2021年1月23日发(作者：校区英文)
Literature terms
1Epic
: a long narrative poem telling about the deeds
of a great hero and reflecting the values of the society from which it originated.
Many epics were drawn from an oral tradition and were tran smitted by song
and recitatio n before they were writte n dow n.
（史诗）

2Roma nee:
It was a
long compositi on, sometimes in verse, sometimes in prose, describ ing the life
and adve ntures of a n oble hero.
（传奇文学）

3Heroic Couplet
: the rhymed couplet of iambic pentameter.
（

英雄双

韵体
）

4lambic Pen tameter
: is the most com mon En glish meter, i n which each foot
contains an unaccented ________________________
syllable and an accented syllable.
（

五音步抑扬格

）
meter
格律

foot
音步

5ballad:
is a story told in song, usually in 4-1 ine sta nzas, with the second ___

and fourth lines rhymed.
（歌谣）

6Sonnet
: It is a lyric poem of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, restricted
to a defi nite rhyme scheme.
（十四行诗）

7Blank verse
: is a type of poetry, distinguished by having a regular meter, but
no rhyme.
（无韵诗）

8Soliloquy
: an utteranee or discourse by a person who is talking to himself/
herself or is disregardful of or oblivious to any hearers prese nt
（
ofte n used as
a device in a drama to disclose a character
'
i nn ermost
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thoughts
）
; 2. the act of talking while or as if alone
（

独白）

9Classicism
: Aesthetic attitudes and principles manifested in the art,
architecture, and literature of an cie nt
Greece and Rome and
characterized by emphasis on form, simplicity, proporti on, and restra int.
Classicism was popular in Europe in the 18th cen tury.
（古典主义）

10Neo- classicism
: neo-classicism imitated the characteristics of Roman
writers, including Horace, Virgil, Cicero, etc., in the days of Augustus. They tried
to make English literature conform to rules and principles established by the
great Roma n and Greek classical writers .In writ ing plays, they used rhyme
and couplet in stead of bla nk verse, observed the trinity --- the unity of time,
place and acti on.
（新古典主义）

11An epistolary novel
is a novel written as a series of documents. The usual
form is letters, although diary entries, newspaper clippings and other docume
nts are sometimes used.
（书信体小说）

12Sentimentalism
is one of the important trends in English literature of the
middle and later decades of the 18th century. It justly criticized the cruelty of the
capitalist relatio ns and the gross social injustices brought about by the
bourgeois
revoluti on s. It embraces a pessimistic outlook and blames reas on and the In
dustrial Revoluti on,
poverty-
stricken ‘expropriated

marked by a sin cere sympathy for the
peasants.
（感伤主义）

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Romanticism
: Romanticism
is a literary trend. It prevails in England during
the period 1798-1832. romanticists expressed the ideology and sen time nt of
those classes and social strata who were disc ontent with
and opposed to the development of capitalism. They split into two groups
because of the differe nt attitudes toward the capitalist society.
(
浪

漫主义
)

Ode is a lyric poem of some len gth that honors an in dividual, a thing, a
trait dealing with a lofty theme in a dignified manner. The form dates back to
classical times and is orig in ally inten ded to be sung at festivals or in plays.
Brief Outline of British Literature
:
works
1.
Early and Medieval En glish Literature
1) The An glo-Saxon Period (449-1066)
National epic:
The Song of Beowulf
2)
The An glo-Norman Period (1066-1350)
Arthuria n Roma nee:
Sir Gawa in and
Gree n Kni ght
3)
Geoffrey Chaucer1340-1400
The first important realistic writer
Father
”
of English poetry
:
Messenger of Humanism
The Ca nterbury Tales the wife of Bath
(
巴斯夫人
)
，

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