英国文学史及作品选读习题集 1文档格式.docx

1、8. Comment on T. S. Eliots achievements in poetry. 9. Introduce the plot of Lucky Jim and analyze the character of Jim. 10. Make a contrast between 1950s poetry and 1960s poetry.11. Through analyzing the symbolic meaning of major characters, Estragon （Gogo）, Vladimir （Didi）, Pozzo, Lucky, Godot, com

2、ment on the symbolic values in Waiting for Godot. Define the following terms.1. Modernism 2. Epiphany3. Interior monologue 4. Fragmentation5. Non-linear, discontinuous narratives 6. Allusive language7. Feminist criticism 8. Reader-response criticism 9. Epigraph 10. Epilogue11. Post-modernism 12. Pos

3、t-structuralism13. Theatre of the absurd 14. Kitchen sink drama15. Meta-fiction. Fill in the blanks.1. Modernism takes their rational philosophy and the theory of as its theoretical base.2. The three trilogies of s Forsyte novels are masterpieces of critical realism in the early 20th century.3. “Ara

4、by” from Dubliners is a tale of the frustrated quest for in the midst of drabness.4. The major themes of the modernist literature are the distorted, alienated and ill relationships between man and , man and society, man and man, and man and himself.5. William Butler Yeats experienced a slow and pain

5、ful change in his poetic creation, starting in the tradition and finishing as a mature poet.6. T. S. Eliots major achievement in playwriting has been the creation of a in the 20th century to express the ideas and actions of modern society with new accents of the speech.7. In his famous essay “Tradit

6、ion and Individual Talent” puts great emphasis on the importance of tradition both in creative writing and in criticism.8. is Galsworthys masterpiece which gives a profound and true-to-life picture of the English society from the 80s of the 19th century up to the 20s of the 20th century.9. The trilo

7、gy The Forsyte Saga consists of The Man of Property, and To Let.10. , which bears a strong thematic resemblance to “The Waste Land”, is generally regarded as the darkest of T. S. Eliots poems.11. Structurally and thematically, George Bernard Shaw follows the great tradition of .12. Joyce seems to me

8、an that the novel describes the mental activities of two Dubliners in a single day, while , his second novel, describes the sub-conscious world in which a man lives through a good part of his life.13. represents the much more readable novelists of the stream of consciousness school. She is a fine ar

9、tist, a woman of sharp sensitivity who, in one of her frequent mental depressions, committed suicide.14. Virginia Woolfs novel , published in1925, made her reputation as an important psychological writer.15. Modernism upholds a new view of time by emphasizing the time over the chronological one.16.

10、All of Joyces novels and short stories have the same setting, , especially ,and the same subject, Dubliners and their life.17. was much concerned about the crying contradictions of bourgeois civilization and made protests against imperialism and fascism, but he believed in the possibilities of impro

11、ving capitalism with a system of “technocracy”. The First Men in the Moon is one of his novels.18. The statement “A demanding mother turns away from her husband and gives all her affection to her sons” sums up the main plot of D. H. Lawrences .19. According to James Joyce, the three required things

12、for the perception of beauty are wholeness, harmony and .20. In Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf adopted a writing technique called , in which the whole story was presented with the interior monologues of the characters.21. “She frankly wanted him to climb into the middle class, a thing not very diffic

13、ult, she knew. And she wanted him in the end to marry a lady.” is taken from D. H. Lawrences novel .22. D. H. Lawrences poems fall roughly into three categoriessatirical and comic poems, poems about human relationship and emotions, and poems about .23. Galsworthy distinguished himself as a playwrigh

14、t. His two important plays include and Strife.24. In his novels of social satire, H. G. Wells makes realistic studies of the aspirations and frustrations of the “ man.”25. “The Bliss” is one of s famous short stories. She was skilled in psychological analysis, whose favorite technique is the .26. A

15、Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is s first novel.27. Our Betters and The Circle are two of s plays. 28. To the Light house was written by _. 29. The Good Companions is a novel by _.30. The Stars Look Down is a well-known novel by _. 31. To create his modern OdysseyUlysses, Joyce adopts a kind

