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OldEnglishPeriod

—Anglo-SaxonPeriod

(450-1066)

1.TheHistory

•From55BCto410AD,theRomansconqueredthelandandtransplanteditscivilization.

2.TheLiterature

Twodivisions:

PaganChristian

Pagan

TheSeafarer;TheFightatFinnisburg;TheWanderer;Waldhere

水手芬尼斯郡之战流浪者瓦登

;TheBattleofMaldom

希尔马尔登战役

Widsith();ThecomplaintofDeor

威德西斯迪奥的抱怨

•Thewife’sLament妻子的哀歌;Ruin毁灭aregoodexamples.

Beowulf,England’snationalepic.

Writingfeatures

notaChristianbutapaganpoemofalladvancedpagancivilization,

Eachlineisdividedintotwohalves,andeachhalfhastwoheavystresses

Theuseofisanothernotablefeatureandmakesthestressesmoreemphatic.

alliteration

Therearealotofmetaphorsandunderstatementsinthispoem

Anglo-NormanPeriod

(1066-1350)

Theliterature

•TheGrowthoftheArthurianLegends

•

theCelts.

•JohnWycliffe(1320-1384)

•thefirstmanwhoattemptedtotranslatetheBiblefromsonorousLatinintoEnglish.

•ChansondeRoland罗兰之歌

WilliamLangland

SirGawainandtheGreenKnight

GeoffreyChaucer(1340-1400)

Chaucer’scontributiontoEnglishLiteratureandLanguage

the“fatherofEnglishpoetry”

thefirstmostsignificantpoetinEnglishliteraryhistorytowriteinMiddleEnglish

the“heroiccouplet”

didmuchinmakingthedialectofLondonthefoundationforthemodernEnglishlanguage

PopularBallads大众民谣

代表人物：BishopThomasPercy托马斯.帕希主教

代表作：RobinHoodandAllin-a-Dale罗宾汉和阿林代尔

TheRenaissance

ThePre-ElizabathanPeriod(1400-1557)

ThomasMore托马斯.莫尔Utopia乌托邦

TheElizabethanAge

EdmundSpenser(1552-1599)

•TheShepheardesCalendar；TheFaerieQueene

PhilipSidney

•Arcadia；AstrophelandStella

ChristopherMarloweblankverse