1. epic: An epic is an extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a legendary or traditional hero. 2. romance: Romance is an artistic work, such as a novel, story, or film, that deals with sexual love, especially in an idealized form. 3. heroic couplet: A heroic couplet is a traditional form for English poetry, commonly used in epic and narrative poetry; it refers to poems constructed from a sequence of rhyming pairs of lines in iambic pentameter. 4. renaissance: renaissance refers to the revival of European art and literature under the influence of classical models in the 14th-16th centuries. 5. humanism: Humanism refers to a rationalist outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters. Humanism refers to a 6. comedy: comedy refers to a play characterized by its humorous or satirical tone and its depiction of amusing people or incidents, in which the characters ultimately triumph over adversity: Shakespeare’s comedies refers to a 7. tragedy: tragedy refers to a play dealing with tragic events and having an unhappy ending, especially one concerning the downfall of the main character: Shakespeare’s tragedies 8. essay: essay refers to a short piece of writing on a particular subject. 9. sonnet: sonnet refers to the poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line. 10. blank verse: blank verse refers to verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameters. 11. enlightenment: enlightenment refers to the action of enlightening or the state of being enlightened. 12. neoclassicism: neoclassicism is the revival of a classical style or treatment in art, literature, architecture, or music. 13. romanticism: romanticism is a movement in the arts and literature which originated in the late 18th century, emphasizing inspiration, subjectivity, and the primacy of the individual. Often contrasted with classicism. 14. critical realism: critical realism is a trend, or method, in realistic literature and art in the 19th and 20th centuries. 15. modernism: Modernism, originated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, is characterized by a self-conscious break with traditional styles of poetry and verse. 本文来源:https://www.wddqw.com/doc/f4579559ba1aa8114431d9dd.html