1. The first mass movement of the English working class and the early sign of the awakening of the poor, oppressed people is__D___.
D. The Chartist Movement
2. Daniel Defoe's works are all the following EXCEPT___B__.
B. A Tale of a Tub
3. "Metaphysical Poetry" refers to the works of the 17th - century writers who wrote under the influence of ___A__.
A. John Donne
4. The most important play among Shakespeare's comedies is ___B__.
B. The Merchant of Venice
5. The most perfect example of the verse drama after Greek style in English is Milton's __C___.
C. Samson Agonistes
6. Which of the following descriptions of Enlightenment Movement is NOT true?D A. It was a progressive intellectual movement that flourished in France.
B. It was a furtherance of the Renaissance of the 15th and 16th centuries.
C. The purpose was to enlighten the whole world with moderu philosophical and artistic ideas.
D. The Enlighteners advocate individual education.
7. Neoclassicists had some fixed laws and rules for prose EXCEPT__D___.
D. being satiric
8. A good style of prose" proper works in proper places" was defined by__C___.
C. Jonathan Swift 9. The major theme of Jane Austen's novels
is____D_.
D. love and marriage
10. Wordsworth's___B__ is perhaps the most
anthologized poem in English literature.
B. "I Wondered Lonely as a Cloud"
11. William Blake's work __B___ marks his
entry into maturity.
B. Marriage of Heaven and Hell
12. Best of all the Romantic well- known
lyric pieces is Shelley's__D___.
D. "Ode to the West Wind"
13. In the Victorian Period __B___became
the most widely read and the most vital and
challenging expression of progressive thought.
B. novel
14. In Charles Dickens'early novels, he
attacks one or more specific social evils,
___B__is a good example of describing the
dehumanizing workhouse system and the
dark, criminal underworld life.
B. Oliver Twist
15. Thomas Hardy's most cheerful and idyllic
work is__C___.
C. Under the Greenwood Tree
16. The rise of __B___and new science
greatly incited modernist writers to make new
explorations on human natures and human
relationships.
B. the irrational philosophy
D. social Darwinism
17. In Modern English literature, the literary
interest of _____lay in the tracing of the
psychological development of his characters
and in his energetic criticism of the
dehu-manizing effect of the capitalist
industrialization on human nature.D
D.D.H. Lawrence
18. George Bernard Shaw's __A__ is a better
play of the later period, with the author's
almost nihilistic bitterness on the subjects of
the cruelty and madness of WWI and the
aimlessness and disillusion of the young.
A. Too True to Be Good
19. Renaissance first started in Italy, with the
flowering of the following fields
EXCEPT___A_.
A. architecture
B. painting
C. sculpture
D. literature
20. English Romanticism,as a historical phase
of literature,is generally said to have begun
with the publication of Wordsworth and
Coleridge's___C__.
C. Lyrical Ballads
21. Charlotte Bront's work _A__ is famous
for the depiction of the life of the middle -
class working women, particularly
governesses.
A. Jane Eyre
22. The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot is a poem
concerned with the ___A__ breakup of a
modern civilization in which human life has
lost its meaning, significance and purpose.
A. spiritual
23. Perhaps Emily Dickinson's greatest
interpretation of the moment of ___D_ is to
be found in "I heard a Fly buzz--when I
died—", a poem universally regarded as one
of her masterpieces.
D. death
24. The fiction of the American ___A__
period ranges from the comic fables of
Washing-ton Irving to the social realism of
Rebecca Harding Davis.
A. Romantic
25. The modern __A___ technique was
frequently and skillfully exploited by
Faulkner to emphasize the reactions and inner
musings of the narrator.
A. stream - of - consciousness
26. By means of "___B_," Whitman believed,
he has turned the poem into an open
field, an area of vital possibility where the
reader can allow his own imagination to play.
B. free verse
27. In 1954, _A___ was awarded the Nobel
Prize for "his powerful style -forming mas
tery of the art" of creating modern fiction.
A. Ernest Hemingway
28. The period ranging from 1865 to 1914
has been referred to as the Age of ___C__ in
the literary history of the United States,
which is actually a movement or tendency
that dominated the spirit of American
literature.
C. Realism
29. When he was eighty - seven he read his
poetry at the inauguration of President John F.
Kennedy in 1961. This poet was__B___.
B. Robert Frost
30. The renowned American critic H. L.
Mencken regarded __D___ as "the true father
of our national literature."
D. Mark Twain
31. We can easily find in Theodore Dreiser's
fiction a world of jungle, where "kill or to be
killed" was the law. Dreiser's __A___ found
expression in almost every book he wrote.
A. naturalism
32. A preoccupation with the Calvinistic view
of __C___ and the mystery of evil marked the
works of Hawthorne, Melville and a host of
lesser writers.
C. original sin
33. "He possessed none of the usual aids to a writer' s career: no money, no friend in power, no formal education worthy of mention, no family tradition in letters. " This is a description most suitable to the American writer__B___.
B. Theodore Dreiser
34. People generally considered __C___ to be Henry James' masterpiece, which incar nates the clash between the Old World and the New in the life journey of an American girl in a European cultural environment.
C. The Portrait of A Lady
35. The Jazz Age of the 1920s characterized by frivolity and carelessness is brought vividly to life in____A__.
A. The Great Gatsby
36. Guided by the principle of adhering to the truthful treatment of life, the American ____D___ introduced industrial workers and farmers, ambitious businessmen and vagrants, prostitutes and unheroic soldiers as major characters in fiction.
D. realists
37. The American literary spokesman of the Jazz Age is often acclaimed to be__D_____.
D.F. Scott Fitzgerald
38. By writing Moby - Dick, ____A___ reached the most flourishing stage of his literary creativity.
A. Herman Melville
39. Faulkner once said that __B___ is a story of "lost innocence," which proves itself to be an intensification of the theme of imprisonment in the past.
B. The Sound and the Fur y
40. Hawthorne was not a Puritan himself, but his view of man and human history origina ted, to a great extent, in___B____.
B. Puritanism 41. Behold her, single in the field,
Yon solitary Highland lass!
Reaping and singing by herself;
Stop here, or gently pass!
Alone she cuts and binds the grain,
And sings a melancholy strain;
O listen! For the Vale profound
Is overflowing with the sound.
Questions:
A. Identify the poet.
B. What' s the rhyme scheme for the stanza?
C. What's the theme of the poem?
答案 A. The poet of this poem is William
Wordsworth.
B. It’s an iambic verse, the rhyme scheme for
the stanza is ababccdd.
C. This poem uses rural figures to suggest the
timeless mystery of sorrowful humanity and
its radiant beauty.
43. My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
Questions:
A. Identify the poet and the title of the poem
from which this stanza is taken.
B. What figure of speech is used in this
stanza?
C. Briefly interpret the meaning of this
stanza.
答案 A. The poet is Robert Lee Frost and the
title of the poem is “Stopping by Woods on a
Snowy Evening”.
B. personification
C. My little horse would be very surprised
to find that I stopped in the place where there
is no place to live in and no food to eat, just
the woods and the frozen lake.
44. "Where are we going, Dad?" Nick asked.
"Over to the Indian camp. There is an Indian
lady very sick. "
"Oh," said Nick.
Across the bay they found the other boat
beached. Uncle George was smoking a cigar
in the dark. The young Indian pulled the boat
way up on the beach. Uncle George gave both
the Indians cigars.
Questions :
A. Identify the author and the title of the
work from which the passage is taken.
B. What does Dad imply when he says
"There is an Indian lady very sick"?
C. Why is Dad going to the Indian camp?
答案. A. The author is Ernest Hemingway;
the title of the passage is Indian Camp
B. Dad implies that we have to go to the
Indian camp, because the patient is heavily
sick.
C. Because there is a woman who will give
birth to a baby in the Indian Camp.
45. What' s the literary style of Shelley as a
Romantic poet?
答：1). Shelley expressed his love for freedom
and his hatred toward tyranny in several of
his lyrics.2). Shelley’s greatest achievement
is his four-act poetic drama.3). Shelley is one
of the leading romantic poets, an intense and
original lyrical poet in the English Language.
He has a reputation as a difficult poet: erudite,
imagistically complex, full of classical and
mythological allusions. His styles abound in
personification and metaphor and other
figures of speech which describe vividly what
we see and feel, or express what passionately
moves us.
46. What are the main features of Bernard
Shaw's plays with regard to the theme,
charac-terization and plot?
答：1). Structurally and thematically, Shaw
followed the great traditions of realism. As a
realistic dramatist, he took the modern issues
as his subjects with the aim of directing social
reforms.2). One feature of Shaw’s
characterization is that he makes the trick of
showing up one character vividly at the
expense of another. Another feature is that
Shaw’s characters are the representatives of
ideas, points of view, that shift and alter
during the play, for Mr. Shaw is primarily
interested in doctrines. Presenting a
conventional hero as a villain, or a
conventional villain as a hero, Shaw intends
to give a shocking impression to his audience
and challenge the conventional way of
thinking. 3). Shaw’s plays have plots, but
they do not work by plots, the plot is usually
the disregarded backbone to one long,
unbroken conversation. It’s the vitality of the
talk that takes primacy over mere story.
47. Henry James' literary criticism is an
indispensable part of his contribution to
literature. What's his outlook in literary
criticiam?
