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说明:列个东西是我把李老师给的8个和齐旭传的文档里头的5个词结合的,总共有5个词重复。重复的词我已经用红色标示了出来,绿色字体的是另一个老师给的解释,黑色字体是李老师给的解释,喜欢哪一个可以自己选。1.Steam-of-consciousness:Thestyleofwritingthatattemptstoimitatethenaturalflowofacharacter’sthoughts,feelings,reflections,memories,andmentalimagesasthecharacterexperiencesthem.(Streamofconsciousnessisanarrativemodethatseekstoportrayanindividual’spointofviewbygivingthewrittenequivalentofthecharacter’sthoughtprocesses,eitherinalooseinteriormonologue,orinconnectiontohisorheractions.Streamofconsciousnesswritingisusuallyregardedasaspecialformofinteriormonologueandischaracterizedbyassociativeleapsinsyntaxandpunctuationthatcanmaketheprosedifficulttofollow,tracingacharacter’sfragmentarythoughtsandsensoryfeelings.)2.Fiction:Fictionisnarrativeliteraturecreatedfromtheauthor'simaginationratherthanfromfact.Thenovelandshortstoryareliteraryformsmostcommonlycalledfiction.3.Climax:Thepointofgreatestintensity,interest,orsuspenseinanarrative.Theclimaxusuallymarksastory’sturningpoint.Thetermcrisisissometimesusedinterchangeablywithclimax.(Climax——aturningpointinanarrativework,amomentofgreatesttensionthatfixestheoutcome.)4.Flappers:FlapperswereanewbreedofyoungWesternwomeninthe1920swhoworeshortskirts,bobbedtheirhair,listenedtojazz,andflauntedtheirdisdainforwhatwasthenconsideredacceptablebehavior.Flapperswereseenasbrashforwearingexcessivemakeup,drinking,treatingsexinacasualmanner,smoking,drivingautomobiles,andotherwisefloutingsocialandsexualnorms.[1]FlappershadtheiroriginsintheliberalperiodoftheRoaringTwenties,thesocial,politicalturbulenceandincreasedtransatlanticculturalexchangethatfollowedtheendofWorldWarI,aswellastheexportofAmericanjazzculturetoEurope.5.HemingwayHeroes:HemingwayHeroesrefertosomeprotagonistsinHemingway'sworks.Suchaherousuallyisanaveragemanofdecidedlymasculinetastes,sensitiveandintelligent.Andusuallyheisamanofactionandoffewwords.TheHemingwayheropossessesakindof“despairingcourage”asBertrandRussellterms.Itisthiscouragethatenablesamantobehavelikeaman,toasserthisdignityinfaceofadversity.ThisistheessenceofacodeofhonorinwhichallofHemingway’sheroesbelieve.(HemingwaydefinedtheCodeHeroasamanwholivescorrectly,followingtheidealsofhonor,courageandenduranceinaworldthatissometimeschaotic,oftenstressful,andalwayspainful.TheCodeHeromeasureshimselfbyhowwelltheyhandlethedifficultsituationsthatlifethrowsathim.IntheendtheCodeHerowilllosebecauseweareallmortal,butthetruemeasureishowapersonfacesdeath.)6.Bohemianism:Bohemianismisthelivingstylewhichisunconventionalorabnormal.DisillusionedbyWWI,disgustedbythenewfrivolousgreedy,heedlesswayoflifeinAmericaandalarmedbythelowlevelofculture,mayidealisticyoungAmericansadoptedsucha“bohemian”,thatis,unconventionallivingstyle.Theylivedamongwriters,artistsandactorsinacheapsectionofNewYorkcitycalledGreenwichVillage.7.Epiphany:Amomentofillumination,usuallyoccurringatorneartheendofawork.InJamesJoyce’sstory”Araby”,theepiphanyoccurswhenthenarratorrealizes,withsuddenclarity,thathisdreamofvisitingthesplendidbazaarhasresultedonlyinfrustrationanddisillusion.8.Modernism:Itisareactionagainstrealism.Itrejectsrationalismwhichisthetheoreticalbaseofrealism;itexcludesfromitsmajorconcerntheexternal,objective,materialworld,whichistheonlycreativesourceofrealism;byadvocatingafreeexperimentationonnewformsandnewtechniquesinliterarycreation,itcastsawayalmostallthetraditionalelementsinliteraturesuchasstory,plot,character,chronologicalnarration,etc.,whichareessentialtorealism.Modernismtakestheirrationalphilosophyandthetheoryofpsycho-analysisasitstheoreticalbase.(Modernism,initsbroadestdefinition,ismodernthought,character,orpractice.Morespecifically,thetermdescribesbothasetofculturaltendenciesandanarrayofassociatedculturalmovement,originallyarisingfromwide-scaleandfar-reachingchangestoWesternsocietyinthelatenineteenthandearlytwentiethcentury.ModernismrejectsthelingeringcertaintyofEnlightenmentthinking,andalsothatoftheexistenceofacompassionate,all-powerfulCreator.Modernismcanbeviewedasaquestioningofaxiomsofthepreviousage.Asalientcharacteristicofmodernismisself-consciousness.Modernism’sstressonfreedomofexpression,experimentation,radicalismandprimitivismdisregardsconventionalexpectations.)9.LostGeneration:ThetermwascoinedbyGertrudesteintodescribethepeopleofthe1920’swhorejectedAmericanpostWorldWarIvalues.ThethreebestknownwritersamongTheLostGenerationareF.ScottFitzgerald,ErnestHemingwayandJohnDosPassos.The“LostGeneration”definesasenseofmorallossoraimlessnessapparentinliteraryfiguresduringthe1920’s.TheseliteraryfiguresalsocriticizedAmericancultureincreativefictionalstorieswhichhadthethemesofself-exile,indulgence(care-freeliving)andspiritualalienation.(TheLostGeneration——termappliedtothedisillusionedintellectualsandaesthetesoftheyearsfollowingWWI,whorebelledagainstformeridealsandvaluesbutcouldreplacethemonlybydespairoracynicalhedonism.ThisincludedtheyoungEnglishandAmericanexpatriatesaswellasmenandwomencaughtinthewarandcutofffromtheoldvaluesandyetunabletocometotermswiththenewerawhencivilizationhadgonemad.)

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