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1、reintroductionofChristianity;thenetworkofmonasteries;paganandChristian;Caedmon—apoeticparaphraseoftheBible,ThefirstChristianwriter;Cynewulf;Beowulfisshownnotonlyasagloriousherobutalsoasaprotectorofthepeople.BeowulfandGrendel/BeowulfandGrendel'sMother/BeowulfandtheDragonthethemeofBeowulf:The

2、maticallythepoempresentsavividpictureofhowtheprimitivepeoplestruggleagainstthehostileforcesofthenaturalworldunderawiseandmightyleaderwiththehelpofheroes.Thepoemisanexampleoftheminglingofnaturemythsandheroiclegends.Beowulfsuccessivelyfightsagainstthethreemonstersastheovercomingofthehostilefo

3、rcesofnaturebyman’swillandperseverance.Artisticfeatures:1.Alliteration2Metaphor/Kennings3UnderstatementtheArthurianLegend.Anonymous:inalliterativeverseFourcantos:·Thefirst:tellsofKingArthuratCamelotfeastinghisknightsoftheRoundTableduringtheChristmasseason.·TheSecond:describesGawain’slongjou

4、rneyandhisreceptionatacastlebythelordandhisfairlady.·TheThird:tellsofthethreedaysofGawain’sstayatthecastle.·TheFourth:describesGawain’sjourneytotheGreenChapelonNewYear’sDay.Twomainmotifsinthestory:Thetestsoffaith,courageandpurityThehumanweaknessfroself-preservationChaucer:Thecontributionsto

5、EnglishLiterature:1)ChaucerintroducedfromFrancetherhymedstanzastoreplacetheoldEnglishalliterativeverse.2)IntheRomaunttheRose,hefirstintroducedintoEnglishtheoctosyllabiccouplet.3)InTheLegendofGoodWomen,heusedforthefirsttimeinEnglishtherhymedcoupletofiambicpentameter.AndinTheCanterburyTales,C

6、hauceremployedtheheroiccoupletwithtrueease.4)Chauceralsodevelopedtheartofliteratureitself.InTroilusandCriseyde,hegavetheworldwhatisvirtuallythefirstmodernnovel.5)InTheCanterburyTales,hedevelopedhisartofpoetrystillfurthertowardsdramaandtheartofnovel.JohnDryden,calledChaucerthefatherofEnglish

7、poetry.FortheRenaissance,hewastheEnglishHomer.Featuresofballads•Flourishedinthe15thcentury•Originallyoralliterature(Balladswerecollectedandwrittendowninthe18thcentury.EarliestpublicationofcollectionofballadswasThomasPercy’s“ReliquesofAncientEnglishPoetry