英美文学2

一、选择题16*1’=16’

主要考察：作品、作家、流派、风格

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1、E mily Bronte wrote only one novel entitled ____D____

A、Jane Eyre

B、Agnes Grey

C、Emma

D、Wuthering Heights

2、S ome critics think that some of Byron’s poems show his ____D____

A、hatred for the imperialism

B、love of nature and optimism

C、love of old writers

D、individual heroism and pessimism

3、____B____ is described as a typical English middle-class man of the eighteenth century,

the very prototype of the empire builder, the pioneer colonist.

A、Moll Flanders

B、Robinson Crusoe

C、Gulliver

D、Tom Jones

4、T he Houyhnhnms depicted by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver’s Travels are ____C____

A、giants that are superior in wisdom

B、pigmies that are endowed with admirable qualities

C、horses that are endowed with reason

D、hairy, wild, low and despicable creatures, who resemble human beings not only in

appearance but also in some other ways.

乔纳森.斯威夫特，他笔下的慧骃国（Houyhnhnms）是一个马统治人（yahoos）的国度，慧骃（马）是一种高智能生物，跟史波克一样讲秩序、自制，没有贪憎痴等太多人的劣根。

5、I n his poems, Walt Whitman is innovative in the terms of the form of his poetry, which

is called “_________A____________”

A、free verse

B、blank verse

C、alliteration

D、end rhyming

6、A s a great innovator in American literature, Walt Whitman wrote his poetry in an

unconventional style which is now called free verse, that is ____B____

A、lyrical poetry with chanting refrains

B、poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme

C、poetry without rhymes at the end of the lines but with a fixed beat

D、poetry in an irregular metric form and expressing noble feelings

7、I n his poetry, Robert Frost made the colloquial ___B_____ speech into a poetic

expression

A、England

B、New England

C、Plymouth

D、Boston

8、W hich of the following is depicted as the mythical county in William Faulkner’s novels?

___D_____

A、C ambridge

B、Oxford

C、Mississippi

D、Yoknapatawpha

Yoknapatawpha County是一个美国作家WilliamFaulkner小说中虚构的县（县级行政单位）。Faulkner 的虚构县的原型是美国密西西比州的拉法叶县和牛津县。Yoknapatawpha读作“约克纳帕塌法”。

来自chicksaw语（一种美国土著语言），意思是“分开的陆地”，Faulkner说这个词的意思是“谁缓缓流过的平地”。

9、P ride and Prejudice’s first title is ___A_____

A、F irst Impression

B、A Book Without A Hero

C、The Newcomes

D、Persuasion

10、Yeats’s fame rests chiefly on his ____C____, using a lot of symbols.

A、novels

B、dramas

C、poetry

D、prose

11、American writers after World War I self-consciously acknowledged that they were “____A____”, devoid of faith and alienated form the Westtern civilization.

A、Lost Generation

B、Beat Generation

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1.William Shakespeare 威廉.莎士比亚

Sonnets 十四行诗

课后习题：

Q1:How does the poet answer the question he puts forth in the first line? (Page 14) (诗人怎样回答在第一行提出的问题)

In lines 2 and 3, the speaker explains what mainly separates the young woman from the summer's day: she is "more lovely and more temperate." The final portion of the sonnet tells how the beloved differs from the summer in various aspects. Her beauty will be one that lasts forever, "Thy eternal summer shall not fade." , and never end or die. （在2和3行，诗人解释了主要是从什么方面区分夏天和年轻女子：她是“更可爱，更温婉。”十四行诗的最后一部分讲述了心爱的人不同于各方面的夏天。她的美丽将是一个永恒，“你永恒的夏天不会褪色。”，和永远不会结束或死亡。）

Q2:What makes the poet think that “thou” can be more beautiful than summer and immortal?(是什么让诗人认为“你”可以比夏季和不朽的更漂亮？)

In this poem, the poet makes “thou” more beautiful than summer and immortal because of his

beautiful lines. So in this case, “thou” in the poem can be regarded as female beca use love can beauty eternal. Or “thou” can be referred to male, for friendship can make beauty everlasting. Even “thou” can be abstract “love” or “beauty” which will become eternal in the wonderful poem. However, summer's day can not long .(在这首诗中，诗人让”你“不是因为他的线条优美的夏季和不朽更加美丽。因此，在这种情况下，“你”在诗中可以视为女性，因为爱能永恒的美。或“你”可以是指以男性，为了友谊可以让美永恒。即使是“你”可以是抽象的“爱”或“美女”，这将在美妙的诗句成为永恒。但是，夏天不能长久)

2.George Gordon Byron乔治.戈登.拜伦

(G.G.Byron’s chief contribution: “Byronic hero”: Such a hero is a proud, mysterious rebel figure of noble origin. Passionate and powerful, he is right all the wrongs in a corrupt society, and he would fight single – handedly against all the misdoings, political, religious and moral. Thus his figure is a rebellious individual against outworn social systems and conventions.)

