美国文学史及作品选读习题集文档格式.docx

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we/thee,man/can,andgold/hold.

3.A_____isasignthatsuggestsmorethanitsliteralmeaning.

4.Thetwo-linestanzaformiscalledthe_____,thebest-knownbeingthe_____whichiswritteniniambicpentameterwithanendrhyme.

5.The_____foot,whichisthereverseoftheiambicfoot,alsoconsistsofonestressedandoneunstressedsyllables,butwiththestressedonecomingfirst.

6.Ananapesticfootismadeupoftwo_____andonestressedsyllables,withthetwounstressedinfront.

7.Americanachievementsintheshortstoryhavedemandedinternationalrespectandadmirationformorefrom______intheearly19thcentury.

8.______isgenerallythoughtofasthetruebeginneroftheshortstoriesbecausehewasthefirstwriterwhoformulatedapoeticsoftheshortstories.

9.ThereweretwootherAmericanwriterswhohadmadesignificantcontributionstotheliteraryformofshortstory:

______,withhisstoriesofearlylifeinCalifornia,startedavogueoflocalcolorstoriesandmadetheshortstoryseemcompletelyathomeintheUS,andHenryJames,broughttotheformacarefulwritingthatmadehisstoriesmodels.

10.Inthe20thcentury,therehavebeenmanywhohavewonfameabroadaswellasintheUSfortheirstories:

______,_______,_______,________,anddozensofothers.

11.Asyoureadfromwritertowriter,from______’sRipVanWinkleto______’sAGoodManisHardtoFind,youwillseethecomingofashortstoryage,growingfromanentertainingtaleintoastorewhichprobesdeepintohumansouls.

12.Modernliteraryfictionhasbeendominatedbytwoforms:

_______

13.WashingIrving,thefatherofAmericanliterature,developedthe_____asagenreinAmericanliterature.

14.______isusuallyacknowledgedastheoriginatorofdetectivestories.Heisalsocreditedwithdevelopingmanyofthestandardfeaturesofdetectivefiction.HisdetectiveMAugustDupinofMurdersintheRueMorgueandThePurloinedLetteristheforerunnerofalonglineoffictionaldetectiveswhoareeccentricandbrilliant.

15.______istherepetitionofsimilarvowelsoundssituatedinasentence,averselineorseriesofwords.

16.Adactylicfootismadeupofone______andtwo_______syllables,withthestressedinfront.

17.The_____isastructureddivisionofapoem,consistingofaseriesofverselineswhichusuallycomprisearecurringpatternofmeterandrhyme.IntraditionalEnglishpoetry,therearevariousformscontainingtwo,there,four,five,six,seven,eightorninelines.

18.Consonanceistherepetitionof_____butwithdifferentprecedingvowelse.g.heart/light,flag/plug.Unlikealliterationandassonance,consonancecanserveasendrhythm.

Ⅱ.MultipleChoices

1.EdgarAllanPoewrotepoemswhicharemarvelsofbeautyandcraftsmanshipsuchas________.

A.IHearAmericaSingingB.TheRaven

C.ToaWaterfowlD.TheFalloftheHouseofUsher

2.Whichwriterisnotapoet?

A.MichaelWigglesworthB.AnneBradstreet

C.EdwardTaylorD.ThomasHooker

.3.ThecommonthreadthroughoutAmericanliteraturehasbeentheemphasisonthe_______

A.RevolutionismB.Reason

C.IndividualismD.Rationalism

4.InAmericanliterature,the18thcenturywastheageofEnlightenment,______wasthedominantspirit.

A.HumanismB.Rationalism

C.RevolutionD.Evolution

5.Whowasconsideredasthe“poetofAmericanrevolution”?

A.MichaelWigglesworthB.EdwardTaylor

C.AnneBradstreetD.PhilipFreneau

6.ThomasJefferson’sattitude,thatis,afirmbeliefinprogress,andthepursuitofhappiness,istypicaloftheperiodwenowcall_______.

A.AgeofEvolutionB.AgeofReason

C.AgeofRomanticismD.AgeofRegionalism

7.Howellsdefinedrealismas“nothingmoreandnothinglessthanthetruthfultreatmentofmaterial”,andhebestexemplifiedhistheoriesinthreenovels:

TheModernInstance,TheRiseofSilasLaphan,and______.

A.WhiteFangB.ThelastoftheMohicans

C.AHazardofNewFortunesD.ThePrinceandthePauper

8．Marktwaincreated,in______,amasterpieceofAmericanrealismthatisalsooneofthegreatbooksofworldliterature.

A.HuckleberryFinnB.TomSawyer

C.TheManThatCorruptedHadleyburyD.TheGildedAge

9.ThepessimismanddeterministicideasofnaturalismpervadedtheworksofsuchAmericanwritersas______.

A.MarkTwainB.FrancisScottFitzgerald

C.WaitWhitmanD.StephenCrane

10.Althoughrealismandnaturalismwereproductsofthe19thcentury,theirfinaltriumphcameinthe20thcentury,withthepopularandcriticalsuccessesofsuchwritersasEdwinArli