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英国文学习题
英国文学习题与练习
Week2
EarlyandMedievalEnglishLiterature
ReferenceQuestions:
1.WhoweretheearliestsettlersofBritton/England?
Whatdoyouknowaboutthem(home,language,belief,lifestyle)?
2.Whatarethe3conquests?
Whateffectstheyhaduponthenation?
3.Ideologicallywhatisthemostsignificantchangeinpeople’sspirituallife?
4.Howwasthenationdevelopedpoliticallyorwhatchangeswerethereintheformofthesocialstructure?
5.Intermsofliterature,whatinfluencehadtheFrenchuponEngland?
6.HowmanylanguageswerespokenduringtheFrenchreign?
HowdoyouunderstandmodernEnglishasalanguage?
7.WhatwastheessenceofChristiandoctrinepreachedatthetime?
Wasthereanyignoblereasonbehindit?
8.WhywastheMiddleAgesknownastheDarkAges?
9.Whatwastheformofliteratureatthetime?
Whatfeaturesdoesithave?
10.Whatarethe3periods/stagesofChaucer’sliterarycareer?
11.InwhatwaydowecallChaucer’sCanterburyTalesthefirstworkofEnglishliterature?
Textstudy:
Chaucer’sCanterburyTales(6-7)
1.Whatisimageofthenun?
2.Isshefavorablyandadmirablyorsatiricallyportrayed?
How?
3.Whatfiguresofspeechareused?
Week3
Renaissance
(1)
Referencequestions:
1.WhatisRenaissance?
Howandwhydiditcomeabout?
2.Whatisthedevelopmentofdrama?
Whatweretheoriginalformsandcontentandpracticeofdrama?
3.WhydiddramaflourishinElizabethanage?
Whoarethemajorplaywrightsofthetime?
4.WhoisMarlowe?
WhatcontributionsdidhemaketoEnglishdrama?
5.WhoisShakespeare?
Whatfamousandgreatplays(history,comedy,tragedy)?
Whatfeatures?
6.WhatdidBenJonsonwriteabout?
Whatrepresentativework?
7.PreparetheexcerptfromHamlet(31-32).Whatisitmainlyabout?
Whathumanistideacanyoufindinthesoliloquy?
8.Whatwasthemostimportanttranslationofthetime?
Week4
Renaissance
(2)
ReferencequestionsonShakespeareandHamlet:
1.WhyisShakespeareaneternalsubjectofstudy?
Wherelieshisgreatness?
2.WhatarethethemesofHamlet?
3.WhatisthesignificanceofHamletasacharacter?
4.Whatisblankverse?
5.Whatissoliloquy?
TextstudyHamlet’ssoliloquy“Tobeornottobe”(31-32)
1.WhatisthemainideaofHamlet’ssoliloquy?
Summarizeinoneortwosentencesthemainideaofthesoliloquy?
2.Howdoesthesoliloquyreflectthespiritofthetimeortheideaofhumanism?
3.HowdoyouanalyzeHamlet’sargumentintermsofstructure?
Week5
Renaissance(3)
QuestionsforRenaissancepoetryandprose:
1.WhowasthoughttobethegreatestEnglishpoetsinceChaucer?
Whatishisrepresentativework?
Whatarethefeaturesofthispoem?
2.Whatnewforms(rhyme—blankverse,stanza--sonnet)ofpoetrywereintroducedintoEngland?
Bywhom?
3.Whowerethefamoussonneteersofthetime?
4.HowdoyoutellanItalian(Petrarchan)sonnetfromanEnglish(aShakespearean)one?
5.HowmanysonnetsdidShakespearewrite?
Whatarethemajorsubjects?
6.Whowerethetwomajorprosewriters?
WhatisUtopia?
WheredoyouthinkMorepossiblygottheideaorwasitallhisowninvention?
Howdoyouinterpretthetitleofthebook?
7.WhatcontributiondidBaconmaketotheEnglishsystemofthinkingandlearning?
8.What’sthepurposeofhisEssays?
9.Basedonyourreadingofhiswork,giveyourpersonalimpressionof/commentonhisEssays?
10.TheEnglishRenaissanceperiodisknownforitstranslations.Whatarethemostimportanttranslationsofthisage?
Textstudy
QuestionsonSonnet18byShakespeare(58):
1.WhatistheEnglishsonnetform?
Studythemetricalandrhymeschemeaswellasthestructure?
2.What’sthemainidea?
Isitreallyaboutlove?
Whatispeculiarofthislovepoem?
3.Whatfiguresofspeechareused?
Questionson“OfStudies”byF.Bacon(52-53):
1.Howdoyoudefinethestyle?
2.StudytheessaybycomparingtheEnglishversionwiththetranslationofMrWang.HowdoyouliketheChineseversion?
3.Paraphraseandcommentonsentences1-6,10-12.
Week6
RevolutionandRestoration
Referencequestions:
1.Whatwasthemostimportantsocialeventduringthemid-17thcentury?
2.Whatwerethetwomostpopularformsoflyric?
3.WhyisMiltonthegreatestpoetoftheperiod?
WhatisthesignificanceofParadiseLost?
Textstudy:
ParadiseLostbyJohnMilton(67-68)
1.Whatisthehistoricalbackgroundofthework?
2.Asatransitionalwriter,howdoesMiltoncombinehishumanisticideaswithhisPuritanideas?
3.WhatistheimageandthesignificanceofSataninthetwoextracts?
4.Whatphilosophycanwegetfromthetext?
Week7
18thcenturyEnlightenment
(1)
Questions:
1.Whatwasthemostimportantintellectualeventofthetime?
2.The18thcenturyiscalledanageofthebourgeoisie.Why?
Andwhateffectithadonliteratureofthecentury?
