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History and anthology of English literature: (altogether 7 topics, this semester 6 topics; 5th1900, over 1400 years) The Old English and Middle English period (Chapter 1, 2) The Elizabethan age (Chapters 3, 4) The 17th century (Chapter 5) The classic 18th century (Chapters 6,7,8) The Romantic period (Chapters 9, 10) The Victorian age (Chapters 11-18) The 20th century (Chapters 19-26) The Old English and Middle English period (5th 1066, 1 the Old English period Beowulf： *pagan heroism异教徒的英雄主义and fatalism宿命论are mingled with Christian qualities. *The poets hope that the evil should be punished, and the righteous will be rewarded. *It’s a heroic Scandinavian epic legend told in the English language. literary terms: epic, alliteration 2 the Middle English period literary term: romance Geoffrey Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales Chaucer?chose?the?metrical?form?which?laid?the?foundation?of?the?English?tonico-syllabic?verse.乔叟第一次在英国用韵脚韵律诗形式来创作诗歌，开创了英国文学以重音-音节为基础的格律诗先河。首创heroic?couplet英雄双行体 The Elizabethan age a golden age of poetry and drama the age of English Renaissance 1 Poetry: *Philip Sidney / Astrophel and Stella love romance 《爱星者和星星》，表达了他初恋时的激情以及如何经过斗争，克制自己，献身于公职。’s Astrophel and Stella that the sonnet sequence十四行诗系列 became popular in England. It inspired other Elizabethan poets, including Shakespeare, to write similar sequences. *Edmund Spenser: The Faerie Queen Using?Spenserian?Stanza = abab bcbc c /allegory 讽喻 *Shakespeare: 154 sonnets, Sonnet 18 Literary term: sonnet: a lyric poem containing fourteen lines written in iambic pentameter lyric: iambic pentameter 2 Drama: “University Wits” 大学精英 *Christopher Marlowe克里斯托弗·马洛: 把blank?verse无韵诗作为英语戏剧主要表达方式的开创者 the?pioneer?of?English?drama（完善了无韵体诗。） The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus 浮士德博士的悲剧 *William Shakespeare: four greatest tragedies Hamlet: “To be, or not to be” Macbeth Four?Tragedies:?Hamlet哈姆莱特;? Othello奥赛罗; ?King?Lear李尔王;? Macbeth麦克白 Litera