1、BritishWritersandWorksI. Old English Literature & The Late Medieval Ages 1、贝奥武夫:the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons Epic: long narrative poems that record the adventures or heroic deeds of a hero enacted in vast landscapes. The style of epic is grand and
2、 elevated. e.g. Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey Artistic features: 1. Using alliteration Definition of alliteration: a rhetorical device, meaning some words in a sentence begin with the same consonant sound（头韵） Some examples on P5 2. Using metaphor and understateme
3、nt Definition of understatement: expressing something in a controlled way Understatement is a typical way for Englishmen to express their ideas 2、 Geoffrey Chaucer 杰弗里•乔叟1343~1400 (首创“双韵体”，英国文学史上首先用伦敦方言写作。约翰·德莱顿（John Dryden）称其为“英国诗歌之父”。代表作《坎特伯雷故事集》。) The father of Englis
4、h poetry It is ____alone who, for the first time in English literature, presented to us a comprehensive realistic picture of the English society of his time and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life. ( A ) A. Geoffrey Chaucer B. Matin Luthe
5、r C. William Langland D. John Gower Writing Style: wisdom, humor, humanity. His Works： ① 坎特伯雷故事集： first time to use „heroic couplet‟(英雄双韵体) by middle English ②特罗伊拉斯和克莱希德③ 声誉之宫 ④ 公爵夫人
6、之书 百鸟议会 Medieval Age‟s popular Literary form: Romance(传奇故事) Famous three：King Arthur Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Beowulf II. The Renaissance Period（15世纪末-17世纪初） A period of drama and poetry. Th
7、e Elizabethan drama is the real mainstream of the English Renaissance. Renaissance: the activity, spirit, or time of the great revival of art, literature, and learning in Europe beginning in the 14th century and extending to the 17th century, marking the transition from th
8、e medieval to the modern world. Three historical events of the Renaissance – rebirth or r
