1. The Canterbury Tales was written in ________.B
A. Old English
B. Middle English
C. Modern English
D. Current Modern English
2. Pilgrims travel to the shrine of St. Thomas Becket at Canterbury in
________.B
A. March
B. April
C. May
D. June
3. ________ pilgrims plus Chaucer are assembled at the Tabard Inn in the southern part of London.C
A. 25
B. 27
C. 29
D. 31
4. Chaucer was a master of the heroic couplet which consists of two rhyming lines in iambic pentameter. Iambic pentameter meansC
A. the line has 6 feet, and an unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable.
B. the line has 6 feet, and a stressed syllable is followed by an unstressed syllable.
C. the line has 5 feet, and an unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable.
D. the line has 5 feet, and a stressed syllable is followed by an unstressed
syllable.
1. Shakespeare’s four great tragedies are _________D
A. Anthony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus, King Lear, Timon of Athens
B. Twelfth Night, Cynbeline, The Winter’s Tale, and Th e Tempest
C. Hamlet, Othello, King John, and Macbeth
D. Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth
2. The story of Hamlet takes place in ________.B
A. England
B. Denmark
C. Italy
D. Germany
3. Romeo and Juliet belongs to Shakespeare’s ________.C
A. romantic comedy
B. comedy
C. tragedy
D. historical plays
4. A sonnet is a poem of ________ lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to a certain definite patterns. C
A. 8
B. 6
C. 14
D. 24
1. Francis Bacon was ________ contemporary
A. Geoffrey Chaucer’s
B. Thomas More’s
C. William Shakespeare’s
D. John Milton’s
2. The following works belong to the type of literature in which an ideal society is depicted except ________.
A. Utopia
B. The New Atlantis
C. Erewhon
D. Treasure Island
3. In Novum Organum (New Instrument), Bacon discussed the method of
________.
A. deduction
B. induction
C. analogy
D. reading
4. According to Bacon, if one is unable to discuss matters thoroughly, he should study ________.
A. history
B. rhetoric
C. natural philosophy
D. the lawyer’s cases
1. ______ has been regarded as the father of the novel.
A. Geoffrey Chaucer
B. Daniel Defoe
C. Henry Fielding
D. Samuel Richardson
2. In addition to The Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Defoe also wrote ______.
A. Tom Jones
B. Pamela
C. The Adventures of Roderick Random
D. Moll Flanders
3. Which of the following is not taken into consideration when Robinson Crusoe looks for a place to set up his tent: ______.
A. health and fresh water
B. shelter from the heat of the sun
C. a lot of trees
D. a view to the sea
4. Robinson Crusoe set foot upon the island in ______ of 1659.
A. spring
B. summer
C. autumn
D. winter
1. Gulliver's Travels consists of ______ voyages.
A. one
B. two
C. three
D. four
2. Lilliput is a country of ______.
A. tiny inbabitants
B. giants
C. flying islands
D. rational horses
3. Some critics believe that Swift was a "misanthrope". The word "misanthrope" means ______.
A. a person who admires mankind.
B. a person who likes mankind
C. a person who dislikes mankind
D. a person who frightens mankind
4. Which of the following statements best describes Gulliver's Travels?
A. Gulliver's Travels is a book of satire.
B. Gulliver's Travels is a book of adventurous journeys.
C. Gulliver's Travels is a realistic representation of 18th century England.
D. Both A and B.
1. Among the following, the one who was also an artist is ________.
A. William Blake
B. Robert Burns
C. William Wordsworth
D. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
2. “The Lamb” is included in William Blake’s ________.
A. Poetical Sketches
B. The Songs of Innocence
C. The Songs of Experience
D. The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
3. The central image of “The Tyger” is ________.
A. hammer
B. chain
C. anvil
D. fire
1. Robert Burns came from ________.
A. England
B. Wales
C. Scotland
D. Ireland
2. Authors and poems are correctly paired in all of the following except ________.
A. William Wordsworth—“The Solitary Reaper”
B. William Blake—“A Red, Red Rose”
C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge—“The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”
D. Robert Burns—“The Tree of Liberty”
3. “Auld Lang Syne” means ________.
