英国文学名词解释.doc

英国文学名词解释
英国文学名词解释
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英国文学名词解释
Epｉc: It is, originａｌly, an oral　nａrｒative poem, ｍajestic ｂｏth　in ｔhemｅ　aｎｄ 　ｂy ｔhe Roｍａn Ｃａｔholiｃ Ｃhurch auｔhorｉtｉes. Tｗo　ｆeatuｒｅs of　renaissａnce: It　is　a ｔhirｓting cｕｒiｏsiｔy ｆor　the claｓｓical lｉteraｔurｅ. People learned to　adｍｉre　tｈe　Grｅek ａｎd　Ｌａtiｎ ｗorks aｓ　models of literaｒy　forｍ. It　is the keen ｉnｔerest　in　ｔhe ａcｔivitiｅs ｏf humａnitｙ．
Soｎｎet: A lyric poem of　ｆoｕrteen lｉneｓ　ｗhｏsｅ ｒyhｍｅ schemｅ ｉｓ fixed. Ｔｈｅ ｒhyme sｃheｍｅ iｎ　thｅ Italian forｍ　ａs typifｉed iｎ the sonnets ｏｆ Pｅtｒａrｃｈ　iｓ　abbaabba ｃｄecde. The　Pｅｔraｒchian sｏnnet hａs　ｔwo　divisioｎs: the　ｆirｓｔ　is of eigｈt lｉnes　(thｅ octaｖe), and　the ｓecond is ｏf six　lｉneｓ (the seｓtet）.　Tｈe rhyme schｅｍe of the Ｅnglｉsｈ, oｒ　Sｈakｅspearean sonnet　is abab　cdｃd　ｅｆeｆ gg. Ｔhe cｈangｅ of rhyme iｎ thｅ　Eｎglｉｓh ｓoｎnet　iｓ cｏiｎcｉdｅｎｔaｌ ｗith　a ｃｈａnge　of theme in the poｅｍ. Ｔhe metｅr　is ｉambｉc peｎｔaｍetｅr.
英国文学名词解释
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英国文学名词解释
Bｌａｎk　veｒse: A poem　wｒitten in　ｕnｒｈymed iambiｃ pentａｍeter.
Ｓpensｅｒｉaｎ Ｓtanza： Sｐenser inventeｄ　a nｅw vｅrse forｍ ｆoｒ his poem． Tｈe ｖｅrse forｍ hａs bｅen　ｃallｅｄ　"Ｓpenｓｅrｉaｎ Sｔaｎｚａ＂　sinｃe　ｈｉs dａｙ. Ｅａｃh sｔanza hａs ｎine lｉｎes, each　ｏf the first　eight liｎes is　in iambic pentａｍetｅr form， anｄ　ｔｈｅ nｉｎtｈ line　is aｎ　iaｍbic ｈexａmeter lｉne. The rhｙthｍ　scheme is　abab ｂｃbc　c.
Enliｇhteｎment　: Thｅ Eｎlighteｎmenｔ　was a pｒogreｓsive ｉntellecｔual moveｍｅnt thrｏuｇhout　Westeｒｎ Europｅ iｎ　thｅ 18th　centuｒy. It was an ｅxpｒｅssion　of stｒuggle　ｏｆ ｔｈe ｂｏurgeoiｓiｅ　against feuｄａｌism． Ｔｈｅ ｅnlightｅnｅrs ｆougｈｔ agaiｎｓｔ ｃlａss inequａｌity, sｔaｇnation, prｅｊudices aｎd other　ｓuｒｖｉvaｌｓ of feudalism. They　thｏｕght ｔhe　chｉｅf meａns　for betterｉng ｔhe　societｙ was "eｎlｉgｈｔenmｅnt" or "ｅｄuｃaｔiｏn" ｆｏｒ　tｈｅ pｅople. The　Enｇｌｉsh ｅnliｇhtｅneｒｓ　wｅｒｅ bourgeｏis demoｃrａｔｉc tｈｉｎkｅrｓ. Ｔheｙ ｓet no rｅvolutｉonary aim bｅfｏre them　aｎd what ｔhｅy　stroｖe　for ｗaｓ to ｂring ｉｔ ｔｏ　aｎ ｅnd　bｙ cｌearing away the　fｅudal idｅaｓ wｉth tｈｅ bｏｕｒgeｏis idｅｏlｏｇy．
Classicisｍ: A movement　ｏr tendenｃy iｎ　art, ｍusic, and ｌｉtｅratｕre　to rｅｔａin the chａr