Questions
1.What are the chief historical events of the fourteenth century? What social
movement is noticeable? What writers reflect political and social conditions?
2.Tell briefly the story of C haucer’s life. What foreign influences are noticeable?
Name a few poems illustrating his three periods of work. What qualities have you noticed in his poetry? Why is he called English first national poet?
3.Give the plan of the Canterbury Tales. For what is the prologue remarkable? What
light does it throw upon English life of the Fourteenth century? Quote or read some passages that have impressed you. Which character do you like best? Are any of the characters like certain men and women whom you know? What classes of society are introduced? Is Chaucer’s attitude sympathe tic or merely critical? 4.Tell in your own words the tale you like best. Which tales seems truest to life as
you know it? Mention any other poets who tell stories in verse.
5.Quote or read passages which show Chaucer’s keenness of observation, his humor,
his kindness in judgment, his delight in nature. What side of human nature does he emphasize?
6.Describe briefly Piers Plowman and its author. Why is the poem called “the
gospel of the poor”?
7.For what is Wyclif remarkable in literature?
8.What is Mandeville’s Trave ls? What light does it throw on the mental condition of
the age? What essential difference do you note between this book and Gulliver’s Travels?
Renaissance
1.Renaissance (Fr. = rebirth), term used to describe the rich development of Western civilization that marked the transition from the Middle Ages to modern times. In Italy the Renaissance emerged by the 14th century and reached its height in the 15th and 16th century; elsewhere in Europe it may be dated from the 15th to the mid-17th century. In outlook the Renaissance brought new importance to individual expression, self-consciousness,
（human values and capabilities are the central focus, emphasis on secular studies, a conscious return to classical ideals and forms, and a rejection of medieval religious authority.）
and worldly experience;
(to exalt human nature, human beings are glorious creatures capable of individual development in the direction of perfection. By emphasizing the dignity of human beings and the importance of the present life, they voiced their beliefs that man did not only have the right to enjoy the beauty of this life, but had the ability to perfect himself and to perform wonders. They also expressed their rebellious spirit against the tyranny of feudal rule and ecclesiastical domination.)
culturally it was a time of brilliant accomplishments in scholarship, literature, science, (Copernicus 1473-1543, Galileo 1564-1642. Greeks advanced medical knowledge in anatomy and physiology, diet, exercise and other areas, and provided the Hippocratic
oath. Romans improved public health through their sophisticated sanitation facilities. English physician William Harvey demonstrated circulation of blood and the role of heart as a pump. Caxton, the first British printer. The age of learning was helped by the invention of movable metal type which made printed material more widely available. The invention of firearms was sweeping away the age of heavily-armed knight, the main stay of private armies kept by medieval barons.)
and the arts. More generally, it was an era of emerging nation-states and exploration, (V enturesome seamen, chiefly the Portuguese, were exploring the oceans outside Europe for the first time. Columbus discovered America and was once the admiral and governor of all new lands, he also discovered Puerto Rico, V enezuela, etc. Except in very remote areas, it was becoming less and less necessary for people to live in castles or walled towns. English sailors were challenging the Spaniards in the new rich Spanish colonies in America. Seamen like the famous Francis Drake, John Hawkings or Martin Frobisher made daring raids on the Spaniards and captured their treasure ships. Drake became the first Englishman to sail round the world1577-1580 and John Hawkins designed and built ships in Devon shipyards which were the best and fastest galleons in the world.)
and the beginning of a revolution in commerce.
(a revolution in commerce=mercantilism, an economic policy of the major trading nations during the 16th century, 17th, and 18th cent., based on the premise that national wealth and power were best served by increasing exports and collecting precious metals in return. State action, an essential feature of the mercantile system, was used to accomplish its purposes—to sell more than it bought in order to accumulate bullion and raw materials. Under a mercantile policy, a government exercised much control over economic life by regulating production, encouraging foreign trade, levying duties on imports to gain revenue, making treaties to obtain exclusive trading privileges, and exploiting the commerce of the colonies. In England, Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, and Oliver Cromwell pursued mercantilist policies. Superseding the medieval feudal organization in western Europe, mercantilism did not decline until the coming of the Industrial Revolution 1750-1850 and the doctrine of Laissez Faire.)
Mercantilism tariff import quota )
a.in Italy: The Renaissance first appeared in Italy, where relative political
stability, economic expansion, wide contact with other cultures and a flourishing urban civilization provided the background for a new view of the world. Fine libraries and learned academies and universities flourished.
