英国文学史名词解释(吴伟仁)

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1、英国文学史名词解释（仅供参考）1.IambicpentameterIambicpentameterisacommonlyusedmetricallineintraditionalverseandversedrama.Thetermdescribestheparticularrhythmthatthewordsestablishinthatline.Thatrhythmismeasuredinsmallgroupsofsyllables;thesesmallgroupsofsyllablesarecalled"feet"

2、.Theword"iambic"describesthetypeoffootthatisused(inEnglish,anunstressedsyllablefollowedbyastressedsyllable).Theword"pentameter"indicatesthatalinehasfiveofthese"feet."2.StreamofconsciousnessStreamofconsciousnessisanarrativemodethatseekstoportrayanindividual'spoin

3、tofviewbygivingthewrittenequivalentofthecharacter'sthoughtprocesses,eitherinalooseinteriormonologue,orinconnectiontohisorheractions.Stream-of-consciousnesswritingisusuallyregardedasaspecialformofinteriormonologueandischaracterizedbyassociativeleapsinsyntaxandpun

4、ctuationthatcanmaketheprosedifficulttofollow.3.HumanismHumanismisaliteraryandphilosophicalviewemphasizinghumankindasitscenterconcerns.HumanismoriginatedintheRenaissance,thetermhasbeenusedmanyways,butalwayssuggestshumanityasthecentralconcern,withthenaturalworld(s

5、cience)andthespiritualworld(religion)valuedfortheirrelationtopeople.4.RomanticismRoughlythefirstthirdofthe19thcenturymakesupEnglishliterature’sromanticperiod.Writersofromanticliteraturearemoreconcernedwithimaginationandfeelingthanwiththepowerofreason.Avolumeofpo

6、emscalledLyricalBalladswrittenbyWilliamWordsworthandSamuelTaylorColeridgeisregardedastheromanticpoetry’s“DeclarationofIndependence.”Keats,ByronandShelley,thethreegreatpoets,broughttheRomanticMovementtoitsheight.Thespiritofromanticismalsooccurredinthenovel.5.Crit

7、icalRealismCriticalRealismisthemaintrendoftheliterarythoughtsinthelate19thcentury.Itrevealsthecorruptinginfluenceoftheruleofcashuponhumannature.Criticalrealistsfirstandforemostsetthemselvesthetaskofcriticizingcapitalistsocietyfromademocraticviewpointofbourgeoisi

8、ereality.Asfarastheliteraryformor“genre”isconcerned,themajorcontributionmadebythe19thcenturycriticalrealistsliesintheirperfectionofthenovels.Liketherealistsofthe18thc