英国文学-名词解释.doc

_1Romance: a long composition, in verse or in prose, describing the life and adventures of a noble hero, especially for the knight. The most popular theme employed was the legend of King Arthur and the round table knight.2Ballad民谣: a story told in song, usually in four-line stanzas, with the second and fourth lines rhymed.3Heroic Couplet英雄偶句诗: a couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentameter, and written in an elevated style.4Renaissance: a revival or rebirth of the artistic and scientific revival which originated in Italy in the 14th century and gradually spread all over Europe. It has two features: a thirsting curiosity for the classical literature and keen interest in activities of humanity.5Sonnet 14行诗: 14-line lyric poem, usually written in rhymed iambic pentameter.6Blank verse无韵诗: poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter.7Enlightenment启蒙运动: a revival of interest in the old classical works, logic, order, restrained emotion and accuracy.8Neoclassicism新古典主义: the Enlightenment brought about a revival of interest in Greek and Roman works. This tendency is known as Neoclassicism.9Sentimentalism感情主义: it was one of the important trends in English literature of the later decades of the 18 century. It concentrated on the free expression of thoughts and emotions, and presented a new view of human nature which prized feeling over thinking, passion over reason.10Romanticism: imagination, emotion and freedom are certainly the focal points of romanticism. The particular characteristics of the literature of romanticism include: subjectivity and an emphasis on individualism; freedom from rules; solitary life rather then life in society; the beliefs that imagination is superior to reason; and love of and worship of nature.11Lake Poets: the English poets who lived in and drew inspiration from the Lake District at the beginning of the 19th century.12Byronic 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.13Aestheticism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.14Stream-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.15Dramatic Monologue戏剧独白16Iambic 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.17Epic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.18Elegy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.19Spenserian Stanza斯宾塞诗体: a nine-line stanza made up of 8 lines of iambic pentameter ending with an Alexandrine. Its thyme scheme is ababbcbcc. This stanza was common to travel literature.1.(杰弗里 乔叟）：the Father of English Poetry; The Canterbury Tales埃特伯雷故事集（24stories)2.Thomas More: Utopia乌托邦- the communication between more and the traveler which just came back from Utopia.3.: the first English Essayist; Essays随笔集- Of Studies, Of Truth (philosophical and literary works)4. Poet's poet; The Fairy Queen仙后(to Queen Elizabeth I)四大悲剧：（1）奥瑟罗叙述摩尔人贵族瑟罗由于听信手下旗官伊阿古的谗言，被嫉妒所压倒，掐死了无辜妻子苔丝狄蒙娜，随后自己也悔恨自杀。奥瑟罗是个襟怀坦白、英勇豪爽的战士，苔丝德蒙娜天真痴情，毅然爱上了他，不顾家庭的反对和社会的歧视，同他结了婚。但是，他们的爱情虽然战胜了种族歧视，却没有逃脱伊阿古的阴谋陷害。伊阿古假装忠诚，心地奸诈，由于升不上副将，就对奥瑟罗怀恨在心，千方百计害死奥瑟罗夫妇，最后自己也得不到好下场。