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英国文学史资料British Writers and Works I.Old English Literature The Late Medieval Ages Beowulf贝奥武夫:the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons Epic: long narrative poems that record the adventures or heroic deeds of a hero enacted in vast landscapes. The style of epic is grand and elevated. e.g. Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey Geoffery Chaucer杰弗里?乔叟1340(?)~1400 ( 首创“ 双韵体” ，英国文学史上首先用伦敦方言写作。约翰· 德莱顿（John Dryden ）称其为“ 英国诗歌之父” 。代表作《坎特伯雷故事集》。) The father of English poetry. It is ____alone who, for the first time inEnglish literature, presented to us a comprehensive (综合的，广泛的 )realistic picture of the Englishsociety of his time and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from allwalks of life. ( A ) A.Geoffrey Chaucer B. Matin Luther C. William Langland D. John Gower writingstyle: wisdom, humor, humanity. ①TheCanterbury Tales坎特伯雷故事集： first time to use‘heroic couplet’(双韵体 ) by middle English ②Troilus and Criseyde特罗伊拉斯和克莱希德 ③ The House of Fame声誉之宫 MedievalAges’ popular Literary form:Romance(传奇故事 ) Famous three：King Arthur Sir Gawain and the GreenKnight Beowulf IIThe Renaissance Period A period of drama and poetry. The Elizabethan drama is the real mainstream of the English Renaissance. Renaissance: a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 16th century,beginning in Italy in the late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. It is a revival of classical(Greek and Roman) arts and sciences. The most famous dramatists: Christopher Marlowe William Shakespeare Ben Johnson. Edmund Spenser埃德蒙?斯宾塞1552~1599 （后人称之为 “诗人的诗人 ”。） The poets’ poet. The first to be buried in the Poet’s corner of Westerminster Abbey 12. Which of the following statements is not the reason for that Edmund Spenser is famous for “the poet’s poet”? ( B ) A. Spenser’s idealism B. his struggle for criteria C. his love of beauty D. his exquisite melody ① The Faerie Queene仙后 (for Queen Elizabeth) The