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英美文学考试复习英语专业本科考前复习

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Part1EnglishLiterature

AnIntroductiontoOldandMedievalEnglishLiterature

一．重点：

有关这部分的文学史内容

1．古代英国文学和中世纪英国文学的起始阶段

2．英国文学史上的第一部民族史诗----Beowulf

3．中世纪文学的主要文学形式-----Romance

4．GeoffreyChaucer的文学贡献

二．练习：

1.Choosethebestanswerforeachblank.

1）.Theperiodof______Englishliteraturebeginsfromabout450to1066,theyearof______.

A.Old----RenaissanceB.Middle----theNormanConquestofEngland

C.Middle----RenaissanceD.Old----theNormanConquestofEngland

2）.TheMedievalperiodinEnglishliteratureextendsfrom1066uptothe______century.

A.mid-13thB.mid-14thC.mid-15thD.mid-16th

3）.Beowulf,atypicalexampleofOldEnglishpoetry,isregardedtodayasthenational______oftheAnglo-Saxons.

A.sonnetB.essayC.epicD.novel

4）.InTheCanterburyTales,______presentedtousacomprehensiverealisticpictureoftheEnglishsocietyofhistimeandcreatedawholegalleryofvividcharactersfromallwalksoflife.

A.GeoffreyChaucerB.WilliamShakespeareC.FrancisBaconD.WilliamLangland

5）.FortheRenaissance,______wasregardedastheEnglishHomer.HisreputationhasbeensecurelyestablishedasoneofthebestEnglishpoetsforhiswisdom,humorand______.

A.GeoffreyChaucer----witsB.WilliamShakespeare----wits

C.GeoffreyChaucer----humanityD.WilliamShakespeare----humanity

6）.Aftertheconquestof1066,threelanguagesco-existedinEngland.Theyare______,______and______.

A.OldEnglish,Greek,LatinB.OldEnglish,French,Latin

C.OldEnglish,Greek,FrenchD.English,Greek,French

7）.GeoffreyChauceristhegreatestwriteroftheMedievalperiodinEnglishliterature.In“TheLegendofGoodWomen”,heusedforthefirsttimeinEnglishtherhymedcoupletofiambicpentameterwhichistobecalledlaterthe______.

A.coupletB.blankverseC.heroiccoupletD.epic

8）.Thematicallythepoem“Beowulf”presentsavividpictureofhowtheprimitivepeoplewageheroicstruggleagainstthehostileforcesofthe______worldunderawiseandmighty______.

A.spiritual----heroB.natural----leaderC.spiritual----godD.natural----monster

9）.Itcanbesaidthatthoughessentiallystillamedievalwriter,GeoffreyChaucerboremarksofhumanismandanticipatedanew______tocome.

A.manB.theoryC.doctrineD.era

10）.GeoffreyChaucerintroducedfromFrancetherhymedstanzasofvarioustypestoEnglishpoetrytoreplacetheOldEnglish______verse.

A.rhymedB.alliterativeC.socialD.visionary

2.Explainthefollowingliteralterms.

1）.Romance

2）.HeroicCouplet

3）.Epic

3.Answerthefollowingquestions.

1）.HowmanygroupsdotheOldEnglishpoetrydividedinto?

Whatarethey?

WhichgroupdoesBeowulfbelongto?

Why?

2）.WhatisthecontributionofGeoffreyChaucertoEnglishliterature?

Chapter1.TheRenaissancePeriod

一．重点

1．文艺复兴的起源，起始时间，内容及特征

2．人文主义的有关主张及对文学的影响

3．文艺复兴时期的主要文学形式及其特征

练习：

RenaissancePerio

1.Choosethebestanswerforeachblank.

1）.TheRenaissance,inessence,isahistoricalperiodinwhichtheEuropean______thinkersandscholarsmadeattemptstogetridofthoseoldfeudalistideasinmedievalEurope,tointroducenewideasthatexpressedtheinterestsoftherisingbourgeoisie,andtorecoverthepurityoftheearlychurchformthecorruptionoftheRomanCatholicChurch.

A.GreekandRomanB.humanistC.religiousD.loyal

2）.Generally,the______referstotheperiodbetweenthe14thandmid-17thcenturies.ItfirststartedinItaly,withthefloweringofpainting,sculptureandliterature.FromItalythemovementwenttoembracetherestofEurope.

A.MedievalPeriodB.RenaissanceC.OldEnglishPeriodD.RomanticPeriod

3）.______istheessenceoftheRenaissance.ThomasMore,ChristopherMarloweand_______arethebestrepresentativesoftheEnglishhumanists.

A.Humanity----WilliamShakespeareB.Humanism-----FrancisBacon

C.Humanity----GeoffreyChaucerD.Humanism----WilliamShakespeare

4）.TheElizabethan______istherealmainstreamoftheEnglishRenaissance.ThemostfamousdramatistsintheRenaissanceEnglandareChristopherMarlowe,WilliamShakespeare,and______.

A.novel---GeoffreyChaucerB.poetry----FrancisBacon

C.drama----BenJonsonD.drama----GeoffreyChaucer

5）.HumanismsprangfromtheendeavortorestoreamedievalreverencefortheantiqueauthorsandisfrequentlytakenasthebeginningoftheRenaissanceonitsconscious,intellectualside,fortheGreekand______civilizationwasbasedonsuchaconceptionthat______isthemeasureofallthings.

A.Roman----moralB.French----reason

C.Roman----manD.French----God

6）.OneofthemajorresultoftheReformationinEnglandwasthefactthattheBibleinEnglishwasplacedineverychurchandserviceswereheldinEnglishinsteadof______sothatpeoplecouldunderstand.

