英国中世纪文学

MedievalEnglishLiteratureI中世纪文学IMedievalEnglishLiterature•Anglo-SaxonoroldEnglishPeriod(C5th-1066)•TheAnglo-NormanPeriod(1066-1340)•TheAgeofChaucer(1340-1400)•The15thCenturyAnglo-SaxonoroldEnglishPeriod(C5th-1066)盎格鲁-撒克逊时期或古英语时期Backgroundinformation•OriginofEnglishPeopleCelts—RomanConquestfrom55B.C—Anglo-SaxoninvasioninC5th—NormanConquestin1066•Religionheathenpeople,believedinoldmythologyChristianizedintheC7th.Literaturewasgreatlyenriched.LiteratureinAnglo-Saxonperiod•Heroicage/Averseliteratureinoralform•PoetryBeowulf贝奥武夫:theoldestpoemandtheoldestsurvivingepicintheEnglishlanguage•ProseAlfredtheGreat,TheAnglo-SaxonChronicle盎格鲁撒克逊编年史,themonumentofOldEnglishproseBeowulf•Briefstory•Epic:Alongnarrativepoemofgreatscaleandgrandstyle,typicallyarecountingofhistoryorlegendorofthedeedsofanationalhero.FeaturesofBeowulf•Alliteration头韵:longlivechairmanMao•Understatements低调陈述:Thefacewasn’tabadone.•Kenning/metaphor比喻名称、隐喻语:浓缩的比喻，通常由两个名词组成的复合名词forexample:Whale-path:Oceansky’scandle:sunbattle-flasher:swordTheAnglo-NormanPeriod(1066-1340)盎格鲁-诺曼时期Backgroundinformation•Normanconquestin1066•InfluenceofConquestonsocietyTheEnglishsociallifegreatlychanged.FeudalsystemwasestablishedinEnglishsociety.Miseriesofthepeasants.•InfluenceonLanguageStatus,loanwordsLiteratureinAnglo-Normanperiod•Romance:themostprevailingkindofliteratureinfeudalEngland.Itwasalongcomposition,sometimesinverse,sometimesinprose,describingthelifeandadventuresofanoblehero.•ThreeRomancecycles•Britain,France,Rome,Representativeworksofromance•SirGawainandtheGreenKnight高文爵士和绿衣骑士：Themostnotableromancewritteninverse•LeMorteD’Arthura亚瑟王传奇:acollectionofstoriesaboutKingArthur,translatedbySirThomasMalory,aC15thmasterpiece，writteninprose。MedievalEnglishLiterature,C5th-1485•Anglo-SaxonoroldEnglishPeriod(C5th-1066)•TheAnglo-NormanPeriod(1066-1340)•TheAgeofChaucer(1340-1400)•The15thCenturyAnglo-SaxonoroldEnglishPeriod(C5th-1066)•OriginofEnglishPeople•Religion•Poetry:Beowulf贝奥武夫•Prose:AlfredtheGreat,TheAnglo-SaxonChronicle盎格鲁撒克逊编年史Beowulf•Form•Epic:Alongnarrativepoemofgreatscaleandgrandstyle,typicallyarecountingofhistoryorlegendorofthedeedsofanationalhero.•Features•Alliteration•Understatements•Kenning/metaphorAnglo-NormanPeriod(1066-1340)•NormanconquestanditsInfluence•Romance:themostprevailingkindofliteratureinfeudalEngland.Itwasalongcomposition,sometimesinverse,sometimesinprose,describingthelifeandadventuresofanoblehero.•SirGawainandtheGreenKnight•LeMorteD’ArthurThe14thcentury,theAgeofChaucer乔叟时代AgeofChaucer,theC14th•Backgroundinformation•WilliamLangland•GeoffreyChaucerBackgroundinformation•TheOneHundredYears’War1337-1453•BlackDeath:1348-1349•Thepeasants’Risingin1381WilliamLangland•WilliamLangland，1330-1400•PiersPlowman农夫皮尔斯•ThegreatestofEnglishallegories•oneofthegreatestofEnglishpoems•writtenintheoldalliterativeverse•takestheformofadreamvision•ArealisticpictureofthefeudalEnglandGeoffreyChaucer•Status:thegreatestpoetoftheMedievalPeriod.ThefounderofEnglishpoetry.•Life:learned,politicalbackground,richlifeexperiences,courtrelationship，poets’cornerGeoffreyChaucer•Literarycareer:FrenchPeriod:TheRomauntoftheRose玫瑰传奇ItalianPeriod:TroilusandCriseyde特伊洛斯和克里希德EnglishPeriod:CanterburyTales坎特伯雷故事集TheCanterburyTales•Themasterpiece•Thebriefstory•thefounderofEnglishrealismChaucer’scontribution•introducdfromFrancetherhymedstanzasofvariousformstoEnglishpoetry•establishedEnglishastheliterarylanguageofthecountry•didmuchinmakingthedialectofLondonthestandardforthemodernEnglishlanguageThe15thcentury英国十五世纪文学The15thcentury•Backgroundinformation:1337-1453,theOneHundredyears’War;1455-1485warofRoses•Literature:Popularliterature•Aballadisastorytoldinsong,usuallyin4-linestanzas,withthe2ndand4thlinesrhymed.TheballadsareinvariousEnglishandScottishdialects.Theyaremainlytheliteratureofthepeasants.•TheGesteofRobinHood罗宾汉英雄小唱RobinHoodandtheBIshop•Come,gentlemenall,andlistenawhile,HeydowndownanadownAndastoryI’letoyouunfold;•I’letellyouhowRobinHoodservedthe•Bishop,Whenherobbedhimofhisgold.•ChineseBallad: