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美国文学
美国文学Chapter1
Ⅰ.Eachofthestatementsblowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.Choosetheonethatwouldbestcompletethestatementandputtheletterinthebrackets.
()1.InAmerica’stranscendentalistgroupincludestwoofthemostsignificantwriterswhosewritinghasastrongimpactonAmericanliterature.
A.EmersonandHenryDavidThoreau
B.WashingtonIrvingandEmerson
C.RalphWaldoEmersonandIrving
D.NathanielHawthorneandDavid
()2.In1845hebuiltacabinonsomelandbelongingtoEmersonbyWaldenPondandmovedinaverysimplemannerforalittleovertwoyears,whichgavebirthtoagreattranscendentalistwork______.
A.LeavesofGrass
B.Walden
C.TheScarletLetter
D.Self-Reliance
()3.TheRomanticPeriodofAmericanliteraturestartedwithThe____andendedwithWhitman’sLeavesofGrass.BeingaperiodofthegreatfloweringofAmericanliterature,itisalsocalled“theAmericanRenaissance.”
A.Cooper’sLeather-StockingTales
B.AdventuresofHuckleberryFinn
C.SketchBook
D.TheScarletLetter
()4.____hasalwaysbeenregardedasawriterwho“perfectedthebestclassicstylethatAmericanLiteratureeverproduced.”
A.Emerson
B.NathanielHawthorne
C.HenryDavidThoreau
D.WashingtonIrving
()5.Hawthorne’sremarkablesenseofthePuritanpast,hisapparentpreoccupationwiththemoralissuesofsinandguilt,andhiskeenpsychologyanalysisofpeoplearebroughttofulldisplayinhismasterpiece____
A.TheScarletLetter
B.MossesfromanOldManse
C.TheSnow-Image
D.TheMarbleFaun
()6.AllseaadventurestoriesofHermanMelville,_____provestobethebest.
A.Typee
B.Moby-Dick
C.Omoo
D.Redburn
()Withastrongsensesofoptimismandthemoodof“feelinggood”ofthewholenation,aspectacularoutburstof_____wasbroughtaboutinthefirsthalfofthe19thcenturyinAmerica.
A.Romanticfeeling
B.Classicalfeeling
C.Ironicalfeeling
D.Neoclassicalfeeling
()8.TheliteraryuseofthemorecolorfulaspectsofthepastwasalsotobefoundinFreneau’suseofthe_____theme.
A.Typee
B.RuinsofEmpire
C.Cooper’sLeather-StockingTales
D.TheScarletLetter
()OneofthemanifestationsinthefactAmericanromanticwriterstendedmoreto____thantheirEnglishandEuropeancounterparts.
A.realize
B.classless
C.moralize
D.idealize
()10.ThemostclearlydefinedRomanticliterarymovementinAmericanromanticperiodis____.
A.NewEnglandTranscendentalism
B.AmericaTranscendentalism
C.Originalsin
D.TheAmericaPuritanism
Ⅱ.Completeeachofthefollowingstatementswithaproperwordoraphraseaccordingtothetextbook.
1.theAmericanwriterssharedsomecommonfeatureswiththe_____
2.Romanticists.Irving,Copper,Poe,_____andBryantrevoltedagainsttheliteraryformsandideasofclassicismbydevelopingsomerelativelynewformsoffictionorpoetry.
3.theAmericannationalexperienceof“____”provedtobearichsourceofmaterialforAmericanwriterstodrawupon.
4.Thedesireforanescapefromsocietyand_____becomeapermanentconventionofAmericanliterature.
5.WashingIrvingwasbornin_____,youngestofelevenchildrenofawealthymerchant.
6.Irving’stastewasessentially_____Likethetwofamouspersonaehecreated,DiedrichKnickerbockerandGeoffrey.
7.Rip’ssoledomesticadherentwashisdog____,whowasasmuchhen-peckedashismaster.
8.EmersonretreatedtoaquietstudyatConcord,Massachuestts,wherehebegantopursuehisnewpathof_____
9.Intheessay《AnExcerptformNature》Emersonclearlyexpressesthemainprinciplesofhis____lovefornature.
10.Hawthorne’sviewofmanandhumanhistoryoriginates,toagreatextent,in____.
Ⅲ.Decidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalseandwriteyouranswersinthebrackets.
()1.Foreignliterarymasters,especiallytheEnglishcounterpartsexertedastimulatingimpactonthewritersofAmerican.
()2.TheonlytendencytoexaltthecommonmanwasalmostanationalreligioninAmerica.
()3.Becauseforeigninfluenceswerestrong,thegreatworksthatdemonstratewhatAmericanRomanticwritingswerenottypicallyAmerican.
()4.ThemostclearlydefinedRomanticliterarymovementinthisperiodisNewEnglandTranscendentalism.
()5.Irving’stastewasessentiallyconservative.
()6.Hawthoroehasalwaysbeenregardedasawritewho“perfectedtheclassicstylethatAmericanLiteratureeverproduced.”
()7.Emersonisgenerallyknowasanessayist.
()8.Emerson’sessaysoftenhaveaseriousstyle,formostofthemwerederivedfromhisjournalsorlectures.
()9.Hawthorneisamasterofsymbolism,whichhetookfromthePuritantraditionandbequeathedtoAmericanliteratureinarevivifiedform.
()10.Moby-DickisregardedasthesecondAmericanproseepic.
Ⅳ.Nametheauthorofeachofthefollowingliteraryworks.
1.AHistoryofNewYork
2.TheSketchBookofGeoffreyCrayon,Gent
3.RipVanWinkle
4.Self-reliance
5.Essays
6.Over-soul
7.LeavesofGrass
8.Moby-Dick
9.Redburn
10.Mardi
Ⅴ.Definetheliterarytermslistedbelow.
1.Transcendentalism
2.AmericanRenaissance
Ⅵ.Foreachofthequotationslistedbelowpleasegivethenameoftheauthorandthetitleoftheliteraryworkfromwhichitistakenandthenbrieflyinterpretit.
1.TimesgrewworseandworsewithRipVanWinkleasyearsofmatrimonyrolledon.
2.Andthefirstobjecthelookedupon,thatobjecthebecame,Andthatobjectbecamepartofthedayoracertainpartoftheclay.
Ⅶ.Givebriefanswerstothefollowingquestions.
1.WhatdidtheAmericanPuritanismasaculturalheritageexertgreatinfluencesoverAmericanRomanticism?
2.WhataretheearlyworksthatwerewrittenafterMelvillewasbackfromthesea?
Ⅷ.Shortessaysquestions.
1.GiveabriefanalysisofYoungGoodmanBrown.
2.DiscussthesymbolisminMobyDickbyHermanMelville.
美国文学Chapter2
Eachofthestatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.Choosetheonethatwouldbestcompletethestatementandputtheletterinthebrackets.
()1.Theperiodrangingfrom1865to1914hasbeenreferredtoasthe___________intheliteraryhistoryoftheUnitedStates.
A.AgeofRealismB.AgeofclassicalismC.AgeofRomanticismD.AgeofRenaissance
()2.Thenovel__________isnotwrittenbyHenryJames.
A.TheAmbassadorsB.TheWingsoftheDoveC.TheBostoniansD.TheMysteriousStranger
()3.Thenovel__________isnotwrittenbyHenryJamesintheearlyperiod.
A.TheAmericanB.DaisyMillerC.ThePortraitofaLadyD.TheWingsoftheDove
()4.H.L.Menckenconsidered_________was“thetruefatherofournationalliterature”.
A.MarkTwainB.HenryJamesC.EmilyDickinsonD.Dreiser
()5.Altogether.MissEmilyDickinsonwrote1,775poems,ofwhichonly___-hadappearedduringherlifetime.
A.eightB.seventeenC.nineD.seven
()6.Themainthemeof________TheArtofFictionrevealshisliterarycredothatrepresentationoflifeshouldbethemainobjectofthenovel.
A.HenryJames’sB.MarkTwain’sC.TheodoreDreiser’sD.WilliamDeanHowells’
()7.”TheWayoftheBeaten:
AHarpintheWind”thisisthetitleofonechapterinDreiser’snovel_______.
A.AnAmericanTragedyB.SisterCarrieC.RogaumandHisTheresaD.JannieGerhardt
()8.AdventureofHuckleberryFinnwasnovelof____________.
AHenryJames’sB.MarkTwain‘sC.TheodoreDreiser’sDWilliamDeanHowells’
()9.__________wasthefirstAmericanwritertoconceivehiscareerininternationalterms.
A.HenryJamesB.MarkTwainC.DreiserD.Dickinson
()10.Hurstwoodwasacharacterofnovel___________.
A.SisterCarrieB.JennieGerhardtC.TheFinancierD.TheGenius
II.Completeeachofthefollowingstatementswithaproperwordoraphraseaccordingtothetextbook.
1.Theperiodrangingfrom1865to1914has,beenreferredtoas____intheliteraryhistorytheUnitedStates.
2.TheimpactofDarwin’sevolutionarytheoryontheAmericanthoughtandtheinfluenceofthe19thcenturyFrenchliteratureontheAmericanmenoflettersgaverisetoyetanotherschoolofrealism__________.
3.FrankNorris,inhis____,describedtherelationsofacrudedentist,whoiscomparedtoadraft-horse,adog,abear,withasuperficiallyrefinedGerman-Americangirl.
4.Fromthenovel__________couldbefeltthechangeinMarkTwainfromanoptimisttoanalmostdespairingpessimist.
5.TheliterarycareerofHenryJamesisgenerallydividedinto__________periods.
6.Inhislastandmainperiod,Jamesreturnedtohis_____________theme.
7.InSisterCarrieDreiserexpressedhis__________byexpoundingthepurposelessnessoflifeandattackingtheconventionalstandards.
8.Dreiser’sstylehasbeena________-ofhisworkfromthebeginning.
9.__________and__________aremainsubjectsDickinsondwelton.
10.James’srealismischaracterizedbyhis___________tohissubjectmatter.
III.Decidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalseandwriteyouranswersinthebrackets.
1.TheliterarysceneaftertheCivilWarprovedtobequitedifferentapicture.
1.MarkTwainistheonlyonewhoseworksarecharacterizedwithlocalcolors.
3.Darwin’sevolutionarytheoryhavenoinfluenceontheAmericanmenofletters.
4.MarkTwainwasconsidered“thetruefatherofournationalliterature”byH.L.Mencken.
5.MarkTwainistruenameofSamuelLanghorneClemens.
6.TheprofoundportraitofHuckleberryFinnisanothergreatcontributionofthebooktothelegacyofAmericanliterature.
7.AnotherfactthatmadeTwainuniqueishismagicpowerwithlanguage,hisuseofvernacular.
8.HenryJames(1843-1916)wasthesecondAmericanwritertoconceivehiscareerininternationalterms.
9.Jamesexperimented
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