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1、vMiddleAgesv(5thcentury-1485)vOutlineofliteraryachievementsvBeowulfvGeoffreyChaucerTheCanterburyTalesvHistoricalBackgroundinMiddleAges(beginningto1485)BeginningofBritain:1.Fromtherecordedhistory,CelticfirstoccupiedEngland.2.from55-54BCto410AD,RomeinvadedBritainLanguage:stillCeltic
2、3.449-1100,Anglo-SaxoninvadedBritain(Anglo-Saxonperiod)Language:OldEnglish41066-1485,theNormanConquest（endedAnglo-Saxonperiodandstartedmedievalperiod)vLiteraryAchievementinAnglo-SaxonPeriodBeowulf:anepicofAnglo-Saxon2007-11-16美国vBeowulf1aheroicScandinavianepiclegendtoldinoldEnglis
3、h(epic:alongnarrativepoemtellingofahero'sdeeds)2time:aroundAD7003author:unknown4length:altogetherover3000alliterativelonglinesvAlliterationafigureofspeechinwhichconsonants,especiallyatthebeginningofwordsarerepeated.ItisaveryolddeviceinEnglishverseandiscommoninpoem,occasionallyinpr
4、ose.Alliterationbecamerareaftertheendof15thcentury.vEg:P5Beowulfe.g.Heclapsthecragwithcrookedhands.Wordpictures:vLiteraryAchievementinAnglo-SaxonPeriod5content:Beowulf‘sheroicdeedsinDanishsocietyPlotoverviewandcharacters:Grendel--agiantmonsterofhumanshapewhokillspeopleGrendel’smot
5、her—alsoamonsterwhorevengedafterhersonwaskilledbyBeowulfBeowulfDanishking,adragonAnalysisofmajorcharacter:(Beowulf)faithfultohispeople,forgettinghimselfinfaceofdeath,acourageouswarrior,wiseruler,abravefighter,theproductofaprimitive,tribalsocietyonthe4continent,vLiteraryAchievement
6、inAnglo-SaxonPeriod6religion:fullofpaganism(belonging to a religion which worships many gods, especially one which existed before the main world religions)多神教,heroismandfatalismandblendedwithChristiancolor7theme:morethanafairystoryofheroescombatingmonstersbutarecollectionofthevalu
7、es,beliefsandlongingsoftheAnglo-SaxonpeoplebeforetheycametoEngland.(BeowulfistheincarnationofthebraveandpaganAnglo-Saxons)8influence:ItranksitselfamongtheclassicsofOdysseybyHomer(Greece)andtheAeneidbyVirgil(ancientRome).vLiteraryAchievementinMiddleAgesTheCanterburyTalesvTheCanterb
8、uryTalesvGeoffreyChaucer:“Fathero
