作为古英语文学之最高成就的代表,《贝奥武甫》是最早用欧洲地方语言写成的英雄史诗;除去作为早期史诗所具的一般性特征之外,无论与其它早期史诗相比,或是与其它几部中古欧洲史诗相比较,从主题、文化色彩及修辞特色而论,《贝奥武甫》明显具有不可重复的一些特征。但在英国文学的“伟大传统”中,《贝奥武甫》却是一个孤立事件,并未有机地融入其中。 As the representative of the highest achievements of ancient English literature, Beowulf was the earliest epic of heroes written in the European local languages. Apart from the general characteristics of being an early epic, whether compared with other early epics or with In contrast to several other medieval European epics, Beowulf was clearly characterized by some non-repetitive features in terms of themes, cultural colors and rhetorical features. However, in the “great tradition” of British literature, “Beowulf” was an isolated incident and did not integrate into it organically.