英國(guó)文學(xué)史及選讀復(fù)習(xí)大綱

1、精選優(yōu)質(zhì)文檔-傾情為你奉上英國(guó)文學(xué)史及選讀第一冊(cè)復(fù)習(xí)要點(diǎn)1.Beowulf:nationalepicoftheEnglishpeople;Denmarkstory;alliteration,metaphorsandunderstatements（此處可能會(huì)有填空，選擇等小題）2.Romance（名詞解釋）3.“SirGawainandtheGreenKnight”:afamousromanaboutKingArthursstory4.Ballad（名詞解釋）5.CharacterofRobinHood6.GeoffreyChaucer:founderofEnglishpoetry;TheCan

2、terburyTales(maincontents;124storiesplanned,only24finished;writteninMiddleEnglish;significance;form:heroiccouplet)7.Heroiccouplet(名詞解釋)8.Renaissance（名詞解釋）9.ThomasMoreUtopia10.Sonnet（名詞解釋）11.Blankverse（名詞解釋）12.EdmundSpenser“TheFaerieQueene”13.FrancisBacon“essays”esp.“OfStudies”（推薦閱讀，學(xué)習(xí)寫(xiě)正式語(yǔ)體的英文文章的好參照，

3、本文用詞正式優(yōu)雅，多排比句和長(zhǎng)句，語(yǔ)言造詣非常高，里面很多話都可以引用做格言警句，非常值得一讀）14.WilliamShakespeare四大悲劇比較重要，此外就是羅密歐與朱立葉了，這些劇的主題，背景，情節(jié)，人物形象都要熟悉，當(dāng)然他最重要的是Hamlet這是肯定的。他的sonnet也很重要，最重要屬sonnet18。（其戲劇中著名對(duì)白和幾首有名的十四行詩(shī)可能會(huì)出選讀）15.JohnMilton三大史詩(shī)非常重要，特別是ParadiseLost和SamsonAgonistes。對(duì)于ParadiseLost需要知道它是blankverse寫(xiě)成的，故事情節(jié)來(lái)自O(shè)ldTestament，另外要知道此書(shū)t

4、heme和Satan的形象。16.JohnBunyanThePilgrimsProgress17.FounderoftheMetaphysicalschoolJohnDonne;featuresoftheschool:philosophicalpoems,complexrhythmsandstrangeimages.18.Enlightenment（名詞解釋）19.Neoclassicism（名詞解釋）20.RichardSteele“TheTatler”21.JosephAddison“TheSpectator”這個(gè)比上面那個(gè)要重要，注意這個(gè)報(bào)紙和我們今天的報(bào)紙不一樣，它虛構(gòu)了一系列的人物，

5、以這些人物的口氣來(lái)寫(xiě)報(bào)紙上刊登的散文，這一部分要仔細(xì)讀。22.SteelsandAddisonsstylesandtheircontributions23.AlexanderPope:“EssayonCriticism”,“EssayonMan”,“TheRapeofLock”,“TheDunciad”;hisworkmanship(features)andlimitations24.JonathanSwift:“GulliversTravels”此書(shū)非常重要，要知道具體內(nèi)容，就是Gulliver游歷過(guò)的四個(gè)地方的英文名稱，和每個(gè)部分具體的諷刺對(duì)象;（我們主要講了三個(gè)地方）“AModestPr

6、oposal”比較重要，要注意作者用的irony也就是反諷手法。25.Theriseandgrowthoftherealisticnovelisthemostprominentachievementof18thcenturyEnglishliterature.26.DanielDefoe:“RobinsonCrusoe”,“MollFlanders”,當(dāng)然是RobinsonCrusoe比較重要，劇情要清楚，RobinsonCrusoe的形象和故事中蘊(yùn)涵的早期黑奴的原形，以及殖民主義的萌芽。另外注意Defoe的style和feature，另外Defoe是forerunnerofEnglishre

7、alisticnovel。27.SamuelRichardson“Pamela”(firstepistolarynovel),“ClarissaHarlowe”,“SirCharlesGrandison”28.HenryFielding:“JosephAndrews”,“JonathanWild”,“TomJones”第一個(gè)和第三個(gè)比較重要，需要仔細(xì)看。他是一個(gè)比較重要的作家，另外Fielding也被稱為fatheroftheEnglishnovel.29.LaurenceSterne“TristramShandy”項(xiàng)狄傳30.RichardSheridan“TheSchoolforScand

