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Chapter 7 Literature Part One British Literature An Introduction to British and American Culture Learning Focus Beowulf The Canterbury Tales William Shakespeare Daniel Defoe Bront? Sisters; Charles Dickens; Thomas Hardy Joseph Conrad; Virginia Woolf An Introduction to British and American Culture Before You Read Warm-up 1. Who is the winner of Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007? ___________________________________ 2. Have you ever watched any movie that is adapted from British literary works? ____________________________________ 3. Director Feng Xiaogang’s film “The Banquet” has been called the Chinese version of Hamlet. How much do you know about the play Hamlet? ____________________________________ An Introduction to British and American Culture Beowulf Beowulf, a long poem from Anglo-Saxon times It is the national epic of the English people. This poem has more than 3,000 lines. An Introduction to British and American Culture Beowulf It tells the story of the 6th century Swedish warrior Beowulf and his conflict with a terrible monster Grendel and his mother. An Introduction to British and American Culture Death of Arthur Medieval romances became a popular form of literature during the medieval age. The stories of King Arthur and his knights reflect the spirit of knighthood. An Introduction to British and American Culture Death of Arthur The best known version of this story is Thomas Malory’s “Morte D’Arthur” (Death of Arthur). An Introduction to British and American Culture The Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer is the father of modern English poetry. Canterbury is an important Christian church. The Canterbury Tales is made up of a series of stories. An Introduction to British and American Culture The Canterbury Tales The prologue of this poem provides a framework for the tales. The story of the wife of Bath is the most well known in all these tales