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I 名词解释 (请用5-10个句子解释下列名词). epic Romance Sentimentalism Byronic Hero Classicism sonnet The Enlightenment The Aesthetic Movement Byronic HeroRomanticism classicism humanismII 请从生平、主要作品、历史地位三个方面介绍下列作家1. Charles Dickens2. William Shakespear 3. John Milton4. William Wordsworth5. Jane Austen6. George Bernard Shaw 7. Alexander Pope8. John Donne9 Daniel Defoe10 William Butler Yeats 11. James JoyceIII 填空1. The most popular literary form in the Anglo-Norman period was romance, in which the central character was Knight _.2. In 1066, The Norman Conquest marked the beginning of Feudalism in England.3. A ballad _ is written in 4-line stanzas with the second and fourth lines rhymes.4. English Renaissance period was an age of _ poetry _ and drama.5. Samuel Richardsons Pamela_ was regarded the first English psychological (analysis) novel 6. In Paradise Lost, Satan tempts Eve to eat an apple from the forbidden tree.7. Metaphysical Poetry is characterized by fantastic metaphors and extravagant hyperboles.8. Walter Scotts chief contribution to English literature lies in his novels of _ history _9. The main literary stream of the 18th century was _ realism _.10. Joyce is the founder and one of the most prominent writers of stream of consciousness _ school of novel writing.11. The Talter and The Spectator published by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele in the early 18th century, was a moralistic journal.12. Robert Burns is famous for his poetry written in Scottish dialect.13. The watchwords of the French Revolution are Liberty, equality and Fraternity.14. Romanticism extended from 1798 when Lyrical Ballads was published and in 1832 when Scott died.16. Walter Scotts literary career marked the transition from romanticism to realism which followed it.17. The subtitle of Vanity Fair“A Novel without a Hero” emphasizes the fact that the writers intention was not to portray individuals but the the society as a whole.18. Piers the Plowman is written in the form of a dream vision19. The two cities in A Tale of Two Cities written by Charles Dickens are London and Paris20. “Dubliners” is a collection of short stories written by James Joyce in the writing style of stream of consciousness21. The long poem Beowulf in Anglo-Saxon period was termed Englands national epic.22. “Conceit” is a term applied in particular to the metaphysical school.23. The appearance and development of sentimentalism marked the midway in the transition from classicism to its opposite, romanticism.24. The two great dramatists in the 18th century were Oliver Goldsmith and Richard Brinsley Sheridan whose most famous play was The School for Scandal.25. William Blake is often regarded as a symbolist and mystic.26. The impetus of the Romantic Movement includes the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution.27. William Wordsworths poetry is distinguished by the simplicity as well as the purity of his language.28. Jane Austen was the first woman writer to touch the theme of the predicament of women29. Both Hardy s poems and novels are transition from realism to modernism30. Perhaps the greatest odes of the 19th century were Keatss Five Great Odes of 1819 which included Ode to a Nightingale Ode on Melancholy, Ode on a Grecian Urn, Ode to Psyche and To AutumnIV请从诗歌的形式（格律，押韵，句式等）和内容及意义上分析诗歌1. William Wordsworth I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud2. John Donne Tiger3. Percy Bysshe Shelley Ode to the West Wind4. Robert Burns A Red Red RoseV 选择1. _ is the greatest song writer in the world. He is the national poet of Scotland A. Robert Burns C. Jonathan Swift B. William Blake D. Oliver Goldsmith 2. Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries, its essence is_.A. science C. arts B. philosophy D. humanism2. Which of the following works is not written by John Galsworthy?A. The Forsyte Saga C. The End of the Chapter B. A Modern Comedy D. The Time Machine3. Rudyard Kipling is best known for his _. A. The Jungle Books C. The White Mans Burden B. The Old Wives Tale D. Anna of the Five Towns3. _ is regarded as “the father of English Criticism”. A. John Bunyan C. John Milton B. John Dryden D. John Newman4. Thomas Gray turned out to be a poet of transition from the neoclassic to the _ periodA. Romantic C. RealisticB. Humanism D. classicism5. Which of the following historical events does not directly help to stimulate the rising of the Renaissance Movement? A. The rediscovery of ancient Greek and Roman cultureB. The new discoveries in geography and astrologyC. The Glorious revolutionD. The religious reformation and the economic expansion6. As a matter of fact, Victorian literature was many-sided and complex and _ became the most widely read and the most vital and challenging expression of progressive thought. A. poetry C. romance B. novel D. ballad7. _ is the successful religious allegory in the English language.A. The Pilgrims Progress C. Paradise LostB. The Canterbury Tales D. Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded8. John Miltons masterpieceParadise Lost was written in the poetic style of _. A. rhymed stanzas C. alliterationB. blank verse D. sonnets9. The Waste Land was a landmark in English poetry, ending the Romantic period and signifying the emergence of _. A. Modernism B. Classicism C. Realism D. Sentimentalism10. _ has been regarded as one of the founding figures of the genre-science fictionA. John Keats C. William WordsworthB. William Blake D. H. G. Wells 10. Heavily influenced by _. D. H. Lawrence placed emphasis on the depiction of the inner world and the irrational and called for the emancipation of the idA. John Keats C. FreudianismB. William Blake D. P. B. Shelley 11. John Donna is considered a master of the metaphysical _. A. image C. romance B. conceit D. enlightenment 12. The years between 1832 and the early 1850s saw an important series of events known as the _. A. the Chartist Movement C. the Protestantism B. the Enlightenment D. the Colonism 13. Gothic novels are mostly stories of_, which take place in some haunted or dilapidated Middle Age castles.A. love and marriage C. mystery and horrorB. sea adventures D. saints and martyrs15. Among the following plays _ is not written by Christopher Marlowe? A. Dr. Faustus C. TamburlaineB. The Jew of Malta D. The School for Scandal16. _ is the successful religious allegory in the English language.A. The Pilgrims Progress C. Paradise LostB. The Canterbury Tales D. Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded17. Dickens is a comprehensive novelist. His _ is the most distinguishing feature of his creationA. character-portrayal C. nature-descriptionB. plot-planning D. society-description18. _s major complaint was about their over-emphasis on the description of externalities in their representation of life rather than on the internal world of manA. John Keats C. Virginia Woolf B. William Blake D. P. B. Shelley 19. In about 700 B.C, the earliest settlers,_, a tribe of Celts, came to the island. A. Scots C. Britons B. Jutes D. Anglo-Saxons20. Henry Fielding has been regarded by some as “_”, for his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel.A. Best writer of the English novelB. The father of English novelC. The most gifted writer of the English novel D. conventional writer of English novel 22. The most famous cycle of English ballads centers on the stories about a legendary outlaw called _ A. Rob Roy C. Oliver Cromwell B. Jonathan Wild D. Robin Hood2