如题所述
英国文学常考名词解释有以下几个:
1、Allegory (寓言)
A tale in verse or prose in which characters, actions, or settings represent abstract ideas or moral qualities.
寓言,讽喻:一种文学、戏剧或绘画的艺术手法,其中人物和事件代表抽象的观点、原则或支配力。
2、Alliteration (头韵)
Alliteration is the repetition of the same initial consonant sound within a line or a group of words.
头韵:在一组词的开头或重读音节中对相同辅音或不同元音的重复。
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:作者对某些读者熟悉并能够作出反映的特定人物,地点,事件,文学作品的引用。
4、Analogy (类比)
A comparison made between two things to show the similarities between them.
类比:为了在两个事物之间找出差别而进行的比较。
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:叙事文学或戏剧中与男女主人公或英雄相对立的主要人物。
6、Antithesis (对仗)
The balancing of two contrasting ideas, words, or sentences.
对仗:两组相对的思想,言辞,词句的平衡。
7、Aphorism (警句)
A concise, pointed statement expressing a wise or clever observation about life.
警句:蕴含关于人生真理的明智的看法的精练的语句。
8、Aside (旁白)
A piece of dialogue intended for the audience and supposedly not heard by other actors on stage.
旁白:只说给观众而认为不会让台上其他演员听到的一段对话。
9、Apostrophe (呼语)
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.
呼语:直接称呼不在场或虚构的人物或称呼拟人的事物,尤指作为演讲或作文过程中的离题话
10、Assonance (类韵)
The repetition of similar vowel sounds, especially in poetry.
类音,类韵:相同或相似元音的重复,尤其指在诗歌中的重复。