1.0 Early and Medieval English literature

Feudal society French (official) Latin (religious) English (ordinary men) William Langland, Piers the Plowman 农夫皮尔斯 / The robin hood ballads
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By Pearl Ye
Like a child from the womb, Like a ghost from the tomb, I arise and unbuild it again. Touch her not scornfully, Think of her mournfully.
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Early And Medieval English Literature
Celts Roman The Anglo-Saxon (Native) Conquest Conquest The Norman Conquest 14th C末 15th C初
乔叟 Chauce r
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Lecture One
Early And Medieval English Literature
By Pearl Ye
Early And Medieval English Literature
Celts Roman The Anglo-Saxon (Native) Conquest Conquest The Norman Conquest 14th C末 15th C初
Feudal society French (official) Latin (religious) English (ordinary men) William Langland, Piers the Plowman 农夫皮尔斯 / The robin hood ballads
By Pearl Ye
By Pearl Ye
Chaucer
• Three periods 1. France: a translation work: “The Romaunt of the Rose” 玫瑰传奇 2. Italy: adaptation 改编 “Troilus and Criseyde” 特罗伊勒斯与克莱西德 3. England: The Cantebury Tales 坎特伯雷故事集 • “the founder of English realism” • “father of English poetry” • Great achievement: P29: He introduced from France the rhymed stanza of various types, especially the rhymed couplet of 5 accents in iambic meter (heroic couplet英雄双韵体)
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April is the cruelest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain. Wasteland by T·S· Eliot 四月是最残忍的一个月， 四月是最残忍的一个月，荒地上 长着丁香， 长着丁香，把回忆和欲望 参合在一起， 参合在一起，又让春雨 催促那些迟钝的根芽。 催促那些迟钝的根芽。
四月时分，甜蜜的阵雨飘落， 穿越干旱的三月，浸透了万物的根部， 把强力酒精的每一根经络浸泡， 草木发芽，渐次生花； 西风呼出甜美的气息， 席卷了荒地和林丘 嫩枝和嫩叶，青青的阳光 在白羊星座走了一半的历程 无数小鸟通宵达旦睁着眼睛 此时齐声歌唱（大自然骚扰着他们躁动不安）； 此时，人们渴望走上朝圣之路。
By Pearl Ye
the rhymed couplet of 5 accents (pentameter) in iambic meter • Iambic 抑扬格 (one unaccented /unstressed syllable followed by an accented/ stressed one) E.g Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May. • Trochaic 扬抑格 （a stressed + an unstressed） E.g. Tiger! Tiger! burning bright • Anapestic 抑抑扬格 （two unstressed + an stressed） • Dactylic 扬抑抑格 (an stressed + two unstressed)
Early And Medieval English LiteratuBaidu Nhomakorabeae
Celts Roman The Anglo-Saxon (Native) Conquest Conquest The Norman Conquest 14th C末 15th C初
乔叟 Chauce r
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Britons, a tribe of Celts 布里吞人 Britain: the land of Britons Julius Cesar 凯撒 （410 A.D, Roman troops left.） Angles, Saxons and Jutes Beowulf, national epic 贝武尔夫
Feudal society French (official) Latin (religious) English (ordinary men) William Langland, Piers the Plowman 农夫皮尔斯 / The robin hood ballads
By Pearl Ye
• Beowulf • 3182 lines • Epic: an extended narrative poem in dignified language. It usually sings highly of one or more heroes whose fates are closely connected with the country’s. • Alliteration 头韵 Clean and clear/ 可伶可丽 • Metaphor • Understatement (P5) • 2003 Xiamen University’s paper for postgraduate entrance examination: Describe and make a comment on Beowulf.
乔叟 Chauce r
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Britons, a tribe of Celts 布里吞人 Britain: the land of Britons Julius Cesar 凯撒 Christianity was brought to Britain. （410 A.D, Roman troops left.） Angles, Saxons and Jutes Beowulf, national epic 贝武尔夫
Agricultural civilization V.S Industrial civilization
By Pearl Ye
By Pearl Ye
By Pearl Ye
Britons, a tribe of Celts 布里吞人 Britain: the land of Britons Julius Cesar 凯撒 （410 A.D, Roman troops left.） Angles, Saxons and Jutes Beowulf, national epic 贝武尔夫