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Accent(重音)Anotherwordforstress.Theemphasisplacedonasyllable.Accentisfrequentlyusedtodenotestressindescribingverse.
Aestheticism(唯美主义)Aliterarymovementinthenineteenthcenturyofthosewhobelievedin“artforart’ssake”inoppositiontotheutilitariandoctrinethateverythingmustbemorallyorpracticallyuseful.KeyfiguresoftheaestheticmovementwereWalterPaterandOscarWilde.
Allegory(讽喻)Apatternofreferenceintheworkwhichevokesaparallelactionofabstractideas.Usuallyallegoryusesrecognizabletypes,symbolsandnarrativepatternstoindicatethatthemeaningofthetextistobefoundnotintherepresentedworkbutinabodyoftraditionalthought,orinanextra-literarycontext.RrepresentativeworksareEdmundSpenser’sTheFaerieQueene,JohnBunyan’sThePilgrim’sProgress.
Alliteration(头韵)arepetitionofthesameinitialconsonantsoundwithinalineoragroupofwords,asinthesetwolinesfrom“Helen”:
Theweary,waywornwandererbore
Tohisownnativeshore.
Becauseithasawideandpersistentappeal,andaddsmusicandemphasistoagroupofwords,alliterationisoftenusedinspeech,politicalslogansoradvertisingjingles.Inpoetry,alliterationcanbeagoodmusicaldevice.
Allusion(引喻)Apassingreferenceinaworkofliteraturetosomethingoutsideitself.Awritermayalludetolegends,historicalfactsorpersonages,tootherworksofliterature,oreventoautobiographicaldetails.Literaryallusionrequiresspecialexplanation.Somewritersincludeintheirownworkspassagesfromotherwritersinordertointroduceimplicitcontrastsorcomparisons.T.S.Eliot’sTheWasteLandisofthiskind.
Assonanceistherepetitionofsimilarvowelsoundssituatedinasentence,averselineoraseriesofwords.Forexample:
“asdeepasthesea”,“HeisallpineandIamappleorchard”(Frost).
Ballads:
anonymousnarrativesongs,usuallywritteninfour-linestanzas,oftenrelatingtoadramaticevent.Manyancientballadsdealwithnationalheroes,warsandoutlaws.AfamousEnglishballadisRobinHood.
Bildungsroman(成长小说)isakindofnovelthatfollowsthedevelopmentoftheheroorheroinefromchildhoodoradolescenceintoadulthood,throughatroubledquestforidentity.ThetermcomesfromGermany.SomeProminentExamples:
LaurenceSterne'sTristramShandy
CharlesDickens'DavidCopperfield
CharlesDickens'GreatExpectations
MarkTwain'sAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn
Blankverse(无韵诗)Unrhymediambicpentameter,alineconsistingoffivefeetofunstressedsyllables.Shakespeares’plays,Milton’sParadiseLostandWordsworth’sPreludearewritteninblankverse.ThefollowingisfromShakespeare’sAsYouLikeIt:
Alltheworld’sastage,
Andallthemenandwomenmerelyplayers:
Theyhavetheirexitsandtheirentrances
Canto(诗章)Adivisionofalongpoem,especiallyanepic.Dante’sDivineComedy,Byron’sDonJuanandEzraPound’sCantosarealldividedintothesechapter-lengthsections.
Cavalierpoets(骑士派诗人)EnglishlyricpoetsduringthereignofCharlesI.RichardLovelace,SirJohnSuckling,ThomasCarew,EdmundWallerandRobertHerrickaretherepresentativesofthisgroup.Cavalierpoetryismostlyconcernedwithlove,andemploysavarietyoflyricforms.
Characterization(人物刻画)isabouthowacharacterisrevealedordeveloped.Butregardlessofthemethodsbywhichacharacterispresented,theauthormayconcentrateonadominanttraittotheexclusionoftheotheraspectsofthecharacter’spersonality,ortheauthormayattempttopresentafullyroundedpersonality.Ifthepresentationofasingledominanttraitiscarriedtoanextreme,notabelievablecharacterbutacaricaturewillresult.Ifthismethodishandledwithskill,itcanproducetwodimensionalcharactersthatarestrikingandinterestingbutlackdepth.Ontheotherhand,theauthormaypresentuswithsoconvincingacongeriesofpersonalitytraitsthatacomplexratherthanasimplecharacteremerges;suchacharacteristhree-dimensional,orround.圆形人物
Furthermore,acharactermaybeeitherstatic静态的ordynamic动态的.AStaticcharacterisonewhochangeslittleifatallintheprogressofthenarrative.Adynamiccharacterisonewhochangesasaresultofreactiontothehappenings.AndMostgreatdramasandnovelshavedynamiccharactersasprotagonists主人公.Shortstoriesaremorelikelytorevealstaticcharactersthroughactionthantoshowchangesincharactersresultingfromactions.
Conceit(奇思妙喻)Originallyitmeantsimplyathoughtoranopinion.Thetermcametobeusedinaderogatorywaytodescribeaparticularkindoffar-fetchedmetaphoricalassociation.Ithasnowlostthispejorativeovertoneandsimplydenotesaspecialsortoffigurativedevice.Thedistinguishingqualityofaconceitisthatitshouldforgeanunexpectedcomparisonbetweentwoapparentlydissimilarthingsorideas.TheclassicexampleisJohnDonne’sTheFleaandAValediction:
ForbiddingMourning.
