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1、美国文学美国文学 Chapter1.Each of the statements blow is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement and put the letter in the brackets.( )1.In Americas transcendentalist group includes two of the most significant writers whose writing has a strong impact on A

2、merican literature.A. Emerson and Henry David ThoreauB. Washington Irving and EmersonC. Ralph Waldo Emerson and IrvingD. Nathaniel Hawthorne and David( )2. In 1845 he built a cabin on some land belonging to Emerson by Walden Pond and moved in a very simple manner for a little over two years, which g

3、ave birth to a great transcendentalist work_.A. Leaves of GrassB. WaldenC. The Scarlet LetterD. Self-Reliance( )3. The Romantic Period of American literature started with The_ and ended with Whitmans Leaves of Grass.Being a period of the great flowering of American literature, it is also called “the

4、 American Renaissance.”A. Coopers Leather-Stocking TalesB. Adventures of Huckleberry FinnC. Sketch Book D. The Scarlet Letter( )4._has always been regarded as a writer who “perfected the best classic style that American Literature ever produced.”A. EmersonB. Nathaniel HawthorneC. Henry David Thoreau

5、D. Washington Irving( )5. Hawthornes remarkable sense of the Puritan past, his apparent preoccupation with the moral issues of sin and guilt, and his keen psychology analysis of people are brought to full display in his masterpiece_A. The Scarlet LetterB. Mosses from an Old ManseC. The Snow-ImageD.

6、The Marble Faun( )6.All sea adventure stories of Herman Melville,_proves to be the best.A. TypeeB. Moby-DickC. OmooD. Redburn( )With a strong senses of optimism and the mood of “feeling good” of the whole nation, a spectacular outburst of_was brought about in the first half of the 19th century in Am

7、erica.A. Romantic feelingB. Classical feelingC. Ironical feelingD. Neoclassical feeling( )8.The literary use of the more colorful aspects of the past was also to be found in Freneaus use of the_ theme.A. TypeeB. Ruins of EmpireC. Coopers Leather-Stocking TalesD. The Scarlet Letter( ) One of the mani

8、festations in the fact American romantic writers tended more to_ than their English and European counterparts.A. realizeB. classlessC. moralizeD. idealize( )10.The most clearly defined Romantic literary movement in American romantic period is_.A. New England TranscendentalismB. America Transcendenta

9、lismC. Original sinD. The America Puritanism.Complete each of the following statements with a proper word or a phrase according to the textbook.1. the American writers shared some common features with the_2. Romanticists. Irving, Copper, Poe,_and Bryant revolted against the literary forms and ideas

10、of classicism by developing some relatively new forms of fiction or poetry.3. the American national experience of “_” proved to be a rich source of material for American writers to draw upon.4.The desire for an escape from society and_ become a permanent convention of American literature.5.Washing I

11、rving was born in _, youngest of eleven children of a wealthy merchant. 6.Irvings taste was essentially _ Like the two famous personae he created, Diedrich Knickerbocker and Geoffrey.7.Rips sole domestic adherent was his dog_, who was as much hen-pecked as his master.8.Emerson retreated to a quiet s

12、tudy at Concord, Massachuestts, where he began to pursue his new path of_9. In the essayAn Excerpt form NatureEmerson clearly expresses the main principles of his_ love for nature.10.Hawthornes view of man and human history originates, to a great extent,in_.Decide whether the following statements ar

13、e true or false and write your answers in the brackets.( )1. Foreign literary masters, especially the English counterparts exerted a stimulating impact on the writers of American.( )2.The only tendency to exalt the common man was almost a national religion in America.( )3.Because foreign influences

14、were strong, the great works that demonstrate what American Romantic writings were not typically American.( )4.The most clearly defined Romantic literary movement in this period is New England Transcendentalism.( )5.Irvings taste was essentially conservative.( )6.Hawthoroe has always been regarded a

15、s a write who “perfected the classic style that American Literature ever produced.”( )7.Emerson is generally know as an essayist.( )8.Emersons essays often have a serious style, for most of them were derived from his journals or lectures.( )9.Hawthorne is a master of symbolism, which he took from th

16、e Puritan tradition and bequeathed to American literature in a revivified form.( )10.Moby-Dick is regarded as the second American prose epic.Name the author of each of the following literary works.1. A History of New York2. The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon,Gent3. Rip Van Winkle4. Self-reliance5. E

