English Literature Age Writer Status Form & Style Work （“___”表重要性， “☆”表课本选文）The Middle Ages 中世纪时期(5thcentury –15thcentury) The Anglo-Saxon Period (449-1066) / / epic ☆Beowulf《贝奥武夫》与法国的《罗兰之歌》 、德国的《尼伯龙根之歌》并称为欧洲文学的三大英雄史诗。The Anglo-Norman Period (1066-1350) / / alliterative verse Arthurian romance ☆Sir Gawain and the Green Knight《高文爵士与绿衣骑士》Geoffrey Chaucer 杰弗雷 ·乔叟(1343-1400) “ father of English poetry”;One of the greatest narrative poets of England narrative poetry (with realistic images) ☆The Canterbury Tales《坎特伯雷故事》/ / popular ballads ☆Robin Hood and Allin-a-Dale / / ☆Get up and Bar the Door / / ☆Sir Patrick Spens The Renaissance 文艺复兴(14th century – 17thcentury) William Shakespeare 威廉 ·莎士比亚(1564-1616) dramatist One of the first founders of realism drama, poetry (sonnet); realism, humanism 4 comedies: A Midsummer Night ’ s Dream; ☆The Merchant of Venice; As You Like it; Twelfth Night, or What You Will; 4 tragedies: ☆The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (the summit of Shakespeare’s art) ; Othello, the Moor of Venice; King Lear; The Tragedy of Macbeth ☆Sonnet 18 ☆Sonnet 29 ☆Sonnet 106 (heroic couplet, iambic pentameter) Francis Bacon / philosophical, literary, and The Advancement of Learning, The Novum Organum, Dr 弗朗西斯 ·培根(1561-1626) professional works, essay; realism Augmentis Scientiarrum (philosophical); Essays (literary); Maxims of the Law and Reading on the Statute of Uses (professional); ☆Of Truth ☆Of Studies The Period of Revolution and Restoration 资本主义革命及王政复辟时期(17th century) John Donne 约翰 ·邓恩(1572-1631) 开创玄学派诗歌metaphysical poetry; “ conceit”;realism, cynicism Songs and Sonnets《歌与十四...
