I、Multiple Choice. (40%)
There are 15 questions in this part. Choose A,B,C, or D on your answer sheet.
A 1. Beowulf is a ___ poem, describing an all-round picture of the tribal
society.
A. pagan
B. Christain
C. romantic
D. lyric
B 2.The work that presented, for the first time in English literature, a
comprehensive realistic picture of the medieval English society and created a
whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life is most likely___.
A. William Langland’s Piers the Plowman
B. Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales
C. John Gower’s Confessio Amantis
D. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
C 3. In “ Sonnet 18 ” ，Shakespeare has a profound meditation on the destructive
power of __C___ and the eternal __________ brought forth by poetry to the one he loves .
A. death/ life
B. time / beauty
C. death/ love
D. hate / love
C. 4. Which of the following poetic forms is the principle form of Shakespeare’s
drama?
A. lyric
B. sonnet
C. blank verse
D. quatrain
C 5. Which of the following statements best illustrate the theme of Shakespeare’s
Sonnet 18?
A. The speaker eulogizes the power of nature.
B. The speaker satirizes human vanity.
C. The speaker praises the power of artistic creation.
D. The speaker meditates on man’s salvation.
A 6. Which of the following place does Gulliver visit first in Gulliver’s Travels?
A. Lilliput
B. Brobdingnag
C. Laputa
D. Houyhnhnms
B 7. Which of the following is NOT true about Robinson Crusoe?
A.It is written in the autobiographical form.
B.It is a record of Defoe’s own experiences.
C.Robinson spends 28 years of isolated life on the island.
D.It is set in the middle of the 17th century.
B.8.Many of Burn s’ songs deal with friendship.____ has long become a universal
parting-song of all the English speaking countries.
A. A Red, Red Rose
B. Auld Lang Syne
C. My Heart’s in the Highlands
D. John Anderson, My Jo
A 9.The Tiger was written by___.
A. William Blake
B. John Keats
C. William Wordsworth
D. Percy Shelley
B 10.“One short sleep past, we wake eternally” is taken from___
A. The Solitary Reaper
B. Death be not proud
C. To Autumn
D. Song to the Man of England
A 11. _____ is not a famous translator in the English Renaissance.
A. Thomas North
B. Thomas Wyatt
C. George Chapman
D. John Florio
C 12. _____is considered to be the summit of Shakespeare’s art.
A.Romeo and Juliet
B. The Comedy of Errors
C. Hamlet
D. The Tempest
C 13. ____ poems can be divided into two categories: the youthful love lyrics
and the later sacred verses.
A.John Milton
B. John Bunyan
C. John Donne
D. John Dryden
D 14. The main literary stream of the 18th century was ____ .
What the writers described in their works were mainly social realities.
A. romanticism
B. classicism
C. realism
D. Sentimentalism
D 15. Which of the following works are not written by Oliver Goldsmith? ____.
A. The Traveller
B. The Deserted Village
C. The Vicar of Wakefield
D. The School for Scandal
A 16.In the 18th century English literature ，the representative writer of
neo-classicism is _A___ .
A. Pope
B. Swift
C. Defoe
D. Milton
B 17.The __B_ was a progressive intellectual movement throughout western
Europe in the 18th century .
A. Renaissance
B. Enlightenment
C. Religious Reformation
D. Chartist Movement
B18. Blake ，Wordsworth ，__B__ ，Byron ，Shelley and _________ are the major Romantic poets .
A. Coleridage / Southey
B. Coleridge / Keats
C. Keats / Scott
D. Scott / Coleridge
B 19. The Canterbury Tales was written in_____
A. Old English
B. Middle English
C. Modern English
D. Current Modern English
A 20. “The father of English poetry” is _____.
A. Geoffrey Chaocer
B. Edmund Spenser
C. Francis Bacon D Henry Fielding
II. Fill in the Blanks in the following summary statement 得分
according to what you have learnt of British history and literature. (20%)
1. Chaucer employed the_ Heroic _couplet in writing his greatest work The
Canterbury tales.
2.Shakespeare’s plays have been traditionally divided into four categories
according to dramatic type: histories, _ comedies _, tragedies and romances.
3. A Shakespearean sonnet is composed of three quatrains and a concluding_
couplet .