A. old song
B. old acquaintance
C. long friendship
D. long ago
1. The Lake Poets include the following except ________.
A. Robert Southey
B. William Wordsworth
C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
D. William Blake
2. William Wordswoth is frequently referred to as ________.
A. a religious poet
B. a worshipper of nature
C. a modern poet
D. a worshipper of beauty
3. Of the following definitions of poetry, the one which s incorrectly paired with its author is ________.
A. “Poetry is the most beautiful and effective mode of saying things”—Matthew Arnold
B. “Poetry—the best words in their best order”—Samuel Taylor Coleridge
C. “The record of the best and happiest moment of the happiest and best minds”—Percy Bysshe Shelley
D. “The spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings”—Robert Burns
1. Lyrical Ballads (1798) was a collection of poems by ________.
A. James Thomson and William Collins
B. Thomas Gray and Robert Burns
C. Percy Bysshe Shelley and George Gordon Byron
D. William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge
2. The poetry of Samuel Taylor Coleridge may be characterized by its ________.
A. plain language
B. supernatural color
C. scenes of common life
D. traditional images
3. That supernatural and fantastic stories call for “a wil ling suspension of disbelief” was a statement made by ________.
A. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
B. Mary Shelley
C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
D. H. G. Wells
4. The setting for “Kubla Khan” is in ________.
A. England
B. France
C. Japan
D. China
1. Jane Austen’s first novel was ________.
A. Pride and Prejudice
B. Sense and Sensibility
C. Emma
D. Mansfield Park
2. The following characters are correctly paired according to the works in which they appear except ________.
A. Elizabeth—Pride and Prejudice
B. Mr. Knightley—Emma
C. Catherine—Northanger Abbey
D. Elinor—Mansfield Park
3. One of the important themes of Jane Austen’s novels is ________.
A. war
B. urban life
C. education
D. marriage
4. The phrase “a single man in possession of a good fortune” is applied to a single man with ________.
A. luck
B. status
C. wealth
D. health
1. An attack on Byron’s early poetry was launched by the editors of ________.
A. The London Gazette
B. The Manchester Guardian
C. The Liverpool Press
D. The Edinburgh Review
2. Byron wrote the following except ________.
A. Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage
B. Manfred
C. Don Juan
D. The Revolt of Islam
3. The description of “a man proud, moody, cynica l, with defiance on his brow, and misery in his heart, a scorner of his kind, implacable in revenge, yet capable of deep and strong affection” may be applied to ________.
A. an epic hero
B. an antihero
C. a Byronic hero
D. a modern hero
1. All the following have written plays in verse except ________.
A. George Gordon Byron
B. Percy Bysshe Shelley
C. George Bernard Shaw
D. T. S. Eliot
2. Shelley’s source for Prometheus Unbound was a play by ________.
A. William Shakespeare
B. Aeschylus
C. Euripides
D. Sophocles
3. In “Ode to the West Wind”, the wild west wind is referred to as the wind of ________.
A. spring
B. summer
C. autumn
D. winter
1. John Keats wrote the following except ______.
A. Endymion
B. The Eve of Saint Agness
C. "Ode to a Nightingale"
D. "Ode to Duty"
2. In "Ode on a Grecian Urn" the references to Tempe and Arcady are ______.
A. Italian
B. British
C. Greek
D. Persian
3. The individuals mentioned in "Ode on a Grecian Urn" ______.
A. appear in the poet's dream
B. appear on a vase
C. are acquaintances of the poet
D. pass the poet's window while he is musing
1. The following are frequently referred to as the Victorian realist novelists except ______.
A. Charles Dickens
B. Jane Austen
C. George Eliot
D. Anthony Trollope
2. The two cities in A Tale of Two Cities refer to ______.
A. London and Berlin
B. London and New York
C. London and Paris
D. London and Tokyo
3. The following characters are correctly paired according to the works in which they appear except ______.
A. Doctor Manette—Bleak House
B. Fagin—Oliver Twist
C. Mr. Micawber—David Copperfield
D. Miss Havisham—Great Expectations
4. Magwitch works hard in ______ to make Pip a gentleman.
A. Australia
B. Canada
C. Britain
D. The United States
1. Matthew Arnold wrote all the following except ______.
A. Essays in Criticism
B. Culture and Anarchy
C. The Stones of Venice
D. Literature and Dogma
2. Matthew Arnold borrowed the phrase "sweet and light" from a work by
______.
A. John Milton
B. John Bunyan
C. John Keats
D. Jonathan Swift
3. "A disinterested endeavor to learn and propagate the best that is known and thought in the world" is the definition of criticism by ______.
