1. 古代文学简介/Old English Literature

1． 时间界定：Old English literature extends from about 450 to 1066.
2． 古代文学中诗歌分类：宗教诗和世俗诗：
The Old English poetry can be divided into two groups: the religious group and the secular one.
3． 主要代表作品：《贝尔武夫》
A.性质：Beowulf, is regarded today as the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons.
B.主题：The poem presents a vivid picture of how the primitive people wage under a wise heroic struggles against the hostile forces of the natural world under a wise and mighty leader.
Ⅱ、中世纪文学：
1、 时间界定：From 1066 up to the mid-14th century.
2、 文学分类：民间通俗文学 骑士浪漫诗
A. Popular folk literature also occupies an important place in this period.
B. Romance which uses narrative verse or prose to sing knightly adventures or other heroic deeds is a popular literary form in the medieval period.
3、 代表作家与作品：Chaucer and the Canterbury tales
A．The father of English poetry.（Chaucer）
B．The English Homer. （Chaucer）
C．In Canterbury tales, Chaucer presented to us a comprehensive realistic picture of the English society of his time and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life .
D．In Troilus and Criseyde, he gave the world what is virtually the first modern novel.