2016年自考《英美文学选读》（英）新古典主义时期：Alexander pope

2016年自考英美文学选读（英）新古典主义时期：Alexander pope2016年自考英美文学选读（英）新古典主义时期：Alexander pope 1. 一般识记His life career English poet satirist， born in London， England， May 21， 1688， died in Tickenham， England May 30， 1744. Pope is one of the fore-most satirists in orld literature as ell as a great poet. He rote itty polished verses ridiculing the behavior of his day. Popes mock-heroic poem The Rape of the Lock is one of the finest examples of English ic verse. He made his name as a great poet ith the publication of An Essay on Criticism in 1711. His Dunciad is a scathing attack on dullness pedantry in literature. He also posed verse essays on philosophy， literature， criticism. In An Essay on Man， he brilliantly expressed the philosophical trends concepts of his age. 2. 识记Popes literally outlook As a representative of the Enlightenment， Pope as one of the first to introduce rationalism to England. He as the greatest poet of his time. He strongly advocated neoclassicism， emphasizing that literary orks should be judged by classical rules of order， reason， logic， restrained emotion， good taste decorum. According to Pope， almost every genre of literature should have some fixed las rules. Prose should be precise， direct， smooth flexible， Poetry should be lyrical， epical， didactic， satiric or dramatic， drama should be ritten in the Heroic Couplets The Rape of the Lock A delightful burlesque of epic poetry， it ridicules the manners of the English nobility. The poem is based on an actual incident in hich a young nobleman stole a lock of a ladys hair. 2) An Essay on Criticism His first important ork， An Essay on Criticism as a long didactic poem in heroic couplets. In this ork， he reflected the neo-classical spirit of the times by advocating good taste， mon sense the adherence to classical rules in riting criticism. The hole poem is ritten in a plain ， hardly containing any imagery or eloquence therefore makes easy reading. 3) The Dunciad Generally considered Popes best satiric ork， The Dunciad goes deep in meaning orks at many levels. Its satire is directed at Dullness in general， in the course of it all the literary men of the age. Poets mainly ho had made Popes enemies， are held up to ridicule. But the poem is not confined to personal attack. Dullness as reflected in the corruptness of government， social morals， education even religion， is expertly exposed satirized. 4. 领会His language Popes orks are still enjoyed for their sparkling it， good sense charm of expression. After Shakespeare， he is the most idely ed poet in English literature. He orked painstakingly on his poems， developed a satiric， concise， smooth， graceful ell-balanced . 5. 应用Selected Readings An Excerpt from Part 2 of An Essay on Criticism. An Essay on Criticism is a didactic poem ritten in heroic couplets. It consists of 744 lines is divided into three parts. It sums up the art of poetry as up held practiced by the ancients like Aristotle， Horace， Boileau， etc. the eighteenth century European classicists. In Part 2， Pope advises the critics not to stress too much the artificial use of conceit or the external beauty of language but to pay special attention to True it hich is best set in a plain .