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英国文学部分 I、 古代文学： 主要代表作品：《贝尔武夫》 A?性质:Beowulf, is regarded today as the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons. B? 主题：The poem presents a vivid picture of how the primitive people wage under a wise heroic struggles against the hostile forces of the natural world under a wise and mighty leader. II、 中世纪文学： 1、 时间界定：From 1066 up to the mid-14th century. 2、 文学分类：民间通俗文学骑士浪漫诗 Popular folk 1 iterature also occupies an important place in this period? B? Roma nee which uses n arrati ve verse or prose to sing kn ightly adve nturcs or other heroic deeds is a popular literary form in the medieval period? 3、 代表作家与作品：Chaucer and the Canterbury tales The father of English poetry. (Chaucer) The English Homer. (Chaucer) In Can terbury tales, Chaucer prese nted to us a comprehe nsive real istic picture of the Engl ish society of his time and created a who 1 e gal lery of vivid characters from all waIks of life . In Troilus and Criseyde, he gave the world what is virtually the first modern novel. III、 文艺复兴时期： 时间界定： It refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries? 文艺复兴的理论基础：人文主义兴起。 核心：Humanism is the essencc of the Ronaissanee. It sprang from the endeavor to restore a medieval reverencc for the antique authors? 基KB： It was based on such a conccption that man is the measure of al 1 things. 文艺复兴的文化背景： 场所：English schools and universities were estab 1 ished in place of the old monasteries. 印刷术的引进：Willi am Caxto n introduced printing into England . 翻译的时代的出现。With the introduction of printing, an age of translation came into being. 文学形式： A?诗歌： A?诗歌：A). 早期特点：The first period of the English Renaissanee was one of imitation and assimilation. B)?代表作家及作品: a.Spensers The Shcpheardes Calendershowedthe pastoralconvent ion a. Spenser s The Shcpheardes Calender showed the pastoral convent ion In “Tho Passionate Shepherd to His Love,Marlowe spoke that it would be very difficult In “Tho Passionate Shepherd to His Love, Marlowe spoke that it would be very difficult his tragedies.for us to cormect