英美文學(xué)課堂練習(xí)(2018)珍藏版

1、精選優(yōu)質(zhì)文檔-傾情為你奉上精選優(yōu)質(zhì)文檔-傾情為你奉上專心-專注-專業(yè)專心-專注-專業(yè)精選優(yōu)質(zhì)文檔-傾情為你奉上專心-專注-專業(yè)英美文學(xué)課堂練習(xí)（2018）珍藏版(Beowulf), a typical example of Old English poetry, is regard as the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons.(The Canterbury Tales) is Chaucers masterpiece which first presented to us a comprehensive realistic picture of the E

2、nglish society.Shakespeares four greatest tragedies are (Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Merchant of Venice).Among the three major works by Join Milton, (Paradise Lost) is indeed the only generally acknowledged epic in English literature since Beowulf.The tragedy of Dr. Faustus, the protagonist in Chris

3、topher Marlowes The tragic History of Dr. Faustus, is the very fact that (man is confined to time.Spensers masterpiece (The Faerie Queen) is a great poem of its time.(Humanism) is the essence of the Renaissance.The most famous dramatists in the Renaissance England are Christopher Marlowe, William Sh

4、akespeare and (Ben Johnson).The English Renaissance period was an age of (poetry and drama).(Spenser) is known as “the poets poet).Shakespeares sonnets are addressed to ( both A and C).It is generally believed that the most important play among Shakespeares comedies is (As you Like it)(Soliloquy) is

5、 a natural medium for Hamlet to release his anguish.The period before the American Civil War is commonly referred to as the (Romantic) period.The Romantic writers would focus on all the following issues except the (survival of the fittest) in the American literary history.The desire for an escape fr

6、om society and a return to (nature) became a permanent convention of American literature.The American (Puritanism) as a cultural heritage exerted great influences over American moral values and literature.One of the manifestations of Puritan influence over American literature is the fact that Americ

7、an romantic writers (tend more to moralize) than their English and European counterparts.The Romantic period in English literature began with the publication of (Austens Pride and Prejudice).The 18th-century England s also known as the Age of Enlightenment or the Age of (Reason).(The Battle of the B

8、ooks) by Swift is generally regarded as the best model of satire, not only of the 18th century but also in the whole English literary history.Pope made his name as a great poet with the publication of (The Dunciad ). You may have met the term “Yahoo” on internet, but you may also have met it in Engl

9、ish literature. It is found in (Johnsons “The Vanity of Human Wishes”)Of all the 18th century novelists, (Henry Fielding) was the first to set out to write a “comic epic in prose”, and the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.Samuel Johnson distinguished himself as the author of (A

10、 Dictionary of the English Language).Sheridans important plays are The School for Scandal and ( The Rivals).(Ode on the Spring) made Thomas Gray the leader of the (The graveyard School”.Literature of Neoclassicism is different from that of Romanticism in that (the former celebrates reason, rationali

11、ty, order and instruction while the later sees literature as an expression of an individuals feeling and experiences.English Romanticism, as a historical phase of literature, is generally said to have ended in 1832 with (Sir Walter Scotts death and the passage of the first Reform Bill in the parliam

12、ent).The literary form which is fully-developed and the most flourishing during the Romantic Period is (poetry).The poems such as “The Chimney Sweeper” are found in both Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience by (John Keats).Of the following poets, which is not regarded as “Lake Poets”? (George

13、Gordon Byron)With so many poems such as “ The Sparrows Nest”, “To a Skylark”, “To the Cuckoo” and “To a Butterfly”, William Wordsworth is regarded as a “(royal poet)”.Which of the following writings can be regarded as typically belonging to the school of Romantic literary?(Don Juan)In his lyrics suc

14、h as “Ode to Liberty”, “Ode to Naples”, Percy Bysshe Shelley expressed his love for (freedom) and his hatred toward tyranny.“Ode on a Grecian Urn” shows the contrast between the (transience) of art and the (sordidness) of human passion.“Beauty is truth, truth beauty” is epigrammatic line by (John Ke

15、ats).William Blakes central concern in the Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience is (childhood) , which gives the two books a strong social and historical reference.Because of her sensitivity to universal patterns of human behavior, (Jane Austen) has brought the English novel, as an art of form

16、, to its maturity.Through the character of Elizabeth, Jane Austen emphasizes the importance of (physical attractiveness) for woman.Which of the following poems is a landmark in English poetry?(Lyrical Ballads)(Thomas Hardy)not only continued to expose and criticize all sorts of social iniquities, bu

17、t finally came to question and attack the Victorian conventions and morals.Although writing from different points of view and with different techniques, writers in the Victorian Period shared one thing in common, that is, they were all concerned about (the fate of the common people).English critical

18、 realism found its expression chiefly in the form of (novel).The Victorian Age was largely an age of (novel), eminently represented by Dickens and Thackeray.Among the works by Charles Dickens (Hard Times) presents his criticism of the Utilitarian principle that rules over the English education syste

19、m and destroys young hearts and minds.The most distinguishing feature of Charles Dickens works is his (bitter and sharp criticism).“My last Duchess” is a poem that best exemplifies Robert Brownings (use of the dramatic monologue).In Thomas Hardys works, the conflict between the old and the modern is

20、 very pervasive. His attitude toward those traditional characters is (sympathetic). Which of the Robert Brownings works established his position as one of the greatest English poets? (Pauline)The typical feature of Robert Brownings poetry is the (dramatic Romances and Lyrics).All of the following wo

21、rks are known as Hardys “novels of character and environment” EXCEPT ( Far from the Madding Crowd).Tess of the D Urbervilles, one of Hardys best known novels, portrays man as (having no control over his own fate).Contrary to the traditional romance of aristocrats, the modern English novel gives a realistic presentation of life of (the common English people).The major concern of (D.H. Lawrence) fiction lies in the tracing of the psychological development of his characters and in his energetic criticism of the dehumanizin