4.John Donne is the founder of the school of_ metaphysical poetry _. His works
are characterized by mysticism in content and fantasticality in form.
5. John Milton’s Paradise Lost opens with the description of a meeting among the
fallen angels, and ends with the departure of Adam and _Eve _from the
Garden of Eden.
6.Othello,__ Hamlet _ , Kinglear, and Macbeth are the four greatest tragedies of
William Shakespeare.
7. Literature can be divided into poetry, fiction/novel and_ Drama ______.
8. Joseph Addison and Richard Steele jointly created _ The Spectator __.
9. _ Odes __are generally regarded as Keats ’ most important and mature works.
10. The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe is written by _ Daniel Defoe .
III. Explain the following literary terms in your own words. (10%)
1．Ballad: A narrative poem, often of folk origin and intended to be sung.
2．Tragedy : A literary work in which the protagonist meets an unhappy or disastrous end.
3．Sonnet: A 14-line verse form usually written in iambic pentameter.
4．Sentimentalism: A sentimental expression or idea.
5． Lyric: A short poem of songlike quality.
四. Short Answers Read the materials first ， and then answer the questions
according to the requirements .Remember you should write your answers correctly ，completely and briefly (20%)
“Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep, moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.”
Questions:
1） What kind of rhetorical devices does the sentence used?
Analogy (类比)
2） Please translate this sentence.
读史使人明智，读诗使人灵秀，数学使人周密，科学使人深刻，伦理学使人庄重，逻辑修辞使人善变。
3） From which essay does the above sentence come, what is the essay mainly
about?
The sentences are from “Of Studies” (Francis Bacon). It is the most popular of bacon’s essays. It analyzes what studies chiefly serve for, the different ways adopted by different people to pursue studies, and how studies exert influence over human character
4） Through reading the sentences, can you infer the writing style of the
author, and what it is?
Bacon ’s essays are famous for their brevity, compactness and powerfulness. Yet there is an obvious stylistic change in the essay. The sentences in the first edition are charged and crowed with symmetries. They are composed in a rather affected way. However, the final edition, not only enlarge the theme , but also brings forth the looser and more persuasive style. The essays are well-arranged and enriched by biblical allusions, metaphors and cadence.
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考试课程：英国文学史及选读考核类型：A 卷 考试方式：闭卷出卷教师: XXX 考试专业：英语考试班级：英语xx班 I.Multiple choice (30 points, 1 point for each) select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. 1._____，a typical example of old English poetry ,is regarded today as the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons. A.The Canterbury Tales B.The Ballad of Robin Hood C.The Song of Beowulf D.Sir Gawain and the Green Kinght 2._____is the most common foot in English poetry. A.The anapest B.The trochee C.The iamb D.The dactyl 3.The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events, which one of the following is NOT such an event? A.The rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture. B.England’s domestic rest C.New discovery in geography and astrology D.The religious reformation and the economic expansion 4._____is the most successful religious allegory in the English language. A.The Pilgrims Progress B.Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners C.The Life and Death of Mr.Badman D.The Holy War 5.Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries, its essence is _____. A.science B.philosophy C.arts D.humanism 6.“So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,/So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”(Shakespeare, Sonnets18)What does“this”refer to ? A.Lover. B.Time. C.Summer. D.Poetry. 7.“O prince, O chief of my throned powers, /That led th’ embattled seraphim to war/Under thy conduct, and in dreadful deeds/Fearless, endangered Heaven’s perpetual king”In the third line of the above passage quoted from Milton’s Paradise Los t, the phrase“thy conduct”refers to _____conduct. A.God’s B.Satan’s C.Adam’s D.Eve’s
英美文学 I.Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement and put the letter in the brackets. 1、The Age of Realism in the literary history of the United States refers to the period from ____to____. A. 1861...1914 B. 1863 (1918) C. 1865...1914 D. 1865 (1918) 2、____is not the representative writer in the Age of Realism in the literary history of the United States. A. Henry James B. Emily Dickinson C. William Dean Howells D. Mark Twain 3、The impact of ____on the American thought and the influence of the 19th century French literature on the American of letters gave rise to American naturalism. A. Darwin’s evolutionary theory B. Marxist theory C. Transcendentalism D. Puritanism 4、____is not the work of Mark Twain. A. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn B. Adventures of Tom Sawyer C. Life on the Mississippi D. The Mill on the Floss 5、Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is against____. A. British colonists B. slavery C. chauvinism D. monocracy II. Complete each of the following statements with a proper word or a phrase according to the textbook . 1、The Age of Realism is also what Mark Twain referred to as “____”. 2、While Mark Twain and Howells seemed to have paid more attention to the “life ” of the Americans, Henry James had apparently laid greater emphasis on the ____ of man. 3、The works of Mark Twain are characterized with ____. 4、In 1859, Darmin published____, which exerted great influence on American Naturalism. 5、____is regarded as “the true father of our national literature”. 6、Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is famous for its characterization of ____. 7、____and the West became Twain’s major theme. 8、In Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Twain makes sharp contrasts between____. 9、Henry James won his literary reputation for his novels of ____. 10、James’s realism is characterized by his ____ approach to his subject matter.
