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英国文学史资料 British Writers and Works 一.Anglo-Saxon period 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. ( 主题严肃，语言庄重 ) e.g. Homer ’s Iliad and Odyssey Artistic features: 1. Using alliteration( 押头韵 ) （该文最大修辞特点， 每行第一个词辅音 韵） Definition of alliteration: a rhetorical device, meanin