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1、英国文学问答题Page1----------------------- Englishliterature TheRenaissancePeriod 1.HowtodefinetheperiodofOldEnglishliterature?EnglishliteraturebeginswiththeAnglo-SaxonsettlementinEnglandatabout450BCandendsat106
2、6BC,theyearoftheNormanConquestofEngland.OfOldEnglishliterature,afewrelicsarestillpreserved.AllofthemarepoemsorsongsbytheAnglo-Saxonscoporgleemenwhosangoftheheroicdeedsofoldtime. 2.WhatdoesOldEnglishpoetryinclude?Generallyspeaking,theOldEnglishpoetryincludestwogroups:thereligiou
3、sgroup:thereligiousgroupandthesecularone.Theformerismainlyonbiblicalthemes.Forexample,GenesisA,<创世纪I>GenesisB,《创世纪II》andExodus《出埃及记》arepoemsbasedontheOldTestament;whilethelattershowstheharshnessofcircumstanceandthesadnessofthehumanlot.AtypicalexampleisEngland’snationalepicBeowu
4、lf. 3.WhatistheplotandthemeofEngland’snationalepicBeowulf?Beowulf,nephewofthekingoftheGeats,hearsthatHrothgar,aDanishking,isingreattrouble.ThekingdomofthekingisharassedbyamonstercalledGrendel.Heatoncesailsthere,grappleswiththemonster,andwoundsitfatally.ThencomesGrendel’smother,
5、ashe-monster,inrevengeofherson.Beowulffollowshertoherunder-watercaveandkillsherwithagiantsword.Withthese honors won, he returns to his homeland and reigns as its king for 50 years. Then afire-breathingdragoncomesoutofitsdenandkillsmanypeople.Thougholdnow,Beowulfstil
6、lkillsitsingle-handedly.Buthe,too,isfatallywoundedandlaterdied.Thematically, this poem shows how the primitive people fight against the forces of the naturalworldunderawiseandmightyleader. 4．WhatisEpic?Epic is an extended narrative poem in elevated or dig
7、nified language, like Homer’s Iliad andOdyssey.Itusuallycelebratesthefeatsofoneormorelegendaryortraditionalheroes.Theactionissimplebutfullofmagnificence.Today,somelongnarrativeworks,likenovelsthatrevealanageanditspeoplearealsocalledepic. 5.WhatistheMedievalPeriodinEnglishL
8、iterature?Howmanypartscanitbedividedinto? TheMedi
