英国文学课件1

• b. content: • It contains 3182 lines of alliterative verse and it is the longest of the early AngloAnglo-Saxon poems preserved.
• c. brief summary of the story: • see textbook
Anglia AngleAngle-land England
2. Social Background:
• 1）The Anglo-Saxons were in the later Anglostages of tribal society, and feudalism assumed definite shape. • 2) Agriculture developed and trade expanded.
• Group Discussion:
• What kind of man do you think • Beowulf is?
Beowulf is not simply a man of great military bravery but he is forever eager distress， to help others in distress， and in his last adventure with the dragon he shows himself a worthy leader ready to sacrifice his own life for the welfare of his people.
• d. significance: “Beowulf towers above all other Beowulf” Beowulf Angloliterary works Anglo-Saxon period chiefly because it is a powerful poem people’s about a people s hero written in true epic style.
epic
• An extendedwk.baidu.comnarrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a legendary or traditional hero. • 史诗：用严肃或庄重的语言写成的 叙事长诗，歌颂传奇中或历史上英 雄的丰功伟绩
• 3) The Anglo-Saxons were heathens (pagans) Angloupon their first arrival in England. • In A. D. 597, the first missionaries led by St. Augustine came to England from Rome and converted King Ethelbert of Kent, and within a century (in 7th century) all England was Christianized.
Unit 1 AngloThe Anglo-Saxon Period
(449 - 1066)
Background
1. The formation of Britain:
Time Before B. C. 55 --B. C. 55 Romans Invasion (Julius Caesar) Celts Albion main events names of population Celts names of Britain Albion
• 2) Two poets:
• a. Caedmon： Caedmon： latter half of 7th. Century
Paraphrase of the Bible
• b. Cynewulf: 8th. Century poems on religious subjects
Beowulf” 3) “Beowulf --- the national epic of the Beowulf AngloAnglo-Saxons • a. origin: • existed in its oral form as early as the 6th century written down in the 7th or 8th century. The only existing manuscript was written by an unknown scribe at the beginning of the 10th. Century.
A. D. 43
Romans Conquest (Claudius)
Romans/Celts
A Roman Province
1. The formation of Britain:
Time main events names of population names of Britain
A. D. 410
3. Literature:
• 1) Two divisions: • Pagan literature: Anglo-Saxon’s Anglo-Saxon s Oral sagas • Christian literature: writings developed under the teaching of the monks after the introduction of Christianity into England
Romans withdrawal From Britain for Germanic (Teutonic) invasion of Rome Germanic (Teutonic) AngloInvasion or AngloSaxon Conquest
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A. D. 449
Anglos/ Saxons/ Jutes/ Celts