[文学]新编英国文学史.ppt

English Literature;Why should we study this course;What does English Literature include?;Scores and Examinations;;An Brief Introduction;Lesson One: The Old and Medieval Period;The Roman Conquest;Bath, England’s world heritage city;The Anglo-Saxon Period 449-1066;The Heritages of the Period;Epic;Old English epic: Beowulf;The theme of Beowulf;style;alliteration: the accented words in a line begin with the same consonant sound, generally 4 accents in a line, three of which show alliteration. Examples: Thus made their mourning the men of Geatland For their hero’s passing, his hearth-companions … Of men he was the mildest and most beloved, To his kin the kindest, keenest to praise. (from Beowulf) Spring, the sweet spring, is the year’s pleasant king Then blooms each thing, then maids dance in a ring Cold doth not sting, the pretty birds do sing (from Thomas Nash’s poem in the 16th century);Beowulf-- What is the significance of this epic to modern Literature?;Beowulf on the screen;;;The Anglo-Norman Period;;Medieval English Literature(1066-the mid-14th century);English French Latin timeage epoch Risemountascend Askquestioninterrogate Goodnessvirtueprobity Fastfirmsecure Fireflameconflagration Fearterrortrepidation Holysacredconsecrated;Romance the major Genre; Chivalric romance;Chivalric ideals shown in Sir Gawain ;;;;;;;Cavalier spirit in Medieval Age;Conclusion: Hero archetypes 英雄原型;Lesson Two:The Renaissance Period(14th-17th);Roman Catholic Church;Origin;;;;;;;;;;;;Religious Persecution;;;The Reformation led by Martin Luther(1483-1546) struck at the institution of Roman Catholic Church. This early Protestantism was grounded on each individual’s inner experience of spiritual struggle and salvation. Faith (based on the word of the Bible) was alone thought competent to s