Chapter 1 Old Enslish Literature
Ⅰ.Historical Background
Ⅱ.The Development of the English Language
Ⅲ.Literary Features
Ⅳ.Representative Writers and Works
Ⅴ.Beowulf and the Heroic Epic Tradition
Chapter 2 Middle Engilsh Literature(1066-1510)
Ⅰ.Historical Background
Ⅱ.Literary Features
Ⅲ.Roruance and Sir Gawain
Ⅳ.Popular Ballad
Ⅴ.Medieval Drama
Ⅵ.William Langland and Piers Plowman
Ⅶ.Geoffrey Chaucer
Ⅷ.Reading
Chapter 3 Literature of Renaissance and Reformation(1510-1620)
Ⅰ.Historical Background
Ⅱ.Literary Features
Ⅲ.Renaissance Poetry
Ⅳ.Renaissance Prose
Ⅴ.Renaissance Drama
Ⅵ.William Shakespeare
Ⅶ.Reading
Chapter 4 Literature of Revolution and Restoration(1620-90)
Ⅰ.Historical Background and Literary Features
Ⅱ.Seventeenth-Century Prose
Ⅲ.Seventeenth-Century Drama
Ⅳ.Seventeenth-Century Poetry
Ⅴ.John Milton
Ⅵ.Reading
Chapter 5 The Eighteenth Century Literature(1690-1780)
Ⅰ.Historical Background
Ⅱ.Literary Features
Ⅲ.Eighteenth-Century Poetry
Ⅳ.Eighteenth-Century Prose
Ⅴ.Eighteenth-Century Novel
Ⅵ.Eighteenth-Century Drama
Ⅶ.Reading
Chpater 6 The Literature of the Romantic Period(1780-1831)
Ⅰ.Historical Background
Ⅱ.Literary Features
Ⅲ.Romantic Poetry
Ⅳ.Romantic Essayists
Ⅴ.The Novel in the Romantic Period
Ⅵ.Reading
Chpater 7 Victorian Literature(1832-1900)
Chpater 8 The Twentieth Century Literature(1900-45)
Chpater 9 English Literature Since 1945
Selected Bibliograhy