2018年自学《英国文学选读》试题及答案 1. What are Shakespeare ’s achievements? a. Shakespeare represented the trend of history in giving voice to de desires and aspirations of the people. b. Shakespeare’s humanism: more important than his historical sense of his time, Shakespeare in his plays reflects the spirit of his age. c. Shakespeare’s characterization: Shakespeare was most successful in his characterization. In his plays he described a great number of characters. d. Shakespeare’s originality: Shakespeare drew most of his materials from sources that were known to his audienc e. But his plays are original because he instilled into the old materials a new spirit that gives new life to his plays. e. Shakespeare as a great poet: Shakespeare was not only a great dramatist, but also a great poet. Apart from his sonnets and long poems, his dramas are poetry. f. Shakespeare as master of the English language. 2. What are the basic characteristics of ballads? a. The beginning is often abrupt. b. There are strong dramatic elements. c. The story is often told through dialogue and action. d. The theme is often tragic, though there are a number of comic
测试题（1） 1.Of the four alternative answers, choose the one that would best complete the statement. 1.Spenser is regarded as one of the greatest poets in the English Renaissance. His masterpiece is _______________. a.Utopia b. The Song of Beowulf C. The Faerie Queene D. The Canterbury Tales 2.Which of the following is not Malowe’s play? a.Tamlurlaine the Great b. The Jew of Malta c. The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus d. Cymbeline 3. “Hamlet” “Othello” “King Lear” and “_________” are regarded as Shake speare’s four great tragedies. a. Macbeth b. Romeo and Juliet c. The Winter’s Tale d. Tempest 4. Of the following plays by Shakespeare, which is not a comedy? a. Midsummer Night Dream b. The Merchant of Venice c. Twelfth Night d. Romeo and Juliet 5. Which of the following is not a historical play by Shakespeare? a. Henry VI b. Henry IV c. Richard III D. Charles I 6. From the following choose the one which is not Francis Bacon’s work. a. The Advancement of Learning b. The New Instrument c. Essays d. Venus and Adonis 7. “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” This is the beginning line of one of Shakespeare’s ___________________. a. songs b. plays c. comedies d. sonnets 8. English Renaissance Period was an age of __________. a. prose and novel b. poetry and drama c. essays and journals d. ballads and songs 9. Of the following _______was the important metaphysical poet. a. John Donne b. Ben Johnson c. John Milton d. George Peele 10. Of the following “________” was not written by Milton. a. Paradise Lost b. Paradise regained c. Samson Agonistes d. Volpone 11. “Dr. Faustus” is a play based on the _______legend of a magician aspiring for knowledge and finally meeting his tragic end. a. English b. French c. German D. Irish 12. Shakespeare has established his giant position in world literature with his _______plays. 154 sonnets and 2 long poems. a. 47 b. 38 c. 27 d. 52 13. The principle of Shakespeare’s historical play is that the national ______under a mighty and jut sovereign is a necessity. a. peace b. prosperity c. unity d. progress 14. “Romeo and Juliet” though a tragedy, is permeated with ____________spi rit. a. optimistic b. pessimistic c. satirical d. realistic
