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1、英国文学复习内容Beowulf:anEnglishEpicThoughtracesofChristianvaluescanbeclearlyseeninBeowulf,itispervadedwithpaganism.InthenoblefigureofBeowulf,paganheroismandfatalismaremingledwithChristianqualities.Thenon-Christianstoryofmonstersandmightyseabeastsisblendedwithsomeseriousthoughtsonthepowe

2、rofawiseGod.Inthepoem,thepoetexpressesahopethattheevilshouldbepunished,andtherighteouswillberewarded.Structurallyspeaking,Beowulfisbuiltaroundthreefights.ThefirstpartdealswiththefightbetweenBeowulfandthemonsterGrendelthathasbeenattackingthegreathalloftheHeorot,builtbyHrothgar,theD

3、anishKing.ThesecondpartinvolvesabattlebetweenBeowulfandGrendel’smother,awater-monster,whotakesrevengebycarryingoffoneoftheking’snoblemen.ThelastpartisaboutthefightbetweenBeowulfandafiredrakethatravagesBeowulf’skingdom.ThelongpoemendswithpraisesofBeowulf’snobledeedsandhisactsofcour

4、age.BeowulfisapaganpoemconcernedwiththeheroicidealofkingsandkingshipinNorthEurope.Battleisawayoflifeatthattime.Strengthandcouragearebasicvirtuesforbothkingsandhiswarriors.Thekingshouldprotecthispeopleandshowgentlenessandgenerositytohiswarriors.Andinreturn,hiswarriorsshouldshowabso

5、luteobedienceandloyaltytotheking.BypraisingBeowulf’swisdom,strengthandcourage,andbyglorifyinghisdeathforhispeople,thepoempresentstheheroicidealofakingandhisgoodrelationstohiswarriorsandpeople.TwoEarlyAnglo-SaxonLyrics:TheSeafarerandTheWandererTheSeafarerandTheWandereraretwoearlyAn

6、glo-SaxonlyricsfoundinthefamousExeterBook----oneofthefourimportantcollectionsofthesurvivingpoetryoftheAnglo-Saxonperiod.TheSeafarerisamonologue,describinganoldsailorwhoistornbetweentheattractionsoftheseaandtheperilsitmightbring.Somecriticsreaditasadialoguebetweenanoldsailorandayou

7、ngboy,expressingthetroublesandjoysoflifeatsea.TheWandererisamonologuebyamantellingthejoyfuldaysofcomradeshipinthehallofhislordandhissorrowovertheharshnessoftheworldinwhichhelivesafterthedeathofhisdear“good-friend.”GeoffreyChaucerTheFunctionoftheGeneralProloguetoTheCanterburyTalesT

8、heGeneralPrologueisusuallyregarde