美国文学一些专业术语

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1、Freeverse:Akindofpoetrythatlacksregularmeterofpattern.Fiveversesistherhymedorunrhymedpoetryfreefromconventionalrulesofmete匚JazzAge:Epithetapplied,ofteninvidiously,totheeraofthe1920sintheU.S.,whosefreneticyouthofthepostwarperiodwereconceivedasmorejuveni

2、leandhedonisticthanthecontemporarylostgenerationofexpatriates.LostGeneration:LostGenerationhasbeenusedtodescribetheAmericanswhoremainedinParisasacolonyof“expatriates，，orexilesafterWorldWarI•Theywanderedpointlesslyandrestlessly-Atthesametime,theywereawa

3、reallthewhilethattheworldiscrazyandmeaninglessandfutile.Postmodernism:ThetermPostmodernismisusedtodescribecertaintendenciesinpost-WorldWarIIliterature.Thefirstgenerationofpostmodernistsproducedtextsthatsimultaneouslyquestionedandviolatedtheconventionof

4、traditionalnarrative.Regionalism:LocalColorismorRegionalismasatreadfirstmadeitspresencefeltinthelast1860sandearlyseventiesinAmerica.Theultimateaimofthelocalcoloristsistowriteorpresentlocalcharactersoftheirregionintruthfuldepictiondistinguishedfromother

5、s,usuallyaverysmallpartoftheworld.AmericanRomanticism:Theromanticperiodcoversthefirsthalfofthe19thcentury.ArisingAmericawithitsidealofdemocracyandequality,theboomingeconomy,theflourishingpublicationsandavarietyofforeigninfluencesmadeitsliteraryexpansio

6、nnotonlypossiblebutalsoinevitable.AmericanNaturalism:TheAmericanNaturalismdescribesatypeofliteraturethatattemptstoapplyscientificprinciplesofobjectivityanddetachmenttoitsstudyofhumanbeings.Symbolism:Symbolismisthewritingtechniqueofusingsymbols.It'salit

7、erarymovementthataroseinFranceinthelasthalfof19lhcenturyandthatgreatlyinfluencedmanyEnglishwriters,particularlypoetsofthe20thcentury.Itenablespoetstocompressaverycomplexideaorsetofideasintooneimageorevenoneworld.AmericanTranscendentalism:AmericanTransc

8、endentalismismoreofanattitudeoftranscendentalists.To“transcencTsomethingistoriseaboveit,topassbeyonditslimits.TranscendentalistsspeakforculturalrejuvenationandagainstthematerialismofAmericasociety.AmericanRealism:Theageofrealismcameinto