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1、ASandAN盎格鲁--撒克逊时期和中世纪时期Historicalbackground1.TheRomanConquest2.Anglo-SaxonConquest3.TheconversionIn597thePopeofRomesentAugustinetoEnglandtoconverttheASandwithinacenturyallEnglandwasChristianized.Theconversionisthesecondimportanteventbecauseitbroughtanewlife，a
2、newcultureandanewcivilizationtoEngland.TheAnglo-SaxonliteratureTwodivisions:paganandChristian1.Thepaganlitrefersthesongs,legendswhichtheASbroughtfromtheiroriginalhome.2.TheChristianlitreferstopoemsorprosewritingsdevelopedaftertheconversion,undertheteachingoft
3、hemonks;theymainlydealwithreligioussubjects,storiesbasedontheBible.Beowulf1.Theuseofalliteration,compoundwords,understatement,metaphor2.ItisthenationalepicofAnglo-Saxons3.Itispasseddownorallyfromgenerationtogenerationuntilthe10thcenturywhenitwaswrittendownino
4、ldEnglish.4.ItisregardedasthenationalepicoftheAngloSaxonpeople.ItiswritteninOldEnglish,part-historical,part-legendary.Itisalongnarrativepoemonthethemeofarmsandman,mixingwithpaganelementsandChristiancoloring.ArtisticfeatureinBeowulf1.Theuseofalliteration,words
5、beginningwiththesameconsonantsalliteratewitheachotherwithineachline,orawordbeginningwithavowelalliterateswithanotherwordbeginningwiththesameoranothervowel.e.g.a.ThusmadetheirmourningthemenofGeatland,b.Fortheirhero’spassing,hisheath-companionc.Quoththatofallth
6、ekingsofearth,e.Ofmenhewasthemildestandmostbelovedf.Tohiskinthekindest,keenesttopraise2.Theuseofindirectmetaphor(kennings)e.g.sea:swan-road,whale-pathorsea-bathShip--wave-travelerSoldier:shield-bearer,battle-hero,spear-fighterFights:sword-clashing,edge-clashA
7、rmor:ring-mail,limb-sark,breast-net3.theuseofunderstatement(低调，轻描淡写地陈述）：anegativeexpressionusuallyintheformofanunderstatementcreatinga.Nottroublesome,forverywelcomeb.Neednotpraise,forarighttocondemn4.Parallelandantithesis5.EpisodesanddigressionMiddleEnglishli
8、teratureAlliterativeandmetricalRomancesconstitutethebulkoftheliteraryworksRomance—themostpopularliteraryformintheMiddleAgesinEurope;Atale(inverseorprose)thatdealswithknightlyadventuresoro
