英国文学名词解释大全,推荐文档.docx

名词解释 Epic （史诗）（appeared in the the Anglo-Saxon Period ） It is a narrative of heroic action, often with a principal hero, usually mythical in its content, grand in its style, offeri ng in spirati on and enn obleme nt with in a particular culture or n ati onal traditi on. A long narrative poem telling about the deeds of great hero and reflecting the values of the society from which it origi nated. Epic is an extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified Ianguage, like Homer Iliad & Odyssey. It usually celebrates the feats of one or more lege ndary or traditi onal heroes. The action is simple, but full of magnificence. Today, some long n arrative works, like no vels that reveal an age & its people, are also called epic. E.g. Beowulf （ the pagan （异教徒），secular（非宗教的）poetry ） Iliad《伊利亚特》，Odyssey《奥德赛》 Paradise Lost 《失乐园》，The Divine Comedy《神曲》 Roma nee （传奇）（An glo-Norma n feudal En gla nd） ? Romance is any imaginative literature that is set in an idealized world and that deals with heroic adventures and battles betwee n good characters and villai ns or mon sters. ? Originally, the term referred to a medieval （ 中世纪）tale dealing with the love and adventures of kings, queens, kni ghts, and ladies, and in cludi ng super natural happe nin gs. Form: long composition, in verse, in prose Content: description of life and adventures of a noble hero Character: a knight, a man of noble birth, skilled in the use of weapons; often described as riding forth to seek adventures, taking part in tournaments（骑士比武 ）,or fighting for his lord in battles; devoted to the church and the king ? Roma nce lacks gen eral resembla nce to truth or reality. ? It exaggerates the vices of huma n n ature and idealizes the virtues. ? It contains perilous （da ngerous） adve ntures more or less remote from ordinary life. ? It lays emphasis on supreme devoti on to a fair lady. The Roma nce Cycles/Groups/Divisio ns Three Groups Adventures of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table （亚瑟王和他的圆桌骑士） Adventures o