英国文学复习参考

1TheAnglo-SaxonPeriod(450-1066)一、不列颠岛上的 Settler 换了一波又一波Celts(600B.C.)—Romans(55B.C.)—Anglo-Saxons(450A.D.)fNormans(1066A.D.)二、两个流派NorthumbrianSchool 诺森伯一文学WessexLiterature 西萨克斯文学代表人物1.Caedmon 开德蒙 thefirstAnglo-SaxonpoetKingAlfred 乂尔弗雷德大帝，此人之前教育上只用拉丁语。2.VenerableBede 必德fatherofEnglishHistory；TheEcclesiasticalHistoryoftheEnglishPeople《英吉利人教会史》Contributionsofhim1.2.3.课本 P4三、Beowulf体裁：Epic来源：basedonpartlyhistoricalandpartlylegendarymaterials,broughtoverbytheAnglo-Saxonsfromtheiroriginalhomes.特点：1.Alliteration 头韵 2.Kenning 比喻的复合辞 3.Repetition2TheNormanPeriod(1066-1350)一、1066 年 TheNormanConquest 诺曼征服Significance:1.FeudalsystemwasestablishedinEngland.2. Englishsociallifegreatlychanged.3. ConnectionofEnglish&French.4. DividinglineofOldEnglishandMiddleEnglish二、Romance1. PopularformofliteratureoftheupperclassinfeudalEnglandintheMedievalAges;2. Knightsaremajorcharacters;3. EmphasisofchivalryspiritandloyaltytoKing;4. Composedbythenoble,forthenobleandofthenoble;课本 P12Insubjectmatters,romancenaturallyfallsunderthreecategories:1.2.3.3TheAgeofChaucer(1350-1400)一、WhoisChaucer?英国摆脱中古时期浪漫主义的第一位现实主义诗人二、两个事件1. TheHundredYearsWar 百年战争(英 VS 法)2. ThePeasantUprisingof1381(打仗没钱了管 peasant 要，于是 peasant 揭竿而起)三、JohnWycliff1. HewasthemajorpersonwhotranslatedBibleintoMiddleEnglish,whichisimportanttoEnglishLiteratureandEnglishLanguage2. HefixedanationalstandardforEnglishprosetoreplacevariousdialects.HisworksearnedhimthetitleofFatherofEnglishprose.普通话第一人四、GeofferyChaucer 乔叟1. TheworksofChaucerareroughlydividedinto3periods 课本 P182. ThesignificanceofTheCanterburyTalesisasfollows 课本 P194TheFifteenthCentury(1400-1550)一、两个战争和两个事件1. TheHundredYears'War 百年战争 1337-14532. TheWaroftheRoses 玫瑰战争 1455-14853. ThediscoveryofAmericaandthenewsearoutes4. ReformationoftheChurc...