英美文学教程笔记

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1、EnglishLiteratureChapterOneEnglishLiteratureintheMiddleAge(5th-15th)Mainpoints:I.BackgroundinformationoftheAnglo-Saxonperiod.II.LiterarycharacteristicsoftheAnglo-Saxonperiod.III.BackgroundinformationoftheAnglo-Normanperiod.IV.LiterarycharacteristicsoftheAnglo-Normanperio

2、d.V.ImportantliteraryworksandmenoflettersoftheAnglo-Normanperiod.VI.GeoffreyChaucerI.BackgroundinformationoftheAnglo-SaxonperiodTheperiodcanberoughlydividedintotwostages:theAnglo-SaxonperiodandtheAnglo-Normanperiod.1.Themakingofthenation.1.1TheinhabitantsofthenationThena

3、tiveCelts凯尔特人(theyinhabitinwhatisnowIreland,WalesandScotland)-------theRomanConquest(thisconquestwasledbyJuliusCaesarin55B.C.,whichlasted4centuries,butitmadelittleinfluenceonthenation’sliterature)-------theAnglo-SaxonConquestinabout449bythreeTeutonictribes条顿部落---theAnglo

4、s,theSaxons,theJutes.TheAnglo-SaxonswereChristianizedinthe7thcentury,whichinfluencedtheliteratureintwoaspects:oneisthegreatnumberofChristianpoetrywhichformsanimportantpartofEnglishliteratureofthisperiod;theotherisChristiancolorinpaganworks,forthemonksrecordedtheoralliter

5、aturewiththeirChristianideas.(Theideasusuallydonotgowiththecontentofthewholebeing.)1.2ThelanguageInthe7th,thethreetribesmixedintoawholepeoplecalledEnglishandthelanguagespokenbythemisgenerallycalledAnglo-Saxon,thatistheOldEnglish.II.LiterarycharacteristicsoftheAnglo-Saxon

6、period.Themainliteraryformoftheperiodispoetryandtherearetwogroups:paganpoetryandreligiouspoetry,andoftenChristianone.ThemostimportantworksleftisBeowulf《贝奥武甫》or《贝尔武夫》TheintroductiontoBeowulfItistheearliestcompleteepicinEnglishliteratureanditisregardedasthenationalepicofth

7、eEnglishpeople.-----Definitionofepicornationalepic史诗:itisapoeticaccountofthedeedsofoneormoregreatheroes,orofanation’spasthistory.-----3182lines,twopartswithaninterpolationbetweenthetwo.-----Thethemeofthepoem:Beowulfisoneofthenation’sheroesoftheEnglishpeople.Withthedescri

8、ptionsofhisheroicdeeds,thesongreflectseventstakingplaceontheScandinavianpeninsulaatthebeginningofthe7th