美国文学American Literature
Moby Dick《白鲸》 (1851)
an American masterpiece
Post-Romanticism (1830s — 1875) pre-Civil War period
the period of liberal reform in 1850s —— movement to end the institution of slavery Harriet Beecher Stowe 哈里叶特· 比彻·斯托（1811 — 1896） Uncle Tom’s Cabin 《汤姆叔叔的小屋》 (1852)
1. main themes
record of a quest / seeking
the golden “cities of Cibola” Northwest Passage to the Orient
the lost continent of Atlantis
the continuous narrative of the pursuit of success and happiness
The novel makes the miserable life of the negroes in the south of America exposed to the world and shows great sympathy for the negroes.
Post-Romanticism (1830s — 1875)
Westward Expansion in the 18th and 19th Century of the USA
• Jefferson purchased Louisiana in 1803 • many European immigrants began arriving in the US in the 1840s • The US bought the land between Texas & California by the end of 1840s • Farmers, ranchers （大牧场主）, and gold miners continued to o regular rhythm or line length •depend on natural speech rhythms and the counterpoint （对照法）of stressed and unstressed syllables
concentrated on human imagination and emotion rather than the intellect
power of imagination
•Herman Melville 赫尔曼. 梅尔维尔（1819 —— 1891）
an American poet and novelist
poetry
Walt Whitman 沃尔特. 惠 特曼（1819 — 1892）
•the most outstanding American poet in the 19th century •the first American poet to use free verse （自由诗体） —— great contribution to American literature •the thought of democracy has been influential in world literature. “Song of Myself”《自我之歌》— — the first and the longest poem in Leaves of Grass
dreams of success
religious freedom
westward movement for happiness
2. principal forms of American literature
drama
novel
principal forms
poem
short story
3. Three Main Ages
the Age of Romanticism
the Age of Realism
Modern American Literature
the Age of Romanticism
American literature between the War of Independence and the Civil War
the Transcendentalists （超验主义者）
Nature《论自然》(1836)
challenged John Calvin’s doctrine and Puritans
Henry David Thoreau亨利. 大卫. 梭罗 （1817——1862）
Walden《瓦尔登湖》/ Life in the Woods《林中 生活》(1854)
the Age of Romanticism
important literary terms
Transcendentalism
•appeared after 1830 •marked the maturity of American Romanticism •the first renaissance in the American literary history •laid emphasis on spirit and individual and nature
Emily Dickinson（艾米莉. 迪金森） •an American woman poet •was regarded after her death as a great poet as Whitman in America of the 19th century
writing style
Pre-Romanticism (1770s —— 1830s)
James Fenimore Cooper 詹姆斯.费尼莫尔.库珀 （1789 —— 1851）
the first American novelist who used the national theme, depicting the American West
•poetry mixed gaiety and gloom •verses filled with the names of faraway, exotic places that she visited only in imagination •fascinated by both life and death •brief poems, rarely more than 12 or 15 lines long
Leatherstocking Tales《皮袜子故事 集》
The Pioneers《拓荒者》(1823) The Last of the Mohicans《最后的莫西干人》 (1826) The Prairie《大草原》(1827) The Pathfinder 《探路人》(1840) The Deerslaver《杀鹿者》(1841)
westward movement
Pre-Romanticism (1770s —— 1830s)
Washington Irving 华盛顿· 欧文 （ 1783 — 1859） the “father of the American Literature”
Rip Van Winkle 《瑞普.凡.温克尔》
Leaves of Grass 《草叶集》(1855)
Leaves of Grass《草叶集》(1855)
•American’s greatest book of poems
•praised as “Democratic Bible” and as American Epic
•the lifelong work of Whitman •the idea —— liberty, equality, fraternity（博爱）
•Nathaniel Hawthorne 纳撒尼尔. 霍桑（1804 —— 1864）
the most influential American romantic novelist in the 19th century The Scarlet Letter《红字》 (1850)
Post-Romanticism (1830s — 1875)
(1835)
The Fall of the House of Usher《厄舍尔厦的倒塌》
Post-Romanticism (1830s — 1875)
concentrated on human imagination and emotion rather than the intellect
power of imagination
Pre-Romanticism (1770s —— 1830s)
Post-Romanticism (1830s —— 1875)
flowering time before American Civil War (1830 —— 1860)
declining time after American Civil War (1860 —— 1875)
an American novelist, poet and critic the first to create short stories as a writing form forerunner of science fictions, The Masque of Red Death mystery stories and spy fictions 《红死病的假面舞会》 short stories
The Sketch Book 《见闻札记》 （1819 — 1820） a collection of essays
美国文学之父the father of American literature
美国文学之父the father of American literatureUnit 2美国文学之父The Father of American Literature2.1美国文学之父The Father of American Literature(1)Mark Twain, the pen name of Samuel Clemens, was the first American writer to specifically dwell on American themes, American language and the American point of view. He was a master at rendering the different colloquial dialects of American English into wr iting so the reader can really “hear” the accent while reading the words. Twain was known particularly for his interest in portraying the American point of view. Tired of European writers who came to tour the United States and then go home to write critical things of it, Twain took to touring Europe and writing frankly (and critically) of what he saw there. Twain was also the first American writer to produce a tremendous volume of works. In fact, he wrote so much that there is no complete bibliography of his works. He used various pen names, wrote so many novels, short stories, newspaper and magazine articles, speeches and lectures that they have never been all compiled. Twain loved to travel, and many of his stories and books record his adventures and observations while traveling all over the United States. He was the first writer to do so thoroughly.马克·吐温真名萨缪尔·克莱门，他是第一位重视表达美国人的思想、语言和观点的美国作家。
美国文学作家以及作品总汇
美国文学部分(American Literature)一．独立革命前后的文学（The Literature Around the Revolution of Independence）1．本章考核知识点和考核要求：1)．殖民地时期的文学的特点2)．主要的作家、其概况及其代表作品2．独立革命前后时期的主要作家本杰明·富兰克林Benjamin Franklin本杰明·富兰克林，散文家、科学家、社会活动家，曾参与起草―独立宣言。
《穷查理历书》Poor Richard’s Almanack《致富之道》The Way to Wealth《自传》The Autobiography托马斯·潘恩Thomas Paine托马斯·潘恩，散文家、政治家、报刊撰稿人。
《税务员问题》The Case of the Officers of Excise《常识》Common Sense《美国危机》American Crisis《人的权利》Rights of Man《专制体制的崩溃》Downfall of Despotism《理性时代》The Age of Reason菲利普·弗伦诺Philip Freneau菲利普·弗伦诺，著名的―革命诗人‖。
《蒸蒸日上的美洲》―The Rising Glory of America‖《英国囚船》―The British Prison Ship‖《纪念美国勇士》同类诗中最佳―To the Memory of the Brave Americans‖《野生的金银花》―The Wild Honeysuckle‖《印第安人殡葬地》―The Indian Burying Ground‖1二．美国浪漫主义文学（American Romanticism）1．本章考核知识点和考核要求：1)．美国浪漫主义文学产生的社会历史及文化背景2)．主要作家的创作思想、艺术特色及其代表作品的主题结构、人物刻画和语言风格3)．清教主义、超验主义、象征主义、自由诗等名词的解释2.美国浪漫主义时期的主要作家华盛顿·欧文Washington Irving华盛顿·欧文，美国著名小说家，被称为―美国文学之父‖.《瑞普·凡·温可尔》Rip Van Winkle《纽约外史》A History of New York《见闻札记》The Sketch Book《睡谷的传说》The Legend of Sleepy Hollow詹姆斯·费尼莫尔·库珀James Fenimore Cooper詹姆斯·费尼莫尔·库珀开创了以《皮裹腿故事集》为代表的边疆传奇小说，其中最为重要的一部是《最后的莫西干人》。
AmericanLiterature教材教学稿件
文学批评与理论
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及其在美国文学批评中的应用
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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
美国文学主要作家作品表american literature
Moby Dick/The White Whale莫比·迪克/白鲸；Typee泰比;Omoo奥穆;Mardi玛地;Redburn雷得本;White Jacket白外衣;Pierre皮尔埃;Piazza广场故事;Billy Budd比利·巴德
Walt Whitman 1819-1892
The Bostonians波士顿人；The Real Thing and Other Tales真货色及其他故事；The Wings of the Dove鸽翼；The Ambassadors大使；
The Golden Bowl金碗评论集：
French Poets and Novelists法国诗人和小说家;
Through the Eye of the Needle透过针眼----乌托邦小说;
Criticism and Fiction;Novel-Writing and Novel-Reading小说创作与小说阅读
Henry James 1843-1916
小说：Daisy Miller苔瑟·米乐；The Portrait of a Lady贵妇人画像；
HenryWadsworthLongfellow 1807-1882
The Song of Hiawatha;Voices of the Night夜吟;Ballads and Other Poens;Belfry of Bruges and Other Poems;Tales of a Wayside Inn：An April Day /A Psalm of Life /Paul Revere’s Ride;Evangeline;The Courtship of Miles Standish；Poems on Slavery
American literaturePPT课件
Nationalistic Orientation (2)
3. “Good” literature: embodiment of American national spirit – e.g. F. O. Matthiessen in American Renaissance (1941) enshrines five writers for their devotion to “democracy”, dismissing Mrs. Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852) as second rate popular writing only. cf. The Scarlet Letter (1850) Moby Dick (1851) Walden (1854) Leaves of Grass (1855) Americanness vs Excellence
Indians? • Literature most representing American
national spirit by American citizens? • – women’s domestic / private literature? • Literature created by American citizens
Hawthorne: cultural production
1. Evert Duyckinck, who managed the magazine United States Magazine and Democratic Review , advocate of American literary nationalism, proponent of high culture
