英美文学名词解释.doc
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1.Ballad:Anarrativepoeminshortstanzas,withorwithoutmusic.Itischaracterizedbyitsdramaticorexcitingepisodeinsimplenarrativeform.2.Lyric:Alyricpoemexpressesapoet’sthoughtsandfeelings.Themainpurposeofalyricpoemistocommunicatetheemotionsofthepoet.Mostlyricpoemscontainvividandimaginativeimages.3.Heroiccouplet:Coupletmeanstwolinesofversewithsimilarend-rhymes.InEnglishliterature,heroiccoupletspecificallyreferstopoeticlinesofiambicpentameterrhymedinpairs.4.IambicPentameter:Apoeticlineconsistingoffiveversefeet,whicheachfootaniamb__thatis,anunstressedsyllablefollowedbyastressedone.IambicpentameteristhemostcommonverselineinEnglishpoetry.5.Blankverse:Itispoetrywritteninunrhymediambicpentameter.BlankversesoundsmuchlikeordinaryspokenEnglish.Itisoftenusedindramaandinpoetry.MiltonforgeditanewfortheepicinParadiseLost(1667).6.Elegy:Greekfor"lament":apoemondeathoronaseriousloss;characteristicallyasustainedmeditationexpressingsorrowand,frequently,anexplicitorimpliedconsolation7.Paradox:Anapparentlyuntrueorself-contradictorystatementorcircumstancethatprovestrueuponreflectionorwhenexaminedinanotherlight.Suchassweetpain/nolightbutratherdarknessvisible.8.Ode:Along,statelylyricpoeminstanzasofvariedmetricalpattern,writteninadignifiedformalstyleonsomeloftyorserioussubject.Odesareoftenwrittenforaspecialoccasion,tohonorapersonoraseasonorcommemorateanevent.TwofamousodesarePercyByssheShelley’s“OdetotheWestwind”andJohnKeats’sOdeonaGrecianUrn.”9.Conceit:Anyfanciful,ingenious/elaborateexpressionoridea,especiallyoneintheformofanextendedmetaphor.10.Alliteration:Therepetitionofthebeginningaccentedsyllablesneartoeachotherwiththesameconsonantalsound,asinmanyidiomaticphrases:“safeandsound”;“thickandthin”;11.DramaticMonologue:Amonologueinverse.Aspeakeraddressesasilentlistener,revealing,indramaticirony,thingsabouthimselforherselfofwhichthespeakerisunaware.12.Epic:Alongnarrativepoem,typicallyarecountingofhistoryorlegendorofthedeedsofanationalheroandofreflectingthevaluesofthesocietyfromwhichitorigin