英美文学概况前文艺复兴时代.pptVIP

Chapter 1 Pre-Renaissance British literature Angle-Saxon, Middle period  Major knowledge points: A. Old English Literature(before 1066) Beowulf《贝奥武甫》 B. Middle age literature(1066-1400) Chaucer and The Canterbury Tales《坎特 伯雷故享集》  A. Old English Period(before 1066) History Northem france,Celtic had setted there Celtic period(1800BC-55 Bc) mic rihe Oral tradition recloned with, and Brtain was part the Roman Empire un血l Roman period(55 BC-410 AD)  The orignal Britons were chased The Anelo-Saxons Anglo-Saxon period(410 AD-1066) er the IRELANT The retreat of the Roman Empire aw thB isa to power of the howeveL brought Lat All Christianized at the end of 7th century Co-existence of heathenlpagan poems and religious poems Roman mission  LRFLBND building ey spoke old Norse, a language telated to old Enghsh and French sh Boundary of Alfreds King Alfred the Great of Wessex and his establishment of the Kingdom of England in the 10th century  A. Old English Period(before 1066) Beowulf APPET PE EARDA 3 An Old English heroic PIm se Hunon huaa cepe ling.f elld epic poem consisting of Fe me don. oFe rela ferns fceape 如 n ione5m时 pum meo de felt 3182 alliterative long lines. set in Scandinavia Fe (temp= Funder he per FloFiLe se ba commonly cited as one of of him ashpole pa ymb frezen Spua the most important works o in on. Jude hyuan fcolbe somb of Anglo-Saxon literature Its com position by ar anonymous anglo-Saxon 1.m hile hm br l甲 rul yi4.Lse poet is dated between the N3“Pp5即 F. beupur-r- 8th and the early 1 1th b1 ea Tie century.  I. Story The battles of Beowulf, the Swedish hero, in youth and old age Swe Geats Wul Jutes Danes Frisians Angles  I。 Genre Narrative epIc 1. Realistic reflection of tribal soclety 2. Heroic exploits: semi-god hero, part-legendary, part- historical 3. Ancient peoples misery and feelings and desire 4. Ancient peoples way for getting top over the universe through imaginatio