Scholars, poets, craftsmen, and artists were supported by such great patrons as the Medici family of Florence, Popes Julius II and Leo X, the doges of V enice, and the Sforza family of Milan. The increased interest in and knowledge of the classical age was reflected in the works of Petrarch, and the intellectual orientation was toward a secular humanism, exemplified by the works of Lorenzo V alla.
(Lorenzo V alla, c. 1407-1457. Italian humanist. At 26 he wrote On Pleasure, an analysis of pleasure and a humanistic condemnation of scholasticism.
His masterpiece is On the Elegance of the Latin Language, a brilliant and influential philological defense of classical Latin.)
In literature, the romance of the renaissance was expressed by Boccaccio; Machiavelli provided its most telling political commentary.
(Machiavelli, 1469-1527, Italian political philosopher and statesman. His most famous work, The Prince describes the means by which a leader may gain and maintain power. His “ideal” prince is an amoral and calculating tyrant capable of unifying Italy.)
The humanist emphasis on the individual was typified in the ideal of the renaissance man, the man of universal genius, best exemplified by Leonardo Davinci. This ideal also led to the courtier, the ideal gentleman whose behavior was codified by Castiglione.
(Castiglione, 1478-1529, Italian author and statesman. His Book of the Courtier, a treatise on etiquette, social problems, and intellectual accomplishments, contributed to a renaissance ideal of aristocracy embodied in the life of Sir Philip Sidney.)
Humanism in art found expression in a more realistic view of nature, seen in the works of Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Raphael, while renaissance architects such as Alberti, Brunelleschi, Bramante, and Michelangelo utilized classical forms.
b. in France, classicism in literature was displayed by Pirre de Ro nsard and Joachim Du Bellay.
(Ronsard 1524?-1585, French renaissance poet, leader of the Pleiade (A group of seven 16th-cent. French poets took the name Pleiade.) They included Ronsard and Du Belley. Their purpose was to encourage the writing of French as against Latin so as to establish a vigorous literary language. They cultivated the use of classical and Italian forms, e.g. the sonnet. Named poet royal, he wrote prolifically, producing poems on many themes, especially patriotism, love and death.) Rabelais expressed the renaissance sensual vitality.
c. in Germany: the renaissance interacted closely with the Protestant Reformation and was somewhat more somber.
(protestant reformation: religious revolution in western Europe in the 16th century. Beginning as a reform movement within the Roman Catholic Church, the reformation ultimately led to freedom of dissent. The movement, and its fruit, Protestantism, has continued to exert influence to the present day, with its emphasis on personal responsibility and individual freedom, its refusal to take authority for granted, its influence in breaking the hold of the church upon life and the consequent secularization of life and attitudes.)
(Protestantism: form of Christian faith and practice that originated with the principles of the reformation. The term, used in many senses, applies to Christians not belonging to the Roman Catholic church or to an orthodox eastern church. Two distinct branches of Protestantism grew out of the reformation. The
evangelical churches of Scandinavia and Germany were followers of Martin Luther, and the reformed churches in other countries were followers of Calvin and Huldreich Zwingli. A third major branch, Episcopacy, developed in England. But since the Oxford Movement in the 19th cent. many Anglicans reject the term because they tend to agree with Roman Catholicism on most doctrinal points except the primacy of the pope.)
d. in Netherlands: there was Erasmus, the most notable of all the humanists.
e. in England: Thomas More Francis Bacon William Shakespeare were representatives in learning and literature.
f. in Spain: Cervantes wrote Don Quixote
g. in Sweden: Queen Christina, patron of Descartes (French ) encouraged scholarship, literature, and the arts at court. (Descartes 1596-1650, French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist, founder of analytical geometry, intending to extend mathematical method to all areas of human knowledge. “I think, therefore I am.”
The renaissance intellectual outlook and its concomitant cultural manifestations were gradually replaced by those of the enlightenment. The term renaissance is now often used to designate the flowering of various civilizations and eras.
2. Renaissance in England
2.1 historical changes
It was a period of the breaking up of feudal relations, agrarian system, chivalry, manorial system, papal dominance and the establishing of the political centralization, money economy, secularization of life, justification of salvation by faith, religious freedom.
Manufactories were developing and the wool trade was rapidly growing. The enclosure of commons drove peasants off their lands and many of them settled in towns.
