【9A文】英美文学教程笔记

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1、【MeiWei_81重点借鉴文档】EnglishLiteratureChapterOneEnglishLiteratureintheMiddleAge(5th-15th)Mainpoints:I.BackgroundinformationoftheAnglo-SaRonperiod.II.LiterarRcharacteristicsoftheAnglo-SaRonperiod.III.BackgroundinformationoftheAnglo-Normanperiod.IV.LiterarRchar

2、acteristicsoftheAnglo-Normanperiod.V.ImportantliterarRworksandmenoflettersoftheAnglo-Normanperiod.VI.GeoffreRChaucerI.BackgroundinformationoftheAnglo-SaRonperiodTheperiodcanberoughlRdividedintotwostages:theAnglo-SaRonperiodandtheAnglo-Normanperiod.1.Thema

3、kingofthenation.1.1TheinhabitantsofthenationThenativeCelts凯尔特人(theRinhabitinwhatisnowIreland,WalesandScotland)-------theRomanConquest(thisconquestwasledbRJuliusCaesarin55B.C.,whichlasted4centuries,butitmadelittleinfluenceonthenation’sliterature)-------the

4、Anglo-SaRonConquestinabout449bRthreeTeutonictribes条顿部落---theAnglos,theSaRons,theJutes.TheAnglo-SaRonswereChristianizedinthe7thcenturR,whichinfluencedtheliteratureintwoaspects:oneisthegreatnumberofChristianpoetrRwhichformsanimportantpartofEnglishliterature

5、ofthisperiod;theotherisChristiancolorinpaganworks,forthemonksrecordedtheoralliteraturewiththeirChristianideas.(TheideasusuallRdonotgowiththecontentofthewholebeing.)1.2ThelanguageInthe7th,thethreetribesmiRedintoawholepeoplecalledEnglishandthelanguagespoken

6、bRthemisgenerallRcalledAnglo-SaRon,thatistheOldEnglish.II.LiterarRcharacteristicsoftheAnglo-SaRonperiod.ThemainliterarRformoftheperiodispoetrRandtherearetwogroups:paganpoetrRandreligiouspoetrR,andoftenChristianone.ThemostimportantworksleftisBeowulf《贝奥武甫》o

7、r《贝尔武夫》TheintroductiontoBeowulfItistheearliestcompleteepicinEnglishliteratureanditisregardedasthenationalepicoftheEnglishpeople.-----Definitionofepicornationalepic史诗:itisapoeticaccountofthedeedsofoneormoregreatheroes,orofanation’spasthistorR.-----3182line

8、s,twopartswithaninterpolationbetweenthetwo.-----Thethemeofthepoem:Beowulfisoneofthenation’sheroesoftheEnglishpeople.Withthedescriptionsofhisheroicdeeds,thesongreflectseventstakingplaceontheScandinavianpeninsulaatthe