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1.TheAmericanTranscendentalistsformedaclubcalled_________.

theTranscendentalClub

2.______wasregardedasthefirstgreatprosestylistofAmericanromanticism.WashingtonIrving

3.Atnineteen___________publishedinhisbrother’snewspaper，his"JonathanOldstyle"satiresofNewYorklife.

4.InWashingtonIrving'swork___________appearedthefirstmodernshortstoriesandthefirstgreatAmericanjuvenileliterature.TheSketchBook

5.ThefirstimportantAmericannovelistwas____________。

JamesFenimoreCooper

6.JamesFenimoreCooper’snovel___________wasarousingtaleaboutespionageagainsttheBritishduringtheRevolutionaryWar.TheSpy

7.ThebestofJamesFenimoreCooper’ssearomanceswas_____________。

ThePilot

8.”ToaWaterfowl”isperhapsthepeakof_______________’swork;ithasbeencalledbyaneminentEnglishcritic“themostperfectbriefpoeminthelanguage。

”WilliamCullenBryant

9.__________wasthefirstAmericantogainthestatureofamajorpoetintheworldliterature.

10.EdgarAllanPoe'spoem____________isperhapsthebestexampleofonomatopoeiaintheEnglishlanguage.TheBells

11.EdgarAllanPoe'spoem____________waspublishedin1845asthetitlepoemofacollection.TheRaven

12.FromHenryDavidThoreau’sConcordjailexperience,camehisfamousessay______.CivilDisobedience

Bythe1830sWashingtonIrvingwasjudgedthenation’sgreatestwriter,aloftypositionhelatersharedwithJamesFenimoreCooperandWilliamCullenBryant。

Intheearlynineteenthcentury，theattitudeofAmericanwriterswasshapedbytheirNewWorldenvironmentandanarrayofideasinheritedfromtheromantictraditionofEurope。

Asamoralphilosophy，transcendentalismwasneitherlogicalnorsystematical.

ThefoundationofAmericannationalliteraturewaslaidbytheearlyAmericanromanticists.

Atmid—19thcentury,aculturalreawakeningbroughta"floweringofNewEngland"。

Romanticwritersinthe19thcenturyplacedincreasingvalueonthefreeexpressionofemotionanddisplayedincreasingattentiontothepsychicstatesoftheircharacters。

Withavastgroupofsupportingcharacters,virtuousorvillainous,JamesFenimoreCoopermadetheAmericaconsciousofhispast,andmadetheEuropeanconsciousofAmerica.

NootherAmericanpoeteversurpassedEdgarAllanPoe’sabilityintheuseofEnglishasamediumofpuremusicalandrhythmicbeauty。

TheFalloftheHouseofUsherisoneofEdgarAllanPoe’sshortstories.

RalphWaldoEmersonwasrecognizedastheleaderoftranscendentalistmovement,butheneverappliedtheterm"Transcendentalist”tohimselfortohisbeliefsandideas。

In1836,RalphWaldoEmersonpublishedhisfirstbook,Nature，whichmetwithamildreception。

RalphWaldoEmerson'sprosestylewassometimesashighlyindividualashispoetry.

TheharshrhythmsandstrikingimagesofRalphWaldoEmerson’spoetryappealtomanymodernreadersasartfultechniques.

HenryWadsworthLongfellow’swritingsbelongtothemilderaspectsoftheRomanticMovement。

Americanromanticismwasinawayderivative:

AmericanromanticwritingwassomeofthemmodeledonEnglishandEuropeanworks.

RalphWaldoEmerson’saestheticsbroughtaboutarevolutioninAmericanliteratureingeneralandinAmericanpoetryinparticular.

HenryDavidThoreauwasanactiveTranscendentalist。

  Hewasbynomeansan"escapist”orarecluse，butwasintenselyinvolvedinthelifeofhisday。

TheScarletLetterissetintheseventeenthcentury.ItisanelaborationofafactwhichtheauthortookoutofthelifeofthePuritanpast。

2. Transcendentalismtooktheirideasfrom___________。

A。

 theromanticliteratureinEurope

B。

 neo—Platonism

C. Germanidealisticphilosophy

D。

 therevelationsoforientalmysticism

ABCD

8。

  Transcendentalistsrecognized__________asthe"highestpowerofthesoul.”

A.intuition   

10.TranscendentalismappealedtothosewhodisdainedtheharshGodofthePuritanancestors，anditappealedtothosewhoscornedthepaledeityofNewEngland

A。

Transcendentalism                                     

B. Humanism

C. Naturalism                                                   

D. Unitarianism

D

13。

ThedesireforanescapefromsocietyandareturntonaturebecameapermanentconventionofAmericanliterature，evidentin_________.

