英国文学名词解释.doc

Omniscient narrator
Metaphysical poetry:
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Allegory
is a tale in verse oouplet is the rhymed couplet of iambic pentameter.
Intrusive narrator : an omniscient narrator who, in addition to reporting the events of a novel
offers further comments on characters and events, and who sometimes reflects more generally upon the significance of the story.
Iambic pentameter : a poetic line consisting of five verse feet, with each foot an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. Iambic pentameter is the most common verse line in English poetry.
the poetry of John Donne and other 17 th-century poets who wrote in a similar
style. It is characterized by verbal wit and excess, ingenious structure, irregular meter, colloquial language, elaborate imagery, and a drawing together of dissimilar ideas .
Metaphysical Poetry
Metaphysical Poetry is commonly used to name the work of the 17th century writers who wrote under the influence of John Donne. With a rebellious spirit, the metaphysical poets try to break away from the conventional fashion of the Elizabethan love poetry. They are characterized by mysticism in
content and fantasticality in form. John Donne is the leading figure of the “ metaphysical scho
Naturalism : a post--Darwinian movement of the late 19th century that tried to apply the laws of
scientific