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英国文学史及作品选读习题集6

6EnglishLiteratureinthe19thCentury

Ⅰ.Essayquestions.

1.DiscussJohnRuskin’sworksonart.

2.WhatisthethemeofCharlesDickens’snovelATaleofTwoCities?

3.TalkaboutCharlesDickens’scharacterportrayal,especiallychildcharacterportrayal.

4.PleaseretellthestoryofJaneEyreandmakeacommentonit.

5.PleasetalkbrieflyaboutCharlesDickens’sliterarycareer,andthemainfeaturesofhisworks.

6.PleasemakeacommentonThomasHardy’scontributionstoEnglishliterature.

7.Makeacommentoncriticalrealism.

8.PleaseretellthestoryofTessoftheD’Urbervillesandmakeabriefcommentonit.

Ⅱ.Definethefollowingterms.

1.Englishcriticalrealism

2.Victorianperiod

3.Autobiography

4.Regionalnovel

5.Dramaticmonologue

6.Dramatization

7.Disinterestedness

8.Idyll

9.Psychologicalnovel

10.ThePre-Raphaelites

11.Künstlerroman

12.Aestheticism

13.Naturalism

Ⅲ.Fillintheblanks.

1.ThecomicelementisstronginCharlesDickens’sfirstnovel,whichappearedinmonthlysectionsbetweenApril1836andNovember1837.ItrecordstheadventuresofMr.andhiscompanionsastheyjourneyaboutthecountry.

2.isoneofCharlesDickens’sbestworks.Itiswritteninthefirstpersonandisthemostautobiographicalofallhisbooks.Inwritingthenovel,Dickensthrewintoitdeepfeelingsandmuchofhisownexperienceinhisyoungerdays.

3.IntheVictorianperiod,andmoralpropriety,whichwereignoredbytheRomanticists,becamethepredominantpreoccupationinliteraryworks.

4.WilliamMakepeaceThackeray’sfirstliterarysuccesscamewithaseriesofsatiricalsketchesentitled,publishedin1846～1847.

5.DanielDeronda,writtenin1876,is’slastnovel.Themasteryofthesubtlercomplexitiesofpsychologicalanalysisisrevealedthoroughly.

6.Mrs.GaskellwasoneofthefirstEnglishwriterstomaketheclassstrugglebetweentheandthethethemeofanovel.

7.GeorgeEliot’sislargelyautobiographicalinitsearlychapters.Againstthebackgroundofrurallife,theauthortracesthefateandtragedyof

ayounggirl,Maggie,whosenobleaspirationsruncountertothephilistinenarrow-mindednessofthosearoundher.

8.Writtenin1837-38,tellsthestoryofanorphanboy,whoseadventuresprovidematerialforadescriptionofthelowerdepthsofLondon.

9.IntheVictorianperiod,thebecamethemostwidelyreadandthemostvitalandchallengingexpressionofprogressivethought.

10.Althoughwritingfromdifferentpointsofviewandwithdifferenttechniques,theVictoriannovelistssharedonethingincommon,thatis,theywereallconcernedaboutthefateofthepeople.

11.RobertBrowning’spoeticexperimentstransferredthethematicinterestofpoetryfrommerenarrationofthestorytorevelationandstudyofcharacters’andbroughttotheVictorianpoetrysomeelement.

12.WutheringHeightsiswrittenby.Itisamorbidstoryoflove,butapowerfulattackonthebourgeoismarriagesystem.Itshowsthattrueloveinaclasssocietyisimpossibleofattainment.

13.GeorgeMeredithisamasterof;hetriestoloadhisbookswithwitandwisdom;manyofhischaractersarepeoplewithideaswhoaredeterminedtovoicethem.

14.Inhisworks,Dickenssetsoutafullmapandalarge-scalecriticismofthe19thcenturyEngland,particularly.

15.“CultureandAnarchy”isMatthewArnold’srepresentativeworkinsocialcriticism.Itdealswiththewholestructureofand.

16.MatthewArnoldregardedthequalityof“”astheprincipalvirtueofpoet.Hepaidgreatattentiontothemoralvaluesofpoetry,givingasecondaryplacetopoetryinwhich“theformisstudiedandexquisite”.

17.“”isThomasMacaulay’smasterpiece.Macaulaydidnotintendtobeanobjectivehistorian.Hispurposeofwritingitistoeulogizethe“GloriousRevolution”,andheinterpretsmenandeventswithapartisanprejudice.

18.Between1859and1885AlfredTennysonworkedathisnarrativepoemsbasedonthestoriesofKingArthurandhisKnightsoftheRoundTable.Thosepoemsweregatheredtogetheras.

19.,novelistandpoet,isoneoftherepresentativesofEnglishcriticalrealismattheturnofthe19thcentury.

20.Dickensmadehisfirstattemptatahistoricalnovelin,seeminglyanxioustodoforLondonwhatScotthaddoneforEdinburghinTheHeartofMidlothian.

21.,oneofthecentury’sfinestnovels,tracestheriseandfallofMichaelHenchard,atough,egotisticalfellowwho,havingcommittedthefollyofdrunkenlysellinghiswifeandbabyatafair,turnsteetotalandbysheerperseverancerisestowealthasacorn-factorandtorespectabilityasMayorofCasterbridge.

22.OliverTwistpresentsOliverTwistasDickens’sfirstheroandFaginthefirstfigure.

23.JohnRuskin’swaswrittentodefendJ.M.W.Turner,theEnglishlandscapepainter,againsttheattacksonhispaintingsmadebytheconventionalcriticsoftheday.