答：Henry James’s literary criticism is an
indispensable part of his contribution to
Literature. It’s both concerned with form and
devoted to human values. The theme of his
essay “The Art of Fiction”clearly indicates
that the aim of the novel is to present life, so
it is not surprising to find in his writings
human experiences explored in every possible
form: illusion, despair, reward, torment,
inspiration, delight, and so on. He also
advocates the freedom of the artist to write
about anything that concerns him, even the
disagreeable, the ugly and the commonplace.
The artist should be able to “feel” the life, to
understand human nature, and then to record
them in his own art form.
48. Local colorism is a unique variation of American literary realism. Who is the most famous local colorist? What are local colorists most concerned?
48. 答：Mark Twain is the most famous local colorist. Mark Twain preferred to have his own region and people at the forefront of his stories. He is particularly concerned about the local character of a region. Mark Twain is not the only one whose works are characterized with local colors. There are also some other people whose works are characterized with local color. Generally, their writings are concerned with the life of small, well-defined region or province. The characteristic setting is the isolated small town. Local colorists were consciously nostalgic historians of a vanishing way of life. Recorders of a present that faded before their eyes, yet for all their sentimentality, they dedicated themselves to minutely accurate descriptions of the life of their regions. They worked from personal experience; they recorded the facts of a unique environment and suggested that the native life was shaped by the curious conditions of the locale. Their materials were necessarily limited and topics disparate, yet they had certain common artistic concerns. 49. Define modernism in English literature. Name two major modernistic British writers and list one major work by each. 49. 答：1). Modernism rose out of skepticism
and disillusion of capitalism. It takes the
irrational philosophy and the theory of
psycho-analysis as its theoretical base.
Modernism is, in many aspects, a reaction
against realism. It rejects rationalism. It
advocates a free experimentation on new
forms and new techniques in literary creation.
It casts away almost all the traditional
elements in literature. All the works created
by the modernist writers are often labeled as
anti-novel, anti-poetry, and anti-drama.
2). George Bernard Shaw and D. H.
Lawrence both belong to this period and they
both made great contributions to the English
Literature. The masterpiece of George
Bernard Shaw is Mrs. Warren’s Profession,
which is a play about the economic
oppression of women. The major work
written by D. H. Lawrence is his
autobiographical novel “Sons and Lovers”. In
this play, the conflict between the earthy
coarse, energetic but often drunken father and
the refined, strong-willed and up-climbing
mother is vividly presented.
50. Briefly discuss the term "The Lost
Generation"and name the leading figures of
this literary movement (Give at least three).
50. 答：In the Modern Period of
American Literature, there was a
spiritual crisis. When the First World
War broke out, many young men
volunteered to take part in “the war to
end wars”only to find that modern
warfare was not as glorious or heroic
as they thought it to be. Disillusioned
and disgusted by the frivolous, greedy,
and heedless way of life in America,
they began to write and they wrote
from their own experiences in the war.
Among the young writers were the
most prominent figures in American
Literature, especially in modern
American Literature. They were
basically expatriates who left America
and formed a community of writers
and artists in Paris, involved with other
European novelists and poets in their
experimentation on new modes of
thought and expression. These writers
were later named by an American
writer, Gertrude Stein, also an
expatriate, “The Lost Generation”
Among those greatest figures in “The
Lost Generation” or modern American
literature are famous poets such as
Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams,
and Robert Frost.
42. The following quotation is from Mrs.
Warren's Profession:
VIVIE: [ intensely interested by this time] No;
but why did you choose that business?
Saving money and good management will
succeed in any business.
MRS. WARREN: Yes, saving money. But
where can a woman get the money to save in
any other business? Could you save out of
four shillings a week and keep yourself
dressed as well? Not you. Of course, if you'
re a plain woman and cant earn anything
more ; or if you have a turn for music, or the
stage, or newspaper - writing ; that's
different...
Questions :
A. Identify the playwright of the above
quotation.
B. What business do you think Mrs. Warren
is involved in?
C. What's the theme of the play?
答案 A. The playwright of the quotation is
George Bernard Shaw.
B. The business in which she was involved
was to provide sex services for others,
especially for those men who have money.
C. The play is concerned about the
economic oppression of women.
