英语《美国文学史及作品选读》复习资料.docx

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英语《美国文学史及作品选读》复习资料

一卷

I.Choosethebestanswertoeachofthefollowingquestions.

1.ThefirstAmericanwriteris___________.

a.JohnCottonb.JohnWinthropc.JohnSmithd.AnneBradstreet

2.InthedirectlineofMetaphysicalPoets,_________isconsideredthebestofPuritanpoetsandhisworkswerehailedasthefinest17thcenturyAmericanverse.

a.HenryWadsworthLongfellowb.EdgarAllenPoe

c.WilliamCullenBryantd.EdwardTaylor

3.“Weholdthesetruthstobeself-evident,thatallmenarecreatedequal,…”isaquotationfrom__________draftedby______________.

a.TheAmericanCrisis,ThomasJefferson

b.TheAmericanCrisis,ThomasPaine

c.TheDeclarationofIndependence,ThomasPaine

d.TheDeclarationofIndependence,ThomasJefferson

4.______________wascalledthe“FatherofAmericanPoetry”.

a.EdwardTaylorb.WilliamCullenBryantc.EdgarAllenPoed.PhilipFreneau

5.____________wasthefirstgreatprosestylistofAmericanromanticism.

a.NathanielHawthorneb.EdgarAllenPoe

c.WashingtonIrvingd.JamesFennimoreCooper

6.InthefivenovelsthatcomprisetheLeatherstockingTales,thecentralfigure,________,goesthevariousnamesofLeatherstocking,Deerslayer,Pathfinder,andHawkeye.

a.Chingakgookb.DavidGamutc.NattyBumppod.Uncas

7.Thepublicationof___________writtenby_________introducedthemosteloquentspokesmanofNewEnglandTranscendentalismtoAmericanliterature.

a.Nature,HenryDavidThoreaub.Nature,RalphWaldoEmerson

c.Walden,HenryDavidThoreaud.Walden,RalphWaldoEmerson

8._____________waswrittentoshowthattheconsequencesofasincannotbeescapedandthatmanydifferentlivesareinfluencedbyonewrongdeed.

a.NathanielHawthorneb.HermanMellville

c.JamesFennimoreCooperd.WashingtonIrving

9.__________wasthefirstAmericanwritertohaveabusttobeplacedinthePoets’CorneratWestminsterAbbey.

a.WilliamWordsworthb.EdgarAllenPoe

c.WilliamCullenBryantd.HenryWadsworthLongfellow

10.Inasense,wecansaythatRomanticismdesignatesaliteraryandphilosophicaltheory,whichtendstoseethe___________astheverycenterofalllifeandallexperience.

a.societyb.individualc.familyd.countrylife

11.“Hewastall,butexceedinglylank,withnarrowshoulders,longarmsandlegs,handsthatdangledamileoutofhissleeves,feetthatmighthaveservedforshovels,andhiswholeframemostlooselyhungtogether.”Thedescriptionisabout__________.

a.BromVanBruntb.RipVanWinkle

c.IchabodCraned.KatrinaVanTassel

12.HermanMelvillewasverymuchinfluencedby_________,whohecalled“thelargestbrainwiththelargestheart”inAmericaLiterature.

a.NathanielHawthorneb.EdgarAllenPoe

c.WashingtonIrvingd.JamesFennimoreCooper

13.InTheLastoftheMohicans,thelastoftheMohicansrefersto_____________.

a.DavidGamutb.Chigachgookc.Maguad.Uncas

14.___________consistsofanunstressedsyllablefollowedbyastressedone.

a.Iambb.Trocheec.Dactyld.Spondee

15.Amongthefollowingshortstories,whichoneisNOTwrittenbyNathanielHawthorne?

a.EthanBrandb.TheGreatStoneFace

c.Rapaccini'sDaughterd.BartlebytheScrivener

II.ExplainthefollowingtermsbrieflyinEnglish.

1.Refrain

2.AmericanPuritanism

3.NewEnglandTranscendentalism

4.Familiaressay

5.Allegory

III.Arrangeinpairs.

Directions:

ColumnAconsistsoftenwriters,pleasefindtheircorrespondingworksinColumnBandwritetheanswerontheAnwerSheet.

ColumnA

ColumnB

1.AnnBradstreet

2.PhilipFreneau

3.JamesFennimoreCooper

4.EdgarAllenPoe

5.NathanielHawthorne

6.HermanMelville

7.BenjaminFranklin

8.ThomasPaine

9.WilliamCullenBryant

10.WashingtonIrving

A.CommonSense

B.RipVanWinkle

C.TheTenthMuseLatelySprungUpinAmerica

D.PoorRichard'sAlmanac

E.Thanatopsis

F.BillyBudd

G.TalesoftheGrotesque

H.ThePrairie

I.TheScarletLetter

J.ToaCaty-Did

IV.Trytodecidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.Pleasewrite“T”for“true”and“F”for“false”.

1.TheLegendofSleepyHollowisastoryaboutamanwhofallsintoasleepof20yearswhileouthuntingduringwhichtheRevolutionaryWartakesplace.

2.BartlebytheScrivenerisoneofHermanMelville’sshortstories.

3.TheSongofHiawathaisthefirstAmericanepicabouttheAmericanIndians.

4.TheBirthmarkusesthebackgroundofwitchcrafttoexploreuncertaintiesofbeliefthattroubleaman’sheartandmind.

5.EdgarAllenPoehasoftenbeenregardedasthefatherofmodernshortstory.

