英国文学史莎士比亚简介ppt课件

1、William Shakespeare-(15641616)To be or not to be, that is a question. 生存还是消灭，这是一个问题。生存还是消灭，这是一个问题。Better a witty fool than a foolish wit. 宁为聪明的渔夫，不做愚笨的才子。宁为聪明的渔夫，不做愚笨的才子。A light heart lives long. 豁达者长寿豁达者长寿Words , words, only words, no matter from the heart. 空话，空话，只需空话，没一点是真。空话，空话，只需空话，没一点是真。 A litt

2、le more than kin, and less than kind. 超乎寻常的亲族，漠不相关的路人。超乎寻常的亲族，漠不相关的路人。 Nothing will come of nothing. 一无一切只能换来一无一切。一无一切只能换来一无一切。 Keep up your bright swords, for the dew will rust them. 收起他们明晃晃的剑，它们沾了露水会生锈的。收起他们明晃晃的剑，它们沾了露水会生锈的。 He was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest wr

3、iter in the English language and the worlds pre-eminent dramatist. He left us a great wealth of 154 sonnets, 37 plays, including 14 comedies, 12 tragedies, and 11 historical plays, as well as two long poems. Shakespeares Birthplace -He was born in this house on Henley Street in Stratford-on-Avon in

4、April 23 ,1564. Shakespeares Burial Site-He died on April 23, 1616, and was buried in the Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, shown here. Four major periods of Shakespeares literary lifeThe First Period : The Experimental Period (15901594)The Second Period: The Period of Comedies

5、 and Histories (15951600)The Third Period: The Period of Tragedies(1601 1609)The Fourth Period : The Period of Dramatic Romances (16091612)The First Period ：In this period, he wrote the chronicle plays Henry VI and Richard III ；the crude tragedy of blood Titus Andronicus; and four comedies.Romeo and

6、 JulietA Midsummer Nights Dream 讲述了丹麦王子哈姆雷特为父复仇的故事。哈姆雷特从父王的鬼魂口中得知叔叔克劳地杀兄篡位的，但却不断犹疑该如何着手报仇。结果哈姆雷特误杀未婚妻奥菲莉娅的父亲波洛涅斯，导致她因此发疯坠河而死。他的母亲后来也误饮毒酒身亡。优柔寡断的王子终于在怒不可遏之下杀死万恶的叔叔。哈姆雷特哈姆雷特Hamlet 克劳狄斯克劳狄斯Claudius乔特鲁德Gertrude 哈姆莱特之母奥菲利亚奥菲利亚Ophelia 波洛涅斯之女波洛涅斯之女波洛涅斯波洛涅斯Polonius 御前大臣御前大臣雷欧提斯雷欧提斯 波洛涅斯之子波洛涅斯之子霍拉旭哈姆雷特之友霍拉旭哈

7、姆雷特之友多森格兰兹朝臣吉尔登斯吞朝臣多森格兰兹朝臣吉尔登斯吞朝臣奥斯克里宫廷大臣奥斯克里宫廷大臣This is one of the most famous soliloquies of Hamlets. Soliloquy is the act of talking to oneself, whether silently or aloud. In drama it denotes the convention by which a character, alone on the stage, utters his or her thoughts aloud.Melancholy忧郁 Fa

8、thers death His disappoint with his motherImpulsive 激动 When he stabs Polonius through a curtain without even checking who he isLooking down upon women His words often indicate his disgust with all distrust of women in generalHesitation He thinks a lot before action To be or not to be On finding out

9、the murder Shakespeares success as a great playwright chiefly rest on the following five aspects: The progressive significance of his themes; His successful character portrayal; His master-hand in constructing plays; The ingenuity of his poetry; His mastery of English language.Characteristics of Sha

10、kespeares DramaThrough his plays, he touched almost every aspects of human life, of human pleasures and human tragedies. Moreover, he is perhaps the perfect expression of Renaissance humanism. themesIn his 37 dramas, Shakespeare created a large group of lifelike characters who live and struggle, suf

11、fer and rejoicerepresenting all the complexities and implications of real life. character portrayalShakespeare is a master-hand for every form of dramacomedy, tragedy, and historical plays. Moreover, his tragedies may have comic elements, and his comedies include sardonic commentaries on human frail

12、ty. The action is developed freely, without being hindered by the rules of the classical unities (action, place and time). constructing playsIn his creation of dramas, he succeeded in combing the two sides of his talentShakespeare the poet and Shakespeare the dramatistinto one and produced the most

13、remarkable poetic dramas in England or perhaps in the whole world. Shakespeare not only produced wonderful poetry in different forms, like songs, sonnets, rhymed couplets, and especially dramatic blank verse, he was also a master of prose of various styles, both effective and powerful. poetry He used more than 16000 differe