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1、TheSurveyofEnglishLiteratureCourseDescriptionThiscourseconsidersEnglishliteraturechronologicallyfromAnglo-Saxontomoderntimes.TheemphasiswillbeonsocialandpoliticalbackgroundsaswellastheformandcontentofEnglishliterature.Wewillcovermostrepresentativeauthor
2、sinourtextbooksandsomeadditionalothers,butwewillnotreadalloftheirworks.CourseObjectivesTostudyasuccessionofwritersandtheirworksinordertolearnthetraditioninwhicheachindividualauthorandtextplaysapart.Toapproachtextshistoricallyandstudyhowwritersrespondedto
3、thepolitical,social,religious,andintellectualmovementsoftheirtimesandhowthesewritershavehelpedshapeandarticulatethesemovements.Tostudytheinterpretationofgreatthemeswhichhelpcompareandcontrastwritersandtheirliteraryperiods.CourseFocusThehistorical,socialb
4、ackgroundandliteraturecharacteristicsofeachperiod.Writingfeaturesofeachwriterandhisorherworks.Someliteraryterms.CourseBenefitsAgoodcommandofthetargetlanguageGeneralKnowledgeoftheculture,literatureandhistoryofthecountryinwhichthetargetlanguageisspokennati
5、ve.AprofoundmindandaninsightforEnglishliterature.RequirementsA.regularattendance–10%regularassignments–20%Finalexamination–70%B.Foreachabsencefromtheclass,2markswillbesubtractedfromyourtotalmarks.Foreachleaveonanexcuseinwrittenform,andpermittedbytheteach
6、erinchargeofstudentswork,nomarkwillbesubtracted.Ifyouareabsentfromtheclassforfivetimes,orifyoufailtohandinyourassignmentfor3times,youwilllose30pointsor30%ofthefinalgrade.ThreestagesofEnglishlanguageOldEnglish(about449–1100)MiddleEnglish(about1100-1500)Mo
7、dernEnglish(about1500-present)AnOutlineofEnglishLiterature1.OldEnglishPeriod(Anglo-Saxon,449-1066)paganandreligiouspoem;folkepic2.MedievalEnglishPeriod(Anglo-Norman,1066-1400)MedievalRomance(1066-1340)ThePopularBallads(the15thcentury)TheAgeofChaucer(1343
8、-1400)“TheCanterburyTales”3.ThePre-ElizabethanPeriod(1400-1557)ThomasMore“Utopia”4.TheElizabethanAge(1558-1625)TheRenaissance(1485-1603)SpenserShakespeare5.The17th-centuryEnglishliteratureThePeriodoftheEnglishBourgeoisRevo
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