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SelectedReadingsinEnglishandAmericanLiterature THESUN Literature Literaturen 1 Thebodyofwrittenworksofalanguage period orculture 2 Imaginativeorcreativewriting especiallyofrecognizedartisticvalue Literaturemustbeananalysisofexperienceandasynthesisofthefindingsintoaunity 3 Theartoroccupationofaliterarywriter 4 Thebodyofwrittenworkproducedbyscholarsorresearchersinagivenfield medicalliterature 5 Printedmaterial collectedalltheavailableliteratureonthesubject 6 Music Allthecompositionsofacertainkindorforaspecificinstrumentorensemble thesymphonicliterature EnjoyingPoetry Or 1 Voice SpeakerandTone2 Image3 FigurativeLanguage4 SymbolandAllegory5 Syntax6 SoundEffect7 Form8 Theme EnjoyingPoetry SuggestionsonReadingPoetry1 Readslowlyanddeliberately readaloud 2 Identifyspeaker subject situation tone 3 Payattentiontospeciallanguagephenom 4 Considertheformandhowitsstructureshapesitsthoughtandemotion 5 Testpoemagainstyourownexperience 6 Identifysocial culturalandmoralvalues Yourownvaluesinfluenceyourevaluation EnjoyingPoetry TheDefinitionofPoetryTypesofPoetry1 thenarrative Epic Romance Ballad民谣2 thelyric Elegy Epigram Sonnet悼念 讽刺ElementsofPoetry1 Images Imagery 意象群 2 FiguresofSpeech Simile Metaphor Symbol Allegory Personification Hyperbole Metonymy Allusion Paradox寓言 拟人 夸张 借代 典故 矛盾3 SoundofPoetry Rhyme Rhythm Meter4 FormsofPoetry RhymingForms BlankVerse FreeVerse押韵诗 无韵诗 自由诗5 Theme themainidea Lecture1WilliamShakespeare WilliamShakespeare 1564 1616 1 HistoricalBackgroundA QueenElizabethI apowerfulEnglandwiththefastdevelopmentofcapitalism WilliamShakespeare B Renaissance anintellectualmovementsprungfirstinItalyinthe14thcenturyandgraduallyspreadalloverEurope WilliamShakespeare Twofeatures athirstingcuriosityfortheclassicalliterature thehumanismmeansthenewfeelingofadmirationforhumanbeautyandhumanachievement WilliamShakespeare C ShakespearelivedinsuchaperiodandalsosuchaperiodmadehimthemostfamousandmostimportantEnglishwriter WilliamShakespeare 2 LifeandWorks Introductionofthegreatwriter slife A Hiscompleteworks 37plays2narrativepoems154sonnetsB mainlyfamousforhisgreatplays especiallytheoutstanding FourGreatTragedies Hamlet 哈姆雷特 KingLear 李尔王 Othello 奥赛罗 Macbeth 麦克白 1 BriefIntroductionWilliamShakespearewasthegreatestwriterofplayswhoeverlived Hisfriend fellowplaywrightBenJonsonsaidthatShakespearewas notofanagebutforalltime The18th centuryEnglishessayistSamuelJohnsondescribedhisworkas themirroroflife The19th centuryEnglishpoetSamuelTaylorColeridgespokeof myriad mindedShakespeare The20th centuryEnglishdramatistGeorgeBernardShawstressedhis enormouspoweroverlanguage 2 HisLife CareerTheexactdateofShakespeare sbirthisnotknown buthisbaptismwasrecordedonApril26 1564 intheparishregisterofHolyTrinityChurchatStratford on Avon Sinceitwascustomarytobaptizeinfantswithintwoorthreedaysofbirth April23isregardedasareasonablebirthdate Itisalsothedateonwhichhediedin1616 Generally hisdramaticcareerisdividedinto4periods WilliamShakespeare 3 someotherfamousplays suchasRomeoandJuliet 罗密欧与朱丽叶 andtodaywe lllearnthemarvelousexcerptfromit meetingatbalcony 阳台相会 whichwe lltalkaboutalittlebitlater 4 LiteraryAchievements1 Characterization2 PlotConstruction3 Language Contributionstolanguage Effectsonliterature HisInfluence 1 ContributionstolanguageManywordsandcommonlyusedphraseshavebeenaddedtoeverydayEnglishvocabularythroughtheirappearanceinShakespeare sworks 2 EffectsonliteratureShakespeare splays poetryhavehadapervasive persistent influenceonworldliterature Mostofthegreatliteraryfiguresoftheworldhavebeeninspired stimulatedbyhisachievement Onthewhole however Shakespeare scontributionhasbeentothelanguage spiritoflaterwritingratherthantoitsform References parallelstoShakespeare sphraseology diction haveoccurredinliteraturesincethe16thcentury PerhapsthegreatestinspirationtosubsequentauthorshasbeenShakespeare scapacitytodepict describe lifeinallitscomplexity toilluminate clarify man scharacter destiny 5 HisMajorTheme1 Shakespeareisagainstreligiouspersecution racialdiscrimination againstsocialinequality thecorruptinginfluenceofgold money 2 Hewasahumanistofthetime acceptedtheRenaissanceviewsonliterature 6 HisLiteraryAchievements1 CharacterizationHismajorcharactersareneithermerelyindividualonesnortypeones theyareindividualsrepresentingcertaintypes Eachcharacterhashisorherownpersonalities meanwhile theymaysharefeatureswithothers Thesoliloquiesinhisplaysfullyrevealtheinnerconflictofhischaracters Shakespearealsoportrayshischaractersinpairs Contrastsarefrequentlyusedtobringvividnesstohischaracters Thewomenintheplaysarevividcreations eachdifferingfromtheothers Shakespearewasfondofportraying mockingwenches suchasKateoftheTamingoftheShrew RosalineofLove sLabor sLost BeatriceofMuchAdoAboutNothing buthewasequallyadeptatcreatinggentle innocentwomen suchasOpheliainHamlet DesdemonainOthello CordeliainKingLear HisfemalecharactersalsoincludethetreacherousGoneril Regan theiron willedLadyMacbeth thewitty resourcefulPortia thetender loyalJuliet thealluringCleopatra 2 PlotConstructionSha。