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英美文学史课程试题库Fillintheblanks.1.Americanachievementsintheshortstoryhavedemandedinternationalrespectandadmirationformorethanacenturyandahalf.ThefirstsuccessfulAmericanshortstoriescamefromWashingtonIrvingintheearly19thcentury.2.EdgarAllanPoeisgenerallythoughtofasthetruebeginneroftheshortstoriesbecausehewasthefirstwriterwhoformulatedapoeticsoftheshortstories.3.Inthe20thcentury,therehavebeenmanywhohavewonfameabroadaswellasintheUSfortheirshortstories:

@#@SherwoodAnderson,HemingwayFaulkner,AnnaPorter,anddozensofothers.4.Asyoureadfromwritertowriter,fromWashingtonIrvingsRipVanWinkletoOConnnersAGoodManisHardtoFind,youwillseethecomingofashortstoryage,growingfromanentertainingtaleintoastorywhichprobesdeepintohumansouls.5.Modernliteraryfictionhasbeendominatedbytwoforms:

@#@theshortstoryandthenovel.6.WashingtonIrving,theFatherofAmericanLiterature,developedtheshortstoryasagenreinAmericanliterature.7.AllanPoeisusuallyacknowledgedastheoriginatorofdetectivestories.Heisalsocreditedwithdevelopingmanyofthestandardfeaturesofdetectivefiction.II.Multiplechoice1.EdgarAllanPoewrotepoemswhicharemarvelsofbeautyandcraftsmanship,suchas_.A.IHearAmericaSingingB.TheRavenC.ToawaterfowlD.ThefalloftheHouseofUsher2.ThecommonthreadthroughoutAmericanliteraturehasbeentheemphasisonthe_.A.revolutionismB.reasonC.individualismD.rationalism3.InAmericanliterature,the18thcenturywastheAgeoftheEnlightenment,_wasthedominantspirit.A.humanismB.rationalismC.revolutionD.evolution4.Whowasconsideredthe“PoetofAmericanRevolution”?

@#@A.MichaelWigglesworthB.EdwardTaylorC.AnneBradstreetD.PhilipFreneau5.ThomasJeffersonsattitude,thatis,afirmbeliefinprogress,andthepursuitofhappiness,istypicaloftheperiodwenowcall_.A.AgeofEvolutionB.AgeofReasonC.AgeofRomanticismD.AgeofRegionalism6.MarkTwaincreated,in_,amasterpieceofAmericanrealismthatisalsooneofthegreatbooksofworldliterature.A.HuckleberryFinnB.TomSawyer英美文学史课程试题库C.TheManThatCorruptedHadleyburyD.TheGildedAge7.ThepessimismanddeterministicideasofnaturalismpervadedtheworksofsuchAmericanwritersas_.A.MarkTwainB.ScottFitzgeraldC.WaltWhitmanD.StephenCrane8.Althoughrealismandnaturalismwereproductsofthe19thcentury,theirfinaltriumphcameinthe20thcentury,withthepopularandcriticalsuccessesofsuchwritersasEdwinArlington,WilliamCather,RobertFrost,WilliamFaulknerand_.A.EdgarAllanPoeB.SherwoodAndersonC.WashingtonIrvingD.RalphEllison9.Americanliteratureproducedonlyonefemalepoetduringthe19thcentury.Shewas_.A.AnneBradstreetB.JaneAustenC.EmilyDickinsonD.HarriedBeecher10.WithHowells,JamesandMarkTwainactiveonthescene,_becamethemajortrendintheseventiesandeightiesofthe19thcentury.A.sentimentalismB.romanticismC.realismD.naturalism11.Choosefromthefollowingwritersastaunchadvocateofthe19thcenturyAmericanrealism.A.MarkTwainB.WashingtonIrvingC.StephenCraneD.JackLondon12.Whichwriterhasnaturalisttendency?

@#@A.FrankNorrisB.WilliamDeanHowellsC.TheodoreDreiserD.BothAandC13.Earlyinthe20thcentury,_publishedworksthatwouldchangethenatureofAmericanpoetry.A.EzraPoundB.T.S.EliotC.RobertFrostD.BothAandB14.TheImagistwritersfollowedthreeprinciples.Theyrespectivelyaredirecttreatment,economyofexpressionand_.A.localcolorB.ironyC.clearrhythmD.blankverse15._,oneoftheessaysinTheSacredWood,istheearlieststatementofT.S.Eliotsaesthetics,whichprovidedausefulinstrumentformoderncriticism.A.SweenyAgonistesB.TraditionandIndividualTalentC.APrimerofModernHeresyD.Gerention16.T.SEliotusedaform,thatis,theorchestrationofrelatedthemesinsuccessivemovements,insuchworksas_.A.TheWasteLandB.ARoseforEmily英美文学史课程试题库C.TheScarletLetterD.TheEgg17.T.S.Eliotsfirstmajorpoem（1917）_,hasbeencalledthefirstmasterpiecesofmodernisminEnglish.A.TheLoveSongofJ.AlfredPrufrockB.TheWasteLandC.FourQuartetsD.Prelude18.ThethreepoetsEzraPound,T.S.Eliotand_openedthewaytomodernpoetry.A.O.HenryB.HenryDavidThoreauC.E.E.CummingsD.RobertFrost19.In1954,_wasawardedtheNobelprizeforliteraturefrohis“masteryoftheartofmodernnarration”.A.T.SEliotB.EarnestHemingwayC.JohnSteinbeckD.WilliamFaulkner20.WilliamFaulknerisoneofthemostimportantsouthernwritersintheUnitedStates._,AsILayDying,LightinAugust,andAbsalom,Absalom!

@#@areworksthatambitiouscriticstendtoadmire.A.TheSoundandtheFuryB.TheInvisibleManC.AGoodManisHardtoFindD.TheWrathoftheGrapesIV.Questionsandanswers.1.HowdoyouunderstandMarktwainsuseoflocalcolorinhiswriting?

@#@MarkTwainsnarrativesaredistinguishedforhisuseof