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1、LectureⅠ ABriefIntroductiontoEnglishLiteratureTheOriginofEnglishLiteratureTheEnglishBibleThefirstcompleteEnglishBiblewastranslatedbyJohnWycliffeandhisfollowers.In1611AuthorizedVersionappeared,madeundertheauspicesofJamesIandsowassometimescalledtheKingJamesBible.About93percentofthe6,000wordsus
2、edinitarethemainwordsofnativeEnglishTheGreekandRomanMythologyLiteraturebeforeShakespeareTheSongofBeowulf(writtenatthebeginningofthe10thcentury)：NationalepicoftheEnglishpeoplewithover3,000linesIntroduction:Hrothgar,Heorot,Grendel,She-Monster,firedrake,RomanConquestEffects:thebringingofRomanci
3、vilizationtoEngland;thegrowthofnationality;thenewlanguageandliteratureTheRomanceThemostprevailingkindofliteratureinfeudalEnglandwastheromance.Itwasalongcomposition,sometimesinverse,sometimesinprose,describingthelifeandadventuresofanoblehero.Thecentralcharacterofromanceswastheknight,amanofnob
4、lebirthskilledintheuseofweapons.Hewascommonlydescribedasridingforthtoseekadventures,takingpartintournaments,orfightingforhislordinbattle.Hewasdevotedtothechurchandtheking.Thecodeofmannersandmoralsofaknightisknownaschivalry.LiteraturebeforeShakespeareKingArthurandhisKnightsoftheRoundTable;Sir
5、GawainandtheGreenKnightTheEnglishBalladsTheRobinHoodBalladsGeoffreyChaucerHisworks:AboutFrench:RomanceoftheRoseAboutItalian;TroilusandCressieAboutEnglish:theCanterburyTalesTheEnglishRenaissancestartedinItaly,painting,sculptureandliterature----spreadtotherestofEuropeRepresentativehumanistsTho
6、masMoreandhisUtopiaFrancisBacon(1561-1626)ChristopherMarlowe(1564-93)WilliamShakespeare(1564-1616)The17thCentury(ThePeriodoftheEnglishBourgeoisRevolution)JohnMiltonShorterpoems:L’Allegro,IlPenseroso,Lycidas,ComusPamphlets:AreopagiticaorspeechforthelibertyofUnlicensedPrinting,Eikonoklastes;De
7、fensefortheEnglishPeopleOnHisDeceasedWife(1658)ParadiseLostandParadiseRegainedJohnBunyan:ThePilgrim'sProgressThe18thCentury TheEnlightenmentTheRiseoftheEnglishNovelAdventurenovels:Defoe’s“RobinsonCrusoe”wasoneoftheforerunnersoftheEnglishrealisticno