英语专业-英美文学试卷及答案-期末
英美文学试卷A 共9页第 I. Mark the following statements as true (T) or false (F). (10 x 1’=10’) 1. ( ) Chaucer is the first English short-story teller and the founder of English poetry as well as the founder of English realism. His masterpiece The Canterbury tales contains 26 stories. 2. ( ) English Renaissance is an age of essay and drama. 3. ( ) The rise of the modern novel is closely related to the rise of the middle class and an urban life. 4. ( ) The French Revolution and the American War of Independence were two big influences that brought about the English Romantic Movement. 5. ( ) Charlotte’s novels are all about lonely and neglected young women with a fierce longing for life and love. Her novels are more or less based on her own experience and feelings and the life as she sees around. 6. ( ) The leading figures of the naturalism at the turn of 19th century are Thomas Hardy, John Galsworthy and Bernard Shaw. 7. ( ) Emily Dickinson is remembered as the “All American Writer”. 8. ( )The Civil War divides the American literature into romantic literature and realist literature. 9. ( ) Mark Twain is the first American writer to discover an American language and American consciousness.
英美文学选读翻译（英语专业自考） 第一部分：英国文学 第一章文艺复兴时期 文艺复兴标志着一个过渡时期,即中世纪的结束和现代社会的开始。一般来说,文艺复兴时期是从十四世纪到十七世纪中叶。它从意大利兴起,伴随着绘画、雕塑和文学领域的百花齐放,而后文艺复兴浪潮席卷了整个欧洲。文艺复兴,顾名思义即重生、复苏,是由一系列历史事件激发推动的,其中包括对古希腊罗马文化的重新发现。地理天文领域的新发现,宗教改革及经济发展。因此,文艺复兴从本质上是欧洲人文主义者竭力摒弃中世纪欧洲的封建主义,推行代表新兴城市资产阶级利益的新思想,并恢复早期宗教的纯洁性,远离腐败的罗马天主教廷的一场运动。 文艺复兴浪潮影响到英国的速度比较慢,不仅因为英国远离欧洲大陆,而且还因为其国内的动荡不安。乔叟去世后的一个半世纪是英国历史上最动荡不安的时期。好战的贵族篡取了王位,使英国走上自我毁灭之路。著名的玫瑰之战就是极好的例子。后来理查三世的恐怖统治标志着内战的结束,在都铎王朝的统治下英国的民族情感又成长起来。然而直到亨利八世统治期间(1509-1547),文艺复兴的春风才吹入英国。在亨利八世的鼓励下,牛津的改革派学者和人文主义者们将古典文学引入英国。基于古典文学作品及《圣经》的教育重获生机,而十五世纪就被广泛传阅的文学作品则更加流行了。自此,英国的文艺复兴开始了。英国,尤其是英国文学进入了黄金时代。这个时期涌现出莎士比亚、斯宾塞、约翰逊、锡德尼、马洛、培根及邓恩等一大批文学巨匠。但英国的文艺复兴并未使新文学与旧时代彻底决裂,带有十四、十五世纪特点的创作态度与情感依然贯穿在人文主义与改革时代。 人文主义是文艺复兴的核心。它源于努力恢复中世纪产生的对古希腊罗马文化的尊崇。人文主义作为文艺复兴的起源是因为古希腊罗马文明的基础是以"人"为中心,人是万物之灵。通过这些对古代文化崭新的研究,人文主义者不仅看到了光彩夺目的艺术启明星,还在那古典作品中寻求到了人的价值。在中世纪的社会中,个人完全隶属于封建统治,没有独立和自由可言;在中世纪的神学理论中,人与周围世界的关系仅仅是人消极适应或消极遁世,不允许追求快乐,以备死后灵魂得以超脱。然而人文主义者们却从古代文化遗产中找到了充足的论据,来赞美人性,并开始注意到人类是光荣的生命,人自己可以不断发展,至善至美,而且人们生存的世界是属于他们的,供他们怀疑、探索以及享受。由此,人文主义者通过强调人类的尊严、强调今生今世的重要性,喊出了他们的信仰,即人类不仅有权利在今生今世美好生活,而且还有能力完善自我,创造奇迹。人文主义遍布英国思想领域的。标志是荷兰学者伊拉斯谟先后到牛津大学与剑桥大学讲授古典文化研究。托马斯·漠尔、克利斯朵夫·马洛和威廉·莎士比亚是英国人文主义的代表。
绝密★考试结束前 全国2014年4月高等教育自学考试 英美文学选读试题 课程代码：00604 请考生按规定用笔将所有试题的答案涂、写在答题纸上。全部题目用英文作答。 选择题部分 注意事项： 1．答题前，考生务必将自己的考试课程名称、姓名、准考证号用黑色字迹的签字笔或钢笔填写在答题纸规定的位置上。 2．每小题选出答案后，用2 B铅笔把答题纸上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在试题卷上。 I. Multiple Choice(40 points in all, 1 for each) Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. Mark your choice by blackening the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet. 1. Shakespeare has established his giant position in world literature with his ______ plays, 154 sonnets and 2 long poems. A. 27 B. 38 C.47 D. 52 2. john Milton’s literary achievement can be divided into three groups: the early poetic works, the middle prose pamphlets and the last ______. A. romances B. dramas C. great poems D. ballads 3. The novels of ______ are the first literary works devoted to the study of problems of the lower— class people. A. John Milton B. Daniel Defoe C. Henry Fielding D. Jonathan Swift
Chapter I The Renaissance Period Definitions of the Literary Terms: 文艺复兴时期的界定 1. The Renaissance: The Renaissance marks a transition from the medie val to the modern world. Generally, it refers to the period between the 14 th & 17th centuries. 历史文化背景It first started in Italy, with the flowering of painting, sculpture & literature. From Italy the movement went to emb race the rest of Europe. The Renaissance, which means "rebirth" or "reviva l," is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events, such as the re-discovery of ancient Roman & Greek culture, the new discoverie s in geography & astrology, the religious reformation & the economic expa nsion. The Renaissance, therefore, in essence is a historical period in whic h the European humanist thinkers & scholars made attempts to get rid of those old feudalist ideas in medieval Europe, to introduce new ideas that e xpressed the interests of the rising bourgeoisie, & to recover the purity of the early church from the corruption of the Roman Catholic Church. 