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1、1.Byronichero:withimmensesuperiorityinhispassionsandpowers,thisByronicherowouldcarryonhisshoulderstheburdenofrightingallthewrongsinacorruptsociety,andwouldrisesingle-handedlyagainstanykindsoftyrannicalruleseitheringovernment,inreligion,orinmoralprincipleswithunconquerablewillsandi
2、nexhaustibleenergies.Theconflictisusuallyoneofrebelliousindividualsagainstoutwornsocialsystemsandconventions.E.g.GeorgeByron“DonJuan^^2.Conceit:Inliterature,aconceitisanextendedmetaphorwithacomplexlogicthatgovernsapoeticpassageorentirepoem.InEnglishliteraturethetermisgenerallyasso
3、ciatedwiththe17thcenturymetaphysicalpoets,anextensionofcontemporaryusage.Inthemetaphysicalconceit,metaphorshaveamuchmorepurelyconceptual,andthustenuous,relationshipbetweenthethingsbeingcompared.E.g.JohnDonne"TheFlea^3.Englishrenaissance:TheEnglishRenaissancewasaculturalandartistic
4、movementinEnglanddatingfromthelate15thtotheearly17thcentury.ThebeginningoftheEnglishRenaissanceisoftentaken,asaconvenience,tobe1485.Renaissancestyleandideas,however,wereslowtopenetrateEngland,andtheElizabethanerainthesecondhalfofthe16thcenturyisusuallyregardedastheheightoftheEngli
5、shRenaissance.E.g.ThomasMore"Utopia',WilliamShakespeare"Hamlet^4.RomanticisminEnglishpoetry:attheturnofthe18thand19thcenturiesromanticismappearedinEnglandasanewtrendinliterature.ItroseandgrewundertheimpetusoftheIndustrialRevolutionandFrenchRevolution.In1798ColeridgeandWilliamWords
6、worthjointlypublishedthe"LyricalBallads';whichmarkedthebeginningofromanticisminEngland.(Romanticismwasanartistic,literary,andintellectualmovementthatoriginatedinEuropetowardtheendofthe18thcenturyandinmostareaswasatitspeakintheapproximateperiodfrom1800to1850.)E.g.WilliamBlake“TheLa
7、mb"RobertBurns"ARed,RedRose^^5.Dramaticmonologue:inliterature,itreferstotheoccurrenceofasinglespeakersayingsomethingtoasilentaudience.RobertBrowning^"MyLastDuchess"isatypicalexampleinwhichtheduke,speakingtoanon-respondingaudiencerevealsthereasonsforhisdisapprovalofthebehaviorofhis
8、formerduchessandsometyrannicaland