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1、《英美文学选读》复习指导资料Part1EnglishLiteratureAnIntroductiontoOldandMedievalEnglishLiterature一．重点：有关这部分的文学史内容1．古代英国文学和中世纪英国文学的起始阶段2．英国文学史上的第一部民族史诗----Beowulf3．中世纪文学的主要文学形式-----Romance4．GeoffreyChaucer的文学贡献二．练习：1.Choosethebestanswerforeachblank.1).Theperiodof______Englishliteraturebegin
2、sfromabout450to1066,theyearof______.A.Old----RenaissanceB.Middle----theNormanConquestofEnglandC.Middle----RenaissanceD.Old----theNormanConquestofEngland2).TheMedievalperiodinEnglishliteratureextendsfrom1066uptothe______century.A.mid-13thB.mid-14thC.mid-15thD.mid-16th3).Beowul
3、f,atypicalexampleofOldEnglishpoetry,isregardedtodayasthenational______oftheAnglo-Saxons.A.sonnetB.essayC.epicD.novel4).InTheCanterburyTales,______presentedtousacomprehensiverealisticpictureoftheEnglishsocietyofhistimeandcreatedawholegalleryofvividcharactersfromallwalksoflife.
4、A.GeoffreyChaucerB.WilliamShakespeareC.FrancisBaconD.WilliamLangland5).FortheRenaissance,______wasregardedastheEnglishHomer.HisreputationhasbeensecurelyestablishedasoneofthebestEnglishpoetsforhiswisdom,humorand______.43A.GeoffreyChaucer----witsB.WilliamShakespeare----witsC.Ge
5、offreyChaucer----humanityD.WilliamShakespeare----humanity6).Aftertheconquestof1066,threelanguagesco-existedinEngland.Theyare______,______and______.A.OldEnglish,Greek,LatinB.OldEnglish,French,LatinC.OldEnglish,Greek,FrenchD.English,Greek,French7).GeoffreyChauceristhegreatestwr
6、iteroftheMedievalperiodinEnglishliterature.In“TheLegendofGoodWomen”,heusedforthefirsttimeinEnglishtherhymedcoupletofiambicpentameterwhichistobecalledlaterthe______.A.coupletB.blankverseC.heroiccoupletD.epic8).Thematicallythepoem“Beowulf”presentsavividpictureofhowtheprimitivep
7、eoplewageheroicstruggleagainstthehostileforcesofthe______worldunderawiseandmighty______.A.spiritual----heroB.natural----leaderC.spiritual----godD.natural----monster9).Itcanbesaidthatthoughessentiallystillamedievalwriter,GeoffreyChaucerboremarksofhumanismandanticipatedanew____
8、__tocome.A.manB.theoryC.doctrineD.era10).GeoffreyChaucerintroducedfr
