英国文学史纲要总结

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1、英国文学史纲要总结OutlineoftheHistoryoftheEnglishLiterature5thcenturyB.C.TheearliestinhabitantsoftheBritishislands—Celtics,onetribeofwhich,Bretons,invadedtheGreatBritainandsettledtherefornearly500years.55B.C.RomanconquestbyJuliusCaesarbroughttheancientromanti

2、cculture.TheAnglo-Saxons—abranchoftheGermanictribeexpelledtheCelticstotheremoteareasofthenorthandthewest.TheirmothertonguewastheprototypeofthemodernEnglish.EnglandmeansthedwellingsoftheAnglos.Thelatterhalfofthe7thcenturyThefirstpoetoftheBritain—Caedm

3、anwasborn.Around8thcenturyThefirstwell-preservedepic—Beowulfemerged.9thcenturyKingAlfred’sreigngreatlyenhancedthedevelopmentoftheEnglishculture.1057ScottishkingMacbethdied.Severalhundredsyearslater,Shakespearecreatedthefamoustragedywithhimastheprotag

4、onist.1066Normanconquest.Asaresult,FrenchreplacedEnglishastheofficiallanguageanddominatedtheliterarycreation.TheresumptionoftheEnglishasthemainlyusedlanguagewasaftertheEnglishandFrenchCenturialWar300yearslater.I.Anglo-Saxonperiod.Epic:“Beowulf”—Beowu

5、lf,ahero,killedGrendel,aseamonster(thoughttobetheoffspringofCain,firstmurdererintheGenesis.Itsartisticforms,suchaskenningandalliterationhadagreatinfluenceuponthepoetsthatfollowed.Layamon’s“Brut”recordedthelegendsofKingArthuranditwasalsoanimportantsig

6、noftheresumptionoftheEnglishlanguage.II.Medievalperiod.A.GeoffreyChaucer:“TheCanterburyTales”,acollectionofshortstoriesdepictingrealisticallythepanoramaof14thcenturyEngland.Hisstyleofwritingwasfluentandhumorous,andhisthoughtsevensurpassedhiscontempor

7、aries.Hissharpperceptionofhumannatureisthebasiccauseofhispermanentcharmandpopularity.B.Somemajoreventsinthe15thcenturycontributingtotheRenaissance:a.ReligiousreformledbyMartinLutherinGermanyandJohnCalvininFrancebrokethedarkcloudsofthemedievalEuropean

8、ddestroyedthemanaclesofreligiononpeople’sthoughtsandspirits.b.ThedemiseoftheEasterRomanEmpire,asaresultofthefalloftheConstantinople,forcedmanyGreekscholarfleetotheItalywiththeremnantantiques.TheseartistictreasuresoftheancientGreeceandRomanactedavital