英国文学和美国文学(八级).docVIP

英国文学部分 西方文学发展的两大源头 两大源头: 古希腊, 罗马的神话， 中世纪的基督教 A General Survey of English Literary History: Old English literature (The Anglo – Saxon Period) 449 – 1066 2. Medieval Period (The Anglo – Norman Period) 1066 – 1350 3. The Renaissance Period 14th – mid 17th 4. The 17th (The Period of Revolution and Restoration) 5. The 18th (The Age of Enlightenment) 6. The Romantic Period （Age of poetry） 1798 – 1832 7. The Victorian Period ( The Age of Critical Realism) 1836 – 1901 8. The 20th (The Modern Period) 古英语和中世纪时期： Old and Medieval English Literature: 449 -- 1066 Germanic tribes: Angles, Saxons and Jutes Old English Poetic tradition : a. The pagan poetry (secular group) b. The Christian poetry (religious group) National epic poem – Beowulf Middle English Literature: 1. Christian literature 2. Romance the popular literary forms in medieval period Geoffrey Chaucer: “father of English poetry” “English Homer” The Canterbury Tales For the first time in English literature presented a comprehensive realistic picture。 He employed the heroic couplet for the first time in the history of English literature. 3. the English ballads: Robin Hood ballads 二，文艺复兴时期 Purpose of Renaissance: Get rid of old feudalist ideas ,introduce new ideas of the rising bourgeoisie Recover the purity of the church Literature of Renaissance Poetry Essay Elizabethan Drama ( the mainstream) Religious Reformation: Martin Luther: a German Protestant, initiated the Reformation In full Swing: Henry VIII The major results: Bible in English services were held in English Authorized Version Renaissance 文艺复兴 It refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries. It is an intellectual movement. It sprang first in Italy and gradually spread all over Europe. English Renaissance was England’s Golden Age, especially in literature. Humanism: H. is the essence of the R. and reflecte