英国文学下册.docx

1、英国文学下册. Fill in the following blanks (20 points in all, 2 points for each)1. With the publication of William Wordsworths Lyrical Ballads in collaboration with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Romanticism began to bloom and found a firm place in the history of English literature.2. Percy Shelley and Byron ar

2、e justifiably regarded as the two great poets of the revolutionary romanticism in England. And Byron said of him “the best and least selfish man I ever knew”.3. The Bront sisters are Charlotte Bront, Emily Bront and Anne Bront.4. The Victorian age valued mainly “ Applied poetry” (as against “pure” o

3、r “absolute” poetry), applied in the sense of being useful in inculcating moral lessons, or enforcing established values and tastes, or simply as a means of diversion and entertainment.5. The novel Sons and Lovers was positively taken as a typical example of “The Oedipus Complex” and the author reve

4、als its negative impact upon human growth. 6. Robert Burns is a famous Scottish poet and his poems are written in Scottish dialect on various subjects, and His “Auld Lang Syne” (Old Long Ago) which has been sung as a parting song in many places of the world in different languages.7. “If winter comes

5、, can Spring be far behind?” is the last line of Percy Bysshe Shelleys revolutionary poem entitled Ode to the West Wind .8. As a woman writer in Romanticism, Jane Austin drew vivid and realistic pictures of everyday life of the country society in her novels.9. Currer Bell is the pseudonym of Charlot

6、te Bront . Jane Eyre is one of her masterpieces.10. George Bernard Shaw, a prolific writer, won Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925. Choose the best answer for each blank. (20 points in all, 2 points for each)1. In British Romanticism, William Wordsworth, Samuel Coleridge and A are called “Lake poets

7、”, because they lived in the Lake District in the northwestern part of England.A. Robert Southey B. Robert BurnsC. Thomas Hardy D. William Blake2. “One shade the more, one ray the less, / Had half impaird the nameless grace” is from the poem She Walks in Beauty written by C .A. Percy Bysshe Shelley

8、B. Robert BrowningC. George Gordon, Lord Byron D. Alfred, Lord Tennyson3. B was entitled the “poet laureate” after the death of Wordsworth in 1850. A. John Donne B. Alfred, Lord Tennyson C. Thomas Hardy D. Robert Browning4. Which of the Following is NOT one of Hardys novels of character and environm

9、ent? DA. Under the Greenwood Tree B. Tess of the DUrbervillesC. Jude the Obscure D. The Dynasts 5. Which of the following is Not written by D.H. Lawrence? CA. The Rainbow B. Women in LoveC. A Pair of Blue Eyes D. Lady Chatterleys Lover 6. One of Robert Brownings contributions to British literature i

10、s his experimental and use of dramatic monologue. His is a good example of this type. BA. Paracelsus B. My Last DuchessC. Sordellot D. Last Poems7. In the 19th century English literature, a new literary trend called D appeared after the romantic poetry.A. naturalism B. enlightenmentC. formalism D. c

11、ritical realism8. “Please, sir, I want more.” is from the novel C , in which Charles Dickens tells the story of an orphan boy, whose adventures provide a description of the lower depths of London. A. Great Expectation B. David CopperfieldC. Oliver Twist D. The Pickwick Papers9. Oscar Wildes D is a s

12、trikingly ingeniously story of a handsome young man his selfish pursuit of sensual pleasures. Until the end of the book he himself remains fresh and healthy in appearance while his portrait mysteriously changes into a horrible image of his corrupted soul. A. Lady Windermeres Fan B. The Importance of

13、 Being Earnest C. An Ideal Husband D. The Picture of Dorian Gray10. The novel D was positively taken as a typical example of “Oedipus” and the author reveals its negative impact upon human growth. A. The Rainbow B. Women in LoveC. A Pair of Blue Eyes D. Sons and Lovers作品及主人公连线（1）Pride and Prejudice

14、(Jane Austen)The Bennets（5 daughters and no son）:Jane Bennetthe oldest sister & Mr. BingleyElizabeth Bennetsecond girl & Mr. DarcyLydia BennetCharlotte BennetMary Bennet Mr. CollinsMr. Bennets cousin and the heir of his estate （2）Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens) Oliver Twist, subtitledthe Parish Boys

15、Progress, is the second novel by English authorCharles Dickens, published in 1838. Oliver Twistthe orphanMr. Grimwig Mrs. Mann Mr. Bumble Rose Maylie （3）Great Expectation (Dickens masterpiece) Pip Estella Magwitch Havisham Joe （4）Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray) Amelia Sedleythe daughter of

16、 a wealthy London merchant Rebecca Sharpan orphan Joseph SedleyAmelias rich brother George OsborneAmelias husband 后来参加滑铁卢战死 William Dobbina distinguished officer, George Osbornes friend, 暗恋Amelia Sir Pitt Crawley-Rawdon Crawley（5） Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bront) Jane EyreRochester Bertha Mason（6）Tess of

