英美概况 教学课件 作者 齐智英 unit 5.pptVIP

Unit Five British and American Culture Contents Unit Five 5.1 British and American Literature 5.1.1 British Literature The earliest existing native literature of the territory of the modern United Kingdom was written in the Celtic languages of the isles. The Welsh literary tradition stretches from the 6th century. Irish poetry also represents a more or less unbroken tradition from the 6th century to the present day, with the Ulster Cycle being of particular relevance to Northern Ireland. Anglo-Saxon literature includes Beowulf, a national epic, but literature in Latin predominated amon