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1、EnglishLiteratureIntroduction:TheoldandMedievalEnglishliterature.*****A.TheoldEnglishliterature1.Thetimeperiod:TheperiodofOldEnglishliteratureextendsfromabout450to1066.2.TheclassificationoftheoldEnglishpoetry:TheoldEnglishpoetrycanbedividedintotwogroups:thereligiousgroupandthesecularone.a.)Th

2、ereligiousgroupismainlyonbiblicalthemes.b.)Theseculargroupconcludes;Thenationalepicpoem,Beowulf,andlyricalpoemsofshorterlength.3.Therepresentativeofthisperiod:Beowulf.a.)ThenatureBeowulfisregardedtodayasthenationalepicoftheAnglo-Saxons.b.)ThesettingThestorytookplaceinScandinavia.c.)Thetheme:T

3、hepoempresentsavividpictureofhowtheprimitivepeoplewageunderawiseheroicstrugglesagainstthehostileforcesofthenaturalworldunderawiseandmightyleader.d.)Thesignificance:Thepoemisanexampleoftheminglingofnaturemythsandheroiclegends.ThebattlebetweenBeowulfandtheDragonSymbolicallyrepresentthatphraseof

4、WinterandSummermythinwhichtheSummerGod,hereembodiedbyBeowulf.******B.ThemedievalEnglishliterature1.Thetimeperiod:From1066uptothemid-14thcentury.2.TheclassificationofthemedievalEnglishLiterature:MiddleEnglishliteraturedealswithawiderrangeofsubjects.a.)Popularfolkliteraturealsooccupiesanimporta

5、ntplaceinthisperiod.b.)RomancewhichusesnarrativeverseorprosetosingknightlyadventuresorotherheroicdeedsisapopularliteraryformintheMedievalperiod.3.Therepresentativeofthisperiod:ChaucerandtheCanterburytales.a.)TheinfluenceofRenaissance:TheinfluenceofRenaissancewasalreadyfeltinthefieldofEnglishl

6、iteraturewhenChaucerwaslearningfromthegreatItalianwriterslikePetrarchandBoccaccio.b.)ThecontributionstoEnglishLiterature:1)ChaucerintroducedfromFrancetherhymedstanzastoreplacetheoldEnglishalliterativeverse.2)IntheRomaunttheRose,hefixstintroducedintoEnglishtheisosyllabiccouplet.3)InTheLegendof

7、GoodWomen,heusedforthefirsttimeinEnglishtherhymedcoupletofiambicpentameter.AndinTheCanterburyTales,Chauceremployedtheheroiccoupletwithtrueease.4)Chauceralsodevelopedtheartofliteratureitself.InTroilusandCriseyde,hegavetheworldwhatisvirtuallyth