英語(yǔ)專業(yè)英美文學(xué)選讀1Chaucer

TheCanterburyTales

GeoffreyChaucer(1340-1400)Quizzes1.WhoisthenarratorofTheCanterburyTales?A.ThehostB.Chaucer2.WhichisnotincludedinthefourmajorimagesinthebeginninglinesthatdescribeEnglishspringweather?A.therainB.thesunC.thesouthwindD.thebirds3.Chaucer’ssatirecanbethebitterestintheportrayalof.A.theprioressB.thewifeofBathC.theparsonD.thepardoner4.InChaucer’stime,whichlanguageisofthechurchandthelearned?A.FrenchB.EnglishC.LatinD.Italian5.WhatisthePoet’sCornerinWestminsterAbbey?A.amemorialB.amuseumC.achurchD.aburialplaceBCDCDPoets’CornerWestminsterAbbeyWritersBuriedinPoets’CornerGeoffreyChaucerEdmundSpenserMichaelDraytonBenJonsonJohnDrydenJohnMiltonWilliamShakespeareThomasGrayOliverGoldsmithSamuelJohnsonKeatsShelleyWordsworthDickens……Pantheon先賢祠(French)Generalquestions:

HowmanynarrativeelementsareincludedinthegeneralprologueoftheCanterburytales?WhatistheroleoftheHost?HowarethetaleschainedtogetherbyChaucer?Doyouthinkitisreasonable?Whatproblemisthereinthedesign?Whoarethecharactersthataredepictedindetailintheexcerpt?DoyouthinkChaucer’scharactersarewellchosenorchosenatrandom?April

InthefirsttenlinesfourmajorimagesareusedtodescribeApril.Whatarethey?Howaretheyunified?AprilinPoetryHome-Thoughts,From

Abroad

RobertBrowning I.

Oh,tobeinEngland

NowthatApril‘sthere,

AndwhoeverwakesinEngland

Sees,somemorning,unaware,

Thatthelowestboughsandthebrushwoodsheaf

Roundtheelm-treebole（樹干）areintinyleaf,

Whilethechaffinch（蒼頭燕）singsontheorchardbough

InEngland--now!!

II.

AndafterApril,whenMayfollows,

Andthewhitethroatbuilds,andalltheswallows!

Hark,wheremyblossomedpear-treeinthehedge

Leanstothefieldandscattersontheclover

Blossomsanddewdrops--atthebentspray'sedge--

That'sthewisethrush;hesingseachsongtwiceover,

Lestyoushouldthinkhenevercouldrecapture

Thefirstfinecarelessrapture!

Andthoughthefieldslookroughwithhoarydew,

Allwillbegaywhennoontidewakesanew

Thebuttercups,thelittlechildren'sdower

--Farbrighterthanthisgaudymelon-flower!

TheWasteLand(1922)

T.S.Eliot

(1888–1965)

TheWasteLand

T.S.Eliot

(1888–1965).

TheWasteLand.

1922.

I.THEBURIALOFTHEDEAD

APRIListhecruelestmonth,breeding

Lilacs（丁香）outofthedeadland,mixing

Memoryanddesire,stirring

Dullrootswithspringrain.

Winterkeptuswarm,covering

Earthinforgetfulsnow,feeding

Alittlelifewithdriedtubers（球根）.

Summersurprisedus,comingovertheStarnbergersee

Withashowerofrain;westoppedinthecolonnade,

Andwentoninsunlight,intotheHofgarten,

Anddrankcoffee,andtalkedforanhour.

StarnbergerSeeLakeStarnberg(German:StarnbergerSee)insouthernBavariaisGermany'sfourthlargestlakeandapopularrecreationareaforthenearbycityofMunich.TheHofgarten(CourtGarden)inMunichisagardeninthecenterofthecitybetweentheResidenzandtheEnglischerGarten. BingarkeineRussin,stamm'ausLitauen,echtdeutsch. Andwhenwewerechildren,stayingatthearchduke's, Mycousin's,hetookmeoutonasled, AndIwasfrightened.Hesaid,Marie, Marie,holdontight.Anddownwewent. Inthemountains,thereyoufeelfree. Iread,muchofthenight,andgosouthinthewinter.Whataretherootsthatclutch,whatbranchesgrowOutofthisstonyrubbish?Sonofman, Youcannotsay,orguess,foryouknowonly Aheapofbrokenimages,wherethesunbeats, Andthedeadtreegivesnoshelter,thecricketnorelief, Andthedrystonenosoundofwater.Only Thereisshadowunderthisredrock, (Comeinundertheshadowofthisredrock), AndIwillshowyousomethingdifferentfromeither Yourshadowatmorningstridingbehindyou Oryourshadowateveningrisingtomeetyou; Iwillshowyoufearinahandfulofdust.

FrischwehtderWindChurchasinstitution

Frameworkforthought(social,politicalandintellectual)Amini-state(ahugeemployerandamajorlandowner)Religioushouses:monastery（修道院）/convent（女修道院）／priory(女隱修院)monkandnun:toorich,goodliving,travelprioress:awomanwhoisinchargeofapriorySecularclergy:parishchurches（教區(qū)教堂）parson（牧師），priest(mass-priests),bishop,archbishop，pardoner（賣贖罪符者):licensedbythePopetosellpardons—adocumentremissionofsinsummoner（傳喚者）:servingthecourtstosummonoffendersThePrioressQuestionsaboutthePrioress:Byhishumorousdescriptionoftheprioress’smiling,oath,herRomanticnameandherwayofsinging,whatdoesChaucersuggest?Doyouliketheprioress’goodmanners?Whyorwhynot?Inwhatwaysistheprioress’behaviorofkeepingdogsimproper?Isthereanyprobleminthewaytheprioresswearsherveil?Whatdoes“agoldenbrooch”suggest?Whydoyouthinktheprioresswearsabroochinscribedwith“Amorvincitomnia”?MarriageandRemarriageMarriageFamilieswithinheritancetoprotectAfinancialtransactionAbusinessmatterratherthanpersonalaffairEarlymarriageanddisparityinagesDivorceRare,shameful,expensive,requiringdispensationfromthePopeRemarriagePrettysoonafterthepreviouspartnerdiesNounduecommentonthatTheWifeofBathQuestionsaboutthewifeofBath:WhydoesChaucersaythattheWifeofBathis“aworthywoman”?ChaucercallsourattentiontothefinelywovenkerchiefsofthewifeofBath,herhatasbroadasashied,togetherwithherfinesocksandshoes.What’sthepoint?Howisherappearancerelatedtohercharacter?Doesher