8、al”31.OliverGoldsmith“TheTraveller”(poem),“TheDesertedVillage”(poem)(bothtwopoemswerewrittenbyheroiccouplet),“TheVicarofWakefield”(novel),“TheGood-NaturedMan”(comedy),“ShestoopstoConquer”(comedy),“TheCitizenoftheWorld”(collectionofessays)32.Sentimentalism（名詞解釋）33.ThomasGray“ElegyWritteninaCountryChu

9、rchyard”（英國(guó)詩(shī)歌里非常著名的一首，曾經(jīng)被譽(yù)為“有史以來(lái)英國(guó)詩(shī)歌里最好的一首”）(arepresentativeofsentimentalismandgraveyardschoolofpoets墓園派詩(shī)人)*GraveyardSchool/Poets”:Atermappliedtoeighteenth-centurypoetswhowrotemeditativepoems,usuallysetinagraveyard,onthethemeofhumanmortality,inmoodswhichrangefromelegiacpensivenesstoprofoundgloom.The

10、vogueresultedinoneofthemostwidelyknownEnglishpoems,ThomasGrays“Elegywritteninacountrychurchyard”.ThewritingofgraveyardpoemsspreadfromEnglandtoContinentalliteratureinthesecondpartofthecenturyandalsoinfluencedsomeAmericanpoets.34.Inthelatterhalfofthe18thcentury,Pre-Romanticism;representative:WilliamBl

11、akeandRobertBurns.35.ThomasPercy“ReliquesofAncientEnglishpoetry”許多中古的民謠都是在這個(gè)時(shí)期重新收集和整理起來(lái)的，這個(gè)集子是那個(gè)時(shí)代比較有名的一個(gè)民謠集。36.WilliamBlake比較重要，需要對(duì)主要作品有所了解，特別是SongsofInnocence和SongsofExperience,這兩本集子的contrast一定要注意，另外Blake的寫(xiě)作特點(diǎn)也要注意，比如語(yǔ)言的簡(jiǎn)單明了，神秘主義氛圍等。37.RobertBurns偉大的蘇格蘭民族詩(shī)人,ARedRedRose,ScotsWhaHae,AuldLangSyne等名詩(shī)，寫(xiě)

12、作特點(diǎn):Scottishdialect;apoetofpeasantandScottishpeople;plainlanguage;influencefromScottishfolksongsandballads;musicalqualityofhispoems.英國(guó)文學(xué)史及選讀第二冊(cè)練習(xí)題I.浪漫主義時(shí)期I.Eachofthestatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.Choosetheonethatwouldbestcompletethestatementandputtheletterinthebrackets.1.EnglishRo

13、manticismisgenerallysaidtohavebegunwith_in1798.A.thepublicationofLyricalBalladsB.thedeathofSirScottC.thebirthofWilliamWordsworthD.thepassageofthefirstReformBillintheParliament2.TheRomanticPeriodisfirstofallanageof_.A.NovelB.poetryC.dramaD.prose3.Romanticismdoesnotemphasize_.A.thespecialqualitiesofea

14、chindividualsmindB.theinnerworldofthehumanspiritC.individualityD.thefeaturesthatmenhaveincommon4._isnotaRomanticpoet.A.WilliamBlakeB.SirScottC.P.B.ShelleyD.LordByron5._isaRomanticnovelistbutisimpressedwithneo-classicstrains.A.WalterScottB.MaryShelleyC.JaneAustenD.AnnRadcliff6._isnotcharacteristicofW

15、illiamBlakeswriting.A.plainanddirectlanguageB.compressionofmeaningC.supernaturalqualityD.symbolism7.WordsworthpublishedLyricalBalladsin1789with_.A.ByronB.ColeridgeC.ShelleyD.Keats8.Wordsworththinksthat_istheonlysubjectofliteraryinterest.A.thelifeofrisingbourgeoisieB.aristocraticlifeC.thelifeoftheroy

16、alfamilyD.commonlife9.DonJuanisthemasterpieceof_.A.LordByronsB.P.B.ShelleysC.JohnKeatssD.SamuelColeridges10._isnotanovelwrittenbyJaneAusten.A.JaneEyreB.SenseandSensibilityC.PrideandPrejudiceD.EmmaII.Completeeachofthefollowingstatementswithaproperwordoraphraseaccordingtothetextbook.1.Inessence,Romant

