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1、BeowulfFocus:BriefintroductionofBeowulfTheplotofstoryThemeFeaturesofBeowulfStatusandinfluenceBeowulf:boththenameofthebookandoneoftheprotagonistsAuthor:unknownDate:8thcentury(oralform)10thcentury(manuscript)Genre:narrativeheroicepic(3182lines)Language:OldEnglish(Wessexand

2、someAnglian)Features:kenning、alliteration、assonanceepic1、heroicepicAlongnarrativepoemtellingaboutthedeedsofagreatheroandreflectingthevaluesofthesocietyfromwhichitoriginated.2、epicofcreationFeature:1）drawnfromoraltradition2）transmittedbysongandrecitationbeforetheywerewrit

3、tendownFirstpart:Beowulf’sfightingwithGrandelandhismother.(start)Secondpart:Beowulf’sgloriouslifeinSweden,buthediesfightingadragon.(end)Hero:reflectthevaluesofClans’societyReligion：PaganandChristianityThemeFeatures1、kenningAwordfromScandinaviaDefinition(textbookP6,L2)Iti

4、susedinOldNorsepoetryandOldEnglishEg.sea---swan’sway/whale-pathsoldier---shield-holder/battle-heroEffect2、alliterationDefinition(textbookP6)Eg.change、chanceandchallenge“O,wildwestwind,thoubreathofaautumn’sbeing.”---Shelley,OdetotheWestWindJaneAustinEffect3、assonanceDefin

5、itionEg.onaproudroundcloudinwhitehighnightthesilkensanduncertainrustlingofeachpurplecurtainEffectThefirstmajorEnglishpoemandthegreatestworkofliteratureofOldEnglishperiod.ThegreatestepiceverleftbytheancientGermanictribes.PositionandinfluenceThefirstdialectepicinEurope.The

6、nationalepicoftheAnglo-Saxons.Influencetheromanceandfantasy.