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British Literature Early writing: The major literature competition is the annual Booker Prize. Much early British writing was concerned with Christianity: Anglo-Saxons produced beautifully illustrated versions of the Bible: the most famous of these is the Book of Kells. One of the oldest of these early “Old English” literary works is long poem from Anglo-Saxon times called Beowulf. One work from Norman Conquest times often studied today by middle school and college students is The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, who was the first court poet to write in English. 主要文学竞争在于一年一度的布克文学奖。 大多早期的英国作品关心基督教:盎格鲁-撒克逊人制作精美插图版本的圣经:其中最著名的是凯尔斯书。 这些早期的最古老的古英语文学作品之一是长诗来自盎格鲁-撒克逊时代叫做贝奥武夫。 今天被广泛中学和大学学生学习研究的是由诺曼征服时期杰弗里·乔叟写的《坎特伯雷故事集》---是第一个由法院诗人用英语写的。 Early than 1066 Concerned with Christianity. Little read by people outside university. Written in “old English”. From 1066 to 1138 Written in royal court became French. Words in French or Latin. From 1138 to 1470 Works of history but invented material to fill the board gaps in the history records. King Arthur’s story became popular. Beowulf 《北奥武夫》 The Canterbury Tales 《坎特伯雷故事集》 History of the Kings of Britain 《英国列王史》 Le Morte D’Arthur 《亚瑟王之死 Elizabethan Drama There was a general flowering of cultural and intellectual life in Europe during the 15th and 16th century which is known as “The Renaissance”. Christopher Marlowe’s most famous play is The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus, the story of a man who sold his soul to the devil in return for power. William Shakespeare is probably the best-known literary figure in the world.The tragedies include Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth.Among the comedies are The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night, and The Tempest. 在欧洲的15世纪到16世纪有一个文化和精神百花齐放的时代那就是著名的“文艺复兴”。 克里斯托弗·马洛最著名浮士德博士的悲剧性的历史驯悍记he Renaissance Mainly describ