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I. PART ONE. EARLYMEDIEVAL 1. Beowulf: the national epic史诗 of the Anglo-Saxons Beowulf against: monster Grendel, she-monster and a fire dragon Artistic features: Using alliteration（头韵） Using metaphor（比喻）and understatement（陈述） 2. The Class Nature of the Romance: They were composed for the noble, of the noble, and in most cases by the poets patronized by the noble. 3. Geoffery Chaucer: The father of English poetry/ the founder of English poetry The Canterbury Tales坎特伯雷故事集：英国文史上现实主义第一部杰作? first time to use ‘heroic couplet’(双韵体) by middle English II. The Renaissance Period 1. The Renaissance Humanism: R: 2 features: a curiosity for classical literature (Greek Latin)→dissatisfaction at Catholic feudal ideas/ activities of humanity→new feeling of admiration for human beauty achievement H: the key-note of R, new outlook of the rising bourgeois class 2. Francis Bacon弗兰西斯?培根Essays随笔(famous quotas: Of studies)( Drama: the miracle P奇迹剧(Bible story); the morality P道德剧(abstract characters/conflict of goodevil with allegorical personages); the interlude幕间喜剧(short/interesting); the classical drama(+GreekLatin/rulesstructurestyle/5 acts); 4. Shakespeare: Four Comedies: As You Like It皆大欢喜; Twelfth Night; A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Merchant Of Venice威尼斯商人 Four Tragedies: Hamlet; Othello奥赛罗; King Lear李尔王; Macbeth麦克白 154 Sonnet: Three quatrain and one couplet, ababcdcdefefgg A sonnet is a lyric consisting of 14 lines, usually in iambic抑扬格 pentameter 五步格诗restricted to a definition rhyme scheme. III. REVOLUTION 1. John Milton约翰?弥尔顿 ①Epic: Paradise Lost 失乐园: it is a long epic in 12 books, written in blank verse. The stories were taken from the Old Testament: the creation; the rebellion in Heaven of Satan his fellow-angels; their defeat expulsion from Heaven; the creation of the earth of Adam Eve; the fallen angels in hell plotting against God; Satan’s temptation of Eve; the departure of Adam Eve from Eden. ②Paradise Regained 复乐园 2. John Bunyan约翰?班扬 The Pilgrim’s Progress天路历程: