1.Beowulf:nationalepicoftheEnglishpeople;Denmarkstory;alliteration,metaphorsandunderstatements.2.Romance(名词解释)astoryofadventure--fictitious,frequentlymarvelousorsupernatural--inverseorprose.3,Ballad民谣(名词解释)PopularBallads大众民谣:astoryholdin4-linestanzaswithsecondandfourthlinerhymed(笔记)Balladsareanonymousnarrativesongsthathavebeenpreservedbyoraltransmission(书上).4,4,Heroiccouplet(名词解释)heroiccouplet英雄双韵体:averseunitconsistingoftworhymed(押韵)linesiniambicpentameter(五步抑扬格)5.Renaissance(名词解释)Renaissance:theactivity,spirit,ortimeofthegreatrevivalofart,literature,andlearninginEuropebeginninginthe14thcenturyandextendingtothe17thcentury,markingthetransitionfromthemedievaltothemodernworld.555humanism人文主义:admirehumanbeautyandhumanachievement556TheEnlightenmentwasanexpressionofstruggleofthethenprogressiveclassofbourgeoisieagainstfeudalism6,.Sonnet(名词解释)Thesonnetisapoemin14lineswithoneortheotherrhymeschme,aformmuchinvogueinRenaissanceEurope,expeciallyinItaly,FranceandEngland.7,Blankverse(名词解释):writteninunrhymediambicpentameter.8,SpenserianStanza(名词解释)StanzaformdevelopedbyEdmundSpenserandalmostcertainlyinfluencedbyrhymeroyalandottavarima.Spenser'sstanzahasninelinesandisrhymeda-b-a-b-b-c-b-c-c.Thefirsteightlinesofthestanzaareiniambicpentameterandthelastlineiniambichexameter.HeusedthisforminhisepicpoemTheFaerieQueene.JohnKeats,agreatadmirerofSpenser,usedthisstanzainhispoemTheEveofSt.Agnes.,9Enlightenment(1650-1800)(名词解释)Arevivalofinterestintheoldclassicalworks,order,logic,restrainedemotion(抑制情感)andaccuracyIndividualism--emphasizedtheimportanceoftheindividualandhisinbornrightsRationalism--theconvictionthatwiththepowerofreason,humanscouldarriveattruthandimprovetheworld.Relativism--wastheconceptthatdifferentcultures,beliefs,ideas,andvaluesystemshadequalmerit.Gothicnovel(哥特式小说):mystery,horror,castles(frommiddleparttotheendofcentury)10,Classicism(名词解释)Inthearts,historicaltraditionoraestheticattitudesbasedontheartofGreeceandRomeinantiquity.Inthecontextofthetradition,Classicismreferseithertotheartproducedinantiquityortolaterartinspiredbythatofantiquity;Neoclassicismalwaysreferstotheartproducedlaterbutinspiredbyantiquity.11Sentimentalism(名词解释)Sentimentalism感伤主义nobelief没有信仰Therepresentativesofsentimentalismcontinuedtostruggleagainstfeudalismbuttheyvaguelysensedatthesametimethecontradictionsofbourgeoisprogressthatbroughtwithitenslavementandruintothepeople.12GraveyardSchool/Poets:Atermappliedtoeighteenth-centurypoetswhowrotemeditativepoems,usuallysetinagraveyard,onthethemeofhumanmortality,inmoodswhichrangefromelegiacpensivenesstoprofoundgloom.13Romanticism14LakePoets(名词解释)TheLakePoetsalllivedintheLakeDistrictofEnglandattheturnofthenineteenthcentury.15Aestheticism唯美主义(名词解释)TheAestheticMovementisalooselydefinedmovementinliterature,fineart,thedecorativearts,andinteriordesigninlaternineteenth-centuryBritain.ItrepresentsthesametendenciesthatsymbolismordecadencestoodforinFranceandmaybeconsideredtheBritishbranchofthesamemovement.Itbelongstotheanti-Victorianreactionandhadpost-Romanticroots,andassuchanticipatesmodernism.IttookplaceinthelateVictorianperiodfromaround1868to1901,andisgenerallyconsideredtohaveendedwiththetrialofOscarWilde.16Stream-of-consciousness(名词解释)The“streamofconsciousness”isapsychologicaltermindicating“thefluxofconsciousandsubconsciousthoughtsandimpressionsmovinginthemindatanygiventimeindependentlyoftheperson’swill”.