Consonancetherepetitionofthefinalconsonancesbutwithdifferentprecedingvowels,e.g.heart/light,flag/plug.Unlikealliterationandassonance,consonancecanserveasendrhyme,asisshowninthefollowingstanza:
Thatnightwhenjoybegan,
Ournarrowestveinstoflush,
Wewaitedfortheflash
Ofmorning’sleveledgun.
Didacticpoetry(说教诗)Poetrydesignedtoteachorpreachasaprimarypurpose.
Elegy(挽诗)Apoemoflamentation,concentratingonthedeathofasingleperson,likeAlfredTennyson’sInMemoriam,ThomasGray’sElegyWritteninaCountryChurchyard,orW.B.Yeats’sInMemoryofMajorRobertGregory.
Epicisalongversenarrativeonaserioussubject,toldinaformalstyle,andcentredonaheroicfigurewhoseactionsdependonthefateofatribe,anationorthehumanrace.IliadandOdysseyoftheancientGreece,BeowulfoftheOldEnglishandParadiseLostbyJohnMiltonareamongthegreatepicsoftheworldmasterpiece.
Epiphany(顿悟)isusedinChristiantheologyforamanifestationofGod’spresenceintheworld.ItwastakenoverJamesJoycetodenotesecularrevelationintheeverydayworld,“asuddenspiritualmanifestation”inwhichthe“whatness”ofacommonobjectorgestureappearsradianttotheobserver.MuchofJoyce’sworkisbuiltaroundsuchspecialmomentsofsuddeninsight.
Epigram(警句诗)Apolished,terseandwittyremarkthatpacksgeneralizedknowledgeintoshortcompass.
EpistolaryNovel(书信体小说)isanovelwrittenintheformofaseriesoflettersexchangedamongthecharactersofthestory,withextractsfromtheirjournalssometimesincluded.ImportantexamplesincludeRichardson’sPamela(1740-1)andClarissa(1747-8).
EssayaformofliteratureoriginatedfromtheFrenchphilosopherMontaigne,whofirstcalledhisshortprosepieces“Essais”in1580.Theessaysarefullofwisdom,andelegantlyphrased.Theyofferpeopleusefullandpracticaladvice,andencouragepeopletoplaymoreactiverolesinsociallife.Bacon’sessaysarecompactinstyle,clearinexpressionandprofoundinthoughts.
Fableisashortstory,usuallywithanimalsasitscharacters,whichillustrateamoral.Thefableisanancientform,datingbacktoancientGreekandRomantimesinwhichappearedagreattwoworld-famousfablewriters:
AesopandPhaedrus.
Foot(音步)basicmetricalorrhythmicalunitwithinalineofpoetry..
Freeverse(自由诗)Versereleasedfromtheconventionofmeter,withitsregularpatternofstressesandlinelength.
Expositionisthekindofwritingthatisintendedprimarilytopresentinformation.Itisamajorformofdiscourse.Althoughitisusedinfictionaswellasinnon-fiction,themostfamiliarformittakesisinessays.
Genre(文类)Atermusedtodesignateatypeofliteratureaccordingtoitssubjectmatterandhowthesubjectistreated.
GothicNovel(哥特小说)Emergedandflourishedinthelastdecadesofthe17thcentury.ThetermGothicderivedfromthefrequentsettingofthetalesintheruied,moss-coveredcastlesoftheMiddleAges.So,asaliterarygenre,itcombineselementsofbothhorrorandromance.
Prominentfeatures:
terror,mystery,thesupernatural,ghost,decay,madness
Rebellagainsttheincreasingcommercialismandrationalism;toshowthedark,irrationalsideofhumannature
Graveyardpoetry(墓园派诗)isappliedtoaminorbutinfluential18th-centurytraditionofmeditativepoemsonmortalityandimmortality,oftensetingraveyards.Theso-called“graveyardschool”ofpoetsinEnglandandScotlandwasnotinfactanorganizedgroup.ThebestknownexampleisThomasGray’s“ElegyWritteninaCountryChurchyard”(1751).ThepoemhadmanyimitatorsinEurope,andconstituteasignificantcurrentofpreromanticism.
Haiku(俳句)AJapaneselyricformdatingfromthe13thcenturywhichconsistsofseventeensyllablesusedinthreelines:
5/7/5.Several20thcenturyEnglishandAmericanpoetshaveexperimentedwiththeform,includingEzraPound.
HeroicCouplet(英雄双韵体)Englishheroicverse,iambicpentameters,rhyminginpairs,aabbccetc.ItwasafamiliarverseformfromChaucer’stimeonwards,andusedbytheElizabethans.Throughoutthe18thcenturytheheroiccouplet,asperfectedbyPope,wasastandardmeasureforallformsofpoetry;andthereactionofWordsworthandColeridgeinlyricalballadswaspartlyagainstitsdominance.
Iambicpentameter(五音步抑扬格)Alineoffiveiambicfeet.ItisthemostpervasivemetricalpatternfoundinverseinEnglish.
Image,imagery(意象)Acriticalwordwithseveraldifferentapplications.Initsnarrowestsensean‘image’isaword-picture,adescriptionofsomevisiblesceneorobject.Morecommonly,however,‘imagery’referstofigurativelanguageinapieceofliterature;orallthewordswhichrefertoobjectsandqualitieswhichappealtothesensesandfeelings.
Irony(反讽)alwaysinvolvesac
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