北京理工大学2014-2015学年第二学期
英国文学期末试题A卷
班级学号姓名成绩
I. Multiple Choice（50 points in all, 1for each）
Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answer the question or completes the statement. Write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
1.The sentence "Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day"is the beginning line of one of
Shakespeare’s ___.
A. comedies
B. tragedies
C. sonnets
D. histories
2.The major concern of ______fiction lies in the tracing of the psychological development of his
characters and in his energetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature.
A. Charles Dickens’s
B. D. H. Lawrence’s
C. Thomas Hardy’s
D. John Galsworthy’s
3.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. Tom Jones
B. Gulliver
C. Moll Flanders
D. Robinson Crusoe
4."She lived unknown, and few could know
5.When Lucy ceased to be;
6.But she is in her grave, and, oh,
7.The difference to me"
8.The word "me" in the last line of the above stanza quoted from Wordsworth’s poem "She Dwelt
Among the Untrodden Ways" may possibly refer to ____.
A. the poet
B. the reader
C. her one-sided lover
D. everybody
9._____ is a typical feature of Swift’s writings.
A. Bitter satire
B. Elegant style
C. Casual narration
D. Complicated sentence structure
10.The statement "It reveals the dehumanizing workhouse system and the dark, criminal
underworld life" may well sum up the main theme of Dickens’s____ .
A. David Copperfield
B. Bleak House
C. Great Expectations
D. Oliver Twist
11."Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless ... And if
God had gifted me with some beauty, and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you."
12.The above quoted passage is most probable taken from_____ .
A. Pride and Prejudice
B. Jane Eyre
C. Wuthering Heights
D. Great Expectations
13.The short story“Araby”is one of the stories in James Joyce’s collection_____.
A. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
B. Ulysses
C. Finnegans Wake
D. Dubliners
14.In William Blake’s poetry, the father (and any other in whom he saw the image of the father
such as God, priest, and king) was usually a figure of____ .
A. benevolence
B. admiration
C. love
D. tyranny
15.After reading the first chapter of Pride and Prejudice, we may come to know that Mrs. Bennet is
a woman of____ .
A. simple character and quick wit
B. simple character and poor understanding
C. intricate character and quick wit
D. intricate character and poor understanding
16.“For a week after the commission of the impious and profane offence of asking?for more, Oliver
remained a close prisoner in the dark and solitary room ...”(Dickens,Oliver Twist) What did Oliver ask for
A. More time to play.
B. More food to eat.
C. More book to read.
D. More money to spend.
17.Christopher Marlow’s“The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” is a (n)_____ .
A. pastoral lyric
B. elegy
C. folk song
D. epic
18.In Hardy’s Wessex novels, there is a apparent____ touch in his description of the simple and
beautiful though primitive rural life.
A. humorous
B. romantic
C. nostalgic
D. sarcastic
19.In which of the following works can you find the proper names “Lilliput,” “Brobdingnag,”
“Houyhnhnm,” and “Yahoo”
A. James Joyce’s Ulysses.
B. Charles Dickens’s Bleak House.
C. Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels.
D. D. H. Lawrence’s Women in love.
20.We can perhaps describe the west wind in Shelley’s poem "Ode to the West Wind" with all the
following terms except____ .
A. tamed
B. swift
C. proud
D. wild
21.“When the evening is spread out against the sky Like a patient etherized upon a table.”(T. s.
Eliot, “The Love song of J. Alfred Prufrock”) What does the image in the quoted lines suggest
A. Violence.
B. Horror.
C. Inability.
D. Indifference.
22.Which of the following qualifies does NOT feature Jane Austen's style
A.Austen's main literary concern is about human beings in their personal relationships.
B.Everything in Austen's novel results in an observation, of a quiet, uneventful and contented
life of the English country.
C.Austen is a great realist and her characters are from all walks of life.
D.Austen's works show clearly her firm belief in the predominance of reason over passion.
23.The work that presented, for the first time in English literature, a comprehensive realistic picture
of the medieval English society and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life is most likely______.
A. William Langland’s Piers Plowman
B. Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales
C. John Gower’ Confession Amantis
D. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
24." Damn the fool! There he is’, cried Heathcliff, sinking back into his seat. ’Hush, my darling!
Hush, hush, Catheri ne! I’ll stay. If he shot me so, I’d expire with a blessing in my lips.’" The novel from which the passage is taken must be _________.
A.Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice
B.Charles Dickens’s The Old Curiosity Shop
C.Samuel Richa rdson’s Pamela
D.Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights
25.James Joyce is the author of all the following novels except ______.
A. Dubliners
B. Jude the Obscure
C. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
D. Ulysses
26.Naturalism is evolved from realism when the author’s tone in writing becomes less serious and
less sympathetic but more ironic and more ____.
A. rational
B. humorous
C. optimistic
D. pessimistic
27."He was afraid of her -the small, severe woman with graying hair suddenly bursting out in such
frenzy. The postman came running back, afraid something had happened. They saw his tripped cap over the short curtains. Mrs. Morel rushes to the door." The above passage is taken from _________.
A. Charlotte Bronte’s The Professor
B. Charles Dickens’s Domebey and Son
C. D. H. Lawrence ’s Sons and Lovers D. John Galsworthy’s The Forsyte Saga
28.Tess of the D’Urbervilles, one of Thomas Hardy’s best known novels, portrays man as
________.
A. being hereditarily either good or bad
B. being self-sufficient
C. having no control over his own fate
D. still retaining his own faith in a world of confusion
29.Romance, which uses narrative verse or prose to tell stories of _____ adventures or other heroic
deeds, is a popular literary form in the medieval period.
A. Christian
B. Knightly
C. Greek
D. Primitive
30."Bassanio: Antonio, I am married to a wife
Which is as dear to me as life itself;
But life itself, my wife, and all the world,
Are not with me esteem’d above thy life;
I would lose all, ay, sacrifice them all,
Here to the devil, to deliver you.
Portia: Your wife would give you little thanks for that,
If she were by to hear you make the offer."
The above is a quotation taken from Shakespeare’s comedy The Merchant of Venice. The quoted part can be regarded as a good example to illustrate ______.
A. dramatic irony
B. personification
C. simile
D. symbolism
31."If Winter comes, can spring be far behind" is an epigrammatic line by ______.
A. J. Keats
B. W. Blake
C. W. Wordsworth
D. P. B. Shelley
32.The Victorian Age was largely and age of ______, eminently represented by Dickens and
Thackeray.
A. poetry
B. drama
C. prose
D. novel
33.Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Modernism
A. To elevate the individual and inner being over the social being.
B. To put the stress on traditional values.
C. To portray the distorted and alienated relationships between man and his environment.
D. To advocate a conscious break with the past.
34."And we will sit upon the rocks, /Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks, /By shallow rivers to
whose falls/ Melodious birds sing madrigals." The above lines are probably taken from ______.
A. John Milton’s Paradise Lost
B. John Donne’s "The Sun Rising"
C. Shakespeare’s "Sonnet 18"
D. Marlowe’s "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love"
35.The Romantic writers would focus on all the following issues EXCEPT the ____ in the
American literary history.
A. individual feelings
B. idea of survival of the fittest
C. strong imagination
D. return to nature
36.The essence of humanism is to ______.
A. restore a medieval reverence for the church
B. avoid the circumstances of earthly life
C. explore the next world in which men could live after death
D. emphasize human qualities
37.The poetic view of ______ can be best understood from his remark about poetry, that is, "all
good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings."
A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
B. John Keats
C. William Wordsworth
D. Percy Bysshe Shelly
38.In his poem, "Ode to the West Wind," Shelley intends to present his wind as a central _______
around which the poem weaves various cycles of death and rebirth.
A. concept
B. symbol
C. simile
D. personification
39.“Come to me－come to me entirely now,” said he ; and added, in his deepest?tone, speaking in
my ear as his cheek was laid on mine, “Make my happiness－I?will make yours.” The above passage presents a scene in____ .
A. Emily Bronte’s Withering Heights
B. Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre
C. John Galswo rthy’s The Forsyte Saga
D. Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the D′ Urbervilles
40.Which of the following best describes the nature of Thomas Hardy’s later works
A. Sentimentalism.
B. Tragic sense.
C. Surrealism.
D. Comic sense.
41.A possible theme of James Joyce’s short story "Araby" is______.
A. hope
B. disillusionment
C. puppy love
D. loss
42.The Normans brought the Mediterranean civilization, include ______to England.
A. Greek culture
B. Roman law
C. the Christian religion
D. all of above
43.The Enlighteners believed in______EXCEPT_____.
A.They believed in self-restraint, self-reliance and hard work.
B.They believed in God and fate.
C.They celebrated reason/rationality, equality and science.
D.They advocated universal education, which could make people rational and perfect, they
believed.
44.In the poem “A violet by a mossy stone?Half hidden from the eye!－Fair as a star, when only
one?Is shining in the sky.” What literary devices are used
A. simile and personification
B. simile and metaphor
C. metaphor and symbol
D. simile and pun
45.In Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, Antonio could not pay back the money he borrowed from
Shylock, because_______.
