英国文学名词解释

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01. Humanism(人文主义)

Humanism is the esnce of the Renaissance.2> it emphasizes the dignity of human beings

and the importance of the prent life. Humanists voiced their beliefs that man was the center of

the univer and man did not only have the right to enjoy the beauty of the prent life, but had

the ability to perfect himlf and to perform wonders.

02. Renaissance(文艺复兴)

The word “Renaissance” means “rebirth” or “revival”.It 343means the reintroduction

into Western Europe of the full cultural heritage of Greece and Rome.2>the esnce of the

Renaissance is Humanism. Attitudes and feelings which had been characteristic of the 14

th

and

15

th

centuries persisted well down into the era of Humanism and reformation.3> the real

mainstream of the English Renaissance is the Elizabethan drama with William Shakespeare being

the leading dramatist.

03. Metaphysical poetry(玄学派诗歌)

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

th

century writers who

wrote under the influence of John Donne.2>with a rebellious spirit, the Metaphysical poets tried

to break away from the conventional fashion of the Elizabethan love poetry.3>the diction is

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

words and cadences of common speech.4>the imagery is drawn from actual life.

04. Classism(古典主义)

Classism refers to a movement or tendency in art, literature, or music that reflects the

principles manifested in the art of ancient Greece and Rome. Classicism emphasizes the

traditional and the universal, and places value on reason, clarity, balance, and order. Classicism,

with its concern for reason and universal themes, is traditionally oppod to Romanticism, which

is concerned with emotions and personal themes.

05. Enlightenment(启蒙运动)

Enlightenment movement was a progressive philosophical and artistic movement which

flourished in france and swept through western Europe in the 18

th

century.2> the movement was

a furtherance of the Renaissance from 14

th

century to the mid-17

th

century.3>its purpo was to

enlighten the whole world with the light of modern philosophical and artistic ideas.4>it

celebrated reason or rationality, equality and science. It advocated universal

education.5>famous among the great enlighteners in england were tho great writers like

Alexander pope. Jonathan .

ssicism(新古典主义)

In the field of literature, the enlightenment movement brought about a revival of interest in

the old classical works.2>this tendency is known as neoclassicism. The Neoclassicists held that

forms of literature were to be modeled after the classical works of the ancient Greek and Roman

writers such as Homer and Virgil and tho of the contemporary French ones.3> they believed

that the artistic ideals should be order, logic, restrained emotion and accuracy, and that literature

should be judged in terms of its rvice to humanity.、