作品选读分析:
Passage 1
…Suddenly there shot along the path a wild light, and I turned to see whence a gleam so unusual could have issued—for the vast house and its shadows where alone behind me. The radiance was that of the full, setting, and blood-re moon, which now shone vividly through that once barely-discernible fissure, of which I have before spoken, as extending from the roof of the building, in a zigzag direction, to the base. …
Questions:
1.From which short story is this passage taken? Who is the author of this short story?
2.what kind of story is it? What’s features of this kind of story?
3.What’s the symbolic meaning of the “House” and the “Fissure”?
Passage 2
“Standing on the bare ground, -- my head bathed by the blithe air and uplifted into infinite space, -- all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eyeball; I am nothing; I see all; the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or particle of God.”Questions:
1. Which work is this fragment taken from? Who’s the author?
2. What does “Universal Being” refer to?
3. How to appreciate it?
Passage 3
The runaway slave came to my house and stopt outside,
I heard his motions crackling the twigs of the woodpile,
Through the swung half-door of the kitchen I saw him limpsy and weak,
And went where he sat on a log and led him in and assured him,
And brought water and fill’d a tub for his sweated body and bruis’d feet,
And gave him a room that enter’d from my own, and gave him some coarse clean clothes,
…
Questions:
1. What’s the title of the poem? From which collection of poetry is the poem taken from?
2. What’s the form of the poem? What’s the poet’s writing technique?
3. What’s the symbolic meaning of the title of the collection? What’s the theme of the poem? Passage 4
Because I could not stop for Death—
He kindly stopped for me—
The Carriage held but just Ourselves—
And Immortality.
…
We passed the School, where Children strove
At Recess—in the Ring—
We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain—
We passed the Setting Sun—
…
Questions:
1. Who is the poet of this poem?
2. What do “He” and “Carriage” refer to? What do “School”, “Fields of Gazing Grain”and “Setting Sun” symbolize?
3. What’s the poet’s attitude towards Death?
4. What are the poetic feature of the poet?
Passage 5
The apparition of these faces in the crowd;
Petals on a wet, black bough.
Questions:
1. What’s the title of the poem? Who’s the poet?
2. What are the objects and images in this poem?
3. How do you appreciate the form and words used in this poem?
Passage 6
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveller, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
…
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I —
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Questions:
1. What’s the poem? Who is the poet?
2. What does the poet mean symbolically by “road”?
2. What does the poet refer to by saying “I took the one less travelled by”?
Passage 7
Let us go then, you and I,
When the evening is spread out against the sky
Like a patient etherized upon a table;
Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets,
The muttering retreats
Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels
And sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells:
Streets that follow like a tedious argument
Of insidious intent
To lead you to an overwhelming question. . .
Oh, do not ask, "What is it?"
Let us go and make our visit.
…
Questions:
1. What do “you” and “I” refer to? What’s the form of this poem?
2. What’s the ironic meaning of the title?
3. What is the significance of the image of “I”?
Passage 8
“This is an unusual party for me. I haven’t even seen the host. I live over there--” I waved my hand at the invisible hedge in the distance. “and this man Gatsby sent over his chauffeur with an invitation.”
For a moment he looked at me as if he failed to understand.
“I’m Gatsby,” he said suddenly.
“What!” I exclaimed. “Oh, I beg your pardon.”
“I thought you knew, old sport. I’m afraid I’m not a very good host.”
…
Questions:
1. Identify the novel and the author.
2. Why Gatsby say he is “not a very good host”?
3. What’s the significance of the image of Gatsby?
Passage 9
He went down the hall. I went to the door of the room.
“Y ou can’t come in now,” one of the nurses said.
“Y es I can,” I said.
“Y ou can’t come in yet.”
“Y ou get out,” I said, “The other one too.”
But after I had got them out and shut thedoor and turned off the light it wasn’t any good. It was like saying good-by to a statue. After a while I went out and left the hospital and walked back to the hotel in the rain.
Questions:
1.Identify the author and the novel.
2.What’s the theme of it?
3.How does the character reveal the typical “hero” created by the author?
Passage 10
When Caroline Meeber boarded the afternoon train for Chicago, her total outfit consisted of a small trunk, a cheap imitation alligator-skin satchel, a small lunch in a paper box, and a yellow leather snap purse, containing her ticket, a scrap of paper with her sister’s address in V an Buren Street…
Questions:
1. Which novel is this passage taken from? Who is the author?
2. What’re the features of the naturalistic novel?
3.How is the naturalistic color revealed in the fate of Caroline Meeber?
英美文学选读要点总结精心整理(只考26位作家) [英国』Chapter1 The Renaissance period（14世纪至十七世纪中叶）文艺复兴 1. Humanism is the essence of the Renaissance.人文主义是文艺复兴的核心。 2. the Greek and Roman civilization was based on such a conception that man is the measure of all things.人文主义作为文艺复兴的起源是因为古希腊罗马文明的基础是以“人”为中心，人是万物之灵。 3. Renaissance humanists found in then classics a justification to exalt human nature and came to see that human beings were glorious creatures capable of individual development in the direction of perfection, and that the world they inhabited was theirs not to despise but to question, explore, and enjoy.人文主义者们却从古代文化遗产中找到充足的论据，来赞美人性，并开始注意到人类是崇高的生命，人可以不断发展完善自己，而且世界是属于他们的，供他们怀疑，探索以及享受。 4. Thomas More, Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare are the best representatives of the English humanists.托马斯.摩尔，克利斯朵夫.马洛和威廉.莎士比亚是英国人文主义的代表。 5. Wyatt introduced the Petrarchan sonnet into England.怀亚特将彼特拉克的十四行诗引进英国。 6. The first period of the English Renaissance was one of imitation and assimilation.英国文艺复兴初期只是一个学习模仿与同化的阶段。 7. The goals of humanistic poetry are: skillful handling of conventions, force of language, and, above all, the development of a rhetorical plan in which meter, rhyme, scheme, imagery and argument should all be combined to frame the emotional theme and throw it into high relief.人文主义诗歌的主要目标是对传统习俗的熟练运用，语言的力度与气概，而最重要的是发展了修辞模式，即将格律，韵脚（式），组织结构，意象（比喻，描述）与议论都结合起来勾画出情感主题，并将其极为鲜明生动的表现出来。 8. The most famous dramatists in the Renaissance England are Christopher Marlowe, William Shakespeare, and Ben Jonson.文艺复兴时期英国最著名的戏剧家有克利斯朵夫.马洛，威廉.莎士比亚与本.约翰逊。 9. Francis Bacon (1561-1626), the first important English essayist.费兰西斯.培根是英国历史上最重要的散文家。(III)William Shakespeare威廉.莎士比亚 17. The first period of his dramatic career, he wrote five history plays: Henry VI, Parts I, II, and III, Richard III, and Titus Andronicus; and four comedies: The Comedy of Errors, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Taming of the Shrew, and Love’s Labour’s Lost.在他戏剧创作生涯的第一个阶段，他创作了五部历史剧：《亨利六世》，《理查三世》，《泰托斯.安东尼》以及四部喜剧：《错误的戏剧》，《维洛那二绅士》，《驯悍记》和《爱的徒劳》。 18. In the second period, he wrote five histories: Richard II, King John, Henry IV, Parts I and II, and Henry V; six comedies: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Merchant of Venice, Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It, Twelfth Night, and The Merry Wives of Windsor; and two tragedies: Romeo and Juliet and Julius Caesar.在第二阶段，他写了五部历史剧：《理查三世》，《约翰王》，《亨利四世》，《亨利五世》以及六部喜剧《仲夏夜之梦》，《威尼斯商人》，《无事生非》，《皆大欢喜》，《第十二夜》，《温莎的风流娘儿们》，还有两部悲剧：《罗密欧与朱丽叶》和《裘利斯.