簡明英國文學史（簡體書）

這部《簡明英國文學史》教材是應外語教學與研究出版社之邀，為廣大青年學子，特別是那些需要參加外國文學類考試的學生編寫的。通觀目前國內書市上已有的各種英國文學史、文學選讀及文學詞典，用英文寫的簡明版英國文學史並不多見，最具代表性的要算河南大學劉炳善教授于1981年出版的那一部。劉炳善教授是業內非常受尊敬的老先生，治學嚴謹，他編寫的文學史直到今天在材料翔實、評介簡明和體例清晰方面仍然是值得稱道的。然而，畢竟二十多年過去了。隨著文學創作的發展和新文學理論的出現，國際上對文學作品和作家的研討都有了創新，加之我國改革開放后吸收了不少過去被我們忽視，甚至排斥的批評觀念和理論，這樣，編寫一部新的《簡明英國文學史》的任務就被提到了日程上來。編者在受命后，參照了過去的一些教材，擬訂了自己的編寫和選材原則。經過了近兩年的努力，編者在日常繁忙的教學和科研任務中見縫插針，終于完成了這項有意義的工作。在這部教材即將出版并投入使用之際，我們想就編寫的想法和使用方法做一些介紹，僅供讀者參考。

Part I Old and Middle English Periods (450-1485)
Chapter 1 Old English Period and Beowulf
I. Old English Period
II. Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem Beowulf
Chapter 2 Middle English Period and Chaucer
I. Middle English Period
II. Geoffrey Chaucer
Part II English Renaissance and Shakespeare (1485-1616)
Chapter 3 The English Renaissance Literature
I. Introduction of the Period
II. Ten Renaissance Writers
Chapter4 William Shakespeare
I. Shakespeares Life and Achievements
II. Discussions of Shakespeares Major Works
Part III The Seventeenth Century (1616-1688)
Chapter 5 The Bourgeois Revolution and Milton
I. Background Knowledge
II. John Milton
Chapter 6 The Metaphysical Poets and the Restoration Drama
I. The Metaphysical Poets
II. The Restoration Drama
Chapter 7 Dryden and Bunyan
I. John Dryden
II. John Bunyan
Part IV The Eighteenth Century (1688-1780)
Chapter 8 The Age of Classicism
I. Background Knowledge of the First Half of the Eighteenth Century
II. Discussions of the Chief Representatives
Chapter 9 The Rise of the Novel
I. Background Knowledge About the Rise of the Novel in England
II. Discussions of the Major Novelists
　Chapter 10 The Pro-Romantic Literature
I. Background Knowledge About the Literature at the Turf of the Century
II. Pre-RomanticPoetry
III. The Gothic Novel
Part V The Romantic Period (1780-1830)
　Chapter 11 Wordsworth and Coleridge
I. Background Knowledge
II. The Romantic Sage, William Wordsworth
III. Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Poet and Critic
　Chapter 12 Byron, Shelley and Keats
I. George Gordon Byron and the Byronic Hero
II. Percy Bysshe Shelley, Poet and Utopian Socialist
III. John Keats, the Poet of Beauty
　Chapter 13 Walter Scott and Jane Austen
I. Walter Scott, Romantic Writer of Historical Themes
II. Jane Austen, Novelist of Social Manners
Part VI The Victorian Literature (1830-1880)
　Chapter 14 The Victorian Age
I. Background Knowledge
II. Major Literary Achievements
　Chapter 15 Victorian Novelists
I. Charles Dickens
II. William Makepeace Thackeray
III. Charlotte and Emily Bront
IV. George Eliot
　Chapter 16 Victorian Poets
I. Alfred Tennyson
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