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History of British Literature;A Brief Outline of British Literature; ; ; ; ; ;definition of literature; ;Lecture one: Early and Medieval English Literature; ;Three tribes: Angles in the east; Jutes in the southeast; Saxons in the south;5. “Beowulf” ; ; ; ;6. The Norman Conquest? establishment of feudalism in England. ;7. The Romances ;8．English Ballads ;9 Chaucer(1340-1400) and The Canterbury Tales(1387-1400) ;Life experiences;Career experiences;The Canterbury Tales;2. features: All tales but two are written in verse (poetry); Connected in two ways: the host’s criticizing; intimate connection between the tales and the Prologue. in order to get a better understanding of each tale, readers have to read back the corresponding portion of the Prologue. 3. the Prologue: a framework for the tales; The 30 palmers represent all classes of the English feudal society except the royalty and the poorest peasant. There are knight, squire??安官, prioress, proprietor经营者, tradesman, drunken cook, humble plowman, doctor, lawyer, monks, nuns, priests, summoner, sailor, miller, carpenter, yeoman自耕农, an Oxford scholar, and in the center of the group, the wife of Bath, who is the owner of a large cloth factory. A miniature of the English society of Chaucer’s time. Of all the tales, those of the knight and the wife of Bath are among the best. ;Chaucer’s Contribution to English literature;/cantales.htm/CHAUCER/