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1。Humanism:Itisthetermgenerallyappliedtothepredominantsocialphilosophyaualandliterarytsoftheperiodfrom1400to1650。Thereturntofavorofthepaganclassicsstimulatedthephilosophyofsecularism,theappreofworldlypleasures,aeheassertionofpersonalindependendividualexpression。Almosteverywhere,humanismbeganasaratherpious,timid,aivedriftawayfrommedievalityandendedinboldindependeradition。InEngland,Joh(c。1467-1519)andSirThomasMore(1478-1535)wereearlyorservativehumanists,whileFran(1561-1626)represeernostidskeptiism。
2。syphogrant:ItisatermihomasMoreasthetitlefistrateofalowerrankinhisUtopia,whoiseverythirtyhouseholdseachyear。
3。AldousHuxley(1894-1963):HewasanEnglishwriterahemostpromihefamousHuxleyfamily。BestknownforhisnovelsingBraveNewWorldandawide-rangingoutputofessays。HuxleyalsoeditedthemagazineOxfordPoetry,andpublishedshortstories,poetry,travelwriting,filmstoriesandscripts。HuxleyspeerpartofhislifeiedStates,livinginLosAngelesfrom1937untilhisdeath。AldousHuxleyadsatirist,aerlyiedinspiritualsubjectssuchasparapsydphilosophicalmysticism。Heisalsowellknownforadvodtakingpsychedelics。BytheendofhislifeHuxleywaswidelyreizedtobeohepre-emiualsofhistimeaedasanimportantreseartovisualunidsight-relatedtheoriesaswell。
4。Bokanovsky’sProcess:Huxley’sphrase。Amethmaicaleggsfromasiisthebasisfidentibeings。
5。Alpha,Beta,Gamma,Delta,Epsilohehecastesofthedystopia。TheyarethefirstfivelettersoftheGreekalphabet,usedmostonlyinBritishsduiesasgrades,equivalenttoA,B,dE。
6。WilliamButlerYeats(1865-1939):Heoetandplaywright,ahefuresof20thturyliterature。ApillarofboththeIrishandBritishliteraryestablishmeswasadriviheIrishLiteraryRevival。In1923hewasawardedtheNobelPrizeiureasthefirstIrishmansohonouredforwhattheeedescribedas“iry,whiahighlyartistigivesexpressioofawholenatioworksiower(1928)andTheWindingStairandOtherPoems(1929)。YeatswasaverygoodfriendofIndianBeeRabindranathTagore。
7。Iambitameter:Itisaorieintraditionalverseahetermdescribestheparticularrhythmthatthewordsestablishinthatlirhythmismeasuredinsmallgroupsofsyllables;thesesmallgroupsofsyllablesarecalled“feet”。Theword“iambic”describesthetypeoffootthatisused(inEnglish,anunstressedsyllablefollowedbyastressedsyllable)。Theword“peesthatalinehasfiveofthese“feet”。
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1。LostHorizon(1933):ThisisaenbyEnglishwriterJamesHilto
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2。Theis(1627):Thisisautopianwork,writtenbyFran。Init,BaesaewhiinatedbystistsandguidedbysBaewAtlantis,squersddetermihuscreatsaregimeperma。Bensalem,meason”inHebrew,hasshuuime,viddesalemseemstobiheblessednessofJerusalemandthepleasuresandcesofBabylon。
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1。LordoftheFlies(1990):ThisisahrillerfilmadaptedfromtheovelLordoftheFlieswrittenbyWilliamGolding。Itistheseadaptatiohefirstbeingthe1963filmLordoftheFlies。AswithGolding’sbook,thepessimisticthemeofthefilmisthatfear,hateandvioleinthehuman—evenwheareplaseeminglyidyllicisolation。
2。SevenDaysinUtopia(2011):ThisreligiousdramasportfilmstarriDuvallandLucasBlack,isbasedonthebookGolf’sSaeybyDr。DavidLamarCook,apsychologistwhoreceivedaPh。D。inSportandPerformancePsyoviefollowsthestoryofLuke(LucasBlack),atalentedyouonmakiour。
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