburne and Gerrard Winstanley248

Section ⅢJohn Milton262

1．Milton’s Life and Literary Career262

2．Milton’s Early Works265

3．The Middle Period of Milton’s Literary Career： His Prose and His Sonnets270

4．“Paradise Lost”， “Paradise Regained” and “Samson Agonistes”．286

Section ⅣEnglish Literature of the Restoration302

1．John Bunyan．302

2．John Dryden．308

3．The English Drama of the Restoration316

4．Minor English Poetry and Prose of the Restoration：Samuel Butler’s “Hudibras” and the Diaries of Samuel PePys and John Evelyn323