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1、Epic:Alongnarrativepoemtellingaboutthedeedsofagreatheroandreflectingthevaluesofthesocietyfromwhichitoriginated.Manyepicsweredrawnfromanoraltraditionandweretransmittedbysongandrecitationbeforetheywerewrittendown.Romance:Anyimaginaryliteraturethatdescribedtheidealismworldandt
2、hatdealswithheroicandadventuresorbattlesbetweengoodcharactersandvillainsormonsters.IngeneralitwasamedievaltalewhichinvolvewithloversandadventuresofKings,Queens,Knights,andLadies,andincludingsomeunlikelyorsupernaturalismhappenings.Verse:Formofwriting,arrangedinlines,eachcont
3、ainingapatternofaccentedandunaccentedsyllables,allgroupsoflinesformingaunitofrhymescheme.JohnDryden:Englishpoetryanddramatists,alsoconsideredthefatherofEnglishliteraturecriticism,hebecamethePoetLaureatein1668.BlackVerse:Blankverseisaversethatiswritteninunrhymediambicpentame
4、ter,usedinShakespeare'sdramasandMilton'sParadiseLost,isoneofthemostcommonmetricalpatternsinEnglishpoetry.Gothicnovels—Andfromthemiddleparttotheendofthecenturytherewasalsoanapparentshiftofinterestfromtheclassicliterarytraditiontooriginalityandimagination,fromsocietytoindivid
5、ual,andfromthedidactictotheconfessional（忏悔的）,inspirationalandprophetic.Gothicnovels—mostlystoriesofmysteryandhorrorwhichtakeplaceinsomehauntedordilapidated（荒废的，破旧的）andMiddleAgecastles—wereturnedoutprofusely（丰富的）bybothmaleandfemalewriters;workssuchasTheCastleofOtranto（1765）b
6、yHoraceWalpole,ThemysteriesofUdolpho(1794)andTheItalian(1797)byMrs.AnnRadcliffe，TheChampionofVirtue，aGothicStory(1777)byClaraReeve,andTheMonk(1796)byM.G.Lewisbecameverypopular.Eulogizing（颂扬，称赞）orlamenting（挽歌，哀掉）lyricsbynaturepoetslikeJamesThomson,WilliamCollins,andWilliamCo
7、wper,andbysuchsentimentalists（多愁善感的人）asthe"GraveyardSchool"werewidelyread.TheromanticpoemsoftheScottishpeasantpoet,RobertBurnsandWilliamBlakealsojoinedin,pavingthewayfortheflourishofRomanticismearlythenextcentury.Modernismroseoutofskepticism（怀疑主义）anddisillusion（使醒悟）ofcapita
8、lism（资本主义）.Theappalling（可怕的）shockoftheFirstWorldWarseverelydestroyedpeople'sfaithi
