英美文学复习资料2
I. Choose the right answer. (25 items, 50 points, 2 points for each)
1. Mark Twain, one of the greatest 19th century American writers, is well known for
his_____.
A. international theme
B. waste- land imagery
C. local color
D. symbolism
2. Emily Dickinson’s verse is most aptly characterized as ______.
A. exposing the evils of the society
B. paving the way for the following generation of free verse poets
C. sharing the same poetic conventions as Walt Whitman
D. exhibiting sensitiveness to the symbolic implications of experience, such as
love, death, immortality etc.
3. Which essay of Emerson is regarded as an unofficial manifesto for the
“Transcendental Club”?
A. Self-reliance
B. Nature
C. The American Scholar
D. The Over-soul
4. Samuel Langhorne Clemens is better known by the pen name ______.
A. Mark Twain
B. Henry James
C. William
D. Howells D. Theodore Dreiser
5. Which of the following statements is said about most of the poems in Whitman’s
Leaves of Grass?
A.They identify his ego with the conservative America.
B.They celebrate the self and ignore sexuality.
C.They sing of the “en-masse” and the self as well.
D.They reject the pursuit of love and happiness of individuals.
6. Edgar Allan Poe’s stories are roughly divided into two kinds: those of ________.
A. horror and ratiocination
B. love and nature
C. horror and love
D. love and death
7. All the following are the works by Nathaniel Hawthorne EXCEPT _____.
A .The Marble Faun B. Typee
C. The Scarlet Letter
D. Mosses from an Old Manse
8. Whitman’s poems are characterized by all the following features EXCEPT ____.
A. the strict poetic form
B. the free and natural rhythm
C. the easy flow of feelings
D. the simple and conversational language
9. I n Hawthorne’s novel and short stories, intellectuals usually appear as ________.
A. commentators
B. observers
C. saviors
D. villains
10. William Faukener is the author of ____
A. Far From the Madding Crowd
B. Sound and Fury
C. For Whom the Bell Toll s
D. Scarlet Letter
11. Who is the author of the work "The Grapes of Wrath"?
A. John Steinbeck
B. Eugene O'Neil
C. F. Scott Fitzgerald
D. Theodore Dreiser
12. Which of the following statements can be said about the novel Sister Carrie?
A. Its heroine is a country girl, who strives to gain her material rise in big cities
but soon gets tired of her success.
B. Its heroine is a Southern aristocratic woman, who refuses to come to terms
with the present.
C. It tells about a young sailor, who struggles to reach the upper society but soon
gets disillusioned.
D. The heroine is a young vain girl, who indulges herself in grand parties and
luxurious trips but soon becomes penniless.
13. The Hemingway Code heroes are best remembered for their _____.
A. indestructible spirit B .pessimistic view of life
C. war experiences
D. masculinity
14. After The adventures of Tom Sawyer, Twain gives a literary independence to
Tom's buddy Huck in a book entitled ___.
A. Life on the Mississippi
B. The Gilded Age
C. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
D. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
15. About Washington Irving, Father of American short stories, which of the
following statement is right?
A.Many of his writings focused on American subjects, landscapes, particularly
the legends of the Hudson River region of the fresh young land.
B.His writings preferred the Old World to the New.
C.As a writer, he always exalted a disappearing past.
D.He is well-known for his international theme across the Atlantic.
16.Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Henry James’s writing style?
A. Exquisite and elaborate language
B. Minute detailed description
C. Lengthy psychological analysis
D. American colloquialism
17. Which of the following indicates a permanent convention of American
literature which is evident in both of Cooper’s Leather-stocking Tales and
Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?
A.The desire for an escape from society and a return to nature.
B.The desire to push forward to the west frontier.
C.The self-reliance and independence of the individual.
D.Both A and B.
18.Born of one common cultural heritage, the American Romanticists shared some
common features —, with the English Romanticists.
A.an increasing emphasis on the free expression of emotions
B.an increasing attention to the psychic states of their characters
C.an increasing emphasis on the desire to return to nature
D.both A and B
19. Who wrote The American?
A. Herman Melville
B. Nathaniel Hawthorne
C. Henry James
D. Theodore Dreiser
20. In The Lake Isle of Innisfree, William Butler Y eats expresses his __________.
A. hope to go abroad
B. desire to escape into a “fairyland”.
C. love for common life
D. hatred for war
21. The major concern of ________ fiction lies in the tracing of the psychological
development of his characters and in his energetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature.
A. E. M. Forster’s
B. Thomas Hardy’s
C. D. H. Lawrence’s D. Charles Dickens’
22. Of the following poems by T. S. Eliot, which is hailed as a landmark and a model
of the 20th-century English poetry?
A. Poems 1909- 1925
B. The Hollow Men
C. Prufrock and Other Observations
D. The Waste Land
23. Which of the following is not true about James Joyce?
A. Ulysses has become a prime example of modernism in literature.
B. Joyce is regarded as the most prominent stream-of-consciousness
novelist.
C. Joyce is a realistic writer in English literature history.
D. His novel “A Portrait of the Artist as a Y oung Man”is a naturalistic
account of the hero’s bitter experiences and his final artistic and spiritual
liberation.
24. In Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter”, “A” may stand for_________.
A. Adultery
B. Angel
C. Amiable
D. All of the above
25. The book from which “all modern American literature comes” refers to ________.
A. The Great Gatsby
B. The Sun Also Rises
C. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
D. Moby-Dick
II. Choose the relevant match from column B for each item in column A. (10 points, 1 point each)
Column A Column B
1.Nathaniel Hawthorne A. Hugh Selwyn Mauberley
2.Herman Melville B. The Sketch Book
3. F. Scott Fitzgerald C. The House of the Seven Gables
4.Ernest Hemingway D. A Farewell to Arms
5.Washington Irving E. White Jacket
6.Henry James F. The Great Gatsby
7.William Faulkner G. The Sound and the Fury
8.Jack London H. Jennie Gerhardt
9. Ezra Pound I. Daisy Miller
10. Theodore Dreiser J. White Fang
III. Explain the following literary terms (2 items, 10 points, 5 points for each)
1.Transcendentalism
2.Oedipus Complex
IV. Give brief answers to the following questions. (30 points)
1. Read the following poem, and then answer the questions given.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Question 1 From which poem is the stanza taken? (3 points)
