美国文学史及选读

（0171）《美国文学史及选读》复习思考题答案

I. Write out the authors’ names of the following works. (15)

Benjamin Franklin T. S. Eliot

James Cooper Walt Whitman

James Baldwell Ernest Hemingway

Joseph Heller John Steinbeck

William Faulkner Mark Twain

Washington Irving Ernest Hemingway

Robert Frost Toni Morrison

Ralph Ellison Eugene O’Neill

John Steinbeck Allan Poe

F. Scott Fitzgerald Tennessee Williams

Washington Irving Robert Frost

Nathaniel Hawthorne Herman Melville

Eugene O’Neill Mark Twain

William Faulkner Robert Frost

Arthur Miller James Cooper

H. D. Thoreau Henry James

Whitman Jack London

Jack London O’Neill

II. Define the following literary terms. (20)

Beat generation: The term was coined by Jack Kerouac in 1948 to refer to a group of

美国文学史及选读中古英语时期的名词解释

中古英语时期的名词解释

1.Old English period (the Anglo-Saxon period): The Old

English Period, extended from the invasion of Celtic England by

Germanic tribes (the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes) in the first half of

the fifth century to the conquest of England in 1066 by the

Norman French under the leadership of the seventh century did

the Anglo-Saxons, whose earlier literature had been oral, begin

to develop a written literature.

2. 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.

3. Prose: Prose is an inclusive term for all discourse, spoken

or written, which is not patterned into the lines either of metric

verse or free verse.

1 History And Anthology of American Literature （6）

附：作者及作品

一、殖民主义时期 The Literature of Colonial America

1．船长约翰·史密斯 Captain John Smith

《自殖民地第一次在弗吉尼亚垦荒以来发生的各种事件的真实介绍》

“A True Relation of Such Occurrences and Accidents of Note as Hath

Happened in Virginia Since the First Planting of That Colony”

《弗吉尼亚地图，附：一个乡村的描述》

“A Map of Virginia: with a Description of the Country”

《弗吉尼亚通史》 “General History of Virginia”

2．威廉·布拉德福德 William Bradford

《普利茅斯开发历史》 “The History of Plymouth Plantation”

3．约翰·温思罗普 John Winthrop

《新英格兰历史》 “The History of New England”

4．罗杰·威廉姆斯 Roger Williams

《开启美国语言的钥匙》”A Key into the Language of America”

或叫《美洲新英格兰部分土著居民语言指南》

Or “ A Help to the Language of the Natives in That Part of

America Called New England ”

