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1、一、TheAnglo-SaxonPeriod(449-1066)Theliterature：Twodivisions:paganandChristianTheSongofBeowulf：theeventswhichtookplaceontheContinentatthebeginningofthe6thCentury，Thepoemtellsofahero,aScandinavianprincenamedBeowulf,whoridstheDanesofthemonsterGrendel,halfmanandhal
2、ffiend,andGrendel'smother,whocomesthateveningtoavengeGrendel'sdeath.FiftyyearslaterBeowulf,nowkingofhisnativeland,fightsadragonwhohasdevastatedhispeople.BothBeowulfandthedragonaremortallywoundedinthefight.ThepoemendswithBeowulf'sfuneral.Theme：theprimitivepeopl
3、e’sstruggleagainsthostileforcesofthenaturalworldunderawiseandmightyleader.二、TheAnglo-NormanPeriod(1066-1350)TheLiterature：TheliteraturewhichtheybroughttoEnglandisremarkableforitsbright,romantictalesofloveandadventure(Romance),inmarkedcontrastwiththestrengthand
4、somberness(朴实无华)ofAnglo-Saxonpoetry(Epic).ExplanationofSirGawainandGreenKnight：Twomotifs（主题）1.Thetestoffaith,courage,purity2.Thetestofhumanweaknessforself-preservation三、GeoffreyChaucer(1340?-1400）Characteristics①Hisallegoriesandsymbolsarealreadytingedwithreali
5、sticimages②Chaucer’spoemisdistinguishedforitsprofounddelineationofcharacterandtruthfuldescriptionofhumanrelations.TheCanterburyTales：TheHost(HarryBaily)proposesastorytellingcontesttopassthetime;eachofthe30pilgrims(includingthepoet)istotellfourtalesontheroundtr
6、ip.MajorWork:1.TheLegendofGoodWomen好女人的故事2.TheHouseofFame声誉殿堂3.TheCanterburyTales坎特伯雷故事集4.TroilusandCressida特洛伊勒斯和克莱西5.TheParliamentofFowls百鸟会议四、TheRenaissance（16thCentury）Twofeatures：1.Athirstingcuriosityforclassicalliterature.2.Thekeeninterestinlifeandhumana
7、ctivities.1.WilliamShakespeare(1564-1616)ThreePeriodsofhisDramaticCareeranditscharacteristics(1)theyearsfrom1590to1600,arecharacterizedfromadegreebyformalandratherobviousconstructionandbystylizedversetohighlyindividualized.Comedies:1)TheMerchantofVince,威尼斯商人2)
8、AMidsummerNight’sDream,仲夏夜之梦TwelfthNight,第十二夜3)AsYouLikeIt.（皆大欢喜）4)TheComedyofErrors,5)TheMerryWivesofWindow,theyearsfrom1601to1608,themostprofoundofhisworks.Tragedies:1)Hamlet哈姆雷特