Question 2 Who is the writer? (3 points)
Question 3 What is the theme of the stanza? (4 points)
2. What are the major themes of D.H Lawrence’s novels? (5 points)
3. Give a brief comment on the“tough guys” in Ernest Hemingway’s novels by taking the protagonist in The Old Man and the Sea as an example. (15 points)
。选择正确的答案。（25个项目，50个点，每2分）
1。马克吐温最伟大的19世纪，一个美国作家，是众所周知的his_____。
答：国际主题乙废物土地意象
三地方色彩四象征
2。艾米莉狄金森的诗是最能为______的特点。
答：揭露社会丑恶现象
二铺平了自由诗的诗人以下一代的方式
正因为沃尔特惠特曼共享相同的诗意公约
四参展经验的敏感性，以象征性的意义，例如爱，死亡，永生等，
3。艾默生哪一篇文章是一个非官方的宣言，为把“先验俱乐部”？
答：自力更生乙自然
C的美国学者四，过度的灵魂
4。塞缪尔克莱门斯是兰霍恩更广为人知的笔名______。
答：马克吐温乙亨利詹姆斯
豪厄尔斯正威廉D四德莱塞
5。下列哪些说法是说，大约在惠特曼的草叶集的诗是什么？
答：他们认同的，保守的美国，他的自我。
B.它们庆祝自己和忽略性。
C.他们唱的“恩，集体”和自我以及。
D.他们拒绝了爱和个人幸福的追求。
6。埃德加爱伦坡的故事大致分为两类：对________的。
答：恐怖和推理二爱与性
三爱四恐怖和爱情和死亡
7。以下是所有除_____霍桑的作品。
甲。大理石牧神乙泰彼
C的红字四苔藓从旧芒斯
8。惠特曼的诗是由以下所有功能特点，除了____。
答：严格的诗歌形式
B的自由和自然的节奏
C的感情很容易流
D中的简单会话语言
9。在霍桑的小说和短篇故事，知识分子通常显示为________。
答：评论员乙观察员
三救星四恶棍
10。威廉Faukener是笔者的____
答：远离尘嚣喧哗与骚动乙
三丧钟为谁而鸣四红字
11。谁是该作品的作者“愤怒的葡萄”？
答：约翰斯坦贝克乙尤金奥尼尔
CF卡菲茨杰拉德四德莱塞
12。下列哪项陈述可以说对小说嘉莉妹妹？
答：它的主人公是一个乡下姑娘，她谁努力争取在大城市物料上涨，但很快得到她的成功感到厌烦。
B的女主人公是一个南方贵族女子，谁不来与目前的妥协。
C.它讲述了一个年轻的水手，谁的斗争达到上层社会，但很快得到醒悟。
四，女主人公是一个年轻的虚荣的女孩，谁在大沉溺于政党和豪华旅行，但她很快变得一贫如洗。
13。海明威式英雄的最好怀念他们的_____。
答坚不可摧的精神乙。生命的悲观看法
C.战争经验四阳刚之气
14。经过汤姆历险记，马克吐温给出了一个文学的独立性，汤姆的好友哈克在题为___一书。答：在密西西比河上的生命
二，镀金时代
丙哈克贝利芬历险记芬兰
D.一种在亚瑟王法庭康涅狄格美国佬
15。关于华盛顿欧文，美国短篇小说，下列哪些说法是正确的父亲？
答：他的许多著作集中于美国的主题，山水，尤其是哈得逊河的新鲜年轻的土地，地区的传说。
B.他的著作更喜欢旧世界到新的。
作为一个作家长，他始终高举一个消失的过去。
四，他非常为他的横渡大西洋的国际知名的主题。
16。以下哪一项不是一个亨利詹姆斯的写作风格的典型特征？
答：精美细致的语言详细描述二分钟
三冗长的心理分析D.美国俗语
17。以下哪一项表明美国文学是显而易见的库珀的牛皮放养故事和马克吐温的哈克贝利费恩历险记常任公约？
答：为逃避希望从社会和大自然的回报。
二，希望推进到西部边疆。
C的自力更生和独立的个体。
四A和B
18。一个共同的文化遗产，出生于美国浪漫主义共享一些共同的特点- 与英国浪漫主义。答：对情绪的自由表达越来越重视
二是越来越重视对他们的角色的心理状态
三是对回归自然的愿望越来越重视
四A和B
19。谁写了美国？
答：赫尔曼梅尔维尔乙霍桑
三亨利詹姆斯D德莱塞
20。在因尼斯弗里莱克伊勒，威廉巴特勒叶芝对他的__________。
答：希望出国乙渴望逃避到一个“仙境”。
三爱共同生活D.供战争仇恨
21。________小说的主要关心的是在追查他的人物的心理发展和他对大自然对人类充满活力的资本主义工业化的灾难性影响的批评。
航空电磁福斯特的乙哈代的
鼎晖劳伦斯的四查尔斯狄更斯
22。由TS艾略特，这是一个里程碑，是20世纪英国诗歌模型欢呼以下诗？
答：诗1909年至1925年二，空心男子
三普鲁弗洛克及其他观察四，荒原
23。以下哪一项不是对詹姆斯乔伊斯真的吗？
答：尤利西斯已成为现代主义文学中的典范。
二乔伊斯被认为是最突出的流的意识的小说家。
三乔伊斯是英国文学史上现实的作家。
四他的小说“作为一个年轻的人”艺术家的画像是一个英雄的痛苦经历和他最后的艺术和精神的解放自然帐户。
24。在霍桑的“红字”，“阿”可能立场for_________。
答：通奸乙天使
三阿米亚布勒D.所有上述
25。该书从哪个“一切现代美国文学来”指的是________。
答：了不起的盖茨比乙太阳照样升起
丙哈克贝利芬历险记芬兰四白鲸
二。选择从B列中的每个列的项目甲（10分，1分相关匹配）
A栏B栏
1。答：霍桑休塞尔温莫伯利
2。赫尔曼梅尔维尔二，素描书
3。菲茨杰拉德长的七家山墙
4。海明威四永别了，武器
5。华盛顿欧文大肠杆菌白色外套
6。亨利詹姆斯F了不起的盖茨比
7。福克纳G的喧哗与骚动
8。杰克伦敦阁下珍妮姑娘
9。庞德一黛西米勒
10。德莱塞j的白方
三。下列术语解释文学（2项，10分，5分一个）
1。先验论
2。俄狄浦斯情结
四。对以下问题给予简短的回答。（30分）
