PART ONE BRITISH LITERATURE Chaptar 1 Early and Medleval English Literature Ⅰ.Historical Background 1.The Making of England 2.The Anglo—Saxons Period 3.The Anglo—Norman Period Ⅱ.Literature 1.Anglo—Saxon Literature 2.Medieval English Literature Chapter 2 Renaissance Ⅰ.Historical Background 1. The Reformation 2.The Growth of Modern Science 3.The Reign of Queen Elizabeth Ⅰ 4. The Renaissance Ⅱ.Literature Chapter 3 The Period of English Bourgeois Revolution Ⅰ.Historical Background 1.House of Studwart 2. The Civil War 3 . Restoration 4.The Glorious Revolution Ⅱ.Literature 1.Metaphysical Poets 2. Cavalier Poets Chapter 4 Eighteenth Century English Literature Ⅰ.Historical Background 1 . Augustan Age 2.Industrial Revolution 3.Great Changes in Social Life