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英美文学史及选读篇一：英国文学史及选读 期末试题及答案

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I.Multiple choice (30 points, 1 point for each) select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement.

1._____，a typical example of old English poetry ,is regarded today as the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons.

A.The Canterbury Tales B.The Ballad of Robin Hood

C.The Song of Beowulf D.Sir Gawain and the Green Kinght

2._____is the most common foot in English poetry.

A.The anapest B.The trochee

C.The iamb D.The dactyl

3.The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events, which one of the following is NOT such an event?

A.The rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture.

B.England’s domestic rest

C.New discovery in geography and astrology

D.The religious reformation and the economic expansion

4._____is the most successful religious allegory in the English language.

A.The Pilgrims Progress

B.Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners

C.The Life and Death of Mr.Badman

D.The Holy War

5.Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries, its essence is _____.

A.science B.philosophy

C.arts D.humanism

6.“So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,/So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”(Shakespeare, Sonnets18)What does“this”refer to ?

A.Lover. B.Time.

C.Summer.D.Poetry.

7.“O prince, O chief of my throned powers, /That led th’ embattled seraphim to war/Under thy conduct, and in dreadful deeds/Fearless, endangered Heaven’s perpetual king”In the third line of the above passage quoted from Milton’s Paradise Lost, the phrase“thy conduct”refers to _____conduct.

A.God’sB.Satan’s

C.Adam’s D.Eve’s

8. It is generally regarded that Keats’s most important and mature poems are in the form of ______.

A.elegyB.ode

C.epic D.sonnet

9.“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?”The sentence is the beginning of Shakespeare’s_______.

A.comedy B.tragedy

C.sonnet D.poem

10. Daniel Defoe’s novels mainly focus on _____.

A.the struggle of the unfortunate for mere existence

B.the struggle of the shipwrecked persons for security

C.the struggle of the pirates for wealth

D.the desire of the criminals for property

11. Francis Bacon is best known for his_____which greatly influenced the development of this literary form.

A.essays B.poems C.works D.plays

12. Most of Thomas Hardy’s novels are set in Wessex____.

A.a crude region in England B.a fictional primitive region

C.a remote rural area D.Hardy’s hometown

13. In terms of Pride and Prejudice, which is not true?

A.Pride and Prejudice is the most popular of Jane Austen’s novels.

B.Pride and Prejudice is originally drafted as “First Impressions”.

C.Pride and Prejudice is a tragic novel.

D.In this novel, the author explores the relationship between great love and realistic benefits.

14. Chronologically the Victorian Period refers to _____

A.1798-1832 B.1836-1901

C.1798-1901 D.the Neoclassical Period

15. In the following figures, who is Dickens’s first child hero?

A.Fagin. B.Mr.Brownlow.

C.Olive Twist.D.Bill Sikes

16. “And where are they? And where art thou,”

My country? On thy voiceless shore

The heroic lay is tuneless now-

The heroic bosom beats no more! (George Gordon Byron, Don Juan)

In the above stanza,“art thou”literally means_____.

A.“art you ”B.“are though” C.“art though”D.“are you ”

17. Of the following writers, which is not the representative of the Romantic period?

A.William Blake. B.John Bunyan.

C.Jane Auten. D.John Keats.

18. In Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience, what is the utmost concern of Blake?

A.Love B.Childhood C.DeathD.Human Experience

19. Paradise Lost is actually a story taken from____.

A.the RenaissanceB.the Old Testament

C.Greek Mythology D.the New Testament

20. Jane Austen’s first novel is _____.

A.Pride and PrejudiceB.Sense and Sensibility

C.Emma D.Plan of a Noel

21. Of the following poets, which is not regarded as “Lake Poets’”?

A.Saumel Taylor Coleridge. B.Robert Southey.

C.William Wordsworth. D.William Shakespeare.

22.Daniel Defoe describes____as a typical English middle-class man of the eighteenth century, the very prototype of the empire builder or the pioneer colonist.

A.Robinson Crusoe B.Moll Flanders

C.GulliverD.Tom Jones

23. The lines“Death, be not proud, though some have calld thee/Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;”are found in ______.

A.William Wordsworth’s writings B.John Keats’ writings

C.John Donne’s writings D.Percy Bysshe Shelley’s writings

24.The Pilgrim’s progress by John Bunyan is often said to be concerned with the search for_____.