17、 the DUrbervilles ( Tomas Hardy ) Durbeyfield Tess （7）The picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde(1854-1900) ) Dorian Gray Basil Hallward, his artist friend Lord Henry Wotton, his mentor in depraved life Sybil Vane, a young actress Alan Campbell, a chemist James Vane, Sybils brother（8）Sons and Lovers (D

18、. H. Lawrence ) Paul Morel Clara Dawes: Pauls mistress Gertrude Morel: Pauls mother Miriam: Pauls girlfriend Walter Morel: Pauls father William Morel: Pauls older brother（9）The importance of being Earnest (Oscar Wilde ) Ernest Worthing (actually Jack Worthing) Algernon Moncrieff Gwendolen Fairfax Ce

19、cily CardewLady BracknellBunbury(10) Wuthering Heights ( ) HeathcliffCatherine EarnshawHindley 回答下列问题（1）What is dramatic monologue? A kind of narrative poem in which one character speaks to one or more listeners whose replies are not given in the poem. The occasion is usually a crucial one in the sp

20、eakers life, and the dramatic monologue reveals the speakers personality as well as the incident that is the subject of the poem.（2）Features of Dramatic Monologue A single person, who is patentlynotthe poet, utters the speech that makes up the whole of the poem, in a specific situation at a critical

21、 moment. This person addresses and interacts with one or more other people; but we know of the auditors presence, and what they say and do, only from clues in the discourse of the single speaker. The main principle controlling the poets choice and formulation of what the lyric speaker says is to rev

22、eal to the reader, in a way that enhances its interest, the speakers temperament and character.(3) Make a comment on Percy Bysshe Shelly. Comments on Shelley Shelley is one of the leading Romantic poets, an intense and original lyrical poet in the English language. Shelley loved the people and hated

23、 their oppressors and exploiters. He called on the people to overthrow the rule of tyranny and injustice and prophesied a happy and free life for mankind. He stood for this social and political ideal all his life. He and Byron are justifiably (justly, rightly) regarded as the two great poets of the

24、revolutionary romanticism in England. Byron, his best friend, said of Shelley “the best and least selfish man I ever knew”. Wordsworth said, “Shelley is one of the best artists of us all”. （4）Summarize the writing features of Charles Dickens?Writing Features The Dickensian world is almost Shakespear

25、ean. Dickens province is the whole of English society of his time. It is a world thronged with the diverse specimens of humanity: characters that come from all works of life To gauge the mood swings of this world, the readers in fact need only to observe the way Dickens pictures London. It is his be

26、loved city, one that he can never stay away for too long, and one that is his best source of inspiration for his creative endeavors. The archetypal Dickensian hero or heroine is often an orphan or a child whose parents, though still alive, are as well as dead to them. There is in these protagonists

27、a visible silhouette of young Dickens suffering in a blacking shoe factory or visiting his father in a debtors prison. 最后一大题，回答问题1, William Blake the TygerAnd what shoulder and what art 用怎样的臂力和巧妙 Could twist the sinews of thy heart? 把你的心脏打造？ And when thy heart began to beat, 当你的心脏开始跳动 What dread han

28、d and what dread feet? 他有怎样的从容？ What the hammer? what the chain? 是怎样的锤？是怎样的锁链？ In what furnace was thy brain? 在怎样的熔炉里把你的脑筋锻炼？ What the anvil? What dread grasp 用怎样的铁砧？用怎样的掌力 Dare its deadly terrors clasp? 紧紧握住这个致命的危机？When the stars threw down their spears, 当星辰纷纷把长矛抛纵 And waterd heaven with their tear

29、s, 而且用泪水洒满天篷 Did He smile His work to see? 他是否看着自己的作品微笑？ Did He who made the lamb make thee? 他是否创制了你又创制羊羔？ Tiger, tiger, burning bright 虎，虎，于黑夜的林木 In the forests of the night, 明亮如火团锦簇 What immortal hand or eye 是怎样的天工或神目 Dare frame thy fearful symmetry? 成就你惊人的雄姿？Question 1 What parts of the tyger has

30、 been described in the poem? eyes: burning bright in darkness/ fiery figure: in fearful symmetryheart: hard to twist its sinews; sturdyhand and feet: dreadfulbrain: framed in furnace; strongQuestion 2 What does the tiger stand for or symbolize? powerful force , with terror, mystery and violenceeg: f

31、earful symmetry, dread handobscure in symbolic meaning Question 3 What does the poem glorify? the tiger; the maker of the tiger and the magic of the creation 2, She Dwelt Among the Untrodden waysShe Dwelt among the Untrodden Ways She dwelt among the untrodden ways 伊人独僻处 Beside the springs of Dove, 盈盈碧泉畔 A Maid there were none to praise 之子少闻之 And very few to love: 寥寥无所慕 A violet by a mossy stone 紫兰依苔石 Half hidden from the eye! 若隐恍若现 -Fair as a star, when only one 熠熠星一盏 Is shining in the sky. 粲然当空烁 She lived unknown