英国文学练习试题

1、英国文学1.EnglishRomanticismisgenerallysaidtohavebegunwith_in1798.A.thepublicationofLyricalBalladsB.thedeathofSirScottC.thebirthofWilliamWordsworthDthepassageofthefirstReformBillintheParliament2.TheRomanticPeriodisfirstofallanageof_.A.NovelB.poetryC.dramaD.prose3.Romanticismdoesnotemphasize_.A.thespecia

2、lqualitiesofeachindividualB.thesmindinnerworldofthehumanspiritC.IndividualityD.thefeaturesthatmenhaveincommon4._isnotaRomanticpoet.A.WilliamBlakeB.SirScottC.P.B.ShelleyD.LordByron5._isaRomanticnovelistbutisimpressedwithneo-classicstrains.A.WalterScottB.MaryShelleyC.JaneAustenD.AnnRadcliff6._isnotcha

3、racteristicofWilliamBlakeswriting.A.plainanddirectlanguageB.compressionofmeaningC.supernaturalqualityD.symbolism7.WordsworthpublishedLyricalBalladsin1789with_.A.ByronB.ColeridgeC.ShelleyD.Keats8.Wordsworththinksthat_istheonlysubjectofliteraryinterest.A.thelifeofrisingbourgeoisieB.aristocraticlifeC.t

4、helifeoftheroyalfamilyD.commonlife9.DonJuanisthemasterpieceof_.A.LordByronsB.P.B.ShelleysC.JohnKeatssD.SamuelColeridges10._isnotanovelwrittenbyJaneAusten.A.JaneEyreB.SenseandSensibilityC.PrideandPrejudiceD.EmmaDecidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalseandwriteyouranswersinthebrackets.(T)1.The

5、Romanticperiodisalsoagreatageofprose.(T)2.Romanticsalsotendtobenationalistic,defendingtheirownliteraryheritageagainsttheadvocatesofclassicalrules.(F)3.ColeridgehasbeenrewardedasPoetLaureate.(F)4.Keatsisoneofthe“LakePoets.(F)5.JaneAustenisatypicalRomanticwriter.III.Nametheauthorofeachofthefollowingli

6、terarywork.”1.“TheRimeoftheAncientMariner2.SongsofInnocence-Blake3“OdetoaNightingale-Keats”-Coleridge”4.“ASong:MenofEngland5.ThePrelude-Wordsworth-Shelley”IV.Definetheliterarytermslistedbelow1.Romanticism:Romanticismisamovementthatflourishedinliterature,philosophy,musicandartinwesterncultureduringmo

7、stofthenineteenthcentury,beginningasarevoltagainstclassicism.TherehavebeenmanyvarietiesofRomanticisminmanydifferenttimesandplaces.TheleadingfeaturesofRomanticmovementsareWordsworth,Shelley,etc.2.Ode:Odeisacomplexandoftenlengthylyricpoem,writteninadignifiedformalstyleonsomeloftyorserioussubject.Odesa

8、reoftenwrittenforaspecialoccasion,tohonourapersonoraseasonortocommemorateanevent.V.Foreachofthequotationslistedbelowpleasegivethenameoftheauthorandthetitleoftheliteraryworkfromwhichitistakenandthenbrieflyinterpretit.1.BethroughmylipstounawakenedEarth.Thetrumpetofaprophecy!O,Wind,Ifwintercomes,canSpr

9、ingbefarbehind?2.Foroft,whenonmycouchIlieInvacantorinpensivemood,Theyflashuponthatinwardeye精选文库Whichistheblissofsolitude;Andthenmyheartwithpleasurefills,Anddanceswiththedaffodils.V.1.ItistakenfromShelleysOdetotheWestWind.Inthispoem,Shelleyeulogizesthepowerfulwestwindandexpresseshiseagernesstoenjoyth

10、eboundlessfreedomfromthereality.Intheselastlines,thepoetshowshisoptimisticspiritforthefuture.2.ItistakenfromWordsworths“IWanderedLonelyasaCloud.”Thepoetthinksthatitisablisstorecollectthebeautyatureofinhismindwhileheisinsolitude.Heexpresseshisstrongaffectingfornatureinthepoem.1.TheRenaissanceisactual

11、lyamovementstimulatedbyaseriesofhistoricalevents,whichoneofthefollowingisnotsuchanevent?A.TherediscoveryofancientRomeandGreekculture.B.Englandsdomesticrest.C.Newdiscoveryingeographyandastrology.D.Thereligiousreformationandtheeconomicexpansion.2.Whichofthefollowingisregardedasthemostsuccessfulreligio

12、usallegoryintheEnglishlanguage.A.ThePilgrimsProgressB.GraceAboundingtotheChiefofSinnersC.TheLifeandDeathofMr.BadmanD.TheHolyWar3.Itisalonewho,forthefirsttimeinEnglishliterature,presentedtousacomprehensiverealisticpictureoftheEnglishsocietyofhistimeandcreatedawholegalleryofvividcharactersfromallwalks

13、oflife.A.GeoffreyChaucerB.MartinLutherC.WilliamLanglandD.JohnGower4.AllofthefollowingfourexceptarethemosteminentdramatistsintheRenaissanceEngland.A.FrancisBaconB.ChristopherMarloweC.WilliamShakespeareD.BenJonson5.ItisgenerallyregardedthatKeatssmostimportantandmaturepoemsareintheformof.A.elegyB.odeC.

14、epicD.sonnet6.DanielDefoesnovelsmainlyfocuson.A.thestruggleoftheunfortunateformereexistenceB.thestruggleoftheshipwreckedpersonsforsecurityC.thestruggleofthepiratesforwealthD.thedesireofthecriminalsforproperty7.InBeowulf,foughtagainstthemonsterGrendelandafivebreathingdragon.A.theAnglo-SaxonsB.Beowulf

15、C.theScandinavianD.theWinterDragon8.FrancisBaconisbestknownforhiswhichgreatlyinfluencedthedevelopmentofthisliteraryform.A.essaysB.poemsC.worksDplays9.MostofThomasHardysnovelsaresetinWessex.A.acruderegioninEnglandB.afictionalprimitiveregionC.aremoteruralareaD.Hardyshometown10.Wecanperhapsdescribethew

16、estwindinShelleyspoemOdetotheWestWindwithallthefollowingtermsexcept.A.swiftB.proudC.tamedD.wild11.Blindness,partiality,prejudice,andabsurdityinthenovelPrideandPrejudicearemostlikelythecharacteristicsof.A.ElizabethB.DarcyC.Mr.BennetD.Mrs.Bennet12.ThemodernEnglishnovelcameintobeingin.A.themiddleofthe1

17、7thcenturyB.the17thcenturyC.thelate18thcenturyD.themiddleofthe18thcentury13.Whoisnotthemajorfigureofmodernistmovement?A.EliotB.JoyceC.CharlesDickensD.Pound14.WhoisconsideredtobethebestknownEnglishdramatistsinceShakespeare?A.OscarWildeB.JohnGalsworthyC.W.B.YeatsD.GeorgeBernardShaw15.Ofthefollowingpoe

18、ts,whichisnotregardedasLakePoets?A.SamuelTaylorColeridgeB.RobertSouthyC.WilliamWordsworthD.WilliamShakespeare16.InthefirstpartofGulliversTravels,Gullivertoldhisexperiencein.A.LilliputB.BrobdingnagC.HouyhnhnmD.England17.WhichofthefollowingcannotdescribeByronichero?2精选文库A.proudB.mysteriousC.nobleorigi

19、nDprogressive18.Inthehistoryofliterature,Romanticismisgenerallyregardedas.A.thethoughtthatdesignatesaliteraryandphilosophicaltheorywhichtendstoseetheindividualastheverycenterofalllifeandallexperience.B.thethoughtthatdesignatesmanasasocialanimalC.theorientationthatemphasizesthosefeatureswhichmenhavei

20、ncommonD.themodesofthinking19.Thetermmetaphysicalpoetryiscommonlyusedtonametheworkofthe17thcenturywriterswhowroteundertheinfluenceof.A.JohnMiltonB.JohnDonneC.JohnKeatsD.JohnBunyan20.TheVanityFairisawell-knownpartin.A.ThePilgrimsProgressB.GraceAboundingtotheChiefofSinnersC.TheLifeandDeathofMr.BadmanD

21、.TheHolyWar21.InOliverTwist,Charlescriticizes.A.moneyworshippingtendencyB.dehumanizingofworkhousesystemC.hypocrisyoftheuppersocietyD.distortionofhumanheart22.WhichofthefollowingplaysbyShakespeareishistoryplay?A.OtharoB.TheMerryWivesofWindsorC.HenryIVD.KingLear23.Whoisregardedasaworshipperofnature.A.

