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Chapter I ENGLISH LITERATURE OF THE ANGLO-SAXON PERIOD 1.The Historical Background 2.“Beowulf” the National Epic of the Anglo-Saxons 3.Minor Anglo-Saxon Poetry：Caedmon and Cynewulf 4.Anglo-Saxon Prose:：Bede；Alfred; “The Anglo- Saxon Chronicle”； Aelfric Chapter II ENGLISH LITERATURE OF THE LATE MIDDLE AGES Section I　English Literature :from the Mid.II，th Century to the Mid-14th 1.The Background:：Political and Social 2.Folk Literature and Religious Literature:：from the Mid-llth to the Mid-14th Century 3.Early Alliterative and Metrical Romances in the：12th，13th and Early 14th Centuries Section II　English Literatuire of the Second Halfof the 14th Century 1.The Background：Political and Social 2.John Wycliffe； John Gower；William Langland 3 Geoffrey Chaucer Section III　English Literature of the Fifteenth Century 1.The Background：Political and Social.. 2.The English and Scottish Popular Ballads：“Robin Hood Ballads” 3.Early English Drama：Folk Drama；The Mystery Plays； The Miracle Plays The Mo ality Plays 4.The English Chaucerians； Early-Scottish Poetry and the Scottish Chaucerians .5.English Prose of the 15th Century: Sir Thomas Malory and His Le Morte dArthur Chapter III ENGLISH LITERATURE OF THE RENAISSANCE Section I　The Historical Background： Economic， Political and Cultural 1.The Renaissance in Europe 2.Stages and Trends of English Literature of the Renaissance Section II　English Literature of the Early 16th Century 1.The Oxford Reformers;Thomas More 2.Court Poetry: Skelton; Wyatt and Surrey 3.Morality Plays and Interludes of the， 16th Century：David Lyndsay; John Heywood Section III　English Literature of the Second Half of the 16th Century. 1.Court Poetry：Philip Sidney; Edmund Spenser 2.Prose Fiction: Lyly， Lodge， Greene， Sidney， Nashe，Deloney 3.Pre，Shakespearean Drama: English Drama under Classical Influence；University Wits：Lyly， Peele，Lodge， Nashe， Greene， Kyd and Marlowe Section IV　Shakespeare 1.Shakespeares Life and Literary Career 2