英國文學(xué)_名詞解釋_【英語專業(yè)英國文學(xué)復(fù)習(xí)資料之一】

1、11.epic史詩alongnarrativepoemgrinstyleaboutheroesheroicdeedsembodyingheroicidealsofanationraceinthemaking.BeowulfistheEnglishnationalepicthatwaspassedfrommouthtomouthwrittendownbymanyunknownhs.2.caesura停頓abreakpauseinaline

2、ofpoetrydictatedbythenaturalrhythmofthelanguagesometimesenfcedbypunctuation.InOldEnglishversesuchasBeowulfthecaesurawasusedrathermonotonouslytoindicatethehalfline.3.alliteration頭韻therepetitionofthesamesoundsoundsatthebeg

3、inningoftwomewdsthatareclosetoeachother.ItisafeatureofBeowulfotherOldEnglishpoems.4.alliterativeverse頭韻詩poetrywritteninalliteration.NearlyallOldEnglishverseincludingBeowulfisheavilyalliterativethepatternisfairlystard–wit

4、heithertwothreestressedsyllablesineachlinealliterating.5.kenning隱喻語ametaphusuallycomposedoftwowdsusedfdeionassociation.Beowulfisfullofkenningssuchas“helmetbearer”f“warri”“swanroad”f“sea”.6.protagonist主角theprincipalactero

5、fadramafiction.HamletistheprotagonistofWilliamShakespeare’sdramaHamlet.7.antagonist反角Indramafictiontheantagonistopposestheheroprotagonist.InHamletClaudiusisantagonisttoHamlet.8.romance傳奇atypeofliteraturethatwaspopularint

6、hedleAgesusuallycontainingadventuresreflectingthespiritofchivalry.SirGawaintheGreenKnightwasagreatverseromancebutitsauthremainsunknown.9.bobwheel詩節(jié)末尾的短行與疊唱arhymingsectionoffivelinesthatconcludesastanzainSirGawaintheGreen

7、Knight.The“bob”isaveryshtlinesometimesofonlytwosyllablesfollowedbythe“wheel”longerlineswiththreestressesinternalthyme.10.poet’scner詩人角apartofWestminsterAbbeyLondonwhichcontainsthetombsmonumentsofsomefamousEnglishpoetssuc

8、hasGeoffreyChaucerJohnMilton.11.heroiccouplet英雄雙韻體twosuccessivelinesofrhymedpoetryiniambicpentameter.GeoffreyChaucer’smasterpieceTheCanterburyTalewaswritteninheroiccouplet.12.balladmeter民謠體traditionallyafourlinestanzacon

9、tainingalternatingfourstressthreestresslinesusuallywitharefraintherhymeschemeofabcb.RobertBurns’“ARedRedRose”isagreatloveballad.3useoffigurativespeecharchaismrhymestrangesyntaxetc.Anexampleisthelastsentenceof“ARedRedRose

10、”byRobertBurns–“Tho’itweretenthousmile!”24.versedrama詩劇dramawritteninthefmofverse.ItwasmostwidelyusedintheElizabethanAge.WilliamShakespeare’sdramasareallversedramasHamletbeingthemostfamous.25.blankverse無韻詩，素體詩unrhymediam

11、bicpentameterthemostwidelyusedofEnglishversefmsusuallyusedinEnglishdramaticepicpoetry.WilliamShakespeare’splayHamletiswritteninblankverse.26.GlobeTheatre環(huán)球劇場Oneofthemostfamousofalltheatresitwasbuiltin1599withthreesties.T

12、heroofwasthatchedwiththecentreopentothesky.ManyofWilliamShakespeare’splayswereperfmedinit.Itwasdestroyedbyfirein1613rebuiltthenextyearfinallydemolishedin1644.Againitwasrebuiltin1997.27.essay散文acompositionusuallyinprosewh

13、ichmaybeofonlyafewhundredwdsofbooklengthwhichdiscussesfmallyinfmallyatopicavarietyoftopics.Itisoneofthemostflexibleadaptableofallliteraryfms.FrancisBaconisagreatessayisthis“OfStudies”isamodelofgoodessay.28.EnglishRomanti

14、cism英國浪漫主義aliterarymovementthataimedatfreeexpressionofthewriter’sideasfeelingsflourishedintheearly19thcenturyEngl.AgreatrepresentativeofthismovementisPercyByssheShelleytheauthof“OdetotheWestWind”.29.lakepoets湖畔詩人thethree

15、romanticpoetswholivedintheLakeDistrictofEnglwrotepoemsaboutnature.WilliamWdswthwasthemostfamousofthelakepoetshewrotemanygreatnaturepoemsincluding“IWeredLonelyasaCloud”.30.poetlaureate桂冠詩人Apoethonedfhisartisticachievement

16、edasmostrepresentativeofhiscountryerainEnglacourtofficialappointedbythesovereignwhoseiginaldutiesincludedthecompositionofodesinhonofthesovereign’sbirthdayincelebrationofstateoccasionsofimptance.WilliamWdswthbecamepoetlau