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1.TheAmericanTranscendentalistsformedaclubcalled_________。
theTranscendentalClub
2.______wasregardedasthefirstgreatprosestylistofAmericanromanticism。
WashingtonIrving
3.Atnineteen___________publishedinhisbrother’snewspaper,his"JonathanOldstyle"satiresofNewYorklife。
4.InWashingtonIrving’swork___________appearedthefirstmodernshortstoriesandthefirstgreatAmericanjuvenileliterature.TheSketchBook
5.ThefirstimportantAmericannovelistwas____________.JamesFenimoreCooper
6.JamesFenimoreCooper’snovel___________wasarousingtaleaboutespionageagainsttheBritishduringtheRevolutionaryWar.TheSpy
7.ThebestofJamesFenimoreCooper’ssearomanceswas_____________。
ThePilot
8."ToaWaterfowl”isperhapsthepeakof_______________’swork;ithasbeencalledbyaneminentEnglishcritic“themostperfectbriefpoeminthelanguage。
”WilliamCullenBryant
9.__________wasthefirstAmericantogainthestatureofamajorpoetintheworldliterature。
10.EdgarAllanPoe’spoem____________isperhapsthebestexampleofonomatopoeiaintheEnglishlanguage。
TheBells
11.EdgarAllanPoe’spoem____________waspublishedin1845asthetitlepoemofacollection。
TheRaven
12.FromHenryDavidThoreau’sConcordjailexperience,camehisfamousessay______。
CivilDisobedience
Bythe1830sWashingtonIrvingwasjudgedthenation'sgreatestwriter,aloftypositionhelatersharedwithJamesFenimoreCooperandWilliamCullenBryant。
Intheearlynineteenthcentury,theattitudeofAmericanwriterswasshapedbytheirNewWorldenvironmentandanarrayofideasinheritedfromtheromantictraditionofEurope。
Asamoralphilosophy,transcendentalismwasneitherlogicalnorsystematical。
ThefoundationofAmericannationalliteraturewaslaidbytheearlyAmericanromanticists。
Atmid—19thcentury,aculturalreawakeningbroughta”floweringofNewEngland".
Romanticwritersinthe19thcenturyplacedincreasingvalueonthefreeexpressionofemotionanddisplayedincreasingattentiontothepsychicstatesoftheircharacters。
Withavastgroupofsupportingcharacters,virtuousorvillainous,JamesFenimoreCoopermadetheAmericaconsciousofhispast,andmadetheEuropeanconsciousofAmerica.
NootherAmericanpoeteversurpassedEdgarAllanPoe'sabilityintheuseofEnglishasamediumofpuremusicalandrhythmicbeauty。
TheFalloftheHouseofUsherisoneofEdgarAllanPoe'sshortstories.
RalphWaldoEmersonwasrecognizedastheleaderoftranscendentalistmovement,butheneverappliedtheterm"Transcendentalist”tohimselfortohisbeliefsandideas。
In1836,RalphWaldoEmersonpublishedhisfirstbook,Nature,whichmetwithamildreception.
RalphWaldoEmerson'sprosestylewassometimesashighlyindividualashispoetry.
TheharshrhythmsandstrikingimagesofRalphWaldoEmerson'spoetryappealtomanymodernreadersasartfultechniques。
HenryWadsworthLongfellow’swritingsbelongtothemilderaspectsoftheRomanticMovement。
Americanromanticismwasinawayderivative:
AmericanromanticwritingwassomeofthemmodeledonEnglishandEuropeanworks.
RalphWaldoEmerson’saestheticsbroughtaboutarevolutioninAmericanliteratureingeneralandinAmericanpoetryinparticular.
HenryDavidThoreauwasanactiveTranscendentalist. Hewasbynomeansan”escapist"orarecluse,butwasintenselyinvolvedinthelifeofhisday。
TheScarletLetterissetintheseventeenthcentury。
ItisanelaborationofafactwhichtheauthortookoutofthelifeofthePuritanpast.
2。
Transcendentalismtooktheirideasfrom___________.
A. theromanticliteratureinEurope
B。
neo-Platonism
C. Germanidealisticphilosophy
D。
therevelationsoforientalmysticism
ABCD
8。
Transcendentalistsrecognized__________asthe"highestpowerofthesoul。
”
A.intuition
10。
TranscendentalismappealedtothosewhodisdainedtheharshGodofthePuritanancestors,anditappealedtothosewhoscornedthepaledeityofNewEngland
A.Transcendentalism
B. Humanism
C. Naturalism
D. Unitarianism
D
13。
ThedesireforanescapefromsocietyandareturntonaturebecameapermanentconventionofAmericanliterature,evidentin_________.
