英美文学选读名词解释

英美文学选读名词解释

Metaphysical poets

（

玄学派诗歌

）

The metaphysical poets were a loose group of British lyric poets of the 17th century, who shared

an interest in metaphysical concerns and a common way of investigating them. Their rigorous,

energetic verse appeals to t

he reader’s intellect rather than emotions, discarding intuition and

mysticism in favour of rational discussion. Their inventive, elaborate style was characterised by

learned imagery and subtle argumentation, and the

employs unusual and paradoxical images such as in Andrew Marvell’s comparison of the soul

with a drop of dew. Although such devices were not new, these poets managed to make the most

of them with their fresh and original approach, infusing new life into English poetry.

Metaphysical poetry(

玄学派诗歌

)

Metaphysical poetry is commonly used to name the work of the 17

th

century writers who wrote

under the influence of John Donne with a rebellious spirit, the Metaphysical poets tried to break

away from the conventional fashion of the Elizabethan love poetry ,the diction is simple as

compared with that of the Elizabethan or the Neoclassical periods, and echoes the words and

cadences of common speech. the imagery is drawn from actual life.

Lake Poets(

湖畔诗人

)

In english literature Lake Poets refer to such romantic poets as william wordsworth, coleridge and

southey who lived in the lake District. They came to be known as the lake school or Lakers.

Imagism

（意象派）

：

it was a poetic vogue that flourished in England, and even more vigorously

in

America,

between

the

years

1912

and

1917.

It

was

planned

and

exemplified

by

a

group

of

English and American writers in London, partly under the influence of the poetic theory of T. E.

Hulme, as a revolt against the sentimental and mannerish poetry at the turn of the century. The

typical

Imagist

poetry

is

written

in

free

verse

and

undertakes

to

be

as

precisely

and

tersely

as

possible. Meanwhile, the Imagist poetry likes to express the writers’ momentary impression of a

visual

object

or

scene

and

often

the

impression

is

rendered

by

means

of

metaphor

without

indicating a relation. Most famous Imagist poem, “In a Station of the Metro”, was written by Ezra

Pound.

Imagism

was

too

restrictive

to

endure

long

as

a

concerted

movement,

but

it

influenced

almost all modern poets of Britain and America.

Imagism(

意象主义

)

Imagism came into being in Britain and U.S around 1910 as a reaction to the traditional English

poetry to express the sense of fragmentation and dislocation.2>the imagists, with Ezra Pound

leading the way, hold that the most effective means to express these momentary impressions is

through the use of one dominant image.3>imagism is characterized by the following three poetic

principles: treatment of subject matter;y of expression;C. as regards rhythm ,to

compose in the sequence of the

musical phrase, not in the sequence of metronome. 4> pound’s In

a Station of the Metro is a well-known inagist poem.