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10.WhatdoesIrving’s“RipVanWinkle”reveal?

11.ReadPoe’sworks,andtellwhatPoe’stheoriesfortheshortstoryandpoetryare?

12.Read“Raven”,anduseitasanexampletoillustratePoe’spoetictheories.

13.WhatTranscendentalistviewsdidEmersonstateinhisNature?

14.Inyouropinion,howshouldwereadWalden?

15.FromWalden,wecanknowwhatThoreau’sbeliefis?

16.WhatisthethemeofMobyDick?

17.Whatisthesignificanceofthecharacter,Ahab,inthehistoryofAmericanliterature?

18.SaysomethingaboutthesymbolisminMobyDick.

19.GiveabriefanalysisofHesterPrynneandDimmesdaleinTheScarletLetter.

20.CanyousaysomethingaboutthestyleofWalden?

21.WhatisHawthorne’sstyle?

22.WhatisTranscendentalism?

II．Definethefollowingterms.

1.Realism

2.Naturalism

3.Darwinism

4.“TheGildedAge”

III.DecideWhethertheStatementsaretrueorfalse.

1．Inthelatterhalfofthenineteenthcentury,womensomewhatbecamethenation’sdominantcultureforce.

2．Theperiodrangingfrom1865to1914hasbeenreferredtoastheAgeofRealismintheliteraryhistoryoftheUnitedStates,whichisactuallyamovementortendencythatdominatedthespiritofAmericanliterature,especiallyAmericanfiction,fromthe1860sonwards.

3．Inthelatenineteenthcentury,century,althoughAmericanscontinuedtoreadtheworksofIrving,Cooper,Hawthorne,andPoe,thegreatageofAmericanhadended.

4．Theliteraryinterestintheso–called“reality”oflifestartedanewperiodintheAmericanliterarywritingsknownastheAgeofNaturalism.

5.Earlierinthenineteenthcentury,Cooperhadinsistedontheauthor’srighttopresentanidealizedandpoeticportraitoflife,toavoidrepresentationsof“squalidmisery”.

6.Bythelastofthenineteenthcentury,therealistsrejectedtheportrayalofidealizedcharactersandevents.

7.TheAmericanrealistssoughttodescribethewiderangeofAmericanexperienceandtopresentthesubtletiesofhumanpersonality.

8.CriticismandFictionwaswrittenbyWilliamDeanHowells.

9.BecauseWilliamDeanHowells,MarkTwainandHenryJameswrotemoreorlessatthesametime,theagreedeyetoeyeintheirunderstandingofthe“truth.”

10.AftertheCivilWartheFrontierwasclosing.Disillusionmentandfrustrationwerewidelyfelt.Whathadbeenexpectedtobea“GoldenAge”turnedtobea“Gilded”one.

11.Bythe1870sNewEnglandRenaissancehadwaned.TheageofRomanticismandTranscendentalismwasbyandlargeover.Theageofrealismhadarrived.

12.Asaliterarymovement,realismcameinthelatterhalfofthenineteenthcentury,asareactionagainstthe“lie”ofromanticism.

IV.Choosetheoneormoreforthefollowingstatements.

1.Inthelate19thcentury,ahostofnewwritersappeared,amongthemwere____.

A.BretHarteB.WilliamDeanHowells

C.HamlinGarlandD.MarkTwain

2.Theperiodrangingfrom1865to1914hasbeenreferredtoasthe____intheliteraryhistoryoftheUnitedStates.

A.theageofRealism

B.theageofRomanticism

C.theageofNaturalism

D.theageofLocalColorism

3.Therealisticwriters’emphasisonthefidelisticreflectionofhumanrealityismostclearlyexpressedby_____whenhesaidinCriticismandFiction（1891）that“IconfessIdonotcaretojudgeanyworkoftheimaginationwithoutfirstapplyingthistesttoit.Wemustaskourselvesbeforeanythingelse,isittrue?

____truetothemotives,theimpulses,theprinciplesthatshapethelifeofactualmenandwomen?

”

A.MarkTwain

B.HenryJames

C.WilliamDeanHowells

D.TheodoreDreiser

4.InfluencedbysuchEuropeansan____,America’smostnoteworthynewauthorsestablishedaliteratureofrealism.

A.ZolaB.Flaubert

C.BalzacD.Tolstoy

5.Howellsdefinedrealismas“nothingmoreandnothinglessthanthetruthfultreatmentofmaterial”,andhebestexemplifiedhistheoriesinthreenovels.Choosethemfromthefollowing.

A.TheModernInstance

B.TheRiseofSilasLaphan

C.AHazardofNewFortunes

D.ThePrinceandthePauper

6.MarkTWAINCreated,in____,amasterpieceofAmericanrealismthatisalsooneofthegreatbooksofworldliterature.

A.HuckleberryFinn

B.TomSawyer

C.TheManThatCorruptedHadleyburg

D.TheGildedAge

7.ThethreedominantfiguresoftherealisticperiodinAmericanliteratureare____.

A.TheodoreDreiser,EmilyDickinsonandWilliamDeanHowells

B.MarkTwain,HenryJamesandWilliamDeanHowells

C.MarkTwain,TheodoreDreiserandWilliamDeanHowells

D.MarkTwain,EmilyDickinsonandWilliamDeanHowells

8.Amongthefollowing,whoisNotconsideredasalocalcolorist?

