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1、PartITheAnglo-Saxonperiod（449-1066）1.Thehistoricalbackground1.1Anglo-SaxonperiodEnglishliteraturebeginswithAnglo-Saxonperiodextendingfromabout450to1066,theyearoftheNorman-FrenchconquestofEngland.TheGermanictribesfromEuropewhooverranEnglandinthe5thcentury,aftertheRomanwithdra
2、wal,broughtwiththemtheOldEnglish,orAnglo-Saxonlanguage,whichisthebasisofModernEnglish.Theybroughtalsoaspecificpoetictradition,theformalcharacterofwhichremainedsurprisinglyconstantuntiltheterminationoftheirrulebytheNorman-Frenchinvaderssixcenturieslater.1.2Background:threecon
3、quests,namely,Romanconquest,EnglishconquestandNormanConquest2.Theliterature2.1Thegeneralintroduction:PaganandChristian2.2MainliteraryworksPoetry:BeowulfWaldereBrunanburgeTheSeafarerTheWandererTheLover’sMessageProse:Anglo-saxonChronicle(1154,AlfredtheGreat)2.3BeowulfBeowulfis
4、themostremarkableliteraryworkinoldEnglishthathasbeenpreserved.Existingatfirstintheoraltradition,thepoemwassungprobablyattheendofthe6thcenturyandthebeginningofthe7th.Aboutacenturylater,itwasfirstwrittendownasanepic.Themanuscriptpreservedtodaybelongstothetenthcentury122,consis
5、tingaltogetherof3182linesofalliterativeverseinoldEnglish.2.3.1Thestory2.3.2ThestructureAccordingtothecontentsofthestory,thepoemcanbedividedintothreeparts:PartI:thefightagainstGrendelPartII:thefightagainstGrendel’smotherPartIII:thefightagainsttheFireDragon2.3.3Heroicideal2.3.
6、4Thethemes2.4TheartisticfeaturesofoldEnglishpoetryAlliteration,metaphor,understatement,vividpoeticdictionandparallelexpressionsforasingleideaPartIITheAnglo—NormanPeriod（1066—1350）1.Thehistoricalbackground:TheNormanConquestanditsconsequence1.1TheNormanConquestTheFrenchspeakin
7、gNormansunderDukeWilliamcamein1066.AfterdefeatingtheEnglishatHastings,WilliamwascrownedasKingofEngland.Revoltswerecruellysuppressedandtheconquestwascompletedwithswordandfire.ItwascalledtheNormanConquest.1.2TheconsequenceTheNormanConquestbroughtaboutEnglandmorethanachangeofru
8、lers.Politically,afeudalistsystemwasestablishedinEngland;religiously,theRom
