英国文学第一二章Ppt重点总结.ppt

Early setters(5000BC-55BC) a. About 10 000 years ago, the Stone Age hunters and gathers arrived from the European to Britain b. Iberians, the first know settles, probably came from the Iberian peninsula( now Spain) about 3 000 years ago. (the Stonehenge in Welshire constructed 2 000 BC) C. By the end of the Bronze age, (around 700 BC) Celtic peoples had arrived from north-western Europe bringing with them iron-working. Roman Britain(55 BC-410 AD) In 55 BC, the roman general Julius. Caesar invaded Britain for the first time, yet withdraw when meeting resistance and bad weather. In 43 AD, the emperor Claudius headed his army and invaded Britain again, then Britain a Roman province. The Anglo-Saxons(446-871) In the mid-5th century, the tribes of Angles, Saxons and Jutes (Anglo-Saxon) migrated to England from western denmark, and the northwest coast of Germany. Thus began the Anglo-Saxon period. The Viking and Danish Invasions Late 8th century the Danes came to invade England and were repulsed and gradually all the kingdoms in England were united into one. In early 11th century the Danes ruled over England for a quarter of a century. The Norman conquest and rule(1066-1381) In 1066, Normans from Normandy in France expulsed the Danes and invade England. Then William the duke of Normandy claimed the succession to the English Throne. They conquered the whole of England. The “Norman Conquest” marked the end of the Anglo-Saxon period.Allegory A demonstrative form of representation explaining meaning other than the words that are spoken. Allegory communicates its message by means of symbolic figures, actions or symbolic representation. Allegory is generally treated as a figure of rhetoric, but an allegory does not have to be expressed in language: briefly, an allegory is a device used to present an idea, principle or meaning, which can be presented in literary form, such as a poem or novel, or in visual form, such as in painting or drawing. ` Ballad A ballad is a