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1，什么叫文艺复兴TheRenaissance(“rebirth”inFrench)wasaculturalandintellectural

movementthatspannedroughlythe14ththroughthe17century,beginninginItalyandlater

spreadingtotherestofEurope2，Renaissanceisconsideredasthegreatfloweringofart,

architecture,politics,andthestudyofliterature,andisalsousuallyseenastheendoftheMiddle

Agesandthebeginningofthemodernworld.

2，什么叫玄学派诗歌theMetaphysicalschoolofpoetry

I.Definition:Aschoolofhighlyintellectual（智力的）poetry

Time:theearly17thcentury

Majorfeatures:mysticismincontentandfantasticalityinform;peculiarconceit（奇思妙想）,

uniquewayofreasoningandcomparison

Mainthemes:life,death,love,religion,universe

Representatives:JohnDonne,AndrewMarvellandGeorgeHerbert

Significance:greatlyinfluencedthemodernistsofthe20thcentury

II.Metaphysicalconceits悬想比喻，奇喻，别出心裁的比喻

Conceit:anelaboratemetaphorthatoffersasurprisingorunexpectedcomparisonbetweentwo

seeminglyhighlydissimilarthings.Thiscaninvolveoriginalimagesorfamiliarimagesusedinan

unfamiliarway.

LiteratureinThisAge:The18thcenturymarkedthebeginningofanintellectualmovement

throughoutinEuropeknownasEnlightenment.Itwasaprogressiveintellectualmovement

throughoutWesternEuropeinthe18thcenturyandRussiainthe19thCentury.

Inlate17thandearly18thcenturyEngland,therewasachangeoftaste,whichwaspartofa

generalmovementinEurope,seenperhapsmostimpressivein17thcenturyFrance.Thedominant

literarytheoryofthisperiodwas“Neoclassicism”.

LiteraryGenre文学流派Generallyspeaking,literatureofthe18thcenturywasverycomplex.

Wemayclassifyitunderthreegeneralheads:thereignofclassicism,thepre-romanticpoetry,and

thebeginningofmodernnovel.

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