Unit 6 1)British Literature 刘乐天.pptVIP

Unit 6 British Literature Booker Prize (the Man Booker Prize for Fiction) is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original full-length novel, written in the English language, by a citizen of either the Commonwealth of Nations, Ireland. Early Writing The Book of Kells Illustrated version of the Bible Early Writing Beowulf a long poem written in old English It tells a story of the 6th century Swedish warrior Beowulf who slayed a sea monster Grendel. Movie:Beowulf The Canterburry Tales written by Geoffrey Chaucer in Middle English (it is made up of a series of stories told by pilgrims to entertain each other on their way to the Christian Church at Canterbury) The Wife of Bath’s Tale History of the Kings of Britain -----Geoffrey of Monmouth Death of Arthur -----Thomas Malory Elizabethan Drama Renaissance Playwrights: Christopher Marlowe Ben Jonson William Shakespeare Christopher Marlowe The Tragical History of Dr Faustus Ben Jonson Volpone/ The Alchemist William Shakespeare (1564-1616) stratford-upon-avon Tragedies: Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth Historical Plays: Richard Ⅲ, RichardⅡ, HenryⅣ, HenryⅤ Comedies: The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night, The Tempest, The Merchant of Venice The 17th Century King James Bible (1611) Essays of Francis Bacon (1561-1626) John Milton----Paradise Lost