A. Samuel Johnson
B. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
C. Matthew Arnold
D. T. S. Eliot
1. Robert Browning distinguished himself in ______.
A. lyrics
B. dramatic monologues
C. sonnets
D. odes
2. "My Last Duchess" is written in ______.
A. irregular meter
B. heroic couplets
C. blank verse
D. iambic tetrameter
3. Neptune is the Roman god of ______.
A. love
B. war
C. the sun
D. the sea
1. Alfred Tennyson was appointed poet laureate in ______.
A. 1840
B. 1850
C. 1860
D. 1870
2. The line "He clasps the crag with crooked hands" illustrates the use of ______.
A. simile
B. hyperbole
C. alliteration
D. repetition
3. The line "To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield" is from Tennyson's
______.
A. Idylls of the King
B. In Memoriam
C. Maud
D. "Ulysses"
1. “All his novels pr esent the losing struggle of individuals against the obscure power which moves the universe” best illustrates the work of ________.
A. Arnold Bennett
B. H. G. Wells
C. John Galsworthy
D. Thomas Hardy
2. “A Pure Woman” is the subtitle of ________.
A. Far from the Madding Crowd
B. The Return of the Native
C. Tess of the D’Urbervilles
D. Jude the Obscure
3. The following characters are correctly paired according to the works in which they appear except ________.
A. Eustacia—The Return of the Native
B. Sue—Jude the Obscure
C. Henchard—The Mayor of Casterbridge
D. Bathsheba—A Pair of Blue Eyes
4. Stonehenge is believed to be constructed by the heathens to offer sacrifice to ________.
A. God
B. the sun
C. the moon
D. kings
1. “Art for art’s sake” expresses the prevailing literary philosophy of ________.
