【英美文学课件】-早期和中世纪时期的英国文学.ppt

Course of English Literature Four Elements involved in our study of Literature 1.Read and analyze the work itself;2.Understand the historical background;3.Know something about the author;4.Combine Reading with Writing.  OUTLINE of English Literature . Part I Ancient Literature (before the Middle Ages) . Part II Medieval Literature . Part III Renaissance Literature . Part IV Literature in 17th Century (Classicism) . Part V Literature in18th Century (Enlightenment) . Part VI Literature in19th Century (Romanticism, Realism Naturalism etc.) . Part VII Literature at the turn of 20th Century (Aestheticism, Symbolism etc) . Part VIII Literature in 20th Century (Realism, Modernism Post-modernism) 《英美文学选读》 外语教学与研究出版社 张柏香 《英美文学精华导读》 华东理工大学出版社 龙毛忠 《英诗详注》 外语教学与研究出版社 胡家峦 《莎士比亚经典名著译著丛书》 湖北教育出版社 阮坤 《英国文学史及选读学习指南》湖北教育出版社 张鑫友 《英国文学通史》 上海外语教育出版社 侯维瑞 《新编简明英国文学史》 上海外语教育出版社 张定铨 Part One Early And Medieval English Literature Chapter One The Making of England 1.The historical Background A. The Britons B. Three Conquest a. The Roman Conquest 1. Great famous king of Rome---- Julius Caesar conquered Gaul in 55B.C. 2.Britain became a Roman province till the beginning of the fifth century 3.The Roman occupation lasted for about 400 years. 4. In 410A.D., as the Germanic races attacked and overran the Roman Empire, the Roman garrisons in Britain withdrew.-----the end of the Roman occupation. b. The English Conquest Angles: Northumbria Mercia East Anglia Saxons: Wessex Essex Sussex Jutes: Kent Beowulf BeowulfIntroducing the Epic Epic : A long narrative poem telling about the deeds of a great hero and reflecting the values of the society from which it originated. e.g. Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey Beowulf Para