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英国文学史资料
I. Old English Literature &The Late Medieval Ages
<Beowulf>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.
e.g. Homer?s Iliad and Odyssey
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 <The Canterbury Tales>坎特伯雷故事集:
first time to use ,heroic couplet?(双韵体 ) by middle English
② <Troilus and Criseyde>特罗伊拉斯和克莱希德
③ <The Houseof Fame>声誉之宫
Medieval Ages’ popular Literary form: Romance(传奇故事 )
Famous three:King Arthur
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Beowulf
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 as
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