凯撒》。 19. Shakespeare’s third period includes his greatest tragedies and his so-called dark comedies. The tragedies of this period are Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra, Troilus and Cressida, and Coriolanus. The two comedies are All’s Well That Ends and Measure for Measure.第三阶段诞生了莎翁最伟大的悲剧和他自称的黑色喜剧（或悲喜剧），悲剧有：《哈姆雷特》，《奥赛罗》，《李尔王》《麦克白》《安东尼与克利奥佩特拉》《特罗伊勒斯与克利西达》及《克里奥拉那斯》。两部喜剧是《终成眷属》和《一报还一报》。 20. The last period of Shakespeare’s work includes his principle romantic tragicomedies: Pericles, Cymbeline, The Winter’s Tale and The Tempest; and his two plays: Henry VIII and The Two Noble Kinsmen.最后一个时期的作品主要有浪漫悲喜剧：《伯里克利》《辛白林》《冬天的故事》与《暴风雨》。他最后两部剧是《亨利八世》与《鲁克里斯受辱记》。21. Shakespeare’s sonnets are the only direct expression of the poet’s own feelings.这些十四行诗都是莎翁直抒胸臆的成果。 22. Shakespeare’s history plays are mainly written under the principle that national unity under a mighty and just sovereign is a necessity.莎翁的历史剧都有这样一个主题：在一个强大英明的君主统领下的国家，统一是非常必要的。 23. In his romantic comedies, Shakespeare takes an optimistic attitude toward love and youth, and the romantic elements are
English Renaissance (1500-1625) 14.15世纪 Humanism人文主义: Emphases the worth of life in this world, and the dignity of human being Three periods: 1.Imitation and assimilation同化------14世纪末到16世纪上半叶 2.Elizabethan Age-flowering time -----16世纪下半叶----Shakespeare 3.Epilogue收尾of the English Renaissance------------17世纪初 Effect：not confined to literature, music and the fine arts, but affected the whole development of civilization, a broad line dividing Middle Age and Modern Age. William Shakespeare 代表作：Hamlet,哈姆雷特Othello, King Lear,李尔王, Romeo and Juliet The Merchant of V enice:Bassanio巴萨尼奥Antonio安东尼奥,Shylock夏洛克,Bassanio’s girlfriend, Portia Theme: praise the friendship between Antonio and Bassanio, to idealize Portia as a woman of great wisdom, and to disclose the cruelty of shylock. The play is a triumph of friendship and love over greed and avarice, good over evil, humanity over inhumanity. The 17th Century Metaphysical School 玄学派 特点：complex, highly intellectual verse诗filled with intricate错综的and far-fetched牵强附会metaphor. Many are about love and death and religion. 1.John Donne 代表作：An Anatomy解剖in the medieval中世纪, Of the Progress of the soul, A Valediction告别演说: Forbidding Mourning 2.John Milton Paradise Lost---epic Satan: intelligent and eloquent雄辩的, pride, courageous and cannot be defeated, question the authority of God, stand for freedom and liberty. God: cruel, unjust, and selfish Adam and Eve: power of man—humanism Miltonic style：Long and involved sentence, a varity of pause, oratorical and logical, use inversion倒装and allusion典故. The 18th century 1.Daniel Defoe 代表作：The life and strange surprising adventure of Robinson Crusoe Theme: struggling against nature and human fate with an indomitable不屈的will and highly praise his creative labor, mental and physical, an allusion to the glorification赞颂of the bourgeois资产阶级creativity when it was a rising and more energetic class in the initial stage原始期of its historical development.
中国古代文学作品选读教学大纲 责任教师：王文章 一、课程的性质： 中国古代作品选读是中央广播电视大学开设的一门选修课，内容为上起先秦下至近代的一些颇具思想性和艺术性的名篇名作或其节录，按文学史分为先秦、两汉、魏晋南北朝、隋唐五代、宋元、明清、近代七个部分。授课学期为一学期，课内授课总计72学时，学分4分。 二、教学目的： 本课程将通过对中国文学史上的一些名篇名作的分析鉴赏，使学生通过“以点带面”式的学习，充分熟识中国文学代表性作品的思想性和艺术创作特色，并进一步了解不同文学体裁的创作特色和艺术风貌。通过学习，培养和提高学生独立阅读与分析文学作品的能力，同时对于陶冶情操、升华性灵，提升自身的艺术文化修养和认识生活的能力也大有裨益。 三、教学材料与教学媒体： 中国古代文学作品选读的课堂教学材料是《中国古代文学作品选注》（葛晓音、周先慎编选，北京大学出版社2002年5月第一版）。 四、教学重点掌握内容及教学进度表： 一、先秦（8课时，第三周、第四周、第五周）： 神话：《精卫填海》、《女娲补天》 诗经：《伯兮》、《七月》 先秦散文：《子路曾皙冉有公西华侍坐章》、《逍遥游》、《劝学》 楚辞：《离骚》 二、两汉（6课时，第五周、第六周、第七周）： 两汉辞赋：《鵩鸟赋》 史记：《李将军列传》
两汉乐府诗：《陌上桑》、《古诗为焦仲卿妻作并序》 汉代古诗：《古诗十九首》（《上山采蘼芜》、《十五从军征》） 三、魏晋南北朝（4课时，第八周）： 建安诗赋：《蒿里行》（曹操）、《燕歌行》（曹丕）、《白马篇》（曹植）、《七哀诗》（王粲） 正始诗文：《咏怀》其一（阮籍） 西晋诗歌：《悼亡诗》（潘岳）、《咏史》其二（左思）、《游仙诗》其一（郭璞） 东晋诗文：《读山海经》、《桃花源诗并记》（陶渊明） 南朝乐府民歌：《子夜歌》、《读曲歌》（吴声歌曲）、《西洲曲》（西曲歌） 北朝乐府民歌：《幽州马客吟》、《捉搦歌》、《敕勒歌》、《木兰诗》 南朝诗文：《登池上楼》（谢灵运）、《拟行路难》其四（鲍照）、《之宣城出新林浦向板桥》、《玉阶怨》（谢眺）、《与朱元思书》（吴均） 北朝诗文：《水经注》（郦道元）、《国江诸人》（刘义庆） 四、隋唐五代（8课时，第八周、第九周、第十周、第十一周）： 初唐诗歌：《在狱咏蟬》（骆宾王）、《送杜少府之任蜀川》 盛唐诗歌：《凉州词》（王翰）、《次北固山下》（王湾）、《春江花月夜》（张若虚）、《临洞庭》（孟浩然）、《从军行》、《长信秋词》（王昌龄）、《终南山》、《送元二使安西》（王维）、《蜀道难》、《行路难》、《黄鹤楼送孟浩然之广陵》（李白）、《走马川行奉送出师西征》（岑参）、《自京赴奉先县咏怀五百字》、《蜀相》、《登高》（杜甫） 中唐诗文：《滁州西涧》（韦应物）、《宫怨》（李益）、《游子吟》（孟郊）、《山石》（韩愈）、《登柳州城楼寄漳、汀、封、连四州刺史》、《段太尉逸事状》（柳宗元）、《西塞山怀古》（刘禹锡）、《长恨歌》（白居易）、《金铜仙人辞汉歌》（李贺）晚唐诗文：《早雁》（杜牧）、《贾生》、《无题》（李商隐）、《读“司马法”》（皮日休、《菩萨蛮》（温庭筠）、《菩萨蛮》（韦庄） 敦煌曲子词：《菩萨蛮》 五代词：《谒金门》（冯延巳）、《摊破浣溪沙》（李璟）、《清平乐》、《虞美人》（李煜）
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英美文学作品选读试题 4 I. Multiple Choice (40 points in all, 2 for each) Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement and write the letter in the blanks. 1. Romance, which uses narrative verse or prose to tell stories of ___ adventures or other heroic deeds, is a popular literary form in the medieval period. A. Christian B. knightly C. Greek D. primitive 2. Among the great Middle English poets, Geoffrey Chaucer is known for his production of ___. A. Piers Plowman B. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight C. Confessio Amantis D. The Canterbury Tales 3. Which of the following historical events does not directly help to stimulate the rising of the Renaissance Movement? A. The rediscovery of ancient Greek and Roman culture. B. The new discoveries in geography and astrology. C. The Glorious revolution. D. The religious reformation and the economic expansion. 4. Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakespeare's Sonnet 18? A. The speaker eulogizes the power of Nature. B. The speaker satirizes human vanity. C. The speaker praises the power of artistic creation. D. The speaker meditates on man's salvation. 5. “And we will sit upon the rocks,/Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks, /By shallow rivers to whose falls /Melodious birds sing madrig als.” The above lines are probably taken from __. A. Spenser's The Faerie Queene B. John Donne's “The Sun Rising” C. Shakespeare's “Sonnet 18” D. Marlowe's “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love”
