英国文学（English Literature）完整版.pptx

English LiteratureI. Old English, or Anglo—Saxon, Era (450-1066)II. Middle English Period (1066-1485)III. The Renaissance Period (1485-early 17th century)IV. The 17th CenturyV. The 18th Century.VI. The Romantic Age(1789-1837)VII. English Literature of Victorian Age (1837-1901) VIII. 20th Century LiteratureAn Outline of English LiteratureI. Old English, or Anglo—Saxon, Era (450-1066) This period extended from about 450-1066, the year of the Norman-French conquest of England. The Germanic tribes from Europe who overrun England in the 5th century, after the Roman withdraw, brought with the Old English, or Anglo-Saxon language, which is the basis of modern English. They bought also a specific poetic tradition, the formal character of which remained surprisingly constant until the termination of their rule by the Norman-French invaders 6 century later. AchievementsPoetry Much of old English poetry was probably intended to be chanted, with harp (a kind of instrument in Chinese means 竖琴) accompaniment, by Anglo-Saxon scop (poet in Chinese means 吟游诗人), often bold and strong, but also mournful and elegiac (sad) in sprit. Major achievement: BeowulfII. Middle English Period (1066-1485)Extending?from?1066?to 1485, this period is noted for the extensive influence of French literature on native English forms and themes. Achievements Literary Trends: Arthurian Legends and Tales of Chivalry and Adventure: Geoffrey Chaucer: The Canterbury TalesChaucer(1340-1400) and The Canterbury Tales(1387-1400) founder of English poetry. founder of English realism. the first great poet writing in the English language. The heroic coupletIt is a metrical form in English poetry, developed by Chaucer who was the 1st poet to make an extensive successful use of it in England. It comprises rhymed decasyllables, nearly always in iambic pentameters, rhymed in pairs, or simply called “rhymed couplet of iambic pentameters”The Canterbury Talesoutline: On a spring evening, at the Tabard Inn (泰巴旅店), at t