英美文学资料总结

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1、英美文学资料总结（完整版EnglishandAmericaliteraturesIntroductionofEnglishliterature1.      England’sinhabitantsisCelts.AnditisconqueredbyRomans,AngloSaxonsandNormans.TheAnglo-SaxonsbroughttheGermaniclanguageandculturetoEngland,whileNormansbroughttheMediterraneancivilization,includingGreekculture,Romelaw

2、andtheChristianreligion.2.      theoldEnglishliteratureextendsfromabout450to1066,theyearoftheNormanconquestofEngland.3.      OldEnglishliteraturehassurviveddividedintotwogroups.Religiousgroup:    GenesisAGenesisB    basedonbiblicalthemestheOldTestamentExodus                  TheDreamoftheRoo

3、dThesecularone:      TheWanderer                  Deor                                Theseafarer                  Thewife’scomplaintBeowulf:atypicalexampleofOldEnglishpoetry,isregardedasthenationalepicoftheAnglo-Saxons.Itisanexampleoftheminglingofnaturemythsandheroiclegends.AftertheNorman’s

4、conquest,threelanguagesco-existedinEngland.FrenchiftheofficiallanguagethatisusedbykingandtheNormanlords.Latinistheprincipaltongueofchurchaffairsandinuniversities.OldEnglishwasspokenonlybythecommonEnglishpeople.Inthesecondhalfof14thcentury,GerofferyChaucer,WilliamLangland,JohnGower,andothersR

5、ecite:1.    Romance:whichusesnarrativeverseorprosetosingknightlyadventuresorotherheroicdeedsisapopularliteraryforminthemedievalperiod.Ithasdevelopedthecharacteristicmedievalmotifsofthequest,thetest,themeetingwiththeevilgiantandtheencounterwiththebeautifulbeloved.Theheroisusuallytheknight,who

6、setsoutonajourneytoaccomplishsomemissions.Thereisoftenmysteriesandfantasiesinromance.Romanticloveisanimportantpartoftheplotinromance.Characterizationisstandardized,Whilethestructureislooseandepisodic,thelanguageissimpleandstraightforward.Theimportanceoftheromanceitselfcanbeseenasameansofshow

7、ingmedievalaristocraticmenandwomeninrelationtotheiridealizedviewoftheworld.2.    heroiccouplet:Heroiccoupletisarhymedcoupletofiambicpentameter.ItisChaucerwhouseditforthefirsttimeinEnglishinhisworkTheLegendofGoodWoman.3.    DefinetheperiodofOldEngli