Contemporary American literature
Contemporary American Literature (1945---)
2. 1960s and also affected 1970s a. the murder of Kennedy and M.L.King The society was really a chaotic one and people had no sense of security. b. Civil Rights Movement It’s was closely connected with Black Literature.
He was on the list of the death of 10 famous figures around the America of the year of 1997. a. life and works Howl (1956): a manifesto of the Beat Generation.
B. Literary scene The most striking feature for this period is deversity. There is no unified movement. Writers show their particular interests in different aspects of the society and in different races or groups such as the south, the Black, Jewish and feminist.
3. theoretical basis: a. influenced by Sartre’s existentialism in content. The existence of the world and human being is absurd. There is no fixed meaning but man still can choose freely. But for Black Humor, man has no choice in such an absurd world.
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第五章模拟练习与答案B!ank Filling1. stands as a great dividing line between the nineteenth century and the contemporary American literature.2. became the spokesman for what Gertrude Stein had called"the lost generation".3. combined traditional verse forms with a clear Americanlocal speech rhythm, forming his own characteristic.4. Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is set in the Age.5. In 1920, Sinclair Lewis published his memorable denunciation of American small-town Provincialism in .6. Fitzgerald summarized the experiences and attitudes of the 1920s decade in his masterpiece novel .7. Early in the 1920s, the most prominent of the new American playwrights,whose name is , established an international reputation.8. The County is a legendary kingdom created by Faulkner.9. The of the 1930s greatly weakened the American nation's self-confidence.10. The American writers of the 1950s often used the psychological insights taken from the writing of Sigmund and his followers.11. An American woman writer named who had lived in Paris since 1903, welcomed the young expatriates to her literary salon, and gave them a name "the lost generation".12. wrote about the disintegration of the old social system in the American Southern States, and its effect on the lives of modem people, both black and white.13. Pound was the leader of a new movement in poetry which he called th e“movement.14. Ezra Pound's major work of poetry is the long poem called .15. Robert Frost's first book brought him to the attention of influ-ential critics, such as Ezra Pound, who praised him as an authentic poet.16. "After Apple-Picking" is a well-known poem written by .17. William Faulkner's works mainly concern the American .18. Robert Frost's poetry focused on the landscape and people in .19. “The apparition of these faces in the crowd; /Petals on a wet, black bough"is written by .20. was successful in two fields of activity which did not seem compatible with one another: he was a very successful businessman and a very remarkable contemporary poet at the same time.21. After his death, Stevens previously uncollected works appeared in the title of .22. Fitzgerald's first novel , with its portrayal of casual dissipa-tions of "flaming youth", was an immediate commercial success.23. In 1925, Fitzgerald wrote his best novel . It is the story of an idealist who was destroyed by the influence of the wealthy, pleasure-seeking people around him.24. With the publication of The Sun Also Rises, became the spokesman for what Gertrude Stein had called "the lost generation".25. Hemingway's 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.26. In the novel The Old Man and the Sea, Hemingway portrayed an old fisherman named , who shows triumphant even in defeat.27. In 1954, Hemingway was awarded a for his "mastery of the art of modem narration".28. In the same way that Fitzgerald's "Tales of the Jazz Age" became the symbol for an age, Hemingway's novel painted the image of a whole generation, the lost generation.29. In the short novel , Steinbeck portrayed the tragic friend-ship between two migrant