英国文学课件1 the first section 新版2.ppt

History of British Literature What is literature? “written compositions that tell stories, dramatize situations, express emotions, and analyze and advocate ideas.” Development: oral → written →printed Literary genres Fiction (narrative fiction): novel, novella, short story, myth, parable, romance, epic Poetry: images, sound, figurative language Drama: Poetic form → daily language Nonfiction prose: news report, feature articles, text-books, historical and biographical works A Brief Outline of British Literature I. The Anglo-Saxon Period(449-1066)--- Old English Literature Beowulf (Poetry) II. The Anglo-Roman Period(1066-1480) --MedievalEnglish Literature 1.Sir Gwain and the Green Knight 2. Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales (Poetry,Romance,Popular Ballad) III. The English Renaissance (1485-1603) 1. Edmund Spencer’s The Shepherd’s Calendar and Faerie Queen 2. Francis Bacon’s Essays 3. William Shakespeare’s dramassonnets History: Hnery IV(1--2) Comedy: Mid-Summer Night’s Dream The Merchant of Venice Much Ado about Nothing As You Like It Twelfth Night Tragedy: Hamlet Othello King Lear Macbeth Plays: Romeo and Juliet Julius Caesar Antony and Cleopatra The Tempest (Sonnet, Blank Verse无韵诗, Dramma, Essay) IV. Revoultion and Restoration Period (1603-1660) ----The 17th century 1. The English Revolution 2. John Milton’s Paradise Lost  3. John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress 4.John Donne’s The Elegies and Satires (Poetry, Comedy,Prose) V. The Age of Englightment----the 18th Century