Chapters-1—2--英国文学简史(English-Literature).pptVIP

EnglishLiteratureChapters1—2

KeyPointsinChapter1

TheOldEnglish(Anglo-Saxon)PeriodHistoryofInvasionAnglo-SaxonsCaedmonBeowulfKingAlfredtheGreatBeowulfsignificanceOutlineoftheStoryMedievalLiterature:ABriefIntroduction1066—NormanConquest—MiddleEnglish—FeudalSocietyTheArthurianLegendsSirGawainandtheGreenKnightRobinHoodJohnWycliffe

TheOldEnglishPeriodHistoryofInvasions5thcenturyBC:tribalkingdomsofCelticpeople55BC:invadedbytheRomanEmpire(undercontrolforover400years)5thCentury:byGermanicpeople:theAnglesandtheSaxonFromthelate8thcenturyon:byferociousVikingsfromScandinavia1066:byNormansfromnorthernFrance,descendantsofVikings

TheOldEnglishPeriodAnglo-Saxons5thcenturyinvadedanddefeatedtheCeltsandtheRomansAbranchofGermanictribes597AD:begantobeconvertedtoChristianityBasicallybarreninliterarycreation

TheOldEnglishPeriodCaedmonSecondhalfofthe7thcenturyThefirstknownpoetinEnglishliteraryhistory

TheOldEnglishPeriodKingAlfredtheGreat9thcenturyDefeatedawaveofinvasionsBroughtpeace,securityandprosperityBuiltschools,wroteannals,andencouragedculturalgrowthDecidedthatliteratureshouldbewritteninthevernacular,orOldEnglish

Beowulf

SignificanceTheonlyorganicwholepoemtocomeoutoftheAnglo-SaxonperiodAnepicofwellover3,000linesProbablythegreatestepiceverleftbytheancientGermanictribesThemostancienteversincethedemiseoftheGreekandRomanliterature

Beowulf

OutlineoftheStory8thcenturyScandinavia,Sweden,Denmark,KingHrothgarSeamonstersGrendelandhismotherFierydragon

MedievalLiterature:ABriefIntroduction

1066—NormanConquest—MiddleEnglish—FeudalSociety1066:theFrench-speakingNormansconqueredEnglandThelastAnglo-SaxonKingHarolddiedinthebattleofHastingsMarkedthebeginningoftheMiddleEnglishorAnglo-NormanperiodEstablishmentoftheFeudalSystem,1381PeasantRising,thecompletio