workers.30. In the work Steinbeck described the fate of the lowly whose instinctive responses to life led only to destruction.31. is generally regarded as Steinbeck's masterpiece.32. In 1935, Steinbeck published , a collection of short stories which vividly described the life of poor Mexican-Americans with affection and humour.33. Steinbeck's post-war novel reflected his bitter feelings against those greedy, rapacious elements of society which made the war possible.34. Fitzgerald's second novel , describes a handsome young man and his beautiful wife, undoubtedly modelled after himself and Zelda.35. O’Neill’s play concerns the problem of modem man's iden-tity. Ⅱ.Multiple Choice1. In which of the following works, Hemingway presents his philosophy about life and death through the depiction of the bull-fight as a kind of microcosmic tragedy?A. The Green Hills of Africa.B. The Snows of Kilimanjaro.C. To Have and Have Not.D. Death in the Afternoon.2. is often acclaimed literary spokesman of the Jazz Age.A. Ernest HemingwayB.F. Scott FitzgeraldC. William FaulknerD. Ezra Pound3. is Hemingway's first true novel in which he depicts a vivid portrait of "The Lost Generation".A. The Sun Also RisesB. A Farewell to ArmsC. In Our TimeD. For Whom the Bell Tolls4. Fitzgerald's fictional world is the best embodiment of the spirit ofA. the Jazz AgeB. the Romantic PeriodC. the Renaissance PeriodD. the Neoclassical Period5. Which of the following figures does not belong to "The Lost Genera-tion''?A. Ezra Pound.B. William Carlos Williams.C. Robert Frost.D. Theodore Dreiser.6. In a tragic sense, is a representation of life as a struggle against unconquerable forces in which only a partial victory is possible.A. For Whom the Bell TollsB. In Our TimeC. The Old Man and the SeaD. A Farewell to Arms7. Faulkner once said that is a story of "lost innocence," which proves itself to be an intensification of the theme of imprisonment in the past.A. The Sound and the FuryB. Light in AugustC. Go Down, MosesD. Absalom, Absalom8. Robert Frost combined traditional verse forms --the sonnet, rhymingcou-plets,blank verse-- with a clear American local speech rhythm, the speech of farmers with its idiosyncratic diction and syntax.A. southernB. westernC. New HampshireD. New England9. In which of the following poems by Ezra Pound did you find the allusion to Vi-Shang?A. In a Station of the Metro.B. The River-Merchant's Wife: A Letter.C. A Pact.D. Hugh Selwyn Mauberley.10. Who, one of the most important poets in his time, is a leading spokesman of the "Imagist Movement"?A. J. D. Salinger.B. Ezra Pound.C. Richard Wright.D. Ralph Ellison.11. Sinclair Lewis' Babbitt presents a documentary picture of the narrow and limitedA. up-class mindB. middle-class mindC. proletarianD. ordinary people12. Yank's sense of belonging nowhere, hence homeless and rootless. The Hairy Ape is thus a play that concerns the problem of modern man's M..A. loveB. homey relationsC. identityD. development13. In A Rose For Emily, Faulkner makes best use of devices in narration.A. romanticB. realisticC. gothicD. modernist14. American diction in the 1960s and 1970s proves to be different from its predecessors. It is always referred to as .... .A. ImagismB. black humourC. new fictionD. the Beat Generation15. As an autobiographical play, O'Neill's (1951) has gained its status asa world classic and simultaneously marks the climax of his liter-ary career and the coming of age of American drama.A. Long Day's Journey Into NightB. The Hairy ApeC. Desire Under the ElmsD. The Iceman Cometh16. Tender Is the Night is a by Fitzgerald.A. short storyB. novellaC. poemD. novel17. The leading playwright of the modem period in American literature, if notthe most successful in all his experiments, is .A. Arthur MillerB. Tennessee WilliamC. Robert FrostD. Eugene O'Neill18. From Eugene O'Neill's works, we can see he is .A. a man of optimismB. a man of pessimismC. a man of apathyD. a man of inactivity19. is Hemingway's first true novel, which portrays "The Lost Generation".A. For Whom the Bell TollsB. The Old Man and the SeaC. The Sun Also RisesD. A Farewell to Arms20. is a dramatist who holds the central position in American drama the modernistic period.A. Sinclair LewisB. Eugene O'NeillC. Arthur MillerD. Tennessee Williams21. is said to be a "historical novel" by Fanlkner.A. Go Down, MosesB. Light in AugustC. The Sound and the FuryD. Absalom, Absalom22. stems from the ambiguity of the speaker's choice between safety and the unknown.A. Mending the WallB. Home BurialC. The Road Not TakenD. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening23. Hemingway's writing style, together with his theme and the hero, is greatly and permanently influenced by his experiencesA. in his childhoodB. in the warC. in AmericaD. in Africa24. The following writers were awarded Nobel Prize for literature exceptA. W'dliam FaulknerB.F. Scott FitzgeraldC. John SteinbeckD. Ernest Hemingway25. fuses symbolism, poetry, and the affirmation of a pagan idealism to show how materialistic civilization denies the life- giving impulses and destroys the genuine artist.A. Desire Under the ElmsB. The Emperor JonesC. Lazarus LaughedD. The Great God Brown26. Most of Eugene O'Neill's plays are tragedies, dealing withA. class conflictsB. human existence and predicamentC. racial discriminationD. domestic affairs27. is not considered to be one of the masters in the field ofAmerican fiction in the modernistic period.A. F. Scott FitzgeraldB. Ernest HemingwayC. Arthur MillerD. William Faulkner28. "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood and sorry I could not travel both (I)the above two lines of Robert Frost's The Road Not Taken, the poet, by implication, was referring toA. a travel experienceB. a marriage decisionC. a middle-age crisisD. one's course of life29. The American "Thirties", lasted from the Crash, through the ensuing Great Depression, until the outbreak of the Second World War 1939. This was a periodA. povertyB. bleaknessC. important social movementsD. a new social consciousnessE. all of the above30. showed great interest in Chinese literature and translated the poetry of Li Po into English, and was influenced by Confucian ideas.A. Ezra PoundB. Robert FrostC. T. S. EliotD.E.E. Cummings31. Ezra Pound's long poem contained more than one hundred poems loosely connected.A. The Waste LandB. The C antosC. Don JuanD. Queen Mab32. Wallace Stevens' poetry is primarily motivated by the belief that true ideas correspond with an innate order in nature. Many of his good poems derive their emotional power from reasoned revelation. This philosophical inten-tion is supported by the titles Stevens gave to his volumes such as .A. HarmoniumB. Ideas of OrderC. Parts of a WorldD.All of the above33. The Fitzgeralds lived so extravagantly that they frequently spent more money than Fitzgerald earned for parties, liquor, entertaining their friends and travelling. It was this living style that nicknamed the decade of the 1920s asA. The Roaring TwentiesB. The Jazz AgeC. The Dollar DecadeD. all of the above34. In 1954, was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature for his"mastery of the art of modern narration".A. T. S. EliotB. Ernest HemingwayC. John SteinbeckD. William Faulkner35. wrote about the society in the South by inventing families which represented different social forces: the old decaying upper class; the rising, ambitious, unscrupulous class of the "poor Whites"; and the Negroes who laboured for both of them.A. FaulknerB. FitzgeraldC. HemingwayD. Steinbeck36. In Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury, he used a technique called in which the whole story was told through the thoughts of one character.A. stream of consciousnessB. imagismC. symbolismD. naturalism37. Most of the writers in the modern period were able to probe into the inner world of human reality on the base ofA. William James' "stream of consciousness"B. Carl Jung's "collective unconscious" and "archetypal symbol"C. Sigmund Freud's "interpretation of dreams"D. all of the above38. Writers of the first postwar era self-consciously acknowledged that they WereA. a Lost GenerationB. a Beat GenerationC. a Jazz GenerationD. none of the above39. Who is the author of the work: "The Grapes of Wrath"?A. John Steinbeck.B. Eugene O'Neil.C. E Scott Fitzgerald.D. Theodore Dreiser.40. In 1920 Sinclair Lewis published his memorable denunciation of Americansmall-town provincialism inA. Main StreetB. An American TragedyC. Winesburg, OhioD. Sister CarrieⅢ.Identification of FragmentsPassage 1In a Station of the MetroThe apparition of these faces in the crowd;Petals on a wet, black bough.Questions:1. Who is the author of this short poem?2. What two images are juxtaposed, or placed next to each other in this poem?3. How do you appreciate this poem?Passage 2The woods are lovely, dark and deep.But I have promised to keep,And miles to go before I sleep,And miles to go before I sleep.Questions:1. Who is the author of this poem?2. What is the title of this poem?3. What kind of feeling does this stanza show?4. How do you appreciate this poem?Passage 3"When Miss Emily Gerieson died, our whole town went to her funeral: the men through a sort of respectable affection for a fallen monument, the women mostly out of curiosity to see the inside of her house, which no one save an old man- servant--a combined gardener and cook--had seen in at least ten years."Questions:1. Which work is this passage taken from?2. Who is the writer of the work?Passage 4"I shall be telling this with a signsomewhat ages and ages hence:Two roads diverged in a wood, and I...I took the one less travelled by,And that has made all the difference."Questions:1. Who is the author of this poem?2. Identify the title of the short poem from which this part is taken.3. In one or two sentences, interpret the implied meaning of the last two lines.Passage 5They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- They smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast careless- ness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made...Questions:1. Which novel is this passage taken from?2. Who is the writer of this novel?3. What is the author's attitude toward such person as Tom and Daisy?Passage 6Poor, poor dear Cat. And this was the price you paid for sleeping to- gether. This was the end of the trap. This was what people got for loving each other. Thank God for gas, anyway. What must it have been like before there were anaesthetics? Once it started, they were in the mill-race. Catherine had a good time in the time of pregnancy. It wasn't bad. She was hardly ever sick. She was not awfully uncomfortable until toward the last. So now they got her in the end. You never got away with anything. Get away hell! It would have been the same if We had been married fifty times. And what if she should die? She won't die. People don't die in childbirth nowadays. That was what all husbands thought. Yes, but what if she should die? She won't die. She's just having a bad time. Afterward we'd say what a bad time and Catherine would say it wasn't really so bad. But what if she should die?Questions:1. Which novel is this passage taken from?2. Who is the writer of this novel from which the passage is selected?3. What about the language style?Passage 7The migrant people, scuttling for work, scrabbling to live, looked always for pleasure, manufactured pleasure, and they were hungry for amusement. Sometimes amusement lay in speech, and they climbed up their lives with jokes. And it came about in the camps along the road, on the ditch banks beside the streams, under the sycamores, that the story teller grew into being, so that the people gathered in the low firelight to hear the gifted ones.Questions:1. Which novel is this passage taken from?2. Who is the writer of this novel?Passage 8I placed a jar in Tennessee,And round it was, upon a hill.It made the slovenly wildernessSurround that hill.Questions:1. What is the title of this selected poem?2. Who is the writer?3. What shape is the jar? When did the speaker place it?