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《美国文学》练习问答题
QuestionsForAmericanLiterature
Week1、BenjaminFranklin(1706-1790)
1、IsFranklinamanofreligiousprinciples?
Whydoeshestopattendingpublicservice?
2、Explain13virtuesFranklinchoosesforhismoralimprovement、
3、WhatisFranklin’sattitudetowardsmoralperfection?
4、Whataresignificanceofthemoralisticself-discipline,accordingtoFranklin?
5、WhatvirtuesdoesFranklinthinkhehasneverachieved?
6、CommentontheCriticismthatsomeauthorsmadeonFranklin,suchasHawthorn,Lawrence、(Historyp、53-54)
Week2:
RalphWaldoEmerson(1803-1882)
1.Whatdoes“whim”meaninthe“Self-reliance”?
andwhydoesEmersoncallconsistency“foolish”?
2.WhatisanacrosticorAlexandrianstanzacharacterlike,accordingtotheSelf-relaince?
3.Explain“totalkofrelianceisapoorexternalwayofspeaking、Speakratherofthatwhichrelies,becauseitworksandis、”andthecontextthatgivesrisetothisstatementintheSelf-reliance、
4.WhatareEmerson’scommentsonJesusChristin“TheDivinitySchoolAddress”?
PleasecompareitwithThomasPaine’sinTheAgeofReason、
WeekThree:
HenryDavidThoreau(1817--1862)
1.Whatistheanalogybetweenthatstripedsnakelyingonthebottomofthepondandthemanintheearlyspring?
Howisastraygooselikethespiritofthefog?
2.WhatisThoreau’sunderstandingofthebeautyofanarchitecture?
Andwhatdoeshethinkofthearchitecturalornaments?
Inwhatcaseswilla“carpenter”bea“coffin-maker”?
3.WhydoesThoreausay“Thosethingsforwhichthemostmoneyisdemandedareneverthethingswhichthestudentmostwants”?
WhatisyourcommentonThoreau’sideaofhighereducation?
4.IsThoreauaquietistorahermitinthewoodsofWalden?
Whyorwhynot?
Weekfour:
NathanielHawthorne(1804-1864):
1.Whatdidtheboy,atnightfall,hearwhenhewasplayingwiththescatteredfragmentsofmarble?
Andhowdidherespond?
2.Whatdoesauthorcomparethekilnwith?
3.WhatquestionstruckEthanBrand’smindonthatportentousnight18yearsago?
Didhefindtheanswertoitafter18-year-wanderingintheworld?
Whatisit?
4.WhatkindofpersonisEthanBrandinhisyouthhood?
Whatcauseshistransformation?
Whatistheendofhislife?
5.Howdoestheolddog’spursuitofhistailparallelEthanBrand’ssearchfortheUnpardonableSin?
6.WhatisyourunderstandingofthelittleboyJoe?
Whatvirtuesdoeshestandfor?
WeekFive:
HermanMelville(1819-1891)
1.HowdidAhabrespondwhenMoby-DickappearbeforehiminthelastdayofthechasingMoby-Dick?
Andhowdidherespondinthelasttwodaysbefore?
DoyouthinkAhab’sattitudestowardsMoby-Dickundergoanychanges?
Why?
2.WhataretheFedallah’sprophecyaboutAhab’sdeath?
Doesitcometrue?
Andhow?
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3.WhoistheonlysurvivorofthePequod?
Andhow?
4.WhatarethesymbolicmeaningsofMoby-DickandCaptainAhab?
Andalsothesymbolicmeaningofthedeathofthebirdofheavenattheendofthenovel?
5.Howdoyouunderstandtheendingsentence:
“andthegreatshroudofthesearolledonasitrolledfivethousandyearsago、”?
Week6WaltWhitman(1819-1892)
1.WhatdoesWhitman’s“self”referto?
WhyisWhitman’s“myself”differentfromthenarrowegotism?
2.WhydoesWhitmancallhislife’sworkLeavesofGrass?
Whatdoes“aleafofgrass’’meantoyou?
ToWhitman?
3.WhatistheendingofSongofMyself?
AndhowwillyourespondtoWhitman’sinvitation?
Week7EmilyDickinson(1830-1886)
1.Dickinsoniswell-knownforherpoeticmeditationsondyinganddeath、Whatissomovingandtouchinginherdeathmeditations?
Doyouthinkthespeakfearsofdeath?
Discussyourunderstandingwiththehelpofherpoems、
2.Whatimagesdoesthepoetessintroduceinthe“Hope”,andhowdotheyworkasthemetaphorsoftheidea---HOPE?
3.HowdoesthetriumphinghumanspiritpermeatethroughDickinson’spoetryofhumansuffering?
Illustrateyourideaswithherspecificpoems、
Week8EdgarAllanPoe(1809-1849)
1.Howmanytimesistheword“nevermore”repeated?
Andwhatinquiriesthat“I”raisedincitestheraventorespondtowith“Nevermore’?
2.Besides“nevermore”,whatis(are)theotherwordorwordsthatyoufindhighlyrepeated?
Why?
3.HowdoPoe’spoemsandstoriescorrespondtotheliteraryprincipalsheraisedinhis“PoeticPrinciples”and“ThePhilosophyofComposition”?
DiscusswithPoe’spoemsandstoriesasexample、