英国文学中涉及到的一些术语.docx

1.Romance: It is a popular term in the medieval England. It is concerned with knights, chivalry and courtly love.2.Alliteration: A repetition of the initial sounds of several words in a line on group3.Ballad: It is also known as the folk ballad. It is a song, transmitted orally and passed from generation to generation. Robin Hood is a famous ballad.4.Couplet: A pair of rhymed lines that are equal in length.5.Heroiccouplet:refers to lines of iambic pentameter which rhyme in pairs: aa, bb, cc, and so on. The adjective “heroic” was applied in the later seventeenth century because of the frequent use of such couplets in heroic poems and dramas. This verse form was introduced into English poetry by Geoffrey Chaucer. From the age of John Dryden through that of Samuel Johnson, the heroic couplet was the predominant English measure for all the poetic kinds; some poets, including Alexander Pope, used it almost to the exclusion of other meters.6.Humanism: It is the essence of Renaissance. It emphasizes the dignity of human beings and the importance of the present life. Man was the center of the universe7.Spenserian stanza: 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 FearieQueene was a representative.8.Metaphysical poetry: 17th?century writers under the influence of John Donne. The diction is simple. The imaginary is drawn from actual life.9.Sonnet: A lyric consisting of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, restricted to a definite rhyme scheme. Shakespeare’s are well known.10.Blank Verse: Verse written in unrhymed iambic pentameter. It is the verse form used in some of the greatest English poetry, including that of Shakespeare and John Donne.11.Allegory: A story told to explain or teach something. It used extended metaphors to convey moral meanings. John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress.12.Soliloquy: A character is alone and speaks his or her thoughts lo