Ⅳ.Short essay questions1. What are the artistic characteristics in Hemingway's novels?2. What theories have influenced the development of the American literaturein the modem period? And in what way they did it?3. In what way was O'Neill an experimentalist in dramatic art?4. Compared with earlier writings, especially those of the 19th century, whatⅠare the characteristics of modem American writings?5. Ezra Pound is one of the pioneers in modem poetry. How do you under-stand his famous comment "The image itself is the speech"?6. "the Great Gatsby", a masterpiece in American literature, evokes a haunt-ing mood of a glamorous, wild time that seemingly will never come again.Based on the novel, discuss the characteristics of Fitzgerald's works.7. What are the three main principles that Ezra Pound endorsed?8. What does Yoknapatwapha County stand for in Faulkner's novels?9. Briefly discuss The Great Gatsby.10. What is “The Lost Generation”?。
AmericanLiterature教材教学稿件
文学批评与理论
01
及其在美国文学批评中的应用
。
读者反应批评
探讨读者反应批评理论，及其 对文学批评的影响。
后殖民主义批评
分析后殖民主义批评理论如何 审视美国文学中的种族、文化
与帝国主义。
女性主义批评
探讨女性主义批评理论如何关 注女性在文学作品中的形象与
02 American Literature简 介
早期美国文学
早期美国文学
主要反映殖民地时期和独 立战争时期的美国社会和 文化背景。
代表作家
华盛顿·欧文、纳撒尼尔·霍 桑等。
作品特点
描绘美国自然风光、人文 景观以及殖民地居民和独 立战争英雄的故事。
19世纪美国文学
19世纪美国文学
反映工业革命和西部开拓时期的美国 社会变革。
将更加关注学生的个性化需求，针对不同学生的需求和兴 趣，提供更加定制化的教学服务，以帮助学生更好地发展 自己的学术兴趣和专长。
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代表作家
作品特点
现实主义、浪漫主义和自然主义等多 种风格并存，关注社会问题、道德和 人性的探讨。
马克·吐温、亨利·詹姆斯、斯蒂芬·克 莱恩等。
20世纪美国文学
20世纪美国文学
反映两次世界大战、民权运动和 科技发展的影响。
代表作家
厄内斯特·海明威、约翰·斯坦贝克 、理查德·耶茨等。
作品特点
多元化和创新性，涵盖现实主义、 魔幻现实主义、垮掉的一代等多种 流派，关注个体和社会的关系。
05 课程评估与反馈
课堂表现与作业评价
课堂参与度
教师需观察学生在课堂上的表现， 包括提问、讨论、回答问题等， 以评估学生对课程内容的理解和
Unit 10 American literature康艳云
果塔饼干
• S'mores在美国非常流行。其饼干用的是英 国的Graham crackers，如果是单纯的饼干 的话，美国是没什么人吃的。美国小孩野 炊时经常会在中间夹一块软糖块，穿在棍 子上烤着玩，但基本也是不吃的。后来有 了一种新吃法就是在中间夹一块肉桂块， 和在一起，美国人就喜欢吃了。
阿拉斯加Байду номын сангаас鱼柳
总结
以上为美国的一部分文化，希望同学们以 后在查找补充丰富自己的文化修养
• 自由女神像 • 自由女神像自从自由女神像于1886年屹立于纽约湾起，它 一直是对新到达的移民美国梦的许诺。 • 是法国在1876年赠送给美国独立100周年的礼物。美国的 自由女神像坐落于美国纽约州纽约市附近的自由岛，是美 国重要的观光景点。自由女神像重45万磅，高46米，底座 高45米，其全称为“自由女神铜像国家纪念碑”，正式名 称是“照耀世界的自由女神”。整座铜像以120钢铁为骨 架，80铜片为外皮，30万只铆钉装配固定在支架上，总重 量达225吨。铜像内部的钢铁支架是由建筑师约维雷勃杜 克和以建造巴黎艾菲尔铁塔闻名于世的法国工程师艾菲尔 设计制作的。据说塑像美丽的手臂来源于艺术家的妻子， 而其沧桑刚毅的脸则取材于艺术家的母亲。
布法罗辣鸡翅
• Buffalo Wings将鸡翅放到油中炸至焦脆， 沾着熔化了的Blue cheese一起吃，其放在 盘底的蔬菜，因吸收了鸡翅上掉下的油， 再普通的蔬菜也变美味了。这道菜既不油 腻，又很有口感！
科布色拉
• 吃了那么多油腻的食物后，再怎么喜欢油 炸食品的美国人，也会觉得腻的，因此， 这时来一份色拉是最好不过的了。不过美 国人吃的色拉同欧洲人吃的绿青菜加红番 茄是完全不同的。美国人做色拉时，是一 定要有足够的肉类种类和重量，而且还要 有牛油果和奶酪。一盘很好的Cobb Salad 的原料主要有熏肉、炸鸡肉、牛油果、鸡 蛋粒、蓝奶酪等各种觉得能放进去的都可 以加入。
美国文学史Modern and Contemporary Ameican Literature
Modern and Contemporary Ameican Literature_______was America’s first dramatist of world renown. His long and prolific career won him four Pulitzer prizes and the Nobel Prize for literature in 1936.所选答案：Eugene O'Neill正确答案：Eugene O'NeillO'Neill反馈：Eugene O'Neill; O'Neill_________ championed the imagist movement from 1912 to 1914, setting down the imagist principles. Then Amy Lowell led the movement into the period of “Amygism,” as Poundcalled it, from 1914 to 1917.所选答案： C.EzraPound正确答案： C.EzraPound反馈：Ezra PoundThe author of Desire under the Elms (1924) is______所选答案： A. Eugene O’Neill正确答案： A. Eugene O’Neill反馈：Eugene O’NeillIn 1927 T. S. Eliot became a /an ___________citizen and converted from the Unitarian Church to the Church of England.所选答案：British正确答案：BritishEnglish反馈：British; EnglishOf all Faulkner’s novels, The Sound and the Fury, _______and Go Down, Moses are masterpieces by any literary standards. 所选答案： D.Absalom,Absalom!正确答案： D.Absalom,Absalom!反馈：Absalom, Absalom!F. Scott Fitzgerald is NOT the author of _____.所选答案： B. In Our Time正确答案： B. In Our Time反馈：In Our Time问题 7得 2 分，满分 2 分Which of the following is Hemingway’s Spanish Civil Warnovel?所选答案： A. For Whom the Bell Tolls正确答案： A. For Whom the Bell Tolls反馈：For Whom the Bell TollsThe Sound and the Fury has four sections with________different narrators. The daughter of the Compsonfamily named Caddy who is the only one capable of lovingamong the Compson children, appears in all the narratives.所选答案：four正确答案：four反馈：fourWilliam Faulkner, a preeminent figure in 20-century American literature, is known for his novels about the conflictbetween the old, pre-Civil War South and ______.所选答案： D. the new South正确答案： D. the new South反馈：the new SouthImagism is a poetic movement of England and The United States, which flourished from________ to 1917.