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1、2015-2016（1）英美文学（一）课程提纲Unit2EarlyandMedievalLiterature1.KeyFacts:--threeconquests--themedievalperiod:476A.D—the15thcentury--Anglo-SaxonPeriod(449-1066):--oraltraditions;--“Beowulf”:thenationalepic--Caedmon:thefirstknownEnglishreligiouspoet--Anglo-NormanPeriod(1066-15thcentury):--
2、Popularityofromances;--Chaucer:thefatherofEnglishpoetry;--Balladsdeveloped;--“Beowulf”:longest;anepic;features(PaganandChristiancoloring;kenning;metaphor)--Romance:Itisanarrativeverseofprosesingingknightlyadventuresorotherheroicdeeds.Romancesarepopularinthemedievalperiod;“SirGawa
3、inandtheGreenKnight”--GeoffreyChaucer:thefatherofEnglishliterature/poetry;TheCanterburyTales:adoublefiction;theWifeofBath’sprologue;TheWifeofBath’sTale;heroiccouplet)--Ballad:Astorytoldinsong,usuallyinfourlinestanzas,withthe2ndandthe4thlinesrhymed;RobinHoodBallads.2.SelectedReadi
4、ngs:--GeoffreyChaucer’s“TheCanterburyTales”:THEPROLOGUEWheninAprilthesweetshowersfallAndpiercethedroughtofMarchtotheroot,andallTheveinsarebathedinliquorofsuchpowerAsbringsabouttheengenderingoftheflower,WhenalsoZephyruswithhissweetbreathExhalesanairineverygroveandheathUponthetende
5、rshoots,andtheyoungsunHishalf-courseinthesignoftheRamhasrun,AndthesmallfowlaremakingmelodyThatsleepawaythenightwithopeneye(Sonaturepricksthemandtheirheartengages)ThenpeoplelongtogoonpilgrimagesAndpalmerslongtoseekthestrangerstrandsOffar-offsaints,hallowedinsundrylands,Andspeciall
6、y,fromeveryshire'sendOfEngland,downtoCanterburytheywendToseektheholyblissfulmartyr,*quickTogivehishelptothemwhentheyweresick.Ithappenedinthatseasonthatoneday16InSouthwark,atTheTabard,asIlayReadytogoonpilgrimageandstartForCanterbury,mostdevoutatheart,'Atnighttherecameintothathoste
7、lrySomenineandtwentyinacompanyOfsundryfolkhappeningthentofall'Infellowship,andtheywerepilgrimsallThattowardsCanterburymeanttoride.Theroomsandstablesoftheinnwerewide;:Theymadeuseasy,allwasofthebest.And,briefly,whenthesunhadgonetorest,I'dspokentothemalluponthetripAndwassoononewitht
8、heminfellowship,Pledgedtoriseearlyandtot
