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EnglishLiterature INTRODUCTION:TheoldEnglishliterature 一、TheoldEnglishLiterature 1、Thetimeperiod:TheperiodofOldEnglishliteratureextendsfromabout450to1066. 2、TheclassificationoftheoldEnglishpoetry:TheOleEnglishpoetrycanbedividedintotwogroups:thereligiousgroupandthesecularone. A.Thereligionsgroupismainlyonbiblicalthmes. B.Theseculargroupconcludes: Thenationalepicpoem,Beowulf,andlyricalpoemsofshorterlength. 3.Therepresentativeofthisperiod: A.Thenature: Beowulf,isregardedtodayasthenationalepicoftheAnglo-Saxons. B.Thesetting: ThestorytookplaceinScandinavia. C.Thetheme: Thepoempresentsavividpictureofhowtheprivitivepeoplewageunderawiseheroicstrugglesagainstthehostileforcesofthenaturalworldunderawiseandmightyleader. D.Thesignificance: Thepoemisanexampleoftheminglingofnaturemythsandheroiclegends.ThebattlebetweenBeowulfandtheDragonsymbolicallyrepresentsthatphaseofWinterandSummermythinwhichtheSummerGod,hereembodiedbyBeowulf. 二、ThemedievalEnglishLiterature 1.Thetimeperiod:From1066uptothemid-14thcentury. 2.TheclasscificationofthemedievalEnglishLiterature:MiddleEnglishLiteraturedealwithawiderrangeofsubjects. A.popularfolkliteraturealsooccupiesanimportantplaceinthisperiod. 3.Therepresentativeofthisperiod:ChancerandtheCanterburytales. A.TheinfluenceofRenaissance: TheinfluenceofRenaissancewasalreadyfeltinthefieldofEnglishliteraturewhenChaucerwaslearningfromthegreatItalianwriterslikePetrarchandBoccaccio. B.ThecontributionstoEnglishLiterature: a.ChaucerintroducedfromFrancetherhymedstanzastoreplacetheOldEnglishalliterativeverse. b.InTheRomauntoftheRose,hefirstintroducedintoEnglishtheoctosyllabiccouplet. c.InTheLegendofGoodWomen,heusedforthefirsttimeinEnglishtherhymedcoupletfoiambicpentameter.AndinTheCanterburyTales,Chauceremployedtheheroiccoupletwithtureease. d.Chauceralsodevelopedtheartofliteratureitself.InTroilusandCriseyde,hegavetheworldwhatisvirtuallythefirstmodernnovel. e.InTheCanterburyTales,hedevelopedhisartofpoetrystillfurthertowardsdramaandtheartofnovel.JohnDryden(拜伦),calledCh