60: British Literature ◆1.William Shakespeare沙士比亚 He was an English dramatist and poet in the Elizabethan age.He is generally regarded as the greatest playwright in English literature.His plays fall into three categories:tragedies such as Hamlet哈姆雷特，comedies such as Merchant of Venice威尼斯商人and historical plays like Charles Il查理二世
60: British Literature ◆1. William Shakespeare沙士比亚 He was an English dramatist and poet in the Elizabethan age. He is generally regarded as the greatest playwright in English literature. His plays fall into three categories: tragedies such as Hamlet哈姆雷特, comedies such as Merchant of Venice 威尼斯商人and historical plays like Charles II查理二世
61.Elizabethan Drama The general flowering of cultural and intellectual life in Europe during the 15th and 16th centuries is known as the Renaissance.In British culture,one of the most successful and long-lasting expressions of this development lay in drama.That was the period of the reign of Queen Elizabeth (1558-1603).The first professional theatre in London opened in 1576,and others followed,performing the plays of many notable playwrights, including Christopher Marlowe,Ben Jonson and William Shakespeare
◆ 61. Elizabethan Drama The general flowering of cultural and intellectual life in Europe during the 15th and 16th centuries is known as the Renaissance. In British culture, one of the most successful and long-lasting expressions of this development lay in drama. That was the period of the reign of Queen Elizabeth (1558-1603). The first professional theatre in London opened in 1576, and others followed, performing the plays of many notable playwrights, including Christopher Marlowe, Ben Jonson and William Shakespeare
62.The Bronte sisters勃朗蒂 姐妹 They were daughters of the vicar(区牧 )of a village church in Yorkshire.Though they were poor,they were educated and respectable They all died young,but were remembered long after their death for their contributions to English literature.Charlotte was well-known for Jane Eyre简爱and Emily was noted for her Vuthering Heights呼啸山庄.They had to use male pseudonyms in order to get their books published
62. The Bronte sisters勃朗蒂 姐妹 ◆ They were daughters of the vicar (教区牧 师)of a village church in Yorkshire. Though they were poor, they were educated and respectable. They all died young, but were remembered long after their death for their contributions to English literature. Charlotte was well-known for Jane Eyre简爱 and Emily was noted for her Wuthering Heights呼啸山庄. They had to use male pseudonyms in order to get their books published
63.Charles Dickens狄更斯 He is now regarded as one of the greatest English writers.His novels were characterized by vivid comic characterization and social criticism.He wrote many well-known novels, including Oliver Twist奥利弗游记，A Tale of Two Cities.双城记，David Copperfield大卫.科波非尔， just to name the best known
63. Charles Dickens狄更斯 ◆ He is now regarded as one of the greatest English writers. His novels were characterized by vivid comic characterization and social criticism. He wrote many well-known novels, including Oliver Twist奥利弗游记, A Tale of Two Cities双城记, David Copperfield大卫·科波非尔, just to name the best known
64.Walter Scott He was the most famous Scottish novelist and wrote many novels in the early decades of the 19th century.Some of the novels were concerned with Scottish history.Some remain popular today and several have been made into films
64. Walter Scott ◆ He was the most famous Scottish novelist and wrote many novels in the early decades of the 19th century. Some of the novels were concerned with Scottish history. Some remain popular today and several have been made into films