英国文学史-名词解释.doc

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1、名词解释　　1．Romance:alongcomposition,inverseorinprose,describingthelifeandadventuresofanoblehero,especiallyfortheknight.ThemostpopularthemeemployedwasthelegendofKingArthurandtheroundtableknight.　　2．Ballad:astorytoldinsong,usuallyinfour-linestanzas,withthesecondandfourthlinesrhymed.　3．He

2、roicCouplet:acoupletconsistingoftworhymedlinesofiambicpentameter,andwritteninanelevatedstyle.　　　4．Renaissance:arevivalorrebirthoftheartisticandscientificrevivalwhichoriginatedinItalyinthe14thcenturyandgraduallyspreadalloverEurope.Ithastwofeatures:athirstingcuriosityfortheclassicalli

3、teratureandkeeninterestinactivitiesofhumanity.　5．Sonnet:14-linelyricpoem,usuallywritteninrhymediambicpentameter.　6．Blankverse:poetrywritteninunrhymediambicpentameter.　　　7．Enlightenment:arevivalofinterestintheoldclassicalworks,logic,order,restrainedemotionandaccuracy.　　8．Neoclassicis

4、m:theEnlightenmentbroughtaboutarevivalofinterestinGreekandRomanworks.ThistendencyisknownasNeoclassicism.　　9．Sentimentalism:itwasoneoftheimportanttrendsinEnglishliteratureofthelaterdecadesofthe18thcentury.Itconcentratedonthefreeexpressionofthoughtsandemotions,andpresentedanewviewofhu

5、mannaturewhichprizedfeelingoverthinking,passionoverreason.　　　10．Romanticism:imagination,emotionandfreedomarecertainlythefocalpointsofromanticism.Theparticularcharacteristicsoftheliteratureofromanticisminclude:subjectivityandanemphasisonindividualism;freedomfromrules;solitaryliferath

6、erthenlifeinsociety;thebeliefsthatimaginationissuperiortoreason;andloveofandworshipofnature.　　　11．LakePoets:theEnglishpoetswholivedinanddrewinspirationfromtheLakeDistrictatthebeginningofthe19thcentury.　　12．ByronicHeroes:avariantoftheRomanticheroesasatypeofcharacter(enthusiasm,persis

7、tence,pursuingfreedom),namedaftertheEnglishRomanticPoetGordonByron.　　13．Realism:seekstoportrayfamiliarcharacters,situations,andsettingsinarealisticmanner.Thisisdoneprimarilybyusinganobjectivenarrativepointofviewandthroughthebuildupofaccuratedetail.　　14．Aestheticism:anartmovementsupp

8、ortingtheemphasisof