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spoem____________waspublishedin1845asthetitlepoemofacollection.TheRaven

12.FromHenryDavidThoreau’sConcordjailexperience,camehisfamousessay______.CivilDisobedience

Bythe1830sWashingtonIrvingwasjudgedthenation'

sgreatestwriter,aloftypositionhelatersharedwithJamesFenimoreCooperandWilliamCullenBryant.

Intheearlynineteenthcentury,theattitudeofAmericanwriterswasshapedbytheirNewWorldenvironmentandanarrayofideasinheritedfromtheromantictraditionofEurope.

Asamoralphilosophy,transcendentalismwasneitherlogicalnorsystematical.

ThefoundationofAmericannationalliteraturewaslaidbytheearlyAmericanromanticists.

Atmid-19thcentury,aculturalreawakeningbroughta"

floweringofNewEngland"

.

Romanticwritersinthe19thcenturyplacedincreasingvalueonthefreeexpressionofemotionanddisplayedincreasingattentiontothepsychicstatesoftheircharacters.

Withavastgroupofsupportingcharacters,virtuousorvillainous,JamesFenimoreCoopermadetheAmericaconsciousofhispast,andmadetheEuropeanconsciousofAmerica.

NootherAmericanpoeteversurpassedEdgarAllanPoe’sabilityintheuseofEnglishasamediumofpuremusicalandrhythmicbeauty.

TheFalloftheHouseofUsherisoneofEdgarAllanPoe'

sshortstories.

RalphWaldoEmersonwasrecognizedastheleaderoftranscendentalistmovement,butheneverappliedtheterm"

Transcendentalist"

tohimselfortohisbeliefsandideas.

In1836,RalphWaldoEmersonpublishedhisfirstbook,Nature,whichmetwithamildreception.

RalphWaldoEmerson'

sprosestylewassometimesashighlyindividualashispoetry.

TheharshrhythmsandstrikingimagesofRalphWaldoEmerson’spoetryappealtomanymodernreadersasartfultechniques.

HenryWadsworthLongfellow’swritingsbelongtothemilderaspectsoftheRomanticMovement.

Americanromanticismwasinawayderivative:

AmericanromanticwritingwassomeofthemmodeledonEnglishandEuropeanworks.

RalphWaldoEmerson’saestheticsbroughtaboutarevolutioninAmericanliteratureingeneralandinAmericanpoetryinparticular.

HenryDavidThoreauwasanactiveTranscendentalist. 

Hewasbynomeansan"

escapist"

orarecluse,butwasintenselyinvolvedinthelifeofhisday.

TheScarletLetterissetintheseventeenthcentury.ItisanelaborationofafactwhichtheauthortookoutofthelifeofthePuritanpast.

2. 

Transcendentalismtooktheirideasfrom___________.

A. 

theromanticliteratureinEurope

B. 

neo-Platonism

C. 

Germanidealisticphilosophy

D. 

therevelationsoforientalmysticism

ABCD

8. 

Transcendentalistsrecognized__________asthe"

highestpowerofthesoul.”

A.intuition 

10.TranscendentalismappealedtothosewhodisdainedtheharshGodofthePuritanancestors,anditappealedtothosewhoscornedthepaledeityofNewEngland

A.Transcendentalism 

Humanism

Naturalism 

Unitarianism

D

13.ThedesireforanescapefromsocietyandareturntonaturebecameapermanentconventionofAmericanliterature,evidentin_________.

JamesFenimoreCooper'

sLeatherstockingTales

HenryDavidThoreau’sWalden

MarkTwain’sHuckleberryFinn

NathanielHawthorne'

sTheScarletLetter

ABC

14. 

Apreoccupationwiththedemonicandthemysteryofevilmarkedtheworksof_________,andahostoflesserwriters.

A.NathanielHawthorne 

EdgarAllanPoe

HermanMelville 

MarkTwain

16.InthenineteenthcenturyAmerica,Romanticsoftensharedcertaingeneralcharacteristics.Choosesuchcharacteristicsfromthefollowing.

moralenthusiasm

faithinthevalueofindividualismandintuitiveperception

adorationforthenaturalworld

presumptionaboutthecorrosiveeffectofhumansociety

17. 

ChooseWashingtonIrving'

sworksfromthefollowing.

A.TheSketchBook 

B.BracebridgeHall

C.TalesofaTraveller 

D.AHistoryofNewYork

18. 

InJamesFenimoreCooper'

snovels,closeafterNattyBumppoinromanticappeal,comethetwonobleredmen.Choosethemfromthefollowing.

A.theMohicanChiefChingachgook 

B.Uncas

C.TomJones 

D.KublaKhan

AB

In1817,thestatelypoemcalledThanatopsisintroducedthebestpoet___________toappearinAmericauptothattime.

A.EdwardTaylor 

B.PhilipFreneau

C.WilliamCullenBryant 

D.EdgarAllanPoe

CToaWaterfowlThanatopsis 

21. 

Fromthefollowing,choosethepoemswrittenbyEdgarAllanPoe.

A.ToHelen 

B.TheRaven

C.AnnabelLee 

D.TheBells

23. 

EdgarAllanPoe'

sfirstcollectionofshortstoriesis___________.

TalesoftheGrotesqueandArabesque

24. 

Fromthefollowing,choosethecharacteristicsofRalphWaldoEmerson'

spoetry.

A.beinghighlyindividual 

B.harshrhythms

C.lackofformandpolish 

D.strikingimages

25. 

WhichbookisnotwrittenbyRalphWaldoEmerson

A.RepresentativeMen 

B.EnglishTraits

C.Nature 

D.TheRhodora

26. 

WhichessayisnotwrittenbyRalphWaldoEmerson？

A.OfStudies 

B.Self-Reliance

C.TheAmericanScholar 

D.TheDivinitySchoolAddress

A

30.NathanielHawthorne'

sabilitytocreatevividandsymbolicimagesthatembodygreatmoralquestionsalsoappearsstronglyinhisshortstories.Choosehisshortstoriesfromthefollowing.

YoungGoodmanBrown 

B.TheGreatStoneFace

C.The 

AmbitiousGuest 

ABCD

D.EthanBrand

E.ThePearl

32. 

HermanMelvillecalledhisfriendNathanielHawthorne_____________inAmericanliterature.

thelargestbrainwiththelargestheart

34.__________wasaromanticizedaccountofHermanMelville'

sstayamongthePolynesians.ThesuccessofthebooksoonmadeMelvillewellknownasthe"

manwholivedamongcannibals"

.Typee

37. 

IntheearlynineteenthcenturyAmericanmoralvalueswereessentiallyPuritan.Nothinghasleftadeeperimprintonthecharacterofthepeopleasawholethandid__________.

A.Puritanism 

"

TheuniverseiscomposedofNatureandthesoul...Spiritispresenteverywhere"

.ThisisthevoiceofthebookNaturewrittenbyEmerson,whichpushedAmericanRomanticismintoanewphase,thephaseofNewEngland______Transcendentalism

43. 

WhichisgenerallyregardedastheBibleofNewEnglandTranscendentalism？

A.Nature 

45._________isanappallingfictionalversionofNathanielHawthorne'

sbeliefthat"

thewrongdoingofonegenerationlivesintothesuccessiveones"

andthatevilwillcomeoutofevilthoughitmaytakemanygenerationstohappen.

A.TheMarbleFaun 

B.TheHouseofSevenGables

C.TheBlithedaleRomance 

YoungGoodmanBrown

B

Onceuponamidnightdreary,whileipondered,weakandweary,

Overmanyaquaintandcuriousvolumeofforgottenlore,

WhileInodded,nearlynapping,suddenlytherecameatapping,

Asofsomeonegentlyrapping,rappingatmychamberdoor.

Tissomevisitor,"

Imuttered,"

tappingatmychamberdoor—

Onlythis,andnothingmore."

Ah,distinctlyIrememberitwasinthebleakDecember,

Andeachseparatedyingemberwroughtitsghostuponthefloor.

EagerlyIwishedthemorrow;

—vainlyIhadtriedtoborrow

Frommybookssurceaseofsorrow-sorrowforthelost.

TheRaven

Describethemoodofthispoem:

Asenseofmelancholyoverthedeathofabelovedbeautifulyoungwomanpervadesthewholepoem,theportrayalofayoungmangrievingforhislostLeno-re,hisgriefturnedtomadnessunderthesteadyone-wordrepetitionofthetalkingbird.

Work3:

Nuture

1.AstheleadingNewEnglandTranscendentalist,EmersoneffectedamostarticulatesynthesisoftheTranscendentalistviews.Onemajorelementofhisphilosophyifhisfirmbeliefinthetranscendenceofthe"

Oversoul"

.Hisemphasisonthespiritrunsthroughvirtuallyallhiswritings."

Philosophicallyconsidered,"

hestatesinNature,whichisgenerallyreg