A。

 JamesFenimoreCooper'sLeatherstockingTales

B。

  HenryDavidThoreau’sWalden

C。

  MarkTwain’sHuckleberryFinn

D.  NathanielHawthorne'sTheScarletLetter

ABC

14。

 Apreoccupationwiththedemonicandthemysteryofevilmarkedtheworksof_________,andahostoflesserwriters。

A.NathanielHawthorne                                 

B. EdgarAllanPoe

C。

 HermanMelville                                         

D。

 MarkTwain

ABC

16。

InthenineteenthcenturyAmerica，Romanticsoftensharedcertaingeneralcharacteristics.Choosesuchcharacteristicsfromthefollowing。

A。

  moralenthusiasm

B。

  faithinthevalueofindividualismandintuitiveperception

C.  adorationforthenaturalworld

D.  presumptionaboutthecorrosiveeffectofhumansociety

ABCD

17. ChooseWashingtonIrving’sworksfromthefollowing。

A。

TheSketchBook                                        

B.BracebridgeHall

C。

TalesofaTraveller                                   

D。

AHistoryofNewYork

ABCD

18.  InJamesFenimoreCooper'snovels，closeafterNattyBumppoinromanticappeal,comethetwonobleredmen。

Choosethemfromthefollowing.

A.theMohicanChiefChingachgook    

B。

Uncas

C。

TomJones                                                    

D。

KublaKhan

AB

In1817，thestatelypoemcalledThanatopsisintroducedthebestpoet___________toappearinAmericauptothattime.

A.EdwardTaylor                                             

B.PhilipFreneau

C。

WilliamCullenBryant                             

D.EdgarAllanPoe

CToaWaterfowlThanatopsis    

21.  Fromthefollowing，choosethepoemswrittenbyEdgarAllanPoe.

A.ToHelen                                                      

B。

TheRaven

C。

AnnabelLee                                      

D.TheBells

ABCD

23。

  EdgarAllanPoe'sfirstcollectionofshortstoriesis___________。

D.  TalesoftheGrotesqueandArabesque

24.  Fromthefollowing,choosethecharacteristicsofRalphWaldoEmerson'spoetry.

A。

beinghighlyindividual                        

B.harshrhythms

C.lackofformandpolish                        

D.strikingimages

ABCD

25。

  WhichbookisnotwrittenbyRalphWaldoEmerson?

A。

RepresentativeMen                             

B。

EnglishTraits

C.Nature                                           

D。

TheRhodora

D

26.  WhichessayisnotwrittenbyRalphWaldoEmerson?

A。

OfStudies                                      

B。

Self-Reliance

C.TheAmericanScholar                          

D。

TheDivinitySchoolAddress

A

30。

NathanielHawthorne’sabilitytocreatevividandsymbolicimagesthatembodygreatmoralquestionsalsoappearsstronglyinhisshortstories。

Choosehisshortstoriesfromthefollowing.

A. YoungGoodmanBrown                        

B.TheGreatStoneFace

C。

The AmbitiousGuest                              ABCD

D.EthanBrand

E。

ThePearl

32.  HermanMelvillecalledhisfriendNathanielHawthorne_____________inAmericanliterature.

A。

 thelargestbrainwiththelargestheart

34。

__________wasaromanticizedaccountofHermanMelville'sstayamongthePolynesians.ThesuccessofthebooksoonmadeMelvillewellknownasthe"manwholivedamongcannibals"。

Typee

37.  IntheearlynineteenthcenturyAmericanmoralvalueswereessentiallyPuritan.Nothinghasleftadeeperimprintonthecharacterofthepeopleasawholethandid__________。

A。

Puritanism                         

”TheuniverseiscomposedofNatureandthesoul.。

.Spiritispresenteverywhere".ThisisthevoiceofthebookNaturewrittenbyEmerson，whichpushedAmericanRomanticismintoanewphase，thephaseofNewEngland______Transcendentalism

43。

  WhichisgenerallyregardedastheBibleofNewEnglandTranscendentalism？

A.Nature          

45._________isanappallingfictionalversionofNathanielHawthorne’sbeliefthat"thewrongdoingofonegenerationlivesintothesuccessiveones”andthatevilwillcomeoutofevilthoughitmaytakemanygenerationstohappen。

A.TheMarbleFaun                                

B.TheHouseofSevenGables

C.TheBlithedaleRomance                        

D。

 YoungGoodmanBrown

B

Onceuponamidnightdreary，whileipondered,weakandweary,

Overmanyaquaintandcuriousvolumeofforgottenlore,

WhileInodded,nearlynapping,suddenlytherecameatapping,

Asofsomeonegentlyrapping，rappingatmychamberdoor。

”Tissomevisitor,"Imuttered,”tappingatmychamberdoor—

Onlythis,andnothingmore.”

Ah，distinctlyIrememberitwasinthebleakDecember，

Andeachseparatedyingemberwroughtitsghostuponthefloor。

EagerlyIwishedthemorrow;—vainlyIhadtriedtoborrow

Frommybookssurceaseofsorrow—sorrowforthelost。

EdgarAllanPoe

TheRaven

Describethemoodofthispoem：

Asenseofmelancholyoverthedeathofabelovedbeautifulyoungwomanpervadesthewholepoem,theportrayalofayoungmangrievingforhislostLeno-re，hisgriefturnedtomadnessunderthesteadyone-wordrepetitionofthetalkingbird.

Work3:

Nuture

1.AstheleadingNewEnglandTranscendentalist，EmersoneffectedamostarticulatesynthesisoftheTranscendentalistviews。

Onemajorelementofhisphilosophyifhisfirmbeliefinthetranscendenceofthe”Oversoul".Hisemphasisonthespiritrunsthroughvirtuallyallhiswritings."Philosophicallyconsidered，”hestatesinNature，whichisgenerallyregardedasthe