华南农业大学xx文学史期末考试题 (下)注:本文档主要用作题型参考,非100%原题。 考试范围:启蒙运动时期,浪漫主义时期。 一选择题。(共50题,每题1分) 类型1:作品来源。(约10-15道题) 1.” Some village-Hampden, that with dauntless breast. The littletyrant of hisfields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here mayrest. SomeCromwell,guiltless of his country's blood.” is from ( )A.I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud B. The Cloud C. Bright Star D. Elegy 2. “But now your brow is beld, John. Your locks are lik e the snaw;But bless ingson your frosty pow…” is from ( ) A. John Anderson, My Jo B.A Red, Red Rose C. Tintern Abbey D. When We two parted 3.” I am assured by our merchants, that a boy or a girl beforetwelve years old isno saleable commodity, and even when they come tothis age, they will not yieldabove three pounds, or three pounds andhalf a crown at most, on the exchange.” isfrom ( ) A. Gulliver’s Travel B. Robinson Crusoe
英国文学选读样题答案 一、选择题（本大题共15小题，每小题1分，总计15分） 1---5 ABCCC 6---10 ABBAB 11---15 BBAAC 二、填空（本大题共10小题，每小题2分，总计20分） 1．Heroic 2 comedies 3. couplet 4. metaphysical poetry 5. Eve 6. My Luve’s Like a Red, Red, Rose 7.Houyhnynms 8. Coleridge 9. Odes 10. Emily Bronte 三、诗歌分析（本大题共4个小题，每小题分值见各小题，共20分） 1．William Wordsworth; I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud 2．Iambic tetrameter; ababcc ababcc 3. The waves beside them danced; but they _ / _ / _ / - / Out-did | the spark|ling waves | in glee: _ / _ / _ _ _ / A po|et could |not but |be gay, _ / _/ _ / _ _ In such | a jo|cund com|pany: _ / _ / _ / _ / I gazed--|and gazed-|-but lit|tle thought _ / _ / _ / _ / What wealth |the show |to me |had brought: 4. 水波在边上欢舞，但水仙 比闪亮的水波舞得更乐； 有这样快活的朋友做伴， 诗人的心儿被欢愉充塞； 我看了又看，却没领悟 这景象给了我什么财富。（黄杲炘） 四、小说分析（本大题共5个小题，每小题分值见每小题，共20分） 1.Jane Eyre; Sharlotte Bronte 2.He had a mad wife who set the building on fire and climbed to the roof of the building. He tried to save her. But the staircase broke and he fell down He was wounded and became blind. 3.When Jane knew that Mr. Rochester had a wife. She was surprised and fled from Thornfield. Mr. Rochester was very sad at it.
2011年7月试题 1.All of Charles Dickens’ works, with the exception of _________, present a criticism of the more complicated and yet most fundamental social institutions and morals of the Victorian England. A. Bleak House B. Hard Times C. Great Expectations D. A Tale of Two Cities 2. From ____________ on, the tragic sense becomes the keynote of Thomas Hardy’s novels, the conflict between the traditional and the moden is brought to the center of the stage. A. The Return of the Native B. The Mayor of Casterbridge C. Tess of the D’Urbervilles D. Jude the Obscure 3. George Bernard Shaw’s play ____________ shows his almost nihilistic bitterness on the subjects of the cruelty and madness of World War I and the aimlessness and disillusion of the young. A. Getting Married B. Too True to Be Good C. Widowers’ Houses D. The Apple Cart 4. It was only after the publication of ____________ that D.H. Lawrence was recognized as a prominent novelist. A. The Trespasser B. The White Peacock C. Sons and Lovers D. The Rainbow 5. T. S. Eliot’s poem ____________ is heavily indebted to James Joyce in terms of the stream - of -consciousness technique, also a prelude to The Waste Land. A. “Prufrock” B. “Gerontion” C. The Hollow Men D. Lyrical Ballads 6. Charlotte Brontё’s ____________ is noted for its sharp criticism of the existing society, e. g. the religious hypocrisy of charity institutions. A. The Professor B. Wuthering Heights C. Villette D. Jane Eyre 7. Shelley’s greatest achievement is his four - act poetic drama ____________ , which is an ex- ultant work in praise of humankind’s potential. A. Adonais B. Queen Mab
