英国文学史名词解释.docx

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1、英国文学史名词解释Romance: Theromancewasalongcomposition,sometimesinverse,sometimesinprose,describingthelifeandadventuresofanoblehero. ThemedievalromancesweretalesofchivalryoramorousadventureoccurringinKingArthur'scourt."SirGawainandtheGreenKnight"isanexampleofam

2、edievalromance. Ballad: Itisastoryinpoeticform,oftenabouttragicloveandusuallysung.Balladswerepasseddownfromgenerationtogenerationbysingers.ThemedievalballadsareballadsofRobinHood.Coleridge’s"TheRimeoftheAncientMariner"isa19thcenturyEnglishballad.Heroicco

3、uplet:Theyarepoetrycomposediniambicpentameter.Inthisformofpoetry,linesconsistingoffiveiambicfeetrimetogetherinpairs.Therimescheme:aa  bb  cc…..Renaissance:Renaissancemarksthetransitionfromthemedievaltothemodernworld.ItfirststartedinItalyinthe14th century

4、andgraduallyspreadalloverEurope.Theword“Renaissance”meansrebirthorrevival.Inessence,itisahistoricalperiodinwhichtheEuropeanhumanistthinkersandscholarsmadeattemptstogetridofthoseoldfeudalistideasinmedievalEuropeandintroducenewideasthatexpressedtheinterest

5、softherisingbourgeoisie,andtolifttherestrictioninallareasplacedbytheRomanCatholicChurchauthorities.Twofeaturesofrenaissance:Itisathirstingcuriosityfortheclassicalliterature.PeoplelearnedtoadmiretheGreekandLatinworksasmodelsofliteraryform. Itisthekeeninte

6、restintheactivitiesofhumanity. Sonnet: Alyricpoemoffourteenlineswhoseryhmeschemeisfixed.TherhymeschemeintheItalianformastypifiedinthesonnetsofPetrarchisabbaabbacdecde.ThePetrarchiansonnethastwodivisions:thefirstisofeightlines(theoctave),andthesecondisofs

7、ixlines(thesestet).TherhymeschemeoftheEnglish,orShakespeareansonnetisababcdcdefefgg.ThechangeofrhymeintheEnglishsonnetiscoincidentalwithachangeofthemeinthepoem.Themeterisiambicpentameter. Blankverse: Apoemwritteninunrhymediambicpentameter. SpenserianStan

8、za: Spenserinventedanewverseformforhispoem.Theverseformhasbeencalled"SpenserianStanza"sincehisday.Eachstanzahasninelines,eachofthefirsteightlinesisiniambicpentameterform,andtheninthlineisaniambichexameterline.Therhythmsche