名词解释_英国文学史与选读.docx

名词解释 Allegory: It is a fictional narrative or artistic expression that conveys a symbolic meaning parallel to but distinct from, and more important than, the literal meaning. The symbolic meaning is usually expressed through personifications and other symbols. Related forms are the fable and the parable, which are didactic, comparatively short and simple allegories. The art of allegory reached its height during the Middle Ages, (especially in the works of the Italian poet Dante and the English poet Geoffrey Chaucer) and during the Renaissance. In The Faerie Queene the English poet Edmund Spens