英文学摘要-精选课件(设计).pptVIP

Part one Old and Medieval English Literature 1. Old English Poetry and “Beowulf”(贝奥武浦) “Beowulf ” → the national epic of the Anglo-Saxon and English people → Alliteration( 头韵） 2.Middle English Literature and the Canterbury Tales ①The Romance( describing the life and adventures of a noble hero) ②Geoffrey Chaucer乔叟 → the “father of English poetry”, →“The Canterbury Tales” is Chaucer’s masterpiece (stories narrated by Pilgrims) → he introduced rhymed couplet to English poetry, instead of the old Anglo-Saxon alliterative verse. (Couplet: A stanza of two lines, usually rhyming. ) The Renaissa