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1、wenxuetikuI. Blank Filling:1. In December, 1620, the Mayflower arrived in the New World with 102 Puritan pilgrims in search of _.2. The first of American literature was not written by an American, but by _, a British captain, who thus became the first American writer.3. _College, the first college i

2、n North America, was established in 1636, with a printing press set up nearly in 1639.4. The first permanent English settlement in North America was_, which was established in Virginia in 1607.5. Hard work, thrift, piety and sobriety were the _values that dominated much of the early American writing

3、.6. In American literature, the eighteenth century was an Age of _ and Revolution.7. Benjamin Franklins best writing is found in his masterpiece _.8. The idea of the American Dream is rooted in the United States Declaration of Independence which proclaims that all men are created equal and that they

4、 are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights including Life, _and the pursuit of Happiness.9. Independence Day, American National Day, is celebrated on _because that is the day when the Continental Congress adopted the final draft of the Declaration of Independence. 10. From 1732 to

5、 1758, Benjamin Franklin wrote and published his famous work named _ , an annual collection of proverbs.11. Edgar A. Poes poems have the musical quality and romantic beauty. _ is the best-known poem.12. Most of Poes stories can be roughly divided into two kinds: tales of Gothic horror or grotesque l

6、ike The Black Cat, an incisive enquiry into the capacity of the human mind to originated its own destruction and the Fall of the House of Usher; while the other kind is _ stories of intellect or ratiocination . 13. Besides the Romantic writing that he did so effectively, Poe also pioneered in the de

7、veloping of the _story.14. _ was especially famous for Gothic novel.15. Ralph Waldo Emersons essay_ called on American writers to write about America in a way peculiarly American.16. In 1836, a little book named _ came out which made a tremendous impact on the intellectual life of America.17. As a t

8、ranscendentalist, Ralph Waldo Emerson placed emphasis on _, as the most important thing in the universe.18._ is one of the most important moralities of Emerson, and the theme well-displayed in Self-Reliance.19. “Trust thyself!” and “Make thyself!” is particularly said by _.20. Ralph Waldo Emersons t

9、ruest disciple, the man who put into practice many of Emersons theories, was_ .21. The American Transcendentalists formed a club called _.22. In 1845, Henry David Thoreau began a two-year residence at _ Pond.23. Emerson and Thoreau worked together on _, the journal of the Transcendental Club publish

10、ed to spread their views.24. A superb book entitled_ came out of Henry David Thoreau s two-year experiment at Walden Pond.25._ written By Longfellow is the first American poem introduced into China.26. The most scholarly of Henry Wadsworth Longfellows writings is his translation of Dantes _.27. Besi

11、des lyrics and longer poems Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote dramatic works, among which _ is the most conspicuous.28.After the death of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, he was buried in _.29. A Psalm of Life was written in the form of _ poem.30. The poetic style Walt Whitman devised is now called _ that

12、 is, poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme. 31. In the cluster of Whitmans poems, called _, he gave America its first genuine epic poem. 32. Most of the poems in Leaves of Grass is about _. 33. The theme of Ones Self I Sing, written by Walt Whitman, is _. 34. O Captain! My Captain!, an

13、 eulogy of Abraham Lincoln, is written by _.35._, who did not travel much, is called “the nun of Amherst”.36. According to Emily Dickinsons poem Success Is Counted Sweetest, a/an_ can understand the meaning of success best.37. Emily Dickinson searched for a way to make meaning out of life. She thoug

14、ht she would understand what life meant if she could understand what _meant, as is shown in the poem I heard a Fly buzz - when I died.38. _wrote poems but never intended to publish them. Of her 1775 poems only 7 were published in the newspapers in her own time.39. Both Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitm

15、an were influenced by Emersons ideas about self-expression and non-conformity. But Dickinson was_ whereas Whitman was optimistic. Dickinson had a tragic message and was closer to Poe, Hawthorne, and Melville.40. At the heart of Mark Twains achievement is his creation of the characters : _ and _.41.E

