《英国文学史及选读》课件

《英国文学史及选读》课件第一页，编辑于星期六：九点四十分。Self-introduction雷艳妮Mobile:第二页，编辑于星期六：九点四十分。AimoftheCourseLetstudentsknowaboutthehistoryofBritishliterature,fromtheoldEnglishperiodinthefifthcenturytothetwentiethcentury.Throughclosereading,thestudentswilllearnhowtounderstand,appreciate,analyzeandevaluatespecificliteraryworks.第三页，编辑于星期六：九点四十分。PlanoftheCourseTwotermstodealwiththiscourseForeachterm,wedealwithonevolumeofthetextbookForeachweek,wedealwithonechapterReadalotafterclass第四页，编辑于星期六：九点四十分。Referencebooksaboutliteraryhistory刘炳善编著,《英国文学简史》(AshortHistoryofEnglishLiterature),郑州：河南人民出版社，1993年版。陈嘉著，《英国文学史》（AHistoryofEnglishLiterature),北京：商务印书馆，1982年版。Sanders,Andrew.TheShortOxfordHistoryofEnglishLiterature.Oxford:ClarendonPress,1994.第五页，编辑于星期六：九点四十分。ReferenceBooksaboutSelectedReadings杨岂深，孙铢主编，《英国文学选读》（SelectedReadingsinEnglishLiterature)第1，2，3册，上海：上海译文出版社，1981年版。NortonAnthologyofEnglishLiterature.第六页，编辑于星期六：九点四十分。ChapterIAnglo-SaxonPeriod(449-1066)

HistoricalbackgroundBeowolf第七页，编辑于星期六：九点四十分。HistoricalBackgroundBritainincludesScotland,Wales,IrelandaswellasEnglandBritainwasoriginallyinhabitedbyprimitiveCeltictribesknownasBritons.第八页，编辑于星期六：九点四十分。MajorInvasionsBytheRomans:43A.D.---theearlyfifthcenturyBytheEnglish(thetribesofAnglo,SaxonsandJutes):inthemiddleofthefifthcenturyBytheNormans:byNorman-Frenchinvadersin1066.第九页，编辑于星期六：九点四十分。RomanConquestInthemiddleofthefirstcenturyB.C.,RomantroopsledbyJuliusCaesarinvadedBritain,thenClaudiusconquereditinA.D.43andBritainbecameaRomanprovincetillthebeginningofthefifthcentury.Theninearly5thcentury,theRomangarrisonsinBritainwithdrew.第十页，编辑于星期六：九点四十分。EnglishInvasionInthemid-5thcentury,thetribesofAnglo,SaxonsandJutes(laterknownsimplyasAnglo-Saxons)migratedtoEnglandfromtheEuropeancontinent,ormorespecificallyfromwesternDenmarkandthenorthwestcoastofGermany.第十一页，编辑于星期六：九点四十分。NormanConquestTheNormansfromNormandyinnorthernFrancecametoinvadeEnglandin1066.UndertheleadershipofWilliamtheDukeofNormandywhoclaimedthesuccessiontotheEnglishthrone,theysucceededindefeatingtheEnglishtroopsandconqueringthewholeofEngland.第十二页，编辑于星期六：九点四十分。AftertheNormanConquestAftertheNormanconquest,forover300years,FrenchwasuseddominantlyinBritain.Bytheendofthefourteenthcentury,whenNormansandEnglishintermingled,Englishwasoncemorethedominantspeechinthecountry.第十三页，编辑于星期六：九点四十分。ChangeinLanguageBeforeRomanConquest,theBritonsspeakCelticlanguage.IntheRomanperiod,LatinTheAnglo-SaxonsspeakOldEnglish,whichbelongstotheGermaniclanguagefamily.第十四页，编辑于星期六：九点四十分。MiddleEnglishorMedievalEnglishInthethreecenturiesafter1066thelanguagehadundergonegradualbutradicalandextensivechanges.NotonlywereborrowedinthecourseoftimethousandsofwordsfromFrenchandthroughFrenchfromLatinandalsoGreek,butmanyoldinflectionalformsofnativeEnglishwordshadbeendroppedandformergrammarofthepasthadbecomeconsiderablysimplified.第十五页，编辑于星期六：九点四十分。MiddleEnglishorMedievalEnglishTheEnglishlanguageinthistransitionalstagefromoldEnglishtomodernEnglish,throughsomefourcenturies(from12thto15th)ofdevelopmentandchange,hasgenerallybeenknownasMiddleEnglish.第十六页，编辑于星期六：九点四十分。BeowulfThefirstgreatEnglishliteraryworkNationalepicoftheAnglo-SaxonsThepoemwascomposedintheoralform,sungbythebardsattheendofthesixthcenturyThestorytookplaceinScandinavia.Itcontains3183linesofalliterativeverse,beingthelongestoftheearlyAnglo-Saxonpoemspreserved.第十七页，编辑于星期六：九点四十分。GrendelGrendelisthefirstmonsterthatappearsinthepoemandbecomesthesymbolof“fallenmankind”.HeisadescendantofCain,whocommittedthefirstmurderintheBiblewhenhekilledhisbrotherAbel.Grendelisanextremeexampleofevilandcorruption第十八页，编辑于星期六：九点四十分。StructureofBeowulfThreeadventures1.fightwithGrendel2.fightwithGrendel’smother3.fightwithadragon.Beowulfisnowanagedking第十九页，编辑于星期六：九点四十分。TheInfluenceofChristianityBeowulfisalinkbetweentwotraditions,thepaganandtheChristian.Thevirtueofcourageinwarandtheacceptanceoffeudsbetweenmenandcountriesasafactoflifestemfromtheolderpagantradition.Beowulfisburiedinaccordancewithpaganritual(cremation).第二十页，编辑于星期六：九点四十分。TheEpicPoemBeowulfispartofthetraditionofepicpoetrythatbeganwithth