英国文学整理

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1、ChapterOneTheAnglo-Saxonperiod(OldEnglishLiterature)HistoricalBackgroundCelts400B.C----undertheruleofRomanEmpire50B.C-------Anglo-Saxon450A.D----NormanInvasion1066A.DLiteratureTwohighlightsinthedevelopmentoftheAnglo-Saxonliterature1.NorthumbrianSchool1)Center:themon

2、asteriesandabbeysinthekingdomofNorthumbrian2)Figures:A.Caedmon流派：NorthumbrianSchool作品：Paraphrase(Bibleinverseform)评价：thefirstAnglo-Saxonpoet(fromabbeys)B.VenerableBade流派：NorthumbrianSchool作品：TheEcclesiasticalHistoryoftheEnglishPeople评价：amonk;“FatherofEnglishHistory”

3、;coversthewholelengthofearlyEnglishhistory,fullofreligiousstoriesandmiracles.2.KingAlfred1)Figure:KingAlfred(kingofWessex)2)流派：WessexLiteratureA.Religiousgroup(biblicalthemes)B.Seculargroup(theharnessofcircumstancesandthesadnessofthehumanlot)3)贡献：A.TranslateLatinboo

4、ksintoWestSaxondialectB.CompiletheAnglo-Saxonchronicle编年史C.FormastyleofAnglo-SaxonproseBeowulf(Anglo-Saxonpoetry)类型：Longepicpoetry(heroicpoetry)Features:1)3183lines,anOralEpic,recitedincourt,handeddowningenerationsuntilfinallyitwasrecordedbycertainpoet2)Amixtureofhi

5、storyandlegend3)ComposedinWestSaxondialectofOldEnglish4)First“post-classical”(古典时代后)Europeanepic5)The“historical”eventsoccurredbefore600AD6)Astoryofahero,Beowulf,mixingPaganandChristianThemes：toshowhowtheprimitivepeoplefightagainsttheforcesofthenaturalworldunderawis

6、eandmightyleader.ChapterTwoTheNormanPeriodHistoricalbackgroundTheNormanConquestin1066.DukeWilliamofNormandyclaimedhimselfWilliamI,kingofEngland(thebattleofhastings)Kings---Barons-----Knights,afeudalsystemofhierarchywasformedLanguageUpperclass:FrenchandLatinLowerclas

7、s:Anglo-SaxonDialect/OldEnglishLiterature1.ReligiousliteratureAboutChristianteaching:personalsalvation,Biblicalstory,puttingemphasisonthemoralandspiritualresponsibilitiesoftheindividualratherthanonhisethnicalandsocialresponsibilities.2.Sedularliterature(includingRom

8、ance,andsomepoemsorpopularballads)Roman骑士文学（atypeofliteraturethatwasverypopularintheMiddleAges）1.概述：1)QuitepopularinMiddleAges2)Itisaboutt