英国作家及作品一览.pdf

British Writers and Works 英国作家及作品一览 (河南理工大学外国语学院英语系李东风编辑) Edited by Mr. LI Dongfeng , English Department School of Foreign Languages HPU History of English 1. Early / Old English(Anglo-Saxon): 428~1066 Literature 2. Medieval/ Middle English: 1066~1500 English literature began 3. Renaissance 1500~1600 （Modern English ） with the Anglo-Saxon 4. Neo-classical: 1660~1798 national epic 5. Romanticism: 1798~1830 Beowulf. 6. Victorian: 1830/1837~1901 Realistic Criticism 《贝奥武夫》 7. Modernism: 1914~1945 8. Post-modernism History of English 古英语 Old English(Anglo-Saxon): 450~1100 (428~1066) 中古英语 Middle English: 1100~1450 现代英语 Modern English: 1450~now 早期现代英语 Early Modern English: 1450~1700 Caedmon Hymns, ca.670 first English poem known by name. Beowulf ca.700 Bede(Baeda) Ecclesiastical History: first history of English people. Medieval English Romance is the most prevailing kind of literature in the Middle Ages. Literature Popular ballad occupies an important position. 1066~1500 Romance Chanson de Roland, French epic （骑士）传奇 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, ac.1375~1400 Ballads 民谣 Geste of Robinhood, Drama 神秘剧 Mystery The Second Shepherd’s Play, 1385 奇迹剧 Miracle 道德剧 Morality Everyman, 1485 Geoffrey Chaucer The Canterbury Tales, 1387~1400 the most important medieval writer; the first realistic writer; father of English poems. William Langland Pies the Plowman