1、英国文学史及作品选读主讲人: 冯梅,Why Study Literature?,How to Study English Literature,Part One The Anglo-Saxon Period Part Two The Anglo-Norman Period Part Three The Age of Chaucer Part Four The English Renaissance Part Five The Seventeenth Century Part Six The Age of Enlightenment Part Seven The Romantic Period
2、Part Eight The Victorian Period Part Nine The Twentieth Century,Origin of the English Nations,The Three Conquests,The RomansThe Anglo-SaxonsThe Normans,The Roman Conquest,Time: 55 B.C-410 A.D Conqueror: Julius CasarThe Roman Civilization,The Anglo-Saxon Conquest,Time: the 5th Century Conquerors: Ang
3、les, Saxons, JutesA United Kingdom-England( the 7th Century),The First EnglishmenAnglo-Saxon English=The Old English,The Anglo-Saxon Period(4501066),The Social Condition,Disintegration of the tribalism Primary stage of class divisionTransition from tribal society to feudalism,The Social Condition,Di
4、sintegration of the tribalism Transition from tribal society to feudalism,Anglo-Saxons Religious Belief,Angles, Saxons and Jutesheathenschristianized in the 7th century,Old English Literature (Anglo-Saxon literature ),The literature of this period was almost exclusively a verse literature in oral fo
5、rm.,Old English Literature,1.Pagan poetry （异教诗 ）by scops (old English poets or bards)Beowulf 2.Christian poetry（宗教诗）by literary monksCaedmon and Cynewulf,Beowulf 贝奥武甫,The national epic of the Anglo-Saxons, preserved in Old English which survives in only one manuscript , now lying in the British Muse
6、um.,The Main Incidents of Beowulf,Beowulfs fight with the monster Grendel in Hrothgas Hall. Beowulfs Slaying of Grendels Mother in her Lair Beowulfs return in glory to his uncle, and his succession to the throne.Beowulfs victory-in death, fifty years later over the fire dragon.,Beowulf,Subject matte
7、r: A Scandinavian hero, Historical significance: It reflects the features of the tribal society of ancient times. Striking features: alliteration, metaphor, understatement,Caedmon,the first English known poet, the father of English songs.Hymn : his first main poem,Cynewulf,the greatest Anglo-Saxon p
8、oetElene The Fates of the Apostles Christ Juliana,Anglo-Saxon Prose,Prose literature did not show its appearance until the 8th century. Most of the prose of the Old English period is in Latin. The three famous prose writers of the Anglo-Saxon Period are Venerable Bede, Alfred the Great, and the Aelfric,The three famous prose writers,Venerable BedeAlfred the GreatAelfric,
