英美文学考试注意事项.docx

1、英美文学考试注意事项考试注意事项1) 注意温习的顺序 以前的很多考生在温习时，老是看第一章，翻了好几天的书仍是第一章，经实践证明从后往前看的效果过远远高于前者，所以若是您已经温习过一遍了，那么剩下的这几天，建议您从第八章第一章，倒着温习，如此效果会更佳！（第一建议大家看着前面的目录，把每一个时期出现的历史时期都写在目录上，便于温习，这也是考试当选择题中常常考的内容，把这一项工作做好了，至少能够帮你拿到3-5分的分值）. 2) 关于作家及作品的温习 这一部份，大家要看做家的重点理论及主题思想，结合选读中的作品，主要看每篇选读中的Summary (即选读前括号中的斜体部份), 建议大家在最后的几天

2、时刻里，利用10分钟左右的时刻把每篇选读中的人名用彩笔标出来，至少取得510分的分值,这常常是选择题或选读题中要考的内容) 3) 以上八章的串讲资料必然要充分利用，只要熟练掌握了这些内容，达到融会贯通，灵活运用所学知识，考试顺利通过必然是自但是然的情形，相信自己，没错的！ 4) 考试当中必然要注意写字的格式，专门是简答题或论述题，必然要清楚要点1), 2), 3) ，清楚，明确，万万不要只写一整段，不分要点，如此会致使失去不该失去的得分（关键词必然要写上，只要意思表达清楚就可取得大体分） 5) 做简答题或论述题的答题要点： A. 关于历史时期的介绍 1 时刻+来源 分-1分) 2 历史背景(不

3、需要扩充) (1-2分) 3 该时期中最重要的创作思想和影响该时期的大背景(2-3分) 4 代表作家和代表作品简介(1分) 5 影响 1分) B. 论述题中人物性格分析的答题要点： 1 利用题目发挥 分) 2 该任务的代表时期，属于哪个阶级 (12分) 3 作品中人物经历的有关情节 (23分) 4 该人物的直接性格分析 (12分) 5 该人物的文学性格分析 (34分) 6 作用影响语言风格等 1分) C. 论述题中关于作家的分析 1 利用题目发挥 1分) 2 该作家所处的历史背景 (12 分) 3 该作家的语言风格 (12分) 4 该作家说写的典型作品及创作主题 (23分) 5 关于典型作品的

4、有关情节 (12分) 6 影响 1 分) 6) 以下内容是咱们总结了一些每一章中可能出现的简答题或论述题，请大家在考前着重看一下并熟练掌握，答案在以前各章的串讲资料中都能找到 英国文学部份： 1 Chapter 1 文艺振兴的特点有哪些？ Shakespeare 的戏剧独白分析 2 Chapter 2 新古典主义与浪漫主义的区别 3 Chapter 3 Wordsworth创作的原理和思想特点 Jane Austen的创作风格和作品介绍 Chapter 4 Jane Eyre的性格分析 关于George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, Lawrence and Dreiser四者的自

5、然主义(Naturalism) 的思想.(各自的代表作品分析 , 人物性格分析和作品的理论) 5 Chapter 5 结合美国文学部份的第三章（现代主义）和英国文学部份现代主义时期各自的影响理论 . Eliots “The love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”的作品分析 美国文学部份: 1 Chapter 1 Emersons Transcendentalism Hawthorne and Melville 的象征主义手法/ Hawthorne的写作特点(结合Yong Goodman Brown ) 2 Chapter 2 Mark Twains Local Col

6、orism 3 Chapter 3 Hemmingways writing style Faulkners A Rose for Emily (Emily的人物性格分析)IThe Writers Tested Most Often （最常考试的作家）：1. Emily Dickinson2. F. Scott Fitzgerald3. Henry James4. Mark Twain5. Nathaniel Hawthorne6. Thomas Hardy7. Washington Irving8. William ShakespeareII. The Writers Tested Often

7、 （次常考试的作家）：1. Alexander Pope2. Charles Dickens3. Daniel Defoe4. Emily Bronte5. Eugene ONeill6. Ezra Pound7. Ernest Hemingway8. Jane Austen9. John Keats10. John Milton11. Melville12. Percy Bysshe Shelly13. Robert Browning14. Theodore Dreiser15. Walt Whitman16. William Faulkner17. William WordsworthII

8、I. The Writers Tested Not Very Often（一般常考试的作家）：1. Charlotte Bronte2. Emerson3. Francis Bacon4. Henry Fielding5. James Joyce6. John Bunyan7. Jonathan Swift8. Robert Frost9. Samuel Johnson10. Samuel Taylor Coleridge11. William BlakeI. Blank-Filling. （40 Points）1. Fill in the Blanks with Corresponding

9、Authors. （10 Points） “Lucy Poems” are the series of love poems written by _ _. “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” is a novel written by _ . “Oliver Twist” is a novel written by _ _. “The Old Man and the Sea” is a novel written by _. “Road Not Taken” is a poem written by _.2. Fill in the Blanks with Corr

