英国文学及选读课件_1_History_and_Anthology.pptVIP

History and Anthology of British Literature Today’s Schedule introduction What is literature? Why do we study British literature? What are we going to know in this course? Unit 1: The Anglo-Saxon Period What is literature? “written compositions that tell stories, dramatize situations, express emotions, and analyze and advocate拥护;提倡;主张 ideas.” Development: oral → written →printed Literary genres体裁 Fiction (narrative fiction叙述虚构 ): novel, novella中篇小说, short story, myth, parable 寓言, romance, epic史诗 Poetry images, sound, figurative language Drama Poetic form → dai