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Ballad Literature Work :
• Robin Hood（15th）
Three persons in literary scene
• A. John Wycliffe （1320—1384）: contribution: the translation of the Bible from the sonorous Latin Vu lgate Version into Middle English • B. William Langland (1332—the end of 14th century): contribution: Vision of Piers the Plowman a poem to attack evil in both Church and state I. C. Geoffrey Chaucer-- The Canterbury Tales (1343—1400) “The father of English poetry”; one of the greatest narrative poets of England
Chanson de Roland (4002
Saga: four cycles
1. 2. 3. 4. King Arthur and his Knights Charlemagne and his peers Alexander the Great Trojan War
lines)
MEDIEVAL LITERATURE: A BRIEF INTRODUCTION (1066-1400)
History:
House of Normandy (1066——1135)
House of Plantagenet (1154 ——1377)
House of Lancaster （ 1399——1413 ）
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What is the Domesday Book?
• the Domesday Book is a great land survey, commissioned by William the Conqueror to assess the extent of the land and resources being owned in England at the time, and the extent of the taxes he could raise.
Romance Literature Work :
• The Growth of the Arthurian Legend a) Wace Roman de Brut(c.1155) b) Layamon verse work of 32,000 lines Brut (1205) c) Robert and Walter Mapes d) Sir Thomas Malory Morte d’ Arthur
House of Normandy (1066——1135)
Background: 1066, Frenchspeaking Normans, William the Conqueror • 1、The establishment of the feudal system • 2、The 1381 peasant uprising • 3、The completion of the Doomsday Book(1086)
• Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (2530lines) Part one(1-490) : behead Part two(491-1125) : trip Part three(1126-1996) : three days Part four(1997-2530) : encounter
House of Plantagenet (1154 ——1377)
• 4、The launching of the Crusades (1096---1270) • 5、The signing of the Magna Carter in 1215
Richard I
Saladin
King John
House of Lancaster ( 1399——1413)
• 6、The War with France or the Hundred Years ‘War （1337-—1453）
Literature Forms:
The literature in this period • A. Romance: a. theme b. style c. representative work • B. Ballad： a. theme b. style c. representative work