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1、英美文学选读名词解释Metaphysicalpoets(玄学派诗歌)ThemetaphysicalpoetswerealoosegroupofBritishlyricpoetsofthe17thcentury,whosharedaninterestinmetaphysicalconcernsandacommonwayofinvestigatingthem.Theirrigorous,energeticverseappealstothereader’sintellectratherthanemotions,discardingintuitionandmysticisminfavourofra
2、tionaldiscussion.Theirinventive,elaboratestylewascharacterisedbylearnedimageryandsubtleargumentation,andthe"metaphysicalconceit",afigureofspeechthatemploysunusualandparadoxicalimagessuchasinAndrewMarvell’scomparisonofthesoulwithadropofdew.Althoughsuchdeviceswerenotnew,thesepoetsmanagedtomakethemos
3、tofthemwiththeirfreshandoriginalapproach,infusingnewlifeintoEnglishpoetry.Metaphysicalpoetry(玄学派诗歌)Metaphysicalpoetryiscommonlyusedtonametheworkofthe17th centurywriterswhowroteundertheinfluenceofJohnDonnewitharebelliousspirit,theMetaphysicalpoetstriedtobreakawayfromtheconventionalfashionoftheEliza
4、bethanlovepoetry,thedictionissimpleascomparedwiththatoftheElizabethanortheNeoclassicalperiods,andechoesthewordsandcadencesofcommonspeech.theimageryisdrawnfromactuallife.LakePoets(湖畔诗人)InenglishliteratureLakePoetsrefertosuchromanticpoetsaswilliamwordsworth,coleridgeandsoutheywholivedinthelakeDistri
5、ct.TheycametobeknownasthelakeschoolorLakers.Imagism(意象派):itwasapoeticvoguethatflourishedinEngland,andevenmorevigorouslyinAmerica,betweentheyears1912and1917.ItwasplannedandexemplifiedbyagroupofEnglishandAmericanwritersinLondon,partlyundertheinfluenceofthepoetictheoryofT.E.Hulme,asarevoltagainstthes
6、entimentalandmannerishpoetryattheturnofthecentury.ThetypicalImagistpoetryiswritteninfreeverseandundertakestobeaspreciselyandterselyaspossible.Meanwhile,theImagistpoetrylikestoexpressthewriters’momentaryimpressionofavisualobjectorsceneandoftentheimpressionisrenderedbymeansofmetaphorwithoutindicatin
7、garelation.MostfamousImagistpoem,“InaStationoftheMetro”,waswrittenbyEzraPound.Imagismwastoorestrictivetoendurelongasaconcertedmovement,butitinfluencedalmostallmodernpoetsofBritainandAmerica.Imagism(意象主义)Imagismca