1。阅读下面的诗，然后回答给定的问题。
我会告诉叹了一口气本
在很久很久以后：
两条路分叉在树林里，和I -
我选择了一个人迹罕至的，
这使所有的差异。
问题1是从哪个诗节多久？（3分）
问题2谁是作家？（3分）
问题3什么是该节的主题？（4分）
2。什么是劳伦斯小说的主题？（5分）
3。通过采取在给老男人的主角，作为一个例子，在海边的“硬汉海明威的小说”的简短评论。（15分）
英美文学复习资料
英美文学 I. 本期讲过的所有名家名作 II．名词术语: Ode ——in ancient literature, is an elaborate lyrical poem composed for a chorus to chant and to dance to; in modern use, it is a rhymed lyric expressing noble feelings, often addressed to a person or celebrating an event. Alliteration ——It is a form of initial rhyme, or head rhyme. It is the repetition of the same sound or sounds at the beginning of two or more words that are next to or close to each other. e.g. He came on under the clouds, clearly saw at last Rage-inflamed, wreckage-bent, be ripped open Kenning ——a figurative language in order to add beauty to ordinary objects. It is a metaphor usually composed of two words, which becomes the formula for a special object. e.g. Helmet bearer—— warrior Swan road——the sea The world candle—— the sun Repetition &Variation e.g. Grendel / The spoiler / warlike creature / the foe / horrible monster A host of young soldiers / a company of Kinsmen / a whole warrior-band Caesura ——every line consists of two clearly separated half lines between which is a pause, called caesura. e.g. Grendel stalking; God’s brand was on him.
英语专业-英美文学试卷及答案-期末
英语专业-英美文学试卷及答案-期末
英美文学试卷A 共9页第 I. Mark the following statements as true (T) or false (F). (10 x 1’=10’) 1. ( ) Chaucer is the first English short-story teller and the founder of English poetry as well as the founder of English realism. His masterpiece The Canterbury tales contains 26 stories. 2. ( ) English Renaissance is an age of essay and drama. 3. ( ) The rise of the modern novel is closely related to the rise of the middle class and an urban life. 4. ( ) The French Revolution and the American War of Independence were two big influences that brought about the English Romantic Movement. 5. ( ) Charlotte’s novels are all about lonely and neglected young women with a fierce longing for life and love. Her novels are more or less based on her own experience and feelings and the life as she sees around. 6. ( ) The leading figures of the naturalism at the turn of 19th century are Thomas Hardy, John Galsworthy and Bernard Shaw. 7. ( ) Emily Dickinson is remembered as the “All American Writer”. 8. ( )The Civil War divides the American literature into romantic literature and realist literature. 9. ( ) Mark Twain is the first American writer to discover an American language and American consciousness.
