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英国文学知识点总结 一、 中古世纪时期和文艺复兴时期 1. The Canterbury Tales, a collection of stories told by a group of pilgrims on their way to Canterbury, is an important poetic work by ______. (2006) A. William Langland B. Geoffrey Chaucer C. William Shakespeare D. Alfred Tennyson 2. ______ is defined as an expression of human emotion which is condensed into fourteen lines. (2006) A. Free verse B. sonnet C. ode D. epigram 重要文学术语一句话定义： Ballad 民谣：Ballad is a story in poetic form to be sung or recited. It was handed down from generation to generation. 代表作：Robin Hood Epic 史诗：Epic, in poetry, refers to a long work dealing with the actions of gods and heroes. 代表作：Beowulf Renaissance 文艺复兴：It meant the reintroduction into Western Europe of the full cultural heritage of Greece and Rome. Humanism 人文主义：Humanism is the essence of the Renaissance. Spenserian stanza 斯宾塞诗节：it refers to a stanza of nine lines, with the first eight lines in iambic pentameter, the last line in iambic pentameter, rhyming ababbcbcc. 代表作： the Faerie Queene Sonnet 十四行诗: A sonnet is a lyric consisting of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter. 代表人物：William Shakespeare 重要人物和其代表作的一句话评价： Geoffrey Chaucer 乔叟：He is regarded as the father of modern English poetry. 英国诗歌之父 代表作：Canterbury Tales: A collection of stories told by a group of pilgrims. Philip Sidney 菲利普 锡尼：He stands for the spirit of the Elizabeth age. 伊莉莎白时代精神的代表 代表作：Defense of Poetry, Arcadia. Edmund Spenser 斯宾塞： the poets’ poet. He created Spenser Stanza. 诗人中的诗人，斯宾塞诗节的创作者。 代表作：The Faerie Queene. The shepherd Calendar. Thomas More 托马斯 莫尔： 代表作 Utopia Christopher Ma...