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1、AnIntroductiontoOldandMedievalEnglishLiterature(450—1066)DefinitionsofLiteraryTerms(名词解释与文学术语)1.Couplet对句(指两行尾韵相谐的诗句)Acoupletistwoconsecutivelinesofpoetrythatrhyme.Thecoupletcomposedoftwoiambicpentameterlines(五音步抑扬格诗行)—morecommonlyknownastheheroiccouplet(英雄偶句诗)—--isthemostfavoredform.2.Ele
2、gy哀歌、挽歌Apoemofmourning,usuallyoverthedeathofanindividual.Itmayalsobealamentoverthepassingoflifeandbeautyorameditationonthenatureofdeath.Anelegyisatypeoflyricpoem,usuallyformalinlanguageandstructure.3.Epic史诗Anepicisalongnarrativepoemtellingaboutthedeedsofagreatheroandreflectingthevaluesofth
3、esocietyfromwhichitoriginated.Manyepicsweredrawnfromanoraltraditionandweretransmittedbysongandrecitationbeforetheywerewrittendown.4.Exodus《出埃及记》ThesecondbookoftheOldTestament,containinganaccountofthedepartureoftheIsraelitesfromEgyptundertheleadershipofMoses.5.GenesisA：《创世纪》Thesecondbookoft
4、heOldTestament,containinganaccountofthedepartureoftheIsraelitesfromEgyptundertheleadershipofMoses.6.Homer荷马Greekepicpoet,probablyofthe8thcenturyBC,towhomareascribedtheIliad(《伊利亚特》)andOdyssey(《奥德赛》).Nothingisknownabouthislife,norevenofthegenesisofthepoems.7.Iambicpentameter五音步抑扬格：英诗的韵律主要包括两
5、方面的内容:1)每个音步中轻重音节的排列形式,即格律。抑扬格指每一音步中含有一个轻音和一个重音;2)这种排列形式在一个诗行中出现的次数,也就是每行内所含有的音步数目。下面以教材中ThomasGray的ElegyWritteninaCountryChurchyard为例,诗歌第一行如下:/┃/┃/┃/┃/Thecurfewtollstheknellofpartingday(表示“抑”,即轻读的音节,/表示“扬”,即重读的音节;┃表示音步的分布情况)8.Lyric抒情诗Apoem,usuallyashortone,thatexpressesaspeaker’sper
6、sonalthoughtsorfeelings.Theelegy,ode,andsonnetareallformsofthelyric.AsitsGreeknameindicates,alyricwasoriginallyapoemsungtotheaccompanimentofalyre（古代希腊的七弦竖琴）,andlyricstothisdayhaveretainedamelodicquality.9.Motif主题、母题Amotifgenerallycontributesinsomewaytothethemeofashortstory,novel,poem,orpla
7、y.Attimes,motifisusedtorefertosomecommonlyusedplotorcharactertypeinliterature.Itcanalsobemotive,amainsubject,pattern,etc.onwhichaworkofartisbased,orfromwhichitisdeveloped.10.NewTestament《新约全书》ThepartoftheBiblewhichcontainsthelifeandteachingsofChristrecordedbyh
