The division of English literature

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1、ThedivisionofEnglishliteraturen1.TheAnglo-SaxonPeriodn2.TheAnglo-NormanPeriodn3.Literatureofthe14thcenturyn4.Literatureofthe15thcentury(Middleages)n5.LiteratureoftheRenaissance(16th)n6.Literatureofrevolutionandrestoration(17th)n7.TheageofEnlightenment(18th)n8.Theromanticperiod(early19th))n9.The

2、Victorianage(1930son)n10.20thcenturyliteratureBeowulfnBeowulfisataleofadventure,ataleofmarvelsandataleoftribalsocietyretoldinthedawnoffeudalism.ItreflectsthelifeandmannersoftheAnglo-Saxonsfromtribalismtoearlyfeudalism.Itsingshighpraiseofalegendaryherowhonotonlyhasphysicalstrengthbutalsotruecour

3、age,courteousconduct,andloveofhonor.Beowulfisselflessandreadytoriskhisownlifetoservehiscountryandpeople.nThepoemisamixtureofpaganismandChristianelements.ItcarrieswithitmanypaganelementsasitwascomposedonlyacenturyandahalfaftertheconversionoftheAnglo-Saxons.Whenthemonkswroteitdown,theyinterpolate

4、dChristianelements.TheNormanConquestn(TheNormansweredescendantsoftheScandinavianvikingswhoatthebeginningofthe10thcenturyseizedapartofnorthernFranceandsettledthere.Nominally,theDukeofNormandywasasubjecttothekingofFrance,butinactuality,hewasanindependentruler.)nTheFrench-speakingNormans,underthel

5、eadershipofDukeWilliam,invadedandconqueredEnglandintheyear1066.AfterdefeatingtheEnglishatthebattleofHastings,WilliamwascrownedasKingofEngland.TheNormanConquestmarksthebeginningoftheestablishmentoffeudalisminEngland.TheinfluenceoftheNormanConquestonEnglishlanguageandliteraturen1.threelanguageswe

6、reusedbypeopleintheEnglishsociety.TheNormanlordsspokeFrench.nTheAnglo-SaxonpoorpeoplespokeEnglish;thescholarsandclergymenusedLatininwriting.ThethreelanguagescoexistedandinfluencedoneanotherandEnglishlanguageunderwentagreatdealofchangesduringthisperiod.n2.BesideswritinghistoriesorchroniclesinFre

7、nchorLatin,theNormansalsobroughttheirowncultureandliteraturetoEngland.ManysubjectmattersinliteratureofthisperiodwerefromtheContinent.nRomances(传奇)—romancewasatypeofliteraturethatwasmostpopularinthisperiod.ItwasintroducedfromFrance