A.self-fulfillment B.spiritual salvation

C.material wealth D.universal truth

25.With so many poems such as “The Sparrow’s Nest,”“To a Skylark,”“To the Cuckoo”and “To a Butterfly”,William Wordsworth is regarded as a “______”.

A.poet of genius. B.royal poet.

C.worshipper of nature.D.conservative poet.

26.In the first part of Gulliver’s Travels, Gulliver told this experience in ____.

A.Lilliput B.Brobdingnag

C.Houyhnhnm D.England

27.Which of the following can not describe“Byronic hero”?

A.Proud. B.Mysterious.C.Noble origin. D.Progressive.

28.The poetic form which Browning attached to maturity and perfection is ____.

A.dramatic monologue B.use of symbol

C.use of ironic languageD.use of lyrics

29.The term “metaphysical poetry”is commonly used to name the work of the 17th-century writers who wrote under the influence of ____.

A.John MiltonB.John DonneC.John KeatsD.John Bunyan

30. Which of the following writings is not created by William Wordsworth?

A.I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.

B.She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways

C.The Solitary Reaper.

D.The Chimney Sweeper.

II. Find the relevant match from colunm B for each item in Colomn A (10 points in all. 1 point for each)

A B

1.Geoffrey Chaucer A. A Red, Red Rose

2.Francis Bacon B. Ode to a Nightingale

3.Jonathan Swift C. Of Truth

4.William Blake D.Northanger Abbey

5.Robert Burns E.The Canterbury Tales

6.John Keats F.A Modest Proposal

7.Jane AustenG.The Tiger

8.Charles DickensH. Ulysses

9.Tennyson I.David Copperfield

10.Robert Browning J.My Last Duchess

III. Fill in the following blanks (10 points in all, 1 point for each)

1. In the year____,at the battle of Hastings, the Normans headed by william, Duke of Normandy, defeated the Anglo-saxons.

2. Since historical times, England, where the early inhabitants were celts, has been conquered three times. It was conquered by the Romans, the ____,and the Normans.

3.____is regared as shakespeare’s successful romantic tragedy.

4. No sooner were the people in control of the government than they divided into hostile parties: the liberal whigs and the conservative_____.

5. The Glorious Revolution in ___meant three things the supremacy of parliament, the beginning of modern English, and the final triumph of the principle of political liberty.

6. Romanticism as a literary movement come into being in England early in the latter half of the ___century.

7. With the publication of william Wordsworth’s____in collaboration with S.T Coleridge, Romanticism began to bloom and found a firm place in the history of English literatare.

8. Woman as ____ appeared in the Romantic age. It was during this period that women took, for the first time ,an important place in English literature.

9. The most important poet of the victoria Age was____, Next to him, were Robert Browning and his wife.

10. The ____movement appeared in the thirties of the 19th cenfury.

IV. Questions and Answers (20 points in all ,10points for each) Give brief answers to each of following questions in English.

(1) A selection from a poem

Wherefore feed and clothe and save

Form the cradle to the grave

Those ungrateful drones who would

Drain your sweat_nay, drink your blood?

Whrefore, Bees of England, forge

Many a weepon, chain, and scourge

That these stingless drones may spoil

The forced produce of your tail?

Questions (10’)

1. These lines are taken from a poem entitled___(1’)written by ___(1’).

2. The rhyme scheme in the selection of the poem is ____.(1’)

3.What idea does the quotation express?(7’)

(2) A Selection from a work

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy and extracts made of them by others, but that would be only in the less important arguments and the meaner sort of books; else distilled bookd are like common distilled waters.

Question(10’)

1. This passage is taken from a well-known work entiled___,(2’) written by ____.(1’)

2. What’s the main idea of the whole work. (7’)

V. Topic Discussion (30 points in all,15 points for each). Write no less than 100 words on each of the following topics in English , in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.

1. Based on Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, discuss the theme of her works, the image of woman protagonists and what and how her novels truthfully present.(15’)

2. In Pride and Prejudice, Jane Aasten explored three kinds of motivations of marriage that the middle-class people had in the second half of the 18th century. Try to make a brief discussion about them with specific examples from the novel. Make comments on Austen’s attitude towards these motivations.(15’)

英美文学史及选读篇二：英国文学史及选读复习资料

Lecture1

Ⅱ. Recommended Novels for Reading (British)

18th-century

Gulliver’s Travels: Jonathan Swift; social satire/fantasy/; Part I, II, and IV interesting; language difficulty ***.

