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英国文学
英国文学
自
学
指
导
书
江苏技术师范学院
自学进度表
总学时：
80 面授学时：
24 自学学时：
56 教材名称：
英美文学选读
周次
周学时
自学内容（章、节）
完成作业
备注
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DanielDafoe,RobinsonCrusoe
见自学指导
2
4
JonathanSwift,Gulliver’sTravels
见自学指导
3
4
HenryFielding,JosephAndrews
见自学指导
4
2
RobertBurns,“ARed,RedRose”
见自学指导
5
2
WilliamBlake,“London”
见自学指导
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5
JaneAusten,PrideandPrejudice
见自学指导
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4
JohnKeats,“ToAutumn”;“OnGrasshopperandCricket”
见自学指导
8
5
CharlesDickens,DavidCopperfield
见自学指导
9
5
WilliamM.Thackeray,VanityFair
见自学指导
10
5
T.Hardy,TessoftheD’Urbervilles
见自学指导
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4
JohnGalsworthy,TheForsyteSaga
见自学指导
12
4
GeorgeB.Shaw,Pygmalion
见自学指导
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W.S.Maugham,“AFriendinNeed”
见自学指导
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4
JohnB.Priestley,AnInspectorCalls
见自学指导
一．教学目的
通过本课程学习，使学生掌握英国文学概况，培养其文学作品分析、理解和鉴赏能力，培养学生较高层次的语言应用能力。
二．课程内容
系统介绍英国文学各个发展阶段的背景文化，作家以及作品，包括诗歌、散文和小说等分析与欣赏。
三．课程要求
1. 应了解英国文学发展的大致脉络：
主要发展阶段、主要文学流派、代表作家及其作品等。
2. 应结合英国文学史的发展阶段阅读英国文学作品。
3. 掌握基本的文学术语和一些基本的文艺理论，并能将之应用到欣赏文学作品当中去。
4. 掌握做文学的论文方法、步骤及要求。
5. 凡修本课程的学生，均要求课前预习、课堂上积极参加讨论、课后广泛阅读相关文学作品及书籍。
本课程结束要求学生写出1篇论文。
四．教材说明
本课程以桂清扬，吴翔林编注的《英美文学选读》（中国对外翻译出版公司出版）为主教材，同时配之以辅助材料。
辅助材料主要英国文学史主要发展阶段、主要文学流派、代表作家及其作品等。
五．自学指导
有关英国文学史部分将在面授期间讲授。
学生在自学期间应认真阅读相关作品，完成规定的作业，并在课程结束时完成一篇英国文学的论文。
（一）文学选读部分练习
下面是阅读完每部作品后应完成的作业（思考题）。
回答问题可以采用简答、读后感或小论文等形式。
1.DanielDafoe,RobinsonCrusoe
WhatqualitiesinRobinsonCrusoe’scharacterstrikeyoumostduringhisfirstmonthsontheisland?
Makealistandciteinstancestoillustratethem.
2.JonathanSwift,Gulliver’sTravels
SwiftisamastersatiristinEnglishliterature.Payattentiontohistechniquesofsatireinthisnovel,suchasfrontal（direct,overt）attackandoblique（indirect,veiled）attack,innuendo,irony,sarcasm,etc.Giveinstancestoillustratethesetechniques.
3.HenryFielding,JosephAndrews
ThroughtheeventoftherescueofJoseph,Fieldingcreatesaseriesoflife-likecharactersofdifferentsocialpositions.Whichofthesepeopledoeshesatirizeandwhichdoeshesympathizewith?
4.RobertBurns,“ARed,RedRose”
Whatisthethemeofthispoem?
Whatrhetoricaldevicesdoesthepoetemploytostatethistheme?
CanyoufindsomeChinesepoemsdealingwiththesametheme?
5.WilliamBlake,“London”
1）Explainthefollowingphrasescoinedbythepoet:
charter’dstreet;themind-forg’dmanacles;themarriagehearse
2）Whatisthethemeofthispoem?
6.JaneAusten,PrideandPrejudice
1）WhatmethodsdoestheauthoruseinthefirsttwochapterstodepictthecharactersofMr.andMrs.Bennetandtheirdaughters?
