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PartV.TwentiethCenturyLiterature（I）BeforeWWII

I.Fillintheblanks.

1.__________standsasagreatdividinglinebetweenthenineteenthcenturyand thecontemporaryAmericanliterature.

2.Americanwritersofthefirstpostwareraself-consciouslyacknowledgedthattheywerea"__________",devoidoffaithandalienatedfromacivilization.

3.ThemostsignificantAmericanpoemofthetwentiethcenturywas_____________.

4.ThepublicationofTheWasteLand,writtenby____________,helpedtoestablish amoderntraditionofliteraturerichwithlearningandallusivethought.

5.In1920,SinclairLewispublishedhismemorabledenunciationofAmericansmall-townprovincialismin___________.

6.F.ScottFitzgeraldsummarizedtheexperiencesandattitudesofthe1920sdecadeinhismasterpiecenovel___________.

7.The__________ofthe1930sgreatlyweakenedtheAmericannation'sself-confidence.

8.AnAmericanwomanwriternamed____________whohadlivedinParissince 1903,welcomedtheyoungexpatriatestoherliterarysalon,andgavethemaname"theLostGeneration".

9._____wroteaboutthedisintegrationoftheoldsocialsystemintheAmericanSouthernStates,anditseffectonthelivesofmodernpeople,bothblackandwhite.

10.EzraPoundwastheleaderofanewmovementinpoetrywhichhecalledthe"__________"movement.

11.EzraPound'smajorworkofpoetryisthelongpoemcalled______________.

12.OneofEdwinArlingtonRobinson'searlybooks,_____________,oncecameto theattentionofPresidentTheodoreRoosevelt.

13.EdwinArlingtonRobinsonproducedalargebodyofworksandwashonoredwiththe___________Prizein1922,1925and1928.

14.RobertFrost'sfirstbook___________broughthimtotheattentionofinfluential critics,suchasEzraPound,whopraisedhimasanauthenticpoet.

15.RobertFrost'ssecondvolumeofpoemswas______________.

16."AfterApple-Picking"isawell-knownpoemwrittenby_______.

17._________,oneofRobertFrost'slongestpoems,isaverywittyandwise anecdotaldiscussionaboutthevaluesoflifeandcharacter.

18.Atonetime,Sandburg'sreputationmainlyrestedonamulti-volumebiographyof__________including" ThePrairieYears" and" TheWarYears".

19.CarlSandburg'sloveoffolkloredevelopedintimeintoarathermoderntendencytorepresentitinliteraturesuchasinhis___________.

20.______wassuccessfulintwofieldsofactivitywhichdidnotseemcompatiblewithoneanother;hewasaverysuccessfulbusinessmanandaveryremarkablecontemporarypoetatthesametime.

21.Attheageof44,WallaceStevenswasfinallypersuadedtopublishabookofpoems,entitled___________.

22.__________isacollectionofWallaceStevens'soccasionallecturesonpoetry.

23.Forthepublicationofhis CollectedPoems, ___________ receivedtheNational BookAwardandthePulitzerPrize.

24.Afterhisdeath,WallaceStevens'spreviouslyuncollectedworksappearedunderthetitle__________.

25.In1915,__________publishedhis PrufrockandOtherObservations.

26.In1920,ThomasStearnsEliotpublishedhis____________,containing,among otheressays,"TraditionandtheIndividualTalent",theearlieststatementofhisaesthetics.

27.In1920,ThomasStearnsEliotbegantowritehismasterpiece_______________, oneofthemajorworksofmodernliterature.

28.AsThomasStearnsEliotdeclared,hefollowedstrictlytheadviceofhisclosefriend___________incuttingandconcentrating TheWasteLand.

29.ThomasStearnsEliot'slaterpoetrytookapositiveturntowardfaithinlife. Thiswasdemonstratedby____________,apoemofmysticalconflictbetween faithanddoubt.

30.Inhiswork___________,ThomasStearnsEliotsatirizedthestrawmen,the GuyFawklesmen,whoseworldwouldend"notwithabang,butawhimper."

31.Fewmenoflettershavebeenmorefullyhonoredintheirowndaythan_____________,andeventhosewhostronglydisagreewithhimseemedcontentwithhis selectionfortheNobelPrizein1948.

32.ThomasSteamsEliotwrotesevenplays,thebestofwhichis________________,a verseplayonanancienthistoricalsubject,writtenin1935.

33.ThomasStearnsEliot'slastimportantworkwas____________,aprofoundmeditationontimeandtimelessness,writteninfourparts.

34.F.ScottFitzgerald'sfirstnovel____________,withitsportrayalofcasualdissipationsof"flamingyouth",wasanimmediatecommercialsuccess.

35.In1925,F.ScottFitzgeraldwrotehisbestnovel_____________.Itisthestoryof anidealistwhowasdestroyedbytheinfluenceofthewealthy,pleasure-seekingpeoplearoundhim.

36.F.ScottFitzgerald'ssecondnovel______________describesahandsomeyoung manandhisbeautifulwife,undoubtedlymodelledafterhimselfandZelda.

37.TheheroinF.ScottFitzgerald'snovel_____________isapsychiatristwhomarriesarichpatient.  Theauthorcondemnsthewastedenergyofmisguidedyouth.

