Old English Literature & the Late Medieval Ages 贝奥武夫 :the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons Geoffrey Chaucer 杰弗里
乔叟 1340(
)~1400 The father of English poetry
① 坎特伯雷故事集：first time to use ‘heroic couplet’(双韵体 ) by middle English ②特罗伊拉斯和克莱希德③ < The House of Fame>声誉之宫II The Renaissance Period A period of drama and poetry
The Elizabethan drama is the real mainstream of the English Renaissance
Renaissance: the activity, spirit, or time of the great revival of art, literature, and learning in Europe beginning in the 14th century and extending to the 17th century, marking the transition from the medieval to the modern world
Three historical events of the Renaissance – rebirth or revival: 1
new discoveries in geography and astrology 2
the religious reformation and economic expansion 3