A．his money was all invested in the newly-emerging textile industry
B．his enterprise went bankrupt
C．Bassanio was able to pay his own debt
D．his ships had all been lost
41. In the first part of Gulliver’s Travels, Gulliver told his experience in .
A. Brobdingnag
B. Lilliput
C. Flying Island
D. Houyhnhnm
42. All of the following novels by Thomas Hardy reveal the conflict between the traditional and the
modern EXCEPT
A. The Mayor of Casterbridge
B. Tess of the D’Urbervilles
C. Jude the Obscure
D. Under the Greenwood Tree
43. D. H. Lawrence’s novel is a remarkable novel in which the individual consciousness is
subtly revealed and strands of themes are intricately wound up.
A. Sons and Lovers
B. The Rainbow
C. Woman in Love
D. Lady Chatterley’s Lover
44. All of the following plays are among Shakespeare’s four greatest tragedies EXCEPT。
A. Hamlet
B. Macbeth
C. Romeo and Juliet
D. Othello
45. Dickens’ best depicted characters are those innocent, virtuous, persecuted and helpless .
A. child characters
B. females
C. Laborers
D. farmers
46.“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”, Eliot’s most striking early achievement presents the
meditation of an aging young man over the business of .
A. proposing marriage
B. pursuing the truth
C. losing idealism
D. making a choice
47.John Milton's greatest poetical work ______ is the only generally acknowledged epic in English
literature since Beowulf.
A. Areopagitica
B. Paradise Lost
C. Lycidas
D. Samson Agonistes
48. After the First World War, there appeared the following literary trends of modernism EXCEPT
______.
A. expressionism
B. surrealism
C. stream of consciousness
D. black humour
49.“Byronic hero” is a figure of the following traits EXCEPT ______.
A. being proud
B. being of humble origin
C. being rebellious
D. being mysterious
50. The leader of the Irish National Theater Movement in the early 20th century was ______.
A. B. Lady Gregory
D. John Galworthy
II. Reading Comprehension (20 points in all, 10 for each)
Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.
51."In pursuance of this determination, little Oliver, to his excessive astonishment was released from bondage, and ordered to put himself into a clean shirt. He had hardly achieved this very unusual gymnastic performance when Mr. Bumble brought him, with his own hands, a basin of gruel and the holiday allowance of two ounces and a quarter of bread. A very tremendous sight, Oliver began to cry very piteously. thinking, not unnaturally, that the board must have decided to kill him for some useful purpose ,or they never would have begun to fatten him up in this way." Questions:
(1). Why Oliver was released from the bondage
(2). Interpret the theme of the passage.
52. “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer’s lease hath all too short a date:”
Questions:
(1)．Identify the poet and the poem from which the quoted lines are taken.
(2)．What is the theme of the poem
III. Topic Discussion (30 points in all, 10 for each)
Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.
53. How do you know the naturalistic idea of Hardy
54. Jane Eyre is the greatest governess image in the literature history，can you analyze the character of her？
55. In Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen explored three kinds of motivations?of marriage 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.
.. ;.. 一．中古英语时期 Beowulf is the oldest poem in the English language, and the most important specimen (范例、典范)of Anglo-Saxon literature, and also the oldest surviving epic in the English language. The romance is a popular literary form in the medieval period（中世纪）. It uses verse or prose to sing knightly a dventures or other heroic deeds. Geoffrey Chaucer, one of the greatest English poets, whose masterpiece, The Canterbury Tales（《坎特伯雷故事集》）,was one of the most important influences on the development of English literature. Chaucer is considered as the father of English poetry and the founder of English realism. 二．文艺复兴Renaissance Renaissance r efers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries. It marks a transition(过渡) from the medieval to the modern world. It started in Italy with the flowering of painting, sculpture（雕塑）and literature, and then spread to the rest of Europe. Humanism is the essence of Renaissance -----Man is the measure of all things. This was England’s Golden Age in literature. Queen Elizabeth r eigned over the country in this period. The real mainstream of the English Renaissance i s the Elizabethan drama. The most famous dramatists in the Renaissance E ngland are Christopher Marlowe and W illiam Shakespeare. The greatest of the pioneers of English drama was Christopher Marlowe. Francis Bacon was the best known essayist of this period. “Of Studies” is the most popular of Bacon’s 58 essays. Thomas More ——Utopia Edmund Spenser——The Faerie Queene 相关练习 1. Which is the oldest poem in the English language? A. Utopia B. Faerie Queene C. Beowulf D. Hamlet 2. _____ is the father of English poetry. A. Edmund Spenser B. William Shakespeare C. Francis Bacon D. Geoffrey Chaucer 3. ____ is not a playwright during the Renaissance period on England. A. William Shakespeare B. Geoffrey Chaucer C. Christopher Marlowe D. Ben Johnson 三．莎士比亚William Shakespeare “All t he world 's a stage, a nd all the men and women merely p layers.”——William Shakespeare William Shakespeare is considered the greatest playwright in the world and the finest poet who has written in the English language. Shakespeare understood people more than any other writers. He could create characters that have
