（二） 該時期的重要作家

　　1.一般識記：重要作家的文學生涯

　　2.識記：重要作品及主要內容

　　3.領會：重要作家的創作思想，藝術特色及其代表作品的主題結構，人物塑造，語言風格，藝術手法，社會意義等。

　　4.應用：

　?。?）莎士比亞和鄧恩詩歌的主題，意象

　　（2）喜劇《威尼斯商人》的主題和主要人物性格分析

　?。?）哈姆雷特的性格分析

　?。?）史詩《失樂園》的結構，人物性格，語言特點等的分析

　　1. Edmund Spenser

　　1. 一般識記

　　Brief Introduction to the Author English poet，born in London， England， about 1552，and died in London， Jan 13， 1599.

　　2. 識記

　　His Major Works Spenser's most important work & masterpiece is The Faerie Queene， a great poem of its age. A complex moral， religious， & political allegory， it is also an epic that exalts Queen Elizabeth Ⅰ& the English nation. According to Spenser's own explanation， his principal intention is to present through a "historical poem" the example of a perfect gentleman： "to fashion a gentleman or noble person in virtuous & gentle discipline." Its principal hero is the Arthur of medieval legend. The six books of the poem illustrate the nature of particular virtues， such as， temperance & justice. Other major works of Spenser are The Shepheardes Calender（1579）， a poem consisting of 12 eclogues-corresponding to the 12 months of the year； Epithalamion （1595）， a poem expressing the deep personal feelings occasioned by the poets second marriage； Amoretti （1595）， a series of sonnets.

　　3. 領會

　　His Influence

　　1） Main qualities of Spenser's poetry

　?、賏 perfect melody

　?、赼 rare sense of beauty

　?、踑 splendid imagination

　?、躠 lofty moral purity & seriousness

　?、輆 dedicated idealism

　　2） In his writing， Spenser drew on the conventions & thought of Classical， medieval， & Renaissance literature. However， he added to his fusion of these spanerse elements much that was original， &