development of english sonnets英国十四行诗的发展.ppt

1、Development of English Sonnets,The term sonnet is derived from the Provenal word sonet and the Italian word sonetto, both meaning little song. By the thirteenth century, it had come to signify a poem of fourteen lines following a strict rhyme scheme and logical structure.,Sonnet,Contents,The origin

2、of the sonnet The introduction of the sonnet into England Form and style of the sonnet The sonnet beyond Elizabethan period,The origin of sonnets,The sonnet originates in Italy in the 12th and 13th century. The term comes from the Italian for little song and the best known Italian sonneteers were Da

3、nte and Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) (1304-1374). Petrarch proved most influential on the sonnets subsequent history, bequeathing his predominant theme of secular love as well as the form itself to subsequent poets. In 14th century Italy the sonnet was clearly established in as a major form of love

4、 poetry.,Introduction of the sonnet,The sonnet was introduced to England by Thomas Wyatt (1503-42) in the 16th century after he learned of the form during his travels in Spain and Italy. Wyatt wrote 32 sonnets in the form known as the Petrarchan sonnet. A friend of Wyatt, Henry Howard, Earl of Surre

5、y (1517-1547) shares credit for introducing the sonnet to English. Surreys work deviates somewhat both thematically and structurally from Petrarchs conventions and represents a more complete taming of the sonnet into the English language.,Form and Style of the Sonnet,1. The Italian Sonnet (also call

6、ed Petrarchan sonnet). The sonnets rhyme scheme divides the poems 14 lines into two parts, an octet or octave (first eight lines of two quatrains) and a sestet (last six lines). The rhyme scheme is abba abba cdecde or cdccdc The octave presents the narrative, states the proposition or raises a quest

7、ion; the sestet drives home the narrative by making an abstract comment, applies the proposition, or solves the problem.,2. The English Sonnet ( Shakespearean sonnet). English sonnet characteristically embodies four divisions of three quatrains (each with a rhyme-scheme of its own) and a final rhyme

8、d couplet. The typical rhyme-scheme for the English sonnet is: abab cdcd efef gg. The couplet at the end is usually a commentary on the foregoing, an epigrammatic close.,English sonnet sequences,A sonnet sequence is a group of sonnets thematically unified to create a long work, although generally, u

9、nlike the stanza, each sonnet so connected can also be read as a meaningful separate unit.,The Most Notable Sonnet Sequences,Sir Philip Sidneys Astrophel and Stella (108 sonnets and 11 songs to Penelope Rich. The first true sonnet sequence in English, written between 1580 and 1584) Edmund Spensers A

10、moretti ( 88 sonnets and an Epithalamion to Elizabeth Boyle) Shakespeares sonnets (pubd. 1609, 154 sonnets to a variety of unnamed people, both male and female),The Sonnet Beyond the Elizabethan Age,The sonnet has become the most popular and enduring form of English verse. English poets of almost every era have followed and adapted the sonnet to produce some of their best work. The standard courtly love subject matter of early sonnets was extended in the 17th century by John Donne into religion, while John Milton ex