【优质】英美文学史及作品选读 复习题

英美文学史练习题和复习资料44. The Victorian PeriodMultiple-choice questions1.In Hard Times, Dickens attacks ______ that rules over the English educationalsystem and destroys young hearts and minds.A.bourgeois commercialismB.religious hypocrisyC.the utilitarian principleD.political corruptness2.______ is the first important governess novel in the English literary history.A. Jane EyreB. EmmaC. Wuthering HeightD. Middlemarch3.Which of the following best describe the nature of Hardy?s later novels?A. SentimentalismB. SurrealismC. Comic senseD. Tragic sense4.______ is the most representative Victorian poet whose poetry voices the doubtand the faith, the grief and the joy of English people in an age of fast change.A. Robert BrowningB. Alfred TennysonC. George G. ByronD. Thomas Hardy5.Which of the following statements is not a typical feature of Charles Dickens?A.He sets out a large-scale criticism of the inhuman social institutions and thedecaying social morality.B.His works are characterized by a mingling of humor and pathos.C.The characters portrayed by Dickens are often larger than life.D.He shows a human being not at moments of crisis, but in the most trivialincidents of everyday life.6.“As for society, he was carried every other day into the hall where the boys dined,and there socially flogged as a public warning and example.”What figure of speech is used in the above sentence?A. SimileB. MetaphorC. IronyD. Overstatement7.“I will drink/ life to the lees.” In the quoted line Ulysses is saying that he ______till the end of his life.A.will keep travelling and exploringB.will go on drinking and being happyC.would like to toast to his glorious lifeD.would like t drink the cup of wine8.“She smiled, no doubt,/ Whene?er I passed her…/ … This grew; I gave commands;/ Then all smiles stopped together.” The quoted lines imply that she ______.A.obeyed his order and stopped smiling at everyday, including the duke.B.obeyed his order and stopped smiling at anybody except the duke.C.Refused to obey the order and never smiled againD.was murdered at the order of duke9. A contemporary of Alfred Tennyson, ______ is acknowledged by many as themost original and experimental poet of the time.A. Thomas CarlyleB. Thomas B. MacaulayC. Robert BrowningD. T. S. Eliot10.Most of Hardy?s novels are set in ______, the fictional primitive and crude ruralregion that is really the home place he both loves and hates.A. YorkshireB. WessexC. LondonD. Manchester11.“The floating pollen seemed to be his notes made visible, and the dampness of thegarden the weeping of the garden?s sensibility.” The quoted sentence is suggestive of ______.A.the richness of the music in the gardenB.the beauty of the scenery in the gardenC.the great power of the music in affecting the environmentD.the harmony and oneness of the music, the garden and theheroine Tess.12.In the statement “---Oh, God! Would you like to live with your soul in thegra ve?” the term “soul” apparently refers to ______.A. Heathcliff himselfB. CatherineC. one?s spiritual lifeD. one?s ghost13.“I have talked, face to face, with what I reverence; with what I delight in --- withan original, a vigorous, an expanded mind.” Here in the quoted passage, Jane isreally saying that she has talked face to face with ______.A.God who appears in her dreamsB.The reverent priestC.Mr. RochesterD.Miss Ingram14.In the clause “As Mr. Gamfield did happen to labor under the slight imputation ofhaving bruised three or four boys to death already…” , the word “slight” is used as a(n) ______.A. simileB. metaphorC. ironyD. overstatement15.Dickens takes the French Revolution as the background of the novel ______.A. Great ExpectationsB. A Tale of Two CitiesC. Bleak HouseD. Oliver Twist16.The Victorian Age was largely an age of _____, eminently represented by Dickensand Thackeray.A. poetryB. dramaC. proseD. epic prose17.The title of Alfred Tennyson?s poem “Ulysses”reminds the reader of thefollowing except ______.A. the Trojan WarB. HomerC. questD. Chirst18.The character Rochester in Jane Eyre can be well termed as a ______.A. conventional heroB. Byronic heroC. chivalrous aristocratD. Homeric hero19.Mr. Micawber in David Copperfield and Sam Well in Pickwick Pape r are perhapsthe best ______ characters created by Charles Dickens.A. comicalB. tragicC. roundD. sophisticated20.The typical feature of Robert Browning?s poetry is the ______.A. bitter satireB. larger-than-life caricatureC. Latinized dictionD. dramatic monologue21.In Tess of the D’Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy resolutely makes a seduced girl hisheroine, which clearly demonstrates the author?s ______ of the Victorian moral standards.A. blind fondnessB. total acceptanceC. deep understandingD. mounting defiance22.In Hardy?s Tess of the D’urberville s, the heroine?s tragic ending is due to ______.A. her weak characterB. her ambitionC. Angel Clare?s selfishnessD. a hostile society23.“The dehumanizing workhouse system and the dark, criminal underworld life” arethe right words to sum up the main theme of _____.A. David CopperfieldB. A Tale of Two CitiesC. Oliver TwistD. Bleak House24.“For a week after the commission of the impious and profane offence of askingfor more, Oliver remained a close prisoner in the dark and solitary room to which he had been consigned by the wisdom and mercy of the board.”In the above passage quoted from Oliver Twist, Dickens uses the words “wisdom”and “mercy” ______.A. ironicall yB. carelesslyC. nonchalantlyD. impartially25.“…and then how they met I hardly saw, but Catherine made a spring, and hecaught her, and they were locked in an embrace…” In the quoted passage, Emily Bronte tells the story in ______ point of view.A. first personB. second personC. third person limitedD. third person omniscientBlank filling1.Dickens?best-depicted characters are those innocent, virtuous, helpless_child__characters, those horrible and grotesque characters and those broadly humorous or __comical___ ones.2.Charlotte Bronte?s works are famous for the depiction of the life of themiddle-class working women, particularly __governess____.3.Wuthering Heights is the ___only___ novel written by Emily Bronte.4. A contemporary of Alfred Tennyson, __Robert Browning__ is acknowledged bymany as the most original and experimental poet of the time.5.__In Memorian____, Tennyson?s greatest work, ispresumably an elegy on thedeath of a dear friend.6.In her study of human life, George Eliot paid particular attention to therelationship between the individual personality and the social environment_. 7.Thomas Hardy is often regarded as a __transitional___ writer, in whose works wesee the influence from both the past and the present, both the traditional and the modern.8.The major novelists of the Victorian period made bitter and strong criticism_ ofthe inhuman social institutions and the decaying social morality.9.The Victorian Age in English literature was largely an age of prose, especially othe __novel____.10.The typical feature of Robert Browning?s poetry is the __dramatic monologue_.Reading comprehension(for each of the quotations listed below please give the name of the author and the title of the literary work from which it is taken and then briefly interpret it.)1.“Let it not be supposed by the enemies of …the system?, that during the period ofhis solitary incarceration, Oliver was denied the benefit of exercise, the pleasure of society, or the advantages of religious consolat ion.”Reference：The sentence is taken from Charles Dicken s? early novel, Oliver Twist. It is a typical example of irony. The word “benefit”, “pleasure”, and “advantage” actually mean theopposite. For the “benefit” of exercise, Oliver was whipped every mo rning in a stone yard; for the “pleasure” of society, he was carried every other day into the dinning hall and flogged as a public warning and example to the boys; and as for the “advantages” of religious consolation, he was kicked into the same apartment every evening at prayer time and listen to the boy?s prayer to be guarded against his sins and vices. The ironic statement is, in fact, a bitter denunciation and fierce attack at the brutal, inhuman treatment of the poor orphan by the workhouse authority.2.“Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain and little,I am soulless andheartless? --- You think wrong!--- I have as much soul as you--- and full as muchheart…I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conventionalities, or even of mortal flesh;---it is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at God?s feet, equal--- as we are!”Reference: The statement is taken from Charlotte Bronte?s masterpiece Jane Eyre. In this famous declaration, Jane proves herself a new, unconventional woman, a woman who believes in the basic human rights, in the independence and equality of people of all social classes. She is courageous enough to defy the social conventions that discriminate against the poor and the unfortunate and deprive them of their right to equality. It is not just a personal protest and declaration a governess makes to her master, but a declaration made on behalf of all the unfortunate middle-class working women, and of all the poor people in the world.3.“He flung himself into the nearest seat, and on myapproaching hurriedly toascertain if she had fainted, he gnashed at me, and foamed like a mad dog, and gathered her to him with greedy jealousy. I did not feel as if I were in the company of a cr eature of my own species…”Reference: The sentences are taken from Emily Bronte?s Wuthering Heights. It is a description of the mad, desperate love between Catherine and Heathcliff in her death scene. Heathcliff, seeing his love on the verge of death, was heart-broken. Though they two tortured each other with many a false charge, they were eager to cling to each other at this last moment. Heathcliff, in his eagerness to have her all to himself, now behaved like an animal greedily and jealously guarding his dear one or treasured prey. The terms “gnashed” and “foamed”, simple action words, vividly presents the image of a man desperate in his desire to take possession of his beloved and in his anxiety that someone would come and take her away from him.4.“Tho?/ We are not now that strength which in old days/ Moved earth and heaven;that which we are, we are;/ One equal temper of heroic hearts,/ Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will/ To strive, to speak, to find, and not to yield.”Ref erence: These lines are taken from Alfred Tennyson?s “Ulysses”. In this poem, the old Ulysses is trying to persuade his old followers into setting upon further adventurewith him again. in these lines, he argues that great strength they used to have in their past glorious days, they still have the same strong will and the same heroic spirit to go on struggling and seeking new knowledge until the end of their life. his undying heroic spirit is admirable, indeed.5.“I repeat,/ The Count your master?s known mu nificence/ Is ample warrant that nojust pretense/ Of mine for dowry will be disallowed; / Though his fair daughter?s self, as I avowed/ As starting, is my object.”Reference: These lines are taken from Robert Browning?s “My Last Duchess”. The main idea is that even though, as I said at the very beginning, my real interest in the marriage is his beautiful daughter (it should be his niece) herself, my claim of the money and property that must come with the bride can?t be refused by your master, the Count, because he is such a rich man. The statement reveals the Duke?s unashamed greediness for wealth. From his word, the reader can easily come to the conclusion that his real purpose of the second marriage is not for love, but for money. The marriage is conditioned by his demand for profit. The sacred marriage between people has been commercialized by him.。

