英国文学史-名词解释

2024年3月25日发(作者：保安工作总结)

名词解释

1．Romance: a long composition, in ver or in pro, describing the life and

adventures of a noble hero, especially for the knight. The most popular theme

employed was the legend of King Arthur and the round table knight.

2．Renaissance: a revival or rebirth of the artistic and scientific revival which

originated in Italy in the 14

th

century and gradually spread all over Europe. It has

two features: a thirsting curiosity for the classical literature and keen interest in

activities of humanity.

3．Sonnet: 14-line lyric poem, usually written in rhymed iambic pentameter.

4．Enlightenment: a revival of interest in the old classical works, logic, order,

restrained emotion and accuracy.

5．Neoclassicism: the Enlightenment brought about a revival of interest in

Greek and Roman works. This tendency is known as Neoclassicism.

6．Romanticism: imagination, emotion and freedom are certainly the focal

points of romanticism. The particular characteristics of the literature of

romanticism include: subjectivity and an emphasis on individualism; freedom from

rules; solitary life rather then life in society; the beliefs that imagination is superior

to reason; and love of and worship of nature.

7．Byronic Heroes: a variant of the Romantic heroes as a type of

character( enthusiasm, persistence, pursuing freedom), named after the English

Romantic Poet Gordon Byron.

8．Realism: eks to portray familiar characters, situations, and ttings in a

realistic manner. This is done primarily by using an objective narrative point of view

and through the buildup of accurate detail.

9．Aestheticism: an art movement supporting the emphasis of aesthetic

values more than socio-political themes for literature, fine art, music and other

arts.

10．Stream-of-Consciousness: it is a literary technique that prents the

thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur without any clarification by the

author. It is a narrative mode.

11．Epic: a long narrative poem telling about the deeds of a great hero and

reflecting the values of the society from which it originated.

一、The Anglo-Saxon period (449-1066)

1、这个时期的文学作品分类： pagan(异教徒) Christian(基督徒)

2、代表作： The Song of Beowulf 《贝奥武甫》 ( national epic 民族史诗 ) 采用

了隐喻手法3、Alliteration 押头韵（写作手法）