英语专八——人文知识专题训练[1]

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1、UNIT4人文知识专题训练1.英国文学史纲要总结OutlineoftheHistoryoftheEnglishLiterature5thcenturyB.C.TheearliestinhabitantsoftheBritishislands—Celtics,onetribeofwhich,Bretons,invadedtheGreatBritainandsettledtherefornearly500years.55B.C.RomanconquestbyJuliusCaesarbroughttheancientromanticc

2、ulture.TheAnglo-Saxons—abranchoftheGermanictribeexpelledtheCelticstotheremoteareasofthenorthandthewest.TheirmothertonguewastheprototypeofthemodernEnglish.EnglandmeansthedwellingsoftheAnglos.Thelatterhalfofthe7thcenturyThefirstpoetoftheBritain—Caedmanwasborn.Around8th

3、centuryThefirstwell-preservedepic—Beowulfemerged.9thcenturyKingAlfred’sreigngreatlyenhancedthedevelopmentoftheEnglishculture.1057ScottishkingMacbethdied.Severalhundredsyearslater,Shakespearecreatedthefamoustragedywithhimastheprotagonist.1066Normanconquest.Asaresult,F

4、renchreplacedEnglishastheofficiallanguageanddominatedtheliterarycreation.TheresumptionoftheEnglishasthemainlyusedlanguagewasaftertheEnglishandFrenchCenturialWar300yearslater.I.Anglo-Saxonperiod.Epic:“Beowulf”—Beowulf,ahero,killedGrendel,aseamonster(thoughttobetheoffs

5、pringofCain,firstmurdererintheGenesis.Itsartisticforms,suchaskenningandalliterationhadagreatinfluenceuponthepoetsthatfollowed.Layamon’s“Brut”recordedthelegendsofKingArthuranditwasalsoanimportantsignoftheresumptionoftheEnglishlanguage.II.Medievalperiod.A.GeoffreyChauc

6、er:“TheCanterburyTales”,acollectionofshortstoriesdepictingrealisticallythepanoramaof14thcenturyEngland.Hisstyleofwritingwasfluentandhumorous,andhisthoughtsevensurpassedhiscontemporaries.Hissharpperceptionofhumannatureisthebasiccauseofhispermanentcharmandpopularity.B.

7、Somemajoreventsinthe15thcenturycontributingtotheRenaissance:a.ReligiousreformledbyMartinLutherinGermanyandJohnCalvininFrancebrokethedarkcloudsofthemedievalEuropeanddestroyedthemanaclesofreligiononpeople’sthoughtsandspirits.b.ThedemiseoftheEasterRomanEmpire,asaresulto

8、fthefalloftheConstantinople,forcedmanyGreekscholarfleetotheItalywiththeremnantantiques.TheseartistictreasuresoftheancientGreeceandR