所选答案：1908正确答案：1908反馈：1908Faulkner once said that is the tragedy of two women. He was referring to _____所选答案： a.Caddy and herdaughter正确答案： a.Caddy and herdaughter反馈：Caddy and herdaughterEugene O’Neill’s The Hairy Ape explores the problem of ____in the early twentieth century.所选答案： B.the loss of humanidentity正确答案： B.the loss of humanidentity反馈：the loss of human identityThe fictional place that bears marked similarities to the town where _______had been raised was called by himself his “little postage stamp of native soil”.所选答案： D.WilliamFaulkner正确答案： D.WilliamFaulkner反馈：William Faulkner______was the foremost American southern writer of the 20 century with nineteen novels, four collections of aboutseventy short stories, and two volumes of poetry under hisname.所选答案： C. William Faulkner正确答案： C. William Faulkner反馈： William Faulknergardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and thechampagne and the stars…” This quotation is taken from ______.所选答案： B. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald正确答案： B. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald反馈：The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald问题 16得 2 分，满分 2 分Of the following American writers, who has NOT been anexpatriate in Paris?所选答案： A. Emily Dickinson正确答案： A. Emily Dickinson反馈：Emily DickinsonThe founder of the American drama is _____所选答案： C. Eugene O’Neill正确答案： C. Eugene O’Neill反馈：Eugene O’Neill问题 18得 2 分，满分 2 分The imagist poets followed three principles; they are ________, direct treatment and economy of expression.所选答案： B. musical rhythm正确答案： B. musical rhythm反馈： musical rhythm问题 19 得 2 分，满分 2 分Of all the plays that O’Neill wrote, most of them are _____, dealing with the basic issues of human existence and predicament as life and death.所选答案： tragedies 正确答案： tragedies 反馈：tragediesWhich of the following American writers has NOT been a NobelPrize winner?所选答案：D.F. ScottFitzgerald正确答案： D.F. ScottFitzgerald反馈：F. ScottFitzgeraldWhich of the following statements concerning Eugene O’Neill is NOT correct?所选答案： C. The unity of his work lies in its controlling intellectual idea. 正确答案：C. The unity of his work lies in its controlling intellectual idea.反馈：The unity of his work lies in its controlling intellectual idea.________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.所选答案： Dramatic monologue 正确答案： Dramatic monologue 反馈：Dramatic monologueAllen Ginsberg is a central figure and a guru in the“beat” counterculture. His best and most influential poem is _____.所选答案：Howl正确答案：Howl反馈：HowlIn writing Absalom, Absalom!, Williams Faulkner was inspired by many things. But one of his inspirations was the story of King David and his son Absalom in the ______.所选答案： B.theBible正确答案： B.theBible反馈： the BibleStrong affinity to the Chinese and oriental literature can be found in the works of ______.所选答案： A. Ezra Pound正确答案： A. Ezra Pound反馈：Ezra PoundWhich of the following statements is NOT true in describing American naturalists?所选答案：C. they used more serious and sympathetic tone in writing thanrealists.正确答案：C. they used more serious and sympathetic tone in writing thanrealists.反馈：they used more serious and sympathetic tone in writing than realists.said to catch precisely the state of culture and society after World War Ⅰand graphically illustrate the spiritual poverty of the West of that time.所选答案：The Waste Land 正确答案：The Waste Land 反馈：The Waste LandWhich of the following statements concerning O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey i nto Night is NOT true?所选答案：C. The author focuses on the person, rather than the family in the playas the fundamental human unit.正确答案：C. The author focuses on the person, rather than the family in the playas the fundamental human unit.反馈：The author focuses on the person, rather than the family in the play as thefundamental human unit.Who was the first American author that won the Nobel Prize in 1930?所选答案： B. Sinclair Lewis正确答案： B. Sinclair Lewis反馈：Sinclair LewisWhich of the following statements concerning Ernest Hemingway is NOT true?