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Chapter 6 British Literature 1、 Early Writing Much of it was concerned with Christianity. (1)Beowulf :a long poem from Anglo-Saxon It was the beginning of “ Old English ” literary works  (2) Geoffrey Chaucer and his works Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer : He was the first court poet to write in English.He was the most famous and great writer, One of his main works was Canterbury Tales Canterbury Tales(seep sample answer)  (3) the legend of King Arthur : The king of England in the fifth century. 2 、 Elizabethan Drama (It was called the Renaissance) (1) Elizabethan Drama (see sample answer) (2)William Shakespeare:He was English dramatist and poet in the Elizabethan age.He is generally regarded as the greatest playwright in English literature. His plays fall into three catagories: tragedies such as Hamlet ,Comedies such as Merchant of Venice ,historical such as Charles II.  3 、The Nineteenth century Novel (1)The romantic movement:It started at the 18th century and the beginning of 19th century.The Romantics emphasis on nature, originality , the emotional and personal. (2) romantic poets:Keats,Shelley,and Wordsworth (3)romantic writers:The Bronte sisters(seep101 sample answer) Charles Dickens:He was one of the greatest English writers. his main works :Oliver Twist , A Tale of Two Cities, David Copperfield.  Walter Scott: He was the most famous Scottish novelist ,some of his novels were concerned with Scottish history,such as Rob Roy 4 、Twentieth Century Literature (1)Characteristics of twentieth century literature It can be divided into two stylistic periods: Modernism and Postmodernism. (2) Modernism (seep sample answer) (3) Modernist writers:Joseph Conrad, His works such as The Heart of Darkness Virginia Woolf , Her works such as Mrs.Alloway  D.C Lawrence and E.M foster (4)Postmodernism:literature after the second world war .It is characterized by a high degree of experimen