英美文学简史 cha1

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1、EnglishLiteratureChapters1—2KeyPointsinChapter1TheOldEnglish(Anglo-Saxon)PeriodHistoryofInvasionAnglo-SaxonsCaedmonBeowulfKingAlfredtheGreatBeowulfsignificanceOutlineoftheStoryMedievalLiterature:ABriefIntroduction1066—NormanConquest—MiddleEnglish—FeudalSocietyTheArthurianLegendsSirGawainandth

2、eGreenKnightRobinHoodJohnWycliffeTheOldEnglishPeriodHistoryofInvasions5thcenturyBC:tribalkingdomsofCelticpeople55BC:invadedbytheRomanEmpire(undercontrolforover400years)5thCentury:byGermanicpeople:theAnglesandtheSaxonFromthelate8thcenturyon:byferociousVikingsfromScandinavia1066:byNormansfromno

3、rthernFrance,descendantsofVikingsTheOldEnglishPeriodAnglo-Saxons5thcenturyinvadedanddefeatedtheCeltsandtheRomansAbranchofGermanictribes597AD:begantobeconvertedtoChristianityBasicallybarreninliterarycreationTheOldEnglishPeriodCaedmonSecondhalfofthe7thcenturyThefirstknownpoetinEnglishliteraryhi

4、storyTheOldEnglishPeriodKingAlfredtheGreat9thcenturyDefeatedawaveofinvasionsBroughtpeace,securityandprosperityBuiltschools,wroteannals,andencouragedculturalgrowthDecidedthatliteratureshouldbewritteninthevernacular,orOldEnglishBeowulfSignificanceTheonlyorganicwholepoemtocomeoutoftheAnglo-Saxon

5、periodAnepicofwellover3,000linesProbablythegreatestepiceverleftbytheancientGermanictribesThemostancienteversincethedemiseoftheGreekandRomanliteratureBeowulfOutlineoftheStory8thcenturyScandinavia,Sweden,Denmark,KingHrothgarSeamonstersGrendelandhismotherFierydragonMedievalLiterature:ABriefIntro

6、duction1066—NormanConquest—MiddleEnglish—FeudalSociety1066:theFrench-speakingNormansconqueredEnglandThelastAnglo-SaxonKingHarolddiedinthebattleofHastingsMarkedthebeginningoftheMiddleEnglishorAnglo-NormanperiodEstablishmentoftheFeudalSystem,1381PeasantRising,thecompletionoftheDomesdayBook(土地调查

7、清册，末日审判书)，thelaunchingoftheCrusade,thesigningoftheMagnaCarter(大宪章)in1215,thewarwithFranceortheHundredYears’WarMedievalLiterature:ABriefIntroductionTheArthurianLegends1147:GeoffreyofMonmouth,HistoriaRegumBritannia,collectedthelegendsabouttheki