山东师范大学英国文学
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第1讲
Objectives/aims
●Anglo-Saxon literature—one of the two tributaries of English li
terature
●Introduction of the period
●Introduction of Old English poetry
●Introduction and brief study of the oldest surviving epic in British literature: Be owulf
Key concepts
●Pagan/Christian literature
●The Venerable Bede (673-735)
●Alfred the Great(849-899):
●Features of Old English Poetry
●Basic literary terms
Procedure
I.Background information
1.Historical background of Anglo-Saxon period
●Origin of the Anglo-Saxons
II.Two divisions of literature: pagan and Christian
1.Major works of the period
Ecclesiastical History of the English People
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Beowulf
III. Important figures to remember
●The Venerable Bede (673-735)
●Alfred the Great(849-899)
●Caedmon (died in 680)
●Cynewulf (9th Century)
IV.Introduction and a brief study of Beowulf
1. Genre,
2. style,
3. structure,
4. language
5. Plot
6. setting
7.Major themes
8.Characteristics of traditional epic
9.Features of Old English Poetry
10.Read the selected part of the epic to point out the features
of alliterative verse
11.Importance of the epic in English literature
V.Basic literary terms to deepen the understanding of Old Engli sh epic
1.alliteration
2.kenning
3.caesura
4.scop
Homework
●Read the selected part from Beowulf
●Discuss the poetic feature of Old English poetry Assessment
●After this class, the students have got general knowledge about t
he Anglo-Saxon literature, so that they will be well prepared for the study of the next part.
第2讲
Objectives/aims
●Anglo-Norman literature --the second tributary of English litera
ture
●Divisions of literature of the time
●Arthurian legends
Key concepts
●Battle of Hastings
●Geoffrey’s History
●Metrical Romances
●Middle English
●Alliterative Verse
Procedures
I.Background information of Anglo-Norman period
1.Norman Conquest and its effects
1)bringing of Roman civilization
2)growth of nationality
3)new language and literature
2.Co-existence of three languages
1) Native English
2) Norman French
3) Latin
II.Prevailing literature genres
1.Geoffrey’s History
2.French writers’ works
3.Riming Chronicles
4.Metrical Romances
III. Introduction of Arthurian romances