通过这个形象，莎士比亚对原始积累时期新兴资产阶级中的极端利已主义进行了深刻的揭露和批判。（2）李尔王描写一个专制独裁的昏君，由于刚愎自用，遭受到一场悲惨的结局。悲剧的目的同样在于揭露原始积累时期的利已主义，批判对于权势、财富的贪欲。悲剧还反映了当时广大农民流离失所的英国现实。在第三幕第四场里，李尔被两个女儿驱逐出门以后，跑到暴风雨的荒野，诅咒女儿忘恩负义。在雷电交加中，李尔对穷苦的人们喊道：“衣不蔽体的不幸的人们，无论你们在什么地方，都得忍受着这样无情的暴风雨的袭击，你们的头上没有片瓦遮身，你们的腹中饥肠雷动，你们的衣服千疮百孔，怎么抵挡得了这样的气候呢？”这里，莎士比亚通过李尔的口表达了他对无家可归的农民的同情，同时也是对当代现实的揭露。但是，紧接着上面那段话之后，李尔说道：“安享荣华的人们呵，睁开你们的眼睛来，到外面来体味一下穷人所忍受的苦，分一些你们享用不了的福泽给他们，让上天知道你们不是全无心肝的人吧！？这种求助于剥削阶级发善心以解决社会矛盾的想法，正是一种调和阶级矛盾的人道主义思想。（3）麦克白野心家麦克白将军从战场上立功凯旋，由于野心的驱使和妻子的怂恿，利用国王邓肯到自己家中作客的机会，弑君而自立，最后，这个血腥的篡位者被邓肯的儿子和贵族麦克德夫所战败而死去。他的妻子也因精神分裂而死。这出悲剧深刻地揭示出个人野心对人所起的腐蚀作用，是莎士比亚心理描写的杰作。（4）哈姆莱特（1601）是莎士比亚戏剧创作的最高成就，写的是丹麦王子哈姆莱特为父复仇的故事。悲剧的情节是这样的：丹麦王子哈姆莱特，在德国威登堡大学接受人文主义教育。因为父王突然死去，怀着沉痛的心情回到祖国；不久，母后又同新王他的叔父结婚，使他更加难堪。新王声言老王是在花园里被毒蛇咬死的，王子正在疑惑时，老王的鬼魂向他显现，告诉他“毒蛇”就是新王，并嘱咐他为父复仇。哈姆莱特认为他这复仇不只是他个人的问题，而是整个社会、国家的问题。他说自己有重整乾坤，挽狂澜于既倒的责任。他考虑问题的各个方面，又怕泄漏心事，又怕鬼魂是假</PGN0315.TXT/PGN>的，怕落入坏人的圈套，心烦意乱，忧郁不欢，只好装疯卖傻。同时，他叔父也怀疑他得知隐秘，派人到处侦察他的行动和心事。甚至利用他的两个老同学和他的情人去侦察他。他趁戏班子进宫演出的机会，改编一出阴谋杀兄的旧戏文贡札古之死叫戏班子演出，来试探叔父。戏未演完，叔父做贼心虚，坐立不住，仓皇退席。这样，更证明叔父的罪行属实。叔父觉得事情不妙，隐私可能已被发觉。宫内大臣波洛涅斯献计，让母后叫儿子到私房谈话，自己躲在帷幕后边偷听；王子发现幕后有人，以为是叔父，便一剑把他刺死。从此，奸王使用借刀杀人法，派他去英国，并让监视他去的两个同学带去密信一封，要英王在王子上岸时就杀掉他；但被哈姆莱特察觉半路上掉换了密信，反而叫英王杀掉了两个密使；他自己却跳上海盗船，脱险回来。回来后知道情人奥菲莉娅因父死、爱人远离而发疯落水溺死。奸王利用波洛涅斯的儿子雷欧提斯为父复仇的机会，密谋在比剑中用毒剑、毒酒来置哈姆莱特于死地。结果，哈、雷二人都中了毒剑，王后饮了毒酒，奸王也被刺死。王子临死遗嘱好友霍拉旭传播他的心愿。C:鉴赏与品评:莎士比亚的悲剧主要是理想与现实的矛盾和理想的破灭。如哈剧中安排三条复仇线索，以王子复仇为主线，另两条线索穿插糅合其间。李剧中也有两条平行交错的线索。其次，人物形象鲜明，作者善于深入刻画人物的内心世界，使其性格更丰满深刻。如哈姆雷特的著名独白，富有哲理性。麦克白杀人后精神崩溃的过程更是刻画得细腻真切。此外，作者还善于渲染气氛，营造悲剧性的氛围，烘托人物的心理活动。如麦剧中夜与血的形象贯穿始终，阴森恐怖。李剧中暴雨荒原一场，激烈哀愤喜剧：A Midsummer Night's Dream仲夏夜之梦，The Merchant of Venice威尼斯商人，As You Like It皆大欢喜；Twelfth Night第十二夜悲喜剧：Romeo and Juliet罗密欧与朱丽叶5. Paradise Lost失乐园（a revolt against God's authority), Paradise Regained复乐园（how Christ overcame Santa) stories were taken from Bible6.John Bunyan: the son of Renaissance; Pilgrim's Progress天路历程(imagination, shadowing, realistic religious allegory)7.George Gordon Byron: vigorous, strong and beautiful; Childe Harold's Pilgrimage恰尔德 哈罗尔德游记(spenserian stanza, fights for liberty); Don Juan唐 璜(a broad critical picture of European life); When We Two Parted昔日依依别；She Walks in Beauty她走在美的光影中；The Isles of Greece哀希腊8.: Ode to the West Wind西风颂-赞颂西风，希望与其紧密相连; Prometheus Unbound解放了的普罗米修斯(the victory for man's struggle against tyranny and oppression)9.Jane Austen: wit, dry humour, subtle irony,realistic; Pride and Prejudice傲慢与偏见(Elizabeth and Darcy)；Sense and Sensibility理智与情感；Emma爱玛10.: critical realist writer; humour, wit, happy endings; A Tale of Two Cities双城记(London & Paris, where there is oppression, there is revolution); David Copperfield大卫 科波菲尔；Oliver Twist雾都孤儿；Hard Time艰难时世；Great Expectations远大前程； Dombey and Son董贝父子；Pickwick Papers匹克威克外传11.我已故的公爵夫人 7.The Bronte Sisters: ：简·爱是一个心地纯洁、善于思考的女性，她生活在社会底层，受尽磨难。但她有倔强的性格和勇于追求平等幸福的精神。小说以浓郁抒情的笔法和深刻细腻的心理描写，引人入胜地展示了男女主人公曲折起伏的爱情经历，歌颂了摆脱一切旧习俗和偏见。扎根于相互理解、相互尊重的基础之上的深挚爱情，具有强烈的震撼心灵的艺术力量。其最为成功之处在于塑造了一个敢于反抗，敢于争取自由和平等地位的妇女形象。 Emily: Wuthering Heights呼啸山庄：描写吉卜赛弃儿希斯克利夫被山庄老主人收养后，因受辱和恋爱不遂，外出致富，回来后对与其女友凯瑟琳结婚的地主林顿及其子女进行报复的故事。10_