古英语史诗—贝奥武夫 第1小组.pptVIP

English literature actually began with the Anglo-Saxon settlement in England. England was christianized part by part in the 7th century. Monasteries were built all over the country. It was in these monasteries that the earliest English books were written down, as at that time few except monks could read and write. There were two literary divisions: one was pagan and the other was religious. And the main literary forms are poetry and prose, and poetry was in oral form. What is an epic(史诗)? 1.Epic is one of the ancient types of poetry and plays a very important role in early developmen