22、JohnKeatsB.WilliamBlakeC.WilliamWordsworthD.JaneAusten24.WhichofthefollowingwritingisnottheworkbyCharlesDickens?A.ATaleofTwoCitiesB.HardTimesC.OliverTwistD.SonsandLovers25.The18thcenturyEnglandisknownastheinthehistory.A.RomanticismB.ClassicismC.RenaissanceD.Enlightenment26.Romance,whichusesnarrative

23、verseorprosetotellstoriesof_adventuresorotherheroicdeeds,isapopularliteraryforminthemedievalperiod.A.ChristianB.knightlyC.GreekD.Primitive27.TheRomanticwriterswouldfocusonallthefollowingissuesEXCEPTthe_.A.individualfeelingsB.ideaofsurvivalofthefittestC.strongimaginationD.returntonature28.Generally,t

24、heRenaissancereferstotheperiodbetweenthe14thandmid-17thcenturies,itsessenceis.A.scienceB.philosophyC.artsD.humanism29.Inthefieldofliterature,theEnlightenmentMovementbroughtaboutarevivalofinterestintheoldclassicalworks.Thistendencyisknownas.A.ClassicismB.NeoclassicismC.RomanticismD.pre-Romanticism30.

25、ParadiseLostisactuallyastorytakenfromA.theRenaissanceB.theOldTestamentC.GreekMythologyD.theNewTestamentCompleteeachofthefollowingstatementswithaproperwordoraphraseaccordingtothetextbook.(201points)1.InTheCanterburyTales,Chauceremployedtheheroiccoupletwithtrueeaseandcharmforthefirsttimeinthehistoryof

26、Englishliterature.ChristopherMarloweisthemostgiftedoftheUniversityWits.Thetermmetaphysicalpoetryiscommonlyusedtonametheworkofthe17th-centurywriterswhowroteundertheinfluenceofJohnDonne.Spenserisgenerallyregardedasthegreatestnon-dramaticpoetoftheElizabethanage.HisfameischieflybasedonhismasterpieceTheF

27、aerieQueene.Swiftisamastersatirist,hissatireisusuallymaskedbyanoutwardgravityandanapparentearnestnesswhichrendershissatireallthemorepowerful.Fromthemiddleparttotheendofthe18thcentury,inEnglishliteratureGothicnovelsflourished.Theyweremostlystoriesofmysteryandhorrorwhichtakeplaceinsomehauntedordilapid

28、atedmiddleagecastles.3精选文库Asaleadingromanticist,ByronschiefcontributionishiscreationoftheByronichero,aproud,mysteriousrebelfigureofnobleorigin.Wordsworthisregardedasaworshipperofnature.Romance:Theromancewasalongcomposition,sometimesinverse,sometimesinprose,describingthelifeandadventuresofanoblehero.

29、ThemedievalromancesweretalesofchivalryoramorousadventureoccurringinKingArthurscourt.SirGawainandtheGreenKnightisanexampleofamedievalromance.Ballad:Itisastoryinpoeticform,oftenabouttragicloveandusuallysung.Balladswerepasseddownfromgenerationtogenerationbysingers.ThemedievalballadsareballadsofRobinHoo

30、d.ColeridgesTheRimeoftheAncientMarinerisa19thcenturyEnglishdballa.Foraballad,ineachstanzatheodd-numberedlinesareiambictetrameterswhichtheeven-numberedlinesareiambictrimeters,andtherhymeschemeisa,b,c,b.Heroiccouplet:Theyarepoetrycomposediniambicpentameter.Inthisformofpoetry,linesconsistingoffiveiambi

31、cfeetrimetogetherinpairs.Therimescheme:aabbcc.Renaissance:Renaissancemarksthetransitionfromthemedievaltothemodernworld.ItfirststartedinItalyinthe14thcenturyandgraduallyspreadalloverEurope.Theword“Renaissance”meansrebirthorrevival.Inessence,itisahistoricalperiodinwhichtheEuropeanhumanistthinkersandsc

32、holarsmadeattemptstogetridofthoseoldfeudalistideasinmedievalEuropeandintroducenewideasthatexpressedtheinterestsoftherisingbourgeoisie,andtolifttherestrictioninallareasplacedbytheRomanCatholicChurchauthorities.Twofeaturesofrenaissance:Itisathirstingcuriosityfortheclassicalliterature.Peoplelearnedtoad

33、miretheGreekandLatinworksasmodelsofliteraryform.Itisthekeeninterestintheactivitiesofhumanity.Sonnet:Alyricpoemoffourteenlineswhoserhymeschemeisfixed.TherhymeschemeintheItalianformastypifiedinthesonnetsofPetrarchisabbaabbacdecde.ThePetrarchiansonnethastwodivisions:thefirstisofeightlines(theoctave),an

34、dthesecondisofsixlines(thesestet).TherhymeschemeoftheEnglish,orShakespeareansonnetisababcdcdefefgg.ThechangeofrhymeintheEnglishsonnetiscoincidentalwithachangeofthemeinthepoem.Themeterisiambicpentameter.Blankverse:Apoemwritteninunrhymediambicpentameter.SpenserianStanza:Spenserinventedanewverseformfor

35、hispoem.TheverseformhasbeencalledSpenserianStanzasincehisday.Eachstanzahasninelines,eachofthefirsteightlinesisiniambicpentameterform,andtheninthlineisaniambichexameterline.Therhythmschemeisababbcbcc.Enlightenment:TheEnlightenmentwasaprogressiveintellectualmovementthroughoutWesternEuropeinthe18thcent

36、ury.Itwasanexpressionofstruggleofthebourgeoisieagainstfeudalism.Theenlightenersfoughtagainstclassinequality,stagnation,prejudicesandothersurvivalsoffeudalism.Theythoughtthechiefmeansforbetteringthesocietywasenlightenmentoreducationforthepeople.TheEnglishenlightenerswerebourgeoisdemocraticthinkers.Th

37、eysetnorevolutionaryaimbeforethemandwhattheystroveforwastobringittoanendbyclearingawaythefeudalideaswiththebourgeoisideology.Sentimentalism:Sentimentalismappearedinthemiddleofthe18thcentury,asareactionagainstcommercialismandthecoldrationalism.Sentimentalistsemphasize“thehumanheart”andshowsympathytot

38、hepoor.ThistrendmarksthetransitionformneoclassicismtoromanticisminEnglishpoetry.ThomasGrayisoneofthemodels.AnothersentimentalistpoetisOliverGoldsmith(TheDissertedVillage).ThemostoutstandingfigureofEnglishsentimentalismisLaurenceSterne.Pre-romanticism:TheRomanticMovementwasmarkedbyastrongprotestagain

39、stthebondageofClassicism,byarenewedinterestinmedievalliterature.InEngland,thismovementshoweditselfinthetrendofPre-romanticisminpoetry.ItwasrepresentedbyBlakeandRobertBurns.Theystruggledagainsttheneoclassicaltraditionofpoetry.Romanticism:RomanticismwasineffectarevoltoftheEnglishimaginationagainstthen

40、eoclassicalreason,whichprevailedfromthedaysofPopetothoseofJohnson.TheRomanticMovementexpressedamoreorlessnegativeattitudetowardtheexistingsocialandpoliticalconditionsthatcamewithindustrializationandthegrowingimportanceofthebourgeoisie.Romanticssawmenessentiallyasanindividualinthesolitarystateandemph

41、asizedthespecialqualitiesofeachindividualsmind.Inessenceitdesignatesaliteraryandphilosophicaltheorywhichtendstoseetheindividualastheverycenterofalllifeandallexperience.Italsoplacestheindividualatthecenterofart,makingliteraturemostvaluableasanexpressionofhisorheruniquefeelingsandparticularattitudes,a

