英美文学史 使用教材: 1《英国文学史及选读》二册,吴伟仁编 2《美国文学史及选读》二册,吴伟仁编 主讲人:代奎华
英美文学史 使用教材： 1 «英国文学史及选读» 二册，吴伟仁 编 2 «美国文学史及选读» 二册，吴伟仁 编 主讲人：代奎华
Unit 1 The Anglo-Saxon Period Development of Literature 1 Three stages of English language development i. old Englis ish/Anglo-Saxon (OE. As the language up to 1066 is usu. called) The old English language, also called Anglo Saxon, was the earliest form of English. It is difficult to give exact dates for the rise and development of a language, because it does not change suddenly, but perhaps it is true to say that old English was spoken from about AD. 600 to about 1100
Unit 1 The Anglo-Saxon Period ◼ Development of Literature 1 Three stages of English language development: i. Old English /Anglo-Saxon (OE. As the language up to 1066 is usu. called) The old English language, also called AngloSaxon, was the earliest form of English. It is difficult to give exact dates for the rise and development of a language, because it does not change suddenly; but perhaps it is true to say that Old English was spoken from about AD. 600 to about 1100
ii. Middle English (about 1100-1500) iii. Modern English (about 1500-present 2. Two divisions of the literature of this period Pagan oral sagas ■ Christian the writings developed under teaching of the monks
ii. Middle English (about 1100-1500) iii. Modern English (about 1500-present) ◼ 2. Two divisions of the literature of this period: ◼ Pagan ---- oral sagas ◼ Christian ---- the writings developed under teaching of the monks
■III. Beowulf a Beowulf, written in Old English sometime before the tenth century A.D., describes the adventures of a great Scandinavian warrior of the sixth century. A rich fabric of fact and fancy, Beowulf is the oldest surviving epic in British literature
◼ III. Beowulf ◼ Beowulf , written in Old English sometime before the tenth century A.D., describes the adventures of a great Scandinavian warrior of the sixth century. ◼ 1. A rich fabric of fact and fancy, Beowulf is the oldest surviving epic in British literature
2. Definitions of epic a i. An extended narrative poem with a heroic or superhuman protagonist engaged in an action of great significance in a vast setting (often including the underworld and engaging the gods) Examples of epic poems are edmund Spenser s The faerie Queene, John Miltons paradise lost. william Wordsworth's the prelude, elizabeth Barret browning s Aurora leigh, and T. s Eliot s the Waste land
◼ 2. Definitions of epic ◼ i. An extended narrative poem with a heroic or superhuman protagonist engaged in an action of great significance in a vast setting (often including the underworld and engaging the gods). Examples of epic poems are Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene, John Milton's Paradise Lost, William Wordsworth's The Prelude, Elizabeth Barret Browning's Aurora Leigh, and T. S. Eliot's "The Waste Land