《英国文学史及作品选读》教学大纲 一、课程说明 1. 课程中文名称：英国文学史及作品选读 2 课程英文名称：History and Selected Readings of English Literature 3. 课程总学时数：32 4. 课程学分数： 2 5. 授课对象：英语专业本科学生 6. 本课程的性质、地位和作用 本课程为面向英语专业高年级（三年级）学生开设的一门专业选修课，在学科体系中居重要地位。要求学生以先修英语阅读、综合英语、英美文化和英美概况等课程为基础。通过教学，使学生对英国文学有一个概观了解，同时初步培养学生对英国文学作品的鉴赏能力，增强学生对西方文学及文化的了解。该课程有助于增强学生的语言基本功，丰富学生的人文知识、充实学生的文化修养，提高学生的精神素质。 二、教学基本要求 1. 本课程的目的、任务 英国文学史及文学作品包含着历史的记忆和哲学的睿智，是英语语言艺术的结晶。本课程旨在介绍英国文学各个时期的主要文化思潮，文学流派，主要作家及其代表作，使学生对英国文学的发展脉络有一个大概的了解和认识，提高他们对文学作品的阅读鉴赏能力，并能掌握文学批评的基本知识和方法。要求学生在阅读和分析英国文学作品的基础上了解英国的历史、社会、政治等方面的情况及传统，促进学生对西方文学及文化的了解，提高学生对文化差异的敏感性、宽容性，培养学生对作品的洞察批判能力，从而丰富提升学生人文素养。 2. 本课程的教学要求 了解英国文学的发展概况，熟悉发展过程中出现的历史事件，文学思潮，文学流派；熟悉具体作家的文学生涯，创作思想，艺术特色和所属流派；能读懂代表作家的经典作品，并能分析评介作品的主题思想，人物形象，篇章结构、语言
古代文学作品选读 一、判断题 1、“烹羊宰牛且为乐，会须一饮三百杯。”（《将进酒》）中“会须”的意思是应该。（） 答：对 2、《弹歌》是一首早期的抒情诗歌。（） 答：错 3、原始社会的诗歌已经初具规模，并且有文字记载。（） 答：错 4、“岂曰无衣，与子同裳。”（《诗经﹒无衣》）中“裳”是上衣的意思。（）答：错 5、在上古歌谣《弹歌》中，“续竹”中的“竹”指的是弹弓。（） 答：错 6、在《邵公谏厉王弭谤》这篇文章中，“以告”的完整意思是卫巫以（谤者）告（王）。（） 答：对 7、在《诗经》的《关雎》“参差荇菜，左右流之。”一句中，“流”指的是求取。（） 答：对 8、“三言二拍”中“三言”指的是《古今小说》、《警世通言》、《醒世恒言》。（） 答：对 9、杜审言的“三吏”分别是《石壕吏》、《潼关吏》、《新安吏》。（） 答：错 第1 页共19 页
10、南宋诗人辛弃疾是婉约词派的重要代表人物。（） 答：错 11、戏剧《牡丹亭》的作者是汤显祖。（） 答：对 12、“望西都，意踌躇。”（《中吕﹒山坡羊》）中“西都”指的是元上都。（）答：错 13、《论语》是语录体散文的典范。（） 答：对 14、《西游记》是一部积极浪漫主义的长篇神话小说。（） 答：对 15、《老子》的《有无相生》一章表现了老子保守的社会理想。（） 答：错 16、“一蓑烟雨任平生”出自苏轼的名篇《卜算子》。（） 答：错 17、曹丕所著《典论论文》中，“盖君子审己以度人，故能免于所累”的“累”指劳累。（） 答：错 18、曹植的《白马篇》又名《名都篇》。（） 答：错 19、王勃的《秋日登洪府滕王阁饯别序》又名《滕王阁序》。（） 答：对 20、王实甫是我国古代伟大的戏剧家，元杂剧的奠基人。（） 答：错 二、单项选择题 21、杜甫的诗句“丞相祠堂何处寻？锦官城外柏森森。”中“丞相”指的是（） 第2 页共19 页
一.What is the theme of Beowulf? 这首诗主题介绍了如何原始人工资在聪明和强大的领导之下的自然世界的敌对势力的英勇斗争的生动写照。这首诗是自然界神话与英雄传说混合在一起的一个例子。 Thematically the poem presents a vivid picture of how the primitive people wage heroic struggles against the hostile forces of the natural world under a wise and mighty leader.The poem is an example of the mingling of nature myths and heroic legends. 二.莎士比亚（1）四个悲剧。（二）四大悲剧的共同之处？3请简要总结每个英雄人性的弱点。 1.莎士比亚的四个最大的悲剧是：哈姆雷特、奥赛罗、李尔王、麦克白。 2.每个描绘了一些高尚的英雄，谁面临着人类生活的不公，陷入了一个困难的局面和他们的命运与整个国家的命运息息相关。 3.每一位英雄有他的弱点的性质；老国王李尔不愿意完全放弃他的权力；麦克白的权欲挑起他的抱负和他会导致无休止的罪行 1.Shakespeare’s four greatest tragedies are: Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth. 2.Each portrays some noble hero, who faces the injustice of human life and is caught in a difficult situation and whose fate is closely connected with the fate of the whole nation. 3. Each hero has his weakness of nature; the old king Lear who is unwilling to totally give up his power; and Macbeth’s lust for power stirs up his ambition and leads him to incessant crimes 三.试论莎士比亚的艺术的创作。 1.主要特点是既不是仅仅是个人的也不是类型；他们是代表某些类型的个人。每个字符都有他或她自己的个性；与此同时，他们可能与别人分享功能。 2.通过运用心理分析的方法，莎士比亚成功探索刻画心灵。 3.莎士比亚很少发明自己的情节；相反，他借用他们的一些旧的戏剧或故事书，或从古希腊和古罗马的来源。 4.在他的著作中，伪装也是重要的设备，打造
