英国文学史简述.docxVIP

. .. 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: