1 / 27
文档名称:

英国美国诗歌欣赏(教案).doc

格式:doc   大小:118KB   页数:27页
下载后只包含 1 个 DOC 格式的文档,没有任何的图纸或源代码,查看文件列表

如果您已付费下载过本站文档,您可以点这里二次下载

分享

预览

英国美国诗歌欣赏(教案).doc

上传人:aibuaiwo1318 2018/5/14 文件大小:118 KB

下载得到文件列表

英国美国诗歌欣赏(教案).doc

文档介绍

文档介绍:A Course of British and American Poetry: A Survey
Lecture one introduction
The earliest English poems appeared in the Anglo-Saxon period which experienced a Bookless Age. English literature was almost exclusively a verse literature in oral form. The oldest specimens now existent are found in the Exeter Book containing the following poems: Widsith, Doer’s Lament, The Wanderer and The Sea-Farer, The Battle of Maldon. By far the most significant poem of the Anglo-Saxon Age, however, is Beowulf, which is the oldest poem and the surviving epic in the English language. It is the representative work of Pagan poetry. The poem descended from generation to generation in oral form, sung by bards at the end of the sixth century. The present manuscript was written down in the 10th century or at the end of the 9th century.
The characteristics of Anglo-Saxon poetry are the abundant use of metaphor, understatement and alliterative meter. At the same time a number of Christian poets appeared. The most well-known were Caedmon and Cynewulf. They chiefly took their subject matter from the Bible, but their writing styles were almost the same as Anglo-Saxon poetry.
The Norman Conquest in 1066 brought forward a literary revolution. Thanks to the French influence, the language and literary taste experienced an enormous change. A new literary form named “romance” became prevailing. Romance dealt mainly with perilous adventures about courageous knights’ devotion to the king and church. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is the most charming and enduring example.
The first harvest in English literature was, in the 14th century, in which several remarkable poets lived, such as Geoffrey Chaucer, William Langland, John Gower and John Wycliff. Among them, Chaucer towered above all and became the representative of this century. He has won the tide of the Father of English poetry.
The 15th century was an age full of wars, which greatly affected the development of literature. There were no great

最近更新

2025年开车驾驶时应该要如何去除雾气 6页

2025年开车正确握方向盘的方法与技巧 5页

2025年度船舶室内设计合同模板 9页

甲乙丙设备租赁合同 7页

2025年度航空航天零部件制造厂房车间租赁合同.. 9页

2025年度航空航天行业劳务合作合同书 9页

互助感恩主题班会PPT课件 67页

音响设备在新能源制造中的角色分析-全面剖析 22页

生产线升级改造借款合同范本 6页

理发店学徒培训合同 6页

2025年度自然灾害应急救援互助协议书 8页

2025年开展优化校风学风建设活动总结2025 12页

2025年度股份代持保险合同:风险保障与代持人.. 7页

2025年度职业资格认证培训机构经营权转让协议.. 9页

2025年开展2025年中秋活动策划方案 20页

2025年开学见闻作文800字 6页

2025年度美容院美容院美容院美容服务合作协议.. 9页

2025年度网络游戏虚拟物品交易押金收取与交易.. 8页

独家解析:建筑师签订土石方倒运合同必备知识.. 6页

2025年开学第一课观后感2025简短范文5篇 7页

2025年度网络安全教育与培训合作合同协议 9页

2025年核磁共振在泌尿系统疾病诊疗中的应用 83页

2025年度网络安全合同订单及出货评审表模板 9页

2025年大学中国新能源电动汽车消费者调研报告.. 24页

艺术舞蹈老师简历模板 1页

煤炭资源地质勘查设计编写提纲 14页

硫酸铵生产硫酸钾的可行性方案 31页

2022年首都经济贸易大学工商管理专业《管理学.. 22页

学生5mm坐标纸(虚线 word版)直接打印 2页

(完整版)天津大学非线性信息处理技术 12页