According to Thomas More, it was a time when “sheep devoured men”.
At the beginning of the 16th century absolute monarchy was formed in England. King Henry VIII broke off with the pope, dissolved all the monasteries and abbeys in the country, confiscated their lands and proclaimed himself head of the English church.
King Henry disbanded the private armies of the feudal barons to strengthen his own rule.
With trade there arose a new class, middle-class, class of bourgeoisie, who were the main supporters of the absolute monarchy.
Absolute monarchy in England reached its summit during the reign of Queen Elizabeth 1558-1603.
Elizabeth had a natural talent for wise moderate government and Parliament was
very strong in her time. She made possible the gradual spread of the new protestant religion, without offending the Catholics too much.
Her court became a center of culture for English musicians, poets, scholars and artists. W. Byrd, Nicholas Hillyarde, Sir Walter Raleigh.
She had talent for inspiring loyalty and had considerable courage. When the English fleet won a great victory against the Armada in 1588, her subjects felt great pride in their country, their navy, and their queen.
This was also a time, too, when England was becoming important in the world, and English sailors were challenging the Spaniards in the new, rich Spanish colonies in America.
The 16th century also saw many uprisings of peasantry who were deprived of their homes and means of subsistence.
Responding to the new interest in learning of all kinds, the queen in 1571 reorganized and chartered the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.
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
《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。
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①Beowulf: The national heroic epic of the English people. It has over 3,000 lines. It describes the battles between the two monsters and Beowulf, who won the battle finally and dead for the fatal wound. The poem ends with the funeral of the hero. The most striking feature in its poetical form is the use if alliteration. Other features of it are the use of metaphors(暗喻) and of understatements(含蓄). ②Alliteration: In alliterative verse, certain accented(重音) words in a line begin with the same consonant sound(辅音). There are generally 4accents in a line, 3 of which show alliteration, as can be seen from the above quotation. ③Romance: The most prevailing(流行的) kind of literature in feudal England was the Romance. It was a long composition, sometimes in verse(诗篇), sometimes in prose(散文), describing the life and adventures of a noble hero, usually a knight, as riding forth to seek adventures, taking part in tournament(竞赛), or fighting for his lord in battle and the swearing of oaths. ④Epic: An epic is a lengthy narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significantly to a culture or nation. The first epics are known as primacy, or original epics. ⑤Ballad: The most important department of English folk literature is the ballad which is a story told in song, usually in 4-line stanzas(诗节), with the second and fourth lines rhymed. The subjects of ballads are various in kind, as the struggle of young lovers against their feudal-minded families, the conflict between love and wealth, the cruelty of jealousy, the criticism of the civil war, and the matters and class struggle. The paramount(卓越的) important ballad is Robin Hood(《绿林好汉》). ⑥Geoffrey Chaucer杰弗里.乔叟: He was an English author, poet, philosopher and diplomat. He is the founder of English poetry. He obtained a good knowledge of Latin, French and Italian. His best remembered narrative is the Canterbury Tales(《坎特伯雷故事集》), which the Prologue(序言) supplies a miniature(缩影) of the English society of Chaucer’s time. That is why Chaucer has been called “the founder of English realism”. Chaucer affirms men and women’s right to pursue their happiness on earth and opposes(反对) the dogma of asceticism(禁欲主义) preached(鼓吹) by the church. As a forerunner of humanism, he praises man’s energy, intellect, quick wit and love of life. Chaucer’s contribution to English poetry lies chiefly in the fact that he introduced from France the rhymed stanza of various types, especially the rhymed couplet of 5 accents in iambic(抑扬格) meter(the “heroic couplet”) to English poetry, instead of the old Anglo-Saxon alliterative verse. ⑦【William Langland威廉.朗兰: Piers the Plowman《农夫皮尔斯》】
