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1、ChapterOne: TheAnglo-SaxonPeriodBeowulfHistoricalBackgroundCelts:400-300B.CRomanEmpire:55B.C-407A.DJuliusCaesarAngles,SaxonsandJutes(ancestors):450A.DKingArthur:CelticKing,Camelot,KnightsoftheRoundTableKingEdgar:(ca.94-975)Englandwasunited.Danes:in11thfor23yearsNormanConquestEngland:From
2、HeathenmythologytoChristianreligionTheStoryofBeowulfThemainprotagonist,Beowulf,aherooftheGeats,comestotheaidofHrothgar,thekingoftheDanes,whosegreathall,Heorot,isplaguedbythemonsterGrendel.BeowulfkillsbothGrendelandGrendel'smother,thelatterwithamagicalsword.Laterinhislife,Beowulfishimself
3、kingoftheGeats,andfindshisrealmterrorizedbyadragonwhosetreasurehadbeenstolenfromhishoardinaburialmound.Heattacksthedragonwiththehelpofhisthegns,buttheydonotsucceed.Beowulfdecidestofollowthedragonintoitslair,atEarnanæs,butonlyhisyoungSwedishrelativeWiglafdaresjoinhim.Beowulffinallyslaysth
4、edragon,butismortallywounded.Heisburiedinatumulusbythesea.BeowulfTheepicpoemBeowulfdescribesthemostheroicmanoftheAnglo-Saxontimes.ItisaDenmarkstorywhichusedalliteration,metaphorsandunderstatements.3183lines,WessexdialectAmixtureofpaganismandChristianelementsTechnicalStructureofBeowulfCae
5、sura:cuttingorpauseinalineofpoetry.Alliteration:therepetitionofthesamesoundorsoundsatthebeginningoftwoormorewordsthatarenexttoorclosetoeachother.Kenning:ametaphorusuallycomposedoftwowords,whichbecomestheformulaforaspecialobject.RepetitionandVariation:Thesameideaisexpressedmorethanoncebyt
6、heuseofdifferentwordswhicharemoreorlesssynonyms.Eagertobeaway,heailedforhisdarknessandthecompanyofdevils;thedealinghehadtherewerelikenothinghehadcomeacrossinhislifetime.ThenHygelac’sbravekinsmancalledtomindthatevening’sutterance,uprighthestood,fastenedhisholdtillfingerswerebursting.Themo
7、nsterstrainedaway:themansteppedcloser.Themonster’sdesirewasfordarknessbetweenthem,directionregardless,togetoutandrunforhisfen-borderedlair;hefelthisgrip’sstrengthcrushedbyhisenemy.ItwasanilljourneytheroughmarauderhadmadetoHeorot.Thecrashinthebanqueting-hallcametotheDanes,
