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1、中国文学作品英译名中国文学作品英译名词典A【阿正传】The True Story of A Q【哀歌】elegy【哀江南赋】Lament for the South【爱情喜剧】romantic comedy【八股】eight-part essay ( a literary composition prescribed for the imperial civil service examinations, knows for it rigidity of form and poverty of ideas )【白话诗】free verse written in vernacular【白话文】w

2、ritings in vernacular【白话文学史】History of Vernacular Literature【白描】simple, straightforward style of writing【白香词谱笺】A Collection of Tunes of Ci Poems【百花齐放，推陈出新】Let a hundred flowers blossom, weed through the old to bring forth the new 【百花齐放，百家争鸣】Let a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thou

3、ght contend【报告文学】reportage【暴风骤雨】The Hurricane【暴露文学】literature of exposure【悲剧性缺陷】tragic flaw【笔记小说】literary sketches; sketch-book【边塞诗】frontier-style poetry【扁平人物】flat character【变文】bianwen (form of narrative literature flourshing in the Tang Dynasty, with alternate prose and rhymed parts for recitation

4、and singing, often on Buddhistic themes )【表现手法】technique of expression【柏拉图式恋爱】Platonic love【才子佳人】gifted scholar and beautiful woman ( a term usually used to refer to ideal lovers in Chinese romance )【采莲赋】Lotus Gathering【蔡文姬】Cai Wenji【沧浪诗话】Cang Langs Notes on Poets and Poetry【茶馆】Teahouse【长短句】a kind o

5、f classical poetry consisting chiefly of seven-character lines interspersed with shorter or longer ones【长干行】The Traders Wife【长恨歌】Song of Enduring Sorrow；A Song of Everlasting Sorrow【长生殿】Palace of Eternal Youth; The Longevity Hall【畅销书】best-seller【衬托】to make.stand out in high relief【衬字】extra word inse

6、rted in a line of verse for balance or euphony【赤壁赋】Song of the Red Cliff【出师表】Memorial on Sending Out the Troops【初学记】The Primary Anthology【楚辞】Chuci; Elegies of Chu; Songs of Chu【传奇】legend; short stories of the Tangand Song dynasties【传奇小说】romantic novel 【创业史】The Builders【创造社】Creation Society【创作思想】idea

7、s guiding creation in literature and art【创作源泉】fountain-headofliteraryand artistic creation 【春蚕】Spring Silkworms【春灯谜】Spring Latern Riddles【春风沉醉的晚上】intoxicating Spring Nights【春江花月夜】Spring, the River, Flowers, the Moon: night；The River On a Spring Night【春柳社】Spring Willow Society【春秋】The Spring and Autum

8、n Annals【纯文学】balles-letters 【辍耕录】Talks in the Intervals of Ploughing【词】ci poetry (written to certain tunes with strict tonal pattens and rhyme schemes, in fixed numbers of lines and words originating in the Tang Dynasty and fully developed in the Song Dynasty )【词调】tonal patterns and rhyme schemes of

9、 ci poetry【词牌】tune; names of tunes of ci poems【词谱】A Collection of Tunes of Ci Poems【词曲】general term for ci and qu【词源】The Origin of the Ci Poetry【词韵】rhyme of ci poems【打油诗】doggerel; ragged verse【大场剧场】public theaters【大风歌】Song of the Great Wind【大墙文学】prison literature【大学】The Great Learning 【大众化】popular;

10、in a popular style【当代】Contemporary Literature【道德经】The Scripture of Ethics; The Way and Its Power【道德含义】moral meaning【倒叙】flashback【地方出版物】samizdat【地方色彩】local colour【地方小说】regional novel【典型环境】typical environment【典型人物】typical person【典型形象】typical image【典型性】typicality【典型性格】model personalities【电影理论】film theo

11、ry【叠句】reiterative sentence【叠韵】two or more characters with the same vowel formation【叠字】reiterative locution【动物寓言故事】beast fable【窦娥冤】The Injustice Done to Dou E【读者反应批评】reader-response criticism【对联】couplet written on scrolls【多重含义】multiple meaning【俄国形式主义】Russian Formalism【儿女英雄传】The Story of the Hero and

12、The Sisters; Two Sisters Marry the Same Man【儿童文学】childrens literature【儿童文学研究】The Study on Childrens Literature【而已集】And Thats that【尔雅】Literary Expositor【二刻拍案惊奇】The Second Collection of Striking the Table in Amazement at the Wonders【二十年目睹之怪现状】Odd Things Witnessed Over Twenty Years; Having Seen Strange

13、 Present Conditions for Twenty Years【二十四诗品】The Twenty-Four Moods of Poetry【二十四史】the Twenty-Four Histories (dynastic histories from remote antiquity till the Ming Dynasty)【二为方向】literature and art following the two directions of being for serving the people and for serving socialism【二心集Two Hearts【反面人物

14、】negative character【反现实主义小说】antirealistic novel【反映现代生活】to reflect present-day life【反映现实生活】to reflect real life【飞燕外传】The Private Life of Lady Swallow【非传统英雄式的主人公】anti-hero【非理性主义】irrationalism【非虚构小说】nonfiction novel【非正式出版物】underground literature【肥皂剧】soap opera【风骨】strength of character; vigour of style【

15、风景诗】topographical poetry【风骚】literary excellence; coquettish【凤凰涅磐】The Nirvana of the Phoenix【封神演义】Canonization of the Gods; Gods and Heroes; Investiture of the Gods【讽刺喜剧】satirical comedy【讽刺作品】satire【丰富的表现能力】rich expressive power【枫桥夜泊】To Moor at Night at the Maple Bridge【芙蓉镇】A Small Town Called Hibisc

16、us【腐蚀】Decay【赋】fu;descriptive prose interspersed with verse; prose-poetry【复仇悲剧】revenge tragedy【浮生六记】Six Chapters of a Floating Life【干预生活】interventing in life【感伤小说】senimental novel【高大全】tall, big, and perfect ( the nonexistent divorced-from-realistic-life, heroic figures fabricated in certain literary

17、and art works along the Gang-of-Fours theory of literature and art during the Cultural Revolution【格律诗】regulated verse【革命的政治内容和尽可能完美的艺术形式的统一】unity of revolutionary political content and highest possible perfection of artistic form【革命斗争小说】novels and novelettes on revolutionary struggle【革命文学】revolution

18、ary literature【革命戏剧】revolutionary drama 【革命现实主义】revolutionary realism【革命现实主义和革命浪漫主义相结合】combining revolutionary realism with revolutionary romanticism【革命样板戏】revolutionary model theater【歌颂工农兵英雄】enlogizing worker, peasent and soldier heroes【歌颂光明】enlogizing what is bright【歌行】a poem that can be set to mu

19、sic and song【隔帘花影】Flower Shadows on the Screen 【工人文学】arbeiter literature【功利主义艺术观】vtilitarianism of art【宫体诗】palace-style poetry【宫廷作家】courtly makers【古代文学】ancient literature【古典悲剧】classical tragedy【古典文学】classical literature 【古今谭概】A Chat about the Present and the Past【古今小说】The Ancient and Modern Stories【

20、古今之争】quarrel at the ancients and moderns【古诗源】The Wellsprings of Old Poems【古体诗】gutishi; ancient style poetry ( a form of pre-Tang poetry, usu. having five or seven characters to each line, without strict tonal patterns or rhyme schemes【古为今用，洋为中用】make the past serve the present and foreign things serv

21、e China【古文】1. prose written in the classical literary style2. ancient Chinese prose3. Chinese script before the Qin Dynasty【古文观止】The Finest of Ancient Prose【古文运动】Ancient-Style Prose Movement【古小说钩沉】Ancient Stories Salvaged 【故事新编】Old Tales Retold; Old Stories Retold【故事中的故事】story whthin a story【官场现形记】R

22、evealing Original Shape in Officialdom; Bureaucrats Shown Up【管锥编】The Pipe and Awl Collection; Perspectives on Literature【归去来辞】On Returning Home; The Return【闺怨诗】boudoir-plaint poetry【国粹】quintessence of the Chinese culture【国殇】The Ode to the Fallen【国语】Guoyu; Conversations from the States; Discourse on

23、the States【海上花列传】Lives of Shanghai Singsong Girls【海外奇谈】tall tale【汉宫秋】Sorrow in the Han Palace【汉书】The History of the Han Dynasty; Book of Han;Chronicles of the Han Dynasty【好逑传】The Fortunate Union【合声】improptu verse【荷花淀】Lotus Creek【荷花淀派】Lotus Lake School【黑色幽默】black humour【红高梁】Red Sorghum【红楼梦】A Dream of

24、 Red Mansion; Dream of the Red Chamber【红学】redology【呼兰河传】The History of Hulan River【胡笳十八拍】Barbarian Reed-Whistle Song in Eighteen Stanzas;Eighteen Verses Sung to a Barbarian Whistle【华盖集】Bad Luck【花边文学】Fringed Literature【滑稽讽刺作家】burlesque【红旗谱】Keep the Red Flag Flying【红岩】Red Crag【后现代主义】post modernism【厚今薄

25、古】paying more attention to the present than to the past【话本】script for story-telling; text of a story【话本小说】story-tellers scripts【话剧】modern drama【淮南子】Writings of Prince Huainan【幻灭】Disillusion【黄河东流去】The Yellow River Flows East【黄鹤楼送孟浩然至广陵】Seeing Meng Haoran off to Yangzhou from Yellow Crane Tower【荒唐故事】c

26、ock-and-bull story【回忆录】reminiscences【活报剧】skit; street performance【激流三部曲 】The Torrent Trilogy【及时行乐】carpe diem【家】The Family【家庭悲剧】domestic tragedy【加强艺术感染力】to intensity the impact of the art【翦灯新话】New Stories Written While Trimming the Wick【建安七子】seven leading writers during the Jian An Period at the end

27、of the Han Dynasty ( Kong Rong, Chen Lin, Wang Can, Xu Gan, Ruan Yu, Ying Yang, and Liu Zhen )【建国后文学】literature after founding of the P.R.C【间谍小说】spy novel【教诲文学】didatic literature【结构谨严】(with) a tightly-knit structure(plot)【结构主义批评】structuralism Criticism【接受美学】reception-aesthetic 【今古奇观】Wonders of the P

28、resent and the Past【金光大道】The Bright Road【金瓶梅】The Golden Lotus; Gold Plum Vase; The Plum in the Golden Vase【锦瑟】The Richly Painted Zither【近代文学】modern literature 【近体诗】modern style poetry ( a refernce to innovations in classical poetry during the Tang Dynasty, marked by strict tonal patterns and rhyme s

29、chemes )【京本通俗小说】Popular Stories from Capital Editions【经济建设小说】novels and novelettes on economic construction【警世通言】Convincing Arguments Warning the World; Comprehensive Words to Admonish the World【镜花缘】Romance of the Mirrored Flowers【精神分析学文艺批评】psychoanalysis criticism【精神生活】spiritual life【静夜思】In the Qui

30、et Night【九歌】Nine Odes; None Songs【九尾龟】None-Tailed Tortoise【九章】The nine Elegies; The Nine Songs【旧诗】old-style poetry; classical poetry【旧文四篇】Four Essays of Yesterday【救风尘】The Rescue of a Courtesan【救世主形象】christ figure【俱象诗】concrete poetry【绝句】jueju, poem of four lines, each containing five or seven characters, with a strict tonal pattern and rhyme scheme【绝妙好词】Excellent Lyrics【军事小说】military novels and novelettes【客观对应物】objective correlative【客观批评】objective criticism【科学幻想小说】science fiction; fantasic fiction【孔雀东南飞】Southeast Fly the Peacocks【口头流传】oral transim