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1、EnglishLiteratureandtheSelectedReadingslDevelopmentofEnglishLiterature1.EarlyandMedievalEnglishliterature(-1485)2.TheEnglishRenaissance(1550-1642?)3.The17thCentury–ThePeriodofRevolutionandRestoration4.The18thCentury–TheAgeofEnlightenment5.TheRomanticPeriod(1798-1832)6.TheVictorianAg

2、e(1832-1901)7.The20thCenturyLiterature–ModernismandPost-ModernismChapter1EarlyandMedievalEnglishliterature一．Epic（史诗）Apoemthatcelebrateintheformofacontinuousnarrativetheachievementsofoneormoreheroicpersonagesofhistoryortradition.AmongthegreatepicsoftheworldmaybementionedtheIliad,Odys

3、seyandAeneidofclassical.Beowulf1.HistoricalBackground1)ThreeInvasions:A.TheRomanConquest(55B.C-410A.D)B.TheEnglishConquest(TheAnglo-SaxonPeriod)C.TheNormanConquest(TheAnglo-NormanPeriod)2)TwoWars:A.TheHundredYearsWar(1337-1453)B.TheWaroftheRose(1455-1485)a.Anglo-SaxonPoetry:Pagan(异教

4、的）&ChristianBeowulf/worksofCaedmonandCynewulf.b.Anglo-NormanPoetry:Romancec.PoetryinAgeofChaucer：d.PopularBallads:BalladsofRobinHood2.评价1）Beowulfisanationalepic（史诗）ofEnglishpeople.2）ItistherepresentativeworkoftheearlyEnglishliteraturewith3000lines.3）Itswriterisunknown.4）Beowulfisafo

5、lklegendbroughttoEnglandbytheAngloSaxonfromtheirprimitiveNorthernEurope.5）Beowulfwaspasseddownfrommouthtomouth.6）Beowulfwaswrittendowninthe10thcentury.3.Charactersinthestory:Beowulf:anephewofkingofGents,apeopleinDenmark.Hrothgar:kingofDenmark.Grendel:amonster.She-monster(女妖怪):Grende

6、l’smother.Dragon:afiredragon,amonster.4.OutlineofTheSongofBeowulfTeutonic(日耳曼的）heroBeowulf,thenephewofthekingoftheGeatland,helpedHrothgarkillthemonsterhalf-human,Grendelaswellashisviciousmother.Withhisheroicdeeds,hewasmadethekingofScyldings(Sweden)for50years.Theninordertogainmoretre

7、asureforhispeople,hefoughthardwithafieryfiredrakeandwasdeadlywounded,eventuallydied.Hislastwillwastoaskhispeopletobuildhistombintoabeaconfortheseafarerswhosailedalongthecoast.5.ThewritingfeaturesofBeowulf?1）Themostimportantisinalliterative(头韵的)verseandinartisticform.Eg：Thusmadetheir

8、mourningthemenofGea