History and Anthology of English Literature I Multiple Choices 1.The story of _________ is the culmination of the Arthurian romances. A.Sir Gawain and the Green Knight B. Beowulf C. Piers the Plowman D. The Canterbury Tales 2.Chaucer died on October 25th, 140(), and was buried in __________ ? A.Flanders B. France C. Italy D. Westminster Abbey 3?Utopia was written in the form of _________ ? A. prose B. drama C? essay D. dialogue 4.________ i s the leading figure of Metaphysical poetry. A. John Donne B. George Herbert C. Andre Marvell D. Henry Vaughan 5.________ i s not written by William Blake. A. The Marriage of Heaven and Hell B. Songs of Experience C. Auld Lang Syne D. Poetical Sketches 6."Some book are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested： This sentence is taken from __________ . A. Swifts A Modest Proposal B. Dickens\ Oliver l\vist C. Fielding 9s Tom Jones D. Bacon's Of Studies 7.Which poet is not the "Lake Poet"? A. William Wordsworth B. S. T. Coleridge C. Southey D. Keats 8.Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries, its essence is _________ ? A. Science B. Arts C. Philosophy D. Humanism 9.Romance, which uses verse or prose to describe the adventures and life of the knights, is the popular literary form in _________ . A? Romanticism B. Renaissance C. medieval period D? Anglo-Saxon period 10.Gothic novels are mostly stories of _________ , which take place in some haunted or dilapidated Middle Age castles? A.love and marriage B. sea adventures C. mystery and horror D. saints and martyrs II? The Houyhnhnms depicted by Jonathan Swift in Gull iver's Travels arc _______ ?A? horses that are endowed with reason B.pigmies that are endowed with admirable qualities C.giants that are superior in wisdom D.hairy, wild, low and despicable creatures, who resemble human beings not only in appearance but also in some other ways 12. John Milton's masterpiece 一Paradise Lost was written in the poetic style of ___________ ? A. rhymed stanzas B. blank verse C. alliteration D? sonnets 13? Which of the following has / have associations with John Donners poetry? A. reason and sentiment B. conceits and wits C. the euphuism D. writing in the rhymed couplet 14.Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries, its essence is
名词解释 ENGLISH LITERATURE--DEFINITION OF TERMS 1 were passed down from generation to generation. 3) Robin Hood is a famous ballad singing the goods of Robin Hood. Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is a 19th century English ballad. 2Critical Realism of the 19th century flourished in the forties and in the beginning of fifties.2)The realists first and foremost set themselves the task of criticizing capitalist society from a democratic viewpoint and delineated the crying contradictions of bourgeois reality. But they did not find a way to eradicate social evils.3) Charles Dickens is the most important critical realist. 3With the advent of the 18th century, in England, as in other European countries, there sprang into life a public movement known as the Enlightenment. The Enlightenment on the whole, was an expression of struggle of the then progressive class of bourgeois against feudalism. The social inequality, stagnation, prejudices and other survivals of feudalism. They attempted to place all branches of science at the service of mankind by connecting them with the actual deeds and requirements of the people. 启蒙主义：启蒙主义是在18世纪在英国发生的。总体上，启蒙主义是当时的资产阶级对封建主义，社会的不平等、死寂、偏见和其他的封建残余的一种反对。通过将科学的各个分支与人民的日常生活和需要联系起来，启蒙主义者们努力将他们变成为人民大众服务的工具 4-of-Consciousness” or “interior monologue”, is one of the modern literary techniques. It is the style of writing that attempts to imitate the natural flow of a character’s thoughts, feelings, reflections, memories, and mental images as the character experiences them. It was first used in 1922 by the Irish novelist James Joyce. Those novels broke through the bounds of time and space, and depicted vividly and skillfully the unconscious activity of the mind fast changing and flowing incessantly, particularly the hesitant, misted, distracted and illusory psychology people had when they faced reality. The modern American writer William Faulkner successfully advanced this technique. In his stories, action and plots were less important than the reactions and inner musings of the narrators. Time sequences were often dislocated. The reader feels himself to be a participant in the stories, rather than an observer. A high degree of emotion can be achieved by this technique.
