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英美文学史复习资料 英国文学史资料 I. Old English Literature The Late Medieval Ages ? Beowulf贝奥武夫??Artistic features: Using alliteration头韵 ?? Using metaphor暗喻 and understatement含蓄陈述 ??Geoffery Chaucer?杰弗里?乔叟The founder of English poetry. ?????三个阶段： 1?The Romaunt of the Rose玫瑰传奇 2Troilus and Criseyde特罗伊拉斯和克莱希德longest complete poem 3?The Canterbury Tales坎特伯雷故事集： Significance :first time to use ‘heroic couplet’(英雄双韵体) by middle English ? II?The Renaissance Period A period of drama and poetry. The Elizabethan drama is the real mainstream of the English Renaissance. Renaissance: the activity, spirit, or time of th