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英美文学名词解释

1. Epic(
史诗
)
Epic, in poetry, refers to a long work dealing with the actions of goods and heroes.2>Epic poems
are not merely entertaining stories of legendary or historical heroes; they summarize and express
the nature or ideals of an entire nation at a significant or crucial period of its history.3>Beowulf is
the greatest national Epic of the Anglo-Saxons.

Epic:

Epic
is
a
narrative
poem
on
the
grand
scale
and
in
majestic
style
concerning
the
exploits
and
adventures of a superhuman hero (or heroes) engaged in a quest or some serious endeavor. Among
noted epics are Homer
’
s Iliad and Odyssey, old English Beowulf and Milton’s Paradise Lost.

史诗：
讲述英雄事迹并反映出这些英雄事迹的社会价值观的长篇叙事诗。
在成为之前，
很多
史诗都来自于口头传统并通过歌唱和背诵流传。

2. Allegory
（寓言）
: The word derives from the Greek allegoria. It loosely describes any writing in
verse or prose, in which persons, abstract ideas, or events represent not only themselves on literal
level,
but
also
stand
for
something
else
on
the
symbolic
level.
An
allegorical
reading
usually
involves
moral
or
spiritual
concepts
that
may
be
more
significant
than
the
actual,
literal
events
described in a narrative. Probably the most famous allegory
in English literature is John Bunyan’s
Pilgrim’s
Progress,
a
prose
narrative
symbolically
concerning
the
human
soul’s
pilgrimage
through temptation and doubt to reach salvation.

3. Sonnet(
十四行诗
)
A
sonnet
is
a
fourteen-line
poem
in
iambic
pentameter
with
a
carefully
patterned
rhyme
scheme.
It is a lyric poem of 14 lines with a formal or recited and characterized by its presentation of a
dramatic
or
exciting
episode
in
simple
narrative
form.2>it
is
one
of
the
most
conventional
and
influential forms of poetry in Europe.3>S
hakespeare’s sonnets are well
-known. The famous poets
are Shakespeare, Sidney, Daniel, Spenser and so on.

4. Humanism(
人文主义
)
Humanism is the essence of the Renaissance.2> it emphasizes the dignity of human beings and the
importance
of
the
present
life.
Humanists
voiced
their
beliefs
that
man
was
the
center
of
the
universe and man did not only have the right to enjoy the beauty of the present life, but had the
ability to perfect himself and to perform wonders.
In
Greek
and
Roman
civilization,
man
is
the
measure
of
all
things.
Contrary
to
the
medieval
philosophy,
the
humanists
believed
that
it
was
justified
to
praise
human
nature
and
that
human
beings are glorious creatures capable of development in the direction of perfection. The world was
theirs not to dislike but to question, explore and enjoy. Thus, by emphasizing the value of human
beings and the important of the present life, the emphasized that man not only have the right to
enjoy the beauty of this life, but have the ability to perfect themselves and create wonders.
5. The angel in the house
（屋中天使）

The
Angel
in
the
House
is
a
narrative
poem
by
Coventry
Patmore,
first
published
in
1854
and
expanded until 1862. Although largely ignored upon publication, it became enormously popular
during the later 19th century and its influence continued well into the twentieth. The poem was an
idealized
account
of
Patmore's
courtship
of
his
first
wife,
Emily,
whom
he
believed
to
be
the
perfect
woman.
Angel
in
the
house
are
usually
immensely
sympathetic,
immensely
charming,