英国文学术语.doc

英国文学术语解释 PAGE PAGE 11 Sentimentalism：Sentimentalism stresses on material senses as being spiritual and/or considers soul to be material, thus anything done on sentimental level is more or less materialistic rather than spiritual/transcendental. Ode：a complex lyric poem of some length, dealing with a noble theme in a dignified manner and originally intended to be sung. Odes are often written for a special occasion, to honor a person or a season or to commemorate an event. Romance： is the prevailing literary form and prospered for about 300 years (1200-1500). It was a long composition, sometimes in verse, sometimes in prose, describing the life and adventures of a noble hero.（ It is a popular term in the medieval England. It is concerned with knights, chivalry and courtly love.）^_^ Realism：is a mode of writing that gives the impression of recording life as it really is without sentimentalizing or idealizing it. It may be found as an element in the works of Chaucer or Defoe prior to the 19th century, but as a dominant trend in the novels of the middle- or lower class life in the 19th century. Sonnet：is a lyric poem consisting of a single stanza of 14 iambic pentameter lines linked by an intricate rhyme scheme. （A lyric consisting of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, restricted to a definite rhyme scheme. Shakespeare’s are well known.） Shakespeare sonnet：(named after its greatest practitioner) comprises three quatrains and a final couplet, rhyming ababcdcdefefgg. The ‘turn’ comes with the final couplet, which may sometimes achieve an epigram. Spenserian stanza （英国诗人）斯宾塞诗体：Created by Edmund Spencer. It refers to a stanza of nine lines, with the first 8 lines in iambic pentameter and the last line in iambic hexameter, rhyming ababbcbcc. The Fearie Queene was a representative. Enlightenment：The Enlightenment was a progressive intellectual movement throughout the Western Europe in the 18th century. It greatly influenced the English social life and literature. G