英国文学史知识点

一、The Anglo-Saxon period (449-1066)1、这个时期得文学作品分类: pagan(异教徒) Christian(基督徒)2、代表作: The Song of Beowulf 《贝奥武甫》 ( national epic 民族史诗 ) 采纳了隐喻手法3、Alliteration 押头韵(写作手法)例子: of man was the mildest and most beloved,To his kin the kindest, keenest for praise、二、The Anglo-Norman period (1066-1350)Canto 诗章1、romance 传奇文学2、代表作: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (高文爵士与绿衣骑士) 就是一首押头韵得长诗三、Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400) 杰弗里、乔叟 时期1、the father of English poetry 英国诗歌之父2、heroic couplet 英雄双韵体:a verse unit consisting of two rhymed(押韵) lines in iambic pentameter(五步抑扬格)3、代表作:the Canterbury Tales 坎特伯雷得故事 (英国文学史得开端)大致内容:the pilgrims are people from various parts of England, representatives of various walks of life and social groups、朝圣者都就是来自英国得各地得人,代表着社会得各个不同阶层与社会团体小说特点:each of the narrators tells his tale in a peculiar manner, thus revealing his own views and character、这些叙述者以自己特色得方式讲述自己得故事,无形中表明了各自得观点,展示了各自得性格。小说观点:he believes in the right of man to earthly happiness、 He is anxious to see man freed from superstitions(迷信) and a blind belief in fate(盲目地信任命运)、她希望人们能从迷信与对命运得盲从中解脱出来。4、Popular Ballads 大众民谣 :a story hold in 4-line stanzas with second and fourth line rhymed(笔记)Ballads are anonymous narrative songs that have been preserved by oral transmission(书上)、歌谣就是匿名叙事歌曲,一直保存着口头传播得方式代表人物:Bishop Thomas Percy 托马斯、帕希主教代表作:Robin Hood and Allin-a-Dale 罗宾汉与阿林代尔四、The Renaissance (16 世纪) 文艺复兴时期(Greek and Roman) 戏剧 drama 诗章 cantoThe term Renaissance originally indicated a revival of classical (Greek and Roman) arts...