17、icismdesignatesaliteraryandphilosophicaltheorywhichtendstoseethe_astheverycenterofalllifeandallexperience.2.FortheRomantics,_isnotonlythemajorsourceofpoeticimagery,butalsoprovidesthedominantsubjectmatter.3.Wordsworthisregardedasa“worshipperof_.”4.Accordingtothesubjects,Wordsworthsshortpoemscanbeclas

18、sifiedintotwogroups:poemsaboutnatureandpoemsabout_.5.Coleridgesachievementaspoetcanbedividedintotworemarkablydiversegroups:_andtheconversational.6.AsaleadingRomanticist,Byronschiefcontributionishiscreationofthe“_.”7.“_”isShelleysrepresentativework.8._aregenerallyregardedasKeatssmostimportantandmatur

19、ework.9.“Beautyistruth,truthbeauty”isafamouslineinKeatss“_.”10._isthemostdelightfulofJaneAustenswork.III.Decidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalseandwriteyouranswersinthebrackets.()1.TheRomanticperiodisalsoagreatageofprose.()2.Romanticsalsotendtobenationalistic,defendingtheirownliteraryherit

20、ageagainsttheadvocatesofclassicalrules.()3.ColeridgehasbeenrewardedasPoetLaureate.()4.Keatsisoneofthe“LakePoets.”()5.JaneAustenisatypicalRomanticwriter.IV.Nametheauthorofeachofthefollowingliterarywork.1.“TheRimeoftheAncientMariner”2.SongsofInnocence3.“OdetoaNightingale”4.“ASong:MenofEngland”5.ThePre

21、ludeV.Definetheliterarytermslistedbelow1.Romanticism2.OdeVI.Foreachofthequotationslistedbelowpleasegivethenameoftheauthorandthetitleoftheliteraryworkfromwhichitistakenandthenbrieflyinterpretit.1.BethroughmylipstounawakenedEarth.Thetrumpetofaprophecy!O,Wind,Ifwintercomes,canSpringbefarbehind?2.Foroft

22、,whenonmycouchIlieInvacantorinpensivemood,TheyflashuponthatinwardeyeWhichistheblissofsolitude;Andthenmyheartwithpleasurefills,Anddanceswiththedaffodils.Keys:I.1.A2.B3.D4.B5.C6.C7.B8.D9.A10.AII.1.individual2.humanlife3.nature4.humanlife5.thedemonic6.Byronichero7.OdetotheWestWind8.Theodes9.OdeonaGreci

23、anUrn10.PrideandPrejudiceIII.1.T2.T3.F4.F5.FIV.1.Coleridge2.Blake3.Keats4.Shelley5.WordsworthV.1.Romanticismisamovementthatflourishedinliterature,philosophy,musicandartinwesterncultureduringmostofthenineteenthcentury,beginningasarevoltagainstclassicism.TherehavebeenmanyvarietiesofRomanticisminmanydi

24、fferenttimesandplaces.TheleadingfeaturesofRomanticmovementsareWordsworth,Shelley,etc.2.Odeisacomplexandoftenlengthylyricpoem,writteninadignifiedformalstyleonsomeloftyorserioussubject.Odesareoftenwrittenforaspecialoccasion,tohonourapersonoraseasonortocommemorateanevent.VI.1.ItistakenfromShelleysOdeto

25、theWestWind.Inthispoem,Shelleyeulogizesthepowerfulwestwindandexpresseshiseagernesstoenjoytheboundlessfreedomfromthereality.Intheselastlines,thepoetshowshisoptimisticspiritforthefuture.2.ItistakenfromWordsworths“IWanderedLonelyasaCloud.”Thepoetthinksthatitisablisstorecollectthebeautyofnatureinhismind

26、whileheisinsolitude.Heexpresseshisstrongaffectingfornatureinthepoem.II.維多利亞時(shí)期I.Eachofthestatementbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.Choosetheonethatwouldbestcompletethestatementandputtheletterinthebrackets1.TheVictorianperiodroughlybeganattheenthronementofQueenVictoriain_.A.1835B.1836C.1837D.18

