英美文学名词解释

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1、01.Humanism(人文主义)HumanismistheessenceoftheRenaissance.2>itemphasizesthedignityofhumanbeingsandtheimportanceofthepresentlife.Humanistsvoicedtheirbeliefsthatmanwasthecenteroftheuniverseandmandidnotonlyhavetherighttoenjoythebeautyofthepresentlife,buthadthea

2、bilitytoperfecthimselfandtoperformwonders.   02.Renaissance(文艺复兴) Theword“Renaissance”means“rebirth”,itmeantthereintroductionintowestermEuropeofthefullculturalheritageofGreeceandRome.2>theessenceoftheRenaissanceisHumanism.Attitudesandfeelingswhichhadbeen

3、characteristicofthe14th and15th centuriespersistedwelldownintotheeraofHumanismandreformation.3>therealmainstreamoftheenglishRenaissanceistheElizabethandramawithwilliamshakespearebeingtheleadingdramatist.   03.Metaphysicalpoetry(玄学派诗歌)Metaphysicalpoetryis

4、commonlyusedtonametheworkofthe17th centurywriterswhowroteundertheinfluenceofJohnDonne.2>witharebelliousspirit,theMetaphysicalpoetstriedtobreakawayfromtheconventionalfashionoftheElizabethanlovepoetry.3>thedictionissimpleascomparedwiththatoftheElizabethano

5、rtheNeoclassicalperiods,andechoesthewordsandcadencesofcommonspeech.4>theimageryisdrawnfromactuallife.   04.Classism(古典主义)      Classismreferstoamovementortendencyinart,literature,ormusicthatreflectstheprinciplesmanifestedintheartofancientGreeceandRome.Cl

6、assicismemphasizesthetraditionalandtheuniversal,andplacesvalueonreason,clarity,balance,andorder.Classicism,withitsconcernforreasonanduniversalthemes,istraditionallyopposedtoRomanticism,whichisconcernedwithemotionsandpersonalthemes.   05.Enlightenment(启蒙运

7、动)EnlightenmentmovementwasaprogressivephilosophicalandartisticmovementwhichflourishedinfranceandsweptthroughwesternEuropeinthe18th century.2>themovementwasafurtheranceoftheRenaissancefrom14th centurytothemid-17th century.3>itspurposewastoenlightenthewhol

8、eworldwiththelightofmodernphilosophicalandartisticideas.4>itcelebratedreasonorrationality,equalityandscience.Itadvocateduniversaleducation.5>famousamongthegreatenlightenersinenglandwerethosegreatwriterslikeAlexanderpope.Jo