Song for the Luddites为卢得派歌唱

Don Juan唐璜

When a Man Hath No Freedom to Fight for at Home 当男人没有在家战斗的时候

She Walks in Beauty她从美中来

课后习题：

Q1：What is the colour of the lady’s dress?How do you know?

Black. The poet compared the lady to the night(...like the night of cloudless climes and starry skies).

Q2：What does “their dwelling place”refer to in the last line of the second stanza?

Their dwelling place refers to the lady's mind or soul. This lady had not only physical beauty but also inner beauty.

Q3：W here are the lady’s winning smiles?How do they appear to the poet? They are in the poet's imagination. They appear serene, sweet, pure, and perfect.

3.Ezra Pound 埃兹拉·庞德

(a leading spokesman of the "Imagist movement:

(1) direct treatment of poetic subjects

(2)eliminate ornamental words

(3)rhythmical composition in the sequence of the musical phrase rather than in the sequence of a metronome

)

In a Station of The Metro在地铁站

4.Robert Frost罗伯特.弗罗斯特

(The Pulitzer Prize winner on four occasions; a serious poet

idea: a momentary stay against confusion, like Wordsworth

profound ideas are delivered under the disguise of the plain language and the simple form; combined traditional verse forms with a clear American local speech rhythm; semi-free or semi-conventional) After Apple-Picking摘了苹果之后

Fire and Ice火与冰

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening雪夜林边驻脚

课后习题：

Q1：In your opinion, what was the reason that made the speaker stop by the woods on

a snowy evening?

The poet was deeply attracted by the natural beauty of the scene at that very moment.

Q2：Why did the horse give the harness bell a shake?

The horse grew impatient by stopping in the middle of the dark, cold woods at midnight. It was eager to go home.

Q3：Why couldn’t the speaker stay longer by the woods to appreciat e its mysterious beauty?

He realized that it was late at night and he would have to hurry home to get some food and sleep, because the next morning he would have a lot of work to do.

The Road Not Taken 未选择的路

课后习题：

Q1：What is the speaker’s initial respon se to the divergence of the two roads?

The speaker is at a loss which road he should choose, and he feels sorry that he cannot

explore both roads at the same time.

Q2: Describe the similarities and differences of these two roads. Which one does the speaker take?

Two roads are similar except one of them is more “grassy,” which implies that it is less

traveled by people. The speaker prefers the less traveled one, because he likes

adventure.

Q3: What might the two roads stand for in the speaker’s mind?

One road stands for the traditional one and the other is unconventional one and full of

challenges and difficulties. To follow other people’s footsteps or to open a new road for

himself is really not an easy decision for us to make in our lives.

5.Robert Browning罗伯特.布郞宁

（perfects "dramatic monologue", keeps readers alert, thoughtful and enlightened）

My Last Duchess我逝去的公爵夫人

Meeting at Night夜会

Parting at Morning晨别

6.William Wordsworth威廉.华兹华斯

（A “worshipper of nature”; a poet in memory of the past, to him, life is a cyclical journey, its beginning finally turns out to be its end; Advocate the writing of the common people in ordinary language; the joys and sorrows of the common people are his themes; natural scenery with its beauty and mystery acts also as o ne of his favorite themes, the poor in rural places; reveal the inner workings of individual’s mind; the seeming simplicity of the poet both in diction and description is immersed in a profound and sympathetic longing for a better world; poetry originates from “emotion recollected in tranquillity”）

Lyrical Ballads抒情歌谣集

Tintern Abbey丁登寺旁

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud 我好似一朵流云独自漫游

课后习题：

Q1：What is the relation between the poet and nature as described in the poem?

Wordsworth’s nature is full of life and vitali ty. He appreciates its wildness and unpredictability, but he humanizes the landscape and fits it to his own mind.

Q2：Do you think nature can have healing effect on mind?