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
一．中古英语时期 ?Beowulf is the oldest poem in the English language, and the most important specimen (范例、典范)of Anglo-Saxon literature, and also the oldest surviving epic in the English language. ?The romance is a popular literary form in the medieval period（中世纪）. It uses verse or prose to sing knightly adventures or other heroic deeds. ?Geoffrey Chaucer, one of the greatest English poets, whose masterpiece, The Canterbury Tales（《坎特伯雷故事集》）,was one of the most important influences on the development of English literature. ?Chaucer is considered as the father of English poetry and the founder of English realism. 二．文艺复兴Renaissance ?Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries. It marks a transition(过渡) from the medieval to the modern world. ?It started in Italy with the flowering of painting, sculpture（雕塑）and literature, and then spread to the rest of Europe. ?Humanism is the essence of Renaissance -----Man is the measure of all things. ?This was England’s Golden Age in literature. Queen Elizabeth reigned over the country in this period. The real mainstream of the English Renaissance is the Elizabethan drama. The most famous dramatists in the Renaissance England ? ?“Of Studies” is the most popular of Bacon’s 58 essays. ?Thomas More ——Utopia ?Edmund Spenser——The Faerie Queene 相关练习 ? 1. Which is the oldest poem in the English language? ? A. Utopia B. Faerie Queene ? C. Beowulf D. Hamlet ? 2. _____ is the father of English poetry. ? A. Edmund Spenser B. William Shakespeare ? C. Francis Bacon D. Geoffrey Chaucer ? 3. ____ is not a playwright during the Renaissance period on England. ? A. William Shakespeare B. Geoffrey Chaucer ? C. Christopher Marlowe D. Ben Johnson 三．莎士比亚William Shakespeare ?“All the world 's a stage, and all the men and women merely players.”——William Shakespeare ?William Shakespeare is considered the greatest playwright in the world and the finest poet who has written in the English language. Shakespeare understood people more than any other writers. He could create characters that have
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
Instructions： This examination consists of 5 parts， and the total time for the examination is 2 hours. All the answers should be entered onto the Answer Sheet. Part I：Multiple Choices （10%） Choose the best answer to the following sentences. 1.Which of the following is NOT a feature of Beowulf？ A. Alliteration B. Anglo-Saxons’ early life in England C. Germanic language D. The national epic of Anglo-Saxon people 2.English Renaissance Period was an age of. A. prose and novel B. poetry and drama C. essays and journals D. ballads and songs 3.The main literary form of the early 17th century was poetry. John Milton was acknowledged as the greatest. Besides him， there were two groups of poets. They were the Cavalier poets and. A. the lake poets B. the university wits C. the Metaphysical poets D. the Romantic poets 4. Pamela is widely considered to be the first novel and was written by ___________. A. Thomas Hardy B. James Joyce C. Samuel Richardson D. Henry Fielding 5.The publication of， which was the joint work of William Wordsworth and Samuel T. Coleridge， marked the beginning of the Romantic Age in England. A. Don Juan B. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner C. Lyrical Ballads D. Queen Mab 6.Among the most famous realistic novelists of the Victorian age are， W. M. Thackeray， Bronte sisters， etc. A. Joseph Conrad B. Henry Fielding C. Charles Dickens D. D. H. Lawrence 7.In James Joyce’s ____________ the story “Eveline” paints a portrait of a young woman from Dublin deciding whether or not to leave her hometown. A. Ulysses B. Orlando C. Dubliners D. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 8.In the 18th century England， satire was much used in writing. Literature of this age produced some excellent satirists， such as Jonathan Swift， Henry Fielding and.
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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.
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______.
1. The Canterbury Tales was written in ________. 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 ________. A. March B. April C. May D. June 3.The story of Hamlet takes place in ________. A. England B. Denmark C. Italy D. Germany 4. Shakespeare’s four great tragedies are _________ A. Anthony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus, King Lear, Timon of Athens B. Twelfth Night, Cynbeline, The Winter’s Tale, and The Tempest C. Hamlet, Othello, King John, and Macbeth D. Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth 5.A sonnet is a poem of ________ lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to a certain definite patterns. A. 8 B. 6 C. 14 D. 24 6.Francis Bacon was ________ contemporary A. Geoffrey Chaucer’s B. Thomas More’s C. William Shakespeare’s D. John Milton’s 7.John Donne’s “Holy Sonnet 10” expresses ________. A. the fear of death B. the admiration of death C. the triumph over death D. the pleasure from death 8.The Metaphysical Poetry is characterized by its extensive use of ________. A. the impersonal voice B. conceits C. traditional symbols D. literary allusions
《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),
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.