英国文学和美国文学(八级)

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1、英国文学部分西方文学发展的两大源头两大源头:古希腊,罗马的神话，中世纪的基督教AGeneralSurveyofEnglishLiteraryHistory:1．OldEnglishliterature(TheAnglo–SaxonPeriod)449–10662.MedievalPeriod(TheAnglo–NormanPeriod)1066–13503.TheRenaissancePeriod14th–mid17th4.The17th(ThePeriodofRevolutionandRestoration)

2、5.The18th(TheAgeofEnlightenment)6.TheRomanticPeriod（Ageofpoetry）1798–18327.TheVictorianPeriod(TheAgeofCriticalRealism)1836–19018.The20th(TheModernPeriod)一．古英语和中世纪时期：OldandMedievalEnglishLiterature:449--1066Germanictribes:Angles,SaxonsandJutesOldEnglishPoetic

3、tradition:a.Thepaganpoetry(seculargroup)b.TheChristianpoetry(religiousgroup)Nationalepicpoem–BeowulfMiddleEnglishLiterature:1.Christianliterature2.RomancethepopularliteraryformsinmedievalperiodGeoffreyChaucer:“fatherofEnglishpoetry”“EnglishHomer”TheCanterbur

4、yTalesForthefirsttimeinEnglishliteraturepresentedacomprehensiverealisticpicture。HeemployedtheheroiccoupletforthefirsttimeinthehistoryofEnglishliterature.3.theEnglishballads:RobinHoodballads二，文艺复兴时期PurposeofRenaissance:1.Getridofoldfeudalistideas,introducenew

5、ideasoftherisingbourgeoisie2.RecoverthepurityofthechurchLiteratureofRenaissancePoetryEssayElizabethanDrama(themainstream)ReligiousReformation:MartinLuther:aGermanProtestant,initiatedtheReformationInfullSwing:HenryVIIIThemajorresults:BibleinEnglishserviceswer

6、eheldinEnglishAuthorizedVersionRenaissance文艺复兴Itreferstotheperiodbetweenthe14thandmid-17thcenturies.Itisanintellectualmovement.ItsprangfirstinItalyandgraduallyspreadalloverEurope.EnglishRenaissancewasEngland’sGoldenAge,especiallyinliterature.Humanism:H.isthe

7、essenceoftheR.andreflectedthenewoutlookoftherisingbourgeoisclass.Itemphasizesthedignityofhumanbeingsandtheimportanceofthepresentlife.Besthumanists:ThomasMore,ChristopherMarlowe,WilliamShakespeareWilliamCaxton:ThefirstpersontointroduceprintingintoEngland.Wyat

8、t:IntroducethePetrarchansonnetintoEnglandSurrey:IntroduceblankverseintoEngland，Marlowegavenewvigortotheblankverse.Poet:EdmundSpenserTheFgaerieQueeneTheShepheardesCalenderPlaywrights:ChristopherM