3.文学体裁
3.1 Mock epic
(1)解题思路
① 特点:模仿史诗、英雄诗
以史诗的精妙和隆重风格描写平凡事物或者琐碎题材
② 作家作品:亚历山大·蒲柏 《夺发记》
(2) 答案:
A mock epic or mock-heroic poem is that type of parody which imitates, in a sustained way, both the elaborate form and the ceremonious style of the epic genre, but applies it to narrate a commonplace or trivial subject matter. In a masterpiece of this type, The Rape of the Lock (1714), Alexander Pope views through the grandiose epic perspective a quarrel between the belles and elegants of his day over the theft of a lady’s curl.
3.2 Myth
(1)解题思路
内容:神话故事中的一个故事
故事内容包括神仙,宗教仪式
解释神秘世界
(2)答案:In its central modern significance, however, a myth is one story in a mythology—a system of hereditary stories of ancient origin which were once believed to be true by a particular cultural group, and which served to explain (in terms of the intentions and actions of deities and other supernatural beings) why the world is as it is and things happen as they do, to provide a rationale for social customs and observances, and to establish the sanctions for the rules by which people conduct their lives. Myth often is about immortals and sometimes connected with religious rituals, that is intended to give meaning to the mysteries of the world.