I.ThegenresofLiterature:Poetry,Novel,Essay,DramaII.Requirements:1.HistoricalandliteraryBackground:literarytrend/movement,literaryschools2.Literaryterms3.Thelifestoryofthewriters4.Theselectedworks:inpoetry,wepayattentiontothetheme,therhymescheme,figuresofspeechandtheimages;inthenovel,wefocusonthefollowingaspects:thetheme(thecontrollingidea),story,setting,plot,characters(protagonistandantagonist),pointofview,tone,techniques.InDrama,weneedtoknow:stage,performance,actor/tress,action,speech(dramaticmonologue),audience.InEssay:formalandinformal/familiaressay.III.ReferenceBooks:1.刘炳善《英国文学简史》河南人民出版社/上海外语教育出版社2.陈嘉《英国文学史》，《英国文学作品选读》商务印书馆3.吴伟仁《英国文学史及选读》外研社4.张伯香《英国文学教程》武汉大学出版社5.南京大学王守仁及北大罗经国等相关著作6.王佐良主编《英国文学名篇选注》商务印书馆7．常耀信南开大学出版社IV.AsurveyofEnglishLiterature:1.TheAnglo-SaxonorOldEnglishperiod(450-1066)2.TheAnglo-NormanPeriod(1066-1350)3.TheAgeofChaucer(1350-1400)4.TheRevivalofLearning(1400-1550)5.TheAgeofElizabeth(1550-1620)6.ThePuritanAge(1620-1660)7.ThePeriodoftheRestoration(1660-1700)8.TheLiteratureofthe18thcentury(1700-1800)Enlightenmentmovement:realism;neo-classicism.，sentimentalism,gothicnovels9.TheAgeofRomanticism(1800-1850)10.TheVictorianAge--criticalrealism(1850-1901)11.TheLiteratureofthe20thcentury.ModernismLecture1Anglo-Saxon/OldEnglishPeriodFeature:averseliteratureinoralformI.HistoricalBackground:1.RomanConquest(55BC--450)2.EnglishConquest(450-1066)(Anglo-Saxonconquest)–beginningofEnglishliterature/III.Anglo-SaxonPoetry:1.Religious/ChristianpoetryCaedmon:fatherofEnglishsong,thefirstEnglishknownreligiouspoet.“TheHymnofPraise”Cynewulf:thegreatestAnglo-SaxonpoetexcepttheunknowncomposerofBeowulf.“Christ”“Juliana”,“theFatesoftheApostles”2.Pagan/secularPoetry:a..thestoryofBeowulfp.4-p.5b..thethreeparts:thefightagainstmonsterGrendelthefightagainstGrendel’smotherthefightagainstthefire-breathingdragonbutvictoryindeathc.BeowulfisthemostimportantspecimenofAnglo-SaxonliteratureandtheoldestsurvivingepicofanyGermanicpeople.It’scalledthenationalepicpoemoftheAnglo-Saxons.However,theheroandthesettingofithavenothingtodowithEngland,forthestorytookplaceinScandinavia.Thepoemwasoriginallyinanoralform,sungbythebards/minstrelsattheendofthe6thcentury.Thepresentscriptwaswrittendowninthe10thcentury.Itconsistsofmorethan3000lines.Thematicallythepoempresentsavividpictureofhowtheprimitivepeoplewageheroicstrugglesagainstthehostileforcesofthenaturalworldunderawiseandmightyleader.BeowulfisessentiallyanaristocraticpoemconcernedwiththeheroicidealsofkingsandkingshipinNorthEurope.Battleisawayoflife.Strengthandcouragearebasicvirtuesforbothkingsandhiswarriors.Thehero-kingstrivestodobetterthananyoneelsethethingsthatarevitallyimportanttothehappylifeofhispeople.c.featuresP.51.Alliteration:certainaccentedwordsinalinebeginwiththesameconsonantsound.e.g.theendingofthebook–thefuneraloftheheroThusmadetheirmourningthemenofGreatland,Fortheirhero’spassing,hishearth-companions,Quoththatofallthekingsofearth,OfmenhewasthemildestandmostbelovedTohiskinthekindest,keenesttopraise.2.metaphorsandunderstatements3.mixtureofpaganandChristianelementsEpic(Heroicpoetry):Alongnarrativepoem,majestic(elevatedanddignified)bothinthemeandstyle,isaboutthedeedsofagreatheroandreflectsthevaluesofthe...
