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I.Eachofthestatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.Choosetheonethatwouldbestcompletethestatementandputtheletterinthebrackets.
()1.Inadditionto_______thefollowingeventsarethegreatpoliticalandsocialeventsintheEnglishsocietyoftheneoclassicalperiod.
A.theRestorationofKingCharlesIIin1660.
B.theshipwreckwhich52,250peoplewerekilled.
C.theGreatPlagueof1665thattook70,000livesinLondonalone.
D.theGreatLondonFire,whichdestroyedalargepartofthecity,leavingtwo-thirdsofthepopulationhomeless.
()2.__________,amastersatirist,isrespectedasanationalheroinIreland.
A.JohnBunyanB.AlexanderPope
C.JonathanSwiftD.DanielDefoe
()3.Gothicnovelswereproduced__________.
A.inthe17thcentury
B.inthemid-18thcentury
C.inthemiddleparttotheendofthe18thcentury
D.inthe16thcentury
()4.RobinsonCrusoeiswrittenby_____________.
A.HenryFieldingB.JonathanSwift
C.SamuelJohnsonD.DanielDefoe
()5.____________isnotthewriterinTheNeoclassicalPeriod.
A.AlexanderPopeB.DanielDefoe
C.JaneAustenD.JohnBunyan
()6.__________isnotSamuelJohnson'sworks.
A.CaptainSingletonB.TheVanityofHumanWishes
C.LondonD.Irene
()7.Theworksof__________arethefirstliteraryworksdevotedtothestudyofproblemsofthelower-classpeople.
A.AlexanderPopeB.DanielDefoe
C.JohnBunyanD.JonathanSwift
()8.Gulliverisintheworksof___________.
A.Gulliver'sTravelsB.TheRivals
C.TaleofaTubD.RobinsonCrusoe
()9.________isthemockepicofAlexanderPope.
A.Homer'sIliadB.TheRapeoftheLock
C.OdysseyD.EpistletoDr.Arbuthnot
()10._________definedagoodstyleas"properwardsinproperplaces."
A.AlexanderPopeB.DanielDefoe
C.JaneAustenD.JonathanSwift
II.Completeeachofthefollowingstatementswithaproperwordoraphraseaccordingtothetextbook.
1.Ofalltheeighteenth-centurynovelists,_______wasthefirsttosetout,bothintheoryandpractice,towritespecificallya"comicepicinprose,"thefirsttogivethemodemnovelitsstructureandstyle.
2.Inthefieldofliterature,theEnlightenmentMovementbroughtaboutarevivalofinterestintheoldclassicalworks.Thistendencyisknownas________.
3.Asalexicographer,_________distinguishedhimselfastheauthorofthefirstEnglishdictionarybyanEnglishman-ADictionaryoftheEnglishlanguage(1755),agigantictaskwhichJohnsonundertooksingle-handedlyandfinishedinoversevenyears.
4.___________thoughtthatthesupremevaluewasorder-cosmicorder,politicalorder,socialorder,andaestheticorder.
5.InRichardBrinsleySheridan'splays,_________istheconstanttheme.
6.In1714,_______andhisfriendsformedaclubwhichwastocooperateinaschemetosatirizeallsortsoffalselearningandpedantryinliterature,philosophy,scienceandotherbranchesofknowledge.
7.Theenlightenerscelebratedreasonorrationality,equalityandscience.Theyheldthat________shouldbetheonly,thefinalcauseofanyhumanthoughtandactivities.Theycalledforareferencetoorder,reasonandrules.
8.Bunyan'sstylewasmodeledafterthatofthe________.Withhisconcreteandlivinglanguageandcarefullyobservedandvividlypresenteddetails,hemadeitpossibleforthereaderoftheleasteducationtosharethepleasureofreadinghisnovelandtorelivetheexperienceofhischaracters.
9.Duringhiscareerasadramatist,________hadattemptedaconsiderablenumberofformsofplays:
wittycomediesofmannersorintriguesintheRestorationtradition,farcesorballadoperaswithpoliticalimplicationsandburlesquesandsatiresthatbearheavilyuponstatus-quoofEngland.
10.In___________,acomedyofmanners,heissatirizingthetraditionalpracticeoftheparentstoarrangemarriagefortheirchildrenwithoutconsideringthelatter’sopinion.
III.Decidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalseandwriteyouranswersinthebrackets.
()l.Theseventeenth-centuryEnglandisalsoknownastheAgeofEnlightenmentortheAgeofReason.
()2.In1704,JohnBunyanfoundedTheReview,whichwasapolitical,literaryperiodicalinEnglishandcarrieditto1713.
()3.AsarepresentativeoftheEnlightenment,PopewasoneofthefirsttointroducerationalismtoEngland.
()4.JonathanSwifthasbeenregardedbysomeas"FatheroftheEnglishnovel,"forhiscontributiontotheestablishmentoftheformofthemodemnovel.
()5.SamuelJohnsonwasthelastgreatneoclassicistenlightenerinthelatereighteenthcentury.
()6.InJonathanSwift'sopinion,humannatureisseriouslyandpermanentlyflawed.Tobetterhumanlife,enlightenmentisneeded.
()7.TheFatalSisterswaswrittenbySamuelJohnson.
()8.ThomasGray'smasterpiece,“OdeontheSpring"waspublishedin1751,thepoemonceandforallestablishedhisfameastheleaderofthesentimentalpoetryoftheday,especially"theGraveyardSchool".
