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1、英美文學(xué)史課程試題庫(kù)Fillintheblanks.1.Americanachievementsintheshtstyhavedemedinternationalrespectadmirationfmethanacenturyahalf.ThefirstsuccessfulAmericanshtstiescamefromWashingtonIrvingintheearly19thcentury.2.EdgarAllanPoeisgene

2、rallythoughtofasthetruebeginneroftheshtstiesbecausehewasthefirstwriterwhofmulatedapoeticsoftheshtsties.3.Inthe20thcenturytherehavebeenmanywhohavewonfameabroadaswellasintheUSftheirshtsties:SherwoodersonHemingwayFaulknerAn

3、naPterdozensofothers.4.AsyoureadfromwritertowriterfromWashingtonIrving’s‘RipVanWinkle’toO’Connner’s‘AGoodManisHardtoFind’youwillseethecomingofashtstyagegrowingfromanentertainingtaleintoastywhichprobesdeepintohumansouls.5

4、.Modernliteraryfictionhasbeendominatedbytwofms:theshtstythenovel.6.WashingtonIrvingtheFatherofAmericanLiteraturedevelopedtheshtstyasagenreinAmericanliterature.7.AllanPoeisusuallyacknowledgedastheiginatofdetectivesties.He

5、isalsocreditedwithdevelopingmanyofthestardfeaturesofdetectivefiction.II.Multiplechoice1.EdgarAllanPoewrotepoemswhicharemarvelsofbeautycraftsmanshipsuchas____.A.IHearAmericaSingingB.TheRavenC.ToawaterfowlD.ThefalloftheHou

6、seofUsher2.ThecommonthreadthroughoutAmericanliteraturehasbeentheemphasisonthe___.A.revolutionismB.reasonC.individualismD.rationalism3.InAmericanliteraturethe18thcenturywastheAgeoftheEnlightenment___wasthedominantspirit.A

7、.humanismB.rationalismC.revolutionD.evolution4.Whowasconsideredthe“PoetofAmericanRevolution”A.MichaelWiggleswthB.EdwardTaylC.AnneBradstreetD.PhilipFreneau5.ThomasJefferson’sattitudethatisafirmbeliefinprogressthepursuitof

8、happinessistypicaloftheperiodwenowcall___.A.AgeofEvolutionB.AgeofReasonC.AgeofRomanticismD.AgeofRegionalism6.MarkTwaincreatedin_____amasterpieceofAmericanrealismthatisalsooneofthegreatbooksofwldliterature.A.HuckleberryFi

9、nnB.TomSawyerC.TheManThatCruptedHadleyburyD.TheGildedAge7.ThepessimismdeterministicideasofnaturalismpervadedthewksofsuchAmericanwritersas___.英美文學(xué)史課程試題庫(kù)A.O.HenryB.HenryDavidTheauC.E.E.CummingsD.RobertFrost19.In1954___wasa

10、wardedtheNobelprizefliteraturefrohis“masteryoftheartofmodernnarration”.A.T.SEliotB.EarnestHemingwayC.JohnSteinbeckD.WilliamFaulkner20.WilliamFaulknerisoneofthemostimptantsouthernwritersintheUnitedStates.____AsILayDyingLi

11、ghtinAugustAbsalomAbsalom!arewksthatambitiouscriticstendtoadmire.A.TheSoundtheFuryB.TheInvisibleManC.AGoodManisHardtoFindD.TheWrathoftheGrapesIV.Questionsanswers.1.HowdoyouunderstMarktwain’suseoflocalcolinhiswritingMarkT

12、wain’snarrativesaredistinguishedfhisuseoflocalcol.Thismaybedefinedasthecarefulattentiontodetailsofthephysicalscenetothosemannerismsinspeechdressbehavipeculiartoageographicallocality.Heinsistedthatthejobofthenativenovelis

13、tswastodepicteachofthecountry’sregionspeopleaccurately.OnlyinthiswaycouldthepeculiarityofAmericanexperiencethepolyglottonguesofitspeoplethevastnessofthecontinentbecaptured.Hemainlyexploitedthepossibilitiesofthelocalcolin

14、theMississippiregion.2.Discusstheconceptofwastelinrelationtothewksofthosewritersinthe20thcenturyAmericanliterature.‘TheWasteL’isapoemwrittenbyT.S.Eliotonthethemeofthesterilitychaosofth3contemparywld.Thismostwidelyknownex

15、pressionofthedespairinthepostwarerahasappearedoveroveragaininthewksofthosewritersinthe2othcenturyAmericanliterature.FaulknerexemplifiedT.S.Eliot’sconceptofmodernsocietyasawastelisadramaticwayhecondemnedthemechanizedindus

16、trializedsocietythathasdehumanizedmanbyfcinghimtocultivatefalsevaluesdecreasethoseessentialhumanvaluessuchascourageftitudehonestygoodness.Fitzgeraldsoughttoptrayaspiritualwastelofthejazzage.Beneaththemasksofrelaxationjov

17、ialitytherewasonlysterilitymeaninglessfutilityathegreurextravagancetherewasahintofdecadencemaldecay.HemingwaytheleadingspokesmanoftheLostGenerationthoughdisillusionedinthepostwarperiodstrovetobringaboutman’s“graceunderpr

18、essure”.Hetriedtobringouttheideathanmancanbephysicallydestroyedbutneverdefeatedspiritually.3.AnalyzeWaltWhitman’s‘OCaptain!MyCaptain’intermsoffreeverse.InthepoemWhitmancelebratestheheroicstruggleoftheAmericanpeoplefdemoc

19、racyfreedomjusticeexpresseshisseethinghatredofslavery.Freeverseisakindofpoetrythatlacksregularmeterpatternmaynotrhyme.Dependingonnaturalspeechrhythmsitslinesmaybeofdifferentlengthsmayswitchabruptlyfromonerhythmtoanother.

20、WhitmanwasthefirstAmericanpoettousefreeverseextensivelybecauseitisanappropriatefmfhisliberatingviewoflifefhispoetrythatwouldalloweveryaspectoflifetospeakwithoutrestraint.Hetriedtoapproximatethenaturalcadencesofspeechinhi