莎士比亚英文版.ppt

William Shakespeare-----The peak of HumanismMain Contents1.Shakespeare's literary position2.Shakespeare's Legend life3.Shakespeare's masterpiece4. Significance of Shakespeare‘s works1.Shakespeare's literary positionIn western literary history, only very individual writershave qualified say: without him, the literature will become another way. Shakespeare is one of the most qualified.在西方文学史上,只有很个别的作家有资格这样说：如果没有他，整个文学将变成另外一个样子莎士比亚无疑是其中最有资格的一个2.Shakespeare's life (1564-1616)BirthplaceStratford-on-Avon：a little town in Warwickshire （沃里克郡（英国英格兰郡名））ØThe son of groceries（食品杂货店 ） businessman in the town,18 marriedØLeaving home for London to make living at about 22,doing as the groom（马夫 ）ØStarting writing plays at about 30 years oldØ5 years later, becoming “universal” shareholder（股东） of troupe（(演员等的)一团;一班 ）.3.Shakespeare's masterpiece1)154 sonnets（十四行诗,商籁诗 ）2)two long poem 2) HistoriesRepresentative works（代表作） Henry IV 《亨利四世》 Richard III 《理查德三世》3) ComedyØThe merchant of Venice《威尼斯商人》ØAs you like it 《皆大欢喜》 Øtwelfth night 《第十二夜》ØMuch Ado about nothing《无事生非》ØA midsummer night's dream《仲夏夜之梦》威尼斯商人第十二夜All that glisters is not gold. 闪光的并不都是金子。

——《威尼斯商人》 All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts. 世界是一个舞台，所有的男男女女不过是一些演员，他们都有下场的时候，也都有上场的时候一个人的一生中扮演着好几个角色——《皆大欢喜》Tips：4) TragedyØHamlet 《哈姆雷特》ØOthello 《奥赛罗》ØMacbeth 《麦克白》ØKing Lear 《李尔王》李尔王哈姆雷特Tips：This above all: to thine self be true. 最重要的是，你必须对自己忠实——《哈姆雷特》 What’s done cannot be undone.覆水难收 ——《麦克白》 it‘s no use crying over split milk .Out, out, brief candle, life is but a walking shadow. 熄灭吧，熄灭吧，瞬间的灯火.人生只不过是行走着的影子。

——《麦克白》 5）TragicomedyRomeo and Juliet 罗密欧与朱丽叶1. To be or not to be，that‘s a question. 生存还是毁灭，这是一个值得考虑的问题 2. Better a witty fool than a foolish wit. 宁为聪明的愚夫，不作愚蠢的才子3. Cowards before death, in good times already dead, The valiant only once in every thing, died in people's afraid to die is a most strange things. 懦夫在未死以前，就已经死了好多次；勇士一生只死一次，在一切怪事中，人们的贪生怕死就是一件最奇怪的事情 Tips：4.Significance of Shakespeare‘s works•Shakespeare is one of the founders of realism in world literature. He faithfully and vividly reflects, through a host of typical characters in his plays, the major social contradictions of his time.•Under his hand drama becomes very elastic.•His dramatic creation often uses the method of adoption. He borrowed many plots from Roman, Italian and contemporary authors, but he made all the characters belong to Shakespeare’s own time, and so his dramas becomes a monument of the English Renaissance.•the character also bear this manifold quality. They are full-blooded people, representing all the complexities and implications of real life.Thank you!。