英国文学史及作品选读 （模拟试题二） Ⅰ. Multiple Choice（1′×20=20分） 1．______can be justly termed England’s national epic. A. The Canterbury Tales B. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight C. The Song of Beowulf D. The Romance of the Rose 2. Among of the following dramas, which is one of Shakespeare’s four tragedies? A.Macbeth B.As You Like it C. Twelfth Night D. The Merchant of Venice 3. _______ is called as “ father of English novels” A. William Shakespeare B. Christopher Marlowe C. Daniel Defoe D.John Donne 4. It was ____who made blank verse the principal vehicle of expression in drama. A. Thomas Wyatt B. William Shakespeare C. Edmund Spenser D. Christopher Marlowe 5. Absoulute monarchy in England reached its summit during the reign of ____, especially Britain’s sea power was established. A.James I B. Henry VIII C. Queen Elizabeth D. Charles I 6. Hamlet, the most popular of Shakespeare's plays for readers and theater audiences, tells about the story of Hamlet, Prince of _______, and son of the dead king, who seeks revenge for his father’s death. A. England B. Norway C. Scotland D. Denmark 7. Which comment on John Donne is wrong? A. He is the leading figure of metaphysical poetry. B. His poetry is characterized by mysticism and peculiar conceit. C. John Donne’s poetry is characterized regularity among irregularity D. He never shows positive attitude towards love. 8. Robinson Crosue can be termed as____. A. a self-dependent person B. a person with colonial mind C. an adventuous person D. all of the above 9. Robert Burns is the representative of _____. A. Sentimentalism B. Pre-Romanticism C. Romanticism D. English Renaissance 10. William Blake’s ____ paint a world of misery, poverty, disease, war and repression with a melancholy tone. A.Poetical Sketches B. The Book of Thel C. Songs of Experience D. Songs of Innocence 11. The notorious “Peterloo Massacre” happened in _____. A. English Romantic period B. English Renaissance C. period of Restoration D. Neo-classical period 12. Lyrical Ballads are made by ____. A. Wordsworth and Shelley B. Wordsworth and Southey C. Wordsworth and Coleridge D. Shelley and Byron 13. According to____, poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings which originates in emotion and recollected in tranquillity.