Chapter 1 Old English 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 English Literature (1066-1510)

Ⅰ．Historical Background

Ⅱ．Literary Features

Ⅲ．Romance andSir Gawain

Ⅳ．PopularBallad

Ⅴ．Medieval Drama

Ⅵ．William Langland andPiers Plowman

Ⅶ．Geoffrey Chaucer

Ⅷ．Reading

Chapter 3 Litetrature of Renaissanceand 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．JohnMilton

Ⅵ．Reading

Chapter 5 The Eighteenth Century Literature(1690-1780)

Ⅰ．Historical Background

Ⅱ．LiteraryFeatures

Ⅲ．Eighteenth-CenturyPoetry

Ⅳ．Eighteenth-Century Prose

Ⅴ．Eighteenth-Century Novel

Ⅵ．Eighteenth-Century Drama

Ⅶ．Reading

Chapter 6 The Literature of the Romantic Period(1780-1831)

Ⅰ．Historical Background

Ⅱ．LiteraryFeatures

Ⅲ．Romantic Poetry

Ⅳ．RomanticEssayists

Ⅴ．TheNovelintheRomanticPeriod

Ⅵ．Reading

Chapter 7 Victorian Literature (1832-1900)

Ⅰ．Historical Background

Ⅱ．LiteraryFeatures

Ⅲ．VictorianNovel

Ⅳ．Victorian Poetry

Ⅴ．VictorianCriticsandHistorians

Ⅵ．VictorianDrama

Ⅶ．Reading

Chapter 8 The Twentieth Century Literature(1900-45）

Ⅰ．Historical Background

Ⅱ．LiteraryFeatures

Ⅲ．Modern Poetry to 1945

Ⅳ．Modern Drama to 1945

Ⅴ．Modern Novels to 1945

Ⅵ．Reading

Chapter 9 English Literature Since 1945

Ⅰ．Historical Background

Ⅱ．LiteraryFeatures

Ⅲ．DramaSince 1945

Ⅳ．NovelSince 1945

Ⅴ．PoetrySince 1945

Ⅵ．Reading

Selected Bibliography