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Part1 Old and Medieval English Period Background Old English Period古英语时期 (1)Roman Conquest罗马征服(2)English Conquest英国征服 2 Medieval English Period中世纪英语时期 (1)Danish Invasion丹麦人入侵 (2)Noman Conquest诺曼底征服 ◆Representative Writers and Their Works 1 Beowulf《贝奥武甫》 2 Geoffrey Chaucer《杰弗里﹡乔叟》founder of English poetry; The Canterbury Tales (main contents; 124 stories planned, only 24 finished; written in Middle English; significance; form: heroic couplet) （1）Troilus and Criseyde《特洛勒斯和克莱西》 （2）The Canterbury Tales《坎特伯雷故事集》 3 King Alfred the Great (849~901)and The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle(阿尔弗雷德王（849~901)和《盎格鲁-撒克逊编年史》 4 Robin Hood Ballads《罗宾汉民谣》 . Character of Robin Hood 1.Robin Hood--- A legendary English hero of many ballads, who robbed the rich to give to the poor; a popular model of courage, generosity and justice. 2. strong, brave, clever, tender-hearted, affectionate. Hatred to the cruel oppressors, love for the poor and the downtrodden 5William Langland and Piers the Plowman威廉﹡朗兰和《耕者皮尔斯》 (1) Piers the Plowman《耕者皮尔斯》 Literaty Terms名词解释 1 Allegory寓言 2 Alliteration头韵 3 Ballad民谣 1.A short narrative poem with stanzas of two or four lines and usually a refrain. The story, folklore popular legends. straightforward verse, s with graphic simplicity and force. suitable for singing generally written in ballad meter, with the last words of the second and fourth lines rhyming. 2.the subjects of Ballad: (1) the struggle of young lovers who are fight against the feudalism (2) the conflict between love and wealth (3) the cruelty of jealousy (4) the criticism of the civil war (5) the matters of class struggles. 4 Epic史诗 5 Lay短叙事诗 6 Romance传奇 (1).The basic material of medieval romance is knightly activity and adventure; we might best define medieval romance as a story of adventure--fictitious, frequently marvelous or supernatural--in verse or prose. (2).A long composition describing the life and adventures of a noble hero. The central character was the knight, a man of noble birth skil