BritishLiterature1.450-1066OldEnglisha)Beowulf(7th-8th)头韵alliteration1.Paganheroism&Fatalism&Christian2.Poem3.Scene:Denmark2.1066-1485MedievalAgeFrench/Latina)Caedmon(610-680)theearliestEnglishpoet1.Caedmon’sHymnb)Bede(673-735)FatherofHistoriography英国史学之父1.HistoriaEcclesiasticaGentisAnglorumc)KingAlfred(848-901)WessexFatherofEnglishProse1.Anglo-SaxonChronicled)WilliamLangland(1332-1400)1.PiersthePlowmane)GeoffreyChaucer(1343-1400)FatherofEnglishPoetry;1sttouseHeroicCouplet英雄双行体;PoetofWestminsterAbbey1.TheCanterburyTales24stories2.TheRomauntoftheRose翻译的发过作品3.TheLegendofgoodWomen4.TheHouseofFamef)TheGawain-Poet(无名诗人)1.SirGawainandtheGreenKnight(1360-1370)头韵alliterationg)SirThomasMalory(1405-1471)1.LeMorted’Arthur(TheDeathofArthur)(1470)第一部关于亚瑟王传奇故事的英语散文作品3.14th-17thRenaissanceHumanism;Poetry&Poeticdramaa)ThomasMore(1478-1535)Humanist1.Utopiab)PhilipSidney(1554-1586)thecompleteman1.AstrophelandStella被认为是伊丽莎白时代除莎士比亚外最好的十四行诗2.TheDefenceofPoesie(orApologyforPoetry)最早英语散文之一c)EdmundSpenser(1552-1599)Poet’spoet;SpenserianStanza1.TheFaerieQueeneAllegoricalworkdedicatedtoQueenElizabethⅠ2.TheShepherdCalendard)FrancisBacon(1561-1626)唯物主义；现代科学；1stEnglishessayist1.Essays58篇2.TheAdvancementofLearning3.TheNewInstrumente)ChristopherMarlowe(1564-1593)greatestofthepioneersofEnglishDrama;mostgiftedofthe“universitywits”;blankverse1.Tamburlaine人性对权力的渴求2.TeTragicalHistoryofDoctorFaustus人性对知识、幸福的渴求f)WilliamShakespeare(1564-1616)BenJohnson:wasnotofanage,butforalltimei.154sonnets:first126addressedtotheyoungnobleman;later28toDarkLadyii.4tragedies:Hamlet;KingLear;Othello;Macbethiii.Comedies:AMidsummerNight’sDreamAsyoulikeitMerchantofVeniceTwelfthNightMuchAdoAboutNothing无事生非TheTamingoftheShrew驯悍记iv.Tragicomedy:RomeoandJulietv.ChroniclePlay:1.亨利六、四、五、八世2.理查德三、二世3.凯撒4.Cleopatra克莉奥帕特拉vi.MiraclePlay:1.Pericles2.Cymbeline3.TheWinter’sTale4.TheTempestg)BenJohnson(1572-1637)Forerunnerofclassicism;firstPoetLaureate1.EveryManinHisHumour个性