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1、英国文学史及其选读IPartoneAnglo-SaxonLiteratureChapterIIntroduction1.Anglo-SaxonConquestIntheancienttimes,therewerethreetribescalledAngles,SaxonandJutesinthenorthernEurope.Inthe5thcentury,theyconqueredBritainandsettleddownthere.Afterdrivingthenativepeopleintoth
2、edeepmountainsofWalesandScotland,Theydividedthewholelandamongthemselves.Anglessettledintheeastmidland,andbuiltthekingdomofEastAngles;SaxonstookthesouthernpartoftheislandandsetupsomesmallkingdomsasWessex,EssexandSussex.Jutesoccupiedthesoutheasterncorner
3、oftheisland.GraduallysevenkingdomsaroseinBritain.Bythe7thcentury,thesesmallwerecombinedintoaunitedkingdomcalledEngland.Angles,SaxonsandJutesusuallyknownasAnglo-SaxonsarethefirstEnglishmen.LanguagespokenbythemiscalledtheoldEnglish,whichisthefoundationof
4、Englishlanguageandliterature.WiththeAnglo-SaxonsettlementinBritain,thehistoryofEnglishliteraturebegan.2.CharacteristicsofAnglo-SaxonLiteratureAnglo-Saxonliterature,thatis,theOldEnglishliteratureisatmostexclusivelyaverseliteratureinoralform.Itcouldbepas
5、seddownbywordofmouthfromgenerationtogeneration.Itscreatorforthemostpartisunknown.Itwasonlygivenawrittenformlongafteritscomposition.ThereweretwogroupsofEnglishpoetryinAnglo-Saxonperiod.Thefirstgroupwasthepagan(异教徒)poetryrepresentedbyBeowulf,thesecondwas
6、thereligiouspoetryrepresentedbytheworksofCaedmenandCynewulf.Inthe8thcentury,Anglo-Saxonproseappeared.ThefamousprosewritersofthatperiodwereVenerableBedeandAlfredtheGreat.ChapterIIAnglo-SaxonPoetrySection1PaganPoetry1.Beowulf《贝奥武夫》Beowulfistheoldestpoemi
7、ntheEnglishlanguage.Itisthemostimportantspecimen（典范）ofAngloSaxonliterature,andalsotheoldestsurvivingepicintheEnglishlanguage.Itconsistsofmorethan3,000lines.Ithadbeenpassedfrommouthtomouthforhundredsofyearsbeforeitwaswrittenclowninthetenthcenturyorattil
8、eendoftheninthcentury.Themainstoriesarebasedonthefolklegendsoftheprimitivenortherntribes.（简介）2.WritingFeaturesofthePoem1)ItisnotaChristianbutapaganpoem,despitetheChristianflavorgiventoitbythemonasteryscribe.Itistheproductofalladvancedpa
