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購買docin文庫財(cái)富值下載更多精彩小說請到/fxl8============================================================================================Literature:4majorperiodsOldEnglishLiterature–beforetheNormanConquest(1066)MedievalLiterature(beforetheEnglishRenaissancebeginningfromthe15thcentury)ModernLiteratureContemporaryLiterature(post-WWII)TheformationoftheOldEnglishPre-Roman-Conquest—CeltsandBritons:GaelicandCeltic.TheRomanConquestsince43AD:LatinTheRomandeparturein407A.D.—theinvasionofAnglo,SaxonandJute:Icelandic,Viking,Danish,Germanicinfluences.ConfluenceofDifferentLinguisticSources450A.D.Anglo,SaxonandJutefromNorth-WestGermanyinvadedandoccupiedpartofBritain793-95Vikinginvasions(DanishandNorwegian)inScotland,northernandeasternEngland9thcenturyDanishinvasions;occupationofeasternEngland885partitionofEngland(underKingAlfredtheGreat)917-26EnglandreoccupiedDanish-heldterritories.1013DanishconquestOldEnglishLiteraturec.a.,the10thcentury,BeowulfAuthor:anonymousSetting:ScandinavianDateofwriting:betweenthe8thandthe11thecenturyAudioclipsfromanOldEnglishversionPrologue1,2,3Hollywoodmovieadaptation,2007MedievalliteratureFrenchinfluenceandEnglishaffirmation(1)TheofficiallanguageoftheBritishcourtTurningpoint—JohnKing’slossesofFrenchlandsin1204(2)Enrichedsubjectsforliterature—courtlyloveGeoffreyChaucer(1340-1400)ContributiontothemiddleEnglishWiderangeoflinguisticsourcesHelpedtoformaLondon-basedstandardlanguageTheCanterburyTalesVividandironicportrayalofcharactersTheveryperfectgentleKnight–amercenarysoliderThenun–asensualwomanwhoenjoysthepleasureofthesensesThewifeofBath—whohasfivehusbandsThework’smeritsAdiversityofcharacters,sociallevels,andwaysoflife.Restraintfromauthorialjudgment.Humorandsatire.ModernliteratureEnglishRenaissancesonnet:travelledtoEnglandfromItalyinthe16thcenturydrama:theageofShakespeareWilliamShakespeare(1564-1616)Stratford-upon-AvonTheGlobeTheatreShakespeare’scompleteworks:

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154sonnetsHisPositioninWorldLiteraryHistoryoneofthemostremarkableplaywrightsandpoetsintheworldoneofthegreatestgiantsoftheRenaissanceoneofthefirstfoundersofrealismaliterarygiant“notofanage,butforalltime”(JohnBenson).Hamlet(1601)Othello(1604)KingLear(1605)

Macbeth(1606)RomeoandJuliet(1595)Twomajorpoetsinthe17thcenturyJohnDonne(1572-1631)JohnMilton(1608-1674)18thcenturyliteraturePoetry AlexanderPope(1688-1744)

TheRapeoftheLock(1712-14)DramaRichardSheridan(1751-1816)

TheSchoolforScandal(1777)TheRiseoftheNovelDanielDefoe,RobinsonCrusoe(1719)HenryFielding,TheHistoryofTomJones:AFoundling(1749)JonathanSwift,Gulliver’sTravels(1726)Swift’sjokingepitaphHeknewahundredpleasantstories,WithalltheturnsofWhigsandTories;Wascheerfultohisdyingday,Andfriendswouldlethimhavehisway.HegavethelittlewealthhehadTobuildahouseforfoolsandmad,Andshowedbyonesatirictouch,Nonationwanteditsomuch.Thatkingdomhehathlefthisdebtor;Iwishitsoonmayhaveabetter.19thcenturyliteraturePoetryRomanticpoetsfirstgeneration:WilliamWordsworth,SamuelTaylorColeridgesecondgeneration:LordByron,Percey

ByssheShelley,JohnKeatsCharacteristicsofRomanticisminBritainArejectionoftherulesoforder,calm,harmony,balance,idealization,andrationality.Adeepenedhighappreciationofthebeautiesofnature.Beliefintheemotionandimaginationratherthanreasonorexternalcanons.Focusonindividualconcernsandreverenceforthecommonman.Useofeverydaylanguageinpoetry.Anincreasingimportanceofwomenandchildren.Mostpopulargenres:poetryandnovels.FindtheMatchingauthorsforthequotesintheleft-handcolumnIwanderedlonelyasacloud.Ifwintercomes,canspringbefarbehind?Beautyistruth,truthbeauty,--thatisallyeknowonearth,andallyeneedtoknow.JohnKeatsWordsworthPerceyB.ShelleyOtherimagesoftheLakeDistrict:Windermere,Thirlmere,DewentWater,andGrasmere.Fiction:leadingformofliteratureinEnglishRegentPeriod(1810-1820):JaneAustenVictorianPeriod(1837-1901):CharlesDickens,WilliamThackeray,GeorgeEliot,Bront?s,ThomasHardyetal.JaneAusten(1775-1817)Threeorfourfamiliesinacountryvillageistheverythingtoworkon.HerfictionNorthangerAbbey(1798,1818)SenseandSensibility(1795-97,1811)PrideandPrejudice(1795-97,1813)Persuasion(1818)Emma(1815)MansfieldPark(1814)VictorianeraTheperiodcoincideswiththereignofQueenVictoriawhoruledoverEnglandfrom1837to1901.Atimeofrapideconomicdevelopmentaswellasserioussocialproblems.Newinventionsanddiscoveriesinbiology,geologyandanthropologyshookpeople’sreligiousbelief.MainfeaturesofVictorianliteratureDiversity,complexityandabundantwritersandgreatworks.Thenovelbecamethemostpowerfulexpressionofprogressivethought.Criticalrealists:CharlesDickens,WilliamThackeray,GeorgeEliot,Brontesistersetal.CharlesDickens(1812-1870)OliverTwist(1837-38)DavidCopperfield(1849-50)GreatExpectations(1860-61)HardTimes(1854)ThomasHardy(1840-1928)NovelofcharacterandenvironmentTessoftheD’Urbervilles(1891)JudetheObscure(1895)20thcenturymodernismModerne