38.F.ScottFitzgerald'slastnovel_____________remainedunfinished.

39.Withthepublicationof TheSunAlsoRises, _____________ becamethespokesmanforwhatGertrudeSteinhadcalled"aLostGeneration".

40.EmestHemingway'sstatureasawriterwasconfirmedwiththepublicationof hisnovel___________in1929.Thenovelportrayedafarewellbothtowarand tolove.

41.SetinSpainduringtheCivilWar,thenovel_____________statedagainHemingway'sviewoflovefoundandlost,anddescribedtheindomitablespiritofthecommonpeople.

42.Inthestory TheOldManandtheSea, ErnestHemingwayportrayedanoldfishermannamed___________,whoshowstriumphantevenindefeat.

43.In1954,ErnestHemingwaywasawardeda_______________forhis"masteryof theartofmodemnarration".

44.NumerousparallelsexistbetweentheeventsofErnestHemingway'slifeandthoseofhischaracters,butfewerwerecloserthanthoseofRichardCantwell,theheroofthework_________.

45.In1952,ErnestHemingwaypublishedasuccessfulnovelentitled_____________, whichwonthePulitzerPrizein1953andoccasionedtheawardoftheNobelPrizein1954.

46.InthesamewaythatF.ScottFitzgerald's TalesoftheJazzAgebecamethe symbolforanage,ErnestHemingway'snovel______paintedtheimage ofawholegeneration,theLostGeneration.

47.ErnestHemingway's___________canbereadasafootnoteto TheSunAlso Rises inthatitexplainshowpeople,likeJakeBarnes,cometobehavethewaytheydo.

48.TheSpanishwarwasconductivetoErnestHemingway'swriting_____________, aplaywhichwasuniversallydeplored.

49.___________ wastheforemostnovelistoftheAmericanDepressionofthe 1930s.

50.Intheshortnovel___________,JohnSteinbeckportrayedthetragicfriendship betweentwomigrantworkers.

51.Inthework___________JohnSteinbeckdescribedthefateofthelowlywhose instinctiveresponsestolifeledonlytodestruction.

52.__________isgenerallyregardedasJohnSteinbeck'smasterpiece.

53.In1935,JohnSteinbeckpublished_____________,acollectionofshortstories whichvividlydescribedthelifeofpoorMexican-Americanswithaffectionandhumor.

54.JohnSteinbeck'spost-warnovel______________ reflectedhisbitterfeelings againstthosegreedy,rapaciouselementsofsocietywhichmadethewarpossible.

55.QuentinisacharacterinWilliamFaulkner'snovel____________.

56.JoeChristmasisacharacterinWilliamFaulkner'snovel____________.

57.Theworkswrittenby___________maybeviewedasaculminationofthedevelopmentoftwentieth-centurysouthernfiction.

58.KatherineAnnPorter'snovel ShipofFools consistsofthreeparts,____________,________and____________.

59.Inheressay"PlaceinFiction",EudoraWeltyemphasizestheimportanceof________forliterarycreations.SheisnotedforherfidelitytotheAmerican South,sohermajorthemerelateto____________.

60.CarsonMcCullerswassaidtotouchWilliamFaulknerinwriting,andherwell-knownnovelsare___________and____________.

61.Oneoftheimportantfiguresinthe1930swhotriedtoadaptEuropean avantgardismtoAmericanwritingis

62.TheNewCriticismfirstemergedin1920sasareactionagainsttheprevailingtime-honoredcriticaltendencytofocusonthethemeoftenindisregardoftheformofthework.ThenameisgivenbyJohnCroweRansom'scollectionof criticalessays__________.

II.DecidewhetherHiestatementsaretrueorfalse.

1.IntheyearsprecedingWorldWarI,nineteenth-centuryrealismandnaturalismremainedvitalforcesinAmericanliterature.

2.Thebest-sellingAmericanbooksinthefirstdecadesofthetwentiethcentury werehistoricalromances.

3.Earlyinthetwentieth-century,thegrowthofmass-circulationperiodicals createdarichmarketplaceforpopularwriters.

4.Earlyinthe20thcentury,arisingnumberof"littlemagazines"broughtnumerousavant-gardewriterstotheattentionofalimitedbutsophisticatedaudience.

5.TheformanddirectionofmodemAmericanliteraturehadclearlybegunto emergeinthefirstdecadeofthe20thcentury.

6.FortheU.S.,theFirstWorldWarbeganasacrusadeforpurityanddemocracy,andatitsend,PresidentWilsonproclaimedthatAmericanshadgainedeverythingforwhichtheyhadfought.

7.TheFirstWorldWarledtheAmericanintellectualstoabitterdisillusionment.

8.Inthedecadeofthe1910s,Americanliteratureachievedanewdiversityand reacheditsgreatestheights.

9.JazzmusicoftheAmericanNegroisthemostinfluentialartformtooriginateintheU.S.

10.TheAmericanyearsbetween1920and1930wereatimeofnewdirectionandnewachievementsinallthearts.

11.Althoughshort-lived,theImagistmovementhadatremendousinfluenceon modernpoet