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General knowledge--- English literature Ⅰ.Old and Medieval English Literature (The end of the Roman Empire in 476AD to about 1500AD) English literature began with the Anglo-Saxon Settlement in England Beowulf The national epic of the English people, a long poem of over 3,000 lines. Geoffrey Chaucer ---The founder of English poetry Masterpiece—The Canterbury Tales –one of the monumental works in English literature. 真题(2004) The trio of English poetry giants refers to C ? Wordsworth (Romantic) Dickens (Realistic novelist) Chaucer D.Wilde(Aestheticism) 真题(2008) the Canterbury Tales, a collection of stories told by a group of pilgrims on their way to Canterbury, is an important poetic work by Chaucer Ⅱ. The English Renaissance (1516--1660) Thomas More(1478--1535) Masterpiece—Utopia Edmund Spenser (1552-1599)—the poet’s poet Masterpiece--- The Faerie Queen (1595)—it’s a long poem planned in 12 books of which he finished only 6. Other work: The Shepherd’s Calendar (1579)—a pastoral poem in 12 books one for each month of the year. Francis Bacon (1561-1626) Masterpiece—Advancement of Learning (1605) Essays (1625) His position in England: (1) A representative of the English Renaissance (2) The founder of English materialist philosophy (3) The founder of Modern Science in England (4) The first English essayist His essays are the first example of that genre in English literature, which has been recognized as an important landmark in the development of English literature tradition. Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593) Masterpiece—Doctor Faustus He first made blank verse the principal instrument of English drama William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Masterpiece—The Great Comedies (1)A Midsummer Night＇s　Dream　 (2) The Merchant of Venice (3) As you Like It (4) Twelfth Night The Great Tragedies (1) Hamlet　 (2) Othello (3) King Lear (4) Macbeth Other works (1) Romeo and Juliet (romantic tragedy) (2) The Taming of the Shrew 6. John Milton (1608-1674) Masterpiece: