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1、QuestionsforRevision:TheAnglo-SaxonPeriodQ1:Whatisthemajorliteraryforminthisperiod?PoetryQ2:Whatisepic?Whatisthenationalepicinthisperiod?AnEpicisalongnarrativepoeminelevatedstylepresentscharactersofhighrelationtoacentralfigureofheroicproportionsandthroughtheirdevelopmentofepisodes

2、importanttothehistoryofanationorrace.BeowulfQ3:WhatarethecharacteristicsofBeowulf?1、Themoststrikingfeatureinitspoeticformistheuseofalliteration-repetitionofinitialconsonantsoundsinalineofpoem.Inalliterativeverse,certainaccentedwordsinalinebeginwiththesameconsonatsound.Therearegene

3、rally4accentsinaline,threeofwhichshowalliteration,ascanbeseenfromthequotationsonP.6-10inthetextbook.2、"kenning":akindoffigurativelanguage3、TheuseofrepetitionandvariationQ4:WhataretwohighlightsinthedevelopmentsoftheAnglo-Saxonliterature?1、theNorthumbrianSchool2、duringthereignofKing

4、AlfredQuestionsforRevision--TheMiddleEnglishPeriodQ1:Whatwastheformofliteratureatthetime?Whatfeaturesdoesithave?Romance1、RomancewhichusesnarrativeverseorprosetosingofknightlyadventuresorotherheroicdeedsisapopularliteraryformintheMiddleAges.Theimportanceofromanceitselfcanbeseenasam

5、eansofshowingmedievalaristocraticmenandwomeninrelationtotheiridealizedviewoftheworld.2、Earlyfeudalage，asitreflectsthespiritofchivalry.3、TheEnglishromancemainlydealswiththreemajorsubjects:Religious,Courtlylove,andArthurian3、MatterofFrance:acollectionoftalesaboutChalemagneandhispeer

6、sheadedbyRolandandtheirwarsagainsttheSaracens.4、MatterofRome:coveredeverythingthathadcomedownfromtheancientRomansandfromtheGreeksalsoe.g.TrojanWar5、MatterofBritain:thelegendaryhistoryofBritain.e.g.KingArthurandHisRound-TableKnights,SirGawainandtheGreenknightQ2:Whatistheliterarypos

7、itionofGeoferryChaucerinEnglishLiterature?FatherofEnglishpoetryQ3:WhataboutthesignificanceofTheCanterburyTales?1.ItgivesacomprehensivepictureofChaucer'stime.Thepilgrimsrepresentthewholerangeof14thcenturysocietyexcepttheverytopandtheverybottom.Withhisownwideexperienceandcloseobserv

8、ationoflife,hischaractersaresoviv