《美国文学》练习问答题.docx

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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、