【英美文学选读】名词解释笔记总结.docx

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1、01.Humanism（人文主义）　　HumanismistheessenceoftheRenaissance.　　Itemphasizesthedignityofhumanbeingsandtheimportanceofthepresentlife.Humanistsvoicedtheirbeliefsthatmanwasthecenteroftheuniverseandmandidnotonlyhavetherighttoenjoythebeautyofthepresentlife，buthadtheabilitytoperfecthimselfandtoperformwonders

2、.02.Renaissance（文艺复兴）　　Theword“Renaissance”means“rebirth”，itmeantthereintroductionintowesternEuropeofthefullculturalheritageofGreeceandRome.　　2>theessenceoftheRenaissanceisHumanism.Attitudesandfeelingswhichhadbeencharacteristicofthe14thand15thcenturiespersistedwelldownintotheeraofHumanismandrefor

3、mation.　　3>therealmainstreamoftheEnglishRenaissanceistheElizabethandramawithWilliamShakespearebeingtheleadingdramatist.　　03.Metaphysicalpoetry（玄学派诗歌）　　Metaphysicalpoetryiscommonlyusedtonametheworkofthe17thcenturywriterswhowroteundertheinfluenceofJohnDonne.　　2>witharebelliousspirit，theMetaphysical

4、poetstriedtobreakawayfromtheconventionalfashionoftheElizabethanlovepoetry.　　3>thedictionissimpleascomparedwiththatoftheElizabethanortheNeoclassicalperiods，andechoesthewordsandcadencesofcommonspeech.4>theimageryisdrawnfromactuallife.　　04.Classicism（古典主义）　　Classicismreferstoamovementortendencyinart

5、，literature，ormusicthatreflectstheprinciplesmanifestedintheartofancientGreeceandRome.Classicismemphasizesthetraditionalandtheuniversal，andplacesvalueonreason，clarity，balance，andorder.Classicism，withitsconcernforreasonanduniversalthemes，istraditionallyopposedtoRomanticism，whichisconcernedwithemoti

6、onsandpersonalthemes.　　05.Enlightenment（启蒙运动）　　EnlightenmentmovementwasaprogressivephilosophicalandartisticmovementwhichflourishedinFranceandsweptthroughwesternEuropeinthe18thcentury.　　2>themovementwasafurtheranceoftheRenaissancefrom14thcenturytothemid-17thcentury.　　3>itspurposewastoenlightenthew

7、holeworldwiththelightofmodernphilosophicalandartisticideas.　　4>itcelebratedreasonorrationality，equalityandscience.Itadvocateduniversaleducation.　　5>famousamongthegreatenlightenersinEnglandwerethosegreatwriterslikeAlexa