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1、AGuidetoEnglish-SpeakingCountries英语国家概况英语国家概况TheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIrelandChapter6LiteratureTheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland英语国家概况CONTENTTheOldEnglishPeriodandMiddleEnglishPeriod(450-1500)ITheRenaissance(1500-1660)IITheNeo-ClassicalPeriod(1660-178

2、5)IIITheRomanticPeriod(1785-1830)IVTheModernPeriod(1914-1945)VITheVictorianPeriod(1832-1901)VThePostmodernPeriod(1945-)VIITheOldEnglishPeriodandMiddleEnglishPeriod(450-1500)I1.1GeneralKnowledge1.2TheOldEnglishPeriod1.3TheMiddleEnglishPeriod1.1GeneralKnowledgeInpractice,worksofliter

3、aturefallintofourcategoriesorgenres:narrativefiction叙事小说dramapoetrynon-fictionprose散文1.1GeneralKnowledgeThetwokindsofnarrativefictionyouwillreadmostoftenareshortstoriesandnovels.Myths(神话),parables(寓言),romances(传奇),andepics(史诗)arealsopartofthegenre.1.2TheOldEnglishPeriodOldEnglish:t

4、heepicBeowulf贝奥武夫AfolklegendbroughttoEnglandbytheAnglo-Saxonsfromtheircontinentalhomes.1.3TheMiddleEnglishPeriodWiththeNormanConquestin1066,BritainenteredtheMiddleAges(1066-1485).MiddleEnglish:TheCanterburyTales坎特伯雷的故事集(1387-1400)GeoffreyChaucer(1340?-1400)TheRenaissance(1500-1660)

5、2.1GeneralKnowledge2.2WilliamShakespeareIIRenaissanceischaracterizedbyadmirationoftheGreekandLatinclassicworks.sonnet(十四行诗)dramaThedramatypesaretragedy,comedyandfarce(滑稽剧).2.1GeneralKnowledgeBlankverseisatypeofpoetry,distinguishedbyhavingaregularmeter,butnorhyme.InEnglish,themeterm

6、ostcommonlyusedwithblankversehasbeeniambicpentameter。无韵诗是诗歌的一种，特点是有整齐的格律，却没有韵脚（即句尾不押韵）。英语中，无韵诗最常用的格律是抑扬格五音步（因此无韵诗又被称为无韵五节拍诗）。每行用五个长短格音步――十个音节组成，每首行数不拘，不压韵。不押韵的诗称无韵诗或白体诗。 应用多用在戏剧和叙事诗中。莎士比亚的戏剧和弥尔顿的ParadiseLost都是用无韵诗写成的。押韵的诗叫rhymedverse。无韵诗不同于自由诗。无韵诗虽不押韵，但是有固定节奏，以扬抑格五音步最常见。自由诗节奏不固定，如同

7、白话。Freeverseisaformofpoetrywhichrefrainsfrommeterpatterns,rhyme,oranyothermusicalpattern.自由诗是一种不受格律、韵脚或其他音乐节拍约束的诗歌形式。2.2WilliamShakespeare(1564-1616)2.2WilliamShakespeare(1564-1616)Shakespeare’sBirthplace2.2WilliamShakespeare(1564-1616)EnglishplaywrightWilliamShakespearewasborninth

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