Chapter I The Renaissance Period

　　一、學(xué)習(xí)目的和要求通過本章學(xué)習(xí)，了解文藝復(fù)興運(yùn)動和人文主義思潮產(chǎn)生的歷史，文化背景，認(rèn)識該時(shí)期文學(xué)創(chuàng)作的基本特征和基本主張，及其對同時(shí)代及后世英國文學(xué)乃至文化的影響；了解該時(shí)期重要作家的文學(xué)生涯，創(chuàng)作思想，藝術(shù)特色及其代表作品的主題結(jié)構(gòu)，人物刻畫，語言風(fēng)格，思想意義等；同時(shí)結(jié)合注釋，讀懂所選作品，了解其思想內(nèi)容和寫作特色，培養(yǎng)理解和欣賞文學(xué)作品的能力。

　　二、考核要求

　　（一） 文藝復(fù)興時(shí)期概述

　　1. 識記：

　　（1）文藝復(fù)興時(shí)期的界定

　　（2）歷史文化背景

　　2. 領(lǐng)會：

　　（1）文藝復(fù)興運(yùn)動的意義與影響

　　（2）文藝復(fù)興時(shí)期的文學(xué)特點(diǎn)

　　（3）人文主義的主張及對文學(xué)的影響

　　3. 應(yīng)用：文藝復(fù)興，人文主義及玄學(xué)詩等名詞的解釋

　　Brief Introduction to the Renaissance Period

　　1. 應(yīng)用Definitions of the Literary Terms：

　　1. The Renaissance： The Renaissance marks a transition from the medieval to the modern world. Generally， it refers to the period between the 14th & 17th centuries. It first started in Italy， with the flowering of painting， sculpture & literature. From Italy the movement went to embrace the rest of Europe. The Renaissance， which means "rebirth" or "revival，" is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events， such as the re-discovery of ancient Roman & Greek culture， the new discoveries in geography & astrology， the religious reformation & the economic expansion. The Renaissance， therefore， in essence is a historical period in which the European humanist thinkers & scholars made attempts to get rid of those old feudalist ideas in medieval Europe， to introduce new ideas that expressed the interests of the rising bourgeoisie， & to recover the purity of the early church from the corruption of the Roman Catholic Church.

　　2. Humanism：

　　Humanism is the essence of the Renaissance. It sprang from the endeavor to restore a medieval reverence for the ancient authors and is frequently taken as the beginning of the Renaissance on its conscious， intellectual side， for the Greek and Roman civilization was based on such a conceptio