英国文学选读ppt课件Unit

Unit3FrancisBacon(1561-1626)
“OfMarriageandSingleLife”
“OfStudies”
IBacon’spositionandcontribution
IIAbriefintroductiontoEssays
IIIAcloanalysisof“OfMarriageandSingleLife”
IVAcloanalysisof“OfStudies”
VIUfulon-linereferencesforfurtherstudy
VQuestionsforfurtherexploration
IBacon’spositionandcontribution
1.Position
FatherofModernScience
thefirstmajorEnglish"essayist"
EnglishRenaissancephilosopher,scholar,lawyerandstatesman
2.Contribution
Literarycontribution:makingessaywritingapopularforminEnglishbyintroducing"scientific"styletoEngland
Majorcontributionstophilosophy:applicationofinductiontoscientificrearch, abreakthroughintheapproachtoscience
IIAbriefintroductiontoBacon'sEssays
1.Actualsize
acollectionofessays
thefirstpublishedbookin1597with10essays
amuch-enlargedcondeditionin1612with38essays
thethirdpublishedbookin1625with58essays.
2.Majorsubjects
rangingfromabstractsubjectssuchas"themeaningoftruth"and"thecompositionofbeauty"toconcrete,practicalmatterssuchas“friendship”,“marriage”and"parentsandchildren".
3.SalientfeaturesofBacon'sprostyle
compactandter:wisdominthought+extreme
brevity
formalandtightlyorganized
elegantlyphrad.
IIIAcloanalysisof"OfMarriageandSingleLife"
1.abriefintroductionto"OfMarriageandSingleLife"
oneofBacon'sbestknownessaysfromtheenduringcollection,Essays.
aboutruminationonthesubjectofmarriageandsinglelifewithallitsprosandcons.
2.Discouranalysis
Bacon'spointofview:
-wivesandchildren,
-impedimenttogreatenterpris,orgreatdeeds;
-notnecessarilyabadthing,
-avirtueforboththewifeandthechildrenandevenforthesociety;
-marriageagoodthingonthewhole.
arguments:prentedintheweighoftheprosandconsbetweenmarriageandsinglelife.
prosandconsconcerningmarriage
cons:
bondage:impedimentstogreatenterpris;
billsofcharges,anabatementtohisriches.
pros:
havinggreatestcareoffuturetimes;
enjoyingprofessionalpreference(judgesandmagistrates,soldiers);
akindofdisciplineofhumanity:loyal,responsible,loving,tender;constantandethical,chastity;
wivesasyoungmen'smistress;companionsformiddleage,andoldmen'snurs.