美國文學賞析復習

1、 美國文學賞析1.連線題Group 1 作家作品連線Column A Column B( ) 1. T. S. Eliot a. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening( ) 2. Wallace Stevens b. Sister Carrie( ) 3. Theodore Dreiser c.The Oversoul( ) 4. Ralph Waldo Emerson d. Anecdote of the Jar( ) 5. Robert Frost e. The Waste LandGroup 2 作品中人物與作品連線Column A Column B(

2、 ) 1. Benjy a. Sister Carrie( ) 2. George Hurstwood b. The Sound and the Fury( ) 3. Emily c. Mrs Warrens Profession( ) 4. Vivie d. A Rose for Emily( ) 5. Jim e. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn“God help men that help themselves(上帝幫助那些幫助自己的人) ” is found in Franklin work.A. PaineB. Franklin(富蘭克林)C.

3、FreneauD. JeffersonFrom 1732 to 1758, Benjamin Franklin wrote and published his famous (本杰明·富蘭克林撰寫并發(fā)表他著名的)_, an annal(年表、編年史) collection of proverbs.（諺語）A. The AutobiographyB. Poor Richards Almanac(可憐的李察年鑒)C. Common SenseD .The General Magazine_ was the most leading spirit of the Transcendental

4、 Club.(是最主要的精神超越的俱樂部)A. Henry David ThoreauB. Ralph Waldo Emerson(拉爾夫·瓦爾多·愛默生)C. Nathanial HawthorneD. Walt WhitmanTranscendentalists（超驗主義者）recognized _ as the “highest power of the soul”.(先驗論者承認直覺是靈魂的最高權力)A. Intuition(直覺)B. logicC. data of the sensesD. thinkingThe common thread throughout

5、 American literature has an emphasis on the _.(共同的主線貫穿美國文學有一個強調個人主義)A. RevolutionB. ReasonC. Individualism(個人主義)D. RationalismThe publication of _ established Emerson as the most eloquent spokesman of New England Transcendentalism.(出版性質建立了愛默生最雄辯的發(fā)言人的新英格蘭超驗。)A. Nature(性質)B. Self-relianceC.The America

6、n ScholarD. The Over-soul There is a good reason to state that New England Transcendentalism was actually _ on the Puritan soil.(有一個很好的理由,新英格蘭先驗論實際上是浪漫主義的清教徒的土壤。)A. Romanticism(浪漫主義)B. Puritanism （清教主義）C. Mysticism （神秘主義）D. Unitarianism （實用主義）In the history of literature, Romanticism is regarded as

7、_.(歷史上的文學，浪漫主義被認為是)A. the thought that designates（標出、定名為）a literary and philosophical theory which tends to see the individual as the very center of all life and all experience.(認為指定一個文學和哲學理論傾向于把個體為中心的所有生活和經驗。)B. The thought that designates man as a social animalC. The orientation that emphasizes th

8、ose features which men have in commonD. The modes of thinkingMark Twain wrote most of his literary works with a _ language.（馬克吐溫寫了他的大部分文學作品是用鄉(xiāng)土語言）A. GrandB. pompousC. simpleD. Vernacular(方言)Mark Twain, one of the greatest 19th century American writers, is well known for his _.（馬克吐溫,美國19世紀最偉大的作家之一,是眾

9、所周知的地方色彩）A. international themeB. waste-land imageryC. local color（地方色彩）D. symbolismThe Age of Realism is also what Mark Twain referred to as _.（現實主義的時代也是馬克吐溫稱為“鍍金時代）A.the golden ageB. the silver ageC.the gilded age（鍍金時代）D. the roaring ageThe impact of Darwins evolutionary theory on the American tho

10、ught and the influence of the 19th century French literature on the American men of letters gave rise to yet another school of realism: American _.（達爾文的進化理論的影響對美國思想和19世紀法國文學的影響在美國文人催生了另一個學校的現實主義:美國自然主義）A. modernismB. Naturalism（自然主義）C. VernacularismD. local colorismWhich of the following figures doe

11、s not belong to “The Lost Generation”?（不屬于下列哪個人物迷惘的一代嗎）A. Ezra PoundB. William Carlos WilliamsC. Robert FrostD. Theodore Dreiser（西奧多·德萊塞）The following writers were awarded Nobel Prize for literature except _.（下列作家獲得諾貝爾文學獎,除了f·斯科特。菲茨杰拉德）A. William FaulknerB. F. Scott. Fitzgerald （f·斯科特

12、。菲茨杰拉德）C. John SteinbeckD. Ernest HemingwayWho, one of the most important poets in his time, is a leading spokesman of the “Imagist Movement”?（最重要的詩人之一,他的時間,是一個領先的意象派運動的發(fā)言人嗎）A. J. D. SalingerB. Ezra Pound（埃茲拉·龐德）C. Richard WrightD. Ralph EllisonTheodore Dreiser is generally regarded as one of A

13、mericans _.（西奧多·德萊塞被普遍認為是一個美國的博物學家）A. naturalists（博物學家）B. realistsC. modernistsD. romanticistsThe book from which “all modern American literature comes” refers to _.（這本書的所有現代美國文學是指哈克貝利·費恩歷險記的冒險）A. The Great GatsbyB. The Sun Also RisesC. The Adventure of Huckleberry FinnD. Moby Dick （哈克貝里費恩

14、歷險記）The American “Thirties”, lasted from the Crash(股市崩盤), through the ensuing Great Depression, until the outbreak (開始) of the Second World War in 1939. This was a period of _. （美國30多歲,持續(xù)崩潰,隨之而來的大蕭條,直到第二次世界大戰(zhàn)爆發(fā)于1939年。這是一個所有上述的時期）A. povertyB. important social movementsC. a new social consciousness （意

15、識）D. all of the above（所有上述） “The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet, black bough.” This is the shortest poem written by _.（在人群中這些面孔幽靈;花瓣灑在濕的時候,黑色的大樹枝。這是最短的詩寫的龐德）A.T. S. Eliot B. Robert FrostC. Ezra Pound（伊茲拉·龐德）D. E. E. CummingsEarly in the 20th century, _ published works t

16、hat would change the nature of American poetry.（在20世紀早期,龐德和t·s·艾略特發(fā)表作品,將改變美國詩歌的本質。）A. Ezra PoundB. T. S. EliotC. Robert FrostD. Both A and B The imagist writers followed three principles; they respectively are direct treatment, economy of expression and _.（意象派詩人作家遵循三個原則,它們分別是直接治療,經濟的表達和清晰的

17、節(jié)奏）A. clear rhythm（清晰的節(jié)奏） B. blank verseC. free verse D. heroic couplet “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood and sorry I could not travel both” In the above two lines of Robert Frosts The Road Not Taken, the poet, by implication, was referring to _. （黃色的樹林里分出兩條路,對不起我不能旅行都在上面的兩行羅伯特·弗羅斯特年代沒有選擇的那條

18、路,詩人,含義,指的是一個年代的生活）A. a travel experienceB. a marriage decisionC. a middle-age crisisD. ones course of life（一個年代的生活）In Faulkners The Sound and the Fury, he used a technique called _ in which the whole story was told through the thoughts of one character.（在福克納年代喧囂與憤怒,他使用了一種叫做意識流,整個故事被告知通過一個字符的想法）A. s

19、tream of consciousness（意識流）B. imagismC. symbolism D. naturalismYoknapatawpha county is an imagery land invented by _.（Yoknapatawpha縣是一個意象土地由威廉·福克納）A. William Faulkner（威廉·?？思{）B. Thomas HardyC. Balzac D. Theodore Dreiser_ wrote about the society in the South by inventing families which repre

20、sented different social forces: the old decaying (衰敗的) upper class; the rising, ambitious, unscrupulous(厚顏無恥的)class of the “poor Whites”; and the Negroes who labored for both of them. （福克納寫在南方社會的發(fā)明家庭代表不同的社會力量:舊的腐朽的上層階級,上升,雄心勃勃,肆無忌憚的階級的貧窮的白人,黑人的困難）A. Faulkner（?？思{） B. FitzgeraldC. Hemmingway D. Steinb

21、eckPassage 1Whose woods these are I think I know, （我想我知道林子的主人是誰，His house is in the village though. 他的房子是在村里。He will not see me stopping here 他不會看到我停留于此，To watch his woods fill up with snow. 佇望他的樹林白雪無垠。）The woods are lovely, dark and deep. （ 樹林是可愛的,又黑又深。But I have promises to keep, 但我有承諾保持，And miles

22、 to go before I sleep. 和英里要走我的睡眠。And miles to go before I sleep. 和英里要走我的睡眠。）Questions:1. Who is the Author of this poem? Robert Frost （羅伯特·弗羅斯特）2. What does “sleep” refer to? death (死亡)Passage 2A Red, Red RoseO my luves(love) like a red, red rose, (哦我的愛人(愛)像一個紅色,紅玫瑰Thats newly sprung in June; 六

23、月里迎風初開; O my luves like the melodie (悅耳的音樂) 我的愛人像旋律Thats sweetly playd in tune. 這年代甜美d合拍。)The Sick RoseRose, thou art (古英語，相當于you are) sick!The invisible (無形的、看不見的) worm (蟲子)That flies in the night,In the howling storm,Has found out thy bedOf crimson (深紅色的、緋紅色) joyAnd his dark secret love Does the l

24、ife destroy.Questions:1. What does the ROSE stand for in both poems? love2. In the second poem, why is the rose sick? Because of invisible worm (因為看不見的蟲子)3. Compare the image of rose in these two poems. (In "a red, red rose, the rose is a symbol of beautiful love;And in the "the sick rose&

25、quot;, it is a rose with pathological。在一朵紅紅的玫瑰中，玫瑰象征著美麗愛情；而在生病的玫瑰，則是玫瑰以病態(tài)出現。)Passage 3Standing on the bare ground,my head bathed by the blithe(快樂的) air, and uplifted into infinite (無限的) space,all mean egotism (自私自利、自我中心) vanishes (消失). I become a transparent (透明的) eye-ball; I am nothing; I see all;

26、the currents of the Universal Being circulate (循環(huán)) through me; I am part and particle of God.”Questions:1. Who wrote this passage? R. W. Emerson （r·w·愛默生）2. Which book does this quoted passage come from? Nature（自然）3. Can you retell the main idea of this passage in your own word? Oneness/ha

27、rmony between human and nature（合一、人與自然之間的和諧）1. Who is your favorite American writer? What is his/her masterwork? Why do you like him/her? ( The writers and the works are not confined to (局限于) those we have mentioned in class.) (15 points)2. What is the relationship between wars and American literature? (U.S. has gone through the Independence War, the civil war, WWI, WWII, a