文档介绍：ABriefOutlineofBritishLiteratureAnglo-SaxonPeriod盎格鲁-撒克逊时期(Aroundthe5thcenturyBCtothe8thcenturyAD,-Saxonperiod.)*BeowulfisseenastheearlyBritishepicpoem,(Itbeganwiththe collapse ofthe WesternRomanEmpire (476)andmergedintothe Renaissance(15th-17thcentury).)*GeoffreyChaucer(1343-1400)withhismasterpieceTheCanterburyTalesisregardedasthefatherofEnglishpoetry.(TheCanterburyTalesisacollectionofshortstoriesinverse,depictingrealisticallythepanoramaoflifeinthe14thcenturyEngland.)(Elizabethanperiod)文艺复兴时期Late15thc.–,architecture,politics,andliterature,,duringwhichChristianitydominatedallthewesternworldandmanyfamousscientistslikeCopernicus,Bruno,Galileo,,:*ThomasMore托马斯·莫尔(1478-1535):Utopia《乌托邦》,anovelaboutidealisticsocialism.*EdmundSpenser埃德蒙·斯宾塞(1552-1599):FarieQueen《仙后》,pleteEnglish  Spenserianstanza(9-linestanza).Itisanallegorical workasapraiseof QueenElizabethI. *ChristopherMarlowe克里斯托弗·马洛(1564–1593):《浮士德博士的悲剧》.monlyreferredtoas DoctorFaustus,aplaybasedontheGermanstory Faust《浮士德》,inwhichamansellshissoultothedevil 《帖木儿大帝》TheJewofMalta《马耳他岛的犹太人》*FrancisBacon弗兰西斯·培根(1561-1626):-eightEssays.《论说文集》HisotherworksincludeNewInstrument(anum)