私立华联学院：《英语国家概况》课程教学资源（试卷习题）the UK 9

60: British Literature ◆1.William Shakespeare沙士比亚 He was an English dramatist and poet in the Elizabethan age.He is generally regarded as the greatest playwright in English literature.His plays fall into three categories:tragedies such as Hamlet哈姆雷特，comedies such as Merchant of Venice威尼斯商人and historical plays like Charles Il查理二世

60: British Literature ◆1. William Shakespeare沙士比亚 He was an English dramatist and poet in the Elizabethan age. He is generally regarded as the greatest playwright in English literature. His plays fall into three categories: tragedies such as Hamlet哈姆雷特, comedies such as Merchant of Venice 威尼斯商人and historical plays like Charles II查理二世

61.Elizabethan Drama The general flowering of cultural and intellectual life in Europe during the 15th and 16th centuries is known as the Renaissance.In British culture,one of the most successful and long-lasting expressions of this development lay in drama.That was the period of the reign of Queen Elizabeth (1558-1603).The first professional theatre in London opened in 1576,and others followed,performing the plays of many notable playwrights, including Christopher Marlowe,Ben Jonson and William Shakespeare

◆ 61. Elizabethan Drama The general flowering of cultural and intellectual life in Europe during the 15th and 16th centuries is known as the Renaissance. In British culture, one of the most successful and long-lasting expressions of this development lay in drama. That was the period of the reign of Queen Elizabeth (1558-1603). The first professional theatre in London opened in 1576, and others followed, performing the plays of many notable playwrights, including Christopher Marlowe, Ben Jonson and William Shakespeare

62.The Bronte sisters勃朗蒂 姐妹 They were daughters of the vicar(区牧 )of a village church in Yorkshire.Though they were poor,they were educated and respectable They all died young,but were remembered long after their death for their contributions to English literature.Charlotte was well-known for Jane Eyre简爱and Emily was noted for her Vuthering Heights呼啸山庄.They had to use male pseudonyms in order to get their books published

62. The Bronte sisters勃朗蒂 姐妹 ◆ They were daughters of the vicar (教区牧 师)of a village church in Yorkshire. Though they were poor, they were educated and respectable. They all died young, but were remembered long after their death for their contributions to English literature. Charlotte was well-known for Jane Eyre简爱 and Emily was noted for her Wuthering Heights呼啸山庄. They had to use male pseudonyms in order to get their books published

63.Charles Dickens狄更斯 He is now regarded as one of the greatest English writers.His novels were characterized by vivid comic characterization and social criticism.He wrote many well-known novels, including Oliver Twist奥利弗游记，A Tale of Two Cities.双城记，David Copperfield大卫.科波非尔， just to name the best known

63. Charles Dickens狄更斯 ◆ He is now regarded as one of the greatest English writers. His novels were characterized by vivid comic characterization and social criticism. He wrote many well-known novels, including Oliver Twist奥利弗游记, A Tale of Two Cities双城记, David Copperfield大卫·科波非尔, just to name the best known

64.Walter Scott He was the most famous Scottish novelist and wrote many novels in the early decades of the 19th century.Some of the novels were concerned with Scottish history.Some remain popular today and several have been made into films

64. Walter Scott ◆ He was the most famous Scottish novelist and wrote many novels in the early decades of the 19th century. Some of the novels were concerned with Scottish history. Some remain popular today and several have been made into films

65.Joseph Conrad He is one of the most famous English Modernist writers.Polish-born,Conrad was brought up in Poland and was in his twenties before he knew any English.After becoming a British subject,he wrote brilliant novels in his adopted tongue.His most well-known novel is The Heart of Darkness

65. Joseph Conrad ◆ He is one of the most famous English Modernist writers. Polish-born, Conrad was brought up in Poland and was in his twenties before he knew any English. After becoming a British subject, he wrote brilliant novels in his adopted tongue. His most well-known novel is The Heart of Darkness

66.The Canterbury Tales The Canterbury Tales written by Geoffrey Chaucer is the most important work in Middle English literature.It's made up of a series of stories told by 31 pilgrims to entertain each other on their way to the Christian Church at Canterbury in southeast England.It's quite noticeable for its diversity,not only in the range of social status among the pilgrims,but also in style or the stories they tell

66. The Canterbury Tales ◆ The Canterbury Tales written by Geoffrey Chaucer is the most important work in Middle English literature. It's made up of a series of stories told by 31 pilgrims to entertain each other on their way to the Christian Church at Canterbury in southeast England. It's quite noticeable for its diversity, not only in the range of social status among the pilgrims, but also in style or the stories they tell

67.King Arthur He was the King of England in the 5th Century and was the central figure of many legends.History of the Kings of Britain published in 1138 well established King Arthur in literary form.The book invented material to fill the broad gaps in the historical record.The stories of King Arthur's court,his knights and their famous round table and the search for the Holy Grail(圣杯)were mainly based on a very few vague“facts

67. King Arthur ◆ He was the King of England in the 5th Century and was the central figure of many legends. History of the Kings of Britain published in 1138 well established King Arthur in literary form. The book invented material to fill the broad gaps in the historical record. The stories of King Arthur’s court, his knights and their famous round table and the search for the Holy Grail(圣杯) were mainly based on a very few vague “facts

68.Virginia Woolf ◆ She is regarded as a modernist writer and one of the most famous writers of the century. Her works are concerned with the individual consciousness,especially female consciousness.Her novels have become important to feminists for the way they show women's personalities to be limited by society. In her writing,she uses the technique called the stream of consciousness.One of her novels is Mrs.Dalloway

68. Virginia Woolf ◆ She is regarded as a modernist writer and one of the most famous writers of the century. Her works are concerned with the individual consciousness, especially female consciousness. Her novels have become important to feminists for the way they show women’s personalities to be limited by society. In her writing, she uses the technique called the stream of consciousness. One of her novels is Mrs. Dalloway

69.D.H.Lawrence He was one of the most famous modernist writers in English literature.His novels were critical of the modern world,especially of the modern industrial society.In his writing,he gave up the conventions and forms that had been typical of the 18th century.One of the features of his writing was that his language was easy and sentences were short

69. D.H. Lawrence ◆ He was one of the most famous modernist writers in English literature. His novels were critical of the modern world, especially of the modern industrial society. In his writing, he gave up the conventions and forms that had been typical of the 18th century. One of the features of his writing was that his language was easy and sentences were short