简明英国文学史问题和答案.docx

Quiz (1)The first settlers of the British Isleswere Celt, and Britain got its name from a branch of this people called Briton. But later they were driven to live in Scotland, Wales and Ireland.不列颠群岛的第一批定居者是凯尔特人，Britain的叫法则就是来源于他们的一个叫做Briton（不列颠人）的分支。但后来他们被驱赶到苏格兰，威尔士和爱尔兰居住。The Angles, Saxons and JuteswereGermanic tribes originally living on the Continent. They moved to the British Isles and became the ancestors of the English people.盎格鲁人、撒克逊人和朱特人是最初居住在大陆的日耳曼部落。他们搬到不列颠群岛，成为英国人的祖先。The most important event of the Old English Period was Norman Conquest, which took place in the year 1066.古英语时期最重要的事件是1006年发生的诺尔曼征服。The Roman Catholic Church sent St. Augustine to England in 597 to convert the English people to Catholicism.罗马天主教会于597年将圣奥古斯丁派遣到英格兰，使英国人皈依天主教。。Name two poems of this period apart from Beowulf: Widsith, and The Seafarer.请列出这段时期的除了《贝奥武夫》两首诗：Widsith(威德西斯)和TheSeafarer(水手)Beowulf is an epic of Alliterative lines, and it tells the events that took place on the Continent before they moved to the British Isles.贝奥武甫（Beowulf）是一首头韵体裁的史诗，它讲述了在大陆迁移到不列颠群岛之前发生的事件。After the Anglo-Saxon English took in loan words from French and Latin and lost most of its feclions and many of its grammar rules, it was called Middle English.盎格鲁 - 撒克逊英语在使用法语和拉丁语的借词之后，失去了大部分的功能和许多语法规则，这就是所谓的中古英语。Romance can be divided into three kinds according to subject matter. They are Matter of France, Matter of Rome, Matter of Britain.罗曼史可以根据题材分为三种。他们是法国题材，罗马题材和英国题材。Romances of the English subject are tales about King Arthur and his Round-Table Knights.英国题材的传奇故事是关于亚瑟国王及其圆桌骑士的故事。John Wyclif was a translator of The Bible, William Langland wrote Piers Plowman and the most famous English ballads are those about Robin Hood.约翰·威克利夫是《圣经》的翻译者。，威廉·兰格伦写的《皮尔斯·普洛曼》，最著名的是那些关于罗宾汉的英语歌谣。Quiz (2)Henry VIII broke away from the Roman Catholic Church and established the Church of England (the Anglican Church).亨利八世脱离罗马天主教会，建立了英格兰教会（圣公会教堂）。It was Thomas Wyatt and Henry Howardwho introduced Italian sonnets into England.托马斯怀亚特和亨利·霍华德把