A. JamesFenimoreCooper'sLeatherstockingTales
B. HenryDavidThoreau'sWalden
C. MarkTwain’sHuckleberryFinn
D. NathanielHawthorne'sTheScarletLetter
ABC
14. Apreoccupationwiththedemonicandthemysteryofevilmarkedtheworksof_________,andahostoflesserwriters。
A。
NathanielHawthorne
B. EdgarAllanPoe
C。
HermanMelville
D。
MarkTwain
ABC
16.InthenineteenthcenturyAmerica,Romanticsoftensharedcertaingeneralcharacteristics.Choosesuchcharacteristicsfromthefollowing。
A. moralenthusiasm
B. faithinthevalueofindividualismandintuitiveperception
C。
adorationforthenaturalworld
D. presumptionaboutthecorrosiveeffectofhumansociety
ABCD
17。
ChooseWashingtonIrving’sworksfromthefollowing。
A。
TheSketchBook
B.BracebridgeHall
C。
TalesofaTraveller
D。
AHistoryofNewYork
ABCD
18。
InJamesFenimoreCooper’snovels,closeafterNattyBumppoinromanticappeal,comethetwonobleredmen。
Choosethemfromthefollowing。
A.theMohicanChiefChingachgook
B.Uncas
C.TomJones
D。
KublaKhan
AB
In1817,thestatelypoemcalledThanatopsisintroducedthebestpoet___________toappearinAmericauptothattime.
A。
EdwardTaylor
B。
PhilipFreneau
C。
WilliamCullenBryant
D.EdgarAllanPoe
CToaWaterfowlThanatopsis
21. Fromthefollowing,choosethepoemswrittenbyEdgarAllanPoe。
A.ToHelen
B。
TheRaven
C.AnnabelLee
D.TheBells
ABCD
23。
EdgarAllanPoe'sfirstcollectionofshortstoriesis___________。
D。
TalesoftheGrotesqueandArabesque
24. Fromthefollowing,choosethecharacteristicsofRalphWaldoEmerson'spoetry。
A.beinghighlyindividual
B。
harshrhythms
C.lackofformandpolish
D。
strikingimages
ABCD
25。
WhichbookisnotwrittenbyRalphWaldoEmerson?
A。
RepresentativeMen
B.EnglishTraits
C.Nature
D。
TheRhodora
D
26。
WhichessayisnotwrittenbyRalphWaldoEmerson?
A。
OfStudies
B.Self—Reliance
C.TheAmericanScholar
D。
TheDivinitySchoolAddress
A
30.NathanielHawthorne'sabilitytocreatevividandsymbolicimagesthatembodygreatmoralquestionsalsoappearsstronglyinhisshortstories.Choosehisshortstoriesfromthefollowing。
A。
YoungGoodmanBrown
B。
TheGreatStoneFace
C。
The AmbitiousGuest ABCD
D。
EthanBrand
E.ThePearl
32。
HermanMelvillecalledhisfriendNathanielHawthorne_____________inAmericanliterature.
A。
thelargestbrainwiththelargestheart
34.__________wasaromanticizedaccountofHermanMelville’sstayamongthePolynesians。
ThesuccessofthebooksoonmadeMelvillewellknownasthe”manwholivedamongcannibals".Typee
37. IntheearlynineteenthcenturyAmericanmoralvalueswereessentiallyPuritan。
Nothinghasleftadeeperimprintonthecharacterofthepeopleasawholethandid__________.
A.Puritanism
"TheuniverseiscomposedofNatureandthesoul.。
。
Spiritispresenteverywhere”。
ThisisthevoiceofthebookNaturewrittenbyEmerson,whichpushedAmericanRomanticismintoanewphase,thephaseofNewEngland______Transcendentalism
43. WhichisgenerallyregardedastheBibleofNewEnglandTranscendentalism?
A.Nature
45。
_________isanappallingfictionalversionofNathanielHawthorne'sbeliefthat"thewrongdoingofonegenerationlivesintothesuccessiveones"andthatevilwillcomeoutofevilthoughitmaytakemanygenerationstohappen.
A.TheMarbleFaun
B。
TheHouseofSevenGables
C.TheBlithedaleRomance
D。
YoungGoodmanBrown
B
Onceuponamidnightdreary,whileipondered,weakandweary,
Overmanyaquaintandcuriousvolumeofforgottenlore,
WhileInodded,nearlynapping,suddenlytherecameatapping,
Asofsomeonegentlyrapping,rappingatmychamberdoor。
"Tissomevisitor,"Imuttered,”tappingatmychamberdoor—
Onlythis,andnothingmore.”
Ah,distinctlyIrememberitwasinthebleakDecember,
Andeachseparatedyingemberwroughtitsghostuponthefloor。
EagerlyIwishedthemorrow;—vainlyIhadtriedtoborrow
Frommybookssurceaseofsorrow-sorrowforthelost。
EdgarAllanPoe
TheRaven
Describethemoodofthispoem:
Asenseofmelancholyoverthedeathofabelovedbeautifulyoungwomanpervadesthewholepoem,theportrayalofayoungmangrievingforhislostLeno-re,hisgriefturnedtomadnessunderthesteadyone-wordrepetitionofthetalkingbird.
Work3:
Nuture
1.AstheleadingNewEnglandTranscendentalist,EmersoneffectedamostarticulatesynthesisoftheTranscendentalistviews.Onemajorelementofhisphilosophyifhisfirmbeliefinthetranscendenceofthe”Oversoul"。
Hisemphasisonthespiritrunsthroughvirtuallyallhiswritings.”Philosophicallyconsidered,”hestatesinNature,whichisgenerallyregarded