美国文学大纲
美国文学部分(American Literature)一．殖民时期文学（The Literature of the Colonial Period）1．本章考核知识点和考核要求：1) 早期殖民地时期的文学的特点2) 十八世纪美国文学的特点（重点是独立革命前后时期文学）3) 主要的作家、其概况及其代表作品4) 术语：the colonial period, American Puritanism, Puritans, Enlightenment in American, the Great Awakening2．主要作家作品John Smith第一个美国作家A True Relation of Virginia and General History of Virginia.Anne Bradstreet 殖民地时期女诗人The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung up in America (1650)Jonathan Edwards十八世纪上半叶大觉醒时代的代表人物“Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”Benjamin Franklin 本杰明·富兰克林，散文家、科学家、社会活动家，曾参与起草《独立宣言》。
十八世纪美国启蒙思想代言人。
《穷查理历书》Poor Richard’s Almanac（收录格言警句）《致富之道》The Way to Wealth《自传》The Autobiography （富兰克林原意为写给儿子的家书）Thomas Paine 托马斯·潘恩，散文家、政治家、报刊撰稿人。
《常识》Common Sense ( Paine 最知名的政论文：It was inspired by the first battle of the Revolutionary War—the Battle of Lexington in Concord.)《美国危机》American Crisis《人的权利》Rights of Man《专制体制的崩溃》Downfall of Despotism《理性时代》The Age of ReasonPhilip Freneau 菲利普·弗伦诺，著名的“革命诗人”。
美国文学史 american literature essay
American literature owns a short history in the long river of the world literature history. It appeared as soon as the free capitalism showed up, which helped the American literature got rid of the shackles of Feudal Noble culture. In spite of this, the small population and a large scale of unexploited ground gave birth to the individual ideal and realization of hope and destination. Holding all those aces, American literature protruded in the long history of world literature. The melting pot, with different races and cultures, gathered multiple ways of thinking and expressing ideas. Therefore, the basic features, such as diversity, complexity, innovativeness, cultivate the American literature an important role in the world literature.There are quite a few authors are from the lower class in American society, which gives rise to the deep breath of life and free-and-easy commonalty, sometimes even bold and unconstrained. On another hand, American shows a great diversity and variety of different culture, which gave birth to another important feature, a mass of numerous and prismatic in content. The diversity including freedom of personality and self-restraint, Puritanism and Pragmatism, Radical and Reaction, rebel and submission, elegance and vulgar, senior interest and bad taste, deep and shallow, positive and cynicism, sharp irony and dark humor, delicate and fudge, the exploration to destiny of humanity and the morbid pursuit for erotic pathological, and so forth. It is amazing that those features not only can exist at the same period but also can form sharp contrasts.During the First World War (1914-1918), there were a number of 20-year-old adults who cherished the ideal of democracy and deluded by so-called “save the world democracy” wen t to the European Battle ground. They saw the and biggest ever massacre as their own eyes and realized that the battle is far from their original idea of the real highway of hero. The so-called democracy, honor, sacrifice are illusions which compiled by the government. They conquered mountains of difficulties and understand the anti-war sentiment among all the normal soldiers who have their own family and children. After the First World War, a new literary genre emerged. It wasn’t a group with a Common Prog ram. Once the female author, Gertrude Stein spoke to Ernest Hemingway, she said, “You are all a lost generation.” Afterwards, Hemingway quoted this sentence as the inscription of his full-length novel, The Sun Also Rises. T he common feature of the “Lost Generation” authors is the same as those adults who galloping across the battlefield. They show great aversion to the imperialist wars but can’t find a way out. The literature works have an amazing power to spread not only the story but also the spirit and significance. Hemingway was the one of the represent author of the “Lost Generation”. He left Ou Kepa for entering the First World War at age of 19. He holds a hatred attitude to the battle, just like other anti-war advocates and writes. Besides detesting, escaping and imprecating, he showed hopelessness to the life after the war. A lot of his work , such as Farwell to Arms, For Whom the Bell Tolls,emerged the pursuit of peace in reader’s heart all over the world.The Second World War (1939-1945) was an unprecedented disaster to human race. The things that happened during the war such as, the savage and excessive killing of more than six million Jewish people, the atomic missile on Hiroshimaexplosion astonished every American intellectual. They suspect the kindness of human race. In the meanwhile, they also realized that maybe people themselves even couldn’t control the things that th ey created. The faith for civilization growth was great shattered by those tragedies, at which time the first shares in literature tide was the war novels.Such as The Naked and the Dead, written by Norman Mailer in 1948. And From Here to Eternity, written by James Jones. Both of them talk about the conflict between soldiers, military officers and military agencies, which also give expression to the conflict between human personality and the organ of authority that snuffing out the freedom. This type of novels cultivated one of the most protruding topics in the after-war generation.Except for the literature works that produced during the twice world war, there are a lot of authors and excellent literature works had pushed forward the world of literature. Some master works of different author are still win universal praise. And excellent books are keep coming out and being translated in different languages. American owns a short history, nevertheless, it also witness the major development in the whole world in the past century. There is no doubt that American literature owns a rather important status in the world literature.In the world of literature, there never be a trend or tendency could unify the American literature of that period of 20 century. American authors’ sensitivity and curiosity always are maintained in different generation. A large scale of literature trend stem from American in 20 century. It brings both positive and negative influence to the world literature.。
《美国文学》试卷 及答案 American Literature for English major
《美国文学》试卷班级学号姓名I. Choose the best answer for each blank or question. (50%)1. _______ was usually regarded as the first American writer.A. William BradfordB. Anne BradstreetC. Emily DickinsonD. Captain John Smith2. Hard work, thrift, piety and sobriety were the _______ values that dominated much of the early American writing.A. RomanticismB. PuritanC. EnlightenmentD. Realist3. The 18th-century American Enlightenment was a movement marked by anemphasis on _______.A. rationality rather than traditionB. belief in human perfection through educationC. opposition to old colonial order and religious obscurantism（蒙昧主义）D. all of above4 Which of the following is not a writer of American literature of reason andrevolution?A. Benjamin FranklinB. Thomas PaineC. Washington IrvingD. Thomas Jefferson5. Which is of the following works is not written by Thomas Paine?A. Common SenseB. The American CrisisC. The Rights of ManD. The Autobiography6. _______ was regarded as Father of the American short stories.A. James Fenimore CooperB. Thomas PaineC. Washington IrvingD. William Bradford7. _______ was regarded as the first American novelist.A. James Fenimore CooperB. Edger Allan PoeC. Washington IrvingD. Nathaniel Hawthorne8. The general characteristics of American Romanticism are following except_____.A. the celebration of natural beauty and the simple lifeB. stress on reason rather than emotionC. interest in the picturesque past and remote placesD. individualism and historical romance9. _______ is a literary and philosophical movement which flourished in NewEngland from the 1830s to 1860s, asserting the existence of an ideal spiritual reality that transcends the empirical and scientific and is knowable through intuition.A. PuritanismB. TranscendentalismC. RomanticismD. Symbolism10. The Transcendentalist group includes two of the most significant Americanwriters, Ralph Waldo Emerson and _______.A. Henry David ThoreauB. Washington IrvingC. Nathaniel HawthorneD. Walt Whitman11. Which of the following is not a principle of Transcendentalism?A. The importance of a direct relationship with GodB. An individual