福建师范大学课程考试《英美文学选读》作业考核试题18

《英美文学选读》期末考试A卷

答：To be, or not to be .This is the question .This sentence is Shakespeare`s famous saying . The meaning of the sentence is comprehension difficulty to us . But we can guess.

I think the sentence `s meaning is we should insist ours conviction .

We should not give up conviction .We should not only have thought .We still want have act .

Even the world is dark would we still can not give up conviction .If we try to do. We will discover fine thing still exist of the world .

1.What are the topics discussed in Bacon's essay Of studies?

答：A person`s words and deeds ,and the way he treats others and things will reflect his quality ,as well as his thoughtfulness .As the saying goes “ a person`s temperament contains the road you have gone through before ,the books you have read and the people you have loved” is also applicable here . Bacon has written many essays in his life. We can study and read essays he has written The ideological nature of bacon .

2.What are the writing techniques used in Mark Twain’s short story “The

Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”?

答：The use of suspense and sudden turn : the author uses the theory of defamiliarization ,suspense and sudden turn to describe the life of gamblers engaged in cock fighting and dog fighting .The description perspective is