英国文学期末考试知识点总结

英国文学期末

一.The contributions of Geoffrey Chaucer.

1.The first to present a comprehensive and realistic picture of the English society of his time and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all works of life in his masterpiece The Canterbury Tales.

2.Introduced from France the rhymed stanzas of various types to replace the Old English alliterative verse the first to use heroic couplet.

3.Contributed to the establishment of English as the literary language of England, based on London dialect. He raised the language to

一、The Anglo-Saxon period (449-1066)

1、这个时期的文学作品分类： pagan(异教徒) ，Christian(基督徒)

2、代表作： The Song of Beowulf《贝奥武甫》 ( national epic 民族史诗 ) 采用了隐喻metaphor手法 3、Alliteration 头韵（写作手法）

例子： of man was the mildest and most beloved, To his kin the kindest, keenest for praise.

二、The Anglo-Norman period (1066-1350) 盎格鲁—诺曼时期

1、romance 传奇文学 2、代表作： Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (高文爵士和绿衣骑士) 是一首押头韵的长诗 三、Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400) 杰弗里·乔叟时期 1、the father of English poetry 英国诗歌之父 2、heroic couplet 英雄双韵体：a verse unit consisting

In the first half of 16th century there appeared 3 Lyrical poems by Thomas Wyatt/Henry Howard/Earl of Surrey

The contribution of Geoffrey Chaucer:?“The father of English Poetry”.the Canterbury Tales:A splendid masterpiece of realistic portrayal,the first of its kind in the history in English literature.?In contradistinction to the alliterative verse of the Anglo-Saxon poetry,Chaucer chose the metrical form which laid the foundation of the English tonic-syllabic verse.?Chaucer greatly contributed to the founding of the Engli

英国文学期末考试题目

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?Beowulf is the oldest poem in the English language, and the most important specimen (范例、典范)of Anglo-Saxon literature, and also the oldest

surviving epic in the English language.

?The romance is a popular literary form in the medieval period（中世纪）. It uses verse or prose to sing knightly adventures or other heroic deeds.

?GeoffreyChaucer, oneof the greatest English poets, whose masterpiece, The Canterbury Tales（《坎特伯雷故事集》）,was one of the most importa

What is “literature”? 1.Literature is broadly defined as any written or spoken material, but the term most often refers to creative works, which are of artistic value.

2.Literature includes poetry, drama, fiction, and many kinds of nonfiction writing, as well as oral, dramatic, and broadcast compositions not necessarily preserved in a written format, such as films and television programs.

3.Literature is the expression of life in words of truth and beauty; it is the written record of man’s spirit, of his thought

1. epic 史诗

a long narrative poem, grand in style, about heroes and heroic deeds, embodying heroic ideals of a nation or race in the making. Beowulf is the English national epic that was passed from mouth to mouth and written down by many unknown hands. Other 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 \ 2. caesura 停顿

a break or pause in a line of poetry, dictated by the natural rhythm

1. epic 史诗

a long narrative poem, grand in style, about heroes and heroic deeds, embodying heroic ideals of a nation or race in the making. Beowulf is the English national epic that was passed from mouth to mouth and written down by many unknown hands. Other 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 \ 2. caesura 停顿

a break or pause in a line of poetry, dictated by the natural rhythm

英国文学复习总结详解

Part one:Early and medieval English literature

1.Beowulf《贝奥武甫》------the national epic of the English people ,it is also the epic of the Anglo-Saxon.(P3)

2.The name of the terrible monster------Grendel(格伦德尔)(P3)

3.the most striking feature in its poetical form is the use of alliteration(头韵)，others are metaphor （暗喻）and understatement(保守陈述)(P5)

4The Norman Conquest （诺曼征服）marks the establishment of feudalism in England. (P6) 5.The romance(传奇文学)(P8)

The most popular of literature in fedual England was the romance. It

1. What is Literature?

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Literature refers to the practice and profession of writing. It comes from human interest in telling a story, in arranging words in artistic forms, in describing in words some aspects of human experiences. Literature is characterized by beauty of expression and form and by university of intellectual and emotional appeal.

Literature shows us not only what a society is like in a certain age, but also what individuals feel about it, what they hope from it, and how they can change it or escape from it.

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Ben Johnson--- Volpone -- the greatest writer of comedy after Shakespeare

John Donne --- the father of Metaphysical Poetry-----代表作《The Flea》

John Milton--- Paradise Lost

Milton divides the universe into four major regions: glorious Heaven, dreadful Hell, confusing Chaos, and a young and vulnerable Earth in between.

Francis Bacon----《Of studies》

John Bunyan--《The Pilgrim’s Progress》《Vanity Fair》

Alexander Pope--《 the Rape of the Lock》--- early 18th century has been named after him as “The Age of Pope”.---Blak