27、382.ThecriticalrealistslikeCharlesDickensintheVictorianperiodwrotenovels_.A.representingthe18thcenturyrealistnovelB.criticizingthesocietyC.defendingthemassE.alltheabove3._isnotaVictorianovelist.A.CharlesDickensB.GeorgeEliotC.WilliamMakepeaceThackerayD.D.H.Lawrence4._isnotaworkbyCharlesDickens.A.Oliv

28、erTwistB.DavidCopperfieldC.MiddlemarchD.ATaleofTwoCities5.WutheringHeightsisamasterpiecewrittenby_.A.CharlotteBronteB.EmilyBronteC.AnneBronteD.BranwellBronte6._isnotThomasHardyswork.A.TheMillontheFlossB.TessoftheDUrbervillesC.JudetheObscureD.TheMayorofCasterbridge7.“MyLastDuchess”is_.A.adramaticmono

29、logueB.ashortlyricC.anovelD.anessay8.Tennysons“Ulysses”getsitsinspirationfromthefollowingworksorwritersexcept_.A.HomersOdesseyB.JoycesUlyssesC.DanteD.GreekMythology9.Inthe19thcenturyEnglishliterature,anewliterarytrend_appeared.Anditflourishedinthe1840sandintheearly1950s.A.romanticismB.naturalismC.re

30、alismD.criticalrealism10.ThetitleofthenovelVanityFairwastakenfrom_.A.ThePilgrimsProgressB.ChildeHaroldsPilgrimageC.GulliversTravelsD.TheCanterburyTalesII.Completeeachofthefollowingstatementswithaproperwordoraphraseaccordingtothetextbook1.TheaestheticistssuchasOscarWildeintheVictorianperiodadvocatedt

31、hetheoryof“_.”2.IntheVictorianperiod,_becamethemostwidelyreadandthemostvitalandchallengingexpressionofprogressivethought.3.CharlesDickensisoneofthegreatest_writersoftheVictorianAge.4.Tennysonspoem“_”isinmemoryofhisbosomfriendArthurHallam.5.RobertBrowningisfamousforhis_.6.GeorgeEliots_isoneofthemostm

32、atureworksinEnglishliterature.7.TennysonsfamousdramaticmonologuebasedonthestoryinGreekMythologyis“_.”8._isDickensfirstchildhero.9.JaneEyrerepresentsthose_-classworkingwomenwhoarestrugglingforrecognitionoftheirbasicrightsandequalityasahumanbeing.10.ThemostimportantpoetoftheVictorianAgewas_.Nexttohimw

33、ereRobertBrowningandhiswife.III.Decidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueoffalseandwriteyouranswersinthebrackets.()1.TheVictorianperiodhasbeengenerallyregardedasoneofthemostgloriousintheEnglishhistory.()2.Tennysonisfamousforhisaestheticviewpointof“artforartssake.”()3.WutheringHeightsisthemasterpiec

34、eofCharlotteBrontes.()4.Brownings“MeetingatNight”and“PartingatMorning”wereoriginallyonepoemindramaticmonologue.()5.NaturalismhasplayedanimportantpartinThomasHardyswork.IV.Nametheauthorofeachofthefollowingliteraryworks.1.ThePosthumousPapersofthePickwickClub2.TheTenantofWildfellHall3.InMemoriam4.TheMi

35、llontheFloss5.TheReturnoftheNativeV.Definetheliterarytermslistedbelow.1.DramaticMonologue2.CriticalRealismVI.Foreachofthequotationslistedbelowpleasegivethenameoftheauthorandthetitleoftheliteraryworkfromwhichitistakenandthenbrieflyinterpretit.1.Thatsameeveningthegentlemaninthewhitewaistcoatmostpositi

36、velyanddecidedlyaffirmed,notonlythatOliverwouldbehung,butthathewouldbedrawnandquarteredintothebargain.Mr.Bumbleshoothisheadwithgloomymystery,andsaidhewishedhemightcometogood;whereuntoMr.Gamfieldreplied,thathewishedhemightcometohim-which,althoughheagreedwiththebeadleinmostmatters,wouldseemtobeawishof

37、atotallyoppositedescription.Thenextmorning,thepublicwereoncemoreinformedthatOliverTwistwasagainToLet,andthatfivepoundswouldbepaidtoanybodywhowouldtakepossessionofhim.2.Thus,neitherhavingthecluetotheotherssecret,theywererespectivelypuzzledatwhateachrevealed,andawaitednewknowledgeofeachotherscharacter