2. 文艺复兴到英国比较晚的原因The Renaissance was slow in reaching Englan d not only becaus e o f England?s separation from the Continent but also be cause of its domestic unrest. It was not until the reign of Henry VIII that the Renaissance really began to show its effect in England. With Henry VII I?s encouragement the Oxford reformers, scholars and humanists introduc ed classical literature to England. 15th century, began the English Renaissa nce, which was perhaps England?s Golden Age, especially in literature. 人文主义H umanism: Humanism is the essence of the Renaissance. It sprang from the endeavor to restore a medieval reverence for the ancient author s and is frequently taken as the beginning of the Renaissance on its consci ous, intellectual side, for the Greek and Roman civilization was based on s uch a conception that man is the measure of all things. Through the new l earning, humanists not only saw the arts of splendor and enlightenment, b ut the human values represented in the works. Renaissance humanists fou nd in the classics a justification to exalt human nature and came to see th at human beings were glorious creatures capable of individual development in the direction of perfections, and that the world they inhabited was thei rs not to despise but to question, explore, and enjoy. Thus, by emphasizin g 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 bea uty of this life, but had the ability to perfect himself and to perform wond ers. Thomas More, Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare are the b est representatives of the English humanists. The first period of the English Renaissance was one of imitation and assimi lation.
Part One：English Poetry 1.William Shakespeare Sonnet 18 ?Why does the poet compare `thee` to a summer?s day? And who could `thee` be? Because summer?s day and thee both represent beauty . thee could be beauty, love. ?What picture have you got of English summer, and could you explain why? Warm, beautiful, sunshine. Because summer is the best season of a year ,the most beautiful season. It is like our May. ?How does the poet answer the question he puts forth in the first line? Thee is more beautiful than summer. ?What makes the poet think that “thou” can be more fair than summer and immortal? Because humanism is more eternal than summer and immortal. ?What figures of speech are used in this poem? Simile, metaphor, personification, oxymoron and so on . ?What is the theme of the poem? Love conquers all, Beauty lives on. 2. Thomas Nashe Spring ?Read the poem carefully, pay attention to those image- bearing words, and see how many images the poet created in the poem and what sense impressions you can get from those images. There is “Blooms each thing, maids dance in a ring, the pretty birds do sing, the palm and may make country houses gay, Lambs frisk' and play, the shepherds pipe all day, And we hear aye birds tune this merry lay, The fields breathe sweet, the daisies kiss our feet, Young lovers meet, old wives a-sunning sit, In every street these tunes bur ears do greet!” The “Young lovers meet, old wives a-sunning sit，”impressions me most because of the harmony of the people?s relationship. ?Can you point out and explain the sound and their musical effect in the poem? In the Poem, each section has four lines, each line has ten syllables ( five tone step ) . In order to give the reader a spring breeze , streams , flowers , winding , Song Xin texture of sound and light flavor, Naixi greater uses English word S , z , f , V , R , L , and θconsonants means. In Naixi's poem, the use of phonological is also very harmonious, very smooth , very mellow. Section I of the poetry has Three pairs [ ing ] , section II of the poem has three pairs [ ei ] and the third quarter has three pairs [ i : ]. 3.John Donne A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning ?What is a “valediction” any way? Is the speaker in the poem about to die? Why does the speaker forbid mourning? No, it is about the lover s?separation. As the poem metaphors, the poet believed he and his wife?s love is sacred, he didn?t hope they cry when separation comes, let their love be stained by the ordinary and mundane.
