英国文学复习资料整理.docVIP

[标签:标题] 篇一：英国文学史复习资料整理 (1) ? historical background: the making of Britain A. Briton (Celtic tribes) B. the Roman Conquest---Roman Briton 1th Julius Caesar A.D.43 Claudius C. mid-5th Anglo-Saxons (Angles, Saxons, Jutes) Anglo-Saxon period D. Danish invasion late 8th, Danes late 9th, Alfred the Great the literature the literature of this period falls naturally isto two divisions—pagan and Christian pagan represents the poetry which the Anglo-Saxons probably brought with them in the form of oral sagas Christian represents the writings developed under teaching of the monks.. Al