A-Brief-Introduction-to-English-Literature.docVIP

A Brief Introduction to English Literature - [ HYPERLINK /c2731236/ 英国文学] 1. Old English Literature（449A.D. ~ 1066） 1）History background： ??? The making of the England: Jutes, Angles and Saxons invaded Albion and combined into one United Kingdom-the England. ?? ?Their dialects gradually grew into a single language called Anglo-Saxon, or Old English. ??? The transition from tribal society to feudalism 2) Main literature: poetry 3) Main writers: Caedmon, Cynewulf, Venerable Bede and Alfred the Great. 4) Main work: The Song of Beowulf 贝奥武甫 2. Medieval English Literature (1066-15th century) 1）History background： ??? Feudal system was established ??? Roman Catholic Church controlled over the country. 2) Main literature: poetry, Romance, Popular ballad 3) Main writers and their works: ??? Geoffrey Chaucer 杰弗里·乔叟 The Canterbury Tales 《坎特伯雷故事集》 ??? William Langland威廉·朗格兰 Piers the Plowman《农夫皮尔斯》 ??? Thomas Malory 马洛里 The Death of Arthur ???? Robin Hood Ballads 《罗宾汉民谣集》 ???? Sir Gawain and the Green Knight《高文爵士与绿衣骑士》 3. Renaissance English literature (late 15th century ~ early 17th century) 1）History background： ?????The establishment of Tudor Dynasty (都铎王朝)(1485~1603) ???? Religious Reformation ???? The establishment of Protestantism ???? Commercial expansion abroad ???? The War with Spain ???? Movement of Renaissance ?????The thought of humanism arose 2) Main literature: poetry (sonnet and blank verse), drama, essay 3) Main writers and their works: ·Thomas More托马斯·莫尔 Utopia《乌托邦》 ·Edmund Spencer 埃德蒙·斯宾塞The shepherd’s Calendar《牧人日历》 The Faerie Queene 《仙后》 ·William Shakespeare ·Francis Bacon Essays《随笔集》 ·Christopher Marlowe 克里斯托弗·马洛Doctor Faustus《浮士德博士》 ·Ben Jonson 本·琼生Volpone《福尔蓬奈》 4. English Literature of the Revolution and Restoration Period (17th century) 1）History background： ???? English Revolution (1649) ???? The establishment of a Commonwealth ???? The monarchy was restored (1660) ???? Glorious Revolution(1688) 2) Main literature: poetry, comed