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1、Chapter1TheOldEnglishPeriod·Beowulf·TheMiddleEnglishPeriod古英语时期-贝奥武甫-中世纪英语时期Anglo-SaxonPeriod(450-1066)TheAnglo-SaxonPeriodextendedfromtheinvasionofCelticEnglandbyGermanictribes(theAngles,Saxons,andJutes)inthefirsthalfofthefifthcenturytotheconquestofEnglandin1066bythe

2、NormanFrenchundertheleadershipofWilliamtheConqueror.OnlyaftertheyhadbeenconvertedtoChristianityinthe7thcenturydidtheAnglo-Saxons,whereearlierliteraturehadbeenoral,begintodevelopawrittenliterature.Anglo-SaxonPeriod(450-1066)HistoricalBackgroundandIdeology(历史背景和社会思潮)Roma

3、nConquestAnglo-SaxonConquestNormanConquestOldEnglishBeowulf巨石阵又称索尔兹伯里石环、环状列石、太阳神庙、史前石桌、斯通亨治石栏、斯托肯立石圈等名，是欧洲著名的史前时代文化神庙遗址，位于英格兰威尔特郡索尔兹伯里平原，约建于公元前4000～2000年（2008年3月至4月，英国考古学家研究发现，巨石阵的准确建造年代距今已经有4300年，即建于公元前2300年左右）TheMesopotamiancivilizationTheancientEgyptiancivilizationT

4、heancientGreek-RomancivilizationTheancientIndiancivilizationTheChinesecivilizationLiteraryTerms（文学术语解释）Legend（传说）:Asongornarrativehandeddownfromthepast,legenddiffersfrommythsonthebasisoftheelementsofhistoricaltruththeycontain.Epic（史诗）:1)Epic,inpoetry,referstoalongworkd

5、ealingwiththeactionsofgodsandheroes.2)BeowulfisthegreatestnationalepicoftheAnglo-Saxons.JohnMiltonwrotethreegreatepics:ParadiseLost,ParadiseRegainedandSamsonAgonistes.OldEnglishLiteraturePaganReligiousCaedmonCynewulfTheEcclesiasticalHistoryofEnglandAnglo-SaxonChronicle

6、Beowulf《贝奥武夫》手稿英国的英雄史诗：Beowulf《贝奥武夫》法兰西民族的英雄颂歌：ChansondeRoland《罗兰之歌》德国民族的悲壮史诗：Nibelungenlied《尼伯龙根之歌》西班牙的不朽史诗：CantardeMioCid《熙德之歌》俄国的民族史诗：ChronicleoftheCampaignofIgor《伊戈尔远征记》Beowulf《贝奥武甫》ChansondeRoland《罗兰之歌》Nibelungenlied《尼伯龙根之歌》WhatarethemaincharacteristicsofAnglo-Sax

7、onLiterature?Anglo-Saxonliteratureisalmostexclusivelyaverseliteratureinoralform.Itwaspasseddownbywordofmouthfromgenerationtogeneration.Mostofitscreatorsareunknown.TherearetwogroupsofEnglishpoetryinAnglo-Saxonperiod.ThefirstgroupisthepaganpoetryrepresentedbyBeowulf,thes

8、econdisthereligiouspoetryrepresentedbytheworksofCaedmonandCynewulf.WhataretheartisticfeaturesofOldEnglishpoetry?Anevi