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1、EnglishLiteratureandtheSelectedReadingslDevelopmentofEnglishLiterature1.EarlyandMedievalEnglishliterature(-1485)2.TheEnglishRenaissance(1550-1642?)3.The17thCentury–ThePeriodofRevolutionandRestoration4.The18thCentury–TheAgeofEnlightenment5.TheRomanticPeriod(1798-1832)6.TheVictorianAge(1832-1901
2、)7.The20thCenturyLiterature–ModernismandPost-ModernismChapter1EarlyandMedievalEnglishliterature一.Epic(史诗)Apoemthatcelebrateintheformofacontinuousnarrativetheachievementsofoneormoreheroicpersonagesofhistoryortradition.AmongthegreatepicsoftheworldmaybementionedtheIliad,OdysseyandAeneidofclassica
3、l.Beowulf1.HistoricalBackground1)ThreeInvasions:A.TheRomanConquest(55B.C-410A.D)B.TheEnglishConquest(TheAnglo-SaxonPeriod)C.TheNormanConquest(TheAnglo-NormanPeriod)2)TwoWars:A.TheHundredYearsWar(1337-1453)B.TheWaroftheRose(1455-1485)a.Anglo-SaxonPoetry:Pagan(异教的)&ChristianBeowulf/worksofCaedmo
4、nandCynewulf.b.Anglo-NormanPoetry:Romancec.PoetryinAgeofChaucer:d.PopularBallads:BalladsofRobinHood2.评价1)Beowulfisanationalepic(史诗)ofEnglishpeople.2)ItistherepresentativeworkoftheearlyEnglishliteraturewith3000lines.3)Itswriterisunknown.4)BeowulfisafolklegendbroughttoEnglandbytheAngloSaxonfromt
5、heirprimitiveNorthernEurope.5)Beowulfwaspasseddownfrommouthtomouth.6)Beowulfwaswrittendowninthe10thcentury.3.Charactersinthestory:Beowulf:anephewofkingofGents,apeopleinDenmark.Hrothgar:kingofDenmark.Grendel:amonster.She-monster(女妖怪):Grendel’smother.Dragon:afiredragon,amonster.4.OutlineofTheSon
6、gofBeowulfTeutonic(日耳曼的)heroBeowulf,thenephewofthekingoftheGeatland,helpedHrothgarkillthemonsterhalf-human,Grendelaswellashisviciousmother.Withhisheroicdeeds,hewasmadethekingofScyldings(Sweden)for50years.Theninordertogainmoretreasureforhispeople,hefoughthardwithafieryfiredrakeandwasdeadlywound
7、ed,eventuallydied.Hislastwillwastoaskhispeopletobuildhistombintoabeaconfortheseafarerswhosailedalongthecoast.5.ThewritingfeaturesofBeowulf?1)Themostimportantisinalliterative(头韵的)verseandinartisticform.Eg:ThusmadetheirmourningthemenofGea
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