2016英国文学选读.pptVIP

Old English Period and Middle English Period Old English period: 450 (Anglo-Saxon Conquest) — 1066 (Norman Conquest); Medieval period: 1066 — 1485 ( Accession of Henry VII and the printing of the first books in England) epic as the major literary form in the Old English Literature and romance in the Medieval English Literature Romance is a popular literary form in the medieval period. It uses narrative verse or prose to sing knightly adventures or other heroic deeds. It often has standardized plots and characters: knights+adventures+romantic love Heroic” for the Old English Period and “chiva