文档来源为 :从网络收集整理.word 版本可编辑 .欢迎下载支持. 台州学院外国语学院学年第学期 级英语本科专业《英国文学史及选读II 》期末试卷（11）( 闭卷 ) 题号分值得分姓名班级学号 考试时间 :120 分钟I II III IV V VI VII总分10101015201025100 I. Multiple choice . Choose the best out of the four. (10%=1*10) 1.The subject matters of Romanticism include the following But ____. A. strong-willed heroes B. mysticism C. moderation D. exotic pictures 2. “O, wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn’s being, ”is from____. A. Ozymandias B. Ode to the West Wind C. She Walks in Beauty D. The Isles of Greece 3.____is one of the Satanic“school ” poets. A. John Keats B. Percy Bysshe Shelley C. Leigh Hunt D. S. T. Coleridge 4.Dickens ’ first true novel is ____. A. David Copperfield B. Bleak House C. Oliver Twist D. Hard Times 5.The following novels are all written by Jane Austen Except. A. Pride and Prejudice B. Emma C. Mansfield Park D. Far from the Madding Crowd https://www.doczj.com/doc/a83469898.html,wrence revealed Oedipus complex in his novel __________. A. Sons and Lovers B. For Whom the Bell Tolls C. The Sun Also Rises D. The Old Man and the Sea 7.____historical novel paved the path for the development of the realistic novel of the 19th century. A. Jane Austen’ s B. Walter Scott’Cs. Henry Fielding’ s D. Charles Lamb’ s 8.The title of Thackeray ’novels ____was borrowed from The Pilgrim s ’Progress by John Bunyan . A. The Roundabout Paper B. The Newcomers C. Vanity Fair D. The Four Georges 9.,which was written by Charlotte Bronte, is a poetic, imaginative story of the love of a young governess for her married employer . A. Wuthering Heights B. Jane Eyre C. The Professor D. Agnes Grey 10.___is considered to be the best-known English dramatist since Shakespeare, and his representative works are plays inspired by social criticism. A. Richard Sheridan B. Oliver Goldsmith C. Oscar Wilde D. Bernard Shaw II. True or False? Put a T before the statement if you think it is true and put an F if you think it is false.(10%=1*10) ____1. The glory of the Romantic Age lies in the prose of Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley and Keats. ____2.The Lakers include Byron, Shelley and Wordsworth . ____3.Childe Harold Pilgrimage made Byron famous overnight.
《英国文学史及选读》课程教学大纲 一．课程基本情况： 1．编号：01015065, 01015096 (翻译方向)； 02015055,02015106 (教育方向) 2．层次与学制：本科, 四年制 3．总学时：68 4．学期与周学时：第五，六学期；周学时: 2 5．学分：2 6．执笔人：夏丹 二、课程性质与任务： 本课程为英语（翻译，教育方向）专业必修课。 该门课程在英语专业人才培养中旨在使学生从英国历史、语言、文化发展的角度，掌握英国文学各个时期的主要文学、文化思潮，文学流派，主要作家及其代表作，同时帮助学生对英国文学的发展有深刻的了解和认识，并通过介绍一些最基本的文化理论和批评方法，对部分在思想上艺术上有代表性，有影响的作家及作品进行分析、导读，增强学生对英国文学的形成和发展的理解，提高他们对文学作品的鉴赏能力和文学修养。 三、课程的基本要求 1．课程的要求：学完本课程，学生应该掌握如下能力： ①对于英国文学史有整体性的把握； ②掌握分析和鉴赏文学作品的能力； ③独立完成千字左右的文学作品评析的英文论文； ④掌握文学概念和相关文学流派的专业知识。 2．质量标准：在第五学期完成英国文学史中从中古时期到启蒙时期的文学流派及相关作家，完成两篇以上的英文作品分析论文；第六学期完成从浪漫主义时期到现代主义文学相关内容的学习，并整体把握整个英国文学史的脉络，完成三篇以上的英文作品分析论文。同时检验学生是否了解、认识英国文学各个时期的主要文化、文学流派、主要作家及其代表作品，了解英国文学的发展历史，并能够用最基本的文化理论和批评方法，理解、分析文学作品，提高文学鉴赏力、语言表达能力，提高文学修养。 四、课程内容与学时分配 第五学期： 第一章序言 (2 学时) 使学生对英国文学史和主要流派具有提纲挈领的认识。 第二章中古世纪时期（2学时） 使学生掌握英国文学的起源及其形式和主要代表作品 第三章杰弗里?乔叟 (2学时)
Test Paper One Ⅰ. Identification. 1. Identify each on the left column with its related information on the right column. (1) Ernest Jones A. euphuism (2) Oscar Wilde B. Lake poet (3) John Lyly C. Chartist poetry (4) Robert Louis Stevenson D. tragedy (5) Robert Southey E. sentimentalism (6) George Eliot F. critical realism (7) Laurence Sterne G. art for art’s sake (8) Pamela H. Kunstlerroman (9) A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man I. epistolary novel (10) Macbeth J. neo-romanticism 2. Identify the author with his or her work. (1) Charles Dickens A. A Passage to India (2) E. M. Foster B. Paradise Regained (3) Virginia Woolf C. The Garden Party (4) John Milton D. Of Studies (5) Shelley E. Jonathan Wild the Great (6) Francis Bacon F. Jude the Obscure (7) Katherine Mansfield G. The Waste Land (8) Henry Fielding H. Hard Times (9) T. S. Eliot I. To the Lighthouse (10) Thomas Hardy J. Prometheus Unbound Ⅱ. Fill in the blanks. 