V.Readthefollowingpassagesandcompletethetasksaccordingtothespecificrequirements

1.Standingonthebareground,-myheadbathedbytheblitheair,andupliftedintoinfinitespace,-allmeanegotismvanishes.Ibecomeatransparenteye-ball.Iamnothing.Iseeall.ThecurrentsoftheUniversalBeingcirculatethroughme;IampartorparticleofGod.

a.Identifytheauthorandtheworkfromwhichthequotationisselected.

b.Whatdoes“theUniversalBeing”referto?

WhatistherelationbetweentheindividualandtheUniversalBeing?

Explainwithregardtotheauthor’sphilosophicalideas.

2.Anotherpeculiartorturewasfeltinthegazeofaneweye.Whenstrangerslookedcuriouslyatthescarletletter,-andnoneeverfailedtodoso,-theybrandeditafreshintoHester’ssoul;sothat,oftentimes,shecouldscarcelyrefrain,yetalwaysdidrefrain,fromcoveringthesymbolwithherhand.

a.Identifytheauthorandtheworkfromwhichthequotationisselected.

b.Whatisthecharacter’sfullname?

Whatdoes“thesymbol”referto?

Doesitchangeitsmeaningforhim/herthroughoutthewholestory?

3.Letusthenbeupanddoing,

Withaheartforanyfate;

Stillachieving,stillpursuing,

Learntolaborandtowait.

a.Identifytheauthorandtheworkfromwhichthequotationisselected.

b.Analyzethepoemfromatleastthreeofthefollowingaspects:

structure,rhymescheme,tone,themeandfiguresofspeechusedwithregardtothestanzaselected.

VI.Answerthefollowingquestions

1.DiscussthesymbolisminMobyDick.

2.WhatareEdgarAllenPoe’scriteriaforwritingshortstories?

一卷答案

I.Choosethebestanswertoeachofthefollowingquestions.

1-5：

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cbadb11-15：

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II.ExplainthefollowingtermsbrieflyinEnglish.

1.Refrain:

oneormorewordsrepeatedatintervalsinapoem,usuallyattheendofastanza.Themostregularistheuseofthesamelineatthecloseofeachstanza.

2.AmericanPuritanismstressedpredestination,originalsin,totaldepravity,andlimitedatonementfromGod’sgrace.ItwasinfluencedheavilybyCalvinism.WithsuchdoctrinesintheirmindPuritansleftEuropeforAmericainordertoprovethattheywereGod’schosenpeoplewhowouldenjoyGod’sblessingsonearthandinHeaven.Overtheyearsinthenewhomeland,theybuiltawayoflifethatstressedhardwork,thrift,piety,andsobriety.

3.NewEnglandTranscendentalismwasthefirstAmericanintellectualmovement.Transcendentalclubbecamethemovement’scenterwithitsmagazineTheDial.Itwasasystemofthoughtthatoriginatedfrommanysources,mainlyIdealisticphilosophy.Itstressedthepowerofintuition,spiritandtheindividual.Itenvisionedreligionasanemotionalcommunicationbetweenanindividualsoulandtheuniversal“oversoul”.Itwasrepresentedbytwomajorwritersofthecountry,EmersonandThoreauwhosewritingshadgreatimpactinthecountry.

4.Familiaressayisthemorepersonal,intimatetypeofinformalessay.Itdealslightly,oftenhumorously,withpersonalexperiences,opinions,andprejudices,stressingespeciallytheunusualornovel,andhavingtodowiththevariedaspectsofeverydaylife.

5.Allegoryisastoryorimagewithaseconddistinctmeaningpartiallyhiddenbehinditsliteralorvisiblemeaning.

III.Arrangeinpairs.

1-5：

CJHGI6-10：

FDAEB

IV.Trytodecidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.Pleasewrite“T”for“true”and“F”for“false”

1-5:

FTTFT

V.Readthefollowingpassagesandcompletethetasksaccordingtothespecificrequirements

1.a.RalphWaldoEmerson,Self-Reliance

b.OneofEmerson’sphilosophyistheimportanceoftheindividual.Inthepassage,heisaffirmativeaboutman’sintuitiveknowledge,withwhichamancantrusthimselftodecidewhatisrightandtoactaccordingly.Thereisanemotionalcommunicationbetweenanindividualandtheall-pervadingpowerfromwhichallthingscomefromandofwhichallareapart.Hemeanstoconvincepeoplethatthepossibilitiesformantodevelopandimprovehimselfareinfinite.

2.a.NathanielHawthorne,TheScarletLetter

b.HesterPrynne;ThesymbolreferstothescarletletterAwhichreferstohersinofadultery;attheverybeginningoftheromance,theletter“A”symbolizestheactofadulterytoDimmesdale,buttowardstheendofthestory,itsymbolizesAngeltotheotherpeopleinthecommunity.

3.a.HenryWadsworthLongfellow,APsalmofLife

b.Thepoemiswritteninquatrains,witharhymeschemeofababandeachlineiniambictetrameter.Thetoneisoptimistic.Figuresofspeechusedarealliteration,parallelstructureandrepetition.Itstressestheimportanceofafullandsincereactivityinmakingthemostoflife’sbriefspan,ratherthansuccumbingtomoodsofvainregretordejection.

VI.Answerthefollowingquestions

1.

1　HermanMelvilleisamasterofsymbols,thatis,objectsorpersonswhorepresentsomethingelse.

2　Differentpeopleonboardtheshiparerepresentationsofdifferentideasanddifferentsocialandethnicgroups;factsbecomesymbolsandincidentsacquireuniversalmeanings.

3　Ishmael,thenarrator