英国文学史及选读复习资料.doc

Old English Period — Anglo-Saxon Period (450-1066) The History From 55 BC to 410 AD, the Romans conquered the land and transplanted its civilization. The Literature Two divisions: Pagan Christian Pagan The Seafarer水手; The Fight at Finnisburg芬尼斯郡之战; The Wanderer流浪者; Waldhere瓦登希尔; The Battle of Maldom马尔登战役 Widsith(威德西斯); The complaint of Deor迪奥的抱怨 The wife’s Lament妻子的哀歌; Ruin 毁灭are good examples. Beowulf, England’s national epic. Writing features not a Christian but a pagan poem of all advanced pagan civilization, The use of the strong stress and the predominance of consonants are very notable in this poem. Each line is divided into two halves, and each half has two heavy stresses The use of alliteration is another notable feature and makes the stresses more emphatic. There are a lot of metaphors and understatements in this poem Anglo-Norman Period (1066-1350) The literature The Growth of the Arthurian Legends The legends of King Arthur and his knights had existed as an oral tradition since the time of the Celts. John Wycliffe (1320-1384) the first man who attempted to translate the Bible from sonorous Latin into English. Chanson de Roland 罗兰之歌 William Langland Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400) Chaucer’s contribution to English Literature and Language the “father of English poetry” the first most significant poet in English literary history to write in Middle English the “heroic couplet” did much in making the dialect of London the foundation for the modern English language Popular Ballads 大众民谣 代表人物：Bishop Thomas Percy 托马斯.帕希主教 ?代表作：Robin Hood and Allin-a-Dale 罗宾汉和阿林代尔 The Renaissance The Pre-Elizabathan Period (1400-1557) Thomas More 托马斯.莫尔 Utopia 乌托邦 The Elizabethan Age Edmund Spenser (1552-1599) The Shepheardes Calendar ； The Faerie Queene Philip Sidney Arcadia ；Astrophel and Stella Christopher Marlowe Tamburlaine the Great； The Jew of Malta； The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus William Shakespe