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1、s poem_ was published in 1845 as the title poem of a collection. The Raven 12. From Henry David Thoreaus Concord jail experience, came his famous essay _. Civil DisobedienceBy the 1830s Washington Irving was judged the nation s greatest writer, a lofty position he later shared with James Fenimore Co

2、oper and William Cullen Bryant.In the early nineteenth century, the attitude of American writers was shaped by their New World environment and an array of ideas inherited from the romantic tradition of Europe.As a moral philosophy, transcendentalism was neither logical nor systematical.The foundatio

3、n of American national literature was laid by the early American romanticists.At mid-19th century, a cultural reawakening brought a flowering of New England.Romantic writers in the 19th century placed increasing value on the free expression of emotion and displayed increasing attention to the psychi

4、c states of their characters.With a vast group of supporting characters, virtuous or villainous, James Fenimore Cooper made the America conscious of his past, and made the European conscious of America.No other American poet ever surpassed Edgar Allan Poes ability in the use of English as a medium o

5、f pure musical and rhythmic beauty.The Fall of the House of Usher is one of Edgar Allan Poes short stories.Ralph Waldo Emerson was recognized as the leader of transcendentalist movement, but he never applied the term Transcendentalist to himself or to his beliefs and ideas.In 1836, Ralph Waldo Emers

6、on published his first book, Nature, which met with a mild reception.Ralph Waldo Emersons prose style was sometimes as highly individual as his poetry.The harsh rhythms and striking images of Ralph Waldo Emersons poetry appeal to many modern readers as artful techniques.Henry Wadsworth Longfellows w

7、ritings belong to the milder aspects of the Romantic Movement.American romanticism was in a way derivative: American romantic writing was some of them modeled on English and European works.Ralph Waldo Emersons aesthetics brought about a revolution in American literature in general and in American po

8、etry in particular.Henry David Thoreau was an active Transcendentalist. He was by no means an escapist or a recluse, but was intensely involved in the life of his day.The Scarlet Letter is set in the seventeenth century. It is an elaboration of a fact which the author took out of the life of the Pur

9、itan past.2.Transcendentalism took their ideas from_ .A.the romantic literature in EuropeB.neo-PlatonismC.German idealistic philosophyD.the revelations of oriental mysticismABCD8. Transcendentalists recognized_ as the highest power of the soul.”A. intuition10. Transcendentalism appealed to those who

10、 disdained the harsh God of the Puritan ancestors, and it appealed to those who scorned the pale deity of New EnglandA. Transcendentalism HumanismNaturalismUnitarianismD13. The desire for an escape from society and a return to nature became a permanent convention of American literature, evident in _

11、 . James Fenimore Coopers Leatherstocking TalesHenry David Thoreaus WaldenMark Twains Huckleberry FinnNathaniel Hawthornes The Scarlet LetterABC14. A preoccupation with the demonic and the mystery of evil marked the works of _ , and a host of lesser writers.A. Nathaniel HawthorneEdgar Allan PoeHerma

12、n MelvilleMark Twain16. In the nineteenth century America, Romantics often shared certain general characteristics. Choose such characteristics from the following.moral enthusiasmfaith in the value of individualism and intuitive perceptionadoration for the natural worldpresumption about the corrosive

13、 effect of human society17. Choose Washington Irving s works from the following.A. The Sketch BookB. Bracebridge HallC. Tales of a TravellerD. A History of New York18. In James Fenimore Coopers novels, close after Natty Bumppo in romantic appeal , come the two noble red men. Choose them from the fol

14、lowing.A. the Mohican Chief ChingachgookB. UncasC. Tom JonesD. Kubla KhanABIn 1817, the stately poem called Thanatopsis introduced the best poet_ to appear in America up to that time.A. Edward TaylorB. Philip FreneauC. William Cullen BryantD. Edgar Allan PoeC To a Waterfowl Thanatopsis21. From the f

15、ollowing, choose the poems written by Edgar Allan Poe.A. To HelenB. The RavenC. Annabel LeeD. The Bells23. Edgar Allan Poes first collection of short stories is_ . Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque24. From the following, choose the characteristics of Ralph Waldo Emersons poetry.A. being highly in

16、dividualB. harsh rhythmsC. lack of form and polishD. striking images25. Which book is not written by Ralph Waldo EmersonA. Representative MenB. English TraitsC. NatureD. The Rhodora26. Which essay is not written by Ralph Waldo Emerson？A. Of StudiesB. Self-RelianceC. The American ScholarD. The Divini

17、ty School AddressA30. Nathaniel Hawthornes ability to create vivid and symbolic images that embody great moral questions also appears strongly in his short stories. Choose his short stories from the following.Young Goodman BrownB. The Great Stone FaceC. The Ambitious Guest ABCDD. Ethan BrandE. The P

18、earl32. Herman Melville called his friend Nathaniel Hawthorne_ in American literature.the largest brain with the largest heart34. _ was a romanticized account of Herman Melvilles stay among the Polynesians. The success of the book soon made Melville well known as the man who lived among cannibals. T

19、ypee37. In the early nineteenth century American moral values were essentially Puritan. Nothing has left a deeper imprint on the character of the people as a whole than did_ .A. PuritanismThe universe is composed of Nature and the soul. Spirit is present everywhere. This is the voice of the book Nat

20、ure written by Emerson, which pushed American Romanticism into a new phase, the phase of New England_ Transcendentalism43. Which is generally regarded as the Bible of New England Transcendentalism？A. Nature45. _ is an appalling fictional version of Nathaniel Hawthorne s belief that the wrong doing o

21、f one generation lives into the successive ones and that evil will come out of evil though it may take many generations to happen.A. The Marble FaunB. The House of Seven GablesC. The Blithedale RomanceYoung Goodman BrownBOnce upon a midnight dreary, while i pondered, weak and weary,Over many a quain

22、t and curious volume of forgotten lore,While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.Tis some visitor, I muttered, tapping at my chamber doorOnly this, and nothing more. Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December,A

23、nd each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.Eagerly I wished the morrow; vainly I had tried to borrowFrom my books surcease of sorrow-sorrow for the lost.The RavenDescribe the mood of this poem: A sense of melancholy over the death of a beloved beautiful young woman pervades the wh

24、ole poem, the portrayal of a young man grieving for his lost Leno-re, his grief turned to madness under the steady one-word repetition of the talking bird.Work 3: Nuture1. As the leading New England Transcendentalist, Emerson effected a most articulate synthesis of the Transcendentalist views. One major element of his philosophy if his firm belief in the transcendence of the Oversoul. His emphasis on the spirit runs through virtually all his writings. Philosophically considered, he states in Nature, which is generally reg