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1、名词解释：1,Humanism:avarietyofethicaltheoryandpracticethatemphasizesreason,scientificinquiry,andhumanfulfillmentinthenaturalworldandoftenrejectstheimportanceofbeliefinGod.Itfocusesonhuman values andconcerns,attachingprimeimportancetohumanratherthandivineorsupernaturalmatters.2,Renaissance:theperiodo
2、fEuropeanhistoryatthecloseoftheMiddleAgesandtheriseofthemodernworld;aculturalrebirthfromthe14ththroughthemiddleofthe17thcenturies.TherenaissancewasaculturalmovementthatprofoundlyaffectedEuropeanintellectuallifeintheearlymodernperiod.BeginninginItaly,andspreadingtotherestofEuropebythe16thcentury,
3、itsinfluencewasfeltinliterature,philosophy,art,music,politics,science,religion,andotheraspectsofintellectualinquiry.Renaissancescholarsemployedthehumanistmethodinstudy,andsearchedforrealismandhumanemotioninart.3,Spenserianstanza:afixedverseforminventedby EdmundSpenserforhis epicpoem TheFaerieQue
4、ene.Eachstanzacontainsninelinesintotal:eightlinesiniambicpentameterfollowedbyasingle'Alexandrine'lineiniambichexameterThe rhymescheme oftheselinesis"ababbcbcc."4,Metaphysicalpoets:The metaphysicalpoets isatermcoinedbythepoetandcritic SamuelJohnson todescribealoosegroupofBritish lyricpoets ofthe1
5、7thcentury,whoseworkwascharacterizedbytheinventiveuseof conceits,andbyspeculationabouttopicssuchasloveorreligion.5,LakePoets:The LakePoets areagroupofEnglish poets whoalllivedinthe LakeDistrict of England attheturnofthenineteenthcentury.ThethreemainfiguresofwhathasbecomeknownastheLakesSchoolare
6、WilliamWordsworth, SamuelTaylorColeridge,and RobertSouthey6,Beowulf:ItistheoldestpoemintheEnglishlanguageandthemostimportantspecimenofAnglo-Saxonliterature.Themainstoriesarebasedonthefolklegendsoftheprimitivenortherntribes.Itisapaganpoem,whichpresentsusanall-roundpictureofthetribalsociety.7,Byro
7、nichero:The Byronichero isavariantofthe Romantichero asatypeof character,namedaftertheEnglish Romanticpoet LordByron.amanproud,moody,cynical,withdefianceonhisbrow,andmiseryinhisheart,ascornerofhiskind,implacableinrevenge,yet
