Lecture 1 the ancient and medieval era

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History and Anthology of English Literature Lecture 1: The Ancient and Medieval Era

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Lecture 1: Homepage Orientation

The Celts and AngloSaxon Period The Anglo-Norman Period The Medieval Period

Beowulf Sir Gawain & Green Knight Canterbury Tales

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Lecture 1: The Anglo-Saxon Period

The history The influence on literature Beowulf Subject matter Framework Literary features and values

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Lecture 1: The Celts and Anglo-Saxon Period Watch a video clip about the Beginnings of England. Try to get the information about the Celts and Anglo-Saxon Period.1. The Celts and AngloSaxon Period (1) History (2) Influence on Literature (3) Beowulf 2. The AngloNorman Period 3. The Medieval Period

The Celts: the natives, also called the Britons Roman conquest: 1st century Roman withdrawal: 410 A.D. The Anglo-Saxon conquest(449-1066) new comers from Northern Europe-the Jutes, Angles and Saxon the Celts: Scotland, Wales and Ireland the Anglo-Saxons: the rest part

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Lecture 1: The Celts and Anglo-Saxon Period Heptarchy(七国统治):600-870 A.D.

Wessex annex(吞并)other six countries: 829 A.D. The Danes’ invasion: C8-C10, took the throne and ruled England in C10 Norman Conquest: 1066 A.D.

Alfred the Great Father of the British Navy

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Lecture 1: The Celts and Anglo-Saxon Period

The Heptarchy: a collective name applied to the AngloSaxon kingdoms of south, east, and central Great Britain during late antiquity (中世纪前)and the early Middle Ages. Northumbria Mercia East Anglia Essex Kent Sussex Wessex The Anglo-Saxon kingdoms eventually unified into the Kingdom of England.

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Lecture 1: The Celts and Anglo-Saxon Period bComments on The Celts and Anglo-Saxon Period From its earliest days, England has become an object of desire. Tacitus(塔西佗，古罗马元老院议员，历史学家) declared England worth of conquest, the best compliment that could occur to a Roman(罗马人最佳的荣誉). Before this kingdom became mature, it would be cut down by the devastating blow of invader’s axe. England has created stunning works of Christian art and architecture, but the long shadow of Rome still fell over all this brilliance. The grafting(嫁接) of Anglo-Saxon culture onto the enduring legacy of Roman Britain had produced an extraordinary flowering(源远流长)。

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Lecture 1: The Celts and Anglo-Saxon PeriodRelated links: Prehistoric Britain:/wiki/Prehistoric_Britain (…the Neolithic, the Bronze age, the Iron age, the Late pre-Roman Iron age)

Norman conquest:/playlist_show/id_2520833.html(BBC英国史01Beginnings视频)

Heptarchy:/wiki/Heptarchy (7 kingdoms and other minor kingdoms, attributed arms所属的徽章…)

英国历史简介(中文)/versionview/cRVoEXlEDWFdRCwNBWQNYVw

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Lecture 1: The Literature of Anglo-Saxon period Identify the two key words of literature during the Anglo-Sax

on period.1. The Celts and Anglo-Saxon Period (1) History (2) Influence on Literature

Pagan

Christian

(3) Beowulf2. The AngloNorman Period

3. The Medieval Period

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Lecture 1: The Literature of Anglo-Saxon period The Influence on LiteraturePagan(尤指古代挪威、冰岛冒险经历和英雄业绩的长篇小说): represents poetry which the Anglo-Saxons probably brought with them in the form of oral sagas(传说) Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Danes, Christian: represents the writings developed under teaching of the literary monks. 1st Roman Catholic Church: Canterbury, later the religious center of England King Edward, the Confessor(1042-1066): building Westminster Abbey Language: Old English, the language of Angles the Celtic Language: the spoken language

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Lecture 1: the Literature of the Anglo-Saxon Period:Beowulf

Beowulf: National epic, 3182 lines1. The Celts and AngloSaxon Period (1) History (2) Influence on Literature

Subject matter(主题)the adventures of a great Scandinavian warrior, Beowulf

Time/place:Approximately at the beginning of the 6th century when the forefathers of the Jutes lived in the southern part of the Scandinavian Peninsula

(3) Beowulf2. The AngloNorman Period

3. The Medieval Period

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Lecture 1: the Literature of the Anglo-Saxon Period:Beowulf

FrameworkPart I:

Fight against the monster- GrendelInterpolation(插补)

Part II:Fight against Grendel’s mother (1:13-1:22’08) Closing: The death of the hero

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Lecture 1: the Literature of the Anglo-Saxon Period:Beowulf

Literary features and values (1) alliteration (2) metaphors (3) understatements (4) the mixture of pagan and Christian elementsPart I/II: essentially pagan in spirit and matter Interpolation: obviously an addition made by the Christian who copied the Song.

(5) strength and somberness(朴实无华)

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Lecture 1: the Anglo-Norman PeriodThe history The influence of Norman Conquest on Britain The Influence of Norman Conquest on literature Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Subject matter Framework

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Lecture 1: The Literature of Anglo-Norman PeriodWatch a video clip about the Battle of Hastings. Try to get the information about the Norman Conquest.1. The Celts and AngloSaxon Period 2. The AngloNorman Period (1) History (2) Influence on Britain (3) Influence on Literature (4) Sir Gawain 3. The Medieval Period

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Lecture 1: The Literature of Anglo-Norman PeriodThe Norman Conquest

Harold King Edward’s wife’s brother Died in Hastings Battle

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