2）Ofthecharactersinthisnovel,whichoneisyourfavorite?
Why?
7.JohnKeats,“OnGrasshopperandCricket”;“ToAutumn”
1）Whyofallcreaturesarethegrasshopperandthecricketsingledouttorepresentthepoetryofearth?
2）Thepoem“ToAutumn”consistsofthreestanzas.Whatspecificaspectofautumnisdescribedineachofthem?
8.CharlesDickens,DavidCopperfield
Dickensisamasteratcreatinglife-likeandunforgettablecharacters,forinstance,Mr.Micawber.HowdoesDickensportrayMr.Micawberinthischapter?
Whatqualitiesofhischaracterstrikeyoumost?
9.WilliamM.Thackeray,VanityFair
1）MakealisttoshowwhatqualitiesyouknowaboutRebecca’scharacter,asisrevealedinthischapter.
2）Giveinstancestoshowtheauthor’suseof:
a）humorandsatire,or,acombinationofthetwo;b）irony;c）pun;d）vulgarspeech.
10.T.Hardy,TessoftheD’Urbervilles
1）Allthingsconsidered,wasTessapurewoman?
Whyorwhynot?
2）WhathascausedthedestructionofTess?
Wasitfate,orsomeotherforces?
11.JohnGalsworthy,TheForsyteSaga
1）WhydidSoamesfinallydecidenottooperate?
2）WhatwasSoames’sreactionwhenhelearnedthatAnnettehasbornehimadaughter,andcouldneverhaveanotherchild?
12.GeorgeB.Shaw,Pygmalion
Shawoncesaid,“Mywayofjokingistotellthetruth;itisthefunniestthingintheworld.”WhatarethetruthsShawistryingtotellthroughhisjokesintheplay?
Or,whatistheunderlyingsocialsatireoftheplay?
13.W.S.Maugham,“AFriendinNeed”
WhatdoesthestoryrevealaboutBurton’scharacter?
Isheamanof“inconsistentqualities”?
14.JohnB.Priestley,AnInspectorCalls
TheplotoftheplayrestsuponthecoincidentalfactthatallthefivemembersoftheBirlingfamilyhadahandinbringingaboutthedeathofEvaSmith.Doyouthinkthisdeviceofcoincidence,whichisunlikelyinreallife,justifiedandusedtoadvantage?
（二）文学史部分练习
I.Fillinthefollowingblanks.
1.Theenlightenersbelievedthatreasonshouldbetheonlybasisofone’sthinkingandaction;thatiswhytheeighteenthcenturyinEnglandhasbeencalled________________.
2.Inwritingplaystheneo-classicalwritersobservedthethreeunitiesof__________________.
3.Theliteraryformofneo-classicismisofthestrictsymmetry.Theprevailinggenreofneo-classicalliteratureis_______________,whichconsistsoftworimedlinesofiambicpentameter,andthesecondlinecompletesthethoughtsexpressedbythecouplet.
4.Asapoet,Blake’sfamehasbeenchieflyrestingupontwovolumesofpoems,_____________________,andTheSongsofExperience.
5.TheTatlerand______________wereSteeleandAddison’schiefcontributiontoEnglishliterature.
6.ThomasGray’shigh-praisedpoem“________________________________”showsthepoet’ssympathyforthepoor,andcondemnsthegreatoneswhodespisethepoorandbringsufferingstothecommonpeople.
7.InthefirstpartofGulliver’sTravels,theheroGulliveriscastupontheshoreoftheislandof_____________.
8.TheRomanticAgebeganin1798whenWordsworthandColleridgepublishedtheirjointwork_______________.
9.ThegreatesthistoricalnovelistintheRomanticAgewas________________,withwhosedeathin1832,theRomanticAgecametoanend.
10.ScottmarkedthetransitionfromRomanticismtotheperiodof_____________inthelatterpartofthe19thcentury.
11.The______________Movementappearedinthethirtiesandlastedtotheearlyfiftiesinthe19thcenturyEngland;itwasatimeofgreatsocialandpoliticalupheavals.
12.OfallofDickens’snovels,_______________________isregardedashismasterpiece.
