First of all, Shakespeare
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William Shakespeare (English: William Shakespeare, 1564- 16 16, April 23rd) is often regarded as Shakespeare by China society. He is the most outstanding dramatist in the history of English literature, one of the most important and greatest writers in the European Renaissance, a master of humanistic literature at that time and the most outstanding in the world.
Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon. He married Anne Hathaway at the age of 18. They have three children: Susanna, twins Hamnet and Judith.
From the end of 16 to the beginning of 17, Shakespeare began a successful career in London. He is not only an actor and playwright, but also a partner of the Palace Minister Troupe, which was later renamed the King Troupe. In about 16 13, Shakespeare lived in seclusion in Stratford-on-Avon and died three years later.
The period from 1590 to 1600 is the golden age of Shakespeare's creation. His early plays were mainly comedies and historical plays, which reached the peak of depth and artistry at the end of16th century.
From 160 1 to 1608, he mainly wrote tragedies. Shakespeare advocates noble sentiments and often describes sacrifice and revenge, including Othello, Hamlet, King Lear and Macbeth, which is regarded as the best example of English. In the last stage of his life, he began to create tragicomedy, also known as legendary drama.
Shakespeare's works handed down from ancient times include 37 plays, 154 sonnets and two narrative poems. His plays have been translated into various major languages, and the number of performances far exceeds the works of all other dramatists.
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Romeo and Juliet is a play written by British playwright william shakespeare. Because of its popularity, it is often mistaken for one of Shakespeare's four tragedies (actually Macbeth, Othello, King Lear and Hamlet).
The play tells the story of Juliet, the daughter of Italian aristocrat Capulet, and Romeo, the son of Montague, who really love each other and swear to depend on each other, but are blocked by the feud between the two generations.
Although Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy, the love between two young men and women is not sad in itself. They not only love each other, but also boldly pursue love. They did not hesitate to fight with their lives.
Their love power makes them dare to face family hatred and challenge obstacles in life. They are pursuing a new way of life. They are not afraid to be the lambs of atonement, so their death is the end of life, but they have won morally.
Finally, the two hostile families reconciled. In this sense, many scholars and critics call this drama the tragedy of optimism, which is what people are used to saying.
Second, Dickens.
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Charles Dickens, whose full name is Charles John Huffam Dickens (English original name: Charles John Huffam Dickens,1865438+February 7, 2002-65438+June 9, 20870), is an English writer and a German.
His major works include david copperfield, The Story of Pickwick, Oliver Twist, Old Antique Shop, Hard Times, Our Common Friend, A Tale of Two Cities and so on.
Dickens 18 12 was born in the suburb of Portsmouth on February 7th, 2002. He was born in a small naval staff family. When he was a teenager, he had to go to school intermittently because of his family life. Later, he was forced to work as a child laborer in the factory. /kloc-After 0/5 years old, he worked as an apprentice, clerk and court recorder in a law firm.
At the age of 20, he began to work as a newspaper reporter, covering the House of Commons. 1837 completed the first novel "The Biography of Pickwick", which was the first realistic novel creation, and its writing ability became more and more mature.
He published Oliver Twist, Old Antique Shop, Dombey and Son, david copperfield, Hard Times, A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations, etc. He died in Gates Villa near Rochester on June 9, 1970.
Dickens paid special attention to describing the life experiences of the "little people" living at the bottom of British society, which profoundly reflected the complex social reality of Britain at that time and made outstanding contributions to the development and growth of British critical realism literature. His works have a far-reaching influence on the development of English literature.
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David copperfield is a novel written by British novelist Charles Dickens. Known as "the favorite child in his heart." From 1849 to 1850, it is published 20 times a month.
The first-person narrative is adopted in the book, which incorporates many authors' own life experiences. The novel tells the life of the protagonist David from childhood to middle age.
With the birth of "I" as the source, the sincerity and darkness of friends, the naivety and impulsiveness of love, the sweetness and triviality of marriage, and the contradiction and harmony of family members converge into a small stream, which flows slowly on the riverbed of fate and finally melts into the tolerant and magnificent sea.
In the meantime, all kinds of people and opportunities. Humor in language shows a broad picture of Britain in the middle of19th century and reflects Dickens' ideal of kindness and justice to the world.
[Name] Mark Twain (American humorist, novelist, writer and speaker)
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Mark Twain, an American writer and speaker, whose real name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens.
