英美文学选读期末名词解释

英国文学复习整理名词解释Dramatic Monologue 戏剧独白a poem delivered in a dramatic manner by a single persona speaker

英国文学复习整理 名词解释 1. Dramatic Monologue 戏剧独白 apoem delivered in adramatic manner by asingle persona speaker who is not identified with the poet usually to achieve an ironical effect. 2. Aestheticism 美学主义(唯美主义) Aestheticism (also the Aesthetic Movement) is an intellectual and art movement supporting the emphasis of aesthetic values more than social-political themes for literature, fine art, music and other arts. 3. The Pygmalion Effect 皮格马利翁效应 The Pygmalion Effect is that people tend to behave as you expect they will. If you expect aperson to take responsibility, they probably will. If you expect them not to even try, they probably won 't. 4. Colonialism 殖民主义 one country's domination of another country or peopleusually 一 achieved through aggressive, often military actions ,and the territory acquired in this manner. 5. Post-colonial theory 后殖民主义理论 is amulticultural theory which mainly studies relations of cultural discourse power between the colonist and the colonized as well as racism ,cultural imperialism national ） （种族主义（文化帝国主义） ，