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1、姓名:陈志红姓名:陈志红 学号:学号:200940927122班级:班级:09英语教育班英语教育班BritishLiteratureBritishliteraturereferstoliteratureassociatedwiththeUnitedKingdom,theIsleofManandtheChannelIslandsaswellastoliteraturefromEngland,WalesandScotlandpriortotheformationoftheUnitedKingdom.MostBritishliteratureisintheEnglishlanguage.Willia
2、m ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare(baptised26April1564;died23April1616)wasanEnglishpoetandplaywright,widelyregardedasthegreatestwriterintheEnglishlanguageandtheworldspre-eminentdramatist.1HeisoftencalledEnglandsnationalpoetandtheBardofAvon.Hissurvivingworks,includingsomecollaborations,consistofabout38
3、plays,154sonnets,twolongnarrativepoems,andseveralotherpoems.Hisplayshavebeentranslatedintoeverymajorlivinglanguageandareperformedmoreoftenthanthoseofanyotherplaywright.IntheFirstFolio,theplaysofWilliamShakespeareweregroupedintothreecategories:comedies,histories,andtragediesComedy,initsElizabethanusa
4、ge,hadaverydifferentmeaningfrommoderncomedy.AShakespeareancomedyisonethathasahappyending,usuallyinvolvingmarriagesbetweentheunmarriedcharacters,andatoneandstylethatismorelight-heartedthanShakespearesotherplays.Patternsinthecomediesincludemovementtoagreenworld,1bothinternalandexternalconflicts,andate
5、nsionbetweenApollonianandDionysianvalues.Shakespeareancomediestendtoalsoinclude:tragediesShakespearewrotetragediesfromthebeginningofhiscareer.OneofhisearliestplayswastheRomantragedyTitus Andronicus,whichhefollowedafewyearslaterwithRomeo and Juliet.However,hismostadmiredtragedieswerewritteninaseven-y
6、earperiodbetween1601and1608.TheseincludehisfourmajortragediesHamlet,Othello,King LearandMacbeth,alongwithAntony&Cleopatra,Coriolanusandthelesser-knownTimon of AthensandTroilus and Cressida.Romeo and JulietRomeo and JulietisatragedywrittenearlyinthecareerofplaywrightWilliamShakespeareabouttwoyoungsta
7、r-crossdlovers1whosedeathsultimatelyunitetheirfeudingfamilies.ItwasamongShakespearesmostpopulararchetypalstoriesofyoung,teenagelovers.HamletHamlet,isatragedybyWilliamShakespeare,believedtohavebeenwrittenbetween1599and1601.Theplay,setintheKingdomofDenmark,recountshowPrinceHamletexactsrevengeonhisuncl
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