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(完整word 版)英国文学史及选读知识要点 I Part I The Anglo-Saxon Period(449-1066) I Background 449 the Teutons ( the Jutes, the Anglos, the Saxons) II Literature The literature of this period falls into two divisions—pagan and Christian Two Anglo-saxon Christian poets: Caedmon （凯德蒙，公元7 世纪盎各鲁－萨克逊基督教诗人）who lived in the latterhalf of the 7th century and who wrote a poetic Paraphrase of the Bible. Cynewulf （基涅武甫,盎各鲁――萨克逊诗人，生活在公元9 世纪，其古英语诗稿于 10 世纪被发现，有《埃琳娜》,《使徒 们的命运》，《基督升天》和《朱莉安娜》）, the author of poems on religious subjects The Song of Beowulf III ( Beowulf, 公元 7-8 世纪之交开始流传于民间的同名史诗中的主人公，曾与水怪，火龙搏 斗) Status: England’s national epic Written at the beginning of the tenth century Composed much earlier Length:3182 The whole song is essentially pagan in spirit and matter. Features : alliteration; metaphors; understatement Subject matter Part II The Anglo-Norman Period (1066 —1350) I historical background: The Norman Conquest II. The Literature (完整word 版)英国文学史及选读知识要点 I of love and adventure. III. Romance 1. Romance was the prevailing form of literature in feudal England. 2. Definition and features(理解) IV. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight a late-14th century middle-Englishoutlining an adventure of Sir Gawain, aknight of King Arthur ’s Round Table. It was a verse romance of 2530 lines, considered as the best of Arthurian romances. Part III Geoffrey Chaucer(1340?-1400) I Major works The Romaunt of the Rose 《玫瑰传奇》is a translation from a French poem. His masterpiece: The Canterbury Tales II Contributions 1. Chaucer—the forerunner of Renaissance 2. Chaucer –a master of realism 3 Chaucer —“father of English poetry” ①In contradistinctionto the alliterativeverse of the Anglo-Saxon poetry, Chaucer chose the metri