却最简洁最重点的英美文学考试重点
一、The Anglo-Saxon period (449-1066) 1、这个时期的文学作品分类：pagan(异教徒) Christian(基督徒) 2、代表作:The Song of Beowulf(national epic民族史诗)metaphor alliteration。 3、Angles, Saxons and Jutes. 二、The Anglo-Norman period (1066-1350) 1、The Roman Conquest: In 1066, the Duke of Normandy William led the Norman army to invade England. The result of this war was William became the king of England. After the conquest, feudal system was established in English society.Chivalry was introduced by the Normans into England. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight头韵 2、传奇ramances：描写骑士的冒险精神和典雅爱情文学。seek adventures , fighting for his lord in battle,humility,honor,sacrifice,brave,honesty,love with women 三、Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400)（反封建、反教会、追求个性自由） 1、the father of English poetry 英国诗歌之父 2、purely English(the London dialect伦敦方言) 3、heroic couplet英雄双韵体
【自考答案】英美文学选读试题
绝密★考试结束前 全国2014年4月高等教育自学考试 英美文学选读试题 课程代码：00604 请考生按规定用笔将所有试题的答案涂、写在答题纸上。全部题目用英文作答。 选择题部分 注意事项： 1．答题前，考生务必将自己的考试课程名称、姓名、准考证号用黑色字迹的签字笔或钢笔填写在答题纸规定的位置上。 2．每小题选出答案后，用2 B铅笔把答题纸上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在试题卷上。 I. Multiple Choice(40 points in all, 1 for each) Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. Mark your choice by blackening the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet. 1. Shakespeare has established his giant position in world literature with his ______ plays, 154 sonnets and 2 long poems.B A. 27 B. 38 C.47 D. 52 2. john Milton’s literary achievement can be divided into three groups: the early poetic works, the middle prose pamphlets and the last ______.C A. romances B. dramas C. great poems D. ballads 3. The novels of ______ are the first literary works devoted to the study of problems of the lower— class people.C A. John Milton B. Daniel Defoe C. Henry Fielding D. Jonathan Swift
英美文学复习资料重点
英美文学复习材料 Geoffrey Chaucer Father/founder of English Poetry Major works: ?The Romaunt of the Rose 《玫瑰传奇》 ?The Parliament of Fowls《百鸟议会》 ?Troilus and Criseyde《特鲁伊罗斯和克里塞德》 ?The Legend of Good Women《好女人传》 ?The Canterbury Tales 《坎特伯雷故事集》 The Canterbury Tales ?The story of a group of thirty people who travel as pilgrims to Canterbury. ? A rich, tapestry (织锦)of medieval social life combining elements of all classes, from nobles to workers, from priests and nuns to drunkards and thieves. London dialect ?The General Prologue consists of character sketches of each member of the group that is going to Canterbury The Canterbury Tales ?Some of the characters ?The Knight :the first story teller ?The Prioress女修道院副院长 ?The Merchant ?The Wife of Bath巴斯妇: the first female figure in British literature ?Poor Priest William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Renaissance ?Meaning: rebirth or revival ?Time: began in the 14th century, end in the 17th century. ?Place: began in Italy, later spread to France, Spain and England. ? A keen interest in the Greek and Latin culture; the art and science of ancient Greece
英美文学欣赏考题整理及答案
Part One：English Poetry 1.William Shakespeare Sonnet 18 ?Why does the poet compare `thee` to a summer?s day? And who could `thee` be? Because summer?s day and thee both represent beauty . thee could be beauty, love. ?What picture have you got of English summer, and could you explain why? Warm, beautiful, sunshine. Because summer is the best season of a year ,the most beautiful season. It is like our May. ?How does the poet answer the question he puts forth in the first line? Thee is more beautiful than summer. ?What makes the poet think that “thou” can be more fair than summer and immortal? Because humanism is more eternal than summer and immortal. ?What figures of speech are used in this poem? Simile, metaphor, personification, oxymoron and so on . ?What is the theme of the poem? Love conquers all, Beauty lives on. 2. Thomas Nashe Spring ?Read the poem carefully, pay attention to those image- bearing words, and see how many images the poet created in the poem and what sense impressions you can get from those images. There is “Blooms each thing, maids dance in a ring, the pretty birds do sing, the palm and may make country houses gay, Lambs frisk' and play, the shepherds pipe all day, And we hear aye birds tune this merry lay, The fields breathe sweet, the daisies kiss our feet, Young lovers meet, old wives a-sunning sit, In every street these tunes bur ears do greet!” The “Young lovers meet, old wives a-sunning sit，”impressions me most because of the harmony of the people?s relationship. ?Can you point out and explain the sound and their musical effect in the poem? In the Poem, each section has four lines, each line has ten syllables ( five tone step ) . In order to give the reader a spring breeze , streams , flowers , winding , Song Xin texture of sound and light flavor, Naixi greater uses English word S , z , f , V , R , L , and θconsonants means. In Naixi's poem, the use of phonological is also very harmonious, very smooth , very mellow. Section I of the poetry has Three pairs [ ing ] , section II of the poem has three pairs [ ei ] and the third quarter has three pairs [ i : ]. 3.John Donne A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning ?What is a “valediction” any way? Is the speaker in the poem about to die? Why does the speaker forbid mourning? No, it is about the lover s?separation. As the poem metaphors, the poet believed he and his wife?s love is sacred, he didn?t hope they cry when separation comes, let their love be stained by the ordinary and mundane.
