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1、EnglishLiteratureIntroduction:TheoldandMedievalEnglishliterature.*****A.TheoldEnglishliterature1.Thetimeperiod:TheperiodofOldEnglishliteratureextendsfromabout450to1066.2.TheclassificationoftheoldEnglishpoetry:TheoldEnglishpoetrycanbedividedintotwogroups:thereligiousgroupandthesecularone.a.)T

2、hereligiousgroupismainlyonbiblicalthemes.b.)Theseculargroupconcludes;Thenationalepicpoem,Beowulf,andlyricalpoemsofshorterlength.3.Therepresentativeofthisperiod:Beowulf.a.)ThenatureBeowulfisregardedtodayasthenationalepicoftheAnglo-Saxons.b.)ThesettingThestorytookplaceinScandinavia.c.)Thetheme

3、:Thepoempresentsavividpictureofhowtheprimitivepeoplewageunderawiseheroicstrugglesagainstthehostileforcesofthenaturalworldunderawiseandmightyleader.d.)Thesignificance:Thepoemisanexampleoftheminglingofnaturemythsandheroiclegends.ThebattlebetweenBeowulfandtheDragonSymblicallyrepresentthatphrase

4、ofWinterandSummermythinwhichtheSummerGod,hereembodiedbyBeowulf.******B.ThemedievalEnglishliterature1.Thetimeperiod:From1066uptothemid-14thcentury.2.TheclassificationofthemedievalEnglishLiterature:MiddleEnglishliteraturedealswithawiderrangeofsubjects.a.)popularfolkliteraturealsooccupiesanimpo

5、rtantplaceinthisperiod.b.)RomancewhichusesnarrativeverseorprosetosingknightlyadventuresorotherheroicdeedsisapopularliteraryformintheMedievalperiod.3.Therepresentativeofthisperiod:ChaucerandtheCanterburytales.a.)TheinfluenceofRenaissance:TheinfluenceofRenaissancewasalreadyfeltinthefieldofEngl

6、ishliteraturewhenChaucerwaslearningfromthegreatItalianwriterslikePetrarchandBoccaccio.b.)ThecontributionstoEnglishLiterature:731)ChaucerintroducedfromFrancetherhymedstanzastoreplacetheoldEnglishalliterativeverse.2)IntheRomaunttheRose,hefixstintroducedintoEnglishtheoctosyllabiccouplet.3)InThe

7、LegendofGoodWomen,heusedforthefirsttimeinEnglishtherhymedcoupletofiambicpentameter.AndinTheCanterburyTales,Chauceremployedtheheroiccoupletwithtrueease.4)Chauceralsodevelopedtheartofliteratureitself.InTroilusandCriseyde,hegavetheworldwhatisvirtually