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15th Old and Medieval Period1. Beginning: the Norman Conquest (1066)- chivalry2. Literary termsAlliteration: the repetition of the initial consonant sounds in poetry. Beowulf Allegory: narrative; extended metaphor; both literal and figurative meanings Allusion: reference to well-know characters or events Archetype: original model from which all other things of the same kind are made Black Humor: laugh at the horrifying reality of a disordered worldIrony: opposite Metaphor: Old English: Language spoken by the Anglo- Saxons; foundation Romance(传奇): long composition\verse\prose3. Anglo-Saxon Period- Poem①Story of Beowulf: Highest achievement; oldest alliterative epic②Caedmon: Cadmon’s Hymn (in honor of God)③Cynewulf: The fate of the Apostles;Juliana;Elene4. Middle English Period①Sir Gawain and the Green Knight- romance; 2500 lines and 4 parts②Thomas Marlory: Le Morte D’Arthur③William Langland: Piers the Plowman, poem and allegory; symbolism④GeoffreyChaucer: Father of English poetry and fictionThe Canterbury Tales,poem; 24 storiesPiers the Plowman is considered by many critics to be one of the early great works of English literature along with Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales.5. 15th century:The Robin Hood Ballads(民谣);14-mid 17th The Renaissance Period- 【Elizabethan Period】1. Beginning: Italy; the reformation of the Church; humanism; epilogue尾声The most distinctive achievement: drama2. POEM; free verse自由体诗; ode颂歌; elegy挽歌;epigram警句; lamentation哀歌 Thomas Wyatt: sonnet Henry HowardSir Philip Sidney: Astrophel and Stella; Apology for Poetry- essay Edmund Spenser: the poet’s peot; Poet Laureate; The Shepherd’s Calendar; Epithalamion; The Faerie Queen- Spenserian Stanza3. PROSE Thomas More: Utopia Francis Bacon: first essayist; A History of the Life and Reign of King Henry VII The Advancement of Learning; the New AtlantisEssays- Of Studies, Travel, WisdomJohn Lyly: Euphues-euphuism; court speech4. DRAMA Christopher Marlowe: blank verse(无韵诗);Tamburlaine;