英语专业大三期末必备英国文学复习资料(中文版文学史 中英文提纲).pdf

英国文学史资料British Writers and Works I. Old English Literature The Late Medieval Ages Beowulf 贝奥武夫:the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons Epic: long narrative poems that record the adventures or heroic deeds of a hero enacted in vast landscapes. The style of epic is grand and elevated. e.g. Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey Artistic features: 1. Using alliteration Definition of alliteration: a rhetorical device, meaning some words in a sentence begin with the same consonant sound （头韵）
 Some examples on P5 2. Using metaphor and understatement Definition of understatement: expressing something in a controlled way Understatement is a typical way for Englishmen to express their ideas Geoffery Chaucer 杰弗里•乔叟1340(?)~1400 (首创“双韵体” ，英国文学史上首先用伦敦方言写作。约翰·德莱顿（John Dryden）称其为“英国诗歌之父” 。代表作《坎特伯雷故事集》。) The father of English poetry. It is ____alone who, for the first time in English literature, presented to us a comprehensive (综合 的，广泛的)realistic picture of the English society of his time and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life. ( A ) A. Geoffrey Chaucer B. Matin Luther C. William Langland D. John Gower writing style: wisdom, humor, humanity. ① The Canterbury Tales坎特伯雷故事集： first time to use ‘heroic couplet’(双韵体) by middle English ②Troilus and Criseyde特罗伊拉斯和克莱希德 ③ The House of Fame声誉之宫 Medieval Ages’ popular Literary form: Romance(传奇故事) Famous three ：King Arthur Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Beowulf II The Renaissance Period A period of drama and poetry. The Elizabethan drama is the real mainstream of the English Renaissance. Renaissance : the activity, spirit, or time of the great revival of art