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1、01.Humanism(人文主义)HumanismistheessenceoftheRenaissance.2>itemphasizesthedignityofhumanbeingsandtheimportanceofthepresentlife.Humanistsvoicedtheirbeliefsthatmanwasthecenteroftheuniverseandmandidnotonlyhavetherighttoenjoythebeautyofthepresentlife,buthadtheabilitytop

2、erfecthimselfandtoperformwonders.02.Renaissance(文艺复兴)Theword“Renaissance”means“rebirth”,itmeantthereintroductionintowestermEuropeofthefullculturalheritageofGreeceandRome.2>theessenceoftheRenaissanceisHumanism.Attitudesandfeelingswhichhadbeencharacteristicofthe14t

3、hand15thcenturiespersistedwelldownintotheeraofHumanismandreformation.3>therealmainstreamoftheenglishRenaissanceistheElizabethandramawithwilliamshakespearebeingtheleadingdramatist.03.Metaphysicalpoetry(玄学派诗歌)Metaphysicalpoetryiscommonlyusedtonametheworkofthe17thce

4、nturywriterswhowroteundertheinfluenceofJohnDonne.2>witharebelliousspirit,theMetaphysicalpoetstriedtobreakawayfromtheconventionalfashionoftheElizabethanlovepoetry.3>thedictionissimpleascomparedwiththatoftheElizabethanortheNeoclassicalperiods,andechoesthewordsandca

5、dencesofcommonspeech.4>theimageryisdrawnfromactuallife.04.Classcism(古典主义)Classcismreferstoamovementortendencyinart,literature,ormusicthatreflectstheprinciplesmanifestedintheartofancientGreeceandRome.Classicismemphasizesthetraditionalandtheuniversal,andplacesvalue

6、onreason,clarity,balance,andorder.Classicism,withitsconcernforreasonanduniversalthemes,istraditionallyopposedtoRomanticism,whichisconcernedwithemotionsandpersonalthemes.05.Enlightenment(启蒙运动)Enlightenmentmovementwasaprogressivephilosophicalandartisticmovementwhic

7、hflourishedinfranceandsweptthroughwesternEuropeinthe18thcentury.2>themovementwasafurtheranceoftheRenaissancefrom14thcenturytothemid-17thcentury.3>itspurposewastoenlightenthewholeworldwiththelightofmodernphilosophicalandartisticideas.4>itcelebratedreasonorrational

8、ity,equalityandscience.Itadvocateduniversaleducation.5>famousamongthegreatenlightenersinenglandwerethosegreatwriterslikeAlexanderpope.Jonathanswift.etc.06.Neoc