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1、.EnglishLiteratureChapterOneEnglishLiteratureintheMiddleAge(5th-15th)Mainpoints:I.BackgroundinformationoftheAnglo-Saxonperiod.II.LiterarycharacteristicsoftheAnglo-Saxonperiod.III.BackgroundinformationoftheAnglo-Normanperiod.IV.LiterarycharacteristicsoftheAnglo-Normanperiod.V.Importantli
2、teraryworksandmenoflettersoftheAnglo-Normanperiod.VI.GeoffreyChaucerI.BackgroundinformationoftheAnglo-SaxonperiodTheperiodcanberoughlydividedintotwostages:theAnglo-SaxonperiodandtheAnglo-Normanperiod.1.Themakingofthenation.1.1TheinhabitantsofthenationThenativeCelts凯尔特人(theyinhabitinwhat
3、isnowIreland,WalesandScotland)-------theRomanConquest(thisconquestwasledbyJuliusCaesarin55B.C.,whichlasted4centuries,butitmadelittleinfluenceonthenation’sliterature)-------theAnglo-SaxonConquestinabout449bythreeTeutonictribes条顿部落---theAnglos,theSaxons,theJutes.TheAnglo-SaxonswereChristi
4、anizedinthe7thcentury,whichinfluencedtheliteratureintwoaspects:oneisthegreatnumberofChristianpoetrywhichformsanimportantpartofEnglishliteratureofthisperiod;theotherisChristiancolorinpaganworks,forthemonksrecordedtheoralliteraturewiththeirChristianideas.(Theideasusuallydonotgowiththecont
5、entofthewholebeing.)1.2ThelanguageInthe7th,thethreetribesmixedintoawholepeoplecalledEnglishandthelanguagespokenbythemisgenerallycalledAnglo-Saxon,thatistheOldEnglish.II.LiterarycharacteristicsoftheAnglo-Saxonperiod.Themainliteraryformoftheperiodispoetryandtherearetwogroups:paganpoetryan
6、dreligiouspoetry,andoftenChristianone.ThemostimportantworksleftisBeowulf《贝奥武甫》or《贝尔武夫》TheintroductiontoBeowulfItistheearliestcompleteepicinEnglishliteratureanditisregardedasthenationalepicoftheEnglishpeople.-----Definitionofepicornationalepic史诗:itisapoeticaccountofthedeedsofoneormoregre
7、atheroes,orofanation’spasthistory.-----3182lines,twopartswithaninterpolationbetweenthetwo.-----Thethemeofthepoem:Beowulfisoneofthenation’sheroesoftheEnglishpeople.Withthedescriptionsofhisheroicdeeds,thesongreflectseventstakingplaceontheScandinavianpeninsulaatthebeginningofthe7t
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