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英国文学(English Literature)450-1066 Old English (or Anglo-Saxon) Period 古英语（或盎格鲁—撒克逊）时期 1066-1500 Middle English Period 中古英语时期 1500-1660 1516-1578 1578-1625 1625-1660 The Renaissance 文艺复兴 1) The beginning of the Renaissance 2) The flowering period 3) The epilogue of the Renaissance 1660-1785 The Neoclassical Period 新古典主义时期 1785-1830 The Romantic Period 浪漫主义时期 1832-1901 The Victorian Period 维多利亚时期 1901-1914 The Edwardian Period 爱德华时期 1910-1936 The Georgian Period 乔治五世时期 1914 The Modern Period 现代时期 1945 - Postmodernism 后现代主义 一、 Old and Medieval English Literature中古英语文学 () 1) The Old English Period / The Anglo-Saxon Period古英语时期 (449-1066) a. pagan poetry(异教诗歌): Beowulf《贝奥武甫》- 最早的诗歌；the folk legends of the primitive northern tribes; a heroic Scandinavian epic legend; 善恶有报 b. religious poetry: Caedmon(凯德蒙 610-680): the first known religious poet; the father of English song Cynewulf(基涅武甫 9C): The Christ c. 8th C, Anglo-Saxon prose: Venerable Bede(673-735); Alfred the Great(848-901) 2) The Medieval Period 中世纪 (1066-ca.1485 / 1500): a. Romance 中世纪传奇故事 (1200-1500): the Middle Ages; 英雄诗歌 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight《高文爵士与绿色骑士》: Celtic legend; verse-romance; 2530 lines ~ 14th C, Age of Chaucer: * Geoffrey Chaucer(乔叟 1340-1400): 文风：vivid and exact language, his poetry is full of vigor and swiftnessthe father of English poetry; the father of English fiction; 首创“双韵体”; 首位用伦敦方言写作英国作家 The Canterbury Tales pilgrims stories 受Boccaccio(薄伽丘) - Decameron《十日谈》启发 The House of Fame; Troilus and Criseyde; The Romaunt of the Rose《玫瑰罗曼史》(译作) * William Langland(朗兰 1332-1400)：The Vision of Piers Plowman《农夫皮尔斯之幻象》: 普通人眼中的社会抗议 b. 15th C, English ballads: Thomas Malory (1395-1471) : Morte d’Arthur《亚瑟王之死》- 圆桌骑士 二、The Renaissance Period英国文艺复兴 (1500-1660): humanism 十四行诗，文艺复兴，无韵诗 1) 诗歌 Henry Howard(霍华德 1516-1547) a. Thomas Wyatt (怀亚特1503-1542)