24.ThepurposeofbothTheSevenLampsofArchitectureandTheStonesofVeniceistoglorify,astyledistinguishedbyitshighandsharply-pointedarches,whichhadprevailedinWesternEuropefromthe12thtothe16thcenturies.

25.ThemostintenselyengagingthemesinthePallisernovelsarethestoriesofthe.

26.JaneEyrerepresentsthoseworkingwomen,whoarestrugglingfortherecognitionoftheirbasicrightsandequalityasahumanbeing.

27.TheHappyPrinceandOtherTalesandTheHouseofPomegranatesaretwocollectionsofwrittenbyOscarWilde.

28.Inhernovels,GeorgeEliotseekstopresenttheofasoulandtorevealthemotives,impulsesandhereditaryinfluenceswhichgovernhumanaction.

29.MiddlemarchprovidesapanoramicviewoflifeinasmallEnglishtownanditssurroundingcountrysideinthecentury.

30.ThebookNewsfromNowhereisa,tellingthestoryofamanwhofallsasleepafteraneveningataSocialistLeaguemeeting.HewakesinthefuturetofindEnglandtransformedintoacommunistparadisewheremenandwomenarefree,healthy,andequal.

31.isconsideredasSamuelButler’smasterpiece.Init,hesucceededingivingadevastatingpictureofthebourgeoisfamilyandthehypocrisyoftheBritishmiddleclass.ThisnovelisastrongchallengeofthemoralclaimsoftherulingclassesofEngland.

32.Thepoem“AShropshireLad”recallsthepessimismof,thepoet’sfavoritenovelist.Thelinesaresosimpleandbeautifulthatmusicianslooktothemforsongstoset.

33.ThetwomostpredominatingpoetsoftheVictorianperiodareand.

34.InmanyofHardy’slaternovels,theconflictbetweentheandtheisbroughttothecenterofthestage.

35.Asawomanofexceptionalintelligenceandlifeexperience,GeorgeEliotshowsaparticularconcernfortheofwomen.

Ⅳ.Choosethebestanswer.

1.WhichisNOTacharacterinDombeyandSon?

A.CarkerB.Dombey

C.EdithD.Martin

2.,thepioneeringwoman,accordingtoD.H.Lawrence,wasthefirstnovelistthat“startedputtingalltheactionsinside”.

A.GeorgeEliotB.JaneAusten

C.CharlotteBronteD.EmilyBronte

3.TheVictorianpoetrywasmainlycharacterizedbyexperimentswithnewstylesandnewwaysofexpression.Amongthesefamousexperimentalpoetswaswhocreatedtheversenovelbyadoptingthenovelisticpresentationofcharacters.

A.CharlesDickensB.AlfredTennyson

C.RobertBrowningD.ThomasHardy

4.WhichoneisNOTWilliamMakepeaceThackeray’sworks?

A.Sylvia’sLoverB.TheNewcomes

C.TheVirginiansD.TheHistoryofPendennis

5.TheseworksarewrittenbyElizabethCleghornGaskellEXCEPT.

A.MaryBartonB.Ruth

C.LittleDorritD.NorthandSouth

6.WhichoneisWilliamMakepeaceThackeray’shistoricalnovel?

A.VanityFair

B.TheHistoryofHenryEsmond

C.DenisDuval

D.RoundaboutPapers

7.’sworksarecharacterizedbyaminglingofhumorandpathos.

A.ThomasHardyB.CharlesDickens

C.CharlotteBronteD.GeorgeEliot

8.ThefollowingarethecommoncharacterssharedbythethreeBrontesistersEXCEPT.

A.unmarriedB.literary

C.talentedD.dyingyoung

9.WhichoneisNOTCharlotteBronte’snovel?

A.ProfessorB.Villette

C.ShirleyD.AgnesGrey

10.Mrs.Gaskell,GeorgeEliot,CharlotteBronteandEmilyBronteareNOTall.

A.womennovelistsB.regionalnovelists

C.VictoriannovelistsD.pseudonymousnovelists

11.WhichoneisNOTwrittenbyGeorgeMeredith?

A.Middlemarch

B.EvanHarrington

C.EmiliainEngland

D.TheOrdealofRichardFeverel

12.“HistoryoftheFrenchRevolution”iswrittenby.

A.JohnRuskinB.CharlesDickens

C.WilliamMakepeaceThackerayD.ThomasCarlyle

13.’sfirstliterarysuccesswasthepublicationofhis“EssayonMilton”intheEdinburghReviewin1825.

A.ThomasMacaulayB.ThomasCarlyle

C.MatthewArnoldD.JohnRuskin

14.WhichoneisNOTJohnRuskin’smajorworksinthesphereofartcriticism?

A.ModernPainters

B.TheSevenLampsofArchitecture

C.SesameandLilies

D.TheStonesofVenice

15.’sworksareallaboutthestruggleofanindividualconsciousnesstowardsself-realization,aboutsomelonelyandneglectedyoungwomenwithafiercelongingforlove,understandingandafullhappylife.

A.GeorgeEliotB.CharlotteBronte

C.ThomasHardyD.JaneAusten

16.isonethatintroducestotheEnglishnovelthefirstgovernessheroine.

A.JaneEyreB.WutheringHeights

C.MiddlemarchD.AgnesGrey

17.isanelaborateandpowerfulexpressionofAlfredTennyson’sphilosophicalandreligiousthoughts.

A.IdyllsoftheKingB.Ulysses

C.Poems,ChieflyLyricalD.InMemoriam

18.Hardy’sprincipalworksaretheWessexnovels,i.e.,novelsdescribingthecharactersandenvironmentofhisnativecountryside.isNOTincluded.

A.APairofBlueEyes

B.JudetheObscu