16、of _ style.32. “Sailing to Byzantium” is a well-known poem written by _.33. T. S. Eliots classic expression of the temper of his age is “_”, two years after which “_”, is also a powerful expression of an age of doubt that longs in despair for belief.34. The poem “The Waste Land”, which is 433 lines

17、long, is broadly acknowledged as one of the most recognizable land marks of _, the first part of “The Waste Land” is “_”, and the third is “_”.35. In 1913, Eliot published his first volume of verse, “_” in which the influence of some French symbolists can be seen.36. Sean OCasey employs unique stage

18、craft in his expressionistic play, _, in which four scenes, Morning, Noon, Evening, and Night, correspond to four seasons, Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter.37. Known as the most significant representative of the “_”, Kingsley Amis writes a satire on social and academic pretensions in his Lucky Jim.

19、38. A Booker Prize winner, Iris Murdoch said “The ego disappears and you see the world with absolute vividness and clarity”, which is the theme of her novel _.39. Muriel Sparks The Girls of Slender Means is set in a hostel in _ in 1945 when the detonation of an unexploded bomb sets fire to the hoste

20、l, a moment when characters spiritual world is depicted in a biting satire.40. The Golden Notebook is considered to be _s masterpiece, taken as a milestone work in Feminist Literature.41. The French Lieutenants Woman is considered to be the masterpiece of John Fowles, in which the story is set in 18

21、67, in _ society.42. In Look Backin Anger, John Osborne creates an image, _, who forges a voice for the “Angry Young Man” of his generation in 1950s.43. Through the military life experience of Guy, and disillusionment of his dream of elimination of the evils through just wars, Evelyn Waugh explores

22、in his work, _, the nature of war.44. Jean Rhyss is taken as one of the major works of West Indian literature. It explores the psychological dimension of race and violence and slavery. Choose the best answer.1. _ is the most outstanding stream-of-consciousness novelist. A. William Butler Yeats B. Jo

23、hn GalsworthyC. James Joyce D. George Bernard Shaw2. Rudyard Kipling was the spokesman for imperialist sentiment. Which one is NOT his work?A. Dubliners B. The Jungle BookC. The Second Jungle Book D. Plain Tales from the Hills3. The main characters in The Man of Property do NOT include .A. Soames B.

24、 IreneC. Bosinney D. Heathcliff4. Which of the following novels was NOT written by H. G. Wells?A. The Time MachineB. The First Men in the MoonC. The War in the AirD. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man5. G. B. Shaws play Mrs. Warrens Profession is a realistic exposure of the in the English socie

25、ty.A. slum landlordismB. inequality between men and womenC. political corruptionD. economic exploitation of women6. Which of the following is NOT John Boynton Priestleys work?A. Angel Pavement B. The Good CompanionsC. The Waves D. They Walks in the City7. was written by James Joyce.A. Dubliners B. P

26、ortrait of a LadyC. Picture of Dorian Gray D. To the Lighthouse8. Undershaft is a character in the play by George Bernard Shaw.A. The Devils Disciple B. The Man of PropertyC. Major Barbara D. Justice9. Which writer belongs to “stream-of-consciousness” school?A. Virginia Woolf B. Thomas WolfeC. Somme

27、rset Maugham D. Thomas Hardy10. By presenting a conventional hero as a villain, or a conventional villain as a hero, intends to give a shocking impression to his audience and challenge the conventional way of thinking.A. Rudyard Kipling B. George Bernard ShawC. T. S. Eliot D. D. H. Lawrence11. A typ

28、ical Forsyte, according to John Galsworthy, is a man with a strong sense of , who never pays any attention to human feelings.A. justice B. humorC. morality D. property12. “He was silent with conceit of his son. Mrs. Morel sniffed, as if it were nothing.” （Sons and Lovers by D. H. Lawrence） From the

29、above quotation, we can see that Mrs. Morels attitude to her husband is .A. sincerely warm B. genuinely kindC. seemingly angry D. merely contemptuous13. Which of following statements about Yeats is true?A. In a certain way, Yeatss experiments in drama anticipated the abstract movement of modern theater.B. The major themes of Yeatss later poetry a