英國文學(xué)名詞解釋大全(整理版)

1、名詞解釋名詞解釋1.Epic(史詩史詩)（appearedinthetheAngloSaxonPeriod）Itisanarrativeofheroicactionoftenwithaprincipalherousuallymythicalinitscontentgrinitsstyleofferinginspirationennoblementwithinaparticularculturenationaltradition.Alon

2、gnarrativepoemtellingaboutthedeedsofgreatheroreflectingthevaluesofthesocietyfromwhichitiginated.EpicisanextendednarrativepoeminelevateddignifiedlanguagelikeHomer’sIliadoftendescribedasridingfthtoseekadventurestakingparti

3、ntournaments(騎士比武)fightingfhisldinbattlesdevotedtothechurchtheking?Romancelacksgeneralresemblancetotruthreality.?Itexaggeratesthevicesofhumannatureidealizesthevirtues.?Itcontainsperilous(dangerous)adventuresmelessremotef

4、romdinarylife.?Itlaysemphasisonsupremedevotiontoafairlady.①TheRomanceCyclesGroupsDivisionsThreeGroups?mattersofBritainAdventuresofKingArthurhisKnightsoftheRoundTable（亞瑟王和他的圓桌騎士）?mattersofFranceEmperlemagnehispeers?matter

5、sofRomeAlexertheGreattheattacksofTroyLeMteD’Arthur（亞瑟王之死）（亞瑟王之死）②ClassNature(階級性階級性)oftheRomanceLoyaltytokingldwasthethemeoftheromancesasloyaltywasthecnerstone（themostimptantpart基石）offeudalmality.Theromanceswerecomposedn

6、otfthecommonbutfthenobleofthenoblebythepoetspatronized（suppted庇護保護）bythenoble.3.Alliteration（押頭韻）（押頭韻）:arepeatedinitial(開頭的開頭的)consonant(協(xié)調(diào)協(xié)調(diào)一致一致)tosuccessive(連續(xù)的連續(xù)的)wds.e.g.1.Tohiskinthekindestkeenestfpraise.2.Singasong

7、ofsouthernsinger4.Understatement（低調(diào)陳述）（低調(diào)陳述）（fironicalhum）nottroublesome:verywelcomeneednotpraise:arighttocondemnThemeterswiththreesyllablefeetare:anapestic(xx)（抑抑揚格）:thesoundofavoicethatisstilldactylic(xx)（強弱格，長短格，揚抑抑格）

8、:Thisisthefestprimevalthemurmuringpinesthehemlock(atrocheereplacesthefinaldactyl)12.Rhythm（節(jié)奏，韻律）（節(jié)奏，韻律）（屬于屬于Prosody[pr?s?d?]（韻文學(xué)詩體學(xué)；(某語言的)韻律(學(xué))））：）：referstotheregularrecurrence（反復(fù)，重現(xiàn)）oftheaccent（重讀）stressinpoemsong.e.g.

9、therhythmofdaynighttheseasonalrhythmoftheyearthebeatofourheartstherisefallofseatidesetc.basicpatternsofrhythmsa)Iambicfoot(iamb[aimb])（抑揚格）（抑揚格）:anunstressedsyllablefollowedbyanstressedoneasinthewd“prevent”“about”It’stim

10、ethechildrenwenttobed.We’lllearnapoembyKeats.b)Trochaic[tr?ukeiik]foot(trochee[tr?uki:])（揚抑格）（揚抑格）:astressedsyllablefollowedbyanunstressedoneasin“football”“never”“happy”“English”WilliamMristaughthimEnglish.Doubledoubleto

11、iltrouble.Fireburnscauldronbubble.c)Anapesticfoot(anapest[?n?pi:st])（抑抑揚格）（抑抑揚格）:twounstressedsyllablesfollowedbyastressedoneasin“comprehend”“intervene”I’vebeenwkinginChinafftyyears.d)Dactylicfoot(dactyl)（強弱格，長短格，揚抑抑格強弱格

12、，長短格，揚抑抑格）:astressedsyllablefollowedbytwounstressedonesasin“dangerous”“cheerfully”“yesterday”“merrily”13Commonlinelengths:numberoffeetperline?onefootmonometer[m?n?mit?](rare)（單音部）（單音部）?twofeetdimeter[dimit?](二步)?threefee

13、ttrimester[trimit?](三步)?fourfeettetrameter[tetrmit?](四步)?fivefeetpentameter[pentmit?](五步)?sixfeethexameter[heksmit?]?sevenfeetheptameter[heptmit?](rare)?eightfeetoctameter[?ktmit?](rare)14Linepatterns:Couplet（相連并押韻的兩行詩對句