英国文学史名词解释[1]

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1、名词解释OldEnglish:thelanguageofAngloandSaxonpeopleduring5and11thcenturyEpic:Alongnarrativepoemcelebratingthegreatdeedsofoneormorelegendaryheroes.Inagrandceremoniousstyle.Thehero,usuallyprotectedbyorevendescendedfromgods,performssuperhumanexploitsinbattleorinma

2、rvelousvoyages,oftensavingorfoundinganation.Romance:themostpopularliteraryformintheMiddleAgesinEurope;Atale(inverseorprose)thatdealswithknightlyadventuresorotherheroicdeedsorsupernaturaloramoroussubjects,andusuallyemphasizesthechivalriclove.Ballad:Afolksong

3、ororallytransmittedpoemtellinginadirectanddramaticmannersomepopularstoryusuallyderivedformatragicincidentinlocalhistoryorlegend.Balladarenormallycomposedinquatrainswithalternatingfour-stressandthree-stresslines,thesecondandfourthlinesrhyming.Couplet(双行体)apa

4、irofrhymingverselinesofthesamelength.ChauserestablishedtheuseofcoupletinhisCanterburyTales,usingrhymediambicpentameterslaterknownasheroiccoupletTheRenaissancereferstotheperiodbetweenthe14thand17thcenturies.Therebirthofliterature,art,andlearningthatprogressi

5、velytransformedEuropeanculturefromthemid-14thcenturyinItalytothemid-17thcenturyinEngland,stronglyinfluencedbytherediscoveryofclassicalGreekandLatinliterature.TheRenaissanceiscommonlyheldtomarkthecloseofthemiddleAges,andthebeginningofthemodernwesternworld.Th

6、etermnormallyrefertothecombinedintellectualandartistictransformationofthe15th16thcenturies,includingtheemergencyofhumanism,protestantindividualism,Copernicanastronomy,andthediscoveryofAmericaHumanism:itstandsfordevotiontohumanvaluesrepresentinclassicalliter

7、ature.itisthekeynoteorthedominateideologyduringtheRenaissanceSonnet：Alyricoffourteenlinesusuallyiniambicpentameter.1.Shakespeareansonnet:AlsocalledEnglishsonnetorElizabethanSonnet.Itisstructuredof3quatrainsandafinalcoupletwiththerhymescheme:ababcdcdefefgg2.

8、PetrarchanSonnet:AlsocalledItaliansonnet.ItcontainsanoctavewiththerhymepatternabbaabbaandasestetofvariousrhymePatternssuchascdecdeorcdcdcd.3.Spenseriansonnet:comprising3quatrainsandacoupletiniambicpent