文档介绍：英国文学简史--刘炳善版
英国文学
1. Old and medieval
Beowulf 贝尔武甫(the national epic of the English people) stricking feature: alliteration, metaphors and understatements.
William Langland Piers the Plowman耕者皮尔斯
Geoffrey Chaucer杰佛利•乔叟1340-1400 长诗:The House of Fame声誉之堂;Troilus and Criseyde特罗勒斯与克丽西德
小说:Canterbury Tales坎特伯雷故事集----英国文学史上现实主义第一部杰作
(他是最早有人文主义思想的作家,现实主义文学的奠基人)
his contribution to English poetry: introduced from france the rhymed couplet of 5 accents in iambic meter (the heroic couplet), is the first great poet who wrote in the English language. Who making the dialect of London the standard for the modern English speech.
2. The English renaissance
Thomas Utopia乌托帮
Philip Astrophel and Stella  Apology for Poetry诗辩
Edmond The Faerie Queene 仙后 The Shepherds’s Calender 牧羊人日历
Francis Bacon培根1561-1626 Advancement of Learning学术的进展;anum新工具;New Atlantic新大西岛;Essays论文集(Of Studies论学****Of Wisdom for a Man’s Self)
The founder of English materialist philosophy
Christopher Tamburlaine铁木耳大帝 The Jew of Malta马耳他的犹太人 The Passionate Shepherd多情的牧羊人致情人
William Shakespeare莎士比亚1564-1616 The Tempest暴风风雨;The Two Gentlemen of Veronaz维罗纳二绅士;The Mercy Wives of Windsor温莎的风流妇人;Measure for Measure恶有恶报;edy of Errors错中错;Much Ado about Nothing无事自扰;Love’s Labour’s Lost空爱一场;A Midsummer Night’s Dream仲夏夜之梦;The Merchant of