true of American Transcendentalism?
A. It can be clearly defined as a part of American Romantic literary movement.
B. It can be defined philosophically as “the recognition in man of the capacity of knowing truth intuitively”.
C. Ralph Waldo Emerson was the chief advocate of this spiritual movement.D. It sprang from South America in the late l9th century.
38. The theme of Washington Irving’s Rip Van Winkle is _________.
A. the conflict of human psyche B. the fight against racial discrimination
C. the familial conflict D. the nostalgia for the unrecoverable past
39. The Nobel Prize Committee highly praised ________ for “his powerful style-forming mastery of the art” of creating modern diction.
A. Ezra Pound C. Robert Frost
B. Ernest Hemingway D. Theodore Dreiser
40. Who exerts the single most important influence on literary naturalism?A. Emerson B. Jack London C. Theodore Dreiser D. Darwin
41. ________ is NOT true in describing American naturalists.A. they were deeply influenced by Darwinism
B. they were identified with French novelist and theorist Emile ZolaC. they chose their subjects for the lower ranks or society
D. they used more serious and more sympathetic tone in writing than realists42. Henry James’s fame generally rests upon his novels and stories with ________.
A. international theme
B. national theme
C. European theme D. regional theme
IV. Explain the following literary items.(4x 5’=20’)
43.44.45.46.
Spenserian StanzaLake PoetsHumanismBallad
V. Questions. (3x 10’=30’)
47. “Robinson Crusoe” is usually considered as Daniel Defoe’s masterpiece. Discuss why it became so successful when it was published?
48. What is \
49. Mark Twain and Henry James are two representatives of the realistic writers in American literature. How is Twain’s realism different form James’s realism?
参考答案：
I. Mark the following statements as true (T) or false (F). (本题共10空，每空1分，共10分)
1-5: FFTTT 6-10: FFTTFII. Fill in the blanks. (本题共20小题，每题1分，共20分)(American) Puritanism 1783 The American Scholar realistic; Mark Twain; Henry James; Jack London; Theodore 11.12.13.14.Dreiser.15.16.17.18.19.20.21.22. Imagist; Hemingway. the classical literature; humanity. Romeo and JulietCavalier; Metaphysicalheroic couplet Henry FieldingJohn Keats Lady Chatterley’s lover; The RainbowIII. Multiple choice. （本题共20小题，每题1分，共20分)题22222223333333333444号34567890123456789012答DCBBCACDAABAABDDBDDA案IV. Explain the following literary items. （本题4小题,每小题5分,共20分 ）
43. Spenserian Stanza: it refers to a verse form created by Edmund Spenser for his poems. Each stanza has nine lines. Each of the first eight lines is in iambic pentameter, and the ninth line is an iambic hexameter line. The rhythm scheme is ababbcbcc
44. Lake Poets: it refers to those English romantic poets at the beginning of th e19th century, William Wordsworth, for example, who lived in the heart of the Lake District in the north-western part of England and enjoyed the experience of living close to nature, and these poets were the older generation of Romantic poets who had been deeply influenced by the French Revolution of 1789 and its effects. In their writings, they described the beautiful scenes and the country people of the area.
45. Humanism refers to the literary culture in the Renaissance. Humanists emphasize the capacities of the human mind and the achievements of human culture. Humanism became the central theme of English Renaissance. Thomas More and William Shakespeare are the best representatives of the English humanists.
46. Ballad: a story told in songs, usually in 4-line stanzas, with the second and fourth rhymed.
V. Questions.（本题3小题,每小题10分,共30分 ）47.
A: Robinson Crusoe is supposedly based on the real adventure of an Alexander Selkirk who once stayed alone on the uninhabited island for five year4s. Actually, the story is an imagination.
B: In Robinson Crusoe, Defoe traces the growth of Robinson from a na?ve and artless youth into a shrewd and hardened man, tempered by numerous trials in his eventful life.
C. In the novel, Robinson is a real hero and he is an embodiment of the rising middle-class virtues in the mid-eighteenth century England. Robinson is a true empire-builder, a colonizer and a foreign trader, who has the courage and will to face hardships and who has determination to preserve himself and improve his livelihood by struggling against nature.
D. Robinson Crusoe is an adventure story very much in the spirit of the time. Because of the above reasons, when it was published, people all liked that story, and it became an immediate success.
48. Byronic hero is a proud, mysterious rebel figure of noble origin. With immense superiority in his passions and powers, this Byronic hero would carry on his shoulders the burden of righting all the wrongs in a corrupt society, and would rise single-handedly against any kind of tyrannical rules wither in government, in religion, or in moral principles with unconquerable wills and inexhaustible energies. The conflict is usually one of rebellious individuals against outworn social systems
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