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4.______________wascalledthe“FatherofAmericanPoetry”.
a.EdwardTaylorb.WilliamCullenBryantc.EdgarAllenPoed.PhilipFreneau
5.____________wasthefirstgreatprosestylistofAmericanromanticism.
a.NathanielHawthorneb.EdgarAllenPoe
c.WashingtonIrvingd.JamesFennimoreCooper
6.InthefivenovelsthatcomprisetheLeatherstockingTales,thecentralfigure,________,goesthevariousnamesofLeatherstocking,Deerslayer,Pathfinder,andHawkeye.
a.Chingakgookb.DavidGamutc.NattyBumppod.Uncas
7.Thepublicationof___________writtenby_________introducedthemosteloquentspokesmanofNewEnglandTranscendentalismtoAmericanliterature.
a.Nature,HenryDavidThoreaub.Nature,RalphWaldoEmerson
c.Walden,HenryDavidThoreaud.Walden,RalphWaldoEmerson
8._____________waswrittentoshowthattheconsequencesofasincannotbeescapedandthatmanydifferentlivesareinfluencedbyonewrongdeed.
a.NathanielHawthorneb.HermanMellville
c.JamesFennimoreCooperd.WashingtonIrving
9.__________wasthefirstAmericanwritertohaveabusttobeplacedinthePoets’CorneratWestminsterAbbey.
a.WilliamWordsworthb.EdgarAllenPoe
c.WilliamCullenBryantd.HenryWadsworthLongfellow
10.Inasense,wecansaythatRomanticismdesignatesaliteraryandphilosophicaltheory,whichtendstoseethe___________astheverycenterofalllifeandallexperience.
a.societyb.individualc.familyd.countrylife
11.“Hewastall,butexceedinglylank,withnarrowshoulders,longarmsandlegs,handsthatdangledamileoutofhissleeves,feetthatmighthaveservedforshovels,andhiswholeframemostlooselyhungtogether.”Thedescriptionisabout__________.
a.BromVanBruntb.RipVanWinkle
c.IchabodCraned.KatrinaVanTassel
12.HermanMelvillewasverymuchinfluencedby_________,whohecalled“thelargestbrainwiththelargestheart”inAmericaLiterature.
c.WashingtonIrvingd.JamesFennimoreCooper
13.InTheLastoftheMohicans,thelastoftheMohicansrefersto_____________.
a.DavidGamutb.Chigachgookc.Maguad.Uncas
14.___________consistsofanunstressedsyllablefollowedbyastressedone.
a.Iambb.Trocheec.Dactyld.Spondee
15.Amongthefollowingshortstories,whichoneisNOTwrittenbyNathanielHawthorne?
a.EthanBrandb.TheGreatStoneFace
c.Rapaccini'
sDaughterd.BartlebytheScrivener
II.ExplainthefollowingtermsbrieflyinEnglish.
1.Refrain
2.AmericanPuritanism
3.NewEnglandTranscendentalism
4.Familiaressay
5.Allegory
III.Arrangeinpairs.
Directions:
ColumnAconsistsoftenwriters,pleasefindtheircorrespondingworksinColumnBandwritetheanswerontheAnwerSheet.
ColumnA
ColumnB
1.AnnBradstreet
2.PhilipFreneau
3.JamesFennimoreCooper
4.EdgarAllenPoe
5.NathanielHawthorne
6.HermanMelville
7.BenjaminFranklin
8.ThomasPaine
9.WilliamCullenBryant
10.WashingtonIrving
A.CommonSense
B.RipVanWinkle
C.TheTenthMuseLatelySprungUpinAmerica
D.PoorRichard'
sAlmanac
E.Thanatopsis
F.BillyBudd
G.TalesoftheGrotesque
H.ThePrairie
I.TheScarletLetter
J.ToaCaty-Did
IV.Trytodecidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.Pleasewrite“T”for“true”and“F”for“false”.
1.TheLegendofSleepyHollowisastoryaboutamanwhofallsintoasleepof20yearswhileouthuntingduringwhichtheRevolutionaryWartakesplace.
2.BartlebytheScrivenerisoneofHermanMelville’sshortstories.
3.TheSongofHiawathaisthefirstAmericanepicabouttheAmericanIndians.
4.TheBirthmarkusesthebackgroundofwitchcrafttoexploreuncertaintiesofbeliefthattroubleaman’sheartandmind.
5.EdgarAllenPoehasoftenbeenregardedasthefatherofmodernshortstory.
V.Readthefollowingpassagesandcompletethetasksaccordingtothespecificrequirements
1.Standingonthebareground,-myheadbathedbytheblitheair,andupliftedintoinfinitespace,-allmeanegotismvanishes.Ibecomeatransparenteye-ball.Iamnothing.Iseeall.ThecurrentsoftheUniversalBeingcirculatethroughme;
IampartorparticleofGod.
a.Identifytheauthorandtheworkfromwhichthequotationisselected.
b.Whatdoes“theUniversalBeing”referto?
WhatistherelationbetweentheindividualandtheUniversalBeing?
Explainwithregardtotheauthor’sphilosophicalideas.
2.Anotherpeculiartorturewasfeltinthegazeofaneweye.Whenstrangerslookedcuriouslyatthescarletletter,-andnoneeverfailedtodoso,-theybrandeditafreshintoHester’ssoul;
sothat,oftentimes,shecouldscarcelyrefrain,yetalwaysdidrefrain,fromcoveringthesymbolwithherhand.
b.Whatisthecharacter’sfullname?
Whatdoes“thesymbol”referto?
Doesitchangeitsmeaningforhim/herthroughoutthewholestory?
3.Letusthenbeupanddoing,
Withaheartforanyfate;
Stillachieving,stillpursuing,
Learntolaborandtowait.
b.Analyzethepoemfromatleastthreeofthefollowingaspects:
structure,rhymescheme,tone,themeandfiguresofspeechusedwithregardtothestanzaselected.
VI.Answerthefollowingquestions
1.DiscussthesymbolisminMobyDick.
2.WhatareEdgarAllenPoe’scriteriaforwritingshortstories?
一卷答案
1-5：
cdddc6-10：
cbadb11-15：
cadad
II.ExplainthefollowingtermsbrieflyinEnglish.
1.Refrain:
oneormorewordsrepeatedatintervalsinapoem,usuallyattheendofastanza.Themostregularistheuseofthesamelineatthecloseofeachstanza.
2.AmericanPuritanismstressedpredestination,originalsin,totaldepravity,andlimitedatonementfromGod’sgrace.ItwasinfluencedheavilybyCalvinism.WithsuchdoctrinesintheirmindPuritansleftEuropeforAmericainordertoprovethattheywereGod’schosenpeoplewhowouldenjoyGod’sblessingsonearthandinHeaven.Overtheyearsinthenewhomeland,theybuiltawayoflifethatstressedhardwork,thrift,piety,andsobriety.
3.NewEnglandTranscendentalismwasthefirstAmericanintellectualmovement.Transcendentalclubbecamethemovement’scenterwithitsmagazineTheDial.Itwasasystemofthoughtthatoriginatedfrommanysources,mainlyIdealisticphilosophy.Itstressedthepowerofintuition,spiritandtheindividual.Itenvisionedreligionasanemotionalcommunicationbetweenanindividualsoulandtheuniversal“oversoul”.Itwasrepresentedbytwomajorwritersofthecountry,EmersonandThoreauwhosewritingshadgreatimpactinthecountry.
4.Familiaressayisthemorepersonal,intimatetypeofinformalessay.Itdealslightly,oftenhumorously,withpersonalexperiences,opinions,andprejudices,stressingespeciallytheunusualornovel,andhavingtodowiththevariedaspectsofeverydaylife.
5.Allegoryisastoryorimagewithaseconddistinctmeaningpartiallyhiddenbehinditsliteralorvisiblemeaning.
CJHGI6-10：
FDAEB
IV.Trytodecidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.Pleasewrite“T”for“true”and“F”for“false”
1-5:
FTTFT
1.a.RalphWaldoEmerson,Self-Reliance
b.OneofEmerson’sphilosophyistheimportanceoftheindividual.Inthepassage,heisaffirmativeaboutman’sintuitiveknowledge,withwhichamancantrusthimselftodecidewhatisrightandtoactaccordingly.Thereisanemotionalcommunicationbetweenanindividualandtheall-pervadingpowerfromwhichallthingscomefromandofwhichallareapart.Hemeanstoconvincepeoplethatthepossibilitiesformantodevelopandimprovehimselfareinfinite.
2.a.NathanielHawthorne,TheScarletLetter
b.HesterPrynne;
ThesymbolreferstothescarletletterAwhichreferstohersinofadultery;
attheverybeginningoftheromance,theletter“A”symbolizestheactofadulterytoDimmesdale,buttowardstheendofthestory,itsymbolizesAngeltotheotherpeopleinthecommunity.
3.a.HenryWadsworthLongfellow,APsalmofLife
b.Thepoemiswritteninquatrains,witharhymeschemeofababandeachlineiniambictetrameter.Thetoneisoptimistic.Figuresofspeechusedarealliteration,parallelstructureandrepetition.Itstressestheimportanceofafullandsincereactivityinmakingthemostoflife’sbriefspan,ratherthansuccumbingtomoodsofvainregretordejection.
1.
1 HermanMelvilleisamasterofsymbols,thatis,objectsorpersonswhorepresentsomethingelse.
2 Differentpeopleonboardtheshiparerepresentationsofdifferentideasanddifferentsocialandethnicgroups;
factsbecomesymbolsandincidentsacquireuniversalmeanings.
3 Ishmael,thenarrator
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