Yes, nature can have healing effect on mind. In this poem, the poet centers on the role of the imagination in the interaction between the mind and the enviroment and it is only after he was experienced this sense does he turn to contemplation of it and it thereafter becomes a reflective memory for him. He realizes the full extend of the wealth the scene has given him in a spiritual way and it stays with him always as an inspiration. Not only the poet but also we will have such kind of sense. For example, if you were so sad, then you went out to walk in a park, gradually you would become less sad and calm down. So the nature which we have experienced will become our spiritual wealth, which will please us and comfort us.

7.Walt Whitman沃尔特.惠特曼

（Poetry could play a vital part in the process of creating a new nation; a strong sense of mission; use the poetic “I”, speaking in the voice of “I”; the triangular relationship: "I" the poet, the subject in the poem, and "you" the reader; free verse; different thins would mean a different wave of feeling

Openness\freedom\individualism\conversational and casual\simple even crude

诗歌可以塑造一个新国家的进程中发挥重要组成部分，使命意识强;用诗意的“我”，在“我”说话的声音;的三角关系：“我”的诗人，在主题这首诗，和“你”的读者，自由诗;不同变薄将意味着一个不同的波浪感

开放\自由\个人主义\对话和休闲\简单甚至粗糙）

There Was a Child Went Forth从前有个出门的孩子

Cavalry Crossing a Ford涉水过河的骑兵队

Song of Myself自我之歌

One’s Self I Sing 我歌唱自我

O Captain! My Captain! 噢，船长！我的船长！

课后习题：

Q1：Why is the word "Captain" capitalized throughout the poem?

In this poem the word “Captain” specially refers to Abraham Lincoln, president of the United

States.（在这首诗中的单词“队长”特别指的是亚伯拉罕·林肯，美国的总统。）Q2：What overall metaphor does the poet employ in this poem?

Life is a journey. (人生是一场旅程)

Q3：Why do people on the shores exult and bells ring, while the speaker remains so sad?

They welcome the ship returning from its hard trip, whereas the speaker is sad because the

captain fails to receive his own honor. （他们欢迎的船从它的坚硬旅行回来，而说话的人是

可悲的，因为队长没有收到他自己的荣誉。）

8、Emily Dickinson埃米莉.狄金森

To Make a Prairie … 要描绘一片草原。。。

Success Is Counted Sweetest 最美妙的胜利感觉.

I’m Nobody! 我是无名之辈

课后习题：

Q1: Who are the "pair of us" and "they" in this poem?

The "pair of us" refers to the speaker in the poem and the reader, and "they" refers to the

public, especially those in power.

Q2: What does "an admiring bog" really mean?" (line 28).

It Implies the vain and empty common people, who are always admiring and pursuing the

celebrities.

Q3: What is the theme of this poem?

The real admirable life is a secluded and common one.

Q4: Do you want to be "nobody" or "somebody"? Explain your reasons.

Nobody.

9、William Blake威廉.布莱克

The Sick Rose 病玫瑰

The Lamb 羔羊

课后习题：

Q1：Does this poem describe a lamb or the mind of the child who is speaking to the lamb? What is the relation of the lamb and the child to

the God?

The poem describes the mind of the child who is speaking to the lamb so as to show the gentleness and tenderness of the lamb. The lamb is the symbol of the child to the God. It shows the love of God that he creates the lamb and Jesus is often called the lamb of the God. So the poet not only appreciates the kindness of the lamb but also praises the mysterious power which can create the lamb. In this poem, God, Jesus and the lamb are combined together.

(Reference:上帝创造自然中体现的慈爱;耶稣是上帝的羔羊；温良和自我牺牲精神；

上帝彰显的慈爱：对羔羊、对孩子的关爱)

Q2：What does the lamb stand for?

When you read the word "lamb," always first think: symbol of Jesus Christ ("the Lamb of God"). 羊肉，”：耶稣基督（“上帝的羔羊”）的象征

The Tuger 老虎

课后习题：

Q1: Why does the poet mention the Lamb? Do you think both the Lamb and the Tiger can illuminate each other?

In this poem, the author implies that the Tiger is created by God as well as the Lamb. So either the Tiger or the Lamb is essential to God.

I think both the Lamb and the Tiger can illuminate each other. Although the Lamb can

represent the kind “innocent society”, it will be lack of enough motivation to make progress. While the Tiger will cause social misery, unrest or even disruption, but it can make people release their creativity. So the poet believes that the Tiger is the symbol of strength and courage. And he also praises its passion, desire and all the lofty beauty.

