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专八人文知识专题 Beowulf贝奥武夫 一译贝奥武甫，完成于西元八世纪，约750年左右的英雄叙事长诗，长达3000行。故事的舞台位于北欧的斯堪的纳维亚半岛。是以古英语记载的传说中最古老的一篇，在语言学方面也是相当珍贵的文献。 贝奥武夫（Beowulf）乃现存古英文文学中最伟大之作，也是欧洲最早的方言史诗。该诗中并未提及英国，但学者相信该诗约於西元七二五年左右在英国完成。 勇士贝奥武甫与怪物格伦德尔搏斗，使其断臂而死。怪物之母为子复仇，又被他追踪杀死。后来他做了国王。一次火龙来犯，他挺身斩龙，伤重而死。人民为他举行了隆重的葬礼。 　　 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight It is a late 14th-century Middle English alliterative romance outlining an adventure of Sir Gawain, a knight of King Arthurs Round Table. In the poem, Sir Gawain accepts a challenge from a mysterious warrior who is completely green, from his clothes and hair to his beard and skin, save for his red eyes. The Green Knight offers to allow anyone to strike him with his axe if the challenger will take a return blow in a year and a day. Gawain accepts, and beheads him in one blow, only to have the Green Knight stand up, pick up his head, and remind Gawain to meet him at the appointed time. In his struggles to uphold his oath, Gawain faithfully demonstrates the qualities of chivalry and loyalty until his honor is called into question by a test crafted by the lady of the castle in which much of the story takes place. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is one of the better-known Arthurian stories, which date back to the 12th century. The Satanic Verses It is Salman Rushdies fourth novel, first published in 1988 and inspired in part by the life of Muhammad. As with his previous books, Rushdie used magical realism and relied on contemporary events and people to create his characters. 　伊斯兰国家，《撒旦诗篇》引发了大论战，因为许多穆斯林指责该书亵渎神灵。鲁西迪因而遭伊朗精神领袖赛义德·鲁霍拉·霍梅尼下达追杀令。在这次伊斯兰教判决之后，鲁西迪被置於英国警方保护之下，英伊两国甚至一度断交。尽管伊朗於1998年发表了一份妥协的声明，鲁西迪也表示不再继续躲躲藏藏的生活，但至今伊朗宣布的死刑判决并未废除，而且依伊斯兰的规定，唯一能撤回追杀令的只有发布追杀令的人，即已故的霍梅尼。 　　尽管鲁西迪一直未受到任何身体侵犯，但《撒旦诗篇》的各国翻译者与出版者中已有多人遇害身亡。 The Gift of the Magi It is a short story written by O. Henry (a pen name for William Sydney Porter), about a young married couple and how they deal with the challenge of buying secret Christmas gifts for each other with very little money. As a sentimental stor