习题Old & Middle English Literature

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1、1Old&MiddleEnglishLiteratureⅠ.EssayQuestions1.WhatarethethreepartstoldinthestoryofBeowulf?HowisheroicidealreflectedinBeowulf?2.StatethesocialsignificanceofWilliamLangland’sPiersthePlowmanandcommentonthepoem’swritingfeatures.3.CompareChaucer’sTheCanterburyTal

2、eswitholdEnglishpoetryandtheworksofotherMiddleEnglishpoetstoillustratethatChauceristhefirstrealisticwriterinEnglishliterature.4.WhatisthefunctionoftheGeneralProloguetoTheCanterburyTales?Ⅱ.Definethefollowingterms.1.OldEnglishperiod(theAngloSaxonperiod)2.Allit

3、eration3.Prose4.Courtlylove5.Moralityplay6.Couplet7.Meter8.Foot9.ScottishChaucerians10.Ballad(Popularballad)11.MiddleEnglishperiod12.Anglo-Normanperiod13.Arthurianlegend14.RomanceⅢ.Filltheblanks.1.TheOldEnglishpoetrycanbedividedintotwogroups:the_____poetryan

4、dthe____poetry.2._____isregardedasthe“FatherofEnglishSong”,thefirstknownreligiouspoetofEngland.3.ThehistoryofEnglishliteraturebeginsinthe____century.4._____isthemostprevailingliteraryformintheMiddleAges.5.Themostmagnificentproseworkofthe15thcenturyisMorted’A

5、rthurconcerningwith____legend.6.Theonlyimportantprosewriterinthe15thcenturyisSir______.7.CriticstendtodivideChaucer’sliterarycareerintothreeperiods:the____period,the___periodandthe____period.8.AmongtheMiddleEnglishpoets,threearethegreatest.OneistheauthorofSi

6、rGawainandtheGreenKnight.Theothertwoare____and____.9.TheCanterburyTalescontainsthe____and24tales,twoofwhichleftunfinished.10.Chauceremployedthe_____coupletinwritinghisgreatestworkTheCanterburyTales.911.TheframeworkinTheCanterburyTalesisa____.12.WhenChaucerdi

7、edonthe25thofOctober1400,hewasthefirsttobeburiedin____.13.BesidesChaucer,KingJamesIalsowroteinversesofsevenlines,sothiskindofversecametobecalledthe________14.ComparedwithChaucer,“FatherofEnglishpoetry”,__________inthe14thcenturycanbecalled“FatherofScottishPo

8、etryandScottishHistory”.15.The___________isanimportantstreamoftheBritishliteratureinthe15thcentury.16.The__________centuryhastraditionallybeendescribedasthebarrenageinEnglishliterature.17.Poetry