（这首诗中，作者暗示老虎是上帝，以及羔羊创建。所以，无论是老虎或羔羊是必不可少的上帝。

我认为无论是羔羊和老虎可以照亮对方。虽然羔羊可以代表一种“无辜的社会”，这将是缺乏足够的动力来取得进步的。而老虎会引起社会苦难，动乱，甚至中断，但它可以使人们释放他们的创造力。因此，诗人认为，老虎是力量和勇气的象征。同时他还称赞了激情，欲望和所有的崇高美。）

Q2: What is the symbolic meaning of the tiger? What idea does the poet want to express?（什么是老虎的象征意义？有什么想法没有诗人要表达什么？）

Tyger could be inspiration, the divine, artistic creation, history, the sublime ,the big,

mysterious, powerful and sometimes scary. The god is someone w ho can’t be truly

understood by human beings（泰格可能是灵感，神圣，艺术创作，历史，崇高的，大的，神秘的，强大的，有时甚至吓人。神是谁的人不能被人类真正了解）

10、Percy Bysshe Shelley波西.比希.雪莱

Ode to the West Wind西风颂

课后习题：

Q1.In what way is the West Wind both a destroyer and a preserver?

West wind is the destroyer as it is turbulent and strong and destroys the wide spread

vegetation. It is a destroyer of the old, decaying and valueless things. It is the preserver

as it brings life to the dead atmosphere, it spreads the seeds and they lie two inches

beneath the ground and eventually sprout into seedlings.

Q2.What is the relation between the West Wind and the poet?

The speaker of the poem appeals to the West Wind to infuse（灌输，影响）him with a new spirit and a new power to spread his ideas.

Q3.As “the trumpet of prophecy”, what does the west wind predict in

physical reality? How do you understand it symbolically?

1、Revolution

2、Since winter comes,spring can never be far behind .Since the revolution is going on,a

wonderful fine world will emerge

11、Alfred Tennyson 阿尔弗雷德.丁尼生

The Eagle 鹰

课后习题：

Q1：Make a list of adjectives which can describe your impression of the eagle.

(1)The image of the eagle：a bird of prey, of strength, size, gracefulness, keen vision and power of flight.

(2)In the poem the eagle is pictured as lonely.

(3)The bird is small against its surroundings(an azure sky and mountain).

(4) The eagle, at its great height, is a representation of a man at the peak of his life, clinging on desperately. (有时间就写下面的)

(5)The eagle is also a description of Tennyson’s life and express his strong mind.

(6)The eagle is proud even falls from the moutain top just as Tennyson.

Q2：Does Thennyson use many adjectives to describe the eagle? Why?

Yes.

(1)The eagle in the poem is favorably presented as being strong and tough, proud and majestic, alert and quick in movement.

(2)The poet carefully chooses the words describing the eagle and his environment.

Q3：Why is the word “crawls” employed to describe the sea?

（1）The sea represent the universe. Similar to the eagle's smallness as compared to the sea, is man's as compared to the universe. The man is lonely in that he must enter and leave the world alone.

（2）The sea give the reader a sense of vastness and boundlessness, power and mystery. The wave of the sea is tremendous and turbulent. But in the eyes of the eagle, the wave of the sea is wrinkled and crawl. These devices make the whole poem appeal to the r eaders’ visual as well as aural sense.

Break, Break, Break 溅吧，溅吧，溅吧

课后习题：

Q1: Why does the poet describe the stones as “cold”and“gray”?

It is an expression of his personal grief.

Q2:What effect do they joyful scenes in the second stanza bring to the whole poem?

In this poem, the poet’s own feelings of grief stands in sharp contrast with the carefree joys of the children at play and the young sailor at work,

Q3:Whose is the “vice that is still”?

His best friend, Arthur Hallam, a fellow poet.

12、William Butler Yeats 威廉.巴特勒.叶芝

The Second Coming 第二次来临

课后习题：

Q1:What does the line “Things fall apart;the centre cannot hold;” mean?

The world is chaotic

Q2:What do “a shape with lion body and the head of a man”and the “rough beast” refer to?

The speaker's horrific vision is of a supernatural creature with a body that is half-lion and half-man[Sphinx]. This beast represents the new god of the new era.

As stated earlier in the poem, order has been destroyed and now is replaced by a supernatural being who combines the image of humanity with a violent, disturbing image of nature.

Note also that this vision is set in a desert landscape. This implies that the coming era will create a dry, withered existence.

Q3:Yeats wrote this poem in the early 20th century while the fin-de-siecle mood was still quite popular. At the beginning of the 21st century, what do you think of this poem?

