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1、Hello,Everybody!^_^WelcometoMissYang’sClassCourseDescriptionAims1)abriefoutlineofBritishliterature2)imaginativeuseofEnglish3)interactionwithliterarytexts4)emotionalandmoralattitudes5)interestin/habitofreadingCourseDescription2.TeachingMethods1)lectures2)textualstudy3)classdi
2、scussionandpresentation4)readingassignmentbeforeclass5)groupworkorindividualhomeworkCourseDescription3.References1)WuWeiren,2004.History&AnthologyofEnglishLiterature2)刘炳善，1981.英国文学简史CourseDescription4.AssessmentFinalexamination:100%Classattendance&participationwillberewarded
3、!developinterestinand,hopefully,thehabitof,readingextensivelyTheAnglo-SaxonPeriod (theoldEnglishPeriod449—1066)1.TheHistoricalBackground2.TheLiteraryBackground3.TheLiteraryAchievement:BeowulfTheAnglo-SaxonPeriod (theoldEnglishPeriod449—1066)1.TheHistoricalBackground:1)400B.C
4、.,theCeltsfromwestofFrance2)43AD,Romansconquest3)449,Anglo-Saxonconquest4)1066,NormansconquestEnglandisnotmuchaffectedbytheRomanconquest.TheAnglo-SaxonbroughtBritainGermaniclanguageandculture.NormansbroughttheMediterraneancivilization,e.g.Greekculture,RomanlawandChristianrel
5、igion.CeltictribeswereoriginalinhabitantslivedinBritainbeforethecomingofAnglo-Saxon.In55B.C.,RomaninvadedBritainintheleadingofJuliusCaesar,thenClaudiusconquereditinA.D.43andBritainbecomeaRomanprovinceInmid-5thC,Angles,SaxonsandJutesmigratedtoEnglandfromEuropeanContinent.(wes
6、ternDenmarkandthenorthwestcoastofGermany)Theywereinthelatestageoftribalism.Inthe7thC,7kingdomsco-existed.Inthe8thC,Wessexbecameamilitaryandpoliticalcenter.Fromthelate8thC,DanescametoharasstheeasterncoastofBritain.Lastingformorethanacentury,inthelate9thC,KingAlfredofWessexsuc
7、ceedinthewaragainstDanes.AllthekingdomswereunitedtogethertooneandruledEnglandforaquarterofacentury.(A.D.1017-1042)1066,NormansinvadedEnglandbytheleadingofWilliam,theDukeofNormandy.ItwasNormanConquestthatendedthehistoryoftheOldEngland.Socialconditions:disintegrationoftribalis
8、m↓formationoffeudalismReligiousbelief:theywereheathenpeopleandbelievedinold
