英美概况 教学课件 作者 齐智英1unit 5.ppt

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1、UnitFiveBritishandAmericanCulture《英美概况》主编：齐智英ContentsBritishandAmericanLiterature1BritishandAmericanRadioandTelevision2SportsinBritainandAmerica3BritishandAmericanScenicSpots4《英美概况》主编：齐智英UnitFive5.1BritishandAmericanLiterature5.1.1BritishLiteratureTheearliestexistingnativeliteratureofthet

2、erritoryofthemodernUnitedKingdomwaswrittenintheCelticlanguagesoftheisles.TheWelshliterarytraditionstretchesfromthe6thcentury.Irishpoetryalsorepresentsamoreorlessunbrokentraditionfromthe6thcenturytothepresentday,withtheUlsterCyclebeingofparticularrelevancetoNorthernIreland.UnitFiveAnglo-Sa

3、xonliteratureincludesBeowulf,anationalepic,butliteratureinLatinpredominatedamongeducatedelites.AftertheNormanConquestAnglo-Normanliteraturebroughtcontinentalinfluencestotheisles.Englishliteratureemergedasarecognizableentityinthelate14thcentury,withtheriseandspreadoftheLondondialectofMiddl

4、eEnglish.GeoffreyChauceristhefirstgreatidentifiableindividualinEnglishliterature:hisCanterburyTalesremainsapopular14th-centuryworkwhichreadersstillenjoytoday.UnitFiveFictionFictionistheaverageperson’srecreation,readinginhissparetimeforenjoyment.WearefamiliarwithEnglishliteraturechieflythr

5、oughnovels,especiallymodernnovels,thoughpoemsandsongsaretheearliestformofwritinginEnglishliterature.Thereisavastdifferencebetweenthemodernnovelsandancientstorieswhichpeopleusedtotelleachotherorallyhundredsofyearsagobeforetheylearnttoreadandwrite.Fableswhichareaboutanimalsorsupernaturalper

6、sonsorincidentsandwhosepurposeisteachingamoralareprobablytheearliestformofstory–telling.Legendscomelaterandaremoreserioussofarasthethemesareconcerned.Theyareunverifiablestorieshandeddownbytraditionformearliertimesandpopularlyacceptedashistorical.Thebest-lovedstoryisaboutRobinHoodwhowasapo

7、pularherolivingunderthegreenwoodwithhismen,takingfromtherichandgivingtothepoorandwagingwaragainstbishopsandarchbishops.Legendsbringinhumanheroesaswellasgods,withastrongelementofmagic,butwithapredominanceofEnglishpoet,Chaucer,whosepoemsareacomplicatedmixtureofrealism