10、esponding Years. （10 Points） The year of Romans Invasion under Duke of Normandy is_. The year of “Glorious Revolution” is _. The year of the outbreak of American Independent War is _. The year of the outbreak of the World War I is _. The year of the publication of “the Bible, King James Version” und

11、er the order of King James I of Britain is _.3. Fill in the Blanks with Corresponding Works. （10 Points）j Hester Pryme, Dimmesdale, Cillingworth, and Pearl are most likely the names of the characters in “_”.k Geoffrey Chaucers masterpiece is “_”.l Daniel Defoes masterpiece is “_”.m The Houyhnhnms ar

12、e the man-like wise horses in Jonathan Swift “_”.n If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind? is an epigrammatic line P. B. Shelleys “_”.4. Fill in the Blanks with Corresponding Words. （10Points）o “Beowulf” is the first English _.p William Shakespeares “Four Great Tragedies” includes “_”, “_”, _” an

13、d “_”.q The general principles of the form of US government are “_”, “_” and “_”.r The Commonwealth of Nations was founded in _.s The full name of USA is _.II. Explanation. （20 Points）1. the Commonwealth2. Old English3. the US House of Representatives4. “Merchant of Venice”5. the British IslesIII. B

14、rief Answer. （20 Points）1. The Components of UK2. The classification of the plays of William Shakespeare. Give one example for each class.3. KJV (the King James Version)4. The British Isles5. BBCIV. Question. （20 Points）Tell the difference of between the government system of UK and that of USA.英语国家文

15、化模拟试卷参考答案与评分标准I. Blank-Filling. （40 Points）1. Fill in the Blanks with Corresponding Authors. （10 Points） _William Wordsworth _Mark Twain _Charles Dickens_ _Ernest Hemingway _Robert Lee Frost_2. Fill in the Blanks with Corresponding Years. （10 Points）3. _ 1066 _4. _ 1688_5. _1775_6. _1939_7. _1611_8.

16、 Fill in the Blanks with Corresponding Works. （10 Points） “_The Scarlet Letter_”. “_ The Canterbury Tales_”. “_ Robinson Crusoe_”. “Gullivers Travels ”. “_ Ode to the West Wind ”.9. Fill in the Blanks with Corresponding Words. （10Points）j _epic_.k “_Hamlet_”, “_Macbeth_”, _King Lear_” and “_Othello_

17、”.l _federalism_, _the separation of powers_, _respect for the Constitution and the rule of law_m _1931_.n the United States of America_II. Explanation. （20 Points）1. The British Empire was replaced by the British Commonwealth or the Commonwealth of Nations in is a free association of independent co

18、untries that were once colonies of Britain. Member nations are joined together economically and have certain trading arrangements. The Commonwealth has no special powers. The decision to become a member of the Commonwealth is left to each member nation. At present there are 50 member counties within

19、 the commonwealth (1991).2. The period from 450 to 1150 is known as the Old English. It is described as the period of full inflections, since during most of this period the case ending of the noun, the adjective and the conjugation of the verb were not weakened. Old English was a highly inflected la

20、nguage. It had a complete system of declensions(变格) with four case and conjugations. So Old English grammar differs from Modern English grammar in these aspects.3. The US House of Representatives includes: (1) constitutionally, the lower house of parliament.(2) There are now 147 seats in the House o

21、f Representatives.(3) They are divided among the states on a population basis.(4) Elections for the House of Representatives are held at least every three years.(5) The party or coalition of parties with a majority in the House of Representatives becomes the government and provides the ministry, inc

22、luding the Prime Minister.4. The Merchant of Venice, a master piece with humanist idea by William Shakespeare, presents readers a dramatic conflict between friendship and greediness, love and cruelty. This essay illustrates briefly how this conflict is created, developed and dramatized. At the same

23、time, the root causes for this conflict is analyzed.5. The term British Isles is a geographic one describing the two large islands of Great Britain (which contains England, Scotland and Wales) and Ireland, together with numerous smaller islands around their coasts. The major administrative divisions

24、 are England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.III. Brief Answer. （20 Points）1. UK includes the 4 parts of “England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.”2. His plays can be divided into four classes: histories such as “Henry V”, tr

25、agedies such as “Hamlet”, comedies such as “Merchant of Venice” and Tragicomedies such as “The Winters Tale”.3. The most important and influential of English Bible is the “Authorized” or “King James” version，first published in 1611. It was produced by 54 biblical scholars at the command of King Jame

26、s. With its simple，majestic Anglo-Saxon tongue，it is known as the greatest book in the English languages.4. The term British Isles is a geographic one describing the two large islands of Great Britain (which contains England, Scotland and Wales) and Ireland, together with numerous smaller islands ar

27、ound their coasts. The major administrative divisions are England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.5. (1) It is the abbreviation of British Broadcasting Corporation.(2) It has both radio and television services.(3) For radio broadcasting, it uses 39 languages and broadcasts to the whole world.(4) There is no advertisement on any BBC program.(5) It is financed by payments which must be made by all people who own television sets.(6) It has a Board of Governors, who are appointed by the Government.IV. Question. （20 Points）