38、andmoodswithoutattemptingtopryintoeachothershistory.Everyday,everyhour,broughttohimonemorelittlestrokeofhernature,andtoheronemoreofhis.Tesswastryingtoleadarepressedlife,butshelittledivinedthestrengthofherownvitality.Keys:I.1.B2.D3.D4.C5.B6.A7.A8.B9.D10.AII.1.artforartssake2.thenovel3.criticalrealist

39、4.Break,Break,Break5.dramaticmonologue6.Middlemarch7.Ulysses8.OliverTwist9.middle10.TennysonIII.1.T2.F3.F4.F5.TIV.1.CharlesDickens2.AnneBronte3.AlfredTennyson4.GeorgeEliot5.ThomasHardyV.1.DramaticMonologueisakindofnarrativepoeminwhichonecharacterspeakstooneormorelistenerswhoserepliesarenotgiveninthe

40、poem.TheoccasionisusuallyacrucialoneInthespeakerspersonalityaswellastheincidentthatisthesubjectsofthepoem.Anexampleofadramaticmonologueis“MyLastDuchess”byRobertBrowning.2.CriticalRealismisaliterarymovementinthe19thcentury.Itstickstotheprincipaloffaithfulrepresentationofthe18thcenturyrealisticnovelan

41、dcarriesitsdutyforwardtothecriticismofthesocietyandthedefenseofthemass.TherepresentativefiguresareDickens,theBrontes,etc.VI.1.ItistakenfromCharlesDickenssOliverTwist.ThispartdescribeshowOliverispunishedforaskingformoretoeatandhowheisthereforesoldatthreepoundtentoanotoriouschimney-sweeper.Itrevealsth

42、atthepitiablestateoftheorphanboyandthecrueltyandhypocrisyoftheworkhouseboard.2.ItistakenfromThomasHardysTessoftheDUrbervilles.ThispartdescribeshowTessforgetsaboutherpastmisfortuneinthebeautiful,pastoraldairyfarmandunconsciouslygivesherselfuptotheattractionofAngelClare.III.現(xiàn)代時(shí)期I.Eachofthestatementbel

43、owisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.Choosetheonethatwouldbestcompletethestatementandputtheletterinthebrackets1.Modernismtakes_asitstheoreticalbase.A.theirrationalphilosophyB.thetheoryofpsycho-analysisC.bothAandBD.neitherAnorB2.Modernismroseoutof_.A.skepticismB.disillusionofcapitalismC.irrationalphi

44、losophyD.altheabove3.Modernismis,inmanyaspects,areactionagainst_.A.romanticismB.realismC.post-modernismD.alltheabove4._isnotamovementinthemodernperiod.A.“theAngryYoungMen”B.“theBeatGeneration”C.“theLostGeneration”D.“theTheateroftheAbsurd”5._isnotarepresentativefigureinapplyingthetechniqueof“thestrea

45、mofconsciousness”inhis/herwriting.A.D.H.LawrenceB.JamesJoyceC.VirginiaWoolfD.DorothyRichardson6.WaitingforGodotisregardedasthemostfamousandinfluentialplayoftheTheaterofAbsurd.Itiswrittenby_.A.GeorgeBernardShawB.SamuelBeckettC.JohnGalsworthyD.EugeneONeill7.TheWasteLandis_smostimportantsinglepoem.A.Ez

46、raPoundB.WilliamButlerYeatsC.AlfredTennysonD.T.S.Eliot8._isnotD.H.Lawrenceswork.A.FinnegansWakeB.SonsandLoversC.LadyChatterleysLoverD.TheRainBow9._isnotJamesJoycesnovel.A.UlyssesB.APortraitoftheArtistasaYoungManC.DublinersD.FinnegansWake10.“TheLoveSongofJ.AlfredPrufrock”iswrittenby_.A.W.H.AudenB.D.H.LawrenceC.W.B.YeatsD.T.S.EliotII.Completeeachofthefollowingstatementswithaproperwordoraphraseaccordingtothetextbook1.TheFrench_,appearinginthelate19thcentury,heraldedmodernism.2.Modernismrejects_,whichisthetheoreticalbaseofrealism.3.Instimulatingthetechnicalinnovationsofnovelcreation,thetheoryof