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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 a hero enacted in vast landscapes. The style of epic is grand and elevated. e.g. Homer ’s Iliad and Odyssey Artistic features: 1. Using alliteration Definition of alliteration: a rhetorical device, meaning somewords in a sentence begin with the same consonant sound （头韵） Some examples on P5 2. Using metaphor and understatement Definition of understatement: expressing something in a controlled way Understatement is a typical way for Englishmen to express their ideas Geoffery Chaucer 杰弗里 ?乔叟 1340(?)~1400 ( 首创“双韵体”，英国文学史上首先用伦敦方言写作。约翰·德莱顿（ John Dryden）称其为“英国诗歌之父”。代表作《坎特伯雷故事集》。 ) The father of English poetry. writing style: wisdom, humor, humanity. ① The Canterbury Tales 坎特伯雷故事集： first time to use ‘heroic couplet ’( 双韵体 ) by middle English ② Troilus and Criseyde 特罗伊拉斯和克莱希德 ③ The House of Fame 声誉之宫 Medieval Ages ’ popular Literary form: Romance(传奇故事 ) Famous three ：King Arthur Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Beowulf 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 the great revival of art, literature, and learning in Europe beginning in the 14th century and extending to the 1