A.LatinB.FrenchC.GreekD.Anglo-Saxon

7）.Wyatt,intheRenaissanceperiod,introducedthePetrarchan______intoEngland,whileSurreybroughtin______verse.

A.drama----freeB.sonnet----blankC.terzarima----blankD.couplet----free

8）.IntheearlystageoftheEnglishRenaissance,poetryand______werethemostoutstandingformsandtheywerecarriedonespeciallybyWilliamShakespeareandBenJonson.

A.fictionB.dramaticfictionC.poeticdramaD.novel

9）.Byemphasizingthedignityofhumanbeingsandtheimportanceofthepresentlife,______voicedtheirbeliefsthatmandidnotonlyhavetherighttoenjoythebeautyofthislife,buthadtheabilitytoperfecthimselfandtoperformwonders.

A.humanistsB.ProtestantsC.CatholicsD.playwrights

10）.______wasthefirstimportantEnglishessayist.Hewasalsothefounderofmodernsciencein

England.

A.EdmundSpenserB.ChristopherMarloweC.FrancisBaconD.BenJonson

2.Explainthefollowingliteralterms.

1）.theRenaissancePeriod

2）.blankverse

3）.Humanism

3.Answerthefollowingquestions.

1）.MakeacommentontheinfluenceofItalianliteraryworksupontheliteratureintheRenaissanceEngland.

2）.Makeacommentonhumanism

3）.WhatarethetypicalcharacteristicsofliteraryworksproducedinRenaissanceEngland?

文艺复兴时期的主要作家。

重点：

1.主要作家及其代表作一览表

作者代表作其他

EdmundSpenser

TheFaerieQueen

SpenserStanza;Poet’spoet

ChristopherMarlowe

Dr.Faustus;

ThePassionateShepherdtoHisLove

UniversityWits；theMightyLine;Blankverse;

WilliamShakespeare

RomeoandJuliet

AMidsummerNight’sDream;TheMerchantofVenice;Hamlet;Othello;KingLear;Macbeth

38plays,154sonnets,2

longpoems

作者代表作其他

FrancisBacon

OfStudies

ThefirstEnglishessayist

JohnDonne

Death,BeNotProud

Metaphysicalpoet

JohnMilton

ParadiseLost;ParadiseRegained;

SamsonAgonistes

Dramaticpoem

2.EdmundSpenser：

a.Structure,contentandthemeofTheFaerieQueen

b.SpenserianStanza

3.ChristopherMarlowe

a.Histhreeplays:

Tamburlaine,Dr.Faustus,TheJewofMalta.

Heexpressedhuman’sdesireforpowerinTamburlaine.

Heexpressedhuman’sdesireforknowledgeinDr.Faustus.

Heexpressedhuman’sdesireformoneyinTheJewofMalta.

b.ThePassionateShepherdtoHisLove

lyrics,apastoralpoem,

c.HiscontributiontoEnglishliterature

blankverse;mightylines;humanism

4.WilliamShakespeare

a.ThreeperiodsofShakespeare’sliterallife

b.Thecontents,plots,characters,themesandlanguagestyleofhismasterpieces:

TheMerchantofVenice;Hamlet;theTempest;RomeoandJuliet

c.Twolongnarrativepoems:

VenusandAdonis;TheRapeofLucrece

d.154sonnets:

1-126areaddressedtoayoungman

127-152areaddressedtoamysterious“DarkLady”.

154-154aretranslationsoradaptationsofsomeversionofaGreekepigram.

e.Shakespeare’scontributionstoEnglishliterature

5.FrancisBacon

a.hismasterpiece:

Essays.

b.Payattentiontothecontent,structure,andsomeimportantsentencesinOfStudies

Quotations:

（1）.Studiesservefordelight,forornament,andforability.

（2）.Craftymencontemnstudies,simplemenadmirethem,andwisemenusethem.

（3）.Somebooksaretobetasted,otherstobeswallowed,andsomefewtobechewedanddigested.

（4）.Readingmakethafullman,conferenceareadyman,andwritinganexactman.

6.JohnDonne

a.characteristicsofmetaphysicalpoem

b.styleandcontentofDeath,BeNotProud

7.JohnMilton

a.Milton’sthreegroupsliteraryachievements:

theearlypoeticworks,themiddleprosepamphletsandthelastgreatpoems.

b.Threeimportantmasterpieces:

ParadiseLost;ParadiseRegain;SamsonAgonistes

Payattentiontothetheme,content,characterandlanguagestyleofParadiseLost

练习

EdmundSpenser

1.Fillinthefollowingblanks:

1）.AccordingtoEdmundSpenser’sownexplanation,his“TheFaerieQueene”isa“______poem”,butitisalsoan______.

2）.In“TheFaerieQueene”,theheroofheroes,whopossessesallofthe12______,is______,whoistoplayaroleineachofthe12majoradventures,whichhasitsownindividualhero.

3）.______andtheFairyQueencontributetotheunityofthework“TheFaerieQueene”.

4）.InBook1ofTheFaerieQueene,thepurposeof______’squestiftofreeoriginalmankind----theparentsofUna----fromthepoweroftheDevil.

5）.ItisSpenser’sidealism,hisloveofbeauty,andhisexquisitemelodythatmakehimknownas“the______’s______.”

2.Explainthefollowingliteralterm

SpenserianStanza

3.Answerthefollowingquestions:

1）.Whyis“TheFaerieQueene”regardedasanallegoricalpoem?

2）.WhatarethemainqualitiesofSpenser’spoetry?

ChristopherMarlowe

1.Fillinthefollowingblanks.

1）.Asthemostgiftedofthe“University______”,ChristopherMarlowecomposed______plays