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1、9. panoramic 10. transitional 11. naturalistic 12. Alfred Tennyson, Robert Browning 13. traditional, modern 14. destiny 15. child C. l.T 2. F 3.T 4. F 5. F 6. T 7. T 8. T 9.F 10.T 11. F 12.T 13.T 14. F 15.T 16.F 17.F 18.T 19.T 20.F D. 1. Thomas Hardy 3. George Eliot 5. Robert Browning 7. Alfred Tenn

2、yson 9. Alfred Tennyson 2. Thomas Hardy 4. Robert Browning 6. Alfred Tennyson 8. Alfred Tennyson 10. Alfred Tennyson 11. Emily Bronte 12. Charlotte Bronte 13. Charles Dickens 14. Charles Dickens 15. Charles Dickens 16. Charles Dickens E. By dramatic monologue it is meant that a poet chooses a dramat

3、ic moment or a crisis, in which his characters are made to talk about their lives, and about their minds and hearts. In listening to those one-sided talks, readers can form their own opinions and judgments about the speakers personality and about what has really happened. Robert Browning brought thi

4、s poetic form to its maturity and perfection and his My Last Duchess is one of the best-known dramatic monologues. F. A） 1. From Alfred Tennysons Break, Break, Break. It is a lyric in memory of the poets best friend. In these two stanzas, the poets own feelings of sadness are contrasted with the car

5、e?free, innocent joys of the children and the unfeeling move?ment of the ship and the sea waves. 2. From Alfred TennysonCrossing the Bar. The poet shows his fearlessness towards death and his faith in an afterlife. means leaving this world and entering the next world. 3. From Alfred TennysonUlysses.

6、 This part indicates that Ulysses, tired of the peaceful commonplace everyday life, persuades his old followers to go with him and to set sail again to pursue a new world and new knowledge. 4. From Robert Browning. It is one part of the Dukes monologue. The Duke means that he is not sat?isfied with

7、his young wife because she is too warm and outgo?ing so that he gets her killed. The Duke reveals himself as a cruel and tyrannical man. 5. From Robert BrowningMeeting at Night. In this stanza the speaker, a lover, is describing the whereabouts of their meeting place. 6. From Robert BrowningParting

8、at Morning. Here in the description of sun-rise, the poet unconsciously expresses his helplessness in having to face up his duty as a man. B） 1. A. From Charles Dickenss Oliver Twist. B. The two men are making a bargain. C. Oliver Twist is sold, at three pound ten, to Mr. Gamfield. 2. A. From Charlo

9、tte Brontes Jane Eyre. B. The speaker is Jane Eyre and she is speaking to Mr. Rochester. C. Jane is trying to show Mr. Rochester that she must leave him because she doesnt want to become his accessory. She feels hurt because Mr. Rochester has not told her about his wife and in her mind he doesnt tre

10、at her as an equal being- 3. A. From Emily Bronte s Wuthering Heights. B. Nelly, Catherines old nurse. C. It describes the meeting between Heathcliff and Catherine when Catherine is dying. 4. A. From George Eliots Middlemarch. B. Dorothea. C. The passage implies that Dorothea, who is full of youthfu

11、l life and vigor, is caught in the cold, lifeless and dull house. 5. A. From Thomas Hardys Tess of the DUrbervilles. B. Angel Clare. C. It means that the corporeal suffering that Tess has experi?enced makes her spiritually mature before her age. G. 1. In this period, the novel became the most widely

12、 read and the most vital and challenging expression of progressive thought. While sticking to the principle of faithful representation of the eighteenth-century realist novel, novelists in this period car?ried their duty forward to the criticism of the society and the defense of the mass. Although w

13、riting from different points of view and with different techniques, they shared one thing in common, that is, they were all concerned about the fate of the common people. They were angry with the inhuman social institutions, the decaying social morality as represented by the money-worship and Utilit

14、arianism, and the widespread misery, poverty and injustice. Their truthful depiction of peoples life and bitter and strong criticism of the society had done much in awakening the public consciousness to the social problems and in the actual improvement of the society. 2. Charlotte Brontes works are

15、all about the struggle of an indi?vidual towards self-realization, about some lonely and ne?glected young women with a fierce longing for love, under?standing and a full, happy life. All her heroines highest joy comes from some sacrifice of self or some human weakness overcome. Besides, she is a wri

