OldEnglishPeriod—Anglo-SaxonPeriod(450-1066)1.TheHistoryFrom55BCto410AD,theRomansconqueredthelandandtransplanteditscivilization.2.TheLiteratureTwodivisions:Pagan&ChristianPaganTheSeafarer水手;TheFightatFinnisburg芬尼斯郡之战;TheWanderer流浪者;Waldhere瓦登希尔;TheBattleofMaldom马尔登战役Widsith(威德西斯);ThecomplaintofDeor迪奥的抱怨Thewife’sLament妻子的哀歌;Ruin毁灭aregoodexamples.Beowulf,England’snationalepic.WritingfeaturesnotaChristianbutapaganpoemofalladvancedpagancivilization,Theuseofthestrongstressandthepredominanceofconsonantsareverynotableinthispoem.Eachlineisdividedintotwohalves,andeachhalfhastwoheavystressesTheuseofalliterationisanothernotablefeatureandmakesthestressesmoreemphatic.TherearealotofmetaphorsandunderstatementsinthispoemAnglo-NormanPeriod(1066-1350)TheliteratureTheGrowthoftheArthurianLegendsThelegendsofKingArthurandhisknightshadexistedasanoraltraditionsincethetimeoftheCelts.JohnWycliffe(1320-1384)thefirstmanwhoattemptedtotranslatetheBiblefromsonorousLatinintoEnglish.ChansondeRoland罗兰之歌WilliamLanglandSirGawainandtheGreenKnightGeoffreyChaucer(1340-1400)Chaucer’scontributiontoEnglishLiteratureandLanguagethe“fatherofEnglishpoetry”thefirstmostsignificantpoetinEnglishliteraryhistorytowriteinMiddleEnglishthe“heroiccouplet”didmuchinmakingthedialectofLondonthefoundationforthemodernEnglishlanguagePopularBallads大众民谣代表人物：BishopThomasPercy托马斯.帕希主教代表作：RobinHoodandAllin-a-Dale罗宾汉和阿林代尔TheRenaissanceThePre-ElizabathanPeriod(1400-1557)ThomasMore托马斯.莫尔Utopia乌托邦TheElizabethanAgeEdmundSpenser(1552-1599)TheShepheardesCalendar；TheFaerieQueenePhilipSidneyArcadia；AstrophelandStellaChristopherMarloweblankverseTamburlainetheGreat；TheJewofMalta；TheTragicalHistoryofDoctorFaustusWilliamShakespeareThemostpopularandthemostwidelyrespectedwriterinallEnglishliteratureComedies:AMidsummerNight’sDream,TheMerchantofVenice,AsYouLikeIt,TwelfthNight.Tragedies:Hamlet,Othello,KingLear,andMacbeth.Sonnet:a“physical”poet；154innumber1-126addressestoayoungman