美文学这门科目庞大之极，堪称英本自考之最。自己一个人看那么厚的一本书，不用说能不能看下来，能记住多少实在不好说！ 我在复习的时候，总结了一些规律，与大家分享，望对你有用，帮你顺利通过！ 1.题型分析： 一般来讲，肯定是这种类型：a.单项选择题（40道，40分） b.引文简析（无非就是问问作者是谁，出自哪个作品，主题意象什么的，4道，16分）c.简答题（4道，24分）d.论述题（无非就是分析加读后感，20分） 经验：你应该可以看出来了，重点当然是单选了，分数大，又好得分，实在不行还可以蒙。建议尽可能把书看一遍，但不要看作者生平，那肯定不会考。有个印象就可以了，不用去背，如果你汉语文学功底好，可以省去不少时间。 2.比例分析 据本人统计，历年来英美文学的国考试卷中英国文学占52%，美国文学占48%。（2003年4月例外，其中英国部分58%）其中，可以看出 单选题：前22题肯定为英国部分，其余为美国部分。 大题部分：基本上是一人一半，各占50% 经验：书上共652页，英国411页，美国241页。英国作家共38位，美国15位。其中，美国部分中，诗歌作品也比较少，比较好确认。结论：死学美国，顺带英国。 3.内容分析 历年命题的趋势逐渐由课文内容向选读作品转移，选读的比重越来越大。 经验：课文内容作到大体了解，但要特别重视作家艺术特色。选读部分加大力度，多注意书上的注释及选文大意和某些细节，尽量作到能用英语复述。实在不行，也至少作到能用汉语复述。 4.真题解析及预测 自学考试的一大特点就是重复率高，所以历年试题是必惫的复习材料，不可缺少。有人说：“一套真题等于3套模拟题！”这话绝对没错。所以要花大力气在上面。记得我考那回就有一道10分大题和前一年的一模一样。 注：马克吐温的《哈克贝里费恩历险记》的分析在2000~2002年中，连续考了三次。 经验：注意历年真题，尤其是去年的。去年的10分大题大致如下： a.《傲慢与偏见》中的三种婚姻 b.《白鲸》选文作品复述几分析象征意义。 ================================================ 4月14日]投机取巧教你过英美文学[压题篇] 本文是投机取巧过英美文学的最后一篇，收录北京市2004年4月10日英美文学考试的试题(除选择题外)，是我在北京自考论坛处网友处所得，特此对提供帮助的朋友表示感谢。 二、1、Thomas Gray：Elegy in the Country Churchyard的第一段 2、Yeats的Down by the sallen garden，考的是他俩站在河边，那个女孩*在他肩头，他觉得自己年轻懵懂，而且泪流满面。 3、Emyly Bronte的Whuthering Heights里面Hethcliff在他lover临死之前的那段表现，还问了narrator 是谁 4、Emlily Dikinson的I Heard a Fly Buzz--When I died，问那个blue Buzz是什么意思
Comment on Walden In 1845, Thoreau decided to conduct an experiment of self-sufficiency by building his own house on the shores of Walden Pond and living off the food he grew on his farm. He sought to reduce his physical needs to a minimum, in order to free himself for study, thought, and observation of nature, himself. Walden can be many things and can be read on more than one level. But it is, first and foremost, a book about man, what he is, and what he should be and must be. Considered one of the all-time great books, Walden is a record of Thoreau's two year experiment of living at Walden Pond. The writer's chief emphasis is on the simplifications and enjoyment of life now. It is regarded as 1. a nature book.2. a do-it-yourself guide to simple life. 3. a satirical criticism of modern life and living. 4. a belletristic achievement 5. a spiritual book. The Scarlet Letter Symbolic meaning of the letter “A” :1.The scarlet letter “A” is the central symbol of the novel. At the beginning it symbolized the sin of Hester—“adultery”, 2.then gradually when Hester became accepted by the community, it stands for Hester’s intelligence and diligence—“able”. 3.At the end of the novel the symbol has evolved to represent the high virtues of Hester Prynne—“angel”. Comments on The Scarlet Letter:1.The theme of the story should be the moral, emotional and psychological effects of the sin on people. 2.Scarlet Letter is a cultural allegory, in which the author indirectly tells the future of Puritanism.3.Scarlet Letter is a sample in which American Romanticism adapted itself to American Puritanism.(Because of the strong influence of Puritanism in American society, Hawthorne only expressed his ideas on the sin indirectly by employing symbolism.) Symbolism in the novel Moby Dick A. the voyage itself is a metaphor for “search and discovery, the search for the ultimate truth of experience.” B. the Pequod is the ship of the American soul and consciousness. C. Moby Dick is a symbol of evil to some, of goodness to others, and of both to still others. D. The whiteness of Moby Dick is a paradoxical color, signifying death and corruption as well as purity, innocence and youth; it represents the final mystery of the universe. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Setting: unpopulated wildness an a dense forest along Mississippi River Characters:1.Ignorant uneducated black slave Jim2.Uneducated outcast white boy Huck Finn。Theme: Huck’s inner waving struggle between what he was taught and what he thought out of good-heart and humanity.Its Features：1.Profound portrait of Huckleberry Finn 2.Magic power with language, the use of vernacular. 3. Humor In a Station of the Metro1 by Ezra Pound The apparition of these faces in the crowd: Petals on a wet, black bough. Note: 1。a Paris subway station Analysis of this poem The poem’s form is similar to Japanese haiku, with considering its title as a verse-line. The word “apparition” has double meaning:1. “appearance”, something which can be clearly observed;2. something which seems real but perhaps is not real; something ghostly which cannot be clearly observed. Petals may refer to the faces in the crowd, while bough may refer to the railway in the Metro.
