PART ONE A SHORT HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE Chapter One Anglo-Saxon Literature ?、?Introduction 1.Anglo-Saxon Conquest 2.Characteristics of Anglo-Saxon Literature ?、?Anglo-Saxon Poetry 1.Pagan Poetry 2.Religious Poetry ?、?Anglo-Saxon Prose 1.Venerable Bede 2.Alfred the Great 3.Aelfric Exercise 1 Chapter Two Medieval English Literature ?、?Anglo-Norman Literatuure 1.Introduction 2.The Romance in the Anglo-Norman Period Ⅱ.English Literature in the Age of Chaucer 1.Introduction 2.William Langland 3.Geoffrey Chaucer ?、?English Literature in the 15th Century 1.English and Scottish Ballads 2.Thomas Malory Exercise 2 Chapter Three English Literature in the Renaissance Period Chapter Four English Literature in the 17th Century Chapter Five English Literature in the 18th Century Chapter Six English Literature in the Romantic Age Chapter Seven English Literature in Victorian Age Chapter Eight English Literature in the 20the Century PART TWO SELECTED READINGS Chapter One English Poetry Chapter Two English Prose Chapter Three English Novel Chapter Four English Drama Appendix 1 Key to Exercises Appendix 2 Literary Terms Appendix 3 Bibliography