英国文学复习.docx

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英国文学复习

A.Pleasepointouttheauthorofthefollowingworks

1.TheCanterburyTalesGeoffreychaucer

2..MacbethWilliamShakespeare

3.ThePilgrim'sProgress（JohnBunyan）

4.NewinstrumentFrancisbacon

5.Gulliver怎Travels_Jonathanswift

6IWanderedLonelyasaCloudWilliam

wordsworth

7.SamsonAgonistesjohnmilton

8.TheReviewDanielDefoe

9.AModestProposalonathanswift

10.NorthangerAbbey|（JaneAusten|

B.MultipleChoice（onepointforeach）

1.TheonlycompletepieceofepicinoldEnglishis.

A.TheGesteofRobinHood

B.Beowulf

C.SirGawainandtheGreenKnight

D.Mortd'Arthur

2.isthemainliterarytrendinthefirstperiodoftheEnglishEnlightenment.

C.Neo-classicismD.Sentimentalism

3.Theriseandgrowthoftheisthemostprominent

achievementofthei8TcenturyEnglishliterature.

A.romanticpoetryB.realisticnovel

C.neo-classicalpoetryD.sentimentalnovel

4.MostofShakespearesbestplayswerewrittenintheperiod

ofhisdramatic

career.

A.firstB.second

C.thirdD.fourth

5.JohnMiltonisagreatpoetintheperiodofEnglish.

A.feudalismB.Renaissance

C.BourgeoisRevolutionD.Enlightenment

6.isregardedasFatherofEnglishProsg,whowasthefirsttowriteessaysintheEnglishlanguage.

A.BedeB.Alfred

C.FrancisBaconD.SamuelJohnson

7.Thewell-knownsoliloquybyHamlet“Tobeornottobe・”showshis

.

A.hatredforhisuncleB.loveforlife

C.resolutionofrevengeD.innerstrife

8.isdefinedasanexpressionofhumanemotionwhichis

condensedintofourteenlines（2006年真题第37题）

A.FreeverseB.Sonnet

C.OdeD.Epigram

9.ThenovelEmmaiswrittenby.（2005年真题第35题）

A.MaryShelleyB.CharlotteBronte

C.GaskellD.JaneAusten

10.“Itisatruthuniversallyacknowledgedthatasinglemaninpossession

ofagoodfortunemustbeinwantofawife.”Thequotedpartistaken

from..

AJaneEyreBWutheringHeightsCPrideandPrejudiceDSense

andSensibility

11.Becauseofhersensitivitytouniversalpatternsofhumanbehavior,

hasbroughttheEnglishnovel,asanartofform,toitsmaturity.

A.CharlotteBronteB.JaneAustenC.EmilyBronteD.Ann

Radcliffe

12.Shakespeare'sfourgreatesttragediesare.

A.RomeoandJulietKingLearOthelloHamlet.

B.OthelloHamlet.MacbethTheMerchantofVice

C.HamletMacbethKingLearOthello

D.RomeoandJulietTheMerchantofViceOthelloHamlet.

13.ThePetrarchansonnetwasfirstintroducedintoEnglandby.

A.SurreyB.Wyatt

C.SidneyD.Shakespeare

14.“Tobe,ornottobethatisthequestion;/Whether'tistheblermindtosuffer/Theslingsandarrowsofoutrageousfortune,/Ortotake

armsagainstaseaoftroubles，/Andbyopposingendthen?

”Thesel

aretakenfrom.

A.KingLearB.RomeoandJuliet

C.OthelloD.Hamlet

15.DanielDefoe'sisuniversallyconsideredashismasterpiece.

A.ColonelJackB.RobinsonCrusoe

C.CaptainSingletonD.AJournalofthePlagueYear

16.TheRenaissancemarksatransitionfromtothemodernworld.

A.theoldEnglishB.themedieval

C.thefeudalistD.thecapitalist

17.“Dcyouthink,because!

ampoor,obscure,plain,andlittle,Iamsoullessandheartless?

...AndifGodhadgiftedmewithsomebeauty,andmuchwealth,Ishouldhavemadeitashardforyoutoleaveme,asitisnowformetoleaveyou.”ThequotedOnesmostprobablytakenfrom.

A.GreatExpectationsB.WutheringHeights

C.JaneEyreD.PrideandPrejudice

18.JohnMilton'sgreatestpoeticalworkistheonlygenerallyacknowledgedepicinEnglishliteraturesinceBeowulf.

B.

A.Areopagitica

C.Lycidas

ParadiseLost

D.SamsonAgonistes

C.BlankFilling.

1.Thestoryin“Hamlet”comesfromanoldanishlegend.

2.SirThomasWyattfirstbroughtthesonnettoEnglandfrom

Petrarcha.

3.ParadiseLostisalongoedividedinto_12books.

4GeoffreyChauceristhefounderofEnglishpoetry,hismasterpieceistheCanterburyTaleswrittenintheformof

Heroiccouplet,contains24tales.

5」DanielDefoe—istheforerunnerofEnglishrealisticnovel.

6.JohnDonneistherepresentativeofMetaphysicalpoets.

7.Shakespeareproduces38—plays」154—sonnets.

