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1、自考英美文学资料英国文学AnintroductiontooldandmedievalEnglishliterature:1.EnglandwasconqueredbytheRomans,theAnglo-Saxons,andtheNormans.2.Language&cultureinfluence:TheAnglo-SaxonsbroughttoEnglandtheGermaniclanguageandculture,whiletheNormans(mostinfluence)broughtafreshwaveofMediterraneancivil
2、ization,whichincludeGreekculture,Romanlaw,andtheChristianreligion.3.TheperiodofoldEnglishliteratureextendsfromabout450to1066,theyearoftheNormanconquestofEngland.4.TheAnglo-SaxonslanguageisthebasisofmodernEnglish.5.TheoldEnglishpoetrycanbedividedintotwogroups:thereligiousgroup(宗教
3、诗)andthesecularone(世俗诗).6.Beowulf（贝奥武甫(八世纪初的一篇古英语史诗;该史诗中的主角)）,atypicalexampleofoldEnglishpoetry,isregardedtodayasthenationalepic(民族史诗)oftheAnglo-Saxons.Literaryposition:Thepoemwasoriginallyinanoralform,itiswrittendowninthe10thcentury.Thematicallythepoempresentsavividpictureofhow
4、theprimitivepeoplewageheroicstrugglesagainstthehostileforcesofthenaturalworldunderawiseandmightyleader.7.TheNormanconqueststartsthemedievalperiodinEnglishliterature,whichisfrom1066uptothemid-14thcentury.8.Romance(骑士抒情诗)，apopularliteraryforminthemedievalperiod)usesnarrativeverseo
5、rprosetosingknightlyadventuresorotherheroicdeeds,whosemotifs（主题,主旨）ofthequestisfortruth,beautyandkindness.9.Chaucer(乔叟):whosemasterpieceisTheCanterburyTales《坎特伯雷故事集》.ThefamouscharacterofhisworksistheWifeofBath.Chauceremployedtheheroiccoupletverseform(英雄双韵诗形式)withtrueeaseandcharm
6、forthefirsttimeinthehistoryofEnglishliterature.HeisthefatherofEnglishpoetry.英国文学TheRenaissancePeriod(文艺复兴时期)1.Itreferstotheperiodbetweenthe14thandmid-17thcenturies.2.HumanismistheessenceoftheRenaissance:manisthemeasureofallthings.3.Renaissancehumanistsfoundintheclassicsajustific
7、ationtoexalthumannatureandcametoseethathumanbeingsweregloriouscreaturescapableofindividualdevelopmentinthedirectionofperfection,andthattheworldtheyinhabitedwastheirsnottodespisebuttoquestion,explore,andenjoy.Thus,byemphasizingthedignityofhumanbeingsandtheimportanceofthepresentli
8、fe,theyvoicedtheirbeliefsthatmandidnotonlyhavet