16、arnest Hemingway, whose own style is based on Twains, once said, “all modern American literature comes from _.”(Name of a novel)42. In Mark Twains masterpiece The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the escape of the Huck and Jim is actually a quest for _.43. The term “The Gilded Age” coined by Mark Twa

17、in was later used to refer to the _ period in American history.44 A folktale that exaggerates the main events and a characters abilities is known as _.45. In Maggie: A Girl of the Street, Steven Crane created a _ (a literal school) world.46. The novel The Red Badge of Courage is written by _. 47. _

18、is one of short stories written by Steven Crane based on his own experience of a shipwreck. 48. The novel The Red Badge of Courage has been considered the first modern _ novel. 49._ is the first novel written by Steven Crane about a New York slum girl.50. Katherine Ann Porters only novel is named _.

19、51. At 28, _s hair was caused to turn white by influenza. Her white hair became her trademark and basis for her novella Pale Horse, Pale Rider.52. Told as a _ monologue, the Jilting of Granny Weatherall is the story of the last day in an 80-year-old womans life. In her final hours with her surviving

20、 children around her bed, Granny Weatherall reconsiders her life and ponders her impending death.53. In_, an author portrays a characters continuing “stream” of thoughts as they occur, regardless of whether they make sense or whether the next thought in a sequence relates to the previous thought.54.

21、 The story named_ has remained popular for the complexities and ambiguities inherent in its stream-of-consciousness narrative and for its carefully drawn portrait of a Southern matriarch confronting the sum total of her life.55. The term “the lost generation” stems from a remark made by _ to Earnest

22、 Hemingway, “You are all a lost generation.”56. _ is a literary device used when a character reveals his or her innermost thoughts and feelings, those that are hidden throughout the course of the story line, through a poem or a speech. 57. American writers of the first postwar era self-consciously a

23、cknowledged that they were a “_”, actually devoid of faith and alienated from a civilization. 58. Hemingways stature as a writer was confirmed with the publication of his novel _ in 1929. The novel portrayed a farewell both to war and to love.59. In 1952, Hemingway portrayed an old fisherman, Santia

24、go, in the novel of _.60. One of the most important leader of Imagism is _.61. A(An) _ poem enables the reader to see the physical thing rather than put him through an abstract process.62. “The exact word must bring the effect of the object before the reader as it had presented itself to the poets m

25、ind at the time of writing.”This statement is said regarding the literary school of _. 63. “The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet, black bough.”Above is the short poem In a Station of the Metro written by _. 64.“The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet, black

26、 bough.”Above is a typical example of _ (a literal school) poem written by Ezra Pound.65. The main topic in Wallace Stevens poetry is the relationship between reality and poetry, _and imagination.66. Wallace Stevens poetic theoretical work is named_, in which he says “ imagination is the power that

27、enables us to perceive the normal in the abnormal, the opposite of chaos in chaos”.67. Robert Frosts poem _ tells how the course of the poets life was determined when he came upon two roads that diverged in a wood.68. Robert Frost rejected the revolutionary poetic principles of his contemporaries, c

28、hoosing instead _. 69. Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice.From what Ive tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire,But if it had to perish twice,I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also greatAnd would suffice.Above is the poem Fire and Ice writte

29、n by Robert Frost. In it, the fire symbolizes _ and ice symbolizes _. 70. _ is a nature poem written by Robert Frost71. In the 1920s, there was a new upsurge of African American literature, which has come to be known as_.72. African American literature attained a higher degree of maturity in 1952 wh

30、en Ralph Ellison s_ appeared in print.73. By far the most important person in the Harlem Renaissance was_ known as African Americans poet laureate, who ultimately outgrew the movement, and developed into one of the major African American authors to help make African American culture.74. Up to now, _

31、is the only black writer who was a Nobel Prize winner.75. Toni Morrison and _are two of the most important female African American novelists, the masterpiece of the latter is The Color Purple.75. Imagism is a poetic movement of England and the United States, which flourished from _ to 1917.76. “I have eaten the plums that were in the i