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3.,theearliestwell-knownAmericannaturalistwriter,wroteanovelabouttheAmericanCivilWar.
4.WiththepublicationofTheSunAlsoRises,HemingwaybecamethespokesmanforwhatGertrudeSteinhadcalled“”.
5.____________________,writingwellbeforetheModernPoetrymovementsofthe20thcentury,isoftenconsideredthe“fatherofmodernpoetry.”
Ⅲ.Chooseonlyoneanswerformthefourchoicesasthemostappropriateanswer.(15%)
1.WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutTheScarletLetterisNOTtrue
AItisanearlyexpressionofnaturalistwriting.
BItisfullofsymbolism.
CItisarguesthedistinctionbetween“sinsofpassion”and“sinsofprinciple”
DItisconsidereda“romance”byitswriterbecauseitshowsfantasticeventsanddoesnotlimititselftostrict,literalreality.
2.MarkTwain,oneofthegreatest19thcenturyAmericanwriters,iswellknownforhis______.
AInternationaltheme
BWaste-landimagery
CLocalcolor
DSymbolism
3._____wasknownasthefounderoftheAmericanshortstory.
AWashingtonIrving
BMarkTwain
CJackLondon
DO.Henry
4.EzraPound,HildaDolittleandAmyLowellhelpfoundandpromoteamovementinModernPoetryknownas_______.
AFrenchsymbolism
BTheBeatGeneration
Cconfessionalpoetry
DImagism
5.WithHowells,James,andMarkTwainactiveontheliteraryscene,__becamethemajortrendinAmericanliteratureintheseventiesandeightiesofthe19thcentury.
Asentimentalism
Bromanticism
Crealism
Dnaturalism
6.WaltWhitmanwasapioneeringfigureofAmericanpoetry.Hisinnovationfirstofallliesinhisuseof__,poetrywithoutafixedbeatorregularrhyme.
Ablankverse
Bheroiccouple
Cfreeverse
Diambicpentameter
7.TheFitzgeraldslivedsoextravagantlythattheyfrequentlyspentmoremoneythanF.ScootFitzgeraldearnedforparties,liquor,entertainingtheirfriendsandtraveling.Itwasthislivingstylethatnicknamedthedecadeofthe1920sas_______.
ATheJazzAge
BTheGildedAge
CTheRoaringAge
DTheBeatAge
8.___wroteaseriesofhistoricalnovelssetintheAmericanMidwestandwasknownas“theAmericanSirWalterScot.”
ANathanielHawthorne
BMaryRenalt
CStephanCrane
DJamesFenimoreCooper
9.Hemingway’sidealhero,whofacedlife,fateanddeathcourageously,canbecalledthe__.
A“lostgeneration”man
Bmodernman
Cnaturalman
Dtrueindividual
10.Transcendentalistdoctrinesfoundtheirgreatestliteraryadvocatesin_______andThoreau.
AJefferson
BEmerson
CFreneau
DOver-soul
11.WhichofthefollowingwritersinfluencedthedevelopmentofFrenchsymbolistpoetry
AWaltWhitman
BEdgarAllenPoe
CEzraPound
DRobertFrost
12.WhichfamousgraduationspeechturnedTranscendentalismintoamajorintellectualandliterarymovement
ATheAmericanScholar
BTheDivinitySchoolAddress
CTheConductofLife
DRepresentativeMen
13.Althoughherpoemswereneverpublishedinherlifetimeandacompletecollectionofthemdidn’tappearuntilthe1950’s,_____hadamajorimpacton20thcenturypoetry.
AAnneBradstreet
BGertrudeStein
CEmilyDickinson
DAmyLowell
14.Whichofthefollowingfictionwriterswantedtoalwaysliveanactive,masculinelifeandcommittedsuicidein1961,whenhewastoooldtodosoanymore
AMarkTwain
BErnestHemingway
CStephenCrane
DJackLondon
15.WhoofthefollowingisNOTa20thcenturyAmericanpoet
AEzraPound
BAmyLowell
CEdgarAllanPoe
IV.Decidewhetherthestatementsaretrueorfalse.(10%)
1.Allhisliterarylife,Hawthorneseemedtobehauntedbyhissenseofsinandevilinlife.
2.Transcendentalism,inexaltingfeelingoverreasonandindividualexpressionovertherestraintsoflawandcustom,verymuchreflectsthespiritofRomanticism.
3.ThesoundofWhitman’swordscastsamagic,romanticspelloverreaders.Histoneisawesome,sadandmelancholy.
4.EzraPoundwasfamousnotonlyforhisownpoetrybutalsoasatranslatorofChinesepoetryandotherclassicalChineseliterature.
5.MostofthepoemsinLeavesofGrassareabouttheNewEnglandcountryside.
6.EzraPound’spoetryevokedthedeeplypersonalworldofamanwhowithdrewfromtheworldaroundhimandspentmostofhistimeinhisroom.
