英国文学名词解释79997

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1、5.Terms:1.Whatiscriticalrealism?Englishcriticalrealismofthe19thcenturyflourishedinthefortiesandintheearlyfifties.ThecriticalrealistsdescribedwithmuchvividnessandgreatartisticskillthechieftraitsoftheEnglishsocietyandcriticizedthecapitalistsystemfromademocraticviewpoint.Theycreatepicturesofbou

2、rgeoiscivilization,describingthemiseryandsufferingsofthecommonpeople.Theyalsoshowedprofoundsympathyforthecommonpeople.Intheirbestworks,thegreedandhypocrisyoftheupperclassesarecontrastedwiththehonestyoftheobscure‘simplepeople”ofthelowclasses.Throughthesketchesofvariousnegativecharacters,criti

3、calrealismrevealsthecorruptinginfluenceoftheruleofcashuponhumannature.Hereliestherootofthedemocraticandhumanisticcharacterofthecriticalrealismofthe19thcentury.2.TheMetaphysicalpoets(玄学派诗人)Aboutthebeginningofthe17thcentury,thereappearedinEnglandaschoolofpoetscalled"Metaphysical"bySamuelJohnso

4、n.Witharebelliousspirit,themetaphysicalpoetstriedtobreakawayfromtheconventionalfashionoftheElizabethanlovepoetry.ThedictionissimpleascomparedwiththatoftheElizabethanortheNeoclassicperiodsandechoesthewordsandcadencesofcommonspeech.Theimageryisdrawnfromtheactuallife.Theformisfrequentlythatofan

5、argumentwiththepoet'sbeloved,withGod,orwithhimself.TherepresentativesareJohnDonneandJohnDrydenFeaturesofMetaphysicalPoetry1.Theexcessiveuseoffiguresofspeechareused.2.Itwasapoetryofthelibrary,poetryforthefew.Itishardforthelatergenerationstoimitate.3.Romanticism:itisaliterarytrend.Itprevailedi

6、nEnglandduringtheperiodof1798-1832.Romanticistswerediscontentwithandopposedtothedevelopmentofcapitalism.Romanticismischaracterizedbythe5“I”s:1.Imagination2.Intuition3.Idealism4.Inspiration5.Individuality4.ShakespeariansonnetAlsoknownastheEnglishSonnet,consistsofthreequatrainsfollowedbyacoupl

7、et.Therhymeschemeisababcdcdefefgg.Athemeisdeveloped&elaboratedinthequatrains,&aconcludingthoughtispresentedinthecouplet..7.Essayquestions一、Gulliver’sTravels《格列佛游记》Gulliver’sTravel,hismasterpiece小说通过Gulliver到小人国、大人国、飞岛、巫人岛、马岛等虚构国度离奇旅行和遭遇，集中反映了十八世纪英国