Robinson Crusoe: Daniel Defoe; an account of the process of the building of the British Empire in the 18th century; diary-like detailed description and narration; language difficulty **.

19th-century

Great Expectations:

Charles Dickens; about moral corruption and loss of innocence and honesty in growing up; the Cinderella pattern in structure; language Dif ***; a bit too long. Jane Eyre:

Charlotte Bronte; a poor, plain governess struggling for self-dignity and personal happiness; language dif **. :

Emily Bronte; one of the best novels in the world; a presentation of the most primitive, natural, powerful, touching as well as the most destructive love human beings are capable of; language dif **.

Silas Marner:

George Eliot; a religious fable about religion of humanity; language dif **; small.

Tess of D’Urbervilles:

Thomas Hardy; tragic fate of a ―pure‖ young peasant woman at the time of capitalistinvasion into the country in the 19th-century England; language dif ***.

20th-century

Sons and Lovers: D.H. Lawrence; Oedipus Complex; the study of man-woman relations; language dif ***.

Mrs Dalloway, Virginia Woolf; about the spiritual journey of Mrs Dalloway; typical stream of consciousness fiction; language dif ***, not long

The Fifth Child: Doris Lessing; about distortion or horror of human nature/ a human-born monster; Language dif **, small.

Ⅲ. Contents

Chapter One: Old English Literature

Chapter Two: Middle English Literature

Chapter Three: Geoffrey Chaucer

Chapter Four: The Renaissance

Ⅳ.Development of Literature

Three stages of En(转 载于:wWw.zhAoQT.neT 蒲公 英文摘:英美文学史及选读)glish language development:

i. Old English /Anglo-Saxon (OE. As the language up to 1066 is usu. called)ii. Middle English (about 1100-1500)

iii. Modern English (about 1500-present)

Part One: Old and Medieval English Literature

Historical background

3 conquests/invasions

--- Romans (4th to the 6th cen.):

politics of self-government, transportation system, cities, Latin language and Christianity (little remained)

--- English/Anglo-Saxon Conquest ( Angles, Saxons, Jutes)

A. Germanic tribes from the Mediterranean coast: Scandinavia, Denmark and Germany

B. the Pagans/heathens异教徒

C. enslaved the Celts and drove others to Wales, Scotland and Ireland

D.began feudalism; new social strata: serfs 农奴—freemen自由民—farmers农民--thanes乡士--earls爵爷—kings王爷

E. a medley of different races/ethnic groups; of multiple influences and

cultural and political orders

---Norman Conquest in 1066 by William,

Duke of Normandy from Northern France:

A. further established feudalism, and ended the slave system in 14th cen.

B. powerful Popedom 教皇制 established

(1/3 of land, political right, wide moral degeneration of the clericals; penances or pardons 赦罪令

C. highly centralized royal power, but conceded in the 13th cen. with

establishment of parliament (1215 the Magna Carta/King John)

D. communication with the outside world: diplomatic relations,

development of trade and increasing strength for tradesmen and skilled

professionals

E. influence from outside world in ideology

F. coexistence of 3 languages: Latin, the clerical and learned; French,

noblemen and royal court; A-S native English/ Celtic dialect (vernacular)

for the common

[Not until the 13th century did English enter the world of official discourse

官方用语. 1258 Hey III issued a proclamation布告 in 3 languages, 14th cen., parliament and court allowed English.] Chapter Five: The Revolution and Restoration Chapter Six:Enlightenment in England Chapter Seven: The Romantic Period Chapter Eight: The Victorian Age Chapter Nine: Twentieth Century Literature

(The Dark Age: blind belief of Roman Catholicism and after-life and stagnant philosophical and artistic development)

Ⅴ. Literature (secular)

---the Old English (until A-S period) and Middle English (after 1066)

---tales passed on orally by gleemen or minstrels 吟唱诗人until Homer‘s Iliad and Odyssey

Old English Period : Beowulf, an Epic

A. the most important existent work; the national epic of Anglo-Saxons

B. written in 7-8 cen.

C. partly-historical and partly-legendary

D. not about England but their homeland in Denmark

E. epic form: a long verse narrative on the exploits of a national hero, Beowulf

F. the primitive people‘s heroic struggle against hostile forces of the natural world under a wise leader

G. pagan elements + Christian coloring: ―fate‖, ―God‘, ―Lord‖

H. alliteration and Germanic language

Middle English Literature

A. Romance 罗曼史

---Roman, French matters for subjects: Trojan War, Charlemagne, Roland and the

knights; chivalric;

