Unit 4 English poetry

Qu Yuan Du Fu

Chinese Ancient Poets

Li Bai

Su Dongpo

Chinese Ancient Poets

Bai Juyi Wang Wei

Xu Zhimo Su Ting

Chinese Modern Poets

《再别康桥》 《致橡树》Dai Wangsu

《雨巷》

William Shakespeare (1564～ 1616)

154 sonnets

2 long poems

37 playsTragedies

Comedies

History plays

Roman plays

Shakespeare’s Works

Shakespeare’s Four Tragedies

Hamlet 《哈姆雷特》

King Lear《李尔王》

Romeo and Juliet《罗密欧与朱丽叶》

Macbeth《麦克白》

Shakespeare’s Major Comedies

The Merchant of Venice《威尼斯商人》

A Mid-Summer Night’s Dream《仲夏夜之梦》

Twelfth Night《第十二夜》

As You Like It《皆大欢喜》

John Donne (1572～ 1631)

The Flea 《跳蚤》

《海上风暴》

Storm At Sea

John Milton (1608～ 1674)

《失乐园》Paradise Lost

《复乐园》Paradise Regained

Alexander Pope (1688～ 1744)

《批评论》

《人论》An Essay on Man

On Criticism

William Wordsworth (1770—1850 )

《黄昏信步》

An Evening Walk

《序曲》The Prelude

John Keats (1795～ 1821)

《伊萨贝拉》Isabella

《夜莺》Ode to a Nightingale

《秋颂》To Autumn

George Gordon Byron (1788—1824 )

《唐璜》

The Vision of Judgement

《审判的幻景》

Don Juan

Isles of Greece 《希腊群岛》

Robert Frost (1874～ 1963)

《波士顿以北》

《少年的意志》

《山间》

《西去的溪流》

A Boy’s Will

North of Boston

West-Running Brook

Mountain Interval

Shakespeare John Donne John Milton

John KeatsWordsworth Byron Frost

Pope

Choose the best answer : 1. Modern English came into being from about the end of the

________ century . A. 16th B. 17th C. 18th D. 19th 2. The poetry of John Donne reminds Chinese readers of the p

oems by ___________ . A. Du Fu B. Li Bai C. Su Dongpo D. Guo Moruo 3. Byron’s Isles of Greece (1824) is an example of ______ . A. a sonnet B. romantic poetry C. nature poetry D. modern poetry 4. Which group of poets did not come from the same country ? A. Li Bai , Wang Wei , and Su Dongpo . B. William Wordsworth , Robert Frost and Shakespeare . C. John Keats , John Donne , and John Milton . D. George Gordon Byron , Shakespeare and John Keats .

5. Whose poems do not have rhyme at the end of each line ? A. Wang Wei’s B. Shakespeare’s C. Su Dongpo’s D. John Milton’s 6. Which is the correct order of time about the following English poets ? A. Shakespeare Alexander Pope John Donne B. John Donne Alexander Pope John Keats C. William Wordsworth George Gordon Byron John Milton D. John Milton Robert Frost George Gordon Byron7. The introduction of English poetry to China began _____ . A. at the start of the 20th century B. in the late 1930s C. at the end of the 19th century D. between 1910 and the 1930s

8. The wider public in China discovered English poetry at the beginning of the ________ century . A. 17th B. 18th C. 19th D. 20th 9. The advantage of reading English poetry in Chinese translation is ______________ . A. that you have more choice B. that something of the spirit is lost C. that you understand it better D. that you learn how to express yourself in new ways 10. How is an English poem different from its Chinese translation ? A. It will become more difficult to understand . B. Some of the information in the original poem is missing. C. The Chinese translation will offer readers much less choice . D. Something of the spirit of the original poem will be lost .

Item Time Characteristic Poets

Chinese poetry

English poetry

Early English poetry

17th century

The end of 17th century

Has a long history Li Bai Du Fu

Difficult to understand

The use of surprising images

The absence of rhyme at the end of each line

Shakespeare,DonneJohn Milton

Item Time Characteristic Poets

English poetry

18 th century

19th century

Modern poets

Alexander Pope

Romantic poems, nature and long poems

Stand close to us both in the language and images they use

Wordsworth,Byron, and JohnKeats

Robert Frost

1.He is the tallest of all the students.

He is taller than

2.The trip called up happy memories of my youth.

H called up all the information from the computer.

3. He stands out as a computer designer.

any other student.

4.Shakespear is very famous for his plays.

5.The English Romantic poets are greatly loved in China .

6. All roads lead to Rome.