A）BretHarteB）KateChopin

C）HamlinGarlandD）HenryJames

9.ThepessimismanddeterministicideasofnaturalismpervadedtheworksofsuchAmericanwritersas____.

A）StephenCraneB）FrankNorris

C）JackLondonD）HenryJames

E）TheodoreDreiser

10.Althoughrealismandnaturalismwereproductsofthenineteenthcentury,theirfinaltriumphcameinthetwentiethcentury,withthepopularandcriticalsuccessesofsuchwritersas____.

A）EdwinArlingtonRobinsonB）WillaCather

C）SherwoodAndersonD）RobertFrost

E）WilliamFaulkner

11.TheimpactofDarwin’sevolutionarytheoryontheAmericanthroughandtheinfluenceofthe19thcenturyFrenchliteratureontheAmericanmenoflettersgaverisetoyetanotherschoolofrealism____.

A）criticrealismB）romanticism

C）AmericannaturalismD）modernism

V.Answerthefollowingquestions.

1.ComparethesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenHowells,MarkTwainandHenryJames,intermsoftheirliteraryorientation.

2.Whatistherealists’emphasisorprinciple?

3．WhatisthecharacteristicofAmericanrealism?

单元测试

SamplePAPER1（ForpartsI&

II）

I.MultipleChoice

1.TheAmericanPuritanismasaculturalheritagebenefitedtheAmericansin____.

A.strengtheningtheirmoralvalues

B.weakeningtheirreligirousfaith

C.knowingtruthintuitively

D.developingtheirscienceandtechnology

2.Strangenameswereoverthedoors-strangefacesatthewindows-everythingwasstrange.Hismindnowbegantomisgivehim,thatbothheandtheworldaroundhimwerebewitched.Surelythiswashisnativevillage,whichhehadleftbutthedaybefore.”Theabovepassageistakenfrom____.

A.Irving’s“RipVanWinkle”

B.Hawthorne’s“YoungGoodmanBrown”

C.James’“DaisyMiller”

D.Hemingway’s“IndianCamp”

3.ThePuritandominatingvalueswere____.

A.hareworkB.thrift

C.pietyD.sobriety

4.Theearlyhistoryof____ColonywasthehistoryofBradford’sleadership.

A.PlymouthB.Jamestown

C.NewEnglandD.Mayflower

5.ChoosethosenamesthatwerenamedafterEnglishmonarchorland.

A.GeorgiaB.NewYork

C.CarolinaD.NewHampshire

6.____usuallywasregardedasthefirstAmericanwriter.,

A.WilliamBradfordB.AnneBradstreet

C.EmilyDickinsonD.CaptainJohnSmith

7.WhichstatementaboutCottonMatherisnottrue?

A.HewasagreatPuritanhistorian.

B.Hewasaninexhaustiblewriter.

C.Hewasaskillfulpreacherandaneminenttheologian.

D.HewasagraduateofOxfordCollege.

8.JonathanEdwards’bestandmostrepresentativesermonwas.

A.ATrueSightofSin.

B.SinnersintheHandsofanAngryGod

C.AModelofChristianCharity

D.God’sDeterminations

9.Whichwriterisnotapoet?

A.WilliamCullenBryant

B.AnneBradstreet

C.EdwardTaylor

D.ThomasHooker

10.ThecommonthreadthroughoutAmericanliteraturehasbeentheemphasisonthe____

A.RevolutionismB.Reason

C.IndividualismD.Rationalism

11.AnneBradstreetwasaPuritanpoet.HerpoemsmadesuchastirinEnglandthatshebecameknownasthe“____”whoappearedinAmerica.

A.9thMuseB.10thMuse

C.BestMuseD.1stMuse

12.Theship“____”carriedabout100Pilgrimsandtook66daystobeatitswayacrosstheAtlantic.InDecemberof1620,itputthePilgrimsashoreatPlymouth,Massachusetts.

A.SunflowerB.Armada

C.MayflowerD.Pequod

13.InAmericanliterature,the18thcenturywastheageoftheEnlightenment____wasthedominantspirit.

A.HumanismB.Rationalism

C.RevolutionD.Evolution

14.InAmericanliterature,theEnlightenerswereopposedto____.

A.thecolonialorderB.religiousobscurantism

C.thePuritantraditionD.thesecularliterature

15.TheEnglishcoloniesinNorthAmericaroseinarmsagainsttheirparentcountryandtheContinentalCongressadoptedin1776.

A.theDeclarationofIndependence

B.theSugarAct

C.theStampAct

D.theMayfolwerCompact

16.WhichstatementaboutBenjaminFranklinisnottrue?

A.Heinstructedhiscountrymenasaprinter.

B.Hewasascientist.

C.Hewasamasterofdiplomacy.

D.HewasaPuritan

17.ThesecularidealsoftheAmericanEnlightenmentwereexemplifiedinthelifeandcareerof____.

A.ThomasHoodB.BenjaminFranklin

C.ThomasJeffersonD.GeorgeWashington

18.WhichofthefollowingstirredtheworldandhelpedformtheAmericanrepublic.

A.TheAmericanCrisis

B.TheFederalist

C.TheDeclarationofIndependence

D.TheWasteLand

19.WhichisnotconnectedwithThomasPaine?

A.TheAmer