英国文学名词解释.doc

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英国文学名词解释
1． Romance : a long composition, in verse or in prose, describing the life ct at the
beginning of the 19th century.
12 ． Byronic
Heroes 拜 伦 式 英 雄 : a
variant
of
the Romantic heroes
as a
type
of
character( enthusiasm, persistence, pursuing
freedom),
named after the English
Romantic Poet
Gordon Byron.
13． Aestheticism 唯美主义 : an art movement supporting the emphasis of aesthetic values more than socio-political themes for literature, fine art, music and other arts.
14．Stream-of-Consciousness : it is a literary technique that presents the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur without any clarification by the author. It is a narrative mode.
15． Dramatic Monologue 戏剧独白
16．Iambic Pentameter 抑扬格五音步 : a poetic line consisting of five verse feet, with each foot an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable, that is, with each foot an iamb.
17． Epic 史诗 : a long narrative poem telling about the deeds of a great hero and reflecting the values of the society from which it originated.
18．Elegy 挽歌 : a poem of mourning, usually over the death of an individual; may also be a lament over the passing of life and beauty or a meditation of the nature of death; a type of lyric poem.
19． Spenserian Stanza斯宾塞诗体 : a nine-line stanza made up of 8 lines of iambic pentamet