英美文学常考名词解释（5）

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　　81. Oxymoron (矛盾修饰法)

　　A rhetorical figure in which combines or contradictory terms are combined, as in a deafening silence and a mournful optimist.

　　矛盾修饰法：一种把互相矛盾或不调和的词合在一起的修辞手法，如在"震耳欲聋的沉默"和"悲伤的乐观"

　　82. Paradox (似非而是)

　　A statement that reveals a kind of truth, although it seems at first to be self-contradictory and untrue.

　　似非而是:一种在字面上看起来自相矛盾，却体现着一定的真理的说法。

　　83. Parallelism (并行)

　　The use of phrases, clauses, or sentences that are similar or complementary in structure or in meaning.

　　并行：结构或意义相近的词汇，子句，句子的并用。

　　84.Parody (模仿诗文)

　　A humorous imitation of a work of art for comic effect or ridicule.

　　模仿诗文：一种为取得喜剧或嘲讽效果，而对某一艺术作品进行的滑稽模仿。

　　85. Pastoral (田园诗)

　　A kind of poem, that deals in an idealized way with shepherds and rustic life.

　　田园诗：一种用理想的手法来体现牧羊人的乡村生活的诗歌。

　　86. Pathos (悲怅)

　　The quality in a work of literature or art that arouses the reader‘s feelings of pity, sorrow, or compassion for a character.

　　悲怅：文学艺术作品的一种引发读者怜悯，同情或伤感的特质。

　　87. Personification (拟人)

　　A figure of speech in which inanimate objects or abstractions are endowed with human qualities or are represented as possessing human form.

　　拟人：给无生命的东西或者抽象的东西赋予人的个性或绘以人的形象.

　　88. Plot (情节)

　　The plan of events or main story in a novel, narrative or drama.

　　情节：在小说，故事,或戏剧中事件的概要或主要故事.

　　89. Point of view (视角)

　　A point from which an author presents a story.

　　视角：作者阐述故事的角度。

　　90. protagonist (主角)

　　The main character in a drama or other literary work.

　　主角：戏剧或其他文学作品中的主要人物.

　　91. Psalm (赞美诗)

　　A song or lyric poem in praise of God.

　　赞美诗：用来颂扬上帝的诗歌或抒情诗。

　　92. Pun (双关语)

　　The use of a word or phrase to suggest two or more meanings at the same time.

　　双关语：用一个词来同时表示两个内涵。

　　93. Quatrain (四行诗)

　　A stanza or poem of four lines.

　　94. Realism (现实主义)

　　The representation in art or literature of objects, actions, or social conditions as they actually are, without idealization or presentation in abstract form.

　　现实主义：在艺术或文学中将事物，行为或社会状况按其起初情况进行的表现，而不用模糊的形式来表现或理想化

　　95. Refrain (副句)

　　A phrase, verse, or group of verses repeated at intervals throughout a song or poem, especially at the end of each stanza.

　　副句，副歌：一个短语、一句诗或一组诗句在一首歌或诗中每隔一段重复一次， 尤其在每个诗节的结尾处

　　96. Rhyme (压韵)

　　The repetition of sounds in two or more words or phrases that appear close to each other in a poem.

　　压韵：音在两个或两个以上的词汇或短语中的重复。

　　97. Rhythm (格律)

　　The arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables into a pattern.

　　重读音节和非重读音节的固定排列模式。

　　98. Romance (传奇故事)

　　An imaginative literature that is set in an idealized world and that deals with heroic adventures and battles between good and devil.

　　传奇故事：设定在想象世界中的以英雄冒险和善恶之间的斗争为题材的文学作品。

　　99. Romanticism (浪漫主义)

　　An artistic and intellectual movement originating in Europe in the late 18th century which emphasis on the individual‘s expression of emotion and imagination, departure from the attitudes and forms of classicism.

　　浪漫主义：起源于18世纪末期欧洲的一种注重个人情感和想象力的表达的艺术和知识上的运动，它与古典主义的观点和形式相悖.

　　100. Satire (讽刺文)

　　A kind of writing that holds up to ridicule or contempt the weakness and wrongdoings of individuals, institutions or humanity in general.

　　讽刺：一种讽刺个人，习俗或人性中的缺点或错误的文体。

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