Chapter 2 the anglo-norman period

1、Introductory remarks: Middle English literature is a combination of French and AngloSaxon elements. During the three centuries after the Norman Conquest, large scale of French literature was introduced into England. Literature that the Normans brought to England is remarkable for its bright, romanti

2、c tales of love and adventure, which can be seen in Romance, the most prevailing kind of literature in the feudal England. 7/12/20221Chapter IIThe Middle English Period (The Anglo-Norman Period) (1066-1485)7/12/202221. William : 这里指威廉一世(约1028-1087)。 英格兰第一位诺曼人国王(1066-1087年在位)。2. Normandy : 诺曼底。最初为法国境

3、内的公国，后成为省份，经历了诺曼王朝和安茹王朝等的统治，现在为法国的一个省。Explainations of some nouns7/12/202233. Romance : 传奇罗曼司。盛行于欧洲中世纪一种叙事方式，因多数是用罗曼司语(Romance languages, 由拉丁演变而成的意大利语、法语、西班牙语、葡萄牙语和罗马尼亚语等)写成而得名。4. Arthur : 亚瑟王。出现在一组中世纪传奇故事中的不列颠国王，圆桌骑士团的首领。7/12/202241. Norman Conquest1). Politically, a feudalist system was establishe

4、d in England;2). Religiously, the Rome backed Catholic Church had a much stronger control over the country;3). In language, English was spoken by the common English people; French became the official language;4). With the introduction of the culture and literature of France, Italy and other European

5、 countries came into England;I. The Historical Background : 7/12/20225II. The Middle English Literature (The Anglo-Norman Literature) I. Romance Romance is the literature for the upper class, which was a long composition in verse or prose, describing the life and adventures of a noble hero. It gener

6、ally concerns knights and involves a large amount of figting as well as a number of niscellaneous adventures. 7/12/202261. Romance Literature传奇文学取代了传统的英雄史诗成为这一时期的主导叙事模式。作为中世纪骑士制度的一种精神产物，传奇文学是英国封建社会开展到成熟阶段的一种社会理想的表达。7/12/202272.Three major cycles: The great majority of the romances fall into groups o

7、r cycles, as the matter of Britain (King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table), the matter of France (Emperor Charlemagne and his peers) , and the matter of Rome ( Alexander the Great and so forth). 7/12/202283. King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table: King Arthur and His Knights of the

8、Round Table is comparatively the most important for the history of English literature. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is the best Arthurian romance, which is anonymous. 7/12/20229practice1. In the year_, at the battle of _, the _ headed by William, Duke of Normandy, defeated the Anglo-Saxons.2. The literature which Normans brought to England is remarkable for its bright, _ tales of _ and _.1066HastingsNormansromanticloveadventure7/12/202210 3. English literature at the Anglo-Norman Period was also a combination of _ and _ elements.4. What is the c