英美文学重要笔记精华版流泪推荐！.doc

英美文学重要笔记，精华版，流泪推荐！ Old English 450-1066 Beowulf Medieval English 1066 - middle 14th century Geoffrey Chaucer - the father of English poetry The Canterbury Tales first time to use heroic couplet The Renaissance - rebirth or revival Humanism - the essence of the Renaissance, the dignity of human being the importance of the present life Edmund Spenser - the poets poet The Faerie Queene Christopher Marlowe - University Wits, the pioneer of English drama Blank verse, hyperbole夸张 Dr. Faustus the human passion for knowledge, power and happiness The Passionate Shepherd to His Love pastoral life Wil