英美文学名词解释

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epic: An epic is an

extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a legendary or traditional hero.

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romance: Romance is an

artistic work, such as a novel, story, or film, that deals with sexual love, especially in an idealized form.

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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.

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renaissance: renaissance refers to the revival of European art and literature under the influence of classical models in the 14th-16th centuries.

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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

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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

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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

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essay: essay refers to a short piece of writing on a particular subject.

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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.


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