美国文学期末复习题.docx
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美国文学期末复习题
期末考试题型复习
I.MultipleChoice(30‘)
II.FindtherelevantmatchincolumnBforeachincolumnA(10’):
Writers:
()1.ToniMorrison
()2.JosephHeller
()3.EugeneGlastoneO’Neill
()4.ArchibaldMacLeish
()5.EmilyDickinson
()6.BenjaminFranklin
()7.RalphWaldoEmerson
()8.F·ScottFitzgerald
()9.WilliamFaulkner
()10.WallaceStevens
Works:
a.TheHairyApe
b.I’mNobody!
c.WeBombedinNewHaven
d.EnglishTraits
e.TheSoundandtheFury
f.TheAutobiography
g.TenderistheNight
h.AnecdoteoftheJar
i.SongofSolomon
j.J.B.
Writers:
()1.EdgarAllanPoe
()2.WaltWhiteman
()3.F·ScottFitzgerald
()4.WilliamCarlosWilliams
()5.ToniMorrison
()6.RalphWaldoEllison
()7.LangstonHughes
()8.EzraPound
()9.StephenCrane
()10.NathanielHawthorne
Works:
a.OCaptain!
MyCaptain!
b.TheBluestEye
c.InaStationoftheMetro
d.TheHouseoftheSevenGables
e.TheFalloftheHouseofUsher
f.TheRedWheelbarrow
g.TheOpenBoat
h.Dreams
i.TheGreatGatsby
j.ShadowandAct
Writers:
()1.RalphWaldoEmerson
()2.RobertFrost
()3.SaulBellow
()4.JosephHeller
()5.RalphWaldoEllison
()6.EzraPound
()7.ErnestHemingway
()8.EmilyDickinson
()9.KatherineAnnePorter
()10.HenryWadsworthLongfellow
Works:
a.Self-Reliance
b.InvisibleMan
c.PaleHorse,PaleRider
d.TheSunAlsoRises
e.StoppingbyWoodsonaSnowyEvening
f.SuccessisCountedSweetest
g.SongofMyself
h.Catch-22
i.LookingforMr.Green
j.Cantos
Writers:
()1.BenjaminFranklin
()2.ToniMorrison
()3.WilliamFaulkner
()4.ArchibaldMacLeish
()5.NathanielHawthorne
()6.HenryWadsworthLongfellow
()7.StephenCrane
()8.KatherineAnnePorter
()9.WilliamCarlosWilliams
()10.SaulBellow
Works:
a.ArsPoetica
b.Maggie:
AGirloftheStreets
c.Twice-toldTales
d.Beloved
e.APsalmofLife
f.BarnBurning
g.PoorRichard’sAlmanac
h.Paterson
i.AndersontheRainKing
j.TheFloweringJudas
III.Definethelistedliteraryterms(15’)
AmericanPuritanism:
Simplyspeaking,AmericanPuritanismjustreferstothespiritandidealofpuritanswhosettledintheNorthAmericancontinentintheearlypartoftheseventeenthcenturybecauseofreligiouspersecutions.Incontentitmeansscrupulousmoralrigor,especiallyhostilitytosocialpleasuresandindulgences,thatisstrictness,sternnessandausterityinconductandreligion
WithtimepassingitbecameadominantfactorinAmericanlife,oneofthemostenduringshapinginfluencesinAmericanthoughtandAmericanLiterature.Tosomeextentitisastateofmind,apartofthenationalculturalatmospherethattheAmericanbreathes,ratherthanasetoftenets.
Actuallyitisacodeofvalues,aphilosophyoflifeandapointofviewinAmericanminds,alsoatwo-facetedtraditionofreligiousidealismandlevel-headedcommonsense.
;
AericanRomanticism;isoneofthemostimportantperioddsinthehistoryofAmericanliterature.Iwasarebellionagainstrtheobjectivityofrationalism.Forromantics,thefeelings,intuitionsandemotionsweremoreimportantthanreasonandcommensense.Theyemphazedindividualism,placingtheindividualagainstthegroup.Theafirmedtheinnerlifeofthesels,andcherishedstronginterestinthepast,thewild,theremote,thwmysteriousandthestange.Theystressedtheelement“Americaness”intheirworks.ItstartedwiththepulicationofWashingtonIrving’ThestretchBookandenedwithWaltWhiteman’sLeavesofGrass.Itisalsocalled“AmericanRenaissance”AmericanRomantistsincludesuchliteraryfiguresasWashintonIrving,Emerson,Thoreau,Hawthrone,MellvilleWhitemanandsomeothers.
