英国文学期末考试题目(英语专业必备)

一．中古英语时期Beowulf is the oldest poem in the English language， and the most important specimen ( 范 例 、 典 范 )of Anglo—Saxon literature, and also the oldest surviving epic in the English language.The romance is a popular literary form in the medieval period(中世纪）. It uses verse or prose to sing knightly adventures or other heroic deeds. Geoffrey Chaucer， one of the greatest English poets, whose masterpiece, The Canterbury Tales （《坎特伯雷故事集》） , was one of the most important influences on the development of English literature。 Chaucer is considered as the father of English poetry and the founder of English realism。二．文艺复兴 RenaissanceRenaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid—17th centuries. It marks a transition(过渡) from the medieval to the modern world。It started in Italy with the flowering of painting, sculpture(雕塑) and literature, and then spread to the rest of Europe。 Humanism is the essence of Renaissance —--——Man is the measure of all things. This was England's Golden Age in literature. Queen Elizabeth reigned over the country in this period。 The real mainstream of the English Renaissance is the Elizabethan drama. The most famous dramatists in the Renaissance England are Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare.The greatest of the pioneers of English drama was Christopher Marlowe.Francis Bacon was the best known essayist of this period。 “ Of Studies ” is the most popular of Bacon’s 58 essays. Thomas More --UtopiaEdmund Spenser——The Faerie Queene 相关练习1。 Which is the oldest poem in the English language？A。 Utopia B. Faerie QueeneC。 Beowulf D. Hamlet2. _____ is the father of English poetry. A. Edmund Spens...