17、ssays6. Over-soul7. Leaves of Grass8. Moby-Dick9. Redburn10. Mardi .Define the literary terms listed below.1. Transcendentalism2. American Renaissance.For each of the quotations listed below please give the name of the author and the title of the literary work from which it is taken and then briefly

18、 interpret it.1. Times grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle as years of matrimony rolled on.2. And the first object he looked upon, that object he became, And that object became part of the day or a certain part of the clay.Give brief answers to the following questions.1. What did the American P

19、uritanism as a cultural heritage exert great influences over American Romanticism?2. What are the early works that were written after Melville was back from the sea?.Short essays questions.1. Give a brief analysis of Young Goodman Brown.2. Discuss the symbolism in Moby Dickby Herman Melville.美国文学 Ch

20、apter2Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers . Choose the one that would best complete the statement and put the letter in the brackets .( ) 1 .The period ranging from 1865 to 1914 has been referred to as the _ in the literary history of the United States .A .Age of Rea

21、lism B .Age of classicalism C .Age of Romanticism D .Age of Renaissance( ) 2 .The novel _ is not written by Henry James .A .The Ambassadors B .The Wings of the Dove C .The Bostonians D .The Mysterious Stranger( ) 3 .The novel _ is not written by Henry James in the early period .A .The American B .Da

22、isy Miller C .The Portrait of a Lady D .The Wings of the Dove ( ) 4 .H . L . Mencken considered _ was “ the true father of our national literature ” .A .Mark Twain B. Henry James C .Emily Dickinson D .Dreiser ( ) 5 .Altogether . Miss Emily Dickinson wrote 1,775 poems , of which only _- had appeared

23、during her lifetime .A .eight B .seventeen C .nine D .seven ( ) 6 .The main theme of _ The Art of Fiction reveals his literary credo that representation of life should be the main object of the novel .A .Henry Jamess B .Mark Twains C .Theodore Dreisers D .William Dean Howells( ) 7 .” The Way of the

24、Beaten : A Harp in the Wind ” this is the title of one chapter in Dreisers novel _.A .An American Tragedy B .Sister Carrie C .Rogaum and His Theresa D .Jannie Gerhardt( ) 8 .Adventure of Huckleberry Finn was novel of _ . A Henry Jamess B .Mark Twain s C .Theodore Dreisers D William Dean Howells( ) 9

25、 ._ was the first American writer to conceive his career in international terms .A .Henry James B .Mark Twain C .Dreiser D .Dickinson( ) 10 .Hurstwood was a character of novel _ . A .Sister Carrie B .Jennie Gerhardt C .The Financier D .The Genius II .Complete each of the following statements with a

26、proper word or a phrase according to the textbook .1 .The period ranging from 1865 to 1914has , been referred to as _ in the literary history the United States .2 .The impact of Darwins evolutionary theory on the American thought and the influence of the 19th century French literature on the America

27、n men of letters gave rise to yet another school of realism _ .3 .Frank Norris , in his _ , described the relations of a crude dentist , who is compared to a draft-horse , a dog , a bear , with a superficially refined German-American girl .4 .From the novel _ could be felt the change in Mark Twain f

28、rom an optimist to an almost despairing pessimist .5 .The literary career of Henry James is generally divided into _ periods .6 .In his last and main period , James returned to his _ theme .7 .In Sister Carrie Dreiser expressed his _ by expounding the purposelessness of life and attacking the conven

29、tional standards .8 .Dreisers style has been a _- of his work from the beginning .9 ._ and _ are main subjects Dickinson dwelt on .10 .Jamess realism is characterized by his _ to his subject matter .III .Decide whether the following statements are true or false and write your answers in the brackets

30、 .1 .The literary scene after the Civil War proved to be quite different a picture .1 .Mark Twain is the only one whose works are characterized with local colors .3 .Darwins evolutionary theory have no influence on the American men of letters .4 .Mark Twain was considered “ the true father of our na

31、tional literature ” by H . L . Mencken .5 .Mark Twain is true name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens .6 .The profound portrait of Huckleberry Finn is another great contribution of the book to the legacy of American literature .7 .Another fact that made Twain unique is his magic power with language , his use of vernacular .8 .Henry James (1843-1916) was the second American writer to conceive his career in international terms .9 .James experimented