13.InATaleofTwoCities,thetwocitiesreferto____________________inthetimeofFrenchRevolution.
14.Thesub-titleofVanityFairis“_________________________”.Thewriter’sintentionwasnottoportrayindividuals,butthebourgeoisandaristocraticsocietyasawhole.
15.TheBrontesistersare____________________,___________________,______________.
II.Multiplechoice.
1._____________wasaprogressiveintellectualmovementthroughoutWesternEuropeinthe18thcentury.
A.TheRenaissanceB.TheEnlightenment
C.TheReligiousReformationD.TheChartistMovement.
2.Inthe18thcentury,satirewasmuchusedinwriting;Englishliteratureofthisageproducedsomeexcellentsatirists,suchas___________________.
A.PopeB.SwiftC.FieldingD.Donne
3.Inthe18thcenturyEnglishliterature,therepresentativepoetsofpre-romanticismwere__________.
A.PopeB.BurnsC.BlakeD.Swift
4.______________compiledTheDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage,whichbecamethefoundationofallthesubsequentEnglishdictionaries.
A.BenJohnsonB.SamuelJohnsonC.AlexanderPopeD.JohnDryden
5.AmongthefollowingworkswhichareSheridan’scomedies?
A.TheRivalsB.TheSchoolforScandal
C.SheStoopstoConquerD.AllforLove
6.WhichpoetsbelongtotheactiveRomanticschool?
A.ByronB.WordsworthC.ShelleyD.Keats
7.WhichofthefollowingwerewrittenbyWordsworth?
A.“TotheCuckoo”B.“LucyPoems”
C.TheSolitaryReaper”D.“KublaKhan”
8.WhichofthefollowingisShelley’smasterpiece?
A.QueenMabB.PrometheusUnbound
C.PrometheusBoundD.TheRevoltofIslam
9.ChoosethehistoricalnovelswrittenbyScott.
A.RobRoyB.IvanhoeC.LadyoftheLakeD.Warerly
10.Inthemid-19thcenturyEnglishliteraturethereappearedanewliterarytrend,______________;itflourishedinthefortiesandintheearlyfifties.
A.RomanticismB.NaturalismC.RealismD.Criticalrealism
11.ThegreatestEnglishcriticalrealistnovelistwas______________,whocriticizedthebourgeoiscivilizationandshowedthemiseryofthecommonpeople.
A.WilliamMakepeaceThackerayB.CharlesDickens
C.CharlotteBronteD.GeorgeEliot
12.WhichofthefollowingwritersbelongtoEnglishcriticalrealists?
A.GeorgeEliotB.EmilyBronteC.Mrs.GaskellD.CharlesDickens
13.The___________Movementappearedinthethirtiesofthe19thcentury.ItshowedtheEnglishworkerswereabletoappearasanindependentpoliticalforceandwerealreadyrealizingthefactthattheindustrialbourgeoisiewastheirprincipalenemy.
A.EnlightenmentB.RenaissanceC.ChartistD.Romanticist
14.WhichisThackeray’smasterpiece?
A.TheVirginiansB.VanityFair
C.TheBooksofSnobsD.TheNewcomes
15.WhicharethemaincharactersinthenovelWutheringHeights?
A.HeathcliffB.CatherineC.HindleyD.Hareton
III.Identifythefollowingworks.
1.TheHistoryofTomJones,AFoundling
2.TheDeclineandFalloftheRomanEmpire
3.ChildeHarold’sPilgrimage
4.“OdeonaGrecianUrn”
5.TheEssaysofElia
6.“OntheKnockingattheGateinMacbeth”
7.SenseandSensibility
8.JaneEyre
9.TheVicarofWakefield
10.LifeofJohnson
附：
文学史部分练习答案：
I.Fillinthefollowingblanks.
1.theageofreason
2.time,place,andaction
3.heroiccouplet
4.TheSongsofInnocence
5.TheSpectator
6.“ElegyWritteninACountryChurchyard”
7.Lilliput
8.LyricalBallads
9.WalterScott
10.Realism
11.Chartist
12.DavidCopperfield
13.ParisandLondon
14.ANovelWi
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