英国文学史资料British Writers and Works 一
Anglo-Saxon period 贝奥武夫 :thenational epic of the Anglo-Saxons Epic: long narrative poems that record the adventures or heroic deeds of a hero enacted in vast landscapes
The style of epic is grand and elevated
(主题严肃，语言庄重 ) e
Homer ’s Iliad and OdysseyArtistic features: 1
Using alliteration( 押头韵 )（该文最大修辞特点，每行第一个词辅音韵）Definition of alliteration: a rhetorical device, meaning some words in a sentence begin with the same consonant sound（辅音）2
Using metaphor（暗喻，隐喻）and understatement Definition of understatement: expressing something in a controlled way Understatement is a typical way for Englishmen to express their ideas 二
The Middle Ages （Medieval Ages）Geoffery Chaucer杰弗里
乔叟 1340(
)~1400 (首创“双韵体 ”，英国文学史上首先用伦敦方言写作
约翰·德莱顿（John Dryden）称其为“英国诗歌之父 ”The father o