A. Alfred Lord Tennyson
B. Robert Browning
C. Oscar Wilde
D. George Bernard Shaw
2. Oscar Wilde was the author of the following works except ________.
A. The Picture of Dorian Gray
B. Salomé
C. Lady Windermere’s Fan
D. My Fair Lady
3. In The Importance of Being Earnest, ________.
A. Algernon is Cecily’s guardian
B. Jack is Gwendolen’s cousin
C. Algernon invents a younger brother called Ernest, and Jack invents a patient called Bunbury
D. Jack invents a younger brother called Ernest, and Algernon invents a patient called Bunbury
1. Both Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw came from ________.
A. England
B. Scotland
C. Ireland
D. Wales
2. The following information about Shaw is true except ________.
A. he was a member of the Fabian Society
B. he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925
C. he visited China in 1933
D. his best plays were comedies
3. Pygmalion, King of Cyprus, was a sculptor who fell in love with ________.
A. sculpture
B. the statue of a woman he had sculpted
C. the statue of himself
D. Aphrodite the goddess of love and beauty
1. James Joyce was born in ________.
A. Edinburgh
B. London
C. Dublin
D. Paris
2. In Joyce’s Ulysses, the character who represents the last Ulysses is ________.
A. Stephen Dedalus
B. Leopold Bloom
C. Buck Mulligan
D. Blazes Boylan
3. Joyce’s short story “Araby” is characterized by the following except ________.
A. realistic description
B. symbolic details
C. epiphany
D. excitement of the plot
1. Both Virginia Woolf and Jame Joyce died in _________.
A. 1939
B. 1940
C. 1941
D. 1942
2. The “Bloomsbury group” included the following except ________.
A. Lytton Strachey
B. J. M. Keynes
C. E. M. Forster
D. D. H. Lawrence
3. The term “stream of consciousness novel” can be applied to Virginia Woolf’s following works except ________.
A. Mrs. Dalloway
B. To the Lighthouse
C. A R oom of One’s Own
D. The Waves
1. Both Virginia Woolf and Jame Joyce died in _________.
A. 1939
B. 1940
C. 1941
D. 1942
2. The “Bloomsbury group” included the following except ________.
A. Lytton Strachey
B. J. M. Keynes
C. E. M. Forster
D. D. H. Lawrence
3. The term “stream of consciousness novel” can be applied to Virginia Woolf’s following works except ________.
A. Mrs. Dalloway
B. To the Lighthouse
C. A Room of One’s Own
D. The Waves
考试课程：英国文学史及选读考核类型：A 卷 考试方式：闭卷出卷教师: XXX 考试专业：英语考试班级：英语xx班 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 Los t, the phrase“thy conduct”refers to _____conduct. A.God’s B.Satan’s C.Adam’s D.Eve’s
2018年自学《英国文学选读》试题及答案 1. What are Shakespeare ’s achievements? a. Shakespeare represented the trend of history in giving voice to de desires and aspirations of the people. b. Shakespeare’s humanism: more important than his historical sense of his time, Shakespeare in his plays reflects the spirit of his age. c. Shakespeare’s characterization: Shakespeare was most successful in his characterization. In his plays he described a great number of characters. d. Shakespeare’s originality: Shakespeare drew most of his materials from sources that were known to his audienc e. But his plays are original because he instilled into the old materials a new spirit that gives new life to his plays. e. Shakespeare as a great poet: Shakespeare was not only a great dramatist, but also a great poet. Apart from his sonnets and long poems, his dramas are poetry. f. Shakespeare as master of the English language. 2. What are the basic characteristics of ballads? a. The beginning is often abrupt. b. There are strong dramatic elements. c. The story is often told through dialogue and action. d. The theme is often tragic, though there are a number of comic
华南农业大学xx文学史期末考试题 (下)注:本文档主要用作题型参考,非100%原题。 考试范围:启蒙运动时期,浪漫主义时期。 一选择题。(共50题,每题1分) 类型1:作品来源。(约10-15道题) 1.” Some village-Hampden, that with dauntless breast. The littletyrant of hisfields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here mayrest. SomeCromwell,guiltless of his country's blood.” is from ( )A.I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud B. The Cloud C. Bright Star D. Elegy 2. “But now your brow is beld, John. Your locks are lik e the snaw;But bless ingson your frosty pow…” is from ( ) A. John Anderson, My Jo B.A Red, Red Rose C. Tintern Abbey D. When We two parted 3.” I am assured by our merchants, that a boy or a girl beforetwelve years old isno saleable commodity, and even when they come tothis age, they will not yieldabove three pounds, or three pounds andhalf a crown at most, on the exchange.” isfrom ( ) A. Gulliver’s Travel B. Robinson Crusoe
Charlotte Bronte 24 Charlotte’s works are all about the struggle of an individual consciousness towards self-realization, about some lonely and neglected young women with a fierce longing for love, understanding and a full, happy life. In her mind, man’s life is composed of perpetual battle between sin and virtue, good and evil. Besides, she is a writer of realism combined with romanticism. On one hand, she presents a vivid realistic picture of the English society by exposing the cruelty, hypocrisy and other evils of the upper classes, and by showing the misery and suffering of the poor. On the other hand, her writings are marked throughout by an intensity of vision and of passion. Idylls of the King 53 Idyll is a short poem describing an incident of country life in terms of idealized innocence and contentment, or any such episode in a poem or prose work. The term is virtually synonymous with pastoral poem. The title of Tennyson’s Idylls of the King, a sequence of Arthurian romance, bears little relation to the usual meaning. The Ring and the Book 64 The publication of the Ring and the Book established Browning’s position as one of the greatest English poets. My Last Duchess 63 Dramatic monologue is a kind of poem in which a single fictional or historical character other than the poet speaks to a silent “ audience” of one or more persons. Such poems reveal not the poet’s own thoughts but the mind of the impersonated character, whose personality is revealed unwittingly. It is in Browning’s hands that this poetic form reaches its maturity and perfection. “ Pippa Passes”, “ My Last Duchess,”The Bishuop Orders His Tomb”, “ The Ring and the Book” What does Wordsworth’s poem “ the Solitary Reaper” tell us about Romanticist? 1To romanticists. Poetry i s an expression of an individual’s feelings and experiences no matter how fragmentary and momentary these feelings and experiences are. 2 Romanticists take delight only in sound effect, the theme of a work is not their concern. 3Romanticists are not patient people; they would leave before the revelation of the theme. 4 Poetry should present the apparent and tangible. 2. The Romantic period is an age of poetry. Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron and Keats are the major poets. They started a rebellion against the neoclassical literature, which was later regarded as _______. A. the poetic romance B. the poetic movement C. the poetic revolution D. the poetic reformation 4. William Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated all the following except __________. the using of everyday language spoken by the common people the expression of the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings the humble and rustic life as subject matter elegant wording and inflated figures of speech
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英国文学选读样题答案 一、选择题（本大题共15小题，每小题1分，总计15分） 1---5 ABCCC 6---10 ABBAB 11---15 BBAAC 二、填空（本大题共10小题，每小题2分，总计20分） 1．Heroic 2 comedies 3. couplet 4. metaphysical poetry 5. Eve 6. My Luve’s Like a Red, Red, Rose 7.Houyhnynms 8. Coleridge 9. Odes 10. Emily Bronte 三、诗歌分析（本大题共4个小题，每小题分值见各小题，共20分） 1．William Wordsworth; I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud 2．Iambic tetrameter; ababcc ababcc 3. The waves beside them danced; but they _ / _ / _ / - / Out-did | the spark|ling waves | in glee: _ / _ / _ _ _ / A po|et could |not but |be gay, _ / _/ _ / _ _ In such | a jo|cund com|pany: _ / _ / _ / _ / I gazed--|and gazed-|-but lit|tle thought _ / _ / _ / _ / What wealth |the show |to me |had brought: 4. 水波在边上欢舞，但水仙 比闪亮的水波舞得更乐； 有这样快活的朋友做伴， 诗人的心儿被欢愉充塞； 我看了又看，却没领悟 这景象给了我什么财富。（黄杲炘） 四、小说分析（本大题共5个小题，每小题分值见每小题，共20分） 1.Jane Eyre; Sharlotte Bronte 2.He had a mad wife who set the building on fire and climbed to the roof of the building. He tried to save her. But the staircase broke and he fell down He was wounded and became blind. 3.When Jane knew that Mr. Rochester had a wife. She was surprised and fled from Thornfield. Mr. Rochester was very sad at it.
英国文学史考试样卷 2012-02-19 15:47:40| 分类：默认分类| 标签：|字号大中小订阅 卷号：（C）（2007年1月）绝密 湖北师范学院外语系专科期末考试试卷 英国文学史 （03级） 考试范围本册全部章节命题 人 胡泽刚 院系外语系 考试形式闭卷课程类别任选学期 20071 专业英语 I. Multiple Choice Questions (20 %): 1. Which of the following is NOT one of James Joyce’s novels? [A]Finnegans Wake [B]To the Lighthouse [C] Ulysses [D] A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 2.Robinson Crusoe lives on the uninhabited island for _______ years. [A]28 [B] 25 [C] 10 [D] 5 3.G.B. Shaw follows the tradition of Ibsen and wrote _______ dramas.. [A] poetic [B] prose [C] stream-of-consciousness [D] modern 4.Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a romance about King Arthur and the _____round-table knight. [A] 7 [B] 12 [C] 20 [D] 30 5.________is often regarded as father of English poetry. [A] Geoffrey Chaucer [B] Edmund Spenser [C] William Shakespeare [D] John Milton 6. The Authorized Version of the bible was completed in 1611 under the care of_______ [A] Elizabeth I [B] Charles I [C] Henry VII [D] James I 7.Francis Bacon was the first English ______. [A] dramatist [B] scientist [C] prose writer [D] essayist 8. William Shakespeare’s dates ar e________. [A] 1476--1625 [B] 1478--1535 [C] 1564--1616 [D] 1608--1674 9. The greatest epic in the English language is _________. [A] Beowulf [B] The Faerie Queene
1.The national epic of the Anglo-Saxons is ____. A Robin Hood B Sir Gawain and the Green Knight C The Canterbury Tales D Beowulf 2. ____was the most outstanding single romance on the Arthurian legend written in alliterative verse. A The Canterbury Tales B Piers the Plowman C Sir Gawain and the Green Knight D Beowulf 3. ____was famous for The Canterbury Tales. A Geoffrey Chaucer B John Milton C William Shakespeare D Francis Bacon 4. Most of the ballads of the 15th century focused on the legend about ____ as a heroic figure. A Green Nights B Gawain C Robin Hood D Hamlet 5.In the 16th century, Thomas More’s work ____became immediately popular after its publication. A Paradise Lost B A Pleasant Satire of the Three Estates C Of Studies D Utopia 6. ____was Edmund Spencer’s masterpiece which has been regarded as one of the grea t poems in the English language. A Amoretti B The Shepherd’s Calendar C The Faerie Queene D Four Hymns 7. ____ is from Shakespeare’s sonnet No.18. A “Let me not to the marriage of true minds” B “To be or not to be: that is the question” C “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day” D “No longer mourn for me when I am dead” 8. _____, the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England, was born in London about 1340. A. Geoffrey Chaucer B. Sir Gawain C. Francis Bacon D. John Dryden 9.The four great tragedies written by Shakespeare are Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello and ___ _. A. Antony and Cleopatra B. Julius Caesar C Twelfth Night D King Lear 10. Which of the following does not belong to Shakespeare’s romantic love comedies? A Twelfth Night B The Tempest C As You Like It D The Merchant of Venice D C A C D C C A D B 1. All of the following are the most eminent dramatists in the Renaissance England except______.
英国文学史 1.The statement “Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability”open well-known essays by_________. Francis Bacon Samuel Johnson Alexander Pope Jonathan Swift [参考答案] Francis Bacon 2.When he died, Chaucer was buried in __________ the Poet's Corner. Westminster Abbey Normandy Canterbury Southwark [参考答案] Westminster Abbey 3.Among the great Middle English poets, Geoffrey Chaucer is known for his production of . Piers Plowman Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Confessio Amantis The Canterbury Tales [参考答案] The Canterbury Tales 4.The first mention of Robin Hood in literature is in Langland's _________. The Legend of Good Woman The Vison of Piers the Plowman Boewulf Fables [参考答案] The Vison of Piers the Plowman 5.Which literary genra does Sir Gawain and the Green Knight belong to? epic romance novel prose [参考答案] romance 6.English literature at the Anglo-Norman Period was also a combination of ____ and Saxon elements. Latin Greek English French [参考答案] French 7.In the 14th century, the two most important writers are_____ and Chaucer Caedmon Cynewulf Langland Shakespeare [参考答案] Langland 8.Who is the monster half-human who had mingled thirty warriors in The Song of Beowulf? Hrothgat Heorot Grendel Beowulf [参考答案] Grendel 9.The most important work of_____is The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles,which is regarded as the best monument of the old English prose. Alfred the Great Caedmon Cynewulf Venerable Bede [参考答案] Alfred the Great 10.The epic, The Song of Beowulf, represents the spirit of_____. monks romanticists sentimentalists pagan [参考答案] pagan ing line of 11.The sentence “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day ?” is the beginn one of Shakespeare’ｓ. comedies tragedies histories sonnets [参考答案] sonnets
1．{The Isles of Greece} QUESTIONS: 1. Who is the writer of these lines? Byron 2. It is taken from the writer's masterpiece entitled ___ "Don Juan"_________. 3. Who is "Sappho" in line 2? Sappho is an ancient Greek poetess , known for her passionate love lyrics. 4. Who is "Phoebus" in line 4? It's Apollo, the Greek Sun-god. 5. Whom does the "Scian muse" refer to? Homer, because Scio claimed to be the birthplace of Homer. 6. What does the whole section "The Isles of Greece" write about? The section "The Isles of Greece" is among Byron's most effective poetical utterances on national freedom. All the 16 stanzas are supposed to have been sung by a Greek singer at the wedding feast of Don Juan and Haidee on the isle of Greece. In the song, by contrasting the freedom enjoyed by the Greek ancient people with the enslavement of the early 19th century Greeks under the Turkish rule, the poet calls on the Greeks to struggle for their national freedom and liberation. 7. This selection consists of two six-lined stanzas of iambic tetrameter, with a rime scheme of ___ Ababcc__________ What does the poem mainly write about? This poem is about the beauty of nature. There is a vivid picture of the daffodils, mixed with the poet’s philosophical and somewhat mystical thoughts. What is the rime scheme in each stanza? ababcc 2．I wandered lonely as a cloud 1.What does the poem mainly write about? This poem is about the beauty of nature. There is a vivid picture of the daffodils, mixed with the po et’s philosophical and somewhat mystical thoughts. 2.What is the rime scheme in each stanza? ababcc 3. What is the poet’s view on nature? And how is that view shown in this poem? Wordsworth’s conception of nature is that nature has a lot to do with man, it can not only refresh one’s soul and fill one with happiness, but it can also be reduced into a beautiful memory which will comfort one’s heart when in solitude. In the narrative poem, the poet successfully compared his loneliness with the happy daffodils. The daffodils, the symbol of the nature, bring great joy and relief to the speaker. The diction of this poem is, in general, simple, direct, and clear. The image of the daffodils conveys qualities of movement and radiance through carefully chosen words. At first sight, the flowers are seen as “fluttering and dancing”; then the poet compares the flowers to the “stars that shine and twinkle on the milky way”, and then to the “sparkling waves” of a nearby lake. The daffodils are described as “golden”, not yellow, because “golden” suggests more than a color; it connotes light. These words of movement and radiance create a picture of nature as vital, animated, and glowing. Words for joy (glee, sprightly, gay, jocund, bliss) are used in a crescendo that suggests the intensity of the speaker’s happiness.
《英国文学史及选读》第一册复习要点 1. Beowulf: national epic of the English people; Denmark story; alliteration, metaphors and understatements （此处可能会有填空，选择等小题） 2. Romance （名词解释） 3. “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”: a famous roman about King Arthur’s story 4. Ballad（名词解释） 5. Character of Robin Hood 6. Geoffrey Chaucer: founder of English poetry; The Canterbury Tales (main contents; 124 stories planned, only 24 finished; written in Middle English; significance; form: heroic couplet) 7. Heroic couplet (名词解释)8. Renaissance（名词解释）9.Thomas More——Utopia 10. Sonnet（名词解释）11. Blank verse（名词解释）12. Edmund Spenser “The Faerie Queene” 13. Francis Bacon “essays” esp. “Of Studies”（推荐阅读，学习写正式语体的英文文章的好参照，本文用词正式优雅，多排比句和长句，语言造诣非常高，里面很多话都可以引用做格言警句，非常值得一读） 14. William Shakespeare四大悲剧比较重要，此外就是罗密欧与朱立叶了，这些剧的主题，背景，情节，人物形象都要熟悉，当然他最重要的是Hamlet这是肯定的。他的sonnet也很重要，最重要属sonnet18。（其戏剧中著名对白和几首有名的十四行诗可能会出选读） 15. John Milton 三大史诗非常重要，特别是Paradise Lost和Samson Agonistes。对于Paradise Lost需要知道它是blank verse写成的，故事情节来自Old Testament，另外要知道此书theme和Satan的形象。 16. John Bunyan——The Pilgrim’s Progress 17. Founder of the Metaphysical school——John Donne; features of the school: philosophical poems, complex rhythms and strange images. 18. Enlightenment（名词解释） 19. Neoclassicism（名词解释） 20. Richard Steele——“The Tatler” 21. Joseph Addison——“The Spectator”这个比上面那个要重要，注意这个报纸和我们今天的报纸不一样，它虚构了一系列的人物，以这些人物的口气来写报纸上刊登的散文，这一部分要仔细读。 22. Steel’s and Addison’s styles and their contributions 23. Alexander Pope: “Essay on Criticism”, “Essay on Man”, “The Rape of Lock”, “The Dunciad”; his workmanship (features) and limitations 24. Jonathan Swift: “Gulliver’s Travels”此书非常重要，要知道具体内容，就是Gulliver游历过的四个地方的英文名称，和每个部分具体的讽刺对象; （我们主要讲了三个地方）“A Modest Proposal”比较重要，要注意作者用的irony 也就是反讽手法。 25. The rise and growth of the realistic novel is the most prominent achievement of 18th century English literature. 26. Daniel Defoe: “Robinson Crusoe”, “Moll Flanders”, 当然是Robinson Crusoe比较重要，剧情要清楚，Robinson Crusoe的形象和故事中蕴涵的早期黑奴的原形，以及殖民主义的萌芽。另外注意Defoe的style和feature，另外Defoe是forerunner of English realistic novel。 27. Samuel Richardson——“Pamela” (first epistolary novel), “Clarissa Harlowe”, “Sir Charles Grandison” 28. Henry Fielding: “Joseph Andrews”, “Jonathan Wild”, “Tom Jones”第一个和第三个比较重要，需要仔细看。他是一个比较重要的作家，另外Fielding也被称为father of the English novel. 29. Laurence Sterne——“Tristram Shandy”项狄传 30. Richard Sheridan——“The School for Scandal” 31. Oliver Goldsmith——“The Traveller”(poem), “The Deserted Village” (poem) (both two poems were written by heroic couplet), “The Vicar of Wakefield” (novel), “The Good-Natured Man” (comedy), “She stoops to Conquer” (comedy),