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1.GeoffreyChauceristheforerunnerofHumanismandintroduces

fromFrancetherhymedstanzasofvarioustypestoEnglishpoetryto

replacetheoldEnglishalliterativeverse.

2.GeoffreyChaucer,the“fatherofEnglishpoetry”andoneofthe

greatestnarrativepoetsofEngland,wasborninLondoninaboutthe

year1340.

3.Despitetheenormousplan,TheCanterburyTalesinfactcontainsa

general“prologue”andonly24tales,ofwhichtwoareleftunfinished.

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4.The16centuryinEnglandwasaperiodofthebreakingupoffeudal

relationsandtheestablishingofthefoundationsofcapitalism.

5.WyattwasthefirsttointroducethesonnetintoEnglishliterature.

6.Becausethewooltradewasrapidlygrowinginbulk,itwasatime

when,accordingtoTomasMore,“sheepdevouredmen.”

7.ShallICompareTheetoa“summer’sDay”isoneofWilliam

Shakespeare’sbestknownpoetry.

8.Humanismisthekey-noteoftheRenaissance.

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9.The17centurywasaperiodwhenabsolutemonarchyimpededthe

furtherdevelopmentofcapitalisminEnglandandthebourgeoisie

couldnolongerbeartheswayoflandednobility.

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comedywhosechiefaimwastoentertainthelicentiousaristocrats.

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Revolutionwascarriedoutunderareligiouscloak.

12.ParadiselosttellshowStanrebelledagainstGodandhowAdamand

EveweredrivenoutofEden.

13.TheEnlightenmentonthewholewasanexpressionofstruggleofthe

progressiveclassofbourgeoisieagainstfeudalism.

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14.Itissimplyforconveniencethatwestudy18centurywritingsin

romanticpoetry,andthebeginningsofthemodernnovel.

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15.Swiftwasthemostremarkablesatiristinthe18centurywho

16.ItwasHenryFieldingandSmolletwhobecametherealfoundersof

thegenreofthebourgeoisreal