英国文学史复习资料整理

精编WORD文档下载可编缉打印下载文档，远离加班熬夜英国文学史复习资料整理篇一：英国文学史复习资料整理(1)?historicalbackground:themakingofBritainA.Briton(Celtictribes)B.theRomanConquest---RomanBriton1thJuliusCaesarA.D.43ClaudiusC.mid-5thAnglo-Saxons(Angles,Saxons,Jutes)Anglo-SaxonperiodD.Danishinvasionlate8th,Daneslate9th,AlfredtheGreattheliteraturetheliteratureofthisperiodfallsnaturallyistotwodivisions—paganandChristianpaganrepresentsthepoetrywhichtheAnglo-SaxonsprobablybroughtwiththemintheformoforalsagasChristianrepresentsthewritingsdevelopedunderteachingofthemonks..AlloftheearliestpoetryofEnglandwascopiedbythemonks,andseemstohavebeenmoreorlessalteredtogive精编WORD文档下载可编缉打印下载文档，远离加班熬夜itareligiouscoloring.Theangles,animportantTeutonistribe,furnishedthenameforthenewhome,whichwascalledAngle-landafterwardshortenedintoEngland.ThelanguagespokenbythesetribesisgenerallycalledAnglo-SaxonorSaxon.Literaryterm★Epic:alongnarrativepoemtellingaboutthedeedsofagreatheroandreflectingthevaluesofthesocietyfromwhichitoriginated.Manyepicsweredrawnfromanoraltraditionandweretransmittedbysongandrecitationbeforetheywerewrittendown.(examples:Iliad,Odyssey,ChansondeRoland)2.Beowulf–nationalepic★thelongestandmostmonumentofA-Spoems★theoldestsurvivingepicinBritishliterature.?oralform(6th),earliestwrittenrecord(7thor8th)?setinDenmarkandSwedenBeowulf1.3183lines2.contents:Beowulfcentersonthenarrationoftheexploitsoftheheroicfigurebeowulf.精编WORD文档下载可编缉打印下载文档，远离加班熬夜3adventuresMonster---GrendelGrendel’smotherfierydragonTheme:primitivepeople’sstruggleagainsthostileforcesofthenaturalworldunderawiseandmightyleader.Beowulfisnotsimplyamanofgreatmilitaryprowessbutheisforevereagertohelpothersindistressandinhislastadventurewiththedragonheshowshimselfaworthyleaderreadytosacrificehisownlifeforthewelfareofhispeople.Features:＊part-historicalandpartlegendary＊heathentribalsociety,feudalelements,Christiancoloring＊A-SoroldEnglish;alliterationmetaphorIntheyear1066,atthebattleofHastings,theNormansheadedbyWilliam,DukeofNormandy,defeatedtheAnglo-Saxons.BroughttoEnglandisremarkableforitsbright,romantictalesofloveandadventure.EnglandliteratureisalsoacombinationofFrenchandSaxonelements.精编WORD文档下载可编缉打印下载文档，远离加班熬夜Thethreechiefeffectsoftheconquestwere1.thebringingofRomancivilizationtoEngland2.thegrowthofnationalityastrongcentralizedgovernment,insteadofthelooseunionofSaxontribes3.thenewlanguageandliteraturewereproclaimedinChaucer1theNormanconquestacceleratedthedevelopmentoffeudalism.?onland:therulingclasspossessedlargetractsofland?onsociety:distinctclassdivision,miseriesofpeasants?onlanguage:scholarwroteinFrenchandLatin;eichedEnglish.Thedevelopmentofromanceandknights’legends★Romance:Alongcomposition,sometimesinverse,sometimesinprose,describingthelifeandadventuresofanobleman.ThecentralcharacteristheKnight,whohasanoblebirth,isskillfulintheuseofweaponanddevotestothechurchorKing.Therulesgoverningthemannersandmoralsofaknightareknownaschivalry.?Themesofromance:thematterofBritain—kingArthurandhisknightsof精编WORD文档下载可编缉打印下载文档，远离加班熬夜theRoundTable(Arthurianromances)thematterofFrance—Charlemagneandhisknights(ChansondeRoland)thematterofRome—fromtheTrojanWartoAlexandertheGreatKingArthur:＊historicalfigureofCelts;mythologicalfigureinWelshliterature;＊legendaryheroin?GeofferyofMonmouth:“HistoryoftheKingsofBritain”?Layamon:“Brut”?SirTomasMalory:“LeMorteD?Arthur”?Anglo-Saxon?LaterlegendsaboutaheronamedArthurwereplacedinthisperiodofviolence.TheinvaderswerevariouslyAngles,Saxons,Frisians,Jutes,butweresimilarincultureandeventuallyidentifiedthemselvesindifferentlyasAnglesorSaxons.ThemostoutstandingsingleromanceontheArthurianlegend—―SirGawainandtheGreenKnight‖(foursections)a.ThefightbetweenSirGawainandtheGreenKnightat精编WORD文档下载可编缉打印下载文档，远离加班熬夜KingArthur?sChristmasfeast.b.Gawain?sadventuresonthewaytofindtheGreenKnightoftheGreenChapel篇二：英国文学史及选读__复习要点总结《英国文学史及选读》第一册复习要点1.Beowulf:nationalepicoftheEnglishpeople;Denmarkstory;alliteration,metaphorsandunderstatements（此处可能会有填空，选择等小题）2.Romance（名词解释）3.“SirGawainandtheGreenKnight”:afamousromanaboutKingArthur’sstory4.Ballad（名词解释）5.CharacterofRobinHood6.GeoffreyChaucer:founderofEnglishpoetry;TheCanterburyTales(maincontents;124storiesplanned,only24finished;writteninMiddleEnglish;significance;form:heroiccouplet)7.Heroiccouplet(名词解释)8.Renaissance（名词解释）9.ThomasMore——Utopia10.Sonnet（名词解释）11.Blankverse（名词解释）12.EdmundSpenser“TheFaerieQueene”13.FrancisBacon“essays”esp.“OfStudies”（推精编WORD文档下载可编缉打印下载文档，远离加班熬夜荐阅读，学习写正式语体的英文文章的好参照，本文用词正式优雅，多排比句和长句，语言造诣非常高，里面很多话都可以引用做格言警句，非常值得一读）14.WilliamShakespeare四大悲剧比较重要，此外就是罗密欧与朱立叶了，这些剧的主题，背景，情节，人物形象都要熟悉，当然他最重要的是Hamlet这是肯定的。他的sonnet也很重要，最重要属sonnet18。（其戏剧中著名对白和几首有名的十四行诗可能会出选读）15.JohnMilton三大史诗非常重要，特别是ParadiseLost和SamsonAgonistes。对于ParadiseLost需要知道它是blankverse写成的，故事情节来自OldTestament，另外要知道此书theme和Satan的形象。16.JohnBunyan——ThePilgrim’sProgress17.FounderoftheMetaphysicalschool——JohnDonne;featuresoftheschool:philosophicalpoems,complexrhythmsandstrangeimages.18.Enlightenment（名词解释）19.Neoclassicism（名词解释）20.RichardSteele——“TheTatler”21.JosephAddison——“TheSpectator”这个比上面那个要重要，注意这个报纸和我们今天的报纸不一样，它虚