3.WhydidEnglishnovelappearinthiscentury?
4.Whatarethemajorformsofliterature?
5.Whathaveneo-classicismandrealismgottodowiththeEnlightenmentMovement?
6.WhydidliteratureofSentimentalityandGothicismcomeintobeinginthelatterpartofthecentury?
Textstudy:
J.Swift’s“AModestProposal”(81-89)
1.Howdoyoudescribethenarrator’stone?
2.WhatorwhoarethetargetsofSwift’smockery?
3.Istheproposalmodest?
Proveyourpoint.
Week8
18thcenturyEnlightenment
(2)
Textstudy:
AnEssayonManbyA.Pope(89-90)
1.Whatisheroiccouplet?
2.Whatisthepoeticpattern?
3.Whatarethethemesofthetwoextracts?
4.Paraphrasethetextsortellinbriefyourinterpretation.
“ElegyWritteninaCountryChurchyard”byThomasGray(91-92)
1.WhatdoyouknowoftheGraveyardpoetry?
2.Whatisthepoeticpattern?
3.Whatisthepredominantmood?
4.Whatisthetheme?
5.Summarizeeachstanzainyourownwords.
Week9
19th-centuryRomanticism
(1)
Questions:
1.Howistheperioddefinedintime?
2.Whatwasthehistoricalbackground,politically,economicallyandideologically?
3.Whatwasthepredominantgenreofliterature?
Whoweretheimportantwritersofthetime?
4.Inwhatwaywasromanticistliteraturedifferentfromthatofneoclassicisminthe18thcentury,suchasinform,guidingprinciple,subjectmatter,purpose,style,etc.?
Textstudy:
“IWanderedLonelyasaCloud”byWordsworth(103)
1.Whatisthetheme?
2.Whatisthepredominantimage?
3.Howdoesitreflectthepoet’sideaofromanticpoetry?
4.Whatisthepoeticpattern?
5.Paraphraseeachstanzainonesentence.
Week10
19th-centuryRomanticism
(2)
Textstudy:
“TheWorldIsTooMuchwithUs”byWordsworth(116-7)
1.Whatisthetheme,i.e.themeaning,ofthefirstline?
2.Whatromanticideasdoesitadvocate?
3.Whattypeofsonnetformitis?
4.Whatromanticspiritdoesitrepresent?
5.Paraphrasethepoeminyourownwords.
“OdeonaGrecianUrn”byJohnKeats(109-110)
1.Whatisthethemeofthepoem?
2.Whatistherhymescheme?
3.Whatromanticfeaturedoesthepoemreflect?
4.Summarizeeachstanzainoneortwosentences.
Week11
VictorianLiterature
(1)
Questions:
1.Whatisthehistoricalbackgroundpolitically,economicallyandideologically?
2.Whatisthepredominantformofliteratureduringthisperiod?
3.Whoaretherepresentativewriters?
Andwhatwastheliterarytendency?
4.Whatchangescameabouttowardstheendofthecentury?
Week12-13
VictorianLiterature
(2)(3)
SuggestedTopicsforworkshoponFrankensteinbyMaryShelley
[besuretosupportyourargumentwithevidencefromthetext]
1.Creatorvs.Creature
Whatistherelationbetweenthecreatorandthecreature?
[PrometheusandZeus;AdamandEveandGod;MonsterandVictor;ParentsandVictor]
2.GrowthandCorruptionoftheMonster
Whatkindofacreatureisheatfirst?
Whyandhowdoeshechange?
Whatdoeshebecome?
3.PsychoanalyticalStudyofFrankenstein
Whydoeshecreatethemonster?
Inwhatwayisthemonsterareflectionofhimself/hisinnerdesire?
CanyouapplyFreudiantheoryofid,ego,andsuperegoorhistheoryofdreamstothestudyofthecharacterofVictor?
Whatdualstructureistherewithinhim?
4.TheNovelandtheAuthor
WhydidMarycreatethemonster/thebook?
What’stherevelationoftheexperience(love,hatred,fear,guilt),personality,andinterestoftheauthorasreflectedinthenovel?
5.Frankenstein,theFirstScienceFiction
Whatisscien-fiction?
Whatscien-fictionalfeaturesarethere?
Whatgothicelements?
6.TheModernPrometheus
Howhastheconceptofcreation(material,way,purpose&result)changedfromthatintheBible?
Whatmessageisleftaboutmodernscience?
7.WomeninModernlife
Whatroledowomenplayinmodernlifeasreflectedinthenovel?
8.TheRelayedNarration/OntheNarrativeStructure
Howandbywhomisthestorytold?
Whythreedifferentnarrators?
Howisthenarrationrelatedtothethemedevelopment?
9.TheJourneyofExplorationandDiscovery
WhatisthepurposeofWalton’sjourney?
Whatishisactualdiscovery?
10.TheStyle
Whatisthestyleofthenovel?
Andwhatstrengthandweakness?
Week14
20th-centuryLiterature
(1)
Referencequestions:
1.Whatisthehistoricalbackgroundoftheperiod?
2.Whatismodernism?
3.Whatispostmodernism?
Week15
20th-centuryLiterature
(2)
Textstudy:
ExtractfromMrsDallowaybyV.Woolf(handout)
1.Whatisstream-of-consciousness?
2.Howistheheroine’scharactersplitintotwoorportrayedattwodifferentlevels?
ExtractfromUlyssesbyJamesJoyce(handout)
1.Howisrandomthoughtportrayed?
Week16
20th-centuryLiterature(3)
Textstudy:
“Eveline”byJamesJoyce(192-195)
1.Whatissetting,historicalandsocial?
2.WhymakesEvelinedecidenottogoawaywithherboyfriend?
Howisepiphanyachieved?