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1、EnglishLiteratureIntroduction:TheoldandMedievalEnglishliterature.*****A.TheoldEnglishliterature1.Thetimeperiod:TheperiodofOldEnglishliteratureextendsfromabout450to1066.2.TheclassificationoftheoldEnglishpoetry:TheoldEnglishpoetrycanbedividedintotwogroups:ther

2、eligiousgroupandthesecularone.a.)Thereligiousgroupismainlyonbiblicalthemes.b.)Theseculargroupconcludes;Thenationalepicpoem,Beowulf,andlyricalpoemsofshorterlength.3.Therepresentativeofthisperiod:Beowulf.a.)ThenatureBeowulfisregardedtodayasthenationalepicofthe

3、Anglo-Saxons.b.)ThesettingThestorytookplaceinScandinavia.c.)Thetheme:Thepoempresentsavividpictureofhowtheprimitivepeoplewageunderawiseheroicstrugglesagainstthehostileforcesofthenaturalworldunderawiseandmightyleader.d.)Thesignificance:Thepoemisanexampleofthem

4、inglingofnaturemythsandheroiclegends.ThebattlebetweenBeowulfandtheDragonSymbolicallyrepresentthatphraseofWinterandSummermythinwhichtheSummerGod,hereembodiedbyBeowulf.******B.ThemedievalEnglishliterature1.Thetimeperiod:From1066uptothemid-14thcentury.2.Theclas

5、sificationofthemedievalEnglishLiterature:MiddleEnglishliteraturedealswithawiderrangeofsubjects.a.)Popularfolkliteraturealsooccupiesanimportantplaceinthisperiod.b.)Romancewhichusesnarrativeverseorprosetosingknightlyadventuresorotherheroicdeedsisapopularlitera

6、ryformintheMedievalperiod.3.Therepresentativeofthisperiod:ChaucerandtheCanterburytales.a.)TheinfluenceofRenaissance:TheinfluenceofRenaissancewasalreadyfeltinthefieldofEnglishliteraturewhenChaucerwaslearningfromthegreatItalianwriterslikePetrarchandBoccaccio.b

7、.)ThecontributionstoEnglishLiterature:1)ChaucerintroducedfromFrancetherhymedstanzastoreplacetheoldEnglishalliterativeverse.2)IntheRomaunttheRose,hefixstintroducedintoEnglishtheisosyllabiccouplet.3)InTheLegendofGoodWomen,heusedforthefirsttimeinEnglishtherhyme

8、dcoupletofiambicpentameter.AndinTheCanterburyTales,Chauceremployedtheheroiccoupletwithtrueease.4)Chauceralsodevelopedtheartofliteratureitself.InTroilusandCriseyde,hegavetheworldwhatisvirtuallyth