5．安妮·布莱德斯特 Anne Bradstreet

《在美洲诞生的第十个谬斯》

2 The Literature of Colonial AmericaⅠ. Fill in the blanks 1. Among the members of the small band of Jamestown settlers was ________, an English soldier of fortune, whose reports of exploration, published in the early 1600s, have been described as the first distinct American literature written in English.2. The term “Puritan” was applied to those settlers who originally were devout members of the Church of ______.3. _______College was established in 1636, with a printing press set up nearly in 1639.4. The first permanent English settlement in North American was established at _____, Virginia.5. ______ was a famous explorer and colonist. He established Jamestown.6. John Smith published _____ books in all.7. In the book _____ John Smith wrote that “here nature and liberty afford us that freely which in English we want, or it costs us dearly.”8. The General History of Virginia contains Smith’s most famous tale of how the Indian princess named ______ saved him from the wrath of her father.9. Hard work, thrift, piety and sobriety, these were the _____values that dominated much of the early American writing.10. The American poets who emerged in the seventeenth century adapted the style of established European poets to the subject matter confronted in a strange, new environment. _______Bradstreet was one such poet.11. Bradford used a word “_______” to describe the community of believers who sailed from Southampton England, on the Mayflower and settled in Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620.12. In 1620, ______was elected Governor of Plymouth, Massachusetts.13. From 1621 until his death, ______probably possessed more power than any other colonial governor.14. Bradford’s work consists of two books. The first book deals with the persecutions of the Separatists in Scrooby, England, the second book describes the singing of the “______Compact”.15. The History of New England is a priceless gift _____left us.16. The writer who best expressed the Puritan faith in the colonial period was _______.17. The Puritan philosophy known as ______ was important in New England during colonial time, and had a profound influence on the early American mind for several generations.18. Many Puritan wrote verse, but the work of two writers, Anne Bradstreet and Edward ______, rose to the level of real poetry.19. Before his death, Jonathan ______had gained a position as America’s first systematic philosopher.Ⅱ. Match the names of the writers with their works.1. Jonathan Edwards a. The Day of Doom2. Increase Mather b. The magnolia Christi America3. John Smith c. The History of the Dividing Line4. William Byrd d. The General History of Virginia5. Olaudah Equiano e. A True Sight of Sin6. William Bradford f. Freedom of the Will7. Cotton Mather g. Cases of Conscience concerning Evil Spirits8. Thomas Hooker h. The Interesting Narrative9. Anne Bradstreet i. Preparatory Meditations10. Edward Taylor j. The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America11. Michael Wigglesworth k. The History of Plymouth Plantation12. Roger Williams l. A Key into the Language of America Ⅲ. Multiple Choice.1．Early in the seventeenth century, the English settlements in ________began the main stream of what we recognize as the American national history.A. Virginia and Pennsylvania B. Massachusetts and New YorkC. Virginia and Massachusetts D. New York and Pennsylvania2. The first writings that we call American were the narratives and _______of the early settlements.A. journals B. poetryC. drama D. folklores3. Among the earliest settlers in North America were Frenchmen who settled in the Northern colonies and along the _____River.A. St. Louis B. St. LawrenceC. Mississippi D. Hudson4. In 1620 a number of Puritans came to settle in ________.A. Virginia B. GeorgiaC. Maryland D. Massachusetts5. Whose reports of exploration, published in the early 1600s, have been regarded as the first distinct American literature written in English? A. John Winthrop’s B. John Smith’sC. William Bradford’s D. Christopher Columbus’s6. In 1612, John Smith published in England a book called ________.A. A Map of Virginia with a Description of the CountryB. The General History of MassachusettsC. A Description of New England D. The Early History of Plymouth Colony7. What style did the seventeenth century American poets adapt to the subject matter confronted in a strangely new environment?A. The style of their own.B. The style mixed with England and American elements.C. The style mixed with native-American and British tradition.D. The style of established European poets.8. ______ was a civil covenant designed to allow the temporal state to serve the godly citizen.A. The early history of Plymouth colonyB. The magnolia Christi America C. Mayflower CompactD. Freedom of the Will9. How many books did Cotton Mather, an inexhaustible writer, produced?A. About 400. B. About 500C. About 600 D. About 30010. Somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean ______delivered his sermon A Model of Christian Charity. It became his important work.A. John Winthrop B. Michael WigglesworthC. William Bradford D. Thomas Hooker11. ______ was regarded as the most eminent and admired minister in the first generation of New England Puritans.A. Cotton Mather B. John CottonC. John Eliot D. Edward Taylor12. Who among the following translated the Bible into the Indian tongue?A. Roger Williams B. John EliotC. Cotton Mather D. John Smith13. The best of Puritan poets was ______, whose complete edition of poems appeared in 1960, more than two hundred years after his death.A. Anne Bradstreet B. Michael WigglesworthC. Thomas Hooker D. Edward Taylor14. English literature in America is only about more than ________years old.A. 500 B. 600C. 200 D. 10015. The early history of ________ Colony was the history of Bradford’s leadership.A. Plymouth B. JamestownC. New England D. mayflower16. Which statement about Cotton Mather is not true?A. He was a great Puritan historian.B. He was an inexhaustible writer.C. He was a skillful preacher and an eminent theologian.D. He was a graduate of Oxford College.17. Jonathan Edwards’ best and most representative sermon was _________.A. A True Sight of SinB. Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God C. A Model of Christian CharityD. God’s Determinations18. Which writer is not a poet?