;
LocalColorism:
Isconcernedwiththelifeofasmall,well-definedregionorprovince.ThecharacteristicsettingistheisolatedsmalltownThestyleofwritingderivedfromthepresentationofthefeaturesandpeculiaritiesofaparticularlocalityanditsinhabitants.SimplyitmeansTheuseofregionaldetailinaliteraryorartisticwork.ThenameisgivenespeciallytoakindofAmericanliteraturethatinitsmostcharacteristicformmadeitsappearancejustaftertheCivilWarandfornearlythreedecadeswasthesinglemostpopularformofAmericanliterature.
Followinginthefootstepsofthepre-war"sectionalhumorists,"localcoloristswereinterestedinrealisticallydepictinglifeindifferentsectionsoftheUnitedStatesinordertopromoteunderstandingandunification.FictionwriterslikeSarahOrneJewett,BretHarte,O.Henry,andMarkTwainhavebeenidentifiedwithinthistradition.
;Naturalism;acceptedthemorenegativeinterpretationofDarwin’sevolutionarytheoryandusedittoaccountforthebehaviorofthosecharatersintheliteraryworkswhwereregardedasmoreorlesscomplexcombinationofinherittedattibutes,theirhabitsconditionbysocialandeconomicforces.AmericanNaturalismisevoledfromrealismhentheauthor’stoneinwritingbecomeslessseriousandlesssympatheticbutmoreironicandmorepessimistic.Itisnomorethanagloomyphilosophicalapproachtoreality,ortohumanexistence.Dreiserisaleadingfigureofthisschool
TheLostGeneration:
isatermusedbyGertudeSterntodescribethepost–WWIgenerartonofAmericanwriters:
:
manandwomenhauntedbyasenseofbetrayalandemptinessbroughtaboutbythedestructivnessofthewar.Fulofyouthfulidealism,theseindividualssoughtthemeaningofthelife,drankexcessivly,hadloveaffairsandcreatedsomeofthefinestAmericanliterturetodate.Thethreebest-knownrepresentativesofLostGenerationareF.SccotFitzgerald,ErnesthemingwayandJohnDosPassos.
AmricanDreamreferstothereamofmaterralsuccess,inwhichone,regardlessofsocialstatus,acquireswealthandgainssuccesbyworkinghardandgoodluck.Inliterature,thethemeofAmericandreamrecurs.InTheGreatGatsby,Gatsbycamefromthewesttotheeastwiththedreamofmaterialsuccess.Bybootleggingandotherillegalmeanshefilfilledhisdreambutendedupbeingkilled.ThenoveltellestheshatteringofAmeracanDreamratherthanitssuccess.
Impreessionism:
isastyleofpaintingthatgivestheimpressionmadebythesublectontheartistwithoutmuchattentintodetails.Writersaccfeptedthesameconvictionthatpersonalattitudeandmoodsofthewriterwerelegitimateelementindipictingcharatersorsettingoraction.Briefly,itiaastyleofliteraturecharacterixedbythecreartionofgeneralimpresionandmoodsratherthanrealiticmoods.
IV.QuestionandAnswers(20’)
Youwillbegiventwopoems,andaskedtotellfromwhichpoemdoesthestanzacome,whoistheauthor,whatdoessomespecificwordinthepomemean,andhowwillyouappreciatethepoem.
Payattentiontothefollowingpoems:
1.EzraPound’sInaStationoftheMetro
2.WaltWhiteman’sOCaptain,MyCaptain
3.RobertFrost’sTheRoadNotTaken
StoppingbyWoodsonaSnowyEvening
4.EmilyDickson”sI’mNobody
IhearaFlyBuzzWhenIDied
5.AdgarAllenPoeToHelen
V.Givebriefanswerstothefollowingquestions.(25’)
1.MakeashortsummaryaboutWashingtonIrving”smasterpiece“RipVanWinkle”andcommentonthethemeofit.
2.Whyarenatuaralitsinevitablypessimisticintheirviews?
Whatarethenatrualists’writingstyle?
Pleaseexplainbyexamples.
3.MarkTwainpresentedthe19thcenturyAmericainhisownuniqueway.DiscussTwain’sareoffiction:
thesettin,thelanguage,andthecharacters,basedonhisnovelTheAdvenruresofHuckleberryFinn.
4.Whatarethesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenthethreeliterarygiants,Howells,MarkTwain,HenryJames,ntermsoftheirliteraryorientations?
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