常耀信英国文学史复习重点 简答题
荒原TSEliot the waste land 1a long poem 433lines mainly free verse with occasional snatches of rhyme and with many quoted lines in gernan French Italian and references and allusions to English writers as spenser Shakespeare and Milton.2published 1992 a land mark in English poetry ending romantic period signifying modernism 3divided into 5 parts the burial of the dead a game of chess the first sermon death by the water what the thunder said 4gave a picture of the spiritual ruins in Europe shortly after wwI expressed disillusionment of a generation of intellectuals.symbols taken from ancient myths are used to describe the decay of western culture.现代主义1flourished between 1910 and early years after WWII 2includes various trends or schools such as imagism expressionism Dadaism stream of consciousness and existentialism.3means a departure from the conventional criteria or established values of the Victorian age.4aliteration and loneliness are the basic themes 5characteristic modernist wrings :complexity and obscurity the use of symbols allusion irony.唯美主义1prevail in Europe at the middle of 19th century 2theory art for art’s sake.3two important representatives walter peter and oscar wilde.4”the renaissance” is peter’s masterpiece its conclusion became a kind of manifesto of aesthetic movement in English literature.5gist of peter’s theory:the sole duty of an aesthete:develop his aeathetic sensibilities and enjoy all possible varieties of artistic and sensuous experience. 6this in essence is a teaching of hedonism based on pessimism.华伦夫人的职业1Shaw attacked the vices of capitalist society.shows that under the guise of bougeois respectabitlity horrible crimes and corruption are convinced. accuses the bourgeois of making profit by fostering prostitution.3the play shocked the bourgeois audience by showing how prostitution houses are used as a way for exploitation investment and money-making in capitalist society.4goes on to reveal all the respectable capitalists carry on the exploitation in as dirty ways as the running of brothels.5from attacking one of the vices in the capitalist society shaw has come to the condemnation of the whole bourgeois world the entire capitalist society.6also gives the hint that at the back of the seeming respectability and moral dignity of
the ruling class there are many heartless crimes of theirs which are responsible for the untold miseries of millions of poor people.戏剧独白1Browning’s principle achievement lies in his introducing to English poetry the dramatic monologue.2“My stress“he wrote”lay on incidents in the development of a human soul” in other words a dramatic story in his book is not told through action but by the monologues of the characters concerned each of whom by turns make a clear breast of himself revealing his own thoughts and emotions in certain situation3thus the reader by hearing the monologues spoken by all the characters through the end will get a clear idea of the whole story as well as the personality and innermost soul of each character.英雄英雄崇拜1heroes and hero-worship was written by Carlyle to prove with the help of portraits of heroes his favorite view of history:the history of the world is the biography of great men.2according to his history is merely the record of the thoughts and actions of heroes and the quality of heroism can show itself in any sphere of human activity 3carlyle suns up history in six divisions 4to Carlyle democracy was an evil thing a turning of the face towards darkness and anarchy he believed in a benevolent despotism of great men and taught people to sit at the feet of heroes if they are to find salvation.狄更斯特征1as a novelist dickens is remembered first of all for his character-portrayal he has a tendency to depict the grotesque characters or events.2his humor and satire.3meanwhile he is powerful in painting pictures of pathos if need be.4so far as construction in dickens’ novels is concerned the main plot is often interwoven the more than one subplot so that some interesting minor characters as well as a broader view of life may be introduced.5dickens loves to instill life into inanimate things and compare animate beings to inanimate things.自然主义1naturalism is a literary trend prevailing in Europe especially france and germany in the second half of 19th century2according to its theory literary must be true to life and exactly reproduce real life including all its details without any selection3naturalist writers usually write about the lives of the poor and the oppressed on the slum life but by giving all the details of the life without discrimination they can only represent
the external appearance instead of the inner essence of the real life5naturalism in reality was a development of realism Scott小说特征1he has an outstanding gift of vivifying the past his novels which combines fact with romantic imagination give a picturesque representation of various historical personage and events2historical events are closely interwoven with the fates of individuals3when he describes historical events he is concerned not only with the lives and deeds of kings statesman but is always mindful of the fates of ordinary people4scott is a romanticist5scott is a tory, a conservative in politics.浪漫主义1appeared at the turn of 18th and 19th century rose and grew under the impetus of the industrial and French revolution2prevail in England during 1798 and 1832.3romanticists expressed the ideology and sentiments of the classes and social strata who were discontent and oppose to the development of capitalism4owing to social and political difference spilt into two school escapists: wordsworth Southey Coleridge; active: byron Shelley keats prose was represented by lamb and de quincey the only great novelist walter scott5the romantic period was one of poetical revival.6characteristc feature spontaneity singularity worship of nature simplicity dominating note of melancholy and the poets outpoured the feelings and emotions麦克白敲门声1shakespeare wants the audience to sympathize temporarily with mecbeth rather than with Duncan2the knocking heightens the dramatic effect and reflects back upon the murder a peculiar awfulness3he is absolutely opposed to the use of understanding in literary criticism in short de quincey insist on the dependence of literary criticism on psychology. 批判现实主义1flourished in forties and early fifties of 19th century2critical realists described with much vividness and great artistic skill the English society and criticized the capitalist system from a democratic viewpoint3greatest charles dickens4critical realists not only gave a satirical portral of the bourgeoisie and all the ruling class but also showed profound sympathy for the common people5but they did not find a way to eradicate social evils they did not realize the necessity of changing the bourgeois society they were unable to find a good solution to the social
contradictions the chief tendency in their work is not of revolution but rather of reformism6so far as literary form or genre is concerned the major contribution made by the 19th century critical realists lies in their perfection of the novel the 19th century realistic novels become the epic of the bourgeois society西风颂west wind: power of regeneration power of revolution destroyers and preserver. theme:1optimistic belief that the old world must go and the new world must come with spring laden with fresh sweet promises for humanity2he appeals to the west wind to regenerate him spiritually and poetically3he praises revolution and people’s power to overthrow the tyranny and injustice and also express his strong faith in the ultimate victory of people’s revolution拜伦英雄melancholy lonely misanthropic individualistic suffering soul proud unbending will firm faith in freedom justice revolutionary zeal华兹华斯Principle of poetry1all good poetry is the spontaneous outflow of powerful feelings2poetry takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquillity3the function of poetry lies in its power to give an unexpected splendor to familiar and commonplace things to incidents and situation from common life4wordsworth endeavored to bring his language near to the real language of man5the preface to the lyrical ballads served as the manifesto of the English romantic movement in poetry董贝父子theme：pride of wealth董贝pursue pride arrogant heartless Edith proud 名利场Rebecca1adventuress 2typical example of money grubbing instinct3shrewed sophisticated unscrupulous Amelia tame sentimental useless theme 1money grubbing instinct2avarice immorality hypocrisy unscrupulousness简爱criticize the bourgeois system of education2the description of the English country squire 3the position of woman in society4dignity above love
《英国文学史及选读》第一册复习要点 1. Beowulf: national epic of the English people; Denmark story; alliteration, metaphors and understatements (此处可能会有填空,选择等小题 2. Romance (名词解释 3. “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”: a famous roman about King Arthur’ s story 4. Ballad(名词解释 5. Character of Robin Hood 6. Geoffrey Chaucer: founder of English poetry; The Canterbury Tales (main contents; 124 stories planned, only 24 finished; written in Middle English; significance; form: heroic couplet 7. Heroic couplet (名词解释 8. Renaissance(名词解释 9.Thomas More—— Utopia 10. Sonnet(名词解释 11. Blank verse(名词解释12. Edmund Spenser “The Faerie Queene” 13. Francis Bacon “essays” esp. “Of Studies” (推荐阅读,学习写正式语体的英文文章的好参照,本文用词正式优雅,多排比句和长句,语言造诣非常高,里面很多话都可以引用做格言警句,非常值得一读 14. William Shakespeare四大悲剧比较重要,此外就是罗密欧与朱立叶了,这些剧的主题,背景,情节,人物形象都要熟悉,当然他最重要的是 Hamlet 这是肯定的。他的sonnet 也很重要,最重要属 sonnet18。 (其戏剧中著名对白和几首有名的十四行诗可能会出选读 15. John Milton 三大史诗非常重要,特别是 Paradise Lost 和 Samson Agonistes。对于 Paradise Lost 需要知道它是 blank verse写成的,故事情节来自 Old Testament,另外要知道此书 theme 和 Satan 的形象。
考试课程：英国文学史及选读考核类型：A 卷 考试方式：闭卷出卷教师: XXX 考试专业：英语考试班级：英语xx班 I.Multiple choice (30 points, 1 point for each) select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. 1._____，a typical example of old English poetry ,is regarded today as the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons. A.The Canterbury Tales B.The Ballad of Robin Hood C.The Song of Beowulf D.Sir Gawain and the Green Kinght 2._____is the most common foot in English poetry. A.The anapest B.The trochee C.The iamb D.The dactyl 3.The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events, which one of the following is NOT such an event? A.The rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture. B.England’s domestic rest C.New discovery in geography and astrology D.The religious reformation and the economic expansion 4._____is the most successful religious allegory in the English language. A.The Pilgrims Progress B.Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners C.The Life and Death of Mr.Badman D.The Holy War 5.Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries, its essence is _____. A.science B.philosophy C.arts D.humanism 6.“So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,/So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”(Shakespeare, Sonnets18)What does“this”refer to ? A.Lover. B.Time. C.Summer. D.Poetry. 7.“O prince, O chief of my throned powers, /That led th’ embattled seraphim to war/Under thy conduct, and in dreadful deeds/Fearless, endangered Heaven’s perpetual king”In the third line of the above passage quoted from Milton’s Paradise Los t, the phrase“thy conduct”refers to _____conduct. A.God’s B.Satan’s C.Adam’s D.Eve’s
英国文学源远流长，经历了长期、复杂的发展演变过程。在这个过程中，文学本体以外的各种现实的、历史的、政治的、文化的力量对文学发生着影响，文学内部遵循自身规律，历经盎格鲁-撒克逊、文艺复兴、新古典主义、浪漫主义、现实主义、现代主义等不同历史阶段。下面对英国文学的发展过程作一概述。 一、中世纪文学（约5世纪-1485） 英国最初的文学同其他国家最初的文学一样，不是书面的，而是口头的。故事与传说口头流传，并在讲述中不断得到加工、扩展，最后才有写本。公元5世纪中叶，盎格鲁、撒克逊、朱特三个日耳曼部落开始从丹麦以及现在的荷兰一带地区迁入不列颠。盎格鲁-撒克逊时代给我们留下的古英语文学作品中，最重要的一部是《贝奥武甫》（Beowulf），它被认为是英国的民族史诗。《贝奥武甫》讲述主人公贝尔武甫斩妖除魔、与火龙搏斗的故事，具有神话传奇色彩。这部作品取材于日耳曼民间传说，随盎格鲁-撒克逊人入侵传入今天的英国，现在我们所看到的诗是8世纪初由英格兰诗人写定的，当时，不列颠正处于从中世纪异教社会向以基督教文化为主导的新型社会过渡的时期。因此，《贝奥武甫》也反映了7、8世纪不列颠的生活风貌，呈现出新旧生活方式的混合，兼有氏族时期的英雄主义和封建时期的理想，体现了非基督教日耳曼文化和基督教文化两种不同的传统。 公元1066年，居住在法国北部的诺曼底人在威廉公爵率领下越过英吉利海峡，征服英格兰。诺曼底人占领英格兰后，封建等级制度得以加强和完备，法国文化占据主导地位，法语成为宫廷和上层贵族社会的语言。这一时期风行一时的文学形式是浪漫传奇，流传最广的是关于亚瑟王和圆桌骑士的故事。《高文爵士和绿衣骑士》（Sir Gawain and the Green Knight，1375-1400）以亚瑟王和他的骑士为题材，歌颂勇敢、忠贞、美德，是中古英语传奇最精美的作品之一。传奇文学专门描写高贵的骑士所经历的冒险生活和浪漫爱情，是英国封建社会发展到成熟阶段一种社会理想的体现。 14世纪以后，英国资本主义工商业发展较快，市民阶级兴起，英语逐渐恢复了它的声誉，社会各阶层普遍使用英语，为优秀英语文学作品的产生提供了条件。杰弗利·乔叟（Geoffrey Chaucer， 1343-1400）的出现标志着以本土文学为主流的英国书面文学历史的开始。《坎特伯雷故事》（The Canterbury Tales）以一群香客从伦敦出发去坎特伯雷朝圣为线索，通过对香客的生动描绘和他们沿途讲述的故事，勾勒出一幅中世纪英国社会千姿百态生活风貌的图画。乔叟首创英雄诗行，即五步抑扬格双韵体，对英诗韵律作出了很大贡献，被誉为"英国诗歌之父".乔叟的文笔精练优美，流畅自然，他的创作实践将英语提升到一个较高的文学水平，推动了英语作为英国统一的民族语言的进程。 二、文艺复兴时期文学（15世纪后期-17世纪初） 相对于欧洲其他国家来说，英国的文艺复兴起始较晚，通常认为是在15世纪末。文艺复兴时期形成的思想体系被称为人文主义，它主张以人为本，反对中世纪以神为中心的世界观，提倡积极进取、享受现世欢乐的生活理想。托马斯·莫尔（Thomas More， 1478-1535）是英国最主要的早期人文主义者，他的《乌托邦》（Utopia）批评了当时的英国和欧洲社会，设计了一个社会平等、财产公有、人们和谐相处的理想国。Utopia现已成为空想主义的代名词，但乌托邦是作者对当时社会状况进行严肃思考的结果。《乌托邦》开创了英国哲理幻想小说传统的先河，这一传统从培根的《新大西岛》（The New Atlantis）、斯威夫特的《格列佛游记》（Gulliver's Travels）、勃特勒的《埃瑞璜》（Erewhon）一直延续到20世纪
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华南农业大学xx文学史期末考试题 (下)注:本文档主要用作题型参考,非100%原题。 考试范围:启蒙运动时期,浪漫主义时期。 一选择题。(共50题,每题1分) 类型1:作品来源。(约10-15道题) 1.” Some village-Hampden, that with dauntless breast. The littletyrant of hisfields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here mayrest. SomeCromwell,guiltless of his country's blood.” is from ( )A.I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud B. The Cloud C. Bright Star D. Elegy 2. “But now your brow is beld, John. Your locks are lik e the snaw;But bless ingson your frosty pow…” is from ( ) A. John Anderson, My Jo B.A Red, Red Rose C. Tintern Abbey D. When We two parted 3.” I am assured by our merchants, that a boy or a girl beforetwelve years old isno saleable commodity, and even when they come tothis age, they will not yieldabove three pounds, or three pounds andhalf a crown at most, on the exchange.” isfrom ( ) A. Gulliver’s Travel B. Robinson Crusoe
英国文学史及作品选读 （模拟试题二） Ⅰ. Multiple Choice（1′×20=20分） 1．______can be justly termed England’s national epic. A. The Canterbury Tales B. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight C. The Song of Beowulf D. The Romance of the Rose 2. Among of the following dramas, which is one of Shakespeare’s four tragedies? A.Macbeth B.As You Like it C. Twelfth Night D. The Merchant of Venice 3. _______ is called as “ father of English novels” A. William Shakespeare B. Christopher Marlowe C. Daniel Defoe D.John Donne 4. It was ____who made blank verse the principal vehicle of expression in drama. A. Thomas Wyatt B. William Shakespeare C. Edmund Spenser D. Christopher Marlowe 5. Absoulute monarchy in England reached its summit during the reign of ____, especially Britain’s sea power was established. A.James I B. Henry VIII C. Queen Elizabeth D. Charles I 6. Hamlet, the most popular of Shakespeare's plays for readers and theater audiences, tells about the story of Hamlet, Prince of _______, and son of the dead king, who seeks revenge for his father’s death. A. England B. Norway C. Scotland D. Denmark 7. Which comment on John Donne is wrong? A. He is the leading figure of metaphysical poetry. B. His poetry is characterized by mysticism and peculiar conceit. C. John Donne’s poetry is characterized regularity among irregularity D. He never shows positive attitude towards love. 8. Robinson Crosue can be termed as____. A. a self-dependent person B. a person with colonial mind C. an adventuous person D. all of the above 9. Robert Burns is the representative of _____. A. Sentimentalism B. Pre-Romanticism C. Romanticism D. English Renaissance 10. William Blake’s ____ paint a world of misery, poverty, disease, war and repression with a melancholy tone. A.Poetical Sketches B. The Book of Thel C. Songs of Experience D. Songs of Innocence 11. The notorious “Peterloo Massacre” happened in _____. A. English Romantic period B. English Renaissance C. period of Restoration D. Neo-classical period 12. Lyrical Ballads are made by ____. A. Wordsworth and Shelley B. Wordsworth and Southey C. Wordsworth and Coleridge D. Shelley and Byron 13. According to____, poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings which originates in emotion and recollected in tranquillity.
名词解释 ENGLISH LITERATURE--DEFINITION OF TERMS 1 were passed down from generation to generation. 3) Robin Hood is a famous ballad singing the goods of Robin Hood. Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is a 19th century English ballad. 2Critical Realism of the 19th century flourished in the forties and in the beginning of fifties.2)The realists first and foremost set themselves the task of criticizing capitalist society from a democratic viewpoint and delineated the crying contradictions of bourgeois reality. But they did not find a way to eradicate social evils.3) Charles Dickens is the most important critical realist. 3With the advent of the 18th century, in England, as in other European countries, there sprang into life a public movement known as the Enlightenment. The Enlightenment on the whole, was an expression of struggle of the then progressive class of bourgeois against feudalism. The social inequality, stagnation, prejudices and other survivals of feudalism. They attempted to place all branches of science at the service of mankind by connecting them with the actual deeds and requirements of the people. 启蒙主义：启蒙主义是在18世纪在英国发生的。总体上，启蒙主义是当时的资产阶级对封建主义，社会的不平等、死寂、偏见和其他的封建残余的一种反对。通过将科学的各个分支与人民的日常生活和需要联系起来，启蒙主义者们努力将他们变成为人民大众服务的工具 4-of-Consciousness” or “interior monologue”, is one of the modern literary techniques. It is the style of writing that attempts to imitate the natural flow of a character’s thoughts, feelings, reflections, memories, and mental images as the character experiences them. It was first used in 1922 by the Irish novelist James Joyce. Those novels broke through the bounds of time and space, and depicted vividly and skillfully the unconscious activity of the mind fast changing and flowing incessantly, particularly the hesitant, misted, distracted and illusory psychology people had when they faced reality. The modern American writer William Faulkner successfully advanced this technique. In his stories, action and plots were less important than the reactions and inner musings of the narrators. Time sequences were often dislocated. The reader feels himself to be a participant in the stories, rather than an observer. A high degree of emotion can be achieved by this technique.
英国文学史 1.The statement “Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability”open well-known essays by_________. Francis Bacon Samuel Johnson Alexander Pope Jonathan Swift [参考答案] Francis Bacon 2.When he died, Chaucer was buried in __________ the Poet's Corner. Westminster Abbey Normandy Canterbury Southwark [参考答案] Westminster Abbey 3.Among the great Middle English poets, Geoffrey Chaucer is known for his production of . Piers Plowman Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Confessio Amantis The Canterbury Tales [参考答案] The Canterbury Tales 4.The first mention of Robin Hood in literature is in Langland's _________. The Legend of Good Woman The Vison of Piers the Plowman Boewulf Fables [参考答案] The Vison of Piers the Plowman 5.Which literary genra does Sir Gawain and the Green Knight belong to? epic romance novel prose [参考答案] romance 6.English literature at the Anglo-Norman Period was also a combination of ____ and Saxon elements. Latin Greek English French [参考答案] French 7.In the 14th century, the two most important writers are_____ and Chaucer Caedmon Cynewulf Langland Shakespeare [参考答案] Langland 8.Who is the monster half-human who had mingled thirty warriors in The Song of Beowulf? Hrothgat Heorot Grendel Beowulf [参考答案] Grendel 9.The most important work of_____is The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles,which is regarded as the best monument of the old English prose. Alfred the Great Caedmon Cynewulf Venerable Bede [参考答案] Alfred the Great 10.The epic, The Song of Beowulf, represents the spirit of_____. monks romanticists sentimentalists pagan [参考答案] pagan ing line of 11.The sentence “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day ?” is the beginn one of Shakespeare’ｓ. comedies tragedies histories sonnets [参考答案] sonnets
I、Multiple Choice. (40%) There are 15 questions in this part. Choose A,B,C, or D on your answer sheet. A 1. Beowulf is a ___ poem, describing an all-round picture of the tribal society. A. pagan B. Christain C. romantic D. lyric B 2.The work that presented, for the first time in English literature, a comprehensive realistic picture of the medieval English society and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life is most likely___. A. William Langland’s Piers the Plowman B. Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales C. John Gower’s Confessio Amantis D. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight C 3. In “ Sonnet 18 ” ，Shakespeare has a profound meditation on the destructive power of __C___ and the eternal __________ brought forth by poetry to the one he loves . A. death/ life B. time / beauty C. death/ love D. hate / love C. 4. Which of the following poetic forms is the principle form of Shakespeare’s drama? A. lyric B. sonnet C. blank verse D. quatrain C 5. Which of the following statements best illustrate the theme of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18? A. The speaker eulogizes the power of nature. B. The speaker satirizes human vanity. C. The speaker praises the power of artistic creation. D. The speaker meditates on man’s salvation. A 6. Which of the following place does Gulliver visit first in Gulliver’s Travels? A. Lilliput B. Brobdingnag C. Laputa D. Houyhnhnms B 7. Which of the following is NOT true about Robinson Crusoe? A.It is written in the autobiographical form. B.It is a record of Defoe’s own experiences. C.Robinson spends 28 years of isolated life on the island. D.It is set in the middle of the 17th century. B.8.Many of Burn s’ songs deal with friendship.____ has long become a universal parting-song of all the English speaking countries. A. A Red, Red Rose B. Auld Lang Syne C. My Heart’s in the Highlands D. John Anderson, My Jo A 9.The Tiger was written by___. A. William Blake B. John Keats C. William Wordsworth D. Percy Shelley B 10.“One short sleep past, we wake eternally” is taken from___ A. The Solitary Reaper B. Death be not proud C. To Autumn D. Song to the Man of England A 11. _____ is not a famous translator in the English Renaissance. A. Thomas North B. Thomas Wyatt
《英国文学史及选读》第二册练习题 I. 浪漫主义时期 I. Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement and put the letter in the brackets. 1. English Romanticism is generally said to have begun with_____in 1798. A. the publication of Lyrical Ballads B. the death of Sir Scott C. the birth of William Wordsworth D. the passage of the first Reform Bill in the Parliament 2. The Romantic Period is first of all an age of_____. A. Novel B. poetry C. drama D. prose 3. Romanticism does not emphasize_____. A. the special qualities of each individual’s mind B. the inner world of the human spirit C. individuality D. the features that men have in common 4._____ is not a Romantic poet. A. William Blake B. Sir Scott C. P. B. Shelley D. Lord Byron 5. _____ is a Romantic novelist but is impressed with neo-classic strains. A. Walter Scott B. Mary Shelley C. Jane Austen D. Ann Radcliff 6. _____ is not characteristic of Will iam Blake’s writing. A. plain and direct language B. compression of meaning C. supernatural quality D. symbolism 7. Wordsworth published Lyrical Ballads in 1789 with _____. A. Byron B. Coleridge C. Shelley D. Keats 8. Wordsworth thinks that _____ is the only subject of literary interest. A. the life of rising bourgeoisie B. aristocratic life C. the life of the royal family D. common life 9. Don Juan is the masterpiece of_____. A. Lord Byron’s B. P. B. Shelley’s C. John Keats’s D. Samuel Coleridge’s 10. _____ is not a novel written by Jane Austen. A. Jane Eyre B. Sense and Sensibility C. Pride and Prejudice D. Emma II. Complete each of the following statements with a proper word or a phrase according to the textbook. 1. In essence, Romanticism designates a literary and philosophical theory which tends to see the_____as the very center of all life and all experience. 2. For the Romantics, _____ is not only the major source of poetic imagery, but also provides the dominant subject matter. 3. Wordsworth is regarded as a “worshipper of _____.” 4. According to the subjects, Wordsworth’s short poems can be classified into two groups: poems about nature and poems about _____. 5. Coleridge’s achieveme nt as poet can be divided into two remarkably diverse groups: _____ and the conversational.
济南大学继续教育学院2016年学位主干课程考试 《英国文学史》模拟题（一） （本试题满分100分，时间90分钟） I. Multiple choices: Choose the ONE answer that is the most suitable to the sentence. (20%) （）1.________is Byron's masterpiece, a great comic epic of the early 19th century. A. “She walk s in Beauty” B. “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage” C. “Don Juan” D. “The Corsair” ( ) 2. "Modern Fiction" is one of Woolf's important critical essays, in which the writer praises______ as "the most notable" of "several young writers." A. Thomas Hardy B. James Joyce C. Joseph Conrad D. T.S.Eliot ( ) 3. _________ achieved fame after the publication of poem----.“Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage”. A. Wordsworth B. Joyce C. George Eliot D. John Galsworthy ( ) 4. John Milton's "On His Blindness" is written in the form of ______sonnet which consists of an octave(an eight-line stanza) and a sestet (a six-line stanza) A. English B. Italian C. Russian D. Chinese ( ) 5. In "Tom Jones"______ is depicted as a hypocritical, wicked man who is outwardly good but inwardly bad. A. Tom B. Blifil C. Mr. Allworthy D. Sophia ( ) 6. John Keats' famous poem______expresses the contrast between the happy world of natural loveliness and human world of agony. A. "Endymion" B. "Ode to a Nightingale" C."Ode on a Grecian Urn" D."Ode to Psyche" ( ) 7. "The School for Scandal "by Richard Brinsley Sheridan has been regarded as the best ______since Shakespeare. A. tragedy B. prose C. comedy D. fable ( ) 8.The story of "Tom Jones" by Henry Fielding is told _______. A. in a series of letters B. in the third-person narration C. by Tom Jones D. in the form of diary ( ) 9. The title _______was borrowed by Thackeray from “The Pilgrim’s Progress” by Bunyan. A. “Sons and Lovers” B. “Jane Eyre” C. “Adam Bede” D. “Vanity Fair” ( ) 10. Shelley’s greatest achievement is his four-act poetic drama,_______________. A.“Prometheus Unbound” B. “The Necessity of Atheism” C.“Ode to the West Wind” D. “Queen Mab” ( ) 11.“The Solitary Reaper”. This poet written by _________of eighteenth century A. Wordsworth B. Byron C. Shelley D. Keats ( ) 12. “Beauty is truth, truth beauty,” ---that is all . This poet is from _________written by Keats. A. “Ode to a Nightingale” B. “Ode to psyche” C. “Ode to Autumn” D. “Ode on a Grecian Urn” ( )13. In "The Pilgrim's Progress" Christian and Faithful come to the ______where both are arrested as alien agitators and tried. A. Vanity Fair B. Doubting Castle C. Celestial City D. hell ( ) 14. Which of the following novels by Dickens shows his pessimism? A. “The Old Curiosity Shop” B. “David Copperfield” C. “Oliver Twist” D. “Great Expectations” ( ) 15.Hardy’s first masterpiece is ______________. A. “Idylls of the King” B. “Far Form the Madding Crowd” C. “Tess of the D''Urbervilles” D. “In Memoriam” ( ) 16.The outstanding realistic novelists of early 20th century were _______，H. G. Wells，and Arnold Bennett. A. Lawrence B. Joyce C. George Eliot D. John Galsworthy ( ) 17._________ "West Wind" thus seems to symbolize an inspiring spiritual power that moves everywhere, and affects everything. A. Shelley’s B. Keats’ C. Wordsworth’s D.Vi rginia Woolf’s ( )18. “Ode to a Nightingale”symbolized for _______ a lasting beauty which lured him temporarily away from his great misery into an exquisite desire to the forest with the bird. A. Byron B. Keats C. Wordsworth D. Shelley ( ) 19. The term “metaphysical poetry” is commonly used to name the work of the ______ century writers who wrote under the influence of ______.