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1、UNIT4人文知识专题训练1.英国文学史纲要总结OutlineoftheHistoryoftheEnglishLiterature5thcenturyB.C.TheearliestinhabitantsoftheBritishislands—Celtics,onetribeofwhich,Bretons,invadedtheGreatBritainandsettledtherefornearly500years.55B.C.RomanconquestbyJuliusCaesarbroughtthe

2、ancientromanticculture.TheAnglo-Saxons—abranchoftheGermanictribeexpelledtheCelticstotheremoteareasofthenorthandthewest.TheirmothertonguewastheprototypeofthemodernEnglish.EnglandmeansthedwellingsoftheAnglos.Thelatterhalfofthe7thcenturyThefirstpoetofthe

3、Britain—Caedmanwasborn.Around8thcenturyThefirstwell-preservedepic—Beowulfemerged.9thcenturyKingAlfred’sreigngreatlyenhancedthedevelopmentoftheEnglishculture.1057ScottishkingMacbethdied.Severalhundredsyearslater,Shakespearecreatedthefamoustragedywithhi

4、mastheprotagonist.1066Normanconquest.Asaresult,FrenchreplacedEnglishastheofficiallanguageanddominatedtheliterarycreation.TheresumptionoftheEnglishasthemainlyusedlanguagewasaftertheEnglishandFrenchCenturialWar300yearslater.I.Anglo-Saxonperiod.Epic:“Beo

5、wulf”—Beowulf,ahero,killedGrendel,aseamonster(thoughttobetheoffspringofCain,firstmurdererintheGenesis.Itsartisticforms,suchaskenningandalliterationhadagreatinfluenceuponthepoetsthatfollowed.Layamon’s“Brut”recordedthelegendsofKingArthuranditwasalsoanim

6、portantsignoftheresumptionoftheEnglishlanguage.II.Medievalperiod.A.GeoffreyChaucer:“TheCanterburyTales”,acollectionofshortstoriesdepictingrealisticallythepanoramaof14thcenturyEngland.Hisstyleofwritingwasfluentandhumorous,andhisthoughtsevensurpassedhis

7、contemporaries.Hissharpperceptionofhumannatureisthebasiccauseofhispermanentcharmandpopularity.B.Somemajoreventsinthe15thcenturycontributingtotheRenaissance:a.ReligiousreformledbyMartinLutherinGermanyandJohnCalvininFrancebrokethedarkcloudsofthemedieval

8、Europeanddestroyedthemanaclesofreligiononpeople’sthoughtsandspirits.b.ThedemiseoftheEasterRomanEmpire,asaresultofthefalloftheConstantinople,forcedmanyGreekscholarfleetotheItalywiththeremnantantiques.TheseartistictreasuresoftheancientGreeceandR