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1、LectureⅠ ABriefIntroductiontoEnglishLiteratureTheOriginofEnglishLiteratureTheEnglishBibleThefirstcompleteEnglishBiblewastranslatedbyJohnWycliffeandhisfollowers.In1611AuthorizedVersionappeared,madeundertheauspicesofJamesIandsowassometimescalledtheKingJamesBible.About93percento
2、fthe6,000wordsusedinitarethemainwordsofnativeEnglishTheGreekandRomanMythologyLiteraturebeforeShakespeareTheSongofBeowulf(writtenatthebeginningofthe10thcentury)：NationalepicoftheEnglishpeoplewithover3,000linesIntroduction:Hrothgar,Heorot,Grendel,She-Monster,firedrake,RomanConq
3、uestEffects:thebringingofRomancivilizationtoEngland;thegrowthofnationality;thenewlanguageandliteratureTheRomanceThemostprevailingkindofliteratureinfeudalEnglandwastheromance.Itwasalongcomposition,sometimesinverse,sometimesinprose,describingthelifeandadventuresofanoblehero.The
4、centralcharacterofromanceswastheknight,amanofnoblebirthskilledintheuseofweapons.Hewascommonlydescribedasridingforthtoseekadventures,takingpartintournaments,orfightingforhislordinbattle.Hewasdevotedtothechurchandtheking.Thecodeofmannersandmoralsofaknightisknownaschivalry.Liter
5、aturebeforeShakespeareKingArthurandhisKnightsoftheRoundTable;SirGawainandtheGreenKnightTheEnglishBalladsTheRobinHoodBalladsGeoffreyChaucerHisworks:AboutFrench:RomanceoftheRoseAboutItalian;TroilusandCressieAboutEnglish:theCanterburyTalesTheEnglishRenaissancestartedinItaly,pain
6、ting,sculptureandliterature----spreadtotherestofEuropeRepresentativehumanistsThomasMoreandhisUtopiaFrancisBacon(1561-1626)ChristopherMarlowe(1564-93)WilliamShakespeare(1564-1616)The17thCentury(ThePeriodoftheEnglishBourgeoisRevolution)JohnMiltonShorterpoems:L’Allegro,IlPensero
7、so,Lycidas,ComusPamphlets:AreopagiticaorspeechforthelibertyofUnlicensedPrinting,Eikonoklastes;DefensefortheEnglishPeopleOnHisDeceasedWife(1658)ParadiseLostandParadiseRegainedJohnBunyan:ThePilgrim'sProgressThe18thCentury TheEnlightenmentTheRiseoftheEnglishNovelAdventurenovels:
8、Defoe’s“RobinsonCrusoe”wasoneoftheforerunnersoftheEnglishrealisticno
