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1、英国文学问答题Page1----------------------- Englishliterature TheRenaissancePeriod 1.HowtodefinetheperiodofOldEnglishliterature?EnglishliteraturebeginswiththeAnglo-SaxonsettlementinEnglandatabout450BCandendsat1066BC,theyear
2、oftheNormanConquestofEngland.OfOldEnglishliterature,afewrelicsarestillpreserved.AllofthemarepoemsorsongsbytheAnglo-Saxonscoporgleemenwhosangoftheheroicdeedsofoldtime. 2.WhatdoesOldEnglishpoetryinclude?Generallyspeaking,theOldEnglishpoetryincludestwogroups:thereligiousgroup:thereligiousgro
3、upandthesecularone.Theformerismainlyonbiblicalthemes.Forexample,GenesisA,<创世纪I>GenesisB,《创世纪II》andExodus《出埃及记》arepoemsbasedontheOldTestament;whilethelattershowstheharshnessofcircumstanceandthesadnessofthehumanlot.AtypicalexampleisEngland’snationalepicBeowulf. 3.WhatistheplotandthemeofEngl
4、and’snationalepicBeowulf?Beowulf,nephewofthekingoftheGeats,hearsthatHrothgar,aDanishking,isingreattrouble.ThekingdomofthekingisharassedbyamonstercalledGrendel.Heatoncesailsthere,grappleswiththemonster,andwoundsitfatally.ThencomesGrendel’smother,ashe-monster,inrevengeofherson.Beowulffollow
5、shertoherunder-watercaveandkillsherwithagiantsword.Withthese honors won, he returns to his homeland and reigns as its king for 50 years. Then afire-breathingdragoncomesoutofitsdenandkillsmanypeople.Thougholdnow,Beowulfstillkillsitsingle-handedly.Buthe,too,isfatallywoundedandla
6、terdied.Thematically, this poem shows how the primitive people fight against the forces of the naturalworldunderawiseandmightyleader. 4．WhatisEpic?Epic is an extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, like Homer’s Iliad andOdyssey.Itusuallyceleb
7、ratesthefeatsofoneormorelegendaryortraditionalheroes.Theactionissimplebutfullofmagnificence.Today,somelongnarrativeworks,likenovelsthatrevealanageanditspeoplearealsocalledepic. 5.WhatistheMedievalPeriodinEnglishLiterature?Howmanypartscanitbedividedinto? TheMedi
