英美文学简史及名篇选读01 lecture on Old and Medieval English Literature.pptx

英国文学;Lecture1:OldEnglishLiterature(449-1066);1.HistoricalBackground;2.Epic;3.Beowulf;当代皇宫;皇宫卫队换岗;Thepoemcanbedividedintothreeparts:

-ThefightagainstGrendel

-ThefightagainstGrendelsmother

-ThefightagainsttheDragon;BeowulffightingwithGrendel;Fire-breathingDragon;3.2Artisticfeatures;Alliteration;AlliterationinChinese;Understatement;UnderstatementandMetaphor;III.3TheTheme,Character,Features;ChineseLiterature;ChineseLiterature;Exercises:TheAnglo-SaxonPeriod;英国文学;Lecture2:MiddleEnglishLiterature(1066--1510)

(or:MedievalLiterature);1.HistoricalBackground;;;;;

;;2.MedievalEnglishLiterature;2.1.3Features

--tosingknightlyadventuresorotherheroicdeedsinverseorprose

--Thepoemstellusthemotifsofthequest,challenge,test,andmeetingwiththeevilgiant.

--Theheroistheknight,settingoutonajourneytoaccomplishsomegoal.

--toprotectthechurchandthepoor,toattackinfidelity,torescueamaiden,tomeetachallenge,ortoobeyaknightlycommand.;--mysteriesandfantasies(improbable,supernatural)

--romanticlove

--standardizedcharacterization

--Thelanguageandstylearesimpleandstraightforward.

--Theromancereflectsachivalricage.;2.1.4Romance:KingArthurandHisKnightsoftheRoundTable:SirGawainandtheGreenKnight

Form：poetry

Author:anonymous

Type:romanceofknights

Time:about6thcentury

Place:inEngland

MainCharacters:

-Gawain,oneoftheknightsoftheroundtable;

-theGreenKnight;II.1.4Plot

1)GreenKnightchallengesandSirGawainacceptsthechallenge.

2)GawainlooksfortheGreenChapelandliveinthecastle.

3)thelifeinthecastle:threedays,threegifts,andthegreengirdle

4)GawainisbroughtintotheGreenChapelandiswoundedbytheGreenKnight.;RoundtableKnights;SirGawain;GreenKnight;II.1.6Artisticfeatures

1)thesymbols

2)theeffectivepatterning,andwonderfuldetailing

3)useofa