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1、Freeverse:Akindofpoetrythatlacksregularmeterofpattern.Fiveversesistherhymedorunrhymedpoetryfreefromconventionalrulesofmeter.JazzAge:Epithetapplied,ofteninvidiously,totheeraofthe1920sintheU.S.,whosefreneticyouthofthepostwarperiodwereconceivedasmorejuvenileandhedonistict

2、hanthecontemporarylostgenerationofexpatriates.LostGeneration:LostGenerationhasbeenusedtodescribetheAmericanswhoremainedinParisasacolonyof“expatriates”orexilesafterWorldWarⅠ.Theywanderedpointlesslyandrestlessly.Atthesametime,theywereawareallthewhilethattheworldiscrazyan

3、dmeaninglessandfutile.Postmodernism:ThetermPostmodernismisusedtodescribecertaintendenciesinpost-WorldWarⅡliterature.Thefirstgenerationofpostmodernistsproducedtextsthatsimultaneouslyquestionedandviolatedtheconventionoftraditionalnarrative.Regionalism:LocalColorismorRegi

4、onalismasatreadfirstmadeitspresencefeltinthelast1860sandearlyseventiesinAmerica.Theultimateaimofthelocalcoloristsistowriteorpresentlocalcharactersoftheirregionintruthfuldepictiondistinguishedfromothers,usuallyaverysmallpartoftheworld.AmericanRomanticism:Theromanticperi

5、odcoversthefirsthalfofthe19thcentury.ArisingAmericawithitsidealofdemocracyandequality,theboomingeconomy,theflourishingpublicationsandavarietyofforeigninfluencesmadeitsliteraryexpansionnotonlypossiblebutalsoinevitable.AmericanNaturalism:TheAmericanNaturalismdescribesaty

6、peofliteraturethatattemptstoapplyscientificprinciplesofobjectivityanddetachmenttoitsstudyofhumanbeings.Symbolism:Symbolismisthewritingtechniqueofusingsymbols.It’saliterarymovementthataroseinFranceinthelasthalfof19thcenturyandthatgreatlyinfluencedmanyEnglishwriters,part

7、icularlypoetsofthe20thcentury.Itenablespoetstocompressaverycomplexideaorsetofideasintooneimageorevenoneworld.AmericanTranscendentalism:AmericanTranscendentalismismoreofanattitudeoftranscendentalists.To“transcend”somethingistoriseaboveit,topassbeyonditslimits.Transcende

8、ntalistsspeakforculturalrejuvenationandagainstthematerialismofAmericasociety.AmericanRealism:Theageofrealismcameintoe