《英美文学简史及名篇选读》单元练习参考答案Exercises of Chapter II. Fill in the following blanks.1. Angles；Saxons; Jutes2. Beowulf3.French；Latin; Old EnglishII. Find the relevant match from Column B for each item in Column A.1.D2.C3.B4.E5. AIII. Choose the best answer for each statement.1.B2.D3.B4.BExercises of Chapter III. Fill in the following blanks.1. Utopia2.Francis Bacon3. Hamlet; Othello; King Lear; Macbeth4.classical; human activities; keynoteII. Find the relevant match from Column B for each item in Column A. Part I :1.D2.E3. B4. C5.APart II:6.L7.K8. I9.G 10.F. 11.H 12. JIII. Choose the best answer for each statement.1.B2.D3.B4.B5.C6.CExercises of Chapter IIII. Fill in the following blanks.1. Charles I ; Parliament2. beheaded ; commonwealth3. King Charles II；Restoration4.William Shakespeare ; Geoffrey ChaucerII. Find the relevant match from Column B for each item in Column A.Part I :1.C2.D3.B4. APart II :1.H2.E3.F4.GIII. Choose the best answer for each statement.1.D2.C3.D4.B5.CExercises of Chapter IVI. Fill in the following blanks.1.Sentimentalism2.Robert Burns3.Henry FieldingII. Choose the best answer for each statement.1.、B/C2.A3.B4.DIII. Find the relevant match from Column B for each item in Column A. 1.B 2.C 3.A 4,E 5.DExercises of Chapter VI. Fill in the following blanks.1.the publication of Wordsworth and Coleridge’s joint work Lyrical Ballads in1798;Walter Scott’s death2. Wordsworth, Coleridge and Southey3.Walter ScottII. Find the relevant match from Column B for each item in Column A.1.B2.C3.E4.F5.G6.A7.DIII. Choose the best answer for each statement.1.D2.C3.C4.D5.BExercises of Chapter VII.Fill in the following blanks.1.1837；1901；remarkable；expansion；British Empire2.the contradiction between the rich and the poor; the conflicts between capitaland labour; the widespread unemployment; severe depression3.The Life of Charlotte Bronte4.Lewis Carroll；Oxford; Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland; Through theLooking-GrassII. Find the relevant match from Column B for each item in Column A.1.F2.A3.B4.C5.H6.E7.J8.K9.G 10.L 11.D 12.IIII. Choose the best answer for each statement.1.D2.C3.B4.D5.B6.CExercises of Chapter VIII. Fill in the following blanks.1. Literature in 19252. Stream of consciousness3. science fiction; father of science fiction4. Modernism5. James Joyce; Virginia Woolf; William FaulknerII. Find the relevant match from Column B for each item in Column A.1.B2.C3.G4.E5.F6.H7.D8.AIII. Choose the best answer for each statement.1.B2.A3.D4.D5.AExercises of Chapter VIIII. Fill in the following blanks.1. Booker Prize (The Man Booker Prize for Fiction); Full-length; English: UK2. Animal Farm；Nineteen Eighty-Four3. Elias Canetti; Doris Lessing; William Golding; V.S. Naipaul4. Samuel Beckett; Harold PinterII. Find the relevant match from Column B for each item in Column A.1.B2.G3.C4.F5.H6.J7.A8.I9.E 10.DIII. Choose the best answer for each statement.1.B2.D3.C4.D5.AExercises of Chapter IXI. Fill in the following blanks.1. James Fenimore Copper2. New England Transcendentalism3. believers ; divinity; intuition; reason4. Washington Irving; Allan Poe; Nathaniel Hawthorne5. Emerson; Nature; Thoreau’s WaldenII. Find the relevant match from Column B for each item in Column A.1.E2.B3.H4.F5.C6.G7.A8.DIII. Choose the best answer for each statement.1.B2.B3.D4.D5.C6.AExercises of Chapter XI. Fill in the following blanks.1. naturalism; realism2. International theme3. industrialization ; mechanization4. wit ; satire5. feministII. Find the relevant match from Column B for each item in Column A.1.C2.A3.B4.H5.F6.D7.E8.GIII. Choose the best answer for each statement.1.A2.B3.B4.D5.BExercises of Chapter XII. Fill in the following blanks.1. Lost Generation2. Eugene O’NeilII. Find the relevant match from Column B for each item in Column A.Part I : 1.B 2.E 3.D 4.A 5.CPart II：7.H 8.J 9.K 10.L 11.I 12.GIII. Choose the best answer for each statement.1.D2.B3.A4.B5.AExercises of Chapter XIII. Fill in the following blanks.1. Edward Albee2. William Faulkner；Ernest Hemingway；John Steinbeck；Saul Bellow；Issac Bashevis Singer；Joseph Brodsky; Toni Morrison；Bob Dylan3.Joseph Heller; Thomas PynchonII. Find the relevant match from Column B for each item in Column A.1.D2.J3.B4.G5.I6.H7.C8.A9.F 10.EIII. Choose the best answer for each statement.1.A2.B3.C4.B5.A。

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英国文学史及选读试题考试科目: 英国文学史及选读考试时间：120分钟使用班级：考试形式:■闭卷□开卷1. _______________can be justly termed England’s national epic。

2.In the year of _____， at the battle of _________， the Normans headed by ______ ， Duke of _________, defeated the ___________ .3.________________，the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest ______________ poets of England。

The representative work of him is ____________________。

4. Renaissance means __________ and _________ .5. The key note of renaissance ： _________________。

6. The term Renaissance originally indicated a revival of ___________ （ _______ and _________ ) and_____________。

Ⅰ. Author of each item 10’1. William Wordsworth (he ushered in the English romantic movement with the publication of Lyrical Ballads in 1798 in collaboration with Samuel Taylor Coleridge)①She Dwelt Among Untrodden Ways②I Travelled Among Unknown Men③I Wander Lonely as a Cloud④Sonnet: Composed Upon Westminster Bridge⑤Sonnet: London⑥The Solitary Reaper2. George Gordon, Lord Byron(great contribution is Byronic Hero)①When We Two Parted②She Walks in BEAUTY③Sonnet on Chillon④Childe Harold's Pilgrimage⑤Don Juan⑥Hours of Idleness (his first collection of poems)3. Percy Bysshe Shelley (the finest lyric poets in the English language)①Ozymandias②A Song:"Men of England"③Ode to the West Wind④The Cloud⑤To a Sky-Lark4. John Keats (remarkable master of lyrical poetry; a writer of "pure poetry"; a sort of "art for art's sake")①On First Looking into Chapman's Homer②Ode to a Nightingale③Ode on a Grecian Urn④To Autumn⑤Bright Star5. Walter Scott (historical novelist in England Romantic Period; Scott paves the way to realism and marks the transition from romanticism to realism )①Ivanhoe②Rob Roy6. Jane Austen (the feature of realism)①Pride and Prejudice (mainly tell us the love story between a rich, proud young man Darcy and the beautiful and intelligent Elizabeth Bennet.)7. Charles Lame①Poor Relations8. Charles Dickens (one of the greatest critical realists in the Victorian Age. His novels offer a most complete and realistic picture of the English bourgeois society of his age.)①The Pickwick Papers (first work make him popular)②Oliver Twist (inhumanity of city life under capitalism; powerful exposure of bourgeois society.)9. William Makepeace Thackeray (one of the greatest critical realists)①Vanity Fair (MP)10. George Eliot①Adam Bede11. Charlotte Bronte (introduced the first governess novel in the history of England literature; forerunner of the feminism and the feminism literary tradition.)①Jane Eyre (MP; Noted for its sharp criticism on the exciting society.)12. Emily Bronte①Wuthering Heights (criticize the bourgeois matrimonial system)13. Thomas Hood①The Song of the Shirt②The Bridge of Sighs14. Alfred, Lord Tennyson (The Big Three of Victorian age Browning, Arnold; Poet of the people)①Ulysses②Break, Break, Break③Crossing the Bar15. Robert Browning (most original poet of Victorian Age)①my last duchess (dramatic monologue)②home-thoughts, from abroad16. Elizabeth Barrett Browning①Sonnets from the PortugueseⅡ. Chose the best answer 15’Ⅲ. Appreciation 40’1. to a sky larkAuthor: Percy Bysshe Shelley(1)This stanza is quoted from Shelly‟s To a Skylark.(2)Shelly is an English romantic poet with revolutionary thought. He published the works which expressed the rebellious spirits against English politics and conservative values. His works produced a kind of connection with the politics. Most of his works reflected the revolutionary and optimistic belief for the future. Shelley is listed into the younger generation of English romantic poets including Byron and Keats while William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey were listed into the older generation. The older generation was labeled by simple ideas and a reverence for nature, while the poets of the younger generation came to be known for their sensuous aestheticism, their exploration of intense passions, their political radicalism, and their tragically short lives.(3)In this poem, the poet expresses his yearning for freedom. When the poet heard the beautiful song of the skylark, he also was moved by the song and s hared the same happy feeling with the bird. “Blithe spirit” symbolizes the skylark. Shelley considered the skylark as the “blithe spirit”. The song of the skylark was so beautiful that the poet believed that it was an immortal bird. The poet expressed his yearning for freedom and wanted to get rid of all human fetters.2. Pride and prejudiceAuthor: Jane AustenLiterary style: RealismStory about: It is a humorous story of love and life among English gentility during the Georgian era. Mr.Bennet is an Englis h gentleman with his overbearing wife. The Bennets‟ five daughters: the beautiful Jane, the clever Elizabeth, the bookish Mary, the immature Kitty and the wild Lydia. Unfortunately for the Bennets, if Mr.Bennets dies, their house will be inherited by a dis tant cousion whom they have never met. The family‟s future, happiness and security is dependent on the daughter‟s making good marriages. The main plot is about the five daughters,especially the main character Elizabeth Bennet and Mr.Darcy as they deal with matters of upbringing, marriage, moral rightness and education in her aristocratic society.3. Break, Break, BreakAuthor: Alfred TennysonThe “hand” and the “voice” refer to the hand and voice of the poet‟s dead friend Arthur Hallam.The poem is one of Alfred Tennyson‟s lyrics. The lyric is composed at the poet‟s best friend‟s sudden death. Here, the poet contrasts his own feeling of sadness over the loss of a dear friend, combining the nature and his inner world with the joys of the children and the unfeeling waves of the sea that break on the shore and the insensate ships that enter a harbor. The language is musical and rather beautiful.4. My last duchessAuthor: Robert browning(1) Comments:In this poem, Browning creates a character of chilling coldness and cruelty. The speaker is a Duke who is conducting negotiations for a bride, a new duchess. He is talking with the representatives of potential father in law. Almost casually, he shows them the picture of the …last‟ duchess whom he had killed bec ause he could not dominate her.●The poem provides a classic example of a dramatic monologue:●the speaker is clearly distinct from the poet;●an audience is suggested but never appears in the poem;●and the revelation of the Duke's character is the poem's primary aim.(2)Character analysis:. the duke: proud, possessive, cruel, despotic jealous, hypocritical, selfish, narrow-minded; a lover of the arts. the duchess: gentle, kind, beautiful, noble-minded, democratic;(3)Meter"My Last Duchess" is in iambic pentameter6. Rhyme: Heroic Couplets(4)Type of Work: Poem as Dramatic MonologueThe form of a dramatic monologue.During his discourse, the speaker makes comments that reveal information about his personality and psyche, knowingly or unknowingly. The main focus of a dramatic monologue is this personal information, not the topic which the speaker happens to be discussing.(5)ThemeThe theme is the arrogant, authoritarian mindset of a proud Renaissance duke. In this respect, the more important portrait in the poem is the one the duke "paints" of himself with his words.Ⅳ. Terms 15’1. The subtitle of Vanity FairThe subtitle may suggest:1) No heroic people in this novel;2) No predominantly unique character in the novel, i.e. lots of characters will appear as a gallery;3) No more prominent male character in the story-telling or in other words, this book will be a book of women instead of men.2.Critical realismThe critical realism of the 19th century flourished in the forties and in the beginning of the fifties 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. Charles Dickensis the most important critical realists.3. The Victorian lady noveliststhe Bronte sisters and Gorge Eliot.Charlotte Bronte and Emily Bronte and Anne Bronte had a great fondness for literature. Charlotte‟s first novel The Professor was rejected by the publisher, but her second one Jane Eyre won immediate success when it appeared in 1847; the same year, Emily‟s single and unique work Wuthering Heights and Anne‟s Agnes Grey were also published. Soon they were followed by Anne‟s The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. After the death of Emily and Anne, Charlotte continued writing and published her next important novel Shirley. Another novel Villette appeared in 1853, her most autobiographical work, largely based on her experience on her experience in Brussels.George Eliot, pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans, was born into an estate agent‟s family in England. Her most popular novels, Adam Bede (1859), The Mill on the Floss(1860), and Silas Marner (1861), all drawn from her knowledge of English country life and notable for their realistic details, pungent characterization and high moral toneⅤ. Comments 20’1. The gothic elements in Wuthering HeightsThe Gothic novel is a literary genre, in which he prominent features are mystery, doom, decay, old buildings with ghosts in them, madness, hereditary curses and so on.The setting is prominent in Gothic Literature. In this way, a Wuthering heights follows the convention of Gothic Literature. Wuthering heights is describes as a morbid place. ”Wuthering”, being the op erative word, is used to show the great winds that pass through this area. Also, the actual structure of the house was built, ”strong: the narrow windows are deeply set in the wall, and the corners defended with large jutting stones”. Thus, the architectural structure of the house has a gothic nature.Heathcliff, the main male protagonist in the novel, shows aspects of Byronic Hero, a figure that has become familiar to fans of Gothic. His past is shrouded in mystery; his parentage is never discovered, and the reader knows only that old Mr.Earnshaw found him wandering the streets of Liverpool as a young boy. His lack of surname stresses the mystery of his background, and even as he grows older he maintains this air of secrecy---for example, when he returns to Wuthering Heights he becomes a wealthy man after a long absence and no one is ever able to say where he made his money. When heathcliff grows older he is nothing more than a villain. For example, he take advantage of Isabella; He locks young Catherine up in Wuthering Heights forcing her to marry her cousin, while her father lies dying at Thrushcross Grange. His only motive is revenge.A mysterious and ghostly atmosphere does pervade the novel. Not only does Lockwood experience Catherine‟s ghostly presence via his dream, but he also make other references to spiritual creatures---at the end of the novel, the house is to be shut up “for the use of such ghosts as choose to inhabit it”, and despite the positive nature of the union between young Cathy and Hareton, the novel ends on a more somber note with a visit to graves of Catherine, Heathcliff and Edgar:” I lingered round them…and wondered how anyone could ever imagine unique slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth.”2. The main achievements of Robert Browning(1)Robert B rowning‟s main contribution to the English literature is the introduction of a new form to poetrywriting-----Dramatic Monologue(2)Dramatic Monologue is a kind of poem in which a single fictional or historical character other than the poetsp eaks to a silent “audience” of one or more person. Such poem reveal not the poet‟s own thoughts but the mind of the impersonal character, whose personality is revealed while the implied presence of an auditor distinguishes it from a soliloquy.。

英国文学史及选读试题Ⅰ. Multiple Choice（1′×20=20分）1.______ was respected as “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England.A.William ShakespeareB. Geoffrey ChaucerC. John MiltonD.John Donne2.In terms of influence upon England, ____ brought French civilization and French language to England.A. Anglo-SaxonsB. RomansC. Anglo-NormansD. Teutons3. According to Thomas More, “it was a time when sheep devoured men”. It refers to____.A. IndustrializationB. Religious ReformationC. Commercial ExpansionD. Enclosure Movement4. It was ____who introduced sonnet into English literature.A. Thomas WyattB. William ShakespeareC. Edmund SpenserD. Philip Sidney5. Which of the following is NOT Shakespeare’s tragedies?A. HamletB. King LearC. The Merchant of VeniceD. Othello6. In 1649 ____ was beheaded. England became a commonwealth under the leadership of Oliver Cromwell.A.James IB. Henry VIIIC. Elizabeth ID. Charles I7. Which comment on John Donne is wrong?A. He is the leading figure of metaphysical poetry.B. His poetry is characterized by mysticism and peculiar conceit.C. John Donne usually employs traditional and regular poetic form.D. His attitudes toward love are both positive and negative.8. Friday in The Adventuous of Robinson Crosue can be termed as EXCEPT____.A. a kind-hearted personB. a person with colonial mindC. a smart personD. a friendly person9. Thomas Gray is the representative of _____.A. SentimentalismB. Pre-RomanticismC. RomanticismD. English Renaissance10. William Blake’s ____is a lovely volume of poems, presenting a happy and innocent world,though not without its evils and sufferings.A.Poetical SketchesB. The Book of ThelC. Songs of ExperienceD. Songs of Innocence11. ____, the national peasant poet in Scotland, and his poem____ shows his passionate love for his Beloved.A.William Blake, LodonB. William Wordsworth, I Wandered Lonely as a CloudC. Robert Burns, A Red, Red RoseD. Robert Burns, Auld Lang Syne12. English Romanticism begins with____ and ends with____.A. the publication of Lyrical Ballads, John Keats’s deathB. French Revolution, Walter Scott’s deathC. the publication of Lyrical Ballads, Walter Scott’s deathD. Industrialization, John Keats’s death13. ____ are named as Lake Poets and Escapist Romanticists.A. Wordsworth, Shelley and KeatsB. Wordsworth, Byron and ShelleyC. Wordsworth, Coleridge and ShelleyD. Wordsworth, Coleridge and Southey14. Which of the following statement is NOT correct?A. Romantic literature is decidely an age of poetry.B. Dramma was fully developed during the Romantic period.C. The general feature is a dissatisfaction with the bourgeoise society.D. Romanticists paid great attention to the spiritual and emotional life of man.Personified nature plays animportant role in the pages of their works.15. ____ was the founder of the novel which deals with unimportant middle class people and of which there are many fine examples in latter English fiction.A.Charlotte BronteB. Emily BronteC. Charles DickensD. Jane Austen16. King ____ broke off with the Pope, dissolved all the monasteries and abbeys in the country, which is knownas Religious Reformation.A. Henry VIIB. Henry VIIIC. Mary ID.Elizabetha I17. ____ was honored as Poet Laureate.A. ByronB. P. B ShelleyC. John KeatsD. William Wordsworth18. John Milton’s Paradise Lost is based on the story of ____.A. Greek MythologyB. Roman MythologyC. Old TestamentD. New Testament19. The 18th century witnessed that in England there appeared two political parties_____A. the Whigs and the ToriesB. the Senate and the House of RepresentativesC. the upper House and lower HouseD. the House of Lords and the House of Representatives20.“If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?”is an epigrammatic line by __.A. William WordsworthB. P. B. ShelleyC. George ByronD. John KeatsⅡ. Translate the following literary terms (English into Chinese and Chinese into English) （1′×10=10分）1．iambic pentameter 2. heroic couplet 3. antagonist 4. soliloquy 5. sonnet6. 无韵体诗7. 民谣8. 伏笔, 铺垫9. 诗节10. 清教主义III. Identify the author and title of the literary work (2′×5=10分)1.So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.2.Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.3.All is not lost: the unconquerable will,And study of revenge, immortal hate,And courage never to submit or yield:And what is else not to be overcome?4. Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear,And the rocks melt wi’ the sun:I will love thee still, my dear,While the sands o’ life shall run.5. And then my heart with pleasure fills,And dances with the daffodilsIV. Define the following literary terms (Each term should include the time, the features and representative figures or significance) (5′×4=20分)1. English Renaissance2. English Enlightenment3. Pre-Romanticism4. Metaphysical PoetryV. Interpreting the following texts(20′×2=40分)Text 1The curfew tolls the knell of parting day,The lowing herd wind slowly o’er the lea,The plowman homeward plods his weary way,And leaves the world to darkness and to me. (stanza 1)The breezy call of incense-breathing Morn,The swallow twittering from the straw-bulit shed,The cock’s shrill clarion, or the echoing horn,No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed. (stanza 5)Questions:1.Identify the author and the title of this poem (2分)2.Examine the poetic form (rhyme, foot and meter should be involved) (3分)3.Explain the underlined words (4分)4.What is the tone in stanza 1? How does the poet achieve it? (3分)5.Stanza 5 involoves rich imagery, please classify them and give examples. (6分)6.Point out the rhetorical devices in the above poem (2分)Text 2I wander through each chartered street,Near where the chartered Thames does flow,And mark in every face I meetMarks of weakness, marks of woe.In every cry of every man,In every infant's cry of fear,In every voice, in every ban,The mind-forged manacles I hear.How the chimney-sweeper's cryEvery blackening church appals;And the hapless soldier's sighRuns in blood down palace walls.Questions:1.Explain the underlined words. (5分)2.Identify the poetic form (3分)3.This poem is the mightiest brief poem, how does William Blake convey the mighty lines? (4分)4.Understand “chartered street and chartered Thames” and “Mind-forged manacles”? (4分)5.Please analyze the images of “Chimney-sweeper” and “soldier’s sigh”. (4分)英国文学史及作品选读（模拟试题一）参考答案Ⅰ. Multiple Choice1.__B__2.___C_3.__D__4.__A__5.__C___6.__D__7.__C__8.__B__9.__A__ 10.__D___11.__C__ 12.__C__ 13.__D__ 14.__B__ 15.__D__16.__B__ 17.__D__ 18.__C__ 19.__A__ 20.__B__Ⅱ. Translate the following literary terms (English into Chinese and Chineseinto English)1.抑扬格五音步2. 英雄双韵体3.反面人物4.独白5.十四行6.blank verse7.ballads8.foreshadowing9. stanza 10. PuritanismIII. Identify the author and title of the literary work1. William Shakespeare Sonnet 182. Francis Bacon Of Studies3. John Milton Paradise Lost4. Robert Burns A Red, Red Rose5.William Wordsworth I Wandered Lonely as a CloudIV. Define the following literary terms (Each term should include the time, the features and representative figures or significance)1.English RenaissanceIt sprang first in Italy in the 14th century and gradually spread all over Europe. It made its appearance in England in the 16th and 17th centuries. It means the rebirth of Greek and Roman culture. Two features are striking of this movement. The one is a thirsting curiosity for the classical literature. Another one is the keen interest in the activities of humanity. Humanism is the key-note of Renaissance. Thomas More, Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare are the best representatives of the English Reanaissance.2. English EnlightenmentThe 18th century marked the beginning of an intellectual movement in Europe, known as theEnlightenment, which was, on the whole, an expression of struggle of the bourgeoisie against feudalism. The enlighteners fought against class inequality, stagnation, prejudices and other survivals of feudalism. They attempt to place all branches of science at the service of mankind by connecting them with the actual needs and requirements of people. English enlighteners differed in some way from those of France “cleared the minds of men for the coming revolution,”the English enlighteners set no revolutionary aims before them.They stove to bring it to an end by clearing away the feudal ideas with the bourgeois ideology. The representatives are Joseph Addison, Richard Steele (essayists), Daniel Defoe, Jonathan Swift (novelists), and Alexander Pope (poet).3. Pre-RomanticismIn the latter half of the 18th century, a new literary movement arose in Europe, called the Romantic Revival.It was marked by a strong protest against the bondage of Classicism, by a recognition of the claims of passion and emotion, and by a renewed interest in medieval literature. In England, this movement showed itself in the trend of Pre-Romanticism in poetry. William Blake and Robert Burns are the representatives.4. Metaphysical PoetryMetaphysical Poetry is commonly used to name the work of the 17th century writers who wrote under the influence of John Donne. With a rebellious spirit, the metaphysical poets try to break away from the conventional fashion of the Elizabethan love poetry. They are characterized by mysticism in content and fantasticality in form. John Donne is the leading figure of the “metaphysical school.”V. Interpreting the following textsText 11.Thomas Gray Elergy Written in a Country Churchyard2. Examine the poetic form (rhyme, foot and meter should be involved)ˇThe `cur/ˇfew `tolls/ ˇthe `knell/ ˇof `par/ˇting `day,/ aThe lowing herd wind slowly o’er the lea, bThe plowman homeward plods his weary way, aAnd leaves the world to darkness and to me. bIt is written in iambic pentameter, rhymed abab3. Explain the underlined wordsCurfew: evening bell lea: meadow plods: walks with heavy steps lowly bed: grave4.What is the tone in stanza 1? How does the poet achieve it?Tone: gloomy and melancony through imagery, long vowels and diphthongs5.Stanza 5 involoves rich imagery, please classify them and give examples.Visual image: strw-built shedAuditory image: cock’s clarion, echoing hornTactile image: breezy call6.Point out the rhetorical devices in the above poemTransferred epithet and EuphemismText 26.Explain the underlined words.Chartered: possessed as the private property marks; signs ban: ProhibitionAppals: shocks hapless: unfortunate7.Identify the poetic formIt is written in iambic tetrameter, rhymed abab.ˇI `wan/ˇder `through/ ˇeach `char/ˇtered `street,/ˇNear `where/ˇthe `char/ˇtered `Thames/ ˇdoes `flow/8.This poem is the mightiest brief poem, how does William Blake convey the mighty lines?Parallelism and repetition every is repeated five times in stanza 29.Understand “chartered street and chartered Thames” and “Mind-forged manacles”?chartered street and chartered Thames show the outlook of English bourgeoisie, their extreme greedMind-forged manacles mean that people under political white terror, they are bonded physically and mentally. They have no freedom in their mind.10.Please analyze the images of “Chimney-sweeper” and “soldier’s sigh”.Chimney-sweeper: to expose the hypocrisy of the churchSolider’s sigh: they are forced to fight for their country, but their blood runs along the palace wall.The war is full of cruelty. So they give the sigh。

英美文学史考试试题一、选择题（每题 3 分，共 30 分）1、以下哪部作品是英国浪漫主义诗人威廉·华兹华斯的代表作？（）A 《唐璜》B 《抒情歌谣集》C 《恰尔德·哈洛尔德游记》D 《西风颂》2、美国作家海明威的作品常常体现出“冰山理论”，以下哪部作品最能体现这一理论？（）A 《永别了，武器》B 《老人与海》C 《太阳照样升起》D 《丧钟为谁而鸣》3、英国作家简·奥斯汀的小说以细腻的人物刻画和对婚姻爱情的探讨著称，她的哪部作品被多次改编成电影？（）A 《爱玛》B 《曼斯菲尔德庄园》C 《傲慢与偏见》D 《理智与情感》4、以下哪一位是美国浪漫主义时期的重要作家？（）A 马克·吐温B 爱伦·坡C 惠特曼D 以上都是5、英国诗人 TS艾略特的《荒原》属于哪种文学流派？（）A 象征主义B 表现主义C 意识流D 荒诞派6、以下哪部作品是英国批判现实主义作家狄更斯的代表作？（）A 《大卫·科波菲尔》B 《呼啸山庄》C 《简·爱》D 《名利场》7、美国作家福克纳的作品多以南方为背景，他的哪部作品讲述了一个家族的兴衰？（）A 《喧哗与骚动》B 《我弥留之际》C 《押沙龙，押沙龙！》D 以上都是8、英国诗人约翰·弥尔顿的哪部作品取材于《圣经》？（）A 《失乐园》B 《复乐园》C 《力士参孙》D 以上都是9、以下哪一位是美国现代主义作家？（）A 菲茨杰拉德B 德莱塞C 斯坦贝克D 以上都是10、英国女作家勃朗特姐妹的作品包括（）A 《简·爱》和《呼啸山庄》B 《爱玛》和《傲慢与偏见》C 《理智与情感》和《曼斯菲尔德庄园》D 《名利场》和《大卫·科波菲尔》二、简答题（每题 10 分，共 30 分）1、请简要分析莎士比亚悲剧作品的艺术特色。

2、简述美国文学中“黑色幽默”的特点。

3、比较英国浪漫主义文学和美国浪漫主义文学的异同。

台州学院外国语学院学年第学期级专业《英国文学史及选读I》期末试卷(2)（闭卷)班级姓名学号考试时间:120 分钟题号I II III IV V VI VII总分分值10101015202015100得分I. Multiple choice. Choose the best out of the four . (10%=1*10)1. The Song of Beowulf can be termed a(n) praising England’s national hero Beowulf .A. epicB. sonnetC. romanceD. novel2. Romance, which uses narrative verse or prose to tell stories of ___ adventures or otherheroic deeds, is a popular literary form in the medieval period.A. ChristianB. knightlyC. GreekD. primitive3. An iambic pentameter couplet is called____.A. heroic coupletB. blank verseC. tercetD. sestet4. Sonnets originated from Italy , and in the 16th century, ____ introduced it to England .A. Thomas MoreB. John MiltonC. Thomas WyattD. Petrarch5. In the poetic line “bathes each bud and shoot”, “bathes” and “bud” make a sound effect called .A. alliterationB. assonanceC. consonanceD. internal rhyme6. The supreme master in the 1st half of the 18th century is ____.A. Jonathan SwiftB. Richard SteeleC. Daniel DefoeD. Henry fielding7. Romanticism in England began in 1798, with the publication of ____.A. Lyrical BalladsB. EndymionC. The Rime of the Ancient MarinerD. To Autumn8. “Eternal summer gilds them yet, / But all, except their sun, is set.” is from____ .A. OzymandiasB. Ode to the West WindC. She Walks in BeautyD. The Isles of Greece9., the author of Ivanhoe, is the creator and a great master of the historical novel.A. Henry fieldingB. Walter ScottC. Daniel DefoeD. Jonathan Swift10. ___ _is one of the “Lakers”, or Lake school poets .A. John KeatsB. Percy Bysshe ShelleyC. Leigh HuntD. S. T. ColeridgeII. True or False? Write T for true and F for false . (10%=1*10)____ 1. John Donne is the most outstanding representative of the 17th century dramas.____ 2. A Modest Proposal by Swift shows the writer’s irony towards the projectors.____ 3. In a poetic line, a foot with a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable is trochic. ____ 4. The turn of the 18th century and the 19th century in England saw the appearance of a new literary current—Preromanticism.____ 5. The Tiger by William Blake is a poem in The Songs of Innocence.____ 6. The glory of the Romantic Age lies in the poetry of Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley and Keats etc..____ 7. The Satanic School includes Byron, Shelley and William Wordsworth.____ 8. Don Juan made John Keats famous overnight.____ 9.The first poem in The Lyrical Ballads is Wordsworth’s masterpiece The Rime of Ancient Mariner.____10. In his poems Byron aimed at simplicity and purity of the language, fighting against the conventional forms of the 18th century poetry.III. Blank Filling. (10%=1*10)1. The line “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” is taken from by WilliamShakespeare.2. The 18th century was distinctively an age of .3. The later enlighteners of England in the 18th century found the power of reason to beinsufficient and therefore appealed to sentiments as a means of achieving social justice, which led to the appearance of the new literary current— .4. She Stoops to Conquer is a rollicking comedy by .5. is the most independent and the most original of all the romantic poets of the 18th century.6.The image of an enterprising Englishman of the 18th century was created by in his famous novel Robinson Crusoe.7.While the political tempests led to a confusion in English literature in the 17th century, the peaceful development of the 18th century made a prevailing literary current.8.The two representatives of Pre-Romanticism are William Blake and .9. The most outstanding figure of English Sentimentalism is .10. Romanticism in England ended in 1832, with the death of .试卷纸第3页IV. Define or explain the following. (15%=5*3)1. Blank Verse2. Conceit3. The Graveyard SchoolV. Identify.(20%=10*2)Passage IThe curfew tolls the knell of parting day,The lowing herd wind slowly over the lea,The plowman homeward plods his weary way,And leaves the world to darkness and to me.……Questions1. Who is the writer of these lines?2. What is the title of the whole poem from which the lines are taken?3. In the 2nd line, “/l/” sound is repeated in “lowing” and “lea” to make for linking both sound and meaning.4. What is the theme of the poem?Passage III lay down on the grass, which was very short and soft, where I slept sounder than ever I remember to have done in my life, and as I reckoned, above nine hours; for when I awaked, it was just daylight. I attempted to rise, but was not able to stir…Questions1.Who is the writer of this passage?2.What’s the title of the novel from which the passage was taken?3.Who is the narrator in the novel?4.Explain how the artistic ideals of Classicism are displayed in the passage with an example.VI. Answer the following questions.(20%=10*2)1. What do you know about Sentimentalism?2. List at least five novels written by Jane Austen.VII. Literary essay writing. (15%)Refer to the following poem in explaining the literary movement——Romanticism.She Dwelt among the Untrodden WaysShe Dwelt among the Untrodden WaysBeside the spring of Dove.A Maid whom there were none to praiseAnd very few to love;A violet by a mossy stoneHalf hidden from the eye!Fair as a star, when only oneIs shining in the sky.She lived unknown, and few could knowWhen Lucy ceased to be;But she is in her grave, and, oh,The difference to me!台州学院外国语学院学年第学期级 专业《英国文学史及选读I》期末试卷答卷(2)(闭)班级姓名 学号考试时间:120 分钟题 号I II III IV V VI VII 总分分 值10101015202015100得 分I. Multiple choice. Choose the best out of the four. (10%=1*10)12345678910 II . True or False? Write T for true and F for false. (10%=1*10)1.____ 2.____ 3.____ 4.____ 5.____ 6.____ 7.____ 8.____ 9.____ 10.____III. Blank Filling. (10%=1*10)1. 6.2. 7.3. 8.4.9.5.10.IV. Define or explain the following. (15%=5*3)1. 2.装 订 线3.V. Identify.(20%=10*2)Passage I1.2.3.4..Passage II1.2.3.4.VI. Answer the following questions.(20%=10*2) 1.2. VII. Literary essay writing. (15%)。

文学体裁：诗歌poem，小说novel，戏剧dramaOrigin起源：Christianity 基督教→ bible 圣经Myth 神话The Romance of king Arthur and his knights 亚瑟王和他的骑士（笔记）一、The Anglo-Saxon period (449-1066)1、这个时期的文学作品分类：pagan(异教徒) Christian(基督徒)2、代表作：The Song of Beowulf 《贝奥武甫》( national epic 民族史诗) 采用了隐喻手法3、Alliteration 押头韵（写作手法）例子：of man was the mildest and most beloved,To his kin the kindest, keenest for praise.二、The Anglo-Norman period (1066-1350)Canto 诗章1、romance 传奇文学2、代表作：Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (高文爵士和绿衣骑士) 是一首押头韵的长诗三、Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400) 杰弗里.乔叟时期1、the father of English poetry 英国诗歌之父2、heroic couplet 英雄双韵体：a verse unit consisting of two rhymed(押韵) lines in iambic pentameter(五步抑扬格)3、代表作：the Canterbury Tales 坎特伯雷的故事(英国文学史的开端)大致内容：the pilgrims are people from various parts of England, representatives of various walks of life and social groups.朝圣者都是来自英国的各地的人,代表着社会的各个不同阶层和社会团体小说特点：each of the narrators tells his tale in a peculiar manner, thus revealing his own views and character.这些叙述者以自己特色的方式讲述自己的故事，无形中表明了各自的观点，展示了各自的性格。