所选答案：D. His work is preoccupied with the cultural and psychologicalmeanings of femininity正确答案：D. His work is preoccupied with the cultural and psychologicalmeanings of femininity反馈：His work is preoccupied with the cultural and psychological meanings offemininityborrowed techniques from classical Chinese and Japanese poetry and produced poems stressing clarity, precision, and economy of language, and foregoing traditional rhyme and meter.所选答案：Ezra Pound正确答案：Ezra PoundPound反馈：Ezra Pound; PoundThe term “the lost generation” stems from a remark madeby_______ to Ernest Hemingway, “You are all a lost generation.”所选答案：Gertrude Stein正确答案：Gertrude SteinStein反馈：Gertrude Stein; SteinT. S. Eliot was a __________.所选答案： A.playwright, critic andpoet正确答案： A.playwright, critic andpoet反馈：playwright, critic and poetwhen Ralph Ellison’s ______ appeared in print, which tells an archetypal existential story of the unnamed African American protagonist seeking for his identity.所选答案：Invisible Man正确答案：Invisible Man反馈：Invisible ManAlice Walker is a feminist African American writer. She is best known for______ published in 1982, a novel which has won both the American Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize.所选答案：The Color Purple正确答案：The Color Purple反馈：The Color PurpleWho has made the statement that all modern American literature comes from a single book called The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn?所选答案： B. Ernest Hemingway正确答案： B. Ernest Hemingway反馈：Ernest HemingwayToni Morrison is best known for her fifth novel______, which is based on the true story of a slave mother killing her own children just for them to avoid slavery.所选答案：Beloved正确答案：Beloved反馈：Beloved“He got me, aw right. I’m trou. Even him didn’t tink I belon ged.” In these sentences taken from The Hairy Ape, the words “he” and “him” both refer to _____所选答案： C. God正确答案： C. God反馈：GodIn which of the works of Hemingway does the character Santiago occur?所选答案： B. The Old Man and the Sea正确答案： B. The Old Man and the Sea反馈：The Old Man and the SeaAmong the following writers, who is often acclaimedliterary spokesman of the Jazz Age?所选答案： C. F. Scott Fitzgerald正确答案： C. F. Scott Fitzgerald反馈：F. Scott FitzgeraldPioneer of modern American poetry, _________ did not only produce great poetry himself but also helped his contemporary poets including T. S. Eliot, H. D., and Robert Frost with their literary careers.所选答案： A.Ezra Pound 正确答案： A.Ezra Pound 反馈：Ezra PoundWhich of the following poets is a Nobel Prize winner?所选答案： A.T. S. Eliot正确答案： A.T. S. Eliot反馈： T. S. EliotWhich of the following statements concerning the role of the sea in Hemingway’s novella The Old Man and the Sea is NOT correct?所选答案： D.The sea symbolizes the benevolent side of nature. 正确答案： D.The sea symbolizes the benevolent side of nature. 反馈：The sea symbolizes the benevolent side of nature.Which of the following was not written by Robert Frost?所选答案： B. A Pact正确答案： B. A Pact反馈： A PactThe author of Flowering Judas is ______.所选答案： B. Katherine Anne Porter正确答案： B. Katherine Anne Porter反馈： Katherine Anne PorterO’Neill’s inventiveness seemingly knew no limits. He was constantly experimenting when new styles and forms for his plays, especially during the twenties when _____was infull swing.所选答案： A. expressionism正确答案： A. expressionism反馈：expressionismWhich of the following poets is NOT member of the Black Mountain poets?所选答案： A.TheodoreRoethke正确答案： A.TheodoreRoethke反馈：Theodore RoethkeToni Morrison’s first novel ______ came out in 1970. It deals with a young black girl who wishes to have a pair of big and beautiful eyes but is raped by her own father and is finally driven to insanity.所选答案： B.The BluestEye正确答案： B.The BluestEye反馈：The BluestEyeThe Hamlet, The Town and _______by William Faulkner compose The Snopes Trilogy about the rising bourgeoisies.所选答案：The Mansion正确答案：The Mansion反馈：The MansionThe title of The Sound and the Fury comes from the speech of the title character in Shakespeare’s play_______.所选答案：Macbeth正确答案：Macbeth反馈：Macbeth。
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美国文学简史笔记（常耀信）Concise History of American LiteratureWhat is literature?Literature is language artistically used to achieve identifiable literary qualities and to convey meaningful messages。
Chapter 1 Colonial PeriodI. Background: Puritanism1. features of Puritanism（1) Predestination: God decided everything before things occurred。
(2) Original sin: Human beings were born to be evil, and this original sin can be passed down from generation to generation.(3） Total depravity(4）Limited atonement: Only the “elect” can be saved.2. Influence(1） A group of good qualities – hard work, thrift， piety， sobriety （serious and thoughtful) influenced American literature.（2) It led to the everlasting myth。
美国文学史复习要点整理【手动】及美国文学简史笔记
美国文学史整理一、Colonial America 殖民时期1、New England：Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, andConnecticut.2、Doctrines of Puritanism清教American Puritanism stressed predestination（命运神定), original sin（原罪）, total depravity (彻底的堕落), and limited atonement (有限的赎罪)from God’s grace.3、Writing style：fresh, simple and direct and with a touch of nobility；the rhetoric is plain andhonest.4、Life style：hard work, thrift, piety, and sobriety.5、Main writer:①Thomas Paine 托马斯·潘恩work：Common Sense (1776) 《常识》American Crisis (1776-1783) 《美国危机》The Rights of Man《人权》The Age of Reason《理性时代》②Benjamin Franklin（本杰明·富兰克林）Poor Richard’s Almanac 《穷查理历书》Autobiography 《富兰克林自传》<clarity, good sense, and simplicity of the English essayists Joseph Addison and Richard Steele>③Thomas Jefferson 托马斯·杰弗逊Declaration of Independence (1776)《独立宣言》<simple and clear, powerful and graceful>二、American Romanticism (early period) 浪漫主义前期1、Characteristics：①A rebellion against the objectivity of rationalism.反对理性主义的客观性。
高中英语Unit10 American literature文章 美国文化 美国的政治 3人教版第三册
美国的政治共和党(Republic Party)共和党是美国两大政党之一，在美国实行的两党制中与民主党轮流执政。
又名“老大党”。
以象为徽。
[党史]：19世纪50年代，北部工业家与南部种植园主的政治斗争白热化。
1854年民主党政府通过《堪萨斯—内布拉斯加法案》，取消对奴隶制扩展的地域限制，导致1854-1856年堪萨斯内战，促成共和党于1854年7月成立。
它由北方民主党中的激进派、自由土地党人和前辉格党的大部分党员组成。
主要代表工业资产阶级、中产阶级、工人和西部小农的利益。
反对在美国扩展奴隶制。
至此，美国两党制确立。
共和党创立后在北部深得人心，富有生气。
1860年其候选人A·林肯以“言论自由、土地自由、劳动自由、人身自由”为纲领当选第16届总统(1861-1865)。
南北战争中，共和党领导北方人民，战胜南部同盟，在全国确立了资本主义制度。
战后，共和党连续执政20年，以“拯救联邦”和“解放黑人”的“老大党”自称，并与南部白人至上主义者妥协。
19世纪80-90年代美国进入垄断阶段。
这一时期，共和党长期执政，为东北部和中部财团利益服务。
1898年总统W·麦金利(1843-1901)发动争夺海外殖民地的美西战争。
翌年提出对中国实行“门户开放”政策。
20世纪20-30年代，连续执政的3位共和党总统对大企业采取自由放任的政策，经济严重失调，造成商品积压、金融混乱和大批失业，导致1929-1933年经济危机。
共和党在1932年总统竞选中惨败，从此一蹶不振。
第二次世界大战后，该党开始得到南部财团支持，1953年其候选人D·D·艾森豪威尔当选总统。
任内提出侵略中东的“艾森豪威尔主义”。
1969-1976年，R·M·尼克松、G·R·福特相继担任总统。
1981年E·W·里根上台，实行紧缩的货币政策，对外提出“恢复经济和军事实力、重振国威”的口号，对苏联采取强硬态度。
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The Glass Menagerie
Themes techniques
Arthur Miller (1915-2005)
Importance
Death of a Salesman
Theme techniques
Post-modernism
definition and emergence major concepts major features
Thomas Pynchon (1937- )
dominating ideas Major themes
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Saul Bellow (1915-2005)
major ideas style
African American Literature
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Some important writers
Z. N. Hurston
A. Walker
L. Hughes
J. Baldwin
Richard Wright (1908-1960)
Importance
Masterwork
Native Son
Bigger contribution
Ralph Ellison (1914-1994)
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Two important writers
American Drama
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Eugene O’Neill (1ห้องสมุดไป่ตู้88-1953)
Importance
The Hairy Ape
Theme techniques
Tennessee Williams (1911-1983)
definition development
immigrant history literary history dominating ideas and concerns
Two important writers
Maxine Hong Kingston (1940- )
Themes
Features
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Amy Tan (1952- )
Themes
Features
each of the four parts starts with a prologue
a brief italicized statement first person point of view
Importance Masterwork
Invisible Man
dual experience techniques
Toni Morrison (1931- )
Importance Works
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significance
Chinese American Literature
Black Humor
definition theoretical basis artistic features
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Joseph Heller (1923-1999)
Contemporary American literature
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Features of literature
The Beat Generation
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