The gloomy mood century have no confidence in the future

12、Daniel Defoe丹尼尔.笛福

The Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe 鲁滨逊漂流记

课后习题：

Q1：What do you think of Crusoe’s way of marking time? Why is it important for

him to keep track of time? ；

It's a good way. He doesn’t want to forget time. For a civilized man, time is precious。He

wanted people to think he is civilized，not barbarians.For Robinson, it is a sign of civilization

to live in hope

13、Jonathan Swift 乔纳森.斯威夫特

Gulliver’s Travels 格列佛游记

课后习题：

Q1:In what ways are Yahoos comparable to human begings in Guliver’s Travels?Comment on the Houyhnhnms’ attitude toward human begings.

（1）Yahoos, hairy, wild, low and despicable brutes, who resemble human beings not only in appearance but also in almost every other way.

（2）Houyhnhnms conceive the vilest opinion of humankind such as corrupt ，detestion and debased group。

Q2：What are the symbolic meanings of Yahoos and Houyhnhnms?

The Yahoos as a satiric representation of debased humanity, while taking the Houyhnhnms as representatives of Swift‘s ideals of rationality and order.

Yahoos, hairy, wild, low and despicable brutes, who resemble human beings not only in appearance but also in almost every other way

There is no evil, no lie, no illness, no power, no war, no government, no law, no punishment in Houyhnhnm.

14、Charlotte Bronte 夏洛特.勃朗特

Jane Eyre简.爱

课后习题：

Q1. What is Jane Eyre’s view of love as reflected in the excerpt?

The love consisted of two passions: the deep feeling to the human and the thankful cherishment of being.

Q2.Why does Jane Eyre decide to stay with Mr. Rochester?

Jane Eyre decides to stay with Mr. Rochester because she deeply loves him.

英美文学2

This is a greatest and most advanced revolution in the human history. This is the age the giants are needed and produced.------F. EnglesThree stages of the English renaissance l a. Beginning: The Pre-Elizabethan Period (1485--1558) ?Oxford reformers & prose writer Thomas More l b. Flourishing: the Elizabethan Age (1558-1603) ?Poetry: Sir Philip Sidney, Edmund Spenser, John Lyly & Sonnet from Shakespeare ?Prose: Francis Bacon ?Drama: Christopher Marlowe & William Shakespeare, Ben Johnson l c. Declining: the period of JamesI (1603-1625) early 17thCHistorical background l Politically ?The Establishment of New Monarchy ?The War with Spain l Economically ?The Enclosure Movement ?The Commercial Expansion l Religiously ?The Reformation ?The English Bible l Ideologically ?Renaissance The rising bourgeoisie; The purity of the early church; England becoming stronger and stronger The Establishment of New Monarchy (p.27)1337—1453 the Hundred Y ears’ W ar with France…the whirlwind旋流of civil war the War of the Roses (1455—1485) between the House of __________ and the House of ____ strugglingfor the Crown continued for30 years. Lancaster ,Y ork,法国百年战争结束威廉一世以来英王在法国 的领地利益的领地利益, ,奠定了英法两个民族大国形奠定了英法两个民族大国形 成的基础成的基础 the establishment of the Tudor dynasty, the establishment of the Tudor dynasty——the centralized the centralized monarchyThe Hundred Y ears War (1337-1453) ? The Hundred Y ears War was a vicious, costly, drawn out affair caused by ambitious English kings set on ruling France. The see-saw war went on for 100 years until the English were finally driven out of France. ? From the ruins of the war an entirely new France emerged. ? For England, the results of the war were equally decisive; it ceased to be a continental power and increasingly sought expansion as a naval power. ? The Hundred Y ear’s War saw the destruction of the feudal nobility (封建贵族) and the decline of the feudalism (封建制度).

英美文学名词解释(1)

Epic: A long narrative poem telling about the deeds of a great hero and reflecti ng the values of the society from which it originated. The style of epic is grand宏伟的 and elevated高尚的. John Milton wrote three great epics:Paradise Lost,Paradise Regained and Samson Agonistes. Sonnet(十四行诗 A sonnet is a lyric consisting of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter restricted to a definition rhyme scheme Renaissance the activity, spirit, or time of the great revival复活 of art, literature, and learning in Europe beginning in the 14th century and extending to the 17th century, marking the transition过渡from the medieval to the modern world.the essence of the Renaissance is Humanism The Renaissance Period A period of drama and poetry. The Elizabethan drama is the real mainstream of the English Renaissance. Humanism人文主义 Humanism is the essence of the Renaissance. 2>it emphasizes the dignity of human beings and the impo rtance of the present life.Humanists voiced their belie fs that man was the center of the universe and man did not

网院北语18秋《英美文学选读》作业_2(满分)

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