Периоды английской литературы. Карпова В.А. - 7 стр.

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language. He showed that he could handle a plain, unadorned narrative in
verse, bringing out its full implications, without interrupting its natural flow. He
has succeeded in telling us that his poem is to be a complete survey of human
life under the aspect of good and evil. Piers is the English countryman of his
own particular time and place. He lives in accordance with the simplest set of
values which enables him to pass judgements upon the world around him. Piers
appears as the expounder of Charity and the Holy Trinity, as the Good
Samaritan, and finally, by a splendid and daring transformation, as Jesus
himself. It is unnecessary to prove Langland’s close contact with rural life, for it
is clear on every page of his poem. Piers Plowman is merely a universalizing of
the English rural way of living, the life which all readers of the poem would
understand and in terms of which they could establish a common idiom with its
author.
                                      Word Study
      I. Say the words in these pairs aloud, paying particular attention to where
      the stress lies.
      refer – reference                             associate – association
      concur – concurrence                          observe – observation
      Chaucer – Chaucerian                          present – presentation
      allegory – allegorical                        civilize – civilization
      drama – dramatic                              circulate – circulation
      style – stylistic                             vary – variation
      moral – morality                              imply – implication
      origin – originality                          exhibit – exhibition
      innovate – innovator                          recognize – recognition
      analogue – analogy                            produce – production
      idiom – idiomatic                             abduct – abduction
      metre – metrical                              introduce – introduction
      rite – ritual                                 possess – possession
      character – characteristic                    succeed – succession
      psychology – psychological                    contribute – contribution




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