英国文学简史.docVIP

In 410A.D. the Romans withdrew from Albion The Song of Beowulf: Englands national epic. the only existing manuscript was written at the beginning of the 10th century, and discovered until 1705. It reflects events that happened approximately at the beginning of the 6th century. 3182 lines in alliterative verse and artistic form, metaphors and understatements. Geoffrey Chaucer: the father of English poetry his translated various works of French authors, among which is the famous Romance of the Rose. composed a long narrative poem: Trolius and Cressie, which based upon Italian writer Boccaccios Filostrato. The Canterbury Tales: first time to use heroic couplet英雄双韵体 tells the story that 32 Pilgrims gathered at Tabard Inn in Southwark, on their way to the shrine of St. Thomas a Becket at Canterbury. Each of them were required to tell 2 tales on the way to Canterbury and 2 more on their way back. Chaucer failed to carry out his plan (128 in total),was to exceed that of Boccaccios Decameron, and only 24 were written. A Wife from the town of Bath Thomas Percy was among the first to take a literary interest in ballads. Reliques of Ancient English Poetry. Robin Hood, the first mention in literature is in Langlands The Vision of Piers, the Plowman. Get Up and Bar the Door is a humorous ballad. The Renaissance 16th century: sheep devoured men(Thomas More) breaking up of feudal relations and the establishing of the foundations of capitalism. outstanding humanist: Thomas More Utopia Thomas Wyatt: the first one to introduce sonnet into English literature Edmund Spencer: the poets’ poet (The Fairy Queen)斯宾塞的《仙后》是第一首用canto来划分章节的英国长诗。 Christopher Marlowe: the greatest of the pioneers of English drama (blank verse, hyperbole) William Shakespeare: 154 sonnets, 2 long narrative poems: Venus and Adonis, The Pape of Lucrece. Comedies: A Midsummer Nights Dream, The Merchant of Venice, As You