8.ChaucerdiedonOctober25th,1400,wasburiedin_WestminsterAbbey.

9.IndescribingRobinson

'lifeontheisland,Defoeglorifieshuman

Labor

10InJaneAustin's

masteilpridteandPrejudice,_Darcy—stands

de

forpride,_andElizabeth

standsforprejudice.

E.ReadingComprehension

ReadthequotedpartscarefullyandanswerthequestionsinEnglish.

“ShallIcomparetheetoasummer'sday?

Thouartmorelovelyandmoretemperate:

RoughwindsdoshakethedarlingbudsofMay,Andsummer'sleasehathalltooshortadate.”

Questions:

A.Identifythepoetandthepoemfromwhichthequotedlinesaretaken.Sonnet18Williamshakespeare

B.Namethefigureofspeechemployedinthepoem.

C.Alliteration头韵personification拟人inversion倒装

D.Whatisthethemeofthepoem.

E.Inthisworldnobeauty（inNature）canstayexceptinpoetryorart（yourbeautycanlastonlyifIputitdowninmypoetry）.

F.

D.Questions.

1.Makeacommentononeofthefollowingwriters.（atleast150words）

FrancisBacon,DanielDefoe,JaneAusten.

2.MakeacommentonShakespeare'sartisticachievement.38play154sonnent

A.shakespearemajorcharactersareneithermerelyindividualonesnortypeones;theyrepresentcertaintypes;theyareindividualsrepresentingcertaintypes.Byemployingapsychoanalyticalapproach,Shakespearesucceedsinexploringthharactersinnerworld.Shakespearealsoportrayshischaractersinpairs.Contrastsarefrequentlyusedtobringvividnesstohischaracters.

B.Shakespeareseldominventshisownplot;instead,heborrowsthemfromoldplaysorstorybook,fronancientGreekorRomansources.Inordertomaketheplaymorelivelyandcompact,hewouldshortenthetimeandintensifythestory.Thereareusuallyseveralcluesrunningthroughtheplay,thusprovidingthestorywiththesuspenseandapprehension.

C.Shakespearecanwriteskillfullyindifferentpoeticforms,suchasthesonnet,theblankverseandtherhymedcouplet.Hehasanamazingwealthofvocabularyandidiom.Hiscoinageofnewwordsanddistortionofthemeaningoftheoldwordsalsocreatesstrikingeffectsonthereaders.

3.JaneEyreisoneofthemostpopularandimportantnovelsoftheVictorianAge.WhyisJaneEyresuchasuccessfulnovel?

A.itisnotedforitssharpcriticismoftheexistingsocity.

B.itisanintensemoralfable.

C.thesuccessofthenovelisalsoduetoitsintroductiontothe

Englishnovelthefirstgovernessheroine

4.“Wivesareyoungmen'smistresses,companionsformiddleage,andoldmen'surses,soasamanmayhaveaquarreltomarry

whenhewill.”Doyouagreewiththestatement?

Talkaboutyourreason.

5.DanielDefoe'isovelRobinsonCrusoewasagreatsuccesspartlybecausetheprotagonistwasarealmiddle-classhero.DiscussCrusoe,theprotagonistofthenovel,asanembodimentoftherisingmiddle-classvirtuesinthemid-eighteenthcenturyEngland.Talkaboutyourreason.

A.Socialbackground:

TheEighteenthCenturyEnglandwitnessedthegrowingimportanceofthebourgeoisormiddleclass.

a.TheIndustrialRevolution

b.Theexpansionofinternationalmarkets;

c.Values/virtues/moralstandards/...differentfromthoseofthefeudalaristocraticclass-courageous,fullofenergy,hardworking,practical,resourceful,self-reliant,etc;thus~|

d.Literatureshouldgive/providearealisticpresentationofthelifeofthecommonpeople;itshouldmeetthedemand/interestofthemiddleclasspeople.

B.RobinsonCrusoeembodiesthevirtueofthemiddleclasspeople.

a.Crusoeasanadventurous/courageousmanfullofenergyandcourage:

（examplefromthetext）:

b.Crusoeasapracticalman:

（examplefromthetext）;

c.Crusoeasaresourceful/self-reliantman:

（examplefromthetext）;

d.Crusoeasapatient/persistentman:

（examplefromthetext）;

e.Andothers.

ReferenceSocialbackground:

TheEighteenthCenturyEnglandwitnessedthegrowingimportanceofthebourgeoisormiddleclass.

aTheindustrialrevolution

bTheexpansionofinternationalmarkets

cValues/virtues/moralstandards/.differentmthoseofthe

feudalaristocraticclass---courageous,ullofenergy,hardworking,practical,resourceful,self-reliant,etc.

dLiteratureshouldgive/providearealisticpresentationofthelifeofthecommonpeople;itshouldmeetthedemand/interestofthemiddleclasspeople.

RobinsonCrusoeembodiesthevirtuesofthemiddleclasspeople.

aCrusoeasanadventurous/courageousmanfullofenergyandcourage（examplefromthetext）;

bCrusoeasapracticalman（examplefromthetext）

cCrusoeasaresourceful/self-reliantman（examplefromthetext）

dCrusoeasapatient/persistentman（examplefromthetext）

eAndothers.