英国文学复习

1.Arcadia2.TheShepherdsCalendar3.TheAdvancenientofLearning4.KingMidas5.TheJewofMalta6.AsYouLikeIt7.Othello8.JuliusCaesar9.EveryManinHisHumour10.TheAlchemist11．SongsandSonnets12．TheTemple13．Lycidas14.SamsonAgonistes15.GraceAboundingtotheChiefofSinners16.ThePilgrim'sProgress17.AbsalomandAchitophel18.AnnusMirabilis19.ParadiseRegained20.TheHindandthePanther1.Anglo-Saxonconquesthappenedinthe5thcentury.2.ThefirstEnglishmenareAnglo-Saxons.3.ThehistoryofEnglishliteraturebeganwithAnglo-SaxonsettlementinBritain.4.BeowulfisthemostimportantspecimenofOldEnglishliterature.5.ThemainstoriesofBeowulfarebasedonthefolklegendsoftheprimitivenortherntribes.6.Beowulfpresentsanall-roundlifepictureofthetribalsociety.7.Theuseofalliteration,metaphors,understatementsstrongstressesandpredominanceofconsonantsisanotablefeatureofBeowulf.8.ThefirstknownreligiouspoetinEnglandisCaedmon.9.WhenwetalkabouttheOldEnglishprosethefirstnamethatcomesintoourmindisVenerableBede.10.TheAnglo-SaxonChronicleisAlfredtheGreat'smostimportantcontributiontotheOldEnglishproseliterature.11.TheNormanConquestbroughtthebodyofcustomsandidealsknownaschivalryintoEngland.12.AftertheNormanConquest,theknightlycode,theromanticinterestinwomentendernessandreverencepaidtoVirginMarywerereflectedinEnglishliterature.13.TheprevailingliteraryforminthefeudalEnglandwastheromance.14.SirGawainandtheGreenKnightistheculminationoftheromancesaboutKingArthur.15.WilliamLanglandwroteaboutsocialdiscontentandpreachedtheequalityofmenanddignityoflabour.16.PiersPlowmandescribesthenarrator'sdreamvisions.17.ChaucerisacclaimednotonlyasthefatherofEnglishpoetrybutalsoasthefatherofEnglishfiction.18.TheRomauntoftheRose,themostpopularpoemofMiddleAges,wasoneofChaucer’stranslationsfromFrench.19.Beingoneoftheforerunnersofmodernism,Chaucerpraisesman'senergy,intellect,quickwitandloveoflife.20.OneofChaucer'sgreatcontributionstoEnglishpoetryishisintroductionofFrenchpoemstoEnglishpoetry.31.ThekeynoteofEnglishRenaissancewashumanism.32.Elizabethanpoetryisremarkableforitsvariety,freshness,youthfulnessanditsromanticfeeling.33.OneofthegreatcontributionsmadebyThomasWyatttoEnglishpoetryistheintroductionofthesonnet.34．HenryHowardiscreditedwithintroducingtheblankverseintoEnglishpoetry.35.ThreecyclesofsonnetswereproducedintheRenaissanceperiod.ThefirstoneisAstrophelandStella.36.TheFaerieQueenecontainssixstoriesabouttheadventuresofknights,whoaremadetobeallegoricalcharactersbyEdmundSpenser.37.ThedominatingthoughtsofTheFaerieQueenearenationalism,humanismandPuritanism.38.ItislikelythatwhenwritingHamletShakespeareborrowedsomethingfromTheSpanishTragedy.39.WhenShakespearewroteKingLearandMacbeth,hemainlyreliedonHolinshed'sChronicles.40.Inwritingplays,BenJonsoninsistedonadherencetothethreeunities.ineIILCrarureof41.TheliteratureoftheRevolutionPeriodisdifferentfromtheliteratureofElizabethanPeriod.42.TheworksoftheMetaphysicalPoetsarecharacterisedbymysticismincontentandfantasticalityinform.43.ThepoemsbytheMetaphysicalpoetsarefulloffarfetchedconceits.44.JohnMiltonwrotethefinestpastoralelegyinEnglish,Lycidas,tomemorialisethetragicdeathofaCambridgefriendandclassmate.45.ThestoriesofParadiseLostweretakenfromtheOldTestament.46.ParadiseLostwaswritteninblankverse.47.Milton’spoetryisnotedforsublimityofthoughtandmajestyofexpression.48.InThePilgrim’sProgress,theallegoricalnarrativeisbasedontheideaofajourney.49.IndescribingtheVanityFair,BunyandrawsasatiricalpicturenotonlyofLondonatthetimeoftheRestorationbutofthewholebourgeoissociety.50.Dryden'sgreatestworkofliterarycriticismisAnEssayofDramaticPoesy.T1.AfterAnglo-Saxonconquest,sevensmallkingdomsappearedinBritainandlatertheywerecombinedintoaunitedkingdomnamedEngland.F2.Anglo-Saxonliteratureisexclusivelyaproseliteratureinoralform.T3.EnglishpoetryintheAnglo-Saxonperiodfallsintotwogroups:non-religiousandreligious.T4.BeowulfistheoldestsurvivingepicintheEnglishlanguage.T5.Beowulfreflectshowpeopleinthetribalsocietyfoughtagainstnature.F6.Caedmon'slegendarylifestoryisdescribedbyBedeinTheAnglo-SaxonChronicle.F7.HistoriaEcclesiasticadescribeshowreligionwasintroducedandspreadinEngland.T8.VenerableBedeisthefirstscholarinEnglishliteratureandhasbeenregardedasthefatherofEnglishlearning.F9.TheEcclesiasticalHistoryoftheEnglishPeopleisthebestmonumentoftheOldEnglishprose.T10.Cynewulftookhispoeticalsubjectmatterpartlyfromthechurchliturgy,butmorelargelyfromthehomiliesofGregorytheGreat.F11.AfterNormanConquest,threelanguageswereusedinEngland.TheywereFrenchusedbytheNormans,Latinusedbyscholarsandclergymen,andEnglishusedbyAnglo-Saxons.T12.Theknightisdescribedasthecentralcharacterintheromancethatisdevotedtothechurch,thekingandafairlady.F13.ThecycleofromancesaboutRomemainlydealswiththeexploitsandadventuresofCharlestheGreat,KingoftheFranksandEmperoroftheWestEmpire.F14.GeoffreyChaucerwasascholar,alawyer,abusinessmanandacourtier,whosharedallthestirringlifeofhisageinhiswritings.F15.Chaucerintendedtowriteabout100talestoldbythe30pilgrimsinhismasterpiece.T16.Theportraitsofthe30pilgrimsdrawnbyChaucerinthePrologueofTheCanterburyTalessu