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1、1.AnalysethethemesandartisticfeaturesofBeowulf.themes:ThemainthemeofBeowulfisheroism.Thisinvolvesfarmorethanphysicalcourage.Italsomeansthatthewarriormustfulfillhisobligationstothegroupofwhichheisakeymember.artisticfeatures:Themostnoticeableartisticfea
2、tureisalliteration.Alliterationistherepetitionofinitialsounds,usuallyconsonants,orconsonantclusters.AlliterationisusedoffandoninmodernpoetrybutitisanimportantdeviceinAnglo-Saxonpoetry.Anotherpeculiarfeaturecharacteristicisthefrequentuseofkennings,topo
3、eticallypresentthemeaningofonesinglewordthroughacompoundsimileoftwoelements.Finally,thegeneralmoodandspiritofAnglo-Saxonepicpoetryisbothsolemnandanimated.2.CommentonChaucer’sachievementsandcontributionswithexamplesfromhisworks.ChaucerlearnedfrombothFr
4、enchandLatinpoetryandthenworkedoutauniquestylefortheEnglishpoetry.TherealismandhumanisticconcernsdemonstratedinhisworkslookedforwardtothecomingEnglishRenaissance.BecauseheusestheEnglishoftheLondondialecttocomposepoetry,itbecomesaliterarylanguage,which
5、isalanguagerichandexpressiveenoughtouseforliterarypurposes.WecalltheEnglishusedanddevelopedbyChaucerandhiscontemporariesMiddleEnglish,whichwasthefoundationofmodernEnglish.HismasterpieceandrepresentativeworkisTheCanterburyTales.3.SaysomethingaboutNeocl
6、assicismanditsrepresentationinEnglishliterature.Neoclassicismwasinspiredbytherationality,simplicitygrandeurofancientGreeceandRome.Thesemovementswerebetween18thand20thcenturies.TherearemanyreasonsthatNeoclassicismhappenedinBritish.First,thegloriousrevo
7、lutionmadetheconstitutionalmonarchywasestablished.Second,thereweremanyconflictsinthereligious.Third,deismbecameanewforce.Duringthistime,Englishliteraturehadmanyspecialchanges.FirstEnglishliteratureshowrespectforclassicwriters,especiallytheRoman.Second
8、,manywritershaveanewthinkingaboutpoems.Thepoemsbecamemoreformalandfollowedmorerules.Thereweremanygoodpoetsduringthistime,suchasJohnDryden,AlexanderPope,JonathanSwiftandJohnson.4.CommentonAlexanderPopeandhiscontributionstoEnglishpoetry.Alexande