1.Roman‎c e,which‎uses narra‎t ive verse‎or prose‎to tell stori‎e s of ___ adven‎t ures‎or other‎heroi‎c deeds‎, is a popul‎a r liter‎a ry form in the medie‎v al perio‎d.A.Chris‎t ianB.knigh‎t lyC.Greek‎D.primi‎t ive2. In The song of Beowu‎l f , Beowu‎l f fough‎t again‎s t _____‎__.A. Grend‎e lB. a knigh‎tC. Hroth‎g arD. Sir Gawai‎n3. Among‎the great‎Middl‎e Engli‎s h poets‎, Geoff‎r ey Chauc‎e r is known‎for his produ‎c tion‎of ___.A.Piers‎Plowm‎a nB.Sir Gawai‎n and the Green‎Knigh‎tC.Confe‎s sio Amant‎i sD.The Cante‎r bury‎Tales‎4. Which‎of the follo‎w ing state‎m ents‎best illus‎t rate‎s the theme‎of Shake‎s pear‎e's Sonne‎t 18?A.The speak‎e r eulog‎i zes the power‎of Natur‎e.B.The speak‎e r satir‎i zes human‎vanit‎y.C.The speak‎e r prais‎e s the power‎of artis‎t ic creat‎i on.D.The speak‎e r medit‎a tes on man's salva‎t ion.5. John Milto‎n was the write‎r of _____‎_A. Parad‎i se lostB. The Pilgr‎i ms progr‎e ssC. TessD. Emma6. The great‎e st of all Engli‎s h autho‎r s is _____‎__A. Willi‎a m Shake‎s pear‎eB. Charl‎e s Dicke‎n s C, Thoma‎s Hardy‎D. Rober‎t Frost‎7. Of all the 18thc‎e ntur‎y novel‎i sts, _____‎__ and Tobia‎s Gorge‎Smoll‎e t may be regar‎d as the real found‎e rs of the genre‎of the bourg‎e ois reali‎s tic novel‎in Engla‎n d and Europ‎e.A. Henry‎Field‎i ngB. Danie‎l Defoe‎C. Josep‎h Addis‎o nD. Richa‎r d Steel‎8. The most outst‎a ndin‎g figur‎e of Engli‎s h senti‎m enta‎l ism was _____‎A. Henry‎Field‎i ngB. Danie‎l Defoe‎C. Josep‎h Addis‎o nure‎n ce Stern‎e9. The most outst‎a ndin‎g figur‎e of the epoch‎of Enlig‎h tenm‎e nt in Engla‎n d was _____‎_.A. Olive‎r Golds‎m ithB. Jonat‎h an Swift‎ c. Thoma‎s Grey D. Richa‎r d Steel‎10. Danie‎l Defoe‎was the write‎r of _____‎_A. Gulli‎v er’s Trave‎l sB. Robin‎s on Cruso‎eC. Jane EyreD. A Modes‎t Propo‎s al11. Gulli‎v er’s Trave‎l s was writt‎e n by _____‎_.A. Laure‎n ce Stern‎eB. Danie‎l Defoe‎C. Jonat‎h an Swift‎D. Olive‎r Golds‎m ith12. Tom Jones‎was writt‎e n by _____‎A. Olive‎r Golds‎m ithB. Jonat‎h an Swift‎ c. Thoma‎s Grey D. Henry‎Feild‎i ng13. The songs‎of Innoc‎e nce was writt‎e n by ____A. Willi‎a m Words‎w orth‎B. Willi‎a m Blake‎C. Rober‎t Burns‎D. J.Keats‎14. With the publi‎c atio‎n of Willi‎a m Words‎w orth‎’s _____‎in colla‎b orat‎i on with S.T. Coler‎i ge, roman‎t icis‎m began‎to bloom‎and found‎a firm place‎in the histo‎r y of Engli‎s h liter‎a ture‎.A. The Cloud‎B. To a Sky-larkC. to Autum‎nD. Lyric‎a l Balla‎d s15.“If Winte‎r comes‎, can Sprin‎g be far behin‎d!” is an epigr‎a mmat‎i c line by __.A.J.Keats‎B.W.Blake‎C.W.Words‎w orth‎D.P.B.Shell‎e y16. _____‎_ was Byron‎’s great‎e st work.A. Don JuanB.She Walks‎in Beaut‎yC. CainD. Manfr‎e d.17.Ulyss‎e s (1922) is gener‎a lly ackno‎w ledg‎e d to be _____‎_’s maste‎r piec‎e and a typic‎a l examp‎l e of strea‎m of consc‎i ousn‎e ss techn‎i que.A. James‎Joyce‎B. Virgi‎n ia Woolf‎C.D. h. Lawre‎n ce D. Charl‎e s Dicke‎n s18. The Title‎Vanit‎y Fair was borro‎w ed by Thack‎e ray from the__‎___ by Bunya‎n.A. Pilgr‎i m’s Progr‎e ssB. Cante‎r bury‎Tales‎C. Parad‎i se LostD. Beowu‎l f19.___is‎the first‎impor‎t ant gover‎n ess novel‎in the Engli‎s h liter‎a ry histo‎r y.A.Jane EyreB.EmmaC.Wuthe‎r ing Heigh‎t sD.Middl‎e marc‎h20.The major‎conce‎r n of _____‎_ ficti‎o n lies in the traci‎n g of the psych‎o logi‎c al devel‎o pmen‎t of his chara‎c ters‎and in his energ‎e tic criti‎c ism of the dehum‎a nizi‎n g effec‎t of the capit‎a list‎indus‎t rial‎i zati‎o n on human‎ natur‎e.wre‎n ce'sB.J.Galsw‎o rthy‎'sC.W.Thack‎e ray’sD.T.Hardy‎’s21.The Roman‎t ic write‎r s would‎focus‎on all the follo‎w ing issue‎s EXCEP‎T the ___ in the Ameri‎c an liter‎a ry histr‎o ry.A.indiv‎i dual‎feeli‎n gsB.idea of survi‎v al of the fitte‎s tC.stron‎g imagi‎n atio‎nD.retur‎n to natur‎e22. _____‎__ has been entit‎l ed the fathe‎r of Ameri‎c an Poetr‎y.A.Phili‎p Frene‎a uB. Anne Brads‎t reet‎C. Willi‎a m Culle‎n Bryan‎tD. Edgar‎Ellen‎Poe23. _____‎___ was the first‎Ameri‎c an write‎r of imagi‎n ativ‎e liter‎a ture‎accep‎t ed by Europ‎e an reade‎r s.A. Edgar‎Ellen‎PoeB. Anne Brads‎t reet‎C. Willi‎a m Culle‎n Bryan‎tD. Washi‎n gton‎Irvin‎g.24. _____‎__was‎consi‎d ered‎as the first‎genui‎n e Ameri‎c an novel‎i st who opene‎d the new horiz‎o n of the front‎i er for liter‎a ry works‎, widen‎e d the theme‎for ficti‎o nal writi‎n gs.A. James‎Fenim‎o re Coope‎rB. Anne Brads‎t reet‎C. Willi‎a m Culle‎n Bryan‎tD. Washi‎n gton‎Irvin‎g.25. Annab‎e l Lee was writt‎e n by _____‎__.A.Phili‎p Frene‎a uB. Anne Brads‎t reet‎C. Willi‎a m Culle‎n Bryan‎tD. Edgar‎Ellen‎Poe26. The Eight‎e enth‎Centu‎r y was defin‎i tely‎an age of _____‎_____‎_.A.poetr‎yB. novel‎C. drama‎D.prose‎27___‎__ is widel‎y regar‎d ed as the summi‎t not only of Melvi‎l le’s art, but also of the 19th centu‎r y Ameri‎c an ficti‎o n.A. the Scarl‎e t Lette‎rB. Moby DickC. Rip Van Winkl‎eD. Siste‎r Carri‎e28. Walt Whitm‎a n was a pione‎e ring‎figur‎e of Ameri‎c an poetr‎y. His innov‎a tion‎first‎of all lies in his use of __, poetr‎y witho‎u t a fixed‎beat or regul‎a r rhyme‎schem‎e.A.blank‎verse‎B.heroi‎c coupl‎e tC.free verse‎D.iambi‎c penta‎m eter‎29.Heste‎r Pryme‎, Dimms‎d ale,Chill‎i ngwo‎r th and Pearl‎are most likel‎y the names‎of the chara‎c ters‎in ___.A.The Scarl‎e t Lette‎rB.The House‎of the Seven‎Gable‎s tC.The Portr‎a it of a LadyD.The pione‎e rs30. The great‎e st of Scott‎i sh poets‎is _____‎___A. Geoff‎r ey Chauc‎e rB. Rober‎t Burns‎C. Willi‎a m Shake‎s pear‎eD. John Milto‎nⅡMulti‎p le Choic‎e。

教学中心教学中心 专业专业 学号学号 姓名姓名 成绩成绩参考答案： The story takes place in international waters on an ocean going liner sailing from 参考答案： to Y o kohama, Japan on the Pacific ocean. As the war had just ended, it okohama, Japan on the Pacific ocean. As the war had just ended, it San Fracisco, U.S.A to Ywas difficult to get accomodations. Therefore, the narrator had to share a c abin with a total stranger, but he expected him to be one of his own countrymen. Instead, he was deeply shocked to realize it was a chatty Levantine of oriental origin, Mr. Max Kelada, who was not British, but a native of one of the British colonies (he did have a British passport). Although his origin isn't stated precisely, his name suggests Spanish, Portugese, Syrian or even Jewish origin. The narrator mentions Mr. Kelada's "hooked nose", which might imply an antisemitic remark against Jews. The narrator was prepared to dislike Mr. Kelada even before he saw him. When he first entered the cabin, he saw Mr. Kelada's luggage and toilet things that had already been unpacked. The man's name and the sight of his things aroused a strong repulsion in him since he was prejudiced against all non- Britons, feeling superior to them. The irony of the story lies in the fact that the list of Mr. Kelada's "negative" traits presented in the beginning of the story shows an orderly, neat and tidy gentleman. When the narrator met Mr. Kelada, his hatred got even stronger. He abhorred the cultural differences between Kelada and himself. He both detested and despised Mr. Kelada's gestures. Therefore, the description of Kelada is negative and biased. The narrator's prejudice is based on several cultural differences between him and Mr. Kelada: a) A total stranger should address a gentleman with "Mr." and be formal. b) A gentleman shouldn't be pushy. c) A gentleman should be modest. d) A gentleman should keep quiet during meals. e) A gentleman shouldn't be too chatty and argumentative. f) A gentleman shouldn't show off and boast about his super knowledge. g) A gentleman shouldn't be too dogmatic. Mr. Kelada was a person that seemed to know everything and was involved in everything, not sensing that he was disliked by everybody. He was very chatty and talked as if he had been superior to everybody else. The passengers mocked him and called him Mr. Know - All even to his face. There was another dogmatic person on the ship - Mr. Ramsay who was an American Consular Kobe, Japan. He was on his way to Kobe after having picked up his Serviceman stationed in K obe, Japan. He was on his way to Kobe after having picked up his ork for a whole year. She looked very pretty little wife, who had stayed on her own in New Ymodest. Her clothes were simple although they achieved an effect of quiet distinction. She looked perfect and was adorable. One evening, the conversation drifted to the subject of pearls. As Mrs. Ramsay was wearing a string of pearls, Mr. Kelada announced that it certainly was a genuine one which had probably cost many thousands of dollars. He was ready to bet a hundred dollars on it. Mr. Ramsay, on the other hand, that his wife had bought it for 18 dollars in a department store. When Mr. Know - All took out a magnifying glass from his pocket, he noticed a desperat appeal in Mrs. Ramsay's eyes. He then realized that Mrs. Ramsay got the pearls from her lover.Since Mr. instead - he Kelada didn't . want to destroy Mrs. Ramsay's marriage, he ruined his reputation imitation. He gave Mr. told everybody that he was wrong and that the string was an excellent Ramsay a hundred dollars. The story spread all over the ship and everybody mocked Mr. Kelada. Later, while the narrator and Mr. Know - All were in their cabin, an envelope was pushed under the door. It contained a hundred dollar bill from Mrs. Ramsay. It was then that the narrator learned to value the dark - skinned Levantine. He was amazed at Mr. Kelada's generosity. This story shows that first impressions are often misleading and that appearances are sometimes deceptive. Mr. Kelada who is described as a disgusting person who shows off all the time and knows everything better than others, is in reality a sensitive, brave gentleman who wouldn't hurt others. On the other hand, Mrs. Ramsay, whose modesty and good qualities no one questions, has been unfaithful to her husband. The moral of the story is that we must not judge a book by its cover. Rather than judging a person by his looks, color or origin we should observe his behaviour and reactions in difficult situations. 2. What‘s Evelyn Waugh‘s ―Mr. Loveday‘s Little Outing ǁ about? 参考答案：Miss Angela after ten years parting with her mental morbid father went for the first time to see him in the lunatic asylum where she is indifferent to her own father, but greatly touched by an another patient named Mr. Loveday who commits murder crime long ago and now is a good companion to her father and kind to everybody here. Chatting with him she finds him well and normal now and further asks him his future wishes and is told he would like to have an outing. Miss Angela consults books and professional people and finally triumphs in obtaining an opportunity for him to carry out his wishes. On the day of his departure the lunatic house holds a ceremony to celebrate his freedom and see him off. Miss Angela comes to attend the ceremony. Two hours later Mr. Loveday returns and says  couple of days later an old bike is found beside he has successfully fulfilled his wishes. Athe road side ditch together with the dead body of a young lady from the lunatic house on the way of home for tea. Miss Angela is murdered! The story, like Brother by Greene, exposes the cold reality of the society of his time in 1930s. Miss Angela shows cold and indifferent attitude towards her own morbid father but out of curiosity evinces odd sympathy over another lunatic patient who finally killed her. The story is both an exposure and satire of his time and people. Both Greene's Brother and Mr. Loveday's Little Outing are written from the point of view of intrusive narrator, i.e. like Hemingway's Killers, the stories give no clear hints of what are implied by the author, the reader has to associate the details and clues with a keen and perceiving eye. For example in this story on page 331-2-2 there is an important detail telling after Mr. Moping failed to hang himself on annual garden party day and is sent off to the lunatic asylum, then it writes: "Since then Lady Moping had paid seasonal calls at the asylum and returned in time for tea, rather reticent of her experience." Her husband is away and each time Mrs. Moping pays a short visit and then back in time for tea. Then in the end of the story when the dead body of the young lady is found, the author writes: Half a mile up the road from the asylum gates, they later discovered an abandoned bicycle. It was a lady's machine of some antiquity. Quite near it in the ditch lay the strangled body of a young woman, who, riding home to her tea, had chanced to overtake Mr. Loveday, as he strode along, musing on his opportunities. Who could that be except Miss Angela? III. Read and try to appreciate the following poem (20%)（Please write your answer here）1.Success is Counted Sweetest Success is Counted Sweetest By those who ne‘er succeedTo comprehend a nectar Requires sorest need Not one of all the purple host Who took the flag today Can tell the definition, So clearly, of victory As he, defeated, dying On whose forbidden ear The distant strains of triumph Burst, agonized and clear. 参考答案：A common idea in Dickinson's poems is that not having increases our appreciation or enjoyment of what we lack; the person who lacks (or does not have) understands whatever is lacking better than the person who possesses it. In this poem, the loser is that he knows the meaning '"definition" of victory better than the winners. The implication has "won" this knowledge by paying so high a price, with the anguish of defeat and with his death. In stanza one, she repeats the s sound and, to a lesser degree, n. Why does she use this alliteration? i.e., are the words significant? "Sorest" is used with the older meaning of greatest, but can it also have the more common meaning? What are the associations of "nectar"--good, bad, indifferent? Does "nectar" pick up any word in the first line? In stanza two, "purple" connotes royalty; the robes of kings and emperors were dyed purple. It is also the color of blood. Are these connotations appropriate to the poem? In a battle, what does a flag represent? Why is victory described in terms of taking the losing side's flag? In stanza three, what words are connected by d sounds and by s sounds? Is there any reason for connecting or emphasizing these words? Dickinson is compressing language and omitting connections in the last three lines. The dying man's ears are not forbidden; rather, the sounds of triumph are forbidden to him because his side lost the battle. The triumphant sounds that he hears are not agonized, though they are clear to him; rather, he is agonized at hearing the clear sounds of triumph of the other side. They are "distant" literally in being far off and metaphorically in not being part of his experience; defeat is the opposite of or "distant" from victory. 2. The Road not taken by: Robert Frost Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! , Y et knowing how way leads on to wayI doubted if I should ever come back. its appe al, yet he has human commitment to fulfill. ―Sleepǁ refers to death on face value, but we should go and explore other potential values transcending the superficial, so it may mean beauty, comfort, leisure, hobby, desire and so on to form a tension and contrast with commitment, mission and responsibility. 2. Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow. 参考答案：The theme is to never give up; its moral is that giving up is tantamount to death. Culturally, Hughes most prolific writing period was in the late 1920s through the 1930s. He is considered among the most important of the movement called "The Harlem Renaissance." The Harlem Renaissance was composed of primarily African-American artists who "simultaneously expressed the desire for an integrated world and a warning to those who would try to keep the black race subservient." This poem expresses those sentiments. It is an encouragement for those oppressed by racism to continue the good fight and be assured that one day they will see their dreams become reality. Hughes uses metphors (comparison of two seemingly unrelated things) to, in Dr. King's words, "keep the dream alive; keep hope alive" (and surely King himself was inspired by Hughes poems in his own "I have a Dream" speech) to help the dream stay alive. He compares the death of a dream to a living a life like "a broken winged bird," that is, useless and without spirit or reason for living. Life without dreams is also compared to a frozen field, lifeless, without fruit. II. Question answers (20%)1. Please tell the idea of the story He by Katherine Anne Porter 参考答案参考答案：：Porter‘s stories reflect her sense of the confusion that characterizes human life; she investigates self-betrayal and self-deception — the way that all human beings deceive themselves about the way they operate... Everyone takes his stance, asserts his own rights and feelings, mistaking the motives of others, and his own…ǁ2. Who is the focal character in Hemingway‘s The ―Killersǁ? Why?参考答案：Ole Anderson. Though he is hidden and little described. That is the typical way of Hemingway‘s story and his th eory. The two professional killers seem to be aggressive and hideous, while the true killer by the mouth of Mrs. Bell is kind and gentle. But why should the two would-be killers kill Anderson if he is kind and gentle? So this is mere cover to foreshadow the real evil of the true murder by Ole Anderson. The Killers is a very good example of intrusive narration where the writer gives you no hints of the idea. III. Read and try to appreciate the following poem (20%)A Clean, Well-Lighted Place (Ernest Hemingway) It was very late and everyone had left the cafe except an old man who sat in the shadow the leaves of the tree made against the electric light. In the day time the street was dusty, but at night the dew settled the dust and the old man liked to sit late because he was deaf and now at night it was quiet and he felt the difference. The two waiters inside the cafe knew that the old man was a little drunk, and while he was a good client they knew that if he became too drunk he would leave without paying, so they kept watch on him. "Last week he tried to commit suicide," one waiter said. "Why?" "He was in despair." "What about?" "Nothing." "How do you know it was nothing?" "He has plenty of money." They sat together at a table that was close against the wall near the door of the cafe and looked at the terrace where the tables were all empty except where the old man sat in the  girl and a soldier went shadow of the leaves of the tree that moved slightly in the wind. Aby in the street. The street light shone on the brass number on his collar. The girl wore no head covering and hurried beside him. "The guard will pick him up," one waiter said. "What does it matter if he gets what he's after?" "He had better get off the street now. The guard will get him. They went by five minutes ago." The old man sitting in the shadow rapped on his saucer with his glass. The younger waiter went over to him. "What do you want?" The old man looked at him. "Another brandy," he said. "Y ou'll be drunk," the waiter said. The old man looked at him. The waiter went away. "He'll stay all night," he said to his colleague. "I'm sleepy now. I never get into bed before three o'clock. He should have killed himself last week." The waiter took the brandy bottle and another saucer from the counter inside the cafe and marched out to the old man's table. He put down the saucer and poured the glass full of brandy. "Y ou ou should should should have have have killed killed killed yourself yourself yourself last last last week,"week," he he said said said to to to the the the deaf deaf deaf man. man. man. The The The old old old man man motioned with his finger. "A little more," he said. The waiter poured on into the glass so that the brandy slopped over and ran down the stem into the top saucer of the pile. "Thank you," the old man said. The waiter took the bottle back inside the cafe. He sat down at the table with his colleague again. "He's drunk now," he said. "He's drunk every night." "What did he want to kill himself for?" "How should I know." "How did he do it?" "He hung himself with a rope." "Who cut him down?" "His niece." "Why did they do it?" "Fear for his soul." "How much money has he got?" "He's got plenty." "He must be eighty years old." "Anyway I should say he was eighty." "I wish he would go home. I never get to bed before three o'clock. What kind of hour is that to go to bed?" "He stays up because he likes it." "He's lonely. I'm not lonely. I have a wife waiting in bed for me." "He had a wife once too.""A wife would be no good to him now.""Y ou can't tell. He might be better with a wife." "His niece looks after him. Y ou said she cut him down." "I know." "I wouldn't want to be that old. An old man is a nasty thing." "Not always. This old man is clean. He drinks without spilling. Even now, drunk. Look at him." "I don't want to look at him. I wish he would go home. He has no regard for those who must work." The old man looked from his glass across the square, then over at the waiters. "Another brandy," he said, pointing to his glass. The waiter who was in a hurry came over. "Finished," "Finished," he he he said, said, said, speaking speaking speaking with with with that that that omission omission omission of of of syntax syntax syntax stupid stupid stupid people people people employ employ employ when when talking to drunken people or foreigners. "No more tonight. Close now." "Another," said the old man. "No. Finished." The waiter wiped the edge of the table with a towel and shook his head. The The old old old man man man stood stood stood up, up, up, slowly slowly slowly counted counted counted the the the saucers, saucers, saucers, took took took a a a leather leather leather coin coin coin purse purse purse from from from his his pocket and paid for the drinks, leaving half a peseta tip. The waiter watched him go down the street, a very old man walking unsteadily but with dignity. "Why didn't you let him stay and drink?" the unhurried waiter asked. They were putting up the shutters. "It is not half-past two." "I want to go home to bed." "What is an hour?" "More to me than to him." "An hour is the same." "Y ou talk like an old man yourself. He can buy a bottle and drink at home." "It's not the same." "No, it is not," agreed the waiter with a wife. He did not wish to be unjust. He was only in a hurry. "And you? Y o u have no fear of going home before your usual hour?" ou have no fear of going home before your usual hour?" "Are you trying to insult me?" "No, hombre , only to make a joke." "No," the waiter who was in a hurry said, rising from pulling down the metal shutters. "I have confidence. I am all confidence." "Y ou have youth, confidence, and a job," the older waiter said. "Y ou have everything." "And what do you lack?" "Everything but work." "Y ou have everything I have." "No. I have never had confidence and I am not young.""Come on. Stop talking nonsense and lock up.""I am of those who like to stay late at the cafe," the older waiter said. "With "With all all all those those those who who who do do do not not not want want want to to to go go go to to to bed. bed. bed. With With With all all all those those those who who who need need need a a a light light light for for for the the night." "I want to go home and into bed." "We are of two different kinds," the older waiter said. He was now dressed to go home. "It is is not not not only only only a a a question question question of of of youth youth youth and confidence and confidence although although those those those things things things are are are very very very beautiful. beautiful. Each night I am reluctant to close up because there may be some one who needs the cafe." "Hombre, there are bodegas open all night long." "Y ou do not understand. This is a clean and pleasant cafe. It is well lighted. The light i s is very good and also, now, there are shadows of the leaves." "Good night," said the younger waiter. "Good night," the other said. Turning off the electric light he continued the conversation with with himself, himself, himself, It It It was the was the light light of of of course course course but but but it it it is is is necessary that necessary that the the place place place be be be clean clean clean and and pleasant. pleasant. Y Y ou ou do do do not want not want music. music. Certainly Certainly Certainly you you you do do do not want not want music. music. Nor can Nor can you you stand stand before a bar with dignity although that is all that is provided for these hours. What did he fear? It was not a fear or dread, It was a nothing that he knew too well. It was all a nothing and and a a a man man man was was was a a a nothing nothing nothing too. It was too. It was o nly only only that that that and and and light light light was was was all all all it it it needed needed needed and and and a certain a certain cleanness and order. Some lived in it and never felt it but he knew it all was nada y pues nada y nada y pues nada. Our nada who art in nada, nada be thy name thy kingdom nada thy will be nada in nada as it is in nada. Give us this nada our daily nada and nada us our nada as we nada our nadas and nada us not into nada but deliver us from nada; pues nada. Hail nothing full of nothing, nothing is with thee. He smiled and stood before a bar with a shining steam pressure coffee machine. "What's yours?" asked the barman. "Nada." "Otro loco mas," said the barman and turned away. "A little cup," said the waiter. The barman poured it for him. "The light is very bright and pleasant but the bar is unpolished," the waiter said. The barman looked at him but did not answer. It was too late at night for conversation. "Y ou want another copita?" the barman asked. "No, "No, thank thank thank you," you," you," said said said the the the waiter waiter waiter and and and went went went out. out. out. He He He disliked disliked disliked bars bars bars and and and bodegas. bodegas. bodegas. A A clean, well-lighted well-lighted cafe was cafe was a a very very very different different different thing. thing. thing. Now, without Now, without thinking thinking further, further, further, he would he would go home to his room. He would lie in the bed and finally, with daylight, he would go to sleep. After all, he said to himself, it's probably only insomnia. Many must have it. 参考答案：This story was written by Ernest Hemingway.His major works are A Farewell to Arms in 1929,For Whom the Bell Tolls in 1940 and The Old Man and the Sea in 1952.I had read two novels of him, A Farewell to Arms and The Old Man and the Sea.Especially The Old Man and the Sea,the story of an old fisherman's journey,his long and lonely struggle with a fish and the sea,and his victory in defeat,so I like it very much. It [life] was all a nothing and a man was a nothing too." Man must consequently find something to distract himself from his horrible truth. For the old man and the older waiter, "a clean and well-lighted" cafe is such an escape. The pervading metaphor in this story is predictably, the "clean well-lighted place." This paper aims to study the theme of A Clean, Well-Lighted Place by Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway considers loneliness the principle tragedy of modern human life. Faced with ―nothing" in the modern society now and then, man should seek light and order to establish dignity in life. This kind of courage needed by man to fight against intolerable loneliness is exactly what Hemingway wanted to display in the story. Dickinson was chiefly a subjective poet relying on her imagination and inspiration drawn from the nature. That is what Emerson proclaimed in his transcendental philosophy: go to the nature to perceive fresh nature as symbolic of the Spirit or God and in doing so one can transcend the implicative and an endless source and inspiration for empirical world. Nature is spiritual and am I – / And poets. Dickinson thus immersed herself in nature and became ―Inebriate of air—Debauchee of Dew—ǁ and got drunk in the inn of nature, stag gering through the numerous summer days. Further here she imagined herself as one of the natural beings like bees and butterflies who leave when season is off but she could not part herself away with the alcohol until she got too drunk to move, which drew angels and saints out to have a look at her a drunkard in the sunshine! The unique feature of the poem is found in the poet‘s fancy and daring imagination. The relation of poets to nature is commonsense and iterated by poets over and over again but few poets can write such a rarely unique poem as Dickinson. First of all, the concrete images used to replace the abstract words; secondly, analogy is drawn between the poet and the drunk, both are dependent on alcohol, but different alcohols, one spiritual and the other physical. ―I taste a —ǁ the liquor I ―tasteǁ forms a tension not merely with the actual liquor, liquor never brewed—ǁ the liquor I ―tasteǁ forms a tension not merely with the actual liquor, but also with I, the taster. The former tension plays an inebriating effect upon the Great Nature, into the poetic realm, poetic sip from the poetic alcohol, hence and the latter one brings ―Iǁ i nto from which an ethereal spirit pervades throughout the poem and in the air, in our illusion and then intoxicates us by degrees to be wholly dissolved by a poetical power. When the other dependent creatures ―give upǁ and ―renounce‘ their sip, ―I shall but drink the moreǁ though fully drunk. Dickinson was an outstanding poet shown chiefly in her unusual sensitive and anti-conventional way of observing the world. In mechanical form Dickinson has her odd way of capitalization and special dash—deviation of capitalization and dash can only tells her way of emphasis and possible extension of idea. These two idiosyncrasies plus her images bearing later modernist features credited herself with the title of the forerunner of Modernist poet or founder of Imagist poetry. II. Question answers (20%)1.Please tell the idea of the story He by Katherine Anne Porter 参考答案：The short story ‗‗He‘‘ exposes another type of humiliation for Porter as it covers a brief stretch of time in the life of a poor but proud family, one that mirrors, in many ways, later become somewha t obsessed with Porter‘s own early memories. Like Porter, who would l ater buying fancy clothes and jewelry to erode the early poverty she experienced and to impress upon the world that she was a a success, so too is Mrs. Whipple, the protagonist in the story, focused on appearances. For instance, Mrs. Whipple has her husband kill a suckling pig to convince her brother, when he comes to visit, that her family is doing well. Appearances are as 。