文档介绍：TermsPart1:EarlyandMedievalEnglishLiteratureAnglo-Saxon①ThetermAnglo-SaxonisusedbysomehistorianstodesignatetheGermanictribeswhoinvadedandsettledthesouthandeastofBritainbeginningintheearly5thcenturyandtheperiodfromtheircreationoftheEnglishnationuptotheNormanConquest.②TheAnglo-SaxoneradenotestheperiodofEnglishhistorybetweenabout550and1066.③Thetermisalsousedforthelanguage,nowknownasOldEnglish,thatwasspokenandwrittenbytheAnglo-SaxonsandtheirdescendantsinEngland(andpartofsoutheasternScotland)betweenatleastthemid-5thcenturyandthemid-(theAnglo-Saxonperiod)①TheOldEnglishperiod,extendedfromtheinvasionofCelticEnglandbyGermanictribesinthefirsthalfofthe5thcenturytotheconquestofEnglandin1066bytheNormanFrench.②OnlyaftertheyhadbeenconvertedtoChristianityinthe7thcenturydidtheAnglo-Saxons,whoseearlierliteraturehadbeenoral,(编年史)①ountoffactsandeventsrangedinchronologicalorder,asinatimeline.②Typically,equalweightisgivenforhistoricallyimportanteventsandlocalevents,urred,seenfromtheperspectiveofthechronicler.③ThemostimportantEnglishchroniclesaretheAnglo-SaxonChronicle,(吟游诗人)①Agleemanwasawanderingminstrel,bard,moninmedievalEuropebutextincttoday.②Theywerealowerclassthanjestersorjongleurs,becausetheydidnothavesteadywork,(隐喻表达法)①InoldEnglishpoetry,itisanelaboratephrasethatdescribespersons,things,andeventsinametaphoricalandindirectway.②poundthatemploysfigurativelanguageinplaceofamoreconcretesingle-wordnoun.③Thetermkenninghasbeenappliedbymodernscholarstosimilarfiguresofspeechinotherlanguagestoo,(头韵)①Itistherepetitionofaspeechsoundinasequenceofnearbywords.②Thetermisusuallyappliedonlytoconsonants,andonlywhentherecurrentsoundbeginsawordorastressedsyllablewithinaword.③Alliterationhasdevelopedlargelythroughpoetry,inwhichitmorenarrowlyreferstotherepetitionofaconson