英国文学史-名词解释

n .解释heroic couplet : a couplet conisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentameter，and written in an elevated style。1.renaisance : a revival or reirth of the artistic and scientific revival which originated in Italy in the 14 th century and gradually spreadall overview2.sonnet 3360 14-line lyric poem，usually written in rhymed iambic pentameter。3.blank verse : poetry written in un rhymed iambic pentameter。4.neo classicism : the enlightenment brought about a revival of interest in Greek and Roman works。this tendency is known as neo classicism。5.sentimental ism : it was one of the important trend in English literature of the later decades of the 18 th century。it concentrated on the free e Xpression of thoughts and emotions，and presented a new view of humannature which prized feeling over thinking6.romantism : imagination，Emotion and freedom are cerainly the focal points of romanticism。the partiicular character istics of the literature of romantism include : subjectivity and an emphasis on individual ism；Freedom from rulessolitary life rather then life in society；the beliefs that imagination is superior to reason；And love of and worship of nature。7.莱克波茨： the English poets who lived in and drew inspiration from the lake district at the beginning of the 19th century。8.byroic heroes : a variant of the romantic heroes as a type of character(enthusic ASM、persistence、pursuing freedom)，named9.realism : seeks to portray familiar characters，situations，And settings in a realistic manner。this is done primarigly by using an objective narrative point of view and through the build up of accurate .10.aesthetic ism : an art movement supporting the emphasis of aesthetic values more than socio-political themes for literature，fine art11.stream-of-consiness : it is a literary technique that presents the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur without any CLARiiONit is a narrative mode。12.dramatic monologue : a kind of narrative poem in which one character speaks to one or more listeners whose replies are not given in the poem .13.iambic pentameter : a poetic line conisting of five verse feet，with each foot an unstreamed syllable followed by a streamed syllable，the each foot an unstreamed syllable14.epic : a long narrative poem telling about the deep of a great hero and refleting the values of the society from which it originated。15.elegy : a poem of mourning，usually over the death of an individual；may also be lament over the passing of life and beauty or a meditation of the nature of death；A type of lyric poem。16.canto : a section of a long poem。the cantos can be a great poem17.ode : a complex and often lengthy lyric poem，Written in a dignified formal style on some loty or serious subjects . odes are writeton for a spectsspenserian stanza : a nine-line stanza made up of 8 lines of iambic pentameter ending with an Alex andrine . its thyme scheme is abbbcbcc . this18.metrical pattern : a lyric poem of five 14-lined stazas containing four ter CETS and a closing couplet。the rhyme scheme is ABA BCB CDC dedee .文学史中世纪1.Beowulf 贝奥武甫 : the natural epic of the English people；Denmark story、alliteration、metaphor、under statements2.sir Gawain and green knight高文爵士和绿衣骑士3.Geoffrey Chaucer(杰弗里乔叟):the Father of English Poetrythe Canterbury tales 埃特伯雷故事集(24 stories)文艺复兴时期1.Thomas more : utopia 乌托邦-the communication between more and the traveler which just came back from utopia。2.Francis backon : the first English essayist；Essays 随笔集-of studies，of truth(物理和磁带库工作区)3.thus Wyatt : first to introducte the sonnet into English literature。Edmund Spenser : poets poetthe fairy queen 仙后(to queen Elizabeth I)5.William Shakespeare:小网18(shall I compare thee to a summers day)17世纪英国文学1.John donne : the leading poet of metaphysical school of poetry；用于Bidding mourning 分离：莫忧伤的valediction :2.John millton : paradise lost 失乐园(a revolt against gods authority)，paradise regained 复乐园(how Christ overcame Santa)3.John Bunyan : the son of renaisance；pil grims progress 天路历程(imagination、shadowing、realistic religous allegory)18世纪英国文学诺贝尔：1.the age of reason，classicism，sentimental ism and romantism(novels，prose，dramas，poetry)2.Daniel Defoe : re presentative of English realistic novel；Robinson 鲁滨逊漂流记(the development of a young man from a naive and artless youth to a clever and harened man)3.Jonathan swift : Gulliver s travers 格列佛游记(ficitional，satirical-humannature，the europen government，the differences)4.亨利fielding : the father of English novel；The history of tome Jones，a foundling 汤姆 琼斯，satiricPoetry:5.Thomas gray : elegy written in a country church yard 墓园挽歌6.亚历山大波普： per ected in heroic couplet；An Essay on Criticism 论批评William Blake : pre-romantic；Songs of Innonce 天真之歌，songs of experience 经验之歌-London，the tiger8.Robert burns : a red rose 一朵红红的玫瑰Drama:9.Richard brinsley Sheridan : master of comedy of manners；School for Scandal 造谣学校浪漫主义时期1798-18321.William words worth : the lake poets；The prelude 序曲I wonded lonely as a cloud 我似流云天自游The solitary reaper 孤寂的割麦女features