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OutlineforReview温习提纲

I.Fillintheblanks.

1.RobinsonCrusoe,________（anadventure）story,isuniversallyconsideredasDanielDefoe'smasterpiece.

2.Beowulfisa____________（pagan）poem,describinganall-roundpictureofthetribalsociety.

3.Beowulfdescribestheexploitsofa____________（Scandinavia）hero,Beowulf,infightingagainstthemonsterGrendel,hisrevengefulmother,andafire-breathingdragon.

4.Theworkthatpresented,forthefirsttimeinEnglishliterature,acomprehensiverealisticpictureofthemedievalEnglishsocietyandcreatedawholegalleryofvividcharactersfromallwalksoflifeismostlikely_________（GeoffreyChaucer’sTheCanterburyTales）

5.___________（AlfredtheGreat）isnotonlyaprosewriterbutalsoakingofWessex.

6.Theherointheromanceisusuallythe____________.（knight）

7.InEnglishpoetry,afour-linestanzaiscalled________（quatrain）.

8._________,（GeofferyChaucer）the“fatherofEnglishpoetry”andoneofthegreatestnarrativepoetryofEngland,wasborninLondonabout1340.

9.“Readingmakethafullman,conferenceareadyman,andwritinganexactman”isoneoftheepigramsfoundin”isoneoftheepigramsfoundin__________（Francisbacon’sOfstudies）.

10.Ofallthe18thecenturynovelists,__________（HenryFielding）wasthefirsttosetoutintheoryandpractice,towritespeciallya“comicepicinprose”,andthefirsttogivethemodernnovelitsstructureandstyle.

11.ModernEnglishnovelaroseinthe_________（18th）century.

12.In1765,becauseBritainhadaccumulatedlargedebtsfromthewarwithFrance,Parliamentpassedthe_______（StampAct）inordertogeneraterevenuesthatwouldhelppayforthecostofmaintainingapermanentforceofBritishtroopsinNorthAmerica.

13.__________（TheEnlightenment）wasaprogressiveintellectualmovementgoingonthroughoutEuropeinthe18thcentury.

14.“Ifwintercomes,canspringbefarbehind?

”istakenfrom_______（OdetotheWestWind）　西风颂.

15.AllthefollowingarenovelswrittenbyJaneAustenEXCEPT_______（Shirley）.A.MansfieldPark《曼斯斐尔德花园》B.Shirley　小说《雪莉》【曾写过《简爱》】C.Emma《爱玛》D.Persuasion《劝导》奥斯丁的六部小说:

《理智与感伤》（1811）《傲慢与成见》（1813）《曼斯斐尔德花园》（1814）《爱玛》（1815）和作者逝世以后出版的《诺桑觉修道院》（1818）和《劝导》（1818）.

16.In1843,_______（Wordsworth）wasmadepoetlaureate桂冠诗人.

17.TheRomanticperiodisagreatageofallliterarygenresEXCEPT_______（drama）.

18.WhichofthefollowingplacedoesGullivervisitfirstinGulliver’sTravels?

_______（Lilliput）.

19.Inwhichnovelcan“Yahoo”befound?

_______.（JonathanSwift’sGulliver’sTravels）

20.“ShallIcomparetheetoasummer’sday?

”ThisisthebeginninglineofShakespeare’s__________.（sonnets）

21.Theriseandgrowsof___________（realisticnovel）isthemostprominentachievementofthe18thcenturyEnglishliterature,whichhasgiventheworldsuchwritersasDanielDefoe,JonathanswiftandHenryfielding.

22._________（ThomasHardy）’sworksareknownas“novelsofcharactersandenvironment”.

