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1、ReviewImportantliteraryevents,trends;famouswriters'works,characteristics^Textanalysis.Unitone❖EarlyandMedievalEnglishLiteratureTheCeltictribes■一theearliestinhabitantsofBritain.BeowulfisthenationalepicoftheAnglo-Saxons,ittellsaboutAnglo-Saxons9earlylifeinEngland,itslanguageischaracterizedbyall
2、iteration・GeoffreyChaucer（乔叟）❖FatherofEnglishPoetry,theearliestmodernpoetwhoseworkshavethepromiseoftheEnglishRenaissance・Famouswork:TheCanterburyTales.UnitTwoTheEnglishRenaissance（16th…1640）RenaissanceisaliterarymovementoverEuropefromthe14thtotheearly17lhcenturies・Renaissanceischaracterizedby
3、disbeliefinMedievaltheology,andanincreasedinterestinhumanactivitiesandadmirationforhumanbeautyandachievement,andadesireforinfinitepowerthroughknowledge.Peopletrytopromotetheinterestsofmanthroughthestudyofclassics.Humanismisthekey-noteoftherenaissance.RenaissancereachesEnglandinaboutthe16山cenl
4、ury、andisassumedtoendaround1640・DramaisthebestexpressionoftheEnglishrenaissance・Therenaissanceperiodcreatedaculturethatfreedmantodiscoverandenjoytheworldinawaynotpossibleunderthemedievalchurch'sdomination.Itshatteredthemedievalchurchesstiflingcontrolovermen,thuspavingthewayforthedevelopmentof
5、capitalism•DramaThebeginning-一religiousdrama一-a.miracleplaysb.moralityplayDuringthereignofElizabethI（1558—1603）,dramaflourished.MarlowefoundedtheElizabethantragedy,andmadeblankversethemediumoftragedy・Shakespearewrotenearly40plays・Hisfamouscomedies:MuchAdoAboutNothing（无事生非）Mid-SummerNight'sDre
6、am,AsYouLikeIt（皆大欢喜）Romanceplay:TheTempest（暴风雨）4tragediesShakespeare“ndtheEarlofSurreymadeblankversetheprincipalvehicleofexpressionindrama.Renaissancepoetry:TheFairieQueeneisSpenser"s（斯宾赛）masterpiece・RenaissanceProse:ThomasMore,anearlyhumanist,wroteUtopia.TheearliesttranslationoftheBible■一Wyc
7、l讦BiblefromLatintoEnglish,isdonebyJohnWyclif.In1611,KingJamesissuedKingJamesBibleortheAuthorizedVersion.FrancisBacon:Anphilosopher,writer,andstatesmanoftheearly17thcentury・Famouswork:Essays・（OfStudies）•LanguageandStyle:aphoristic,concise,full