42、ndvaluingitsaccuracyinportrayingtheindividualsexperiences.Theromanticsextolthefacultyoftheimagination,writeaboutnatureandtheygetinspirationformnature,turntothehumblepeopleandthecommoneverydaylifeforsubjectsandturntoothertimesandplaces,wherethequalitiestheyvaluedwouldbeconvincinglydepicted.4精选文库Neo-c

43、lassicism:Arevivalintheseventeenthandeighteenthcenturiesofclassicalstandardsoforder,balanceandharmonyinliterature.JohnDrydenwasthefirstpersonwhostartedthemovementattheendofthe17thcentury,whileAlexanderPopebroughtittoitsculmination.Elegy:itseeksforlament.Itisapoemondeathoronaseriousloss;characteristi

44、callyasustainedmeditationexpressingsorrowand,frequently,anexplicitorimpliedconsolationRealism:Atermusedinliteratureandarttopresentlifeasitreallyiswithoutsentimentalizingoridealizingit.Realisticwritingoftendepictstheeverydaylifeandspeechofordinarypeople.Thishasled,sometimestoanemphasisonsordiddetails

45、.LakePoets:Wordsworth,ColeridgeandSoutheyhaveoftenbeenmentionedastheLakePoetsbecausetheylivedinthelakedistrictinthenorthwesternpartofEngland.Thethreetraversedthesamepathinpoliticsandinpoetry,beginningasradicalsandclosingasconservatives.MetaphysicalPoetry:ThepoetryofJohnDonneandotherseventeenth-centu

46、rypoetswhowroteinasimilarstyle.Metaphysicalpoetryischaracterizedbyverbalwitandexcess,ingeniousstructure,irregularmeter,colloquiallanguage,elaboratesimagery,andadrawingtogetherofdissimilarideas.Humanism:itreferstothemainliterarytrendandisthekeynoteofEnglishRenaissance.Humaniststookinterestinhumanlife

47、andhumanactivitiesandgaveexpressiontothenewfeelingofadmirationforhumanbeauty,humanachievement.Theythinkthatmanhasapotentialforculturewhichdistinguisheshimfromlowerordersofbeings,andwhichheshouldstriveconstantlytofulfill.IambicPentameter:Apoeticlineconsistingoffiveversefeet,whicheachfootaniamb_thatis

48、,anunstressedsyllablefollowedbyastressedone.IambicpentameteristhemostcommonverselineinEnglishpoetry.Byronichero:isanidealizedbutflawedcharacterexemplifiedinthelifeandwritingsofLordByron.ItfirstappearsinByronssemi-autobiographicalepicnarrativepoemChildeHaroldsPilgrimage(1812-18).TheByronicherotypical

49、lyexhibitsthefollowingcharacteristics:highlevelofintelligenceandperception;cunningandabletoadapt;criminaltendencies;sophisticatedandeducated;self-criticalandintrospective;mysterious,magneticandcharismatic;strugglingwithintegrity;powerofseductionandsexualattraction;socialandsexualdominance;emotionalc

50、onflicts,bipolartendencies,ormoodiness;adistasteforsocialinstitutionsandnorms;beinganexile,anoutcast,oranoutlaw;darkattributesnotnormallyassociatedwithahero;disrespectofrankandprivilege;atroubledpast;cynicism;arrogance;self-destructivebehavior;agoodheartintheend.问答题：PleasestateShakespearesthreeperio

51、dsofhisliterarycareerandmajorworks.AsadramatistShakespearescareerisusuallydividedintothreeperiods.Thefirstperioddatesfrom1590to1600.Inthisperiodhewrotemostofhishistoricalplaysandcomediesandtheseplaysareimbuedwithanoptimisticatmosphereofhumanism.Thesecondperiod,from1601to1608,includeschieflyhisgreatt

52、ragedies.Thefourgreattragedieswerecreatedinthisperiod.Thethirdperioddatesfrom1609-1612,hewrotesometragi-comedies.2.WhatisthebeginningsentenceofPrideandPrejudice?Howdoyouunderstandit?Theopeningsentenceis“Itisatruthuniversallyacknowledged,thatasinglemaninpossessionofagoodfortune,mustbeinwantofawife.Thissentencee