自考英美文学选读要点总结精心整理 [英国』Chapter1 The Renaissance period（14世纪至七世纪中叶）文艺复兴 1、Humanism is the essence of the Renaissance、人文主义是文艺复兴的核心。 2、 the Greek and Roman civilization was based on such a conception that man is the measure of all things、人文主义作为文艺复兴的起源是因为古希腊罗马文明的基础是以“人”为中心，人是万物之灵。 3、 Renaissance humanists found in then classics a justification to exalt human nature and came to see that human beings were glorious creatures capable of individual development in the direction of perfection, and that the world they inhabited was theirs not to despise but to question, explore, and enjoy、人文主义者们却从古代文化遗产中找到充足的论据，来赞美人性，并开始注意到人类是崇高的生命，人可以不断发展完善自己，而且世界是属于他们的，供他们怀疑，探索以及享受。 4、 Thomas More, Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare are the best representatives of the English
如对您有帮助，请购买打赏，谢谢您！ 美文学这门科目庞大之极，堪称英本自考之最。自己一个人看那么厚的一本书，不用说能不能看下来，能记住多少实在不好说！ 我在复习的时候，总结了一些规律，与大家分享，望对你有用，帮你顺利通过！ 1.题型分析： 一般来讲，肯定是这种类型：a.单项选择题（40道，40分）b.引文简析（无非就是问问作者是谁，出自哪个作品，主题意象什么的，4道，16分）c.简答题（4道，24分）d.论述题（无非就是分析加读后感，20分） 经验：你应该可以看出来了，重点当然是单选了，分数大，又好得分，实在不行还可以蒙。建议尽可能把书看一遍，但不要看作者生平，那肯定不会考。有个印象就可以了，不用去背，如果你汉语文学功底好，可以省去不少时间。 2.比例分析 据本人统计，历年来英美文学的国考试卷中英国文学占52%，美国文学占48%。（2003年4月例外，其中英国部分58%）其中，可以看出 单选题：前22题肯定为英国部分，其余为美国部分。 大题部分：基本上是一人一半，各占50% 经验：书上共652页，英国411页，美国241页。英国作家共38位，美国15位。其中，美国部分中，诗歌作品也比较少，比较好确认。结论：死学美国，顺带英国。 3.内容分析 历年命题的趋势逐渐由课文内容向选读作品转移，选读的比重越来越大。 经验：课文内容作到大体了解，但要特别重视作家艺术特色。选读部分加大力度，多注意书上的注释及选文大意和某些细节，尽量作到能用英语复述。实在不行，也至少作到能用汉语复述。 4.真题解析及预测 自学考试的一大特点就是重复率高，所以历年试题是必惫的复习材料，不可缺少。有人说：“一套真题等于3套模拟题！”这话绝对没错。所以要花大力气在上面。记得我考那回就有一道10分大题和前一年的一模一样。 注：马克吐温的《哈克贝里费恩历险记》的分析在2000~2002年中，连续考了三次。 经验：注意历年真题，尤其是去年的。去年的10分大题大致如下： a.《傲慢与偏见》中的三种婚姻 b.《白鲸》选文作品复述几分析象征意义。 ================================================ 4月14日]投机取巧教你过英美文学[压题篇] 本文是投机取巧过英美文学的最后一篇，收录北京市2004年4月10日英美文学考试的试题(除选择题外)，是我在北京自考论坛处网友处所得，特此对提供帮助的朋友表示感谢。 二、1、Thomas Gray：Elegy in the Country Churchyard的第一段 2、Yeats的Down by the sallen garden，考的是他俩站在河边，那个女孩*在他肩头，他觉得自己年轻懵懂，而且泪流满面。 3、Emyly Bronte的Whuthering Heights里面Hethcliff在他lover临死之前的那段表现，还问了narrator 是谁 4、Emlily Dikinson的I Heard a Fly Buzz--When I died，问那个blue Buzz是什么意思
1.Alliteration：Alliteration is the repetition of a speech sound in a sequence of nearby words. The term is usually applied only to consonants, and only when the recurrent sound begins a word or a stressed syllable within a word. In old English alliteration is the principle organizing device of the verse line. 2.Romance：Romance is a long composition, sometimes in verse, sometimes in prose, describing the life and adventure of a noble hero. Romance was characteristic of the early feudal age, as it reflected the spirit of chivalry. The content of romance was usually about love, chivalry, and religion. 3.Soliloquy is a dramatic speech delivered by one character speaking aloud while under the impression of being alone. The soliloquist thus reveals his inner thoughts and feelings to the audience. It is also known as interior monologue. 4.sonnet: A sonnet is a short song in the original meaning of the word. Later it became a poem of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter with various rhyming schemes. 5.Conceit--- a kind of metaphor that makes a comparison between two startling different things. A conceit may strike the readers weird at first glance, but proves appropriate in the end. 6.The name applied to an intellectual movement which developed in Western Europe during the seventeenth century and reached its height in the eighteenth. The common element was a trust in human reason as adequate to solve the crucial problems and to establish the essential norms in life, together with the belief that the application of reason was rapidly dissipating the remaining feudal traditions. It influenced lots of famous English writers especially those neoclassic writers, such as Alexander Pope, Samuel Johnson etc.. 7.Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries. It makes a transition from the medieval to the modern world. It started in Italy with the flowering of painting, sculpture and literature, and then spread to the rest of Europe. The term Renaissance means rebirth or revival. The Renaissance period was marked by a reawakening of interest in learning, in the individual and in the world of nature. The revival of learning led scholars back to the culture of Greece and Rome. The rebirth of interest in the individual gave rise to a new appreciation of beauty, to a desire for self-expression in varied activities and to the creation of art. The renewal of curiosity about the nature word ultimately drew men to discover new lands and new scientific truths.
2010年4月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试 英美文学选读试卷 (课程代码00604) 本试卷分为两部分。共8页，满分l00分；考试时间l50分钟。 1．第一部分为选择题，应考者必须在“答题卡”上的“选择题答题区”内按要求填涂，答在试卷上无效。 2．第二部分为非选择题。应考者必须在“答题卡”上的“非选择题答题区”内按照试题题号顺序直接答题，答在试卷上无效。 PART ONE (共50 分) I. Multiple Choice (50 points in all, 1 for each) Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. Mark your choice by blackening the corresponding letter [A], [B], [C]or[D]on the ANSWER SHEET. 1. Beowulf, a typical example of Old English poetry that evokes the Anglo-Saxon sense of the harshness of circumstance and the sadness of the human lot, is regarded today as __ of the Anglo-Saxons. A. a romance B. the national epic C. a religious poem D. the first blank verse 2. The early period of the English Renaissance was one of imitation and assimilation. Wyatt introduced __ into England. A. blank verse B. terza rima C. the Petrarchan sonnet D. sestina 3. The Renaissance marks a transition from the medieval to the modem world. The essence of Renaissance is . A. religious reformation B. humanism C. economic expansion D. geographic discoveries 4. Which of the following plays is NOT one of William Shakespeare's great tragedies? A. King Lear B. Henry IV C. Othello D. Macbeth 5. In Paradise Lost, Adam's disobedience to God reflects the keystone of John Milton's creed, that is, __ A. the freedom of the will B. the importance of love C. evil is at the core of human nature D. human life is full of temptations 6. The 18th century England is known as the Age of Enlightenment. The enlighteners held that __ should be the only, the final cause of any human thought and activities. A. rationality B. equality C. science D. knowledge 7. In field of literature, the Enlightenment Movement brought about a(n)_ the old classical works. This tendency is known as neoclassicism. A. revived interest in B. antagonism against C. rebellion against D. irrational imitation of 8. In the neoclassical period of British literature, __ is the leading figure in the theatrical world. A. William Collins B. Richard Brinsley Sheridan C. Mrs. Ann Radcliffe D.M.G. Lewis 9. Henry Fielding's first novel Joseph Andrews is intended as a burlesque of the dubious morality and sentimentality in__ A. Pamela B. Roxana C. Gulliver's TraveLs D. The Faerie Queene 10. As one of the greatest masters of English prose,__ defined a good style as "proper words in proper places. " A. Alexander Pope B. Daniel Defoe C. Samuel Johnson D. Jonathan Swift 11. In the lines "This City now doth, like a garment, wear / The beauty of the morning; silent, bare, / Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie / Open unto the fields, and to the sky," there is obviously a peculiar use of abundant commas. This works to create a special effect: __ A. to strengthen the effect of chaos through fragmentary listing