英国文学史及作品选读 （模拟试题二） Ⅰ. Multiple Choice（1′×20=20分） 1．______can be justly termed England’s national epic. A. The Canterbury Tales B. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight C. The Song of Beowulf D. The Romance of the Rose 2. Among of the following dramas, which is one of Shakespeare’s four tragedies? A.Macbeth B.As You Like it C. Twelfth Night D. The Merchant of Venice 3. _______ is called as “ father of English novels” A. William Shakespeare B. Christopher Marlowe C. Daniel Defoe D.John Donne 4. It was ____who made blank verse the principal vehicle of expression in drama. A. Thomas Wyatt B. William Shakespeare C. Edmund Spenser D. Christopher Marlowe 5. Absoulute monarchy in England reached its summit during the reign of ____, especially Britain’s sea power was established. A.James I B. Henry VIII C. Queen Elizabeth D. Charles I 6. Hamlet, the most popular of Shakespeare's plays for readers and theater audiences, tells about the story of Hamlet, Prince of _______, and son of the dead king, who seeks revenge for his father’s death. A. England B. Norway C. Scotland D. Denmark 7. Which comment on John Donne is wrong? A. He is the leading figure of metaphysical poetry. B. His poetry is characterized by mysticism and peculiar conceit. C. John Donne’s poetry is characterized regularity among irregularity D. He never shows positive attitude towards love. 8. Robinson Crosue can be termed as____. A. a self-dependent person B. a person with colonial mind C. an adventuous person D. all of the above 9. Robert Burns is the representative of _____. A. Sentimentalism B. Pre-Romanticism C. Romanticism D. English Renaissance 10. William Blake’s ____ paint a world of misery, poverty, disease, war and repression with a melancholy tone. A.Poetical Sketches B. The Book of Thel C. Songs of Experience D. Songs of Innocence 11. The notorious “Peterloo Massacre” happened in _____. A. English Romantic period B. English Renaissance C. period of Restoration D. Neo-classical period 12. Lyrical Ballads are made by ____. A. Wordsworth and Shelley B. Wordsworth and Southey C. Wordsworth and Coleridge D. Shelley and Byron 13. According to____, poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings which originates in emotion and recollected in tranquillity.
1.The national epic of the Anglo-Saxons is ____. A Robin Hood B Sir Gawain and the Green Knight C The Canterbury Tales D Beowulf 2. ____was the most outstanding single romance on the Arthurian legend written in alliterative verse. A The Canterbury Tales B Piers the Plowman C Sir Gawain and the Green Knight D Beowulf 3. ____was famous for The Canterbury Tales. A Geoffrey Chaucer B John Milton C William Shakespeare D Francis Bacon 4. Most of the ballads of the 15th century focused on the legend about ____ as a heroic figure. A Green Nights B Gawain C Robin Hood D Hamlet 5.In the 16th century, Thomas More’s work ____became immediately popular after its publication. A Paradise Lost B A Pleasant Satire of the Three Estates C Of Studies D Utopia 6. ____was Edmund Spencer’s masterpiece which has been regarded as one of the grea t poems in the English language. A Amoretti B The Shepherd’s Calendar C The Faerie Queene D Four Hymns 7. ____ is from Shakespeare’s sonnet No.18. A “Let me not to the marriage of true minds” B “To be or not to be: that is the question” C “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day” D “No longer mourn for me when I am dead” 8. _____, the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England, was born in London about 1340. A. Geoffrey Chaucer B. Sir Gawain C. Francis Bacon D. John Dryden 9.The four great tragedies written by Shakespeare are Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello and ___ _. A. Antony and Cleopatra B. Julius Caesar C Twelfth Night D King Lear 10. Which of the following does not belong to Shakespeare’s romantic love comedies? A Twelfth Night B The Tempest C As You Like It D The Merchant of Venice D C A C D C C A D B 1. All of the following are the most eminent dramatists in the Renaissance England except______.
