【正文】 amp。s dayyouth 　　　　　　 the eye of heaventhe sun　　　2) The Merchant of Venice 　　Theme: To praise the friendship between Antonio amp。 loyalty, amp。s most famous monologue. Hamlet, facing the dilemma of action amp。 hide his hatred for his uncle in his deep heart, which may secure his life. IV. Francis Bacon1. 一般識記Brief Introduction　　English Renaissance philosopher, essayist, statesman, born in London, England, Jan 22,1561 and died in London, April 9 1626. held several high governmental positions during the reign of king JamesⅠ. He was one of the earliest amp。 fresh observation rather than authority as a basis for obtaining knowledge.　　2. 識記His works　　As an author, Bacon is most famous for his Essays, which deal with such subjects as honor, friendship, love, amp。 metaphors, the essays rank with the finest in English literature. 　　Bacon39。 an imaginary voyage, amp。s mind amp。 Old (1605)　　　　　　　　 The History of the Reign of Henry Ⅶ (1622)　　　　　　　　 The New Atlantis (unfinished)　　Third group: Maxims of Law　　　　　　　　 The Learned Reading upon the　　　　　　　　 Stature of Uses (1642) 　　3. 領(lǐng)會 His Major Works　　Essays 　　The term essay was borrowed from Montaigne39。 flexible way of writing. However, as a practical amp。 Jacobean youth of his class amp。 make their way in public life.Bacon39。 powerfulness. The essays are well arranged amp。 cadence.　　4. 領(lǐng)會His achievementsAs a literary man, Bacon is the first English essayist, whose Essays won him a high place in the history of English literature.As a philosopher, he is the founder of English materialistic philosophy. He advocates the inductive method of reasoning. In his famous plea for progress, Bacon demands three things: 1) the free investigation of nature, 2) the discovery of facts instead of the blind belief in theories 3) the verification of results by experiment rather than by argument. In our day, these are the ABC of science, but in Bacon39。 experimental science of modern times in general.5. 應(yīng)用 Of Studies　　Of Studies is the most popular of Bacon39。 how studies exert influence over human character. Forceful amp。 precise, Of Studies reveals to us Bacon39。s language is neat, priest, amp。 confined.V. John Donne Donne amp。 Clergyman, born in London, England, 1572, and died in London, Mar. 31 1631. Donne is the leading figure of the 17thcentury metaphysical school. His poems give a more inherently theatrical impression by exhibiting a seemingly unfocused diversity of experiences amp。 a free range of feelings amp。 a free range of feelings amp。 vitality of rhythms, which show a notable contrast to the other Elizabethan lyric poems, which are pure, serene, tuneful, amp。s poetry is precisely its tang of reality, in the sense that it seems to reflect life in a real rather than a poetical world. Metaphysical Poetry is monly used to name the work of the 17thcentury writers who wrote under the influence of John Donne. With a rebellions spirit, the metaphysical poets tried to break away from the conventional fashion of the Elizabethan Love poetry. The diction is simple as pared with echoes the words amp。s beloved, with God, or with himself. George Herbert, Andrew Marvell, Richard Crashaw, Henry Vaughan, Abraham Cowley, amp。 secular themes, amp。 other branches of learning. At the same time, metaphysical poems express an intense awareness of mon human feelings amp。 the fear of death. Although the imagery of metaphysical poetry is frequently strained, the language is often as natural amp。 prose works, His poems are especially admired for their unique bination of passionate feeling amp。 Catch a Falling Star, The Ecstacy, amp。 Satires amp。 Sonnets were written in the early period. He wrote prose works mainly in the later period. His sermons, which are very famous, reveal his spiritual devotion to God as a passionate preacher.His works are classified as songs amp。 satires. When read in chronological order, the poems reveal his development from Gay Jack Donne, a reckless amp。s great prose works are his sermons, which are both rich amp。 scholastic plexity as his poetry. For example, the wellknown Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions (16231624). Written when he was seriously ill, they contain the famous passage: No Man is an island entire of itself。s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, amp。 it tolls for thee.　　3. 領(lǐng)會 Characteristics of His Poems 　　Donne39。 often startling. He made expert use of such poetic techniques as the paradox, a statement that seems contradictory but actually contains truth, amp。 Sonnets. Love is the basic theme. Donne holds that the nature of love is the union of soul amp。 cynicism about love coexist in Donne39。 the last hymns.　　In his poems, Donne frequently applies conceits, . extended metaphors involving dramatic contrasts. His poetry involves a certain kind of argument, sometimes in rigid syllogistic form. With the brief, simple language, the argument is continuous throughout the poem. 4. 應(yīng)用Selected Readings　　1) Death Be Not Proud, one of Donne39。s poem personifies death as an adversary swollen with false pride amp。 dreadful. Donne gives various reasons in accusing death of being little more than a slave bossed about by fate, chance, kings amp。 sickness. Finally, Donne taunts death with a paradox: death, thou shalt die. 　　The sonnet is written in the strict Petrarchan pattern. It reveals the poet39。 secret room without their approval. The speaker criticizes the sun pays too much attention to such things as sex amp。 enter without thinking twice into such a place as lovers dwell.Ⅵ. John Milton Brief Introduction 　　John Milton, English poet amp。 one of the towering figures in all literature. His masterpiece, Paradise Lost, is considered the unsurpassed English epic poem. It is a powerfully imaginative amp。 fall of Adam amp。Allegro, amp。 his poetry, both epic amp。 rich musical quality. 　　2. 識記His literary achievements 　　Milton39。 the last great poems.　　1) Education amp。s education would ordinarily have led him to a post in the Church of England. He was a Puritan, however, amp。s esta