英国文学史_1.ppt

The History of English Literature;Early and Medieval English Literature (450-1485);The English Romanticism (1798-1832) ;To be or not to be, that is a question. —Hamlet 生存还是毁灭，这是个问题。（莎士比亚） Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. —“Of Study” 读书足以怡情,足以傅彩,足以长才。（培根） IT is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. —Pride and Prejudice 凡是有钱的单身汉，总想娶位太太，这已经成了一条举世公认的真理。（简·奥斯汀） ;你以为我穷，不好看，就没有感情吗？我也会的，如果上帝赋予我财富和美貌，我一定会使你难于离开我的，就象我现在难于离开你，上帝没有这样，我们的精神是同等的，就如同你跟我经过坟墓将同样的站在上帝面前—— Jane Eyre ;It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way. — Charles Dickens ;Why do we learn English literature?;English Literature;Steps;盎格鲁-撒克逊时期与丹麦统治时期 公元449年~1066年;EARLY AND MEDIEVAL ENGLISH LITERATURE(450-1485);Anglo-Saxon Period (449-1066) ;Romans (55BC-410AD) The Germanic invasion(449-871) a. The Angles, Saxons, and Jutes b. They brought Germanic language and culture. c. The formation of feudal society. Ended with the Norman Conquest;a. immigration;(angles, Saxons and Jutes) b. heathen——Christianity; c. social organization: clan(氏族) or tribes. d. Church function: spirit, civil service, education; e. economy: coins, trade, slavery; f. feasts and festival: Halloween, Easter g. language: Anglo-Saxon/Anglo (old English); 现在大部分英国人就是盎格鲁-撒克逊人. 盎格鲁,撒克逊是古代日耳曼人的部落分支,原居北欧日德兰半岛,丹麦诸岛和德国西北沿海一带. 公元五世纪——六世纪,盎格鲁,撒克逊两部都有人群南渡北海 移民大不列颠岛,在此后的三四百年间,两部落才融合为盎格鲁撒克逊人. 通过征服,同化,盎格鲁撒克逊人与大不列颠岛的土著人“ (凯尔特人),再加上后来移民的丹人,诺曼人经长时期融 凯尔特人), 才形成近代意义上的英吉利人(包括苏格兰人). 但从二战时看, 盎格鲁撒克逊人与日耳曼人已经疏远,反倒和英伦的原住民(土著凯尔特人)融为一体. ;1