Part One：English Poetry 1.William Shakespeare Sonnet 18 ?Why does the poet compare `thee` to a summer’s day? And who could `thee` be? Because summer’s day and thee both represent beauty . thee could be beauty, love. ?What picture have you got of English summer, and could you explain why? Warm, beautiful, sunshine. Because summer is the best season of a year ,the most beautiful season. It is like our May. ?How does the poet answer the question he puts forth in the first line? Thee is more beautiful than summer. ?What makes the poet think that “thou” can be more fair than summer and immortal? Because humanism is more eternal than summer and immortal. ?What figures of speech are used in this poem? Simile, metaphor, personification, oxymoron and so on . ?What is the theme of the poem? Love conquers all, Beauty lives on. 2. Thomas Nashe Spring ?Read the poem carefully, pay attention to those image- bearing words, and see how many images the poet created in the poem and what sense impressions you can get from those images. There is “Blooms each thing, maids dance in a ring, the pretty birds do sing, the palm and may make country houses gay, Lambs frisk' and play, the shepherds pipe all day, And we hear aye birds tune this merry lay, The fields breathe sweet, the daisies kiss our feet, Young lovers meet, old wives a-sunning sit, In every street these tunes bur ears do greet!” The “Young lovers meet, old wives a-sunning sit，”impressions me most because of the harmony of the people’s relationship. ?Can you point out and explain the sound and their musical effect in the poem? In the Poem, each section has four lines, each line has ten syllables ( five tone step ) . In order to give the reader a spring breeze , streams , flowers , winding , Song Xin texture of sound and light flavor, Naixi greater uses English word S , z , f , V , R , L , and θconsonants means. In Naixi's poem, the use of phonological is also very harmonious, very smooth , very mellow. Section I of the poetry has Three pairs [ ing ] , section II of the poem has three pairs [ ei ] and the third quarter has three pairs [ i : ]. 3.John Donne A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning ?What is a “valediction” any way? Is the speaker in the poem about to die? Why does the speaker forbid mourning? No, it is about the lover s’separation. As the poem metaphors, the poet believed he and his wife’s love is sacred, he didn’t hope they cry when separation comes, let their love be stained by the ordinary and mundane.
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En glish Lite ra ture a nd the Se le cte d Re adings Developmentof EnglishLiterature 1.EarlyandMedievalEnglishliterature(- 1485)2.TheEnglishRenaissance(1550-1642?) 3.The17thCentury–ThePeriodofRevolutionandRestoration 4 . The 1 8 thCentury–T h e AgeofEnlightenm ent 5.TheRomanticPeriod(1798- 1832)6.TheVictorianAge(1832-1901) 7.Th e20t hCen t uryLit erat ure–Mod ern is man dPo st-Mod ern ism Chapter1EarlyandMedievalEnglishliterature 一．Epic （史诗） Apoemthatcelebrateintheformofacontinuousnarrativetheachievementsofone ormoreheroicpersonagesof historyortradition. AmongthegreatepicsoftheworldmaybementionedtheIliad,OdysseyandAeneidof classical. Be owulf 1.HistoricalBackground 1)) Thre e Invasions: A.The Rom a n Conq u e st ( 5 5 B. C - 4 10 A.D) B.The English Conqu e s t ( The Anglo-Sa xon Period) C.TheNormanConquest(TheAnglo-NormanPeriod) 2)) Tw o Wars: A.TheHundredYearsWar(1337-1453) B.TheWarof theRose(1455-1485) a.Anglo-SaxonPoetry: Pagan(异教的）&ChristianBeowulf /worksofCaedmonandCynewulf. b.Anglo- NormanPoetry:Romance c.Poe try in Age of Cha u cer： d..PopularBallads:BalladsofRobinHood2. 评价 1）Beowulfisanationalepic（史诗）ofEnglishpeople. 2）ItistherepresentativeworkoftheearlyEnglishliteraturewith3000lines.3） Itswriterisunknown. 4）BeowulfisafolklegendbroughttoEnglandbytheAngloSaxonfromtheirprimitiveNorthernEurope.5）Beowulfwaspasseddownfrommouthtomouth. 6） Beowulfwaswrittendowninthe10th century.3.Charactersint hestory: Beowulf:anephewofkingofGents,apeopleinDenmark.Hrothgar:kin gofDenmark. Gre nde l: a m onster. She-monster(女妖怪):Grende l’s mother.Dra go n: a fire dra gon, a m onster. 4.OutlineofTheSongofBeowulf Te u tonic(日耳曼的） h e ro Be ow u lf, the ne phe w of the king of the Ge a t la nd, he lpe d Hrothga r kill them onste r ha lf-hu m a n ,Gre nd e l a s w e ll a s his viciou s m oth e r. W ith his he roic de e ds, he w a s m a de the kingofScyldings(Sweden)for50years.