文档介绍：文学体裁:诗歌poem,小说novel,戏剧drama
Origin起源:Christianity 基督教→ bible 圣经
Myth 神话 The Romance of king Arthur and his knights 亚瑟王和他的骑士(笔记)
一、The Anglo-Saxon period (449-1066)
1、这个时期的文学作品分类: pagan(异教徒) Christian(基督徒)
2、代表作: The Song of Beowulf 《贝奥武甫》( national epic 民族史诗) 采用了隐喻手法
3、Alliteration 押头韵(写作手法)
例子: of man was the mildest and most beloved,
To his kin the kindest, keenest for praise.
二、The Anglo-Norman period (1066-1350)
Canto 诗章
1、romance 传奇文学
2、代表作: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (高文爵士和绿衣骑士) 是一首押头韵的长诗
三、Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400)
1、the father of English poetry 英国诗歌之父
2、heroic couplet 英雄双韵体:a verse unit consisting of two rhymed(押韵) lines in iambic pentameter(五步抑扬格)
3、代表作:the Canterbury Tales 坎特伯雷的故事(英国文学史的开端)
大致内容:the pilgrims are people from various parts of England, representatives of various walks of life and social groups.
朝圣者都是来自英国的各地的人,代表着社会的各个不同阶层和社会团体
小说特点:each of the narrators tells his tale in a peculiar manner, thus revealing his own views and character.
这些叙述者以自己特色的方式讲述自己的故事,无形中表明了各自的观点,展示了各自的性格。
小说观点:he believes in the right of man to earthly happiness. He is anxious to see man freed from superstitions(迷信) and a blind belief in fate(盲目地相信命运).
他希望人们能从迷信和对命运的盲从中解脱出来。
4、Popular Ballads 大众民谣:a story hold in 4-line stanzas with second and fourth line rhymed(笔记)
Ballads are anonymous narrative songs that have been preserved by oral transmission(书上).
歌谣是匿名叙事歌曲,一直保存着口头传播的方式
代表人物:Bishop Thomas Percy
代表作:Robin Hood and Allin-a-Dale 罗宾汉和阿林代尔
四、The Renaissance (16世纪) 文艺复兴时期
(Greek and Roman) 戏剧 drama 诗章 canto
The term Renaissance originally indicated a revival of classical (Greek and Roman) arts and sciences.
文艺复兴最初是指经典艺术和科学在英国的复兴。
The epoch of Renaissance witnessed a particular development of English drama
文艺复兴时期的英国戏剧也得到了迅速的发展。
1、key work: humanism 人文主义: admire human beauty and human achievement
2、代表人物:
1)、Thomas More Utopia 乌托邦
2)、Francis Bacon (essayist)