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1、Literatureterms1Epic:alongnarrativepoemtellingaboutthedeedsofagreatheroandreflectingthevaluesofthesocietyfromwhichitoriginated.Manyepicsweredrawnfromanoraltraditionandweretransmittedbysongandrecitationbeforetheywerewrittendown.（史诗）2Romance:Itwasalongcomposition,sometimesinverse
2、,sometimesinprose,describingthelifeandadventuresofanoblehero.（传奇文学）3HeroicCouplet:therhymedcoupletofiambicpentameter.(英雄双韵体)4IambicPentameter:isthemostcommonEnglishmeter,inwhicheachfootcontainsanunaccentedsyllableandanaccentedsyllable.(五音步抑扬格)meter格律foot音步5ballad:isastorytoldin
3、song,usuallyin4-linestanzas,withthesecondandfourthlinesrhymed.（歌谣）6Sonnet:Itisalyricpoemof14lines,usuallyiniambicpentameter,restrictedtoadefiniterhymescheme.（十四行诗）7Blankverse:isatypeofpoetry,distinguishedbyhavingaregularmeter,butnorhyme.（无韵诗）8Soliloquy:anutteranceordiscoursebya
4、personwhoistalkingtohimself/herselforisdisregardfuloforoblivioustoanyhearerspresent(oftenusedasadeviceinadramatodiscloseacharacter’sinnermostthoughts);2.theactoftalkingwhileorasifalone(独白)9Classicism:Aestheticattitudesandprinciplesmanifestedintheart,architecture,andliteratureof
5、ancientGreeceandRomeandcharacterizedbyemphasisonform,simplicity,proportion,andrestraint.ClassicismwaspopularinEuropeinthe18thcentury.（古典主义）10Neo-classicism:neo-classicismimitatedthecharacteristicsofRomanwriters,includingHorace,Virgil,Cicero,etc.,inthedaysofAugustus.Theytriedtom
6、akeEnglishliteratureconformtorulesandprinciplesestablishedbythegreatRomanandGreekclassicalwriters.Inwritingplays,theyusedrhymeandcoupletinsteadofblankverse,observedthetrinity---theunityoftime,placeandaction.（新古典主义）2211Anepistolarynovelisanovelwrittenasaseriesofdocuments.Theusua
7、lformisletters,althoughdiaryentries,newspaperclippingsandotherdocumentsaresometimesused.（书信体小说）12SentimentalismisoneoftheimportanttrendsinEnglishliteratureofthemiddleandlaterdecadesofthe18thcentury.Itjustlycriticizedthecrueltyofthecapitalistrelationsandthegrosssocialinjusticesb
8、roughtaboutbythebourgeoisrevolutions.Itembracesapessim
