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1、英美文学导论论文SurveyofBritishLiterature材控1102班付兰平2011010883Abstract:Asweallknow,literatureisakindofartsandreflectsocialreality.ForBritishliterature,wecandevideditintosevendifferentperiods.Fromtheseperiods,wecanunderstandaboutalltheBritishliterature.Keywords:OldandMedievalperiods,Medievalperiods,TheRenaiss
2、ancePeriod,TheNeoclassicalPeriod,TheRomanticPeriod,TheVictorianPeriod,TwentiethCenturyLiterature1.OldandMedievalperiods(450---1066)AfterthefalloftheRomanEmpireandthewithdrawalofRomantroopsfromAlbion,theaboriginalCelticpopulationofthelargerpartoftheislandwassoonconqueredandalmosttotallyexterminatedby
3、theTeutonictribesofAngles,SaxonsandJuteswhocamefromthecontinentandsettledintheisland,namingitscentralpartAnglia,orEngland.FornearlyfourhundredyearspriortothecomingoftheEnglish,BritainhadbeenaRomanprovince.In410A.D.theRomanswithdrewtheirlegionsfromBritaintoprotectRomeherselfagainstswarmsofTeutonicinv
4、aders.About449abandofTeutons,calledJutes,leftDenmark,landedontheIsleofThanet.-11-英美文学导论论文WarriorsfromthetribesoftheAnglesandtheSaxonssoonfollowed,anddrovewestwardtheoriginalinhabitants.Theliteratureofthisperiodfallsnaturallyintotwodivisions,---ReligiousandSecular.InreadingtheearliestpoetryofEnglandi
5、tiswelltorememberthatallofitwascopiedbythemonks,andseemstohavebeenmoreorlessalteredtogiveitareligiouscoloring.TheSongofBeowulfcanbejustlytermedEngland’snationalepicanditsheroBeowulf---oneofthenationalheroesoftheEnglishpeople.TheonlyexistingmanuscriptofTheSongofBeowulfwaswrittenbyanunknownscribeatthe
6、beginningofthe10thcenturyandwasnotdiscovereduntil1750.TheSongwascomposedmuchearlier,andreflectseventswhichtookplaceontheContinentapproximatelyatthebeginningofthe6thcentury,whentheforefathersoftheJuteslivedinthesouthernpartoftheScandinavianpeninsulaandmaintainedcloserelationswithkindredtribes,e.g.wit
7、htheDaneswholivedontheothersideofthestraits.2.Medievalperiods(1066---mid-14thcentury)Intheyear1066,atthebattleofHastings,theNormansheadedbyWilliam,DukeofNormandy,defeatedthe-11-英美文学导论论文Anglo-Saxons.Th