英美文学史及作品选读 复习题
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Comment on Walden In 1845, Thoreau decided to conduct an experiment of self-sufficiency by building his own house on the shores of Walden Pond and living off the food he grew on his farm. He sought to reduce his physical needs to a minimum, in order to free himself for study, thought, and observation of nature, himself. Walden can be many things and can be read on more than one level. But it is, first and foremost, a book about man, what he is, and what he should be and must be. Considered one of the all-time great books, Walden is a record of Thoreau's two year experiment of living at Walden Pond. The writer's chief emphasis is on the simplifications and enjoyment of life now. It is regarded as 1. a nature book.2. a do-it-yourself guide to simple life. 3. a satirical criticism of modern life and living. 4. a belletristic achievement 5. a spiritual book. The Scarlet Letter Symbolic meaning of the letter “A” :1.The scarlet letter “A” is the central symbol of the novel. At the beginning it symbolized the sin of Hester—“adultery”, 2.then gradually when Hester became accepted by the community, it stands for Hester’s intelligence and diligence—“able”. 3.At the end of the novel the symbol has evolved to represent the high virtues of Hester Prynne—“angel”. Comments on The Scarlet Letter:1.The theme of the story should be the moral, emotional and psychological effects of the sin on people. 2.Scarlet Letter is a cultural allegory, in which the author indirectly tells the future of Puritanism.3.Scarlet Letter is a sample in which American Romanticism adapted itself to American Puritanism.(Because of the strong influence of Puritanism in American society, Hawthorne only expressed his ideas on the sin indirectly by employing symbolism.) Symbolism in the novel Moby Dick A. the voyage itself is a metaphor for “search and discovery, the search for the ultimate truth of experience.” B. the Pequod is the ship of the American soul and consciousness. C. Moby Dick is a symbol of evil to some, of goodness to others, and of both to still others. D. The whiteness of Moby Dick is a paradoxical color, signifying death and corruption as well as purity, innocence and youth; it represents the final mystery of the universe. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Setting: unpopulated wildness an a dense forest along Mississippi River Characters:1.Ignorant uneducated black slave Jim2.Uneducated outcast white boy Huck Finn。Theme: Huck’s inner waving struggle between what he was taught and what he thought out of good-heart and humanity.Its Features：1.Profound portrait of Huckleberry Finn 2.Magic power with language, the use of vernacular. 3. Humor In a Station of the Metro1 by Ezra Pound The apparition of these faces in the crowd: Petals on a wet, black bough. Note: 1。a Paris subway station Analysis of this poem The poem’s form is similar to Japanese haiku, with considering its title as a verse-line. The word “apparition” has double meaning:1. “appearance”, something which can be clearly observed;2. something which seems real but perhaps is not real; something ghostly which cannot be clearly observed. Petals may refer to the faces in the crowd, while bough may refer to the railway in the Metro.
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