美国文学读书报告三篇

1、American LiteratureBook reportsLife is a choice. Choose to be wise.Education does not owe anyone a living, but it does owe a student a vision, motivation and an expectation.-teacher WuYour Name:_Class:_Province:_Male or Female:_Required Readings and questions: A. Short stories:1. A Clean, Well-Light

2、ed Place by Ernest Hemingwaya.Find a word with the meaning “brother,or man, or buddy”in the text and speculate the possible locale for the story and justify it.b.Comment on the waiters monologue about “nada”in 200 words.c.Account for the old mans deafness and drunkenness in 250 words. D.The story us

3、es “dignity” twice, elaborate on it within 300 words.2. Death in the Woods by Sherwood Andersona.State possible reasons for the womans death.b.How would you understand the fact that the woman was dead but her body was intact?c.How would you interpret the mysterious ritual like dance of the dogs?d.Ho

4、w would you understand the sentence “A thing so complete has its own beauty”?3. Diamond As Big As the Ritz by F. S. Fitzgerald a.Restore the life style of the times the short story tries to illustrate according to concrete descriptive paragraphs in 400 words. b.Find and interpret two apparent images

5、/symbols that you think highlight the theme of disillusionment.(300 words)c.How would you interpret the relationship between John and Jasmine? (250 words)d.Can it be true of the existence of the diamond mountain? Why yes or why not? (400 words)4. A & P by John Updikea.Find 20 words or phrases de

6、scribing colors, designs of swimming suits and translate them.b.Justify why the author “let” these girls wear bathing suits to go shopping.(300 words)c.Find 30 words or phrases describing a supermarket and translate them.d.Write a different ending for the story in 400 words.5. Salvation by Langston

7、Hughesa.Comment on the narrator.(300 words)b.Why were the boys unties cry when the boy couldnt see the light of gods?c.The author used repetition to enhance the themes. Find two examples and justify your answers. (300 words)d.用课文中的词表达下面的词语：突飞猛进；从那时起；排除，忽略；耽搁；死亡的阴影；雀跃；以上帝的名义6. A Goodman Is Hard to Fi

8、nd by Flannery OConnora. Justify the trip made by Grandma (300 words).b. Justify the killing of the family by the Misfit (300 words).What kind of crime the Misfit committed that had sent him to prison (guess and justify your answers in 400 words).d.“The dominant opinion is that the grandmother's

9、 final act was one of grace and charity”, Do you agree or not?7. The Indian Camp by Ernest Hemingwaya.Some critics regard this piece as the story of Hemingway that foreshadows the rest of his stories. Justify this comment. (500 words)b.According to critics, Pain was the most important ingredient in

10、mans growth. Justify this comment using examples from the short story. (300 words)c. Justify the Indian mans suicide. (300 words)d. Using examples from the story to explain Hemingways telegraphic style. (250 words)8. The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poea.Find all the words attributing t

11、he tone of the story and comment on them. (500 words.)b.Explain the relations between the author and the brother (300 words).c.Design another ending in 100 words and justify it in 300 words.d.Analyze what had really happened in the story. (300 words)B. Poems:1. “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”

12、by T. S. Eliot Analyze the persona “I”.2. “人生若只如初见”纳兰·性德 翻译成英文（网上翻译我全看了，不好）3. Compare the “The River-Merchants Wife” by Ezra Pound with 李白的长干行 4. The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe-an analysis of the the images5. Song of Myself by Walt Whitman-Analyze the persona “I”.6. The Road Not Taken 网上四个翻译文本比较，

13、自己翻译一遍。（汉语写）7. 任选四首意象派小诗进行评析。8. 任选一首英国文学诗歌和美国文学诗歌进行分析比较。C. Novels and Novellas :1. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twaina. Find 20 examples from the text of Black vernacular English and translate them.b. Suppose you were Hucks father, how would you justify your attitude towards him?(300 w

14、ords)c. Some critics say Huck was every American mans dream, Justify this comment.(300 words)d. Most of the heroes have prototypes in Mark twins life. Find them and justify your answers. (300 words)2. The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellisona. Justify the authors mentioning the chaotic scene of the neighb

15、orhood at the beginning part of the novel. (300 words)b. What do we learn from the authors experience in the oil manufactory? (250 words)c. Justify the authors design of the hero without a name.(250 words)d. Help the hero to write an resume for his future employment. (300 words)3. Beloved by Tonni M

16、orrisona. Find five symbols and justify them. (300 words)b. Justify the killing of the baby. (300 words)c. The woman worked in a bread shop, find 5 possible jobs indicated in the novel that can be taken by black women and justify your answers. (300 words)d. Write a short story of the womans escape f

17、rom the plant in 500 words.4. Of Mice and Men By John Steinbecka. John Steinbeck was influenced by the Bible, illustrate this comment with examples from the text. (300 words)b. If Lennie were not stupid, how would the story develop and justify your answer? (300 words)c. Why was the woman killed by L

18、ennie depicted in that particular way, justify it.(300 words)d. Justify the killing of Lennie by George. (300 words)5. Death in the Afternoon by Ernest Hemingwaya. Find all the terms in Spanish bullfighting and translate them. (200 words at least)b. Illustrate “grace under pressure” with examples fr

19、om the text. (300 words)c. Introduce to your classmates about Bullfighting. (300words)d. Do you believe that bullfighting can be morally good and why? (300 words)6. Solders Pay by William Faulknera. Comment on the heros lifestyle. (300 words)b. Write a 500 words summary of the plot. c. Make a charac

20、ter list for the story and write an introduction to each. (300 words)d. Comment on the language. (300 words)D. Dramas1. Desire Under the Elmsa. Comment on the elm image. (300 words)b. Justify Abbies killing of the baby. (300 words)2. Death of a Salesmana. What happened to Charlie? Justify your answe

21、r. (300 words)b. What kind of life did the wife of Willie led? (300 words)3. Cat on a Hot Tin Roofa. Was Skipper a guy? Justify your answer. (300 words) b. Do you like Catherine? Why yes or why not? (300 words)Requirements:1. If you are in class 1, from Heilongjiang Province, female, Choose A 1ab, B

22、 1, C1ab / D 1a to work on.2. If you are in class 1, from Jilin Province, female, Choose A 2ab, B2, C2ab/ D2ab to work on.3. If you are in class 1, from Liaoning Province, female, Choose A 3ab, B3, C3ab or D 3b to work on.4. If you are in class 1, from other Provinces, male, Choose A4ab, B 4, C4ab/D

23、 1b to work on.5. If you are in class 2, from Heilongjiang Province, female, Choose A 5ab, B 5, C5ab to work on.6. If you are in class 2, from Jilin, female, Choose A6ab, B 6, C 5ab to work on.7. If you are in class 2, from Liaoning Province, male, Choose A7ab, B 7, C6 ab/ D 2b to work on.8. If you

24、are in class 2, from other Provinces, male, Choose A 8ab, B 8, C6ab or D 1a to work on.9. If you are in class 3, from Heilongjiang Province, female, Choose A 1cd, B 1, C1cd/ D 1b to work on.10. If you are in class 3, from Jilin Province, female, Choose A 2cd, B 2, C2cd/ D2ca to work on.11. If you are