1、A Brief History of English Literature 1 1. The line 1. The line “Whats past is prologue” “Whats past is prologue” is from is from _s _s Tempest Tempest. . 凡是去，皆序章。 暴雨 2 1. The line 1. The line “Whats past is prologue” “Whats past is prologue” is from is from _s _s Tempest Tempest. . 凡是去，皆序章。 暴雨 凡是凡是
2、去，皆去，皆序章序章 。 3 2. The famous aphorism, 2. The famous aphorism, “Knowledge is power”, “Knowledge is power”, is found in the is found in the MeditationsMeditations by _.by _. Francis Bacon Francis Bacon 4 3. The aphorism 3. The aphorism “A wise man will make “A wise man will make more opportunities th
3、an more opportunities than he finds” is by he finds” is by _ ._ . 智者造机会，而不是等待机会。 Francis Bacon Francis Bacon 5 Francis Bacon Francis Bacon 弗朗西斯 培根 (1561-1626) Sir Francis Bacon 6 A statesman, scientist, philosopher, and essayist of the late Renaissance England (1561-1626) Contemporary of Shakespeare
4、, Elizabeth I, Galilei and Gui Youguang 7 1. Met Queen Elizabeth I (9) LifeLife Famously replied “Two years younger than Your Majestys happy reign” 2. Entered Trinity College, Cambridge (12) 8 3. In 1584, elected to Parliament (23). 4. In 1603, Knighted (42), 5. In 1617, became Lord Keeper of the Gr
5、eat Seal (highest possible position) (56) 6.In 1618, made Lord Chancellor LifeLife 7.In 1618, elevated to peerage (British nobles) 8.In 1621,charged with corruption and bribery (60) 9.In 1626, died in disgrace (65) 9 Bacons literary power and success find fine expression chiefly in his best known li
6、terary work Essays. Short as they are, these essays show Bacons profundity in understanding man and society. 10 The first example of that genre in English literature; An important landmark in the development of English prose. Francis Bacon, the first major English essayist, comments forcefully in Of
7、 Studies on the value of reading, writing, and learning. Notice Bacons reliance on parallel structures (in particular, tricolons) throughout this concise, aphoristic essay. 11 Bacons Essays His Essays is the first example of that genre in English literature, which has been recognized as an important
8、 landmark in the development of English prose. Bacons essays are famous for their brevity, compactness and powerfulness. And the neatness, the preciseness, the gravity, and the weightiness are the essential qualities of his writings. Balance and opposition are the most common strategies he uses to a
9、chieve both the appearance of balance and the concealment of his own opinions under the cloak of the opposing alternatives. 12 Essay: A Definition It is a relatively short literary It is a relatively short literary composition in prose, in which a writer composition in prose, in which a writer discu
10、sses a topic, usually restricted in discusses a topic, usually restricted in scope, or tries to persuade the reader scope, or tries to persuade the reader to accept a particular point of view. to accept a particular point of view. 13 An Analysis of An Analysis of Of StudiesOf Studies 14 Of StudiesOf
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