英国文学史复习资料(3)

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作品:l On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer 《初探恰普罗译荷马》
      Sleep and Poetry ”《睡与诗》
        Endymion 《恩底弥翁》
         Isabella《伊莎贝拉》
Four great odes: <Ode on a Grecian Urn>希腊古瓮颂
    <Ode to a Nightingale>夜莺颂
    <Ode to Psyche>心灵颂
    <Ode On Melancholy> 忧郁颂
The 20th Century
Thomas Hardy  Tess of the D‘Urbervilles
Main characters   Tess  Alec D’Urberville Angel Clare
作品:   Desperate Remedies, 1871 《计出无奈》 The Hand of Ethelberta, 1876 《埃塞贝妲的婚事》  A Pair of Blue Eyes, 1873 《一双湛蓝的眼睛》 Two on a Tower, 1882 《塔中恋人》 The Well-Beloved, 1897    《意中人》  Under the Greenwood Tree, 1872    《绿荫下》 Far from the Madding Crowd, 1874  《远离尘嚣》 The Return of the Native, 1878  《还乡》 The Mayor of Casterbridge, 1886  《卡斯特桥市长》 Tess of the d'Urbervilles, 1891 《德伯家的苔丝》 Jude the Obscure, 1896  《无名的裘德》
3.    名词解释
1.Epic poetry
a long, narrative poem written in an elevated style which celebrates the deeds of a legendary hero or god.
Epic hero: super human hero.
2.Satire
Satire is primarily a literary genre体裁 or form.
In satire, vices不道德行为 , follies愚蠢 , abuses不正之风 , and shortcomings are held up to ridicule嘲笑戏弄, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, and society itself, into improvement. Although satire is usually meant to be funny, its greater purpose is often constructive social criticism, using wit才智 as a weapon.
A common feature of satire is strong irony or sarcasm—"in satire, irony is militant好战的”. This "militant" irony or sarcasm often professes to approve of (or at least accept as natural) the very things the satirist wishes to attack.
3.Sonnet
Poem of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, restricted to a definite rhyme scheme.
There are two prominent types: the Italian, or Petrarchan, sonnet, composed of an octave and a sestet (rhyming abbaabba cdecde), and the Elizabethan, or Shakespearean, sonnet, consisting of three quatrains and a couplet (rhyming abab cdcd efef gg).
4.    Renaissance
in essence, is a historical period in which the European humanist thinkers and scholars made attempts to get rid of those old feudalist ideas in medieval Europe and introduce new ideas  that expressed the interests of the rising bourgeoisie, and to lift the restriction in all areas placed by the Roman Catholic authorities.
5、Novel
Broadly speaking, the term novel, apparently derived from Italian Novella, which means “tale or piece of news”, is now applied to any prose work of some length, which tells a story, attempts rounded characterization, amuses, shocks and entertains the reader.
In a narrow sense, a novel is a realistic fiction, complete in itself and contains the essential elements of story, character, and setting.
6、Metaphysical  poem
The name was given to a group of English lyric poets of the 17th cent. The term was first used by Samuel Johnson (1744).
The hallmark(标志) of their poetry is the metaphysical conceit (a figure of speech that employs unusual and paradoxical images), a reliance on intellectual wit, learned imagery, and subtle argument. Although this method was by no means new, these men infused new life into English poetry by the freshness and originality of their approach.
The most important metaphysical poets are John Donne, George Herbert, Henry Vaughan, Abraham Cowley, Richard Crashaw, and Andrew Marvell. Their workhas considerably influenced the poetry of the 20th cent.
7、Pride  and  prejudice
Character list:
    Mr. Bennet, Mrs. Bennet
    Jane, Charles Bingley
    Mary, Kitty,
    Elizabeth , Fitzwilliam Darcy 
    Lydia,George Wickham 
    Mr. Collins, Charlotte Lucas
Plot:

8、Heroic couplet(英雄偶句诗)
it is a traditional form for English poetry; it refers to poems constructed from a sequence of rhyming pairs of iambic pentameter(抑扬格五音步) lines.
   O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream
   My great example, as it is my theme
   Though deep yet clear, though gentle yet not dull
   Strong without rage, without o’er flowing full
9、Oliver twist
Plot:

Characters:
Bumble: the parish beadle

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