Literay Terms to know 文学术语

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1、LiterayTermsanalogy:anextendedcomparisonbasedoncertainresemblancesbetweenthingsthatareotherwiseunlike.antagonist:aneutraltermforacharacterwhoopposestheleadingcharacter.anticlimax:acontinuationoftheplotafterthestory’sclimax.Itsintentistorelievefromthetensionoftheclimax,ortopre

2、sentfurthercomplicationsoftheplot.apostrophe:theaddressingofadiscoursetoarealorimaginedpersonwhoisnotpresent;aspeechtoananimal,objectorapersonifiedabstraction.atmosphere:themoodprevailinginaliterarywork.Itoftenrelatestothewriter’stone,andalsotowhateversetsupcertainexpectation

3、sinthereader.audience:thepeopleattendingatheatricalproduction;theintendedgroupofreadersforwhomawriterwrites.autobiography:anaccountofaperson’slifewrittenbyhimselforherself.balladstanza(alsocalledballadmeasure):acommonstanzaform,consistingofaquatraininwhichlinesofiambictetrame

4、teralternateswithiambictrimester,rhymingxaxa.blankverse:theverseformthatconsistsofunrhymedlinesiniambicpentameter.ManyofShakespeare’splaysareinblankverse.carpediempoetry:poetryconcernedwiththeshortnessoflifeandtheneedtoactnowandenjoyclassicism:aformofliteraturethatemphasizest

5、heclassicqualitiesofform,reason,restraint,andisbasedondistinguishedartisticmodelsofthepast.climax:thepointatwhichtheconflictreachesthehighesttopandtheactionstopsrisingandbeginsfallingorreversing.Itisthethirdpartofplotstructureandisalsocalledtheturningpointoftheplot.comedy:abr

6、oadcategoryofdramaticworksthatareintendedprimarilytoentertainandamusetheaudiencethroughexaggerationandincongruity.conflict:astrugglebetweenopposingforces,suchasbetweentwopeople,betweenapersonandsomethinginnatureorsociety,orevenbetweentwopartsoftheself.connotation:whatissugges

7、tedbyaword,apartfromwhatitexplicitlydescribes.criticism:theevaluativeorinterpretiveworkwrittenbyinterpretersofliterarytexts.couplet:linesofpoetryrhyminginpairs.ThemostnormaltypeinEnglishpoetryistheheroiccouplet.denotation:adictionarydefinitionorthedirectandspecificmeaningofaw

8、ordasopposedtoconnotationorimpliedmeanings.dilemma:twochoicesfacinga