16、ter of realism combined with romanticism. On one hand, she presents a vivid realistic pic?ture of the English society by exposing the cruelty, hypocrisy and other evils of the upper classes, and by showing the mis?ery and suffering of the poor. Her works are famous for the depiction of the life of t

17、he middle-class working women, par?ticularly governesses. On the other hand, her writings are marked throughout by an intensity of vision and of passion. By writing from an individual point of view, by creating char?acters who are possessed of strong feelings, fiery passions and some extraordinary p

18、ersonalities , by using some elements of horror, mystery and prophesy, she is able to recreate life in a very romantic way. The vividness of her subjective narra?tion, the intensely achieved characterization, especially those heroines who are totally contrary to the public expectations, and the most

19、 truthful presentation of the economical, moral, social life of the timeall this earns her works a never dying popularity. 3. The work is one of the most popular and important novels of the Victorian age. It is noted for its sharp criticism of the ex?isting society, e. g. the religious hypocrisy of

20、charity institu?tions , the social discrimination and the false social convention as concerning love and marriage. At the same time, it is an intense moral fable. Jane, like Mr. Rochester, has to under?go a series of physical and moral tests to grow up and achieve her final happiness. The success of

21、 the novel is also due to its introduction to the English novel the first governess heroine. Jane Eyre is a completely new woman image. She represents those middle-class working women who are struggling for recognition of their rights and equality as a human being. The vivid description of her inten

22、se feelings and her thought and inner conflicts brings her to the heart of the audience. 4. Jane Eyre is Charlotte Brontes most successful and popular novel and it is a powerful and fascinating story of elemental love and hate. The success of the novel is due to its introduc?tion to the English nove

23、l the first governess heroine. Jane Eyre, an orphan child with a fiery spirit and a longing to love and be loved, a poor, plain, little governess who dares to love her master, a man superior to her in many ways, and even is brave enough to declare to the man her love for him, cuts a completely new w

24、oman image. In this novel Charlotte characterizes Jane Eyre as a naive, kind-hearted, noble-mind?ed woman who pursues a genuine kind of love. Jane Eyre rep?resents those middle-class working women who are struggling for recognition of their basic rights and equality as a human being. The vivid descr

25、iption of her intense feelings and her thought and inner conflicts brings her to the heart of the audi?ence. 5. Tennyson is a real artist. He has the capacity of linking visual pictures with musical expressions, and with the feelings. He has perfect control of the sound of English, and a sensitive e

26、ar, an excellent choice and taste of words. His poetry is rich in poetic images and melodious language, and noted for its lyrical beauty and metrical charm. His works are not only the products of the creative imagination of a poet genius but also products of a long and rich English heritage. His won

27、derful works manifest all the qualities of Englands great poets. The dreaminess of Spenser, the majesty of Milton, the natural simplicity of Wordsworth, the fantasy of Blake and Co?leridge, the melody of Keats and Shelley, and the narrative vigor of Scott and Byron, all these striking qualities are

28、ev?ident in Tennysons poetry. 6. The name of Browning is often associated with the term dra?matic monologue. Although it is not his invention, it is in his hands that this poetic form reaches its maturity and per?fection. Brownings style is very different from that of any other Victorian poets. He i

29、s like a weather-beaten pioneer, bravely and vigorously trying to beat a track through the jun?gle. His poetic style belongs to the twentieth century rather than to the Victorian age. The rough, grotesque and dispro?portionate appearance, the non-poetic jarring diction and the clumsy rhythms fit mar

30、velously a life that is just as imperfect and incongruous. In general, Brownings poems are not meant to entertain the readers with the usual acoustic and vi?sual pleasures: they are supposed to keep them alert, thoughtful and enlightened. 7. As a woman of exceptional intelligence and life experience

31、, George Eliot shows a particular concern for the destiny of women, especially those with great intelligence, potential and social aspirations. In her mind, the pathetic tragedy of women lies in their very birth. Their inferior education and limited social life determine that they must depend on men for sustenance and realization of their goals, and they have only to fulfill the domestic duties expected of them by the society. Their opportunities of success are not even inc