英国文学史及作品选读习题集 1文档格式.docx

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8.CommentonT.S.Eliot’sachievementsinpoetry.

9.IntroducetheplotofLuckyJimandanalyzethecharacterofJim.

10.Makeacontrastbetween1950s’poetryand1960s’poetry.

11.Throughanalyzingthesymbolicmeaningofmajorcharacters,Estragon（Gogo）,Vladimir（Didi）,Pozzo,Lucky,Godot,commentonthesymbolicvaluesinWaitingforGodot.

Ⅱ.Definethefollowingterms.

1.Modernism2.Epiphany

3.Interiormonologue4.Fragmentation

5.Non-linear,discontinuousnarratives6.Allusivelanguage

7.Feministcriticism8.Reader-responsecriticism

9.Epigraph10.Epilogue

11.Post-modernism12.Post-structuralism

13.Theatreoftheabsurd14.Kitchensinkdrama

15.Meta-fiction

Ⅲ.Fillintheblanks.

1.Modernismtakestheirrationalphilosophyandthetheoryofasitstheoreticalbase.

2.Thethreetrilogiesof’sForsytenovelsaremasterpiecesofcriticalrealismintheearly20thcentury.

3.“Araby”fromDublinersisataleofthefrustratedquestforinthemidstofdrabness.

4.Themajorthemesofthemodernistliteraturearethedistorted,alienatedandillrelationshipsbetweenmanand,manandsociety,manandman,andmanandhimself.

5.WilliamButlerYeatsexperiencedaslowandpainfulchangeinhispoeticcreation,startinginthetraditionandfinishingasamaturepoet.

6.T.S.Eliot’smajorachievementinplaywritinghasbeenthecreationofainthe20thcenturytoexpresstheideasandactionsofmodernsocietywithnewaccentsofthespeech.

7.Inhisfamousessay“TraditionandIndividualTalent”putsgreatemphasisontheimportanceoftraditionbothincreativewritingandincriticism.

8.isGalsworthy’smasterpiecewhichgivesaprofoundandtrue-to-lifepictureoftheEnglishsocietyfromthe80’softhe19thcenturyuptothe20’softhe20thcentury.

9.ThetrilogyTheForsyteSagaconsistsofTheManofProperty,andToLet.

10.,whichbearsastrongthematicresemblanceto“TheWasteLand”,isgenerallyregardedasthedarkestofT.S.Eliot’spoems.

11.Structurallyandthematically,GeorgeBernardShawfollowsthegreattraditionof.

12.JoyceseemstomeanthatthenoveldescribesthementalactivitiesoftwoDublinersinasingleday,while,hissecondnovel,describesthesub-consciousworldinwhichamanlivesthroughagoodpartofhislife.

13.representsthemuchmorereadablenovelistsofthestreamofconsciousnessschool.Sheisafineartist,awomanofsharpsensitivitywho,inoneofherfrequentmentaldepressions,committedsuicide.

14.VirginiaWoolf’snovel,publishedin1925,madeherreputationasanimportantpsychologicalwriter.

15.Modernismupholdsanewviewoftimebyemphasizingthetimeoverthechronologicalone.

16.AllofJoyce’snovelsandshortstorieshavethesamesetting,,especially,andthesamesubject,Dublinersandtheirlife.

17.wasmuchconcernedaboutthecryingcontradictionsofbourgeoiscivilizationandmadeprotestsagainstimperialismandfascism,buthebelievedinthepossibilitiesofimprovingcapitalismwithasystemof“technocracy”.TheFirstMenintheMoonisoneofhisnovels.

18.Thestatement“Ademandingmotherturnsawayfromherhusbandandgivesallheraffectiontohersons”sumsupthemainplotofD.H.Lawrence’s.

19.AccordingtoJamesJoyce,thethreerequiredthingsfortheperceptionofbeautyarewholeness,harmonyand.

20.InMrs.Dalloway,VirginiaWoolfadoptedawritingtechniquecalled,inwhichthewholestorywaspresentedwiththeinteriormonologuesofthecharacters.

21.“Shefranklywantedhimtoclimbintothemiddleclass,athingnotverydifficult,sheknew.Andshewantedhimintheendtomarryalady.”istakenfromD.H.Lawrence’snovel.

22.D.H.Lawrence’spoemsfallroughlyintothreecategories—satiricalandcomicpoems,poemsabouthumanrelationshipandemotions,andpoemsabout.

23.Galsworthydistinguishedhimselfasaplaywright.HistwoimportantplaysincludeandStrife.

24.Inhisnovelsofsocialsatire,H.G.Wellsmakesrealisticstudiesoftheaspirationsandfrustrationsofthe“man.”

25.“TheBliss”isoneof’sfamousshortstories.Shewasskilledinpsychologicalanalysis,whosefavoritetechniqueisthe.

26.APortraitoftheArtistasaYoungManis’sfirstnovel.

27.OurBettersandTheCirclearetwoof’splays.

28.TotheLighthousewaswrittenby__________.

29.TheGoodCompanionsisanovelby__________.

30.TheStarsLookDownisawell-knownnovelby__________.

31.TocreatehismodernOdyssey—Ulysses,Joyceadoptsakindof________style.