23.TessoftheD’Urbervilles,oneofThomasHardy’sbest-knownnovels,portraysmanas_______（havingnocontroloverhisownfate）.（TessoftheD'Urbervilles）（1891）是他最优秀的小说，写身世贫苦的少女苔丝被本家恶少亚雷·德伯奸污，后在牛奶场当了挤奶工，不久与牧师之子相爱、成婚，新婚夜坦诚地向克莱讲了旧事，结果遭弃，最后她杀死亚雷，被判绞刑。

24.Inliteratureastoryinverseorprosewithadoublemeaningisdefinedas__________（allegory）.（Allegoryisadeviceinwhichcharactersoreventsrepresentorsymbolizeideasandconcepts.）

25.WhydoesGawaintakethelady’sgreengirdle?

_______（Becausehedoesn’twanttodie）.

26.Theherointheromanceisusuallythe__________（knight）.

27.WhichofthefollowingplaysdoesnotbelongtoShakespeare’sgreattragedies?

________（RomeoandJuliet）.A.OthelloB.MacbethC.RomeoandJulietD.Hamlet莎士比亚四大悲剧，包括《》、《》、《》、《》

28.Shakespeariansonnetisalsocalled________（Elizabethan）sonnet.ItisdifferentfromPetrarchanorItaliansonnetinitsmetricalform.

29.Shakespeariansonnetconsistsofthreequatrainsanda________（couplet）withtherhymescheme________（ababcdcdefefgg.）

30.________（Humanism）isthekey-noteofthe________（Renaissance）.

31.HowmanyworksdidWilliamShakespeareproduce?

________（37）plays,154sonnetsand7longpoems.

32.Shakespeare’sComediesareTheMerchantofVenice;TheTwelfthNight;AMid-SummerNight’sDreamand________（AsYouLikeit）.四大喜剧《威尼斯商人》TheMerchantofvenice《仲夏夜之梦》AMidsummerNight'sDream《皆大欢喜》AsYouLikeIt《第十二夜》Twelfthnight

33.Whatisasonnet?

Asonnetisalyricof14lines,usuallyin________（iambic）pentameter,restrictedtoadefiniterhymescheme.

34.ThomasHardy（1840-1928）wasthelastimportant_________（Victoriannovelist）.

35.TessoftheD'Urbervillestellsthe________（tragiclife）storyofabeautifulcountrygirlTessDurbeyfield,adaughterofapoorpeasantwhofoolishlybelievesthatheisthedescendantofanancientaristocraticfamily.

36.Ofallthe18thecenturynovelists,_________（HenryFielding）wasthefirsttosetoutintheoryandpractice,towritespeciallya“comicepicinprose”（散文体喜剧史诗）.,andthefirsttogivethemodernnovelitsstructureandstyle.

37.IntheWilliamBlake’spoetry,thefather（andanyotherinwhomhesawtheimageofthefathersuchasGod,PriestandKing）wasusuallyafigureof________（tyranny）.布莱克

38.Hardyisveryskillfulindescribing________（nature）.Inhiswriting,natureisfulloflife,color,moodandmystery.

39.By1890,theBritishEmpirehadcomprisedmorethanaquarterofalltheterritoryonthesurfaceoftheearthandwascalled________（“theempireonwhichthesunneversets”）.

40.TheVictorianliteratureismarkedbythepredominanceof________（novels）andthedeclineoflyrics.

41.“Renaissance”isa________（French）wordthatmeans"rebirth".Itwasarebirthoflearningandart.

42.TheRenaissancefirstbeganin________（Italy）inthe13thand14thcenturies.

43.OneofthefeaturesoftheRenaissanceisthethirstycuriosityforthe________（classical）literature,especiallyGreekandRomanliterature.Anotherfeatureisthekeeninterestinmanandhumanactivities.

44.WutheringHeightsisastoryofalmostmorbidloveaswellasa________（powerfulattack）onthebourgeoismarriagesystemandsocialprejudice.

45.TheBrontesisterswerealltalented,butunfortunatelytheyalldied________（young.）

46.TheBrontesisters’novelsarenotedfortheirstrong________（romanticelements）.

47.ThelovebetweenHeathcliffandCatherineisreallyagreatchallengetothetraditional________（moral）valuesandtheestablishedinstitutions.

