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1、EnglishLiteratureINTRODUCTION:TheoldEnglishliterature一、TheoldEnglishLiterature1、Thetimeperiod:TheperiodofOldEnglishliteratureextendsfromabout450to1066.2、TheclassificationoftheoldEnglishpoetry:TheOleEnglishpoetrycanbedividedintotwogroups:thereligiousgroupandthesecularone.A.Thereligionsgroupis

2、mainlyonbiblicalthmes.B.Theseculargroupconcludes:Thenationalepicpoem,Beowulf,andlyricalpoemsofshorterlength.3.Therepresentativeofthisperiod:A.Thenature:Beowulf,isregardedtodayasthenationalepicoftheAnglo-Saxons.B.Thesetting:ThestorytookplaceinScandinavia.C.Thetheme:Thepoempresentsavividpictur

3、eofhowtheprivitivepeoplewageunderawiseheroicstrugglesagainstthehostileforcesofthenaturalworldunderawiseandmightyleader.D.Thesignificance:Thepoemisanexampleoftheminglingofnaturemythsandheroiclegends.ThebattlebetweenBeowulfandtheDragonsymbolicallyrepresentsthatphaseofWinterandSummermythinwhich

4、theSummerGod,hereembodiedbyBeowulf.二、 ThemedievalEnglishLiterature1.Thetimeperiod:From1066uptothemid-14thcentury.2.TheclasscificationofthemedievalEnglishLiterature:MiddleEnglishLiteraturedealwithawiderrangeofsubjects.A.popularfolkliteraturealsooccupiesanimportantplaceinthisperiod.3.Therepres

5、entativeofthisperiod:ChancerandtheCanterburytales.A.TheinfluenceofRenaissance:TheinfluenceofRenaissancewasalreadyfeltinthefieldofEnglishliteraturewhenChaucerwaslearningfromthegreatItalianwriterslikePetrarchandBoccaccio.B.ThecontributionstoEnglishLiterature:a.ChaucerintroducedfromFrancetherhy

6、medstanzastoreplacetheOldEnglishalliterativeverse.b.InTheRomauntoftheRose,hefirstintroducedintoEnglishtheoctosyllabiccouplet.c.InTheLegendofGoodWomen,heusedforthefirsttimeinEnglishtherhymedcoupletfoiambicpentameter.AndinTheCanterburyTales,Chauceremployedtheheroiccoupletwithtureease.d.Chaucer

7、alsodevelopedtheartofliteratureitself.InTroilusandCriseyde,hegavetheworldwhatisvirtuallythefirstmodernnovel.e.InTheCanterburyTales,hedevelopedhisartofpoetrystillfurthertowardsdramaandtheartofnovel.JohnDryden(拜伦),calledChaucerthefatherofEnglishpoetr