In literature, repetition is a collective term for many types of repetitive use of language. Some forms of repetition are so close that one is often mistakenly identified as the other. Examples of this are chiasmus and antimetabole. You may be surprised to find out that the various forms of ...
The classic oxymoron “wise fool” is almost a literal translation of the term from the Greek –oxysmeans “sharp” or “keen,” andmorosmeans “foolish.” A famous oxymoron in literature is John Milton’s description of Hell inParadise Lost: A dungeon horrible, on all sides round As one...
1. Literature of the absurd: (荒诞派文学) The term is applied to a number of works in drama and prose fiction which have in common the sense that the human condition is essentially absurd, and that this condition can be adequately represented only in works of literature that are themselves...
(爱略特)Eliot: The Metaphysical Poets Johnson, who employed the term “metaphysical poets,” apparently having Donne, Cleveland, and Cowley chiefly in mind, remarks of them that “the most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence together.”( “将杂七杂八的思想硬拉一处,全凭蛮力”。) The ...
37. Epiphany:(顿悟)In the early draft of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, James Joyce employed this term to signify a sudden sense of radiance and revelation that one may feel while perceiving a commonplace object. “Epiphany” now has become the standard term for the description,...
Alliterationis the repetition of a speech sound in a sequence of nearby words. The term is usually applied only to consonants, and only when the recurrent sound begins a word or a stressed syllable within a word. Phrases like “sense and sensibility”, “friend and foe”, “practice makes ...
20. Tone, a very vague critical term usually designating the mood or atmosphere of a work, although in some more restricted uses it refers to the author’s attitude to the reader (e.g. formal, intimate, pompous) or to the subject-matter (e.g. ironic, light, solemn, satiric, sentimenta...
1. Satire is a bit unusual as a literary term because it can be used to describe both a literary device and the specific genre of literature that makes use of the device. 1. 讽刺作为一个文学术语有些特别,因为它既可以用于描述一种文学手法,也可以用于描述利用该手法的特定文学体裁。
Literary Term Definition Epicis a long verse narrative on a serious subject , told in a formal and elevated style, and centered on a heroic or quasi-divine figure whose actions depends on the fate of a tribe, a nation or the human race. Iambic pentameteris the most common English meter,...
Repetition Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis Alliteration Repetition of initial consonant sounds Allusion A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art Parallelism similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrase...