英国文学lecture 1

The Flea
Mark but this flea, and mark in this, How little that which thou denies me is; Me it sucked first, and now sucks thee, And in this flea our two bloods mingled be; Thou know’st that this cannot be said A sin, or shame, or loss of maidenhead, Yet this enjoys before it woo, And pampered swells with one blood made of two, And this, alas, is more than we would do.
Requirements for this course: 1. Class attendance; 2. A wide reading before and after class; 3. Remembering some important facts; 4. Class discussion.
small wingless jumping insect feeding on human and other blood
over-indulge
Oh stay, three lives in one flea spare, Where we almost, nay more than married are. This flea is you and I, ant this Our marriage bed and marriage temple is; Though parents grudge, and you, we are met, And cloistered in the living walls of jet.

2. Help the students know about Beowulf and its significance.
3. Help the students know clearly about Geoffrey Chaucer and his work The Canterbury Tales.
After the withdrawal of the Roman troops, England was soon invaded by three Germanic (Teutonic) tribes: the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes.
By the 7th century some small kingdoms were combined into a United Kingdom called England (the land of Angles). Its people were called the English.
From 787, the English began to be troubled by bands of Danish Vikings.The great hero of the time was King Alfred the Great (849-901) of the Kingdom of Wessex in the south. It is to him that we owe much of the preservation of Old Anglo-Saxon Literature. Equally important is the fact that he started Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, a historical register of national events from dim past to his own age. The Anglo-Saxons were conquered in 1066 by the Norms from France. This is the end of

Emily Bronte
Wuthering Heights (1847)《呼啸山庄》
George Eliot
The Mill on the Floss (1860)《弗洛斯河上的磨坊》
Thomas Carlyle
On Heroes and Hero-Worship (1841) (lectures)《英雄与英雄崇拜》
Andrew Marvell
To His Coy Mistress《致羞怯的情人》
Robert Herrick罗伯特•赫里克
Gather ye Rose-Buds while Ye May
John Bunyan约翰·班扬
The Pilgrim’s Progress (1678)《天路历程》John Dryden
Piers the Plowman《农夫皮尔斯》
Geoffrey Chaucer杰弗里·乔叟
The Canterbury Tales《坎特伯雷故事集》
Le Roman de la Rose《玫瑰传奇》
Lecture 2 The English Renaissance文艺复兴时期英国文学
Thomas More
Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist《雾都孤儿》
David Copperfield (1849-1850)《大卫·科波菲尔》
1859 A Tale of Two Cities《双城记》
1860-1861 Great Expectations《远大前程》
William M. Thackeray
“Kulbla Khan”(1816)“忽必烈汗”
George G. Byron
Don Juan (1818-1823)《唐璜》

3. What should we learn about English Literature? 4. How should we learn?
What is literature?
Very
often it simply means anything that is written: timetables, catalogues, text-books, travel brochures (booklet). In this broad sense, an account of yesterday’s football match or an advertisement of soap powder, is as much literature as the Dialogues of Plato or the novels of D. H. Lawrence.
Beowulf the character: a grand hero *faithful to his people * refects the features of tribal society
Theme It shows how the primitive people wage heroic struggles against the hostile forces of the natural world under a wise and mighty leader.
《英国文学简史》 A Short History of English Literature
A Short History of English Literature 1. What is English Literature? 2. Why should we learn English Literature?