英国文学简史笔记(刘炳善著).docVIP

Part one： early and medieval english literature Chapter 1: the making of england 1 the Briton 2 the Roman Consequent 3 the English Consequent 4 the social condition of the Anglo-Saxons Chapter 2: Beowulf 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 2 Using metaphor and understatement Definition of alliteration: a rhetorical device, meaning some words in a sentence be