外国文学欣赏_Medieval European Literature.pptVIP

Part of Self-study The categories of Medieval European Literature and their general situation. Religious Literature, Heroic Epic , Ballads 谣曲, Knightly literature, (lyrical poems, legends) and urban literature. The period The Middle Age：（about 5th—17th）the period of feudalism from its thriving to declining（mainly about western Europe），which starts from the ruin of western Roman empire ，spanning Renaissance, and ends in the beginning of mature capitalism （which means the liberation of the nature of human being）。 The period in the history of Europe between the ancient world and the renaissance is called the Middle Ages that lasted from about 350 to about 1450. At the beginning of the Middle Ages, the Roman Empire began to fragment into smaller, weaker kingdoms. By the end of the Middle Ages, many modern European states had taken shape. Just as France, Germany . notice: The middle age includes Renaissance ，but medieval literature commonly doesn’t include the literature of Renaissance。 The appraise There isn’t a effective and strong regime that rules the medieval Europe. The separateness and conflict of feudal kingdoms brings about frequent wars, the deadlock of the development of science and technology，inefficient and insufficient productivity, and the hopelessness and pain of people’s life. Thus, the era is generally called “dark era”，and considered the poor and lacking period in the history of European civilization。 Representative of medieval poet Engels said, the end of the feudal medieval era and the beginning of modern capitalism is marked by a great man. This character is a Italian, Dante. He is the last medieval poet, and is also a poet of the first new era. Dante’ life history(1265—1321) 1 Dante was born a decline noble family in Florence Italy. When he was 5 years old his mother died and his father married a second wife. Then his stepmother had two sons and a daughter. Dante engaged himself to gemma at 12,he married at 20. His wife bore b?: him