英美文學(xué)?？济~解釋（1）

　　【摘要】英美文學(xué)考試中，名詞解釋是一種?？嫉念}型。在此為大家整理了一些解釋，希望可以給你的復(fù)習(xí)帶來便利！

　　1.Allegory (寓言)

　　A tale in verse or prose in which characters, actions, or settings represent abstract ideas or moral qualities.

　　寓言，諷喻：一種文學(xué)、戲劇或繪畫的藝術(shù)手法，其中人物和事件代表抽象的觀點(diǎn)、原則或支配力。

　　2.Alliteration (頭韻)

　　Alliteration is the repetition of the same initial consonant sound within a line or a group of words.

　　頭韻：在一組詞的開頭或重讀音節(jié)中對相同輔音或不同元音的重復(fù)。

　　3.Allusion (典故)

　　A reference to a person, a place, an event, or a literary work that a writer expects the reader to recognize and respond to.

　　典故：作者對某些讀者熟悉并能夠作出反映的特定人物，地點(diǎn)，事件，文學(xué)作品的引用。

　　4.Analogy (類比)

　　A comparison made between two things to show the similarities between them.

　　類比：為了在兩個(gè)事物之間找出差別而進(jìn)行的比較。

　　5. Antagonist (反面主角)

　　The principal character in opposition to the protagonist or hero or heroine of a narrative or drama.

　　反面主角：敘事文學(xué)或戲劇中與男女主人公或英雄相對立的主要人物。

　　6. Antithesis (對仗)

　　The balancing of two contrasting ideas, words, or sentences.

　　對仗：兩組相對的思想，言辭，詞句的平衡。

　　7. Aphorism (警句)

　　A concise, pointed statement expressing a wise or clever observation about life.

　　警句：蘊(yùn)含關(guān)于人生真理的明智的看法的精練的語句。

　　8. Aside (旁白)

　　A piece of dialogue intended for the audience and supposedly not heard by other actors on stage.

　　旁白：只說給觀眾而認(rèn)為不會(huì)讓臺(tái)上其他演員聽到的一段對話。

　　9.Apostrophe (呼語)

　　The direct address of an absent or imaginary person or of a personified abstraction, especially as a digression in the course of a speech or composition.

　　呼語：直接稱呼不在場或虛構(gòu)的人物或稱呼擬人的事物，尤指作為演講或作文過程中的離題話。

　　10.Assonance (類韻)

　　The repetition of similar vowel sounds, especially in poetry.

　　類音，類韻：相同或相似元音的重復(fù)，尤其指在詩歌中的重復(fù)。

　　11.Atmosphere (氛圍)

　　The prevailing mood or feeling of a literary work.

　　12. Autobiography (自傳)

　　A person‘s account of his or her own life.

　　13. Ballad (民謠)

　　A narrative poem, often of folk origin and intended to be sung.

　　14. Ballad Stanza (民謠詩節(jié))

　　A type of four-line stanza, the first and the third lines have four stressed words or syllables; the second and fourth lines have three stresses.

　　15. Biography (傳記)

　　A detailed account of a person‘s life written by another person.

　　傳記：由他人篆寫的關(guān)于某人生平的詳細(xì)記錄。

　　16.Blank Verse (無韻體詩)

　　Verse written in unrhymed iambic pentameter.

　　17. Caesura (休止)

　　A break or pause in a line of poetry.

　　18. Canto (章)

　　One of the principal divisions of a long poem.

　　詩章：一首長詩的主要部分之一。

　　19. Caricature (夸張諷刺)

　　The use of exaggeration or distortion to make a figure appear comic or ridiculous.

　　夸張諷刺：為了使文中的人物顯得可笑而使用的夸張或扭曲人物形象的手法。

　　20. Characterization (人物刻畫)

　　The means by which a writer reveals the personality of a character.

　　人物刻畫：作者表現(xiàn)作品中人物性格的方法。

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