英国文学八辅导.ppt

Old English Literature -Middle English Literature-the Renaissance(文艺复兴)-The 17th Century-The 18th Century-English Romanticism-The Victorian Age-The 20th Century Old English literature Its roots lie deep in the tales of the Denmark and other Scandinavian countries. Until late in the 9th century, their close relations were broken because a great England monarch King Alfred broke the power of the Danes. The first work is ”Beowulf” It is a story about a hero Beowulf who did a lot of good things to his people around the 6th century. It pictured us a Denmark but not England scene. Beowulf , written in Old English sometime before the tenth century A.D., describes the adventures of a great Scandinavian warrior of the sixth century. A rich fabric of fact and fancy, Beowulf is the oldest surviving epic（史诗） in British literature The first page of the Beowulf manuscript. In Anglo-Saxon period, “Beowulf” represented the _____ poetry. A. pagan B. religious C. romantic D. sentimental The English history: its foundation stone is the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (编年史). It began by Alfred from the Roman invasion of Britain in 54 B.C. to the middle of the 12th century . Under the King’s direction, plenty of books from Europe in Latin on religion ,philosophy, and history were translated to the old England, still a wild and barbarous kingdom King Alfred’s Anglo Saxon Chronicle was written in _____ form. A. poetic B. dramatic C. prose D. none of the above _____ is not only a prose writer but also a king of Wessex. A. Alfred the Great B. Venerable Bede C. Adam Bede D. king Arthur When we speak of the old English prose, we might think of _____, who is the first scholar in English literature and has been regarded as father of English learning. A. William Shakespeare B. Beowulf C. Julius Caesar D. Venerable Bede Middle English It is the true beginning of the magnificent heritage of English literature. Generally defined as 1100 to 1500. It developed slowly jus