英国文学John Bunyan.ppt

JohnBunyan1628—1688Milton&Bunyan----BothrepresentedtheextremesofEnglishlifeinthe17thcenturyandwrotethetworemarkableworksthathaveimbuedwiththemightyPuritanspirit.(1);;;(2);----ThePilgrim’sProgress;&Works(1)Bunyanwasofhumbleorigin,thesonofatinsmithinthevillageofBestow,nearBedford,,andhehimselfwasofBaptistsympathies.(1)HetookpartintheCivilWar,,thePuritansunderwentseverepersecution&hehimselfwasimprisonedtwiceforhispreaching,oncefor12years.(2)Thoughnominallyanuneducatedman,Bunyanwasfedbyarich,butinsomewaysprimitive,,likeotherPuritans,heknewwithextraordinarythoroughness.(3),verylittleaffectedbytheReformation.(4)ItwasduringBunyan’ssecond&shortertermimprisonmentthathewrotePartIofhismasterpiece;themildertoneofPartIImaybepartlyarefectionofthespiritofgreatertoleranceofreligiousdifferenceprevailinginEnglandlaterinhislife.(5)ThegreatreputationofPilgrim’sProgressarisesfromthedepthofBunyan’sexperience,thespaciousnessofhisimagination,andthecourage,honesty,andnobilityofhispersonality,allofwhichraisethebookfaraboveitsnarrow,sectarian(宗派的)basis.