【正文】
ided into sections called “passus”. 中世紀(jì)英語文學(xué) Shakespeare 莎士比亞 / Ben Johnson 本 馬龍 / Francis Bacon 弗朗西斯 彌爾頓 / John Bunyan 約翰 菲爾丁 Shakespeare 莎士比 亞 (15641616) William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world39。s national poet and the Bard of Avon. His surviving works, including some collaborations, consist of about 38 plays,154 sons, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. John Shakespeare39。s birthplace, in StratforduponAvon. Four Tragedies四大悲劇 ? King Lear 李爾王 ? Hamlet 哈姆雷特 ? Macbeth 麥克白 ? Othello 奧賽羅 Four Comedies四大喜劇 ? A Midsummer night’s dream ? Merchant of Venice ? Much ado about nothing ? Twelfth Night (1608~ 1674) 約翰 s purpose, stated in Book I, is to justify the ways of God to men and elucidate the conflict between God39。一個音步的音節(jié)數(shù)量可能為兩個或三個音節(jié),但不能少于兩個或多于三個音節(jié),而且其中只有一個必須重讀。這種音步劃分叫 scansion。 抑揚格( iamb, iambic.) 如果一個音步中有兩個音節(jié),前者為輕,后者為重,則這種音步叫抑揚格音步,其專業(yè)術(shù)語是。 英語中有大量的單詞,其發(fā)音都是一輕一重,如 adore, excite, above, around, appear, besides, attack, supply, believe, return等,所以用英語寫詩,用抑揚格就很便利。因此,在英文詩歌中用得最多的便是抑揚格,百分之九十的英文詩都是用抑揚格寫成的。 英文詩每行的第一個字母都大寫,但是一詩行不一定是一個完整的句子,不一定能表達(dá)一個完整的意思。前者叫 endstopped line(結(jié)句行),后者叫 runon line.(跨行句)。中國詩歌都是一行表達(dá)一個完整的意思。 For, so swiftly it flew, the sight Could no follow it in its fligh