"Mark Twain" is his pen name, which was originally a term used by Mississippi sailors to indicate the water depth measured on the waterway. His representative works include the novel One Million Pounds, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, etc.
Mark Twain 12 years old, his father died, and he had to drop out of school and work as a coolie in the factory. Later, he changed many careers and worked as a pilot, miner and journalist in the Mississippi River.
Gradually began to write some interesting sketches and started his own writing career. He died on April 2 19 10 and was buried in Aymara, new york.
Mark Twain created a large number of works in his life, involving novels, plays, essays, poems and other aspects. From the content, his works criticize unreasonable phenomena or the ugliness of human nature, and express the writer's strong sense of justice and care for ordinary people as a compositor and sailor.
Stylistically, both experts and ordinary readers believe that humor and satire are his writing characteristics. He experienced the development process from early capitalism to imperialism in the United States, and his thoughts and creations also showed a stage of development from mild ridicule to bitter satire to pessimism. He was good at acrimony and satire in the early stage, and his language was more exposed and intense in the later stage.
Mark Twain is the founder of American critical realism literature, and most of his major works have been translated into Chinese. In 2006, Mark Twain was named 16 among 100 people who influenced the United States by the authoritative American periodical Atlantic Monthly.
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One Million Pounds is a short story written by American writer Mark Twain and published in 1893. It tells the story of the adventures of a poor clerk, American boy henry adams, in London.
Two rich brothers in London bet that they would lend Henry a million-dollar bill that could not be cashed and see how he would end up in a month. When the one-month deadline came, Henry not only didn't starve to death or was arrested, but became a rich man and won the heart of a beautiful lady.
This paper reproduces the satire and humor in the master's novels with its slightly exaggerated artistic technique, and exposes the money worship thought of British society in the early 20th century.
Fourth, John Dryden
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English poet, playwright and literary critic. He wrote for the nobility all his life, praising the king and the Restoration Dynasty, and was named "Poet Laureate".
His major works include A Fashionable Wedding, All for Love, Alongsha and Poetry (a collection of poems), On Drama Poetry, The Basis of Tragic Criticism, etc.
He is also an important critic and playwright of English classicism. He made outstanding contributions to the emergence and development of English classical drama through drama criticism and creative practice. The word metaphysical poet was first put forward by him. It enjoys a high position in the history of European criticism.
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In drama creation, John? Dryden combined the norms of French drama plots with gorgeous descriptions, which also shows that he is a follower of Shakespeare. The best example of this hybrid drama is All for Love.
Is this John? Dryden's works once bravely challenged his idol Shakespeare.
As Professor Noyce said, the greatest testimony of his achievements is that "after reading Shakespeare's Anthony and Cleopatra, we can still get great pleasure from Dryden's version of the story."
Five, Hemingway
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Ernest miller hemingway (1July 2, 8991-191July 2, 2008) was born in Oak Park, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an American writer and journalist and is considered as one of the most famous novelists in the 20th century.
Hemingway won many awards in his life. He was awarded the Silver Medal of Courage during World War I; 1953 won the Pulitzer Prize for the book The Old Man and the Sea. 1954' s The Old Man and the Sea won Hemingway the Nobel Prize in Literature.
In 200 1 year, Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises and A Farewell to Arms were listed as "the best English novels in the 20th century 100" by American modern libraries.
On July 2nd, Hemingway committed suicide with a shotgun at his home in ketchum, Idaho.
Hemingway had a complicated life and was married four times. He is the representative of the lost generation of American writers, and his works show confusion and hesitation about life, the world and society.
He has always been known as a tough guy in the literary world and is a spiritual monument of the American nation. Hemingway's works mark the formation of his unique creative style and occupy an important position in the history of American literature and even the history of world literature.
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The Old Man and the Sea is a novella written by Hemingway in Cuba on 195 1 and published on 1952.
This work revolves around the story of an old Cuban fisherman fighting a huge marlin in the Gulf Stream off the coast. Although Hemingway's The Old Man is tragic.
But he has the characteristics of Nietzsche's superman, accepting failure and facing death bravely. These "tough guys" embody Hemingway's philosophy of life and moral ideal, that is, the fighting spirit and positive and optimistic attitude towards life that human beings will never bow to fate and never give up.
It established Hemingway's prominent position in world literature, and this novel won the Pulitzer Prize in the United States and the Nobel Prize in Literature of 1954.
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