1. was one of the most prominent of the 20th century English realistic writers. The Man of Property is one of his works. 2. As a literary figure, Stephen Dedalus appears in two novels written by . 3. Of Human Bondage is a naturalistic novel by , dealing with the story of a deformed orphan trying vainly to be an artist. 4. , T. S. Eliot’s most important single poem, has been hailed as a landmark and a model of the 20th century English poetry, comparable to Wordsworth’s Lyrical Ballads. 5. Henry James’ most famous short story is , a ghost story in which the question of childhood corruption obsesses governess. 6. The pessimistic view of life that p redominates most of Hardy’s later works earns him a reputation as a writer. 7. is regarded as the oldest poem in English literature. 8. The most famous English ballads of the 15th century is the Ballads of , a legendary outlaw. 9. The greatest and most distinctive achievement of Elizabethan literature is ________.
《英国文学史及选读》第二册练习题 I. 浪漫主义时期 I. Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement and put the letter in the brackets. 1. English Romanticism is generally said to have begun with_____in 1798. A. the publication of Lyrical Ballads B. the death of Sir Scott C. the birth of William Wordsworth D. the passage of the first Reform Bill in the Parliament 2. The Romantic Period is first of all an age of_____. A. Novel B. poetry C. drama D. prose 3. Romanticism does not emphasize_____. A. the special qualities of each individual’s mind B. the inner world of the human spirit C. individuality D. the features that men have in common 4._____ is not a Romantic poet. A. William Blake B. Sir Scott C. P. B. Shelley D. Lord Byron 5. _____ is a Romantic novelist but is impressed with neo-classic strains. A. Walter Scott B. Mary Shelley C. Jane Austen D. Ann Radcliff 6. _____ is not characteristic of Will iam Blake’s writing. A. plain and direct language B. compression of meaning C. supernatural quality D. symbolism 7. Wordsworth published Lyrical Ballads in 1789 with _____. A. Byron B. Coleridge C. Shelley D. Keats 8. Wordsworth thinks that _____ is the only subject of literary interest. A. the life of rising bourgeoisie B. aristocratic life C. the life of the royal family D. common life 9. Don Juan is the masterpiece of_____. A. Lord Byron’s B. P. B. Shelley’s C. John Keats’s D. Samuel Coleridge’s 10. _____ is not a novel written by Jane Austen. A. Jane Eyre B. Sense and Sensibility C. Pride and Prejudice D. Emma II. Complete each of the following statements with a proper word or a phrase according to the textbook. 1. In essence, Romanticism designates a literary and philosophical theory which tends to see the_____as the very center of all life and all experience. 2. For the Romantics, _____ is not only the major source of poetic imagery, but also provides the dominant subject matter. 3. Wordsworth is regarded as a “worshipper of _____.” 4. According to the subjects, Wordsworth’s short poems can be classified into two groups: poems about nature and poems about _____. 5. Coleridge’s achieveme nt as poet can be divided into two remarkably diverse groups: _____ and the conversational.
Old English Period
The 17th Century A Brief Introduction of the 17th century ?The contradictions between the feudal system and bourgeoisie ?James I：1603-1625 political and religious tyranny ?Charles I: 1625-1649 ?Oliver Cromwell : commonwealth protector: 1653-1658 ?Charles II: 1660-1688 the Restoration ?James II：1685-1688 ?William of Oranges: 1688-1702 “Glorious Revolution” ?The Bill of Rights 权利法案：1689 John Donne 代表作：The Flea Metaphysical Poetry Holy Sonnet 10 Song A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning 别离辞：节哀 John Milton ?the early phase of reading and lyric writing ?the middle phase of service in the Puritan Revolution and the pamphleteering for it ?the last --- the greatest --- phase of epic writing Paradise Lost --- the great epic Paradise Regained；Samson Agonistes John Bunyan The Pilgrim’s Progress（essay） The 18th-century Literature