32.“SailingtoByzantium”isawell-knownpoemwrittenby__________.

33.T.S.Eliot’sclassicexpressionofthetemperofhisageis“___________”,twoyearsafterwhich“__________”,isalsoapowerfulexpressionofanageofdoubtthatlongsindespairforbelief.

34.Thepoem“TheWasteLand”,whichis433lineslong,isbroadlyacknowledgedasoneofthemostrecognizablelandmarksof_________,thefirstpartof“TheWasteLand”is“__________”,andthethirdis“__________”.

35.In1913,Eliotpublishedhisfirstvolumeofverse,“__________”inwhichtheinfluenceofsomeFrenchsymbolistscanbeseen.

36.SeanO’Caseyemploysuniquestagecraftinhisexpressionisticplay,__________,inwhichfourscenes,Morning,Noon,Evening,andNight,correspondtofourseasons,Spring,Summer,AutumnandWinter.

37.Knownasthemostsignificantrepresentativeofthe“__________”,KingsleyAmiswritesasatireonsocialandacademicpretensionsinhisLuckyJim.

38.ABookerPrizewinner,IrisMurdochsaid“Theegodisappearsandyouseetheworldwithabsolutevividnessandclarity”,whichisthethemeofhernovel__________.

39.MurielSpark’sTheGirlsofSlenderMeansissetinahostelin__________in1945whenthedetonationofanunexplodedbombsetsfiretothehostel,amomentwhencharacters’spiritualworldisdepictedinabitingsatire.

40.TheGoldenNotebookisconsideredtobe__________’smasterpiece,takenasamilestoneworkinFeministLiterature.

41.TheFrenchLieutenant’sWomanisconsideredtobethemasterpieceofJohnFowles,inwhichthestoryissetin1867,in__________society.

42.InLookBackinAnger,JohnOsbornecreatesanimage,__________,whoforgesavoiceforthe“AngryYoungMan”ofhisgenerationin1950s.

43.ThroughthemilitarylifeexperienceofGuy,anddisillusionmentofhisdreamofeliminationoftheevilsthroughjustwars,EvelynWaughexploresinhiswork,__________,thenatureofwar.

44.JeanRhys’sistakenasoneofthemajorworksofWestIndianliterature.Itexploresthepsychologicaldimensionofraceandviolenceandslavery.

Ⅳ.Choosethebestanswer.

1.__________isthemostoutstandingstream-of-consciousnessnovelist.

A.WilliamButlerYeatsB.JohnGalsworthy

C.JamesJoyceD.GeorgeBernardShaw

2.RudyardKiplingwasthespokesmanforimperialistsentiment.WhichoneisNOThiswork?

A.DublinersB.TheJungleBook

C.TheSecondJungleBookD.PlainTalesfromtheHills

3.ThemaincharactersinTheManofPropertydoNOTinclude.

A.SoamesB.Irene

C.BosinneyD.Heathcliff

4.WhichofthefollowingnovelswasNOTwrittenbyH.G.Wells?

A.TheTimeMachine

B.TheFirstMenintheMoon

C.TheWarintheAir

D.APortraitoftheArtistasaYoungMan

5.G.B.Shaw’splayMrs.Warren’sProfessionisarealisticexposureoftheintheEnglishsociety.

A.slumlandlordism

B.inequalitybetweenmenandwomen

C.politicalcorruption

D.economicexploitationofwomen

6.WhichofthefollowingisNOTJohnBoyntonPriestley’swork?

A.AngelPavementB.TheGoodCompanions

C.TheWavesD.TheyWalksintheCity

7.waswrittenbyJamesJoyce.

A.DublinersB.PortraitofaLady

C.PictureofDorianGrayD.TotheLighthouse

8.UndershaftisacharacterintheplaybyGeorgeBernardShaw.

A.TheDevil’sDiscipleB.TheManofProperty

C.MajorBarbaraD.Justice

9.Whichwriterbelongsto“stream-of-consciousness”school?

A.VirginiaWoolfB.ThomasWolfe

C.SommersetMaughamD.ThomasHardy

10.Bypresentingaconventionalheroasavillain,oraconventionalvillainasahero,

intendstogiveashockingimpressiontohisaudienceandchallengetheconventionalwayofthinking.

A.RudyardKiplingB.GeorgeBernardShaw

C.T.S.EliotD.D.H.Lawrence

11.AtypicalForsyte,accordingtoJohnGalsworthy,isamanwithastrongsenseof,whoneverpaysanyattentiontohumanfeelings.

A.justiceB.humor

C.moralityD.property

12.“Hewassilentwithconceitofhisson.Mrs.Morelsniffed,asifitwerenothing.”（SonsandLoversbyD.H.Lawrence）Fromtheabovequotation,wecanseethatMrs.Morel’sattitudetoherhusbandis.

A.sincerelywarmB.genuinelykind

C.seeminglyangryD.merelycontemptuous

13.WhichoffollowingstatementsaboutYeatsistrue?

A.Inacertainway,Yeats’sexperimentsindramaanticipatedtheabstractmovementofmoderntheater.

B.ThemajorthemesofYeats’slaterpoetrya