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W.Shakespeare
威廉·莎士比亚
dramatist, man of theatre, and poet
Comments by the Contemporaries 1.Edmond Spenser, Robert Greene The rise and succe of “an upstart crow”(用美丽的羽毛装饰起来的狂妄自大的乌鸦)
2.Francis Meres: one of the leading figures of the time and “the most excellent” in both comedy and tragedy Comments by the Contemporaries
A handsome, well-shaped man, very good company（同伴，朋友）, and of a very ready（敏捷的）and pleasant smooth（平和的）wit（大智）
The “gentle（文雅的）Shakespeare”, “gentle Will”
Ben Jonson’s Comments
blot out: 抹掉;malevolent: 恶意的;posterity:子孙,后代;fault:出错;
justify:证明;candour:坦率;
idolatry:崇拜偶像;fantasy:幻想;
notions概念,想法;flow with: 富有;
facility:熟练,技巧;
such like:一类;redeem:拯救,解救
homage:敬意;owe to:归功于
A Chronological List of Shakespeare’s Plays
（the first）
The first period of early apprenticeship:
1)Henry VI, Part II, III, I《亨利六世上、中、下》
2)Richard III 《里查德三世》
3)The Comedy of Errors《错误的喜剧》 《错中错》
4)Titus Andronicus 《泰特斯·安庄尼克斯》
A Chronological List of Shakespeare’s Plays
(the first)
5)The Taming of the Shrew 《驯悍妇》
6)The Two Gentlemen of Verona《维洛那二绅士》
7)Love’s Labor’s Lost《爱的徒劳》 《空爱一场》
8)Romeo and Juliet 《罗密欧与朱丽叶》
A Chronological List of Shakespeare’s Plays nd(the 2)
2.the second period of rapid growth and maturity:
1)Richard II 《里查德二世》
2)A Midsummer Night’s Dream《仲夏夜之梦》
3)King John 《约翰王》
4)The Merchant of Venice《威尼斯商人》
A Chronological List of Shakespeare’s Plays(the
2nd)
5)Henry IV, Part I;Henry IV, Part II《亨利四世》
6)Much Ado about Nothing《无事自扰》 《无事生非》
7)Henry V《亨利五世》
8)The Merry Wives of Windsor《温莎的风流女人》
A Chronological List of Shakespeare’s Plays nd(the 2)
9)Julius Caesar
《凯撒大帝》
10)As You Like It
《如愿》 《皆大欢喜》
11)Twelfth Night 《第十二夜》
3.the third period of Gloom and Sadne:
1)Hamlet《哈姆雷特》
2)Troilus and Creida
《特洛埃勒斯与克莱西达》
3)All’s Well That Ends Well
《终成眷属》
4)Measure for Measure
《恶有恶报》 《一报还一报》
5)Othello 《奥塞罗》
A Chronological List of Shakespeare’s
Plays(the third)
6)King Lear《李尔王》
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8)Antony and Cleopatra《安东尼与克莉奥佩特拉 》
9)Coriolanus《科利奥兰纳斯 》
10)Timon of Athens《雅典的泰蒙》
A Chronological List of Shakespeare’s Plays
(the 4th)
4.the fourth period of calm after storm:
1)Pericles《波里克利斯》
2)Cymbeline《辛柏林》
3)The Winter’s Tales《冬天的故事》
4)The Tempest《暴风雨》
5)Henry VIII《亨利八世》
Four periods of Shakespeare’s Dramatic
Composition
The first period of early:Experiments in a number of dramatic form:
The First Period of Apprenticeship
(1590—1594)
Four Comedies in the First Period
Earliest succeful tragedy: Romeo and Juliet
Writing Features of the First Period
1.concerned with the affairs of youth and full of romantic sentiment
2.early history plays, handle political themes and give historical leons
3.extraordinary facility(熟练)in expreion and a felicity(恰当)in the choice of phrases and
epithets(表示性质、特征的形容词)
Features of the First Period
4.not so much on character as on fine or witty speech and situation at first
5.mistaken identity, the best source of fun
6.historical accuracy, not so strictly regarded 7.an increasing insight into character and mind, a good command of characterization in Romeo and Juliet
Features in the First Period
8.poetical dramas: important dialogues and
soliloquies(独白)aume(采取……形式)the form of poetry
9.the influence of Marlowe, blank verse in drama which developed into a happy vehicle(means)to expre all kinds of thought and emotion freely
The Second Period of Rapid Growth and Maturity(1594—1600)
A period of great comedies and mature historical
plays:
6 comedies, 5 historical plays, a Roman tragedy, and some sonnets.The Second Period of Rapid Growth and Maturity(1594—1600)
The Second Period of Rapid Growth and Maturity(1594—1600)
The Second Period of Rapid Growth and Maturity(1594—1600)
In the historical plays of the second period, different phases(stage, period)of English life are shown before us:…courtiers(朝臣)…tavern(小酒馆, 小旅馆)…rogues(流氓,无赖)
The second period is Shakespeare’s sweet and joyful time, portraying a magnificent panorama(view)of the manifold(various)pursuits of people in real life.The Second Period of Rapid Growth and Maturity(1594—1600)
Vivid Characters in the Historical Plays
The Second Period of Rapid Growth and Maturity(1594—1600)The Third Period of Gloom and Sadne(1601—1607)
• great tragedies and dark comedies:
• aggravated(加重)tragic note(tone),• social upheavals
• ill at ease(不安定)
• the Crown, absolutist专制主义者, risings
• In the atmosphere of general unrest, that Shakespeare exposed mercilely the complicated social contradictions.The Third Period of Gloom and Sadne(1601—1607)
The Third Period of Gloom and Sadne(1601—1607)
The comedies written in the third period are known as ______ The Third Period of Gloom and Sadne
(1601—1607)
Three pure and saintlikefigures
rise:_____________________________. But the world around them is a foul(evil)cauldron(大锅)of ____. Shakespeare’s reading is _____and ______.because they give _____ pictures of the world.Fourth Period of Romantic Drama
Shakespeare’s
Representative Plays
Aignment
• Read the pages from p.64 to p.85, trying to get the main idea of each play, comedies, tragedies and historical plays.• 1)major characters
• 2)main plots