()9.AnEssayonMan.,generallyconsideredPope'sbestsatiricworks,tookhimovertenyearsforfinalcompletion.
()10.InRichardBrinsleySheridan'splays,hismanipulationofsuchdevicesasdisguise,mistakenidentityanddramaticironyismasterly.
IV.Nametheauthorofeachofthefollowingliteraryworks.
1.TheDunciad2.CaptainSingleton
3.ThePilgrim'sProgress4.Coffee-HousePolitician
5.TheRivals6.ATaleofaTub
7.RobinsonCrusoe8.TheVanityofHumanWishes
9.ElegyWritteninaCountryChurchyard10.TheRivals
V.Definetheliterarytermslistedbelow.
1.Theneoclassicalperiod
2.TheAgeofEnlightenment
VI.Foreachofthequotationslistedbelowpleasegivethenameoftheauthorandthetitleoftheliteraryworksfromwhichitistakenandthenbrieflyinterpretit.
1.Nowfadestheglimmeringlandscapeonthesight,
Andalltheairasolemnstillnessholds,
Savewherethebeetlewheelshisdroningflight,
AndDrowsytinklingslullthedistantfolds;
2.IsoonfoundtheplaceIwasinwasnotformysettlement,particularlybecauseitwasuponalowmoorishgroundnearthesea,and,Ibelieved,wouldnotbewholesome,andmoreparticularlybecausetherewasnofreshwaternearit,soIresolvedtofindamorehealthyandmoreconvenientspotofground.
VII.Givebriefanswerstothefollowingquestions.
1.Giveabriefdescriptionofthecriteriontotheliteratureintheneoclassicalperiod.
2.WhataretheviewpointandthelanguagestyleoftheliteratureofJonathanSwift?
VIII.Shortessayquestions.
1.MakeacommentontheimageofTomJonesinTomJones.
2.GiveabriefanalysisofthesignificanceofThePilgrim'sProgress.
Answers:
I.
1.B2.C3.C4.D5.C6.A7.B8.A9.Bl0.D
II.
1.HenryFielding2.neoclassicism3.SamuelJohnson
4.AlexanderPope5.morality6.AlexanderPope7.rationalityorreason8.EnglishBible9.HenryFielding10.TheRivals
III.
1.F2.F3.T4.F5.T6.T7.F8.F9.FIO.T
IV.
1.AlexanderPope2.DanielDefoe3.JohnBunyan
4.HenryFielding5.RichardBrinsleySheridan6.JonathanSwift7.DanielDefoe8.SamuelJohnson9.ThomasGray10.RichardBrinsleySheridan
V.
1.WhatarenowcalltheneoclassicalperiodistheoneinEnglishliteraturebetweenthereturnoftheStuartstotheEnglishthronein1660andthefullassertionofRomanticism,whichcamewiththepublicationofLyricalBalladsbyWordsworthandColeridgein1798.
2.Theeighteenth-centuryEnglandisalsoknownastheAgeofEnlightenmentortheAgeofReason.TheEnlightenmentMovementwasaprogressiveintellectualmovement,whichflourishedinFranceandsweptthroughthewholeWesternEuropeatthetime.ThemovementwasafurtheranceoftheRenaissanceofthefifteenthandsixteenthcenturies.
VI.
1."ElegyWritteninaCountryChurchyard"isregardedasGray'sbestandmostrepresentativework.Thepoemistheoutcomeofabouteightyears’carefulcompositionandpolish.ItismoreorlessconnectedwiththemelancholyeventofthedeathofRichardwrest,Gray'sintimatefriend.Inthispoem,Grayreflectsondeath,thesorrowsoflife,andthemysteriesofhumanlifewithatouchofhispersonalmelancholy.Thepoetcomparesthecommonfolkwiththegreatones,wonderingwhatthecommonscouldhaveachievediftheyhadhadthechance.Hereherevealshissympathyforthepoorandtheunknown,butmocksthegreatoneswhodespisethepoorandbringhavoconthem.
2.AnExcerptfromofRobinsonCrusoeisthemasterpieceofDanielDefoe.DefoetracesthegrowthofRobinsonfromanaiveandartlessyouthintoashrewdandhardenedman,temperedbynumeroustrialsinhiseventfullife,TherealisticaccountofthesuccessfulstruggleofRobinsonsinglehandedlyagainstthehostilenatureformsthebestpartofthenovel.Robinsoni8herearealhero:
atypicaleighteenth-centuryEnglishmiddle-classman,withagreatcapacityforwork,inexhaustibleenergy,courage,patienceandpersistenceinovercomingobstacle=s,instrugglingagainstthehostilenaturalenvironment.Heistheveryprototypeoftheempirebuilder,thepioneercolonist.IndescribingRobinson'slifeontheisland,DefoeglorifieshumanlaborandthePuritanfortitude,whichsaveRobinsonfromdespairandareasourceofprideandhappiness.Hetoils,forthesakeofsubsistence,andthefruitsofhislaborarehisown.
VII.
1.Neoclassicistshadsomefixedlawsandrulesforalmosteverygenreofliterature.Proseshouldbeprecise,smoothandflexible.Poetryshouldbelyrical,epical,didactic,satiricordramatic,andeachclassshouldbepridedbyitsownprinciples.DramashouldbewrittenintheHeroicCo