英国文学史I
Old English Literature & The Late Medieval Ages 贝奥武夫 :the national 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
Artistic features: 1
Using alliteration Definition of alliteration: a rhetorical device, meaning some words in a sentence begin with the same consonant sound（头韵）Some examples on P5 2
Using metaphor and understatement Definition of understatement: expressing something in a controlled way Understatement is a typical way for Englishmen to express their ideas 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”
代表作《坎特伯雷故事集》
) The father of English poetry
writing style: wisdom, humor, humanity
① 坎特伯雷故事集：fir
