PartITheAnglo英国文学及选读第一章预案.ppt

Part I The Anglo-Saxon Period (449-1066) Framework of English Literature 1. 449-1485 The Middle Ages The Old English (or Anglo-Saxon) Period (449-1066) The Middle English Period (1066-1485) 2. 1485-1660 The English Renaissance The Beginning of the English Renaissance (1485-1558) The Elizabethan Age (1558-1603) The Seventeenth Century (1603-1660) 3.1660-1798 The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century (or the Neoclassical Period) The Restoration (1660-1700) The Augustan Age (1700-1745) The Neoclassical Decline (1745-1798) 4. 1798-1832 The Age of Romanticism 5. 1832-1901 The Victorian Age 6. 1901- The Twentieth Century The Anglo-Saxon Period Ⅰ The Making of England A: Social Background: 78AD-410 AD. It was the Roman Conquest Period. After the withdrawal of the Roman troops, Britain was invaded by the Angles, Saxons and Jutes. By the 7th Century a united kingdom was formed called England. B: Literature: Two divisions Pagan: the oral sagas brought by the Anglo-Saxon. Actually English Literature began with the Anglo-Saxon settlement in England. Christian: the writings influenced by the teaching of the monks with strong religious color. The Seafarer 《航海者》 郁积胸口的痛苦。 多少次随船航行， 大浪可怖，立在船头 通夜守望不眠， 贴岸颠簸。彻骨的寒冷， 风霜冻僵了双足， 铁链如冰。怨恨 砍劈我的心，饥饿使我 厌倦人世。 （这是痛苦的航行，大自然阴森无情。但航海者还是爱海如狂：） 我心激动不已， 定要再到深海飘荡， 欣赏盐味海浪的游戏。 （最后却归结到对上帝的赞颂：） 上帝之乐使我开怀， 胜过这短促的死一般的生 在陆地上。 （王佐良译） Ⅱ Beowulf （贝奥武夫） A: Definition for Epic（史诗）: A long narrative poem, elevated and dignified in theme, tone, and style, celebrating heroic deeds and historically important events, usually focuses on the adventures of a hero who has qualities that are superhuman or divine and on whose fate very often depends the destiny of a tribe, a nation, or even the whole of the human race. Thus, epics are often of national significance in the sense that they embody the history and aspirations of a nation in a lofty manner. B: Points: It’s the most important work