英国文学史复习资料、《英美文学史及作品选读》复习资料合并版.docxVIP

英国文学史资料 British Writers and Works I. Old English Literature The Late Medieval Ages Beowulf贝奥武夫 :the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons Epic: long narrative poems that record the adventures or heroic deeds of hero enacted in vast landscapes.The style of epic is grand and elevated. e.g. Homer?s Iliad and Odyssey Artistic features: Using alliteration Definition of alliteration: a rhetorical device, meaning some words in a sentence begin with the same consonant sound（头韵） Some examples on P5 Using metaphor and understatement Definition of understatement: expressing something in a controlled way Un