48.ThechiefsubjectmatterforWilliamWordsworth’spoemsis________（nature）andhislovefornatureisboundless..WilliamWordsworthbelievesthatGodandtheuniverseareidenticalandGodisomnipresentinnature.Hegetspower,peaceandgreathappinessfromnature.

49.WilliamWordsworth,SamuelTaylorColeridgeandRobertSoutheyareoftenmentionedas________（LakePoets）becausetheylivedintheLakeDistrictinthenorthwesternpartofEnglandandmoreimportantlybecausetheywalkedthesamepathinpoliticsandliterature.

50.ThesuccessofJaneEyreisnotonlybecauseofitssharpcriticismoftheexistingsociety,butalsoduetoitsintroductiontotheEnglishnovelthefirst______（governess）heroine.

51.WhoisthegreatestoftheMetaphysicalschoolofpoetry?

__________（JohnDonne）

52.ThefinestthinginParadiseLostisthedescriptionofhell,and__________（Satan）isoftenregardedastherealheroofthepoem.

53.The_________（prologue）providesaframeworkforthetalesinTheCanterburyTales,anditcomprisesagroupofvividpicturesofvariousmedievalfigures.

54.WaltScottisfamousfor________（historical）novels,hismasterpieceIvanhoebelongstothisgenre.

55.InATaleofTwoCities,thetwocitiesareLondonand________（Paris）inthetimeofRevolution.

56.JamesJoyceisthefounderofthe“Streamof________”（consciousness）schoolofthenovelwriting.

57.JaneAusten’smasterpieceis________（PrideandPrejudice）

58.__________（SonsandLovers）is.Lawrence’ssemi-autographicalnovel.

59.ThethemeofATaleofTwoCitiesis__________.（Revolution.）

60.ThetitleofThackeray’sVanityFairistakenfrom__________（ThePilgrim’sProgress）

61.Inthe18thcentury,______（pre-romanticism）founditsexpressionchieflyinpoetry,especiallythatofWilliamBlakeandRobertburns.

62._________（Bittersatire）isatypicalfeatureofSwift’swritings.

63.“Beautyistruth,truthbeauty”isanepigrammaticlineby________.（JohnKeats）

64.ThestoryofPrometheusUnboundistakenfrom________.（Greekmythology）

65.ItisgenerallyregardedthatKeats’smostimportantandmaturepoemsareintheformof________（ode）

66.Mr.Rochesterisacharacterin________（JaneEyre）

67.AftertheNormanConquest,_________（feudal）systemwasestablishedinEnglishsociety

II.MajorAuthorsandTheirWorks

GeoffreyChaucer杰弗里·乔叟

•TheParliamentofFouls百鸟会议

•TheCanterburyTales坎特伯雷故事集

WilliamShakespeare威廉·莎士比亚

•AMidsummerNight'sDream《仲夏夜之梦》

•MerchantofVenice《威尼斯商人》

•MuchAdoAboutNothing《无事生非》

•AsYouLikeIt《皆大欢喜》

•TwelfthNight《第十二夜》

•TragedyofRomeoandJuliet《罗密欧与朱丽叶》

•Hamlet《汉姆莱特》

•Othello《奥赛罗》

•KingLear《李尔王》

•Macbeth《麦克佩斯》

•All'sWellThatEndsWell《终成眷属》

•MeasureforMeasure《量罪记》

JohnMilton约翰·弥尔顿

•ParadiseLost失乐园

•ParadiseRegain复乐园

JohnDonne约翰·多恩

•TheFlea跳蚤

•Deathbenotproud

•AVALEDICTION：

FORBIDDINGMOURNING

DanielDefoe丹尼尔·笛福

•RobinsonCrusoe鲁宾逊漂流记

JonathanSwift江奈生·斯威夫特

•AModestProposal一个温和的建议

•Gulliver’sTravels格列佛游记

HenryFielding亨利·菲尔丁

•TheHistoryofTomJones,aFoundling汤姆·琼斯

WilliamBlake威廉·布莱克

•SongsofInnocence天真之歌

•SongsofExperience体会之歌

RobertBurns罗伯特