2012-2013 英美文学史及选读 Homework 1

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1、英美文学史及选读Homework(1)SelectedReadingsofBritishLiteratureName____________StudentNo__________Mark_____________Ⅰ.Fillintheblanks1.In55B.C.,BritainwasinvadedbyJuliusCaesar,theRomanconqueror.AlongwiththeinvasioncametheRomanmodeoflifeintoBritain.2.TheAnglo-Saxonperiodwitnessedatransitionfromtribalsoc

2、ietytofeudalism.3.Angles,SaxonsandJutesusuallyknownasAnglo-SaxonsarethefirstEnglishmen.LanguagespokenbythemiscalledtheoldEnglish,whichisthefoundationofEnglishlanguageandliterature.4.TheliteratureoftheAnglo-Saxonperiodfallsnaturallyintotwodivisions,paganandChristian.5.AmongtheearlyAnglo-Saxonp

3、oetstherewasonepoetwhosenameisCaedmon.Hewroteapoetic"Paraphrase"oftheBible.6.Inthe8thcentury,Anglo-Saxonproseappeared.ThefamousprosewritersofthatperiodwereVenerableBedeandAlfredtheGreat.7.TheSongofBeowulfistheoldestpoemintheEnglishlanguage,andalsotheoldestsurvivingepicintheEnglishlanguage.8.C

4、aedmonisthefirstknownreligiouspoetofEngland.HeisknownasthefatherofEnglishsong.9.ThedidacticpoemTheChristwaswrittenbyCynewulf.10.TheearlyinhabitantsontheislandnowwecallEnglandwereBritons,atribeofCelts.FromtheBritonstheislandgotitsnameofBritain,thelandofBritons.TheBritonswereaprimitivepeople.1

5、1.Intheyear1066,theNormansdefeatedtheAnglo-SaxonsatthebattleofHastings.12.Inthe14thcentury,thetwomostimportantwritersareGeoffreyChaucerandLangland(William(c.1330–c.1400),Englishpoet.HeisbestknownforPiersPlowman(c.1367–70),alongallegoricalpoemwhichtakestheformofaspiritualpilgrimage朗兰，威廉（约1330

6、—约1400，英国诗人，以刻画精神世界成长过程的长篇寓言诗《耕者皮尔斯》［约1367—1370]最为著名）).13.TodayChaucerisacclaimednotonlyas"thefatherofEnglishpoetry"butalsoas"thefatherofEnglishfiction".HismasterpieceisTheCanterburyTales.14.ThefifteenthcenturyhasbeentraditionallydescribedasthebarrenageinEnglishliterature.Butitisthespringtide

7、ofEnglishballads.15.Inthe15thcentury,thereisonlyoneimportantprosewriterwhosenameisThomasMalory.HewroteanimportantworkcalledMorted'Arthur.16.AftertheNormanConquest,feudalsystemwasestablishedinEnglishsociety.111.BythetimewhenEnglandenteredint