7.In1954,T.S.EliotwasawardedaNobelPrizeforhis“masteryoftheartofmodernnarration.”
8.Hemingwaybelievedthatamancouldfindmeaninginlifebyfacingisdeathwithdignityandcourage.
9.ThomasJeffersonwasfamousforpowerful,persuasiveessays,suchashispamphletCommonSense,whichpersuadedmanypeopletosupporttheAmericanRevolution.
10.WilliamHillBrown’sThePowerofSympathy,writtenin1789,isoftencalled“thefirstAmericannovel”.
V.Identifythefollowingfragmentsandthenanswerquestions.(20%)
PassageOne
Thewoodsarelovely,darkanddeep.
ButIhavepromisestokeep,
AndmilestogobeforeIsleep,
AndmilestogobeforeIsleep.
Questions:
1.Whoisthewriterofthispoem_______________
2.Whatisthetitleofthispoem_______________
3.Whydoesthewriterrepeatthelastline
4.WhatkindoffeelingdoesthisstanzashowHowdoesthewritershowitinthepoemasawhole
5.Whydopeoplesaythatthiswriter’spoemsshowtraditionalformandcontentcombinedwithmodernthemeandfeeling
Passage2
Theyoungwomanwastall,withafigureofperfectelegance,onalargescale.Shehaddarkandabundanthair,soglossythatitthrewoffthesunshinewithagleam,andafacewhich,besidesbeingbeautifulfromregularityoffeatureandrichnessofcomplexion,hadtheimpressivenessofbelongingtoamarkedbrowanddeepblackeyes.Shewaslady-like,too,afterthemanneroffemininegentilityofthosedays;
characterizedbyacertainstateanddignity,ratherthanbythedelicate,evanescent,andindescribablegrace,whichisnowrecognizedasitsindication.
1.Thispassageisfrom,writtenby.
2.WhoisthewomanbeingdescribedWhatdoesthisdescriptiontellaboutchangeincultureoveraperiodoftime
VI.Writeabout150wordstocommentonMarkTwain,hisstyle,content,andcontributionstoAmericanLiterature.(20%)
VII.Writeabout120wordstocommentonEzraPound’scontributiontoAmericanPoetryoftwentycentury.(15%)
答案
I.Writethenamesoftheauthors.(1*10=10%)
1.MarkTwain
2.StephenCrane
3.ErnestHemingway
4.JackLondon
5.WashingtonIrving
6.EzraPound
7.RobertFrost
8.BenjaminFranklin
9.WaltWhitman
10.NathanielHawthorne
II.Fillinthefollowingblanks.(2*5=10%)
1.ForWhomtheBellTolls
2.BenjaminFranklin
3.StephenCrane
4.thelostgeneration
5.WaltWhitman
Ⅲ.Chooseonlyoneanswerformthefourchoicesasthemostappropriateanswer.(1*15=15%)
1
A
2
C
3
4
D
5
6
7
A
8
9
10
B
11
12
13
14
15
IV.Decidewhetherthestatementsaretrueorfalse.(1*10=10%)
T
F
Passage1
1.ThewriterofthepoemisRobertFrost.
(1)
2.Thepoemis“StoppingbyWoodsonaSnowyEvening”
(1)
3.Doingsoemphasizesthewriter’s“modern”themeofurgency;
italsocompletestheform,whichisaquatrainorfourlineperversepoem.
(2)
4.Discussloneliness,urgencyandthesenseofa“tame”naturethatissomehowfarfromfriendlyandeasytocontrol.(4)
5.Discussthecontrastbetweenthetraditionaluseofrhymeandmeter,pastoralsettingetc.andhowFrosttransformstheseformswithmodernfeelingsandthemes.(4)
1.ThispartiffromthenovelTheScarletLetter,(1分)writtenbyNathanielHawthorne.(1分)
2.ThewomanisHester.Theanswerrelatestothewriter’suseofhistoricalperspective,andhistheorythattheidealofa“lady”haschangedovertime,fromthestrong,earthyidealoftheElizabethanperiodandshortlyaftertoaweaker,moreetherealidealbythetimehewrote.(6分)
Payspecialattentiontohisplaceinrealism,hishumor,hisuseoflocalcolorandroleinregionalliteratureandhowhehelpedtocreateagenuinely“American”literarylanguage.
EzraPoundisregarded,andrightly,asthefatherofmodernAmericanpoetry.ImpatientwiththefettersofEnglishtraditionalpoetics,heledtheexperimentinrevolutionizingpoetry.ItwashewhofirstdiscoveredT.S.Eliotandblue-penciledthelatter’sfamouspoem,TheWasteLand.ItwashewhohelpedWilliamButlerYeats,JamesJoyce,D.H.Lawrence,andWilliamCarlosWilliamsintheirliterarycareers.Andhesurvivedthemall,writingcontinuallyrightuptohisdeath.Pound’scontributiontothedevelopmentofmodernpoetryisverygreat.
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