【答案】英国文学史及选读 unite2课后习题答案.doc

Unit two Anglo-Norman Period106613501. In the year 1066, the Norman defeated the Anglo-Saxons at the battle of _Hastings_.The most prevailing kind of literature in feudal England was _the romance_. It was a long composition , sometimes in _prose _, some times in _verse_, describing the life and adventures of _a noble hero_. 2. The most popular theme of English literature in the 1114th century is _.The legend of King Arther and his round table knight3. William Langlands _the vision of_Piers the Plowman_ is written in the form of aq dream vision. 4. What is the influence of the Norman Conquest upon English language and literature?European ideals and customs were introduced into England. Languages mixed.Literature was varied in interest and extensive in range. Romance.5. Make comments on the romance Sir Gawain and the Green KnightSir Gawain and the Green Knight(Middle English:Sir Gawayn and e Grene Knyt) is a late 14th-century Middle Englishchivalric romance. It is one of the best knownArthurianstories, with its plot combining two types of folklore motifs, the beheading game and the exchange of winnings. The Green Knight is interpreted by some as a representation of theGreen Manof folklore and by others as an allusion to Christ. Written in stanzas ofalliterative verse, each of which ends in a rhymingbob and wheel,1it draws onWelsh, Irish, and English stories, as well as the Frenchchivalrictradition. It is an important poem in theromance genre, which typically involves a hero who goes on a quest which tests his prowess, and it remains popular to this day in modern English renderings fromJ. R. R. Tolkien,Simon Armitage, and others, as well as through film and stage adaptations.It describes how SirGawain, a knight ofKing ArthursRound Table, accepts a challenge from a mysterious Green Knight who challenges any knight to strike him with his axe if he will take a return blow in ayear and a day. Gawain accepts and beheads him with his blow, at which the Green Knight stands up, picks up his head, and reminds Gawain of the appointed time. In his struggles to keep his bargain, Gawain demonstrateschivalryandloyaltyuntil his honour is called into question by a test involvingLady Bertilak, the lady of the Green Knights castle.The poem survives in a single manuscript, theCotton Nero A.x., which also includes three religiousnarrative poems:Pearl,PurityandPatience. All are thought to have been written by the same unk