---English romance: King Arthur and his round-table knights; ―Sir Gawain and the

Greenknight‖ (1360-1370), ―Le Morte d‘Arthur‖ by Sir Thomas Malory

B. Religious writings and translations

(from Hebrew to Latin):

Langland‘s ―Piers the Plowman‖

C. Poetic form:

alliterative poetry头韵诗

metrical poetry韵律诗

Lecture 2 Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400)

Father of English poetry /literature

? 3 periods of creation:

French Romaunt of the Rose, translation

Italian (after Dante Divine Comedy, Petrarch and Boccaccio, Decameron; The House of Fame, The Legend of Good Women, Troylus and Criseyde)

British (1386-1400) The Canterbury Tales

? Contributions:

A. the first to present a comprehensive and realistic picture of the English society of his time and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life in his masterpiece The Canterbury Tales

B. introduced from France the rhymed stanzas of various types to replace the Old English alliterative verse

C. the first to use the rhymed couplet of iambic pentameter/heroic couplet

? Canterbury Tales:

The story: 29 pilgrims, and the poet on the way to Canterbury, stopped at an inn. At

the proposal of the host of the Tabard Inn each was to tell 4 stories on the way to and back from Cant. Host be the guide and judge, the best teller gets a free supper at the cost of all the rest upon their return to the inn. Should have been 120 stories, but only 24 completed and preserved, 2 incomplete, 2 unfinished.

Theme: influenced by the early Italian Renaissance, he affirms man’s right to

pursue earthly happiness and opposes asceticism 禁欲说; praises man‘s energy, intellect, and love of life; exposes and satirizes the social evils, esp. the religious abuses

structure: General prologue (occasion, characters) followed by stories; a separate

prologue between two stories

characterization: vivid portrayal of individualized 个性化characters of the society

and of all professions and social strata except the highest and

the lowest

1. shows respect for the two landed gentry, the plowman and the parson;

2. satirizes all the religious people， except the parson，who are guilty of sins: Pride, Wrath, Envy, Lust, Gluttony, Avarice, and Sloth

3. shows a growing sense of self-importance of the trades/ towns people,

reflecting the changing social status, esp. in towns and cities

Style: lively, vivid Middle-Age English, satire, humour, Heroic Couplet; of unequal

merits

the 3 famous tales:

A. the Wife of Bath‘s tale of an Arthurian knight

B. the Oxford clerk‘s of a patient young lady

C. the Franklin小地主‘s about a wife‘s full submission to her husband

IV. Text study:

Comment:

? This is a satirical picture of a vain, pretentious nun. Though supposedly in a

religious capacity, she had many worldly weaknesses and was in no way a true Christian, let alone a devout clergy person.

? The portrait is pervaded by ironical depictions, and the tone is light-hearted and

humorous. Readers can only smile in amusement.

? In heroic couplet.

Text studyChaucer’s The Canterbury Tales / The Prioress Pre-reading

You are going to read Chaucer’s description of a prioress, a nun who is the head of a religious order or a religious house (e.g. an abbey). Before reading Chaucer’s description, we could try to create a picture of a nun from our knowledge or imagination.

1. Imagine the facial expression of a nun, what words would you use to describe it?

2. A nun, especially a prioress, is usually remarkable for the following

characteristics (tick the words/expressions of your choice):

asolemnity, charm, kindness

b serious/ pleasant/ easy-going/ sombre manners

cfull of sense / sensibility

3. If she carries a motto, which do you think is more likely to be her choice?

aAll that glisters is not gold.

b Glory belongs to the King.

cGod helps those who help themselves.

dLove conquers all.

Discussion

1.What is image of the nun?

2.Is she favorably and admirably or satirically portrayed? How?

3.What figures of speech are used?

Language and Style

1. Select a detail which contains humour or irony. What makes it comic or ironic?

2. What do you notice about the rhyme at the end of the lines

Key information for Memory:

3 conquests

Beowulf (A-S national epic/Old English literature/native subject/alliteration) ―Sir Gawain and the Greenknight‖, anonymous

William Langland‘s Piers the Plowman, religious

Chaucer‘s Canterbury Tales

romance; heroic couplet; alliteration; epic; metric poem

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