鑻卞浗鏂囧鍙?/p>
I. Old English Literature & The Late Medieval Ages
<Beowulf>
璐濆ゥ姝﹀か
:the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons
Epic:
long
narrative
poems
that
record
the
adventures
or
heroic
deeds
of
a
hero
enacted
in
vast
landscapes. The style of epic is grand and elevated.
Artistic features:
1.
Using alliteration
Definition
of
alliteration:
a
rhetorical
device,
meaning
some
words
in
a
sentence
begin
with
the
same
consonant sound
锛堝ご闊碉級
Some examples on P5
2.
Using metaphor and understatement
Definition of understatement: expressing something in a controlled way Understatement is a typical way for
Englishmen to express their ideas
Geoffery Chaucer
鏉板紬閲?/p>
路涔斿彑
1340~1400
(
棣栧垱鈥滃弻闊典綋鈥?/p>
锛岃嫳鍥芥枃瀛﹀彶涓婇鍏堢敤浼︽暒鏂硅█鍐欎綔銆傜害缈奥峰痉鑾遍】锛?/p>
John
Dryden
锛夌О鍏朵负鈥滆嫳鍥借瘲
姝屼箣鐖垛�?/p>
銆備唬琛ㄤ綔銆婂潕鐗逛集闆锋晠浜嬮泦銆?/p>
銆?/p>
)
The father of English poetry.
writing style: wisdom, humor, humanity.
鈶?/p>
<The Canterbury Tales>
鍧庣壒浼浄鏁呬簨闆嗭細
first time to use
鈥?/p>
heroic couplet
鈥?/p>
(
鍙岄煹浣?/p>
) by middle English
鈶?/p>
<Troilus and Criseyde>
鐗圭綏浼婃媺鏂拰鍏嬭幈甯屽痉
鈶?/p>
<The House of Fame>
澹拌獕涔嬪
Medieval Ages
鈥?/p>
popular Literary form: Romance(
浼犲鏁呬簨
)