is the spiritual center of the universeC. The need to pursue unity with natureD. The use of scientific reason as the basis for truth12. What term do Transcendentalists use to describe the unity that exists betweenman, nature, and God?A. NirvanaB. OversoulC. OnenessD. Intuition13. In 1837, Ralph Waldo Emerson made a speech entitled _______ at Harvard,which was praised by Oliver Wendell H olmes as “Our intellectual Declaration of Independence.”A. NatureB. Self-RelianceC. Divinity School AddressD. The American Scholar14.A book _______ came out of Thoreau’s two-year experiment at Walden Pond.A. WaldenB. Self-RelianceC. Civil DisobedienceD. English Traits15. Which of the following works is not written by Nathaniel Hawthorne?A. The House of the Seven GablesB. White JacketC. The Marble FaunD. The Scarlet Letter16. In The Scarlet Letter, what does Pearl best represent throughout the novel?A. The living embodiment of Hester's sinB. A young innocent childC. The unifying force that will bring Hester and Dimmesdale together at the endD. A form of punishment for Hester17. As time goes by, Hester’s scarlet letter eventually comes to stand for _______.A. AdmirableB. AloneC. AbleD. Adultery18. Who is the greatest sinner in The Scarlet Letter?A. Roger ChillingworthB. Hester PrynneC. Arthur DimmesdaleD. Pearl19. ____ can be broadly defined as “the faithful representation of reality” or “verisimilitude（逼真）”. It includes the period of time from the Civil War to the turn of the century.A. American RealismB. American TranscendentalismC. American SentimentalismD. American Romanticism20. Who is not a writer of American Realism?A. William Dean HowellsB. Mark TwainC. Henry JamesD. Herman Melville21. _______ is poetry that has no fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme.A. Free verseB. Blank verseC. BalladD. Lyric22. The poetry in Leaves of Grass clearly demonstrates Whitm an’s faith in _______.A. capitalismB. federalismC. democracyD. socialism23. Whitman believed that poetry should be _______.A. spoken, not writtenB. read, not spokenC. created, not quotedD. personal, not public24. The themes of Leaves of Grass are_______.A. celebration of the freedom and dignity of individualB. death as a process of lifeC. universal brotherhood of manD. all of above25. Which of the following statements about Emily Dickinson is not true?A. In most of her life she had an isolated life, not leaving her house and seeing closefriends.B. She knew such famous writers as Shakespeare and Bronte sisters.C. The American Civil War affected her thinking and writing a lot.D. She took no interest in having her poems published.26. Which of the following is not true to the characteristics of Emily Dickinson’s poetry?A. Her poems are innovative.B. Her poems are highly compact.C. Her poems are very long.D. Her poems are highly subjective.27. In the line “We slowly dr ove — He knew no haste / And I had put away / My labor andmy leisure too, / For His Civility —”, the word “civility” means ______.A. abilityB. politenessC. kindnessD. pleasure28. Mark Twain is regarded as one of the forerunners of American _______ literature.A. romanticismB. naturalismC. realismD. modernism29. Which of the following is not true?A. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is considered one of the best books about anAmerican boy’s life in the eighteen hundreds.B. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is largely based on the author’s personal memories ofgrowing up in Hannibal in the 1840s.C. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is written in the third person point of view.D. The setting of the novel, St. Petersburg, is a town where the author grew up.30. In 1935, Ernest Hemingway wrote: “All modern American literature comes from onebook by Mark Twain called _______.A. Innocent AbroadB. Huckleberry FinnC. The Gilded AgeD. Life on the Mississippi31. Writers of the first postwar era self-consciously acknowledged that they were a_______.A. Modern GenerationB. Beat GenerationC. Lost GenerationD. Last Generation32. Which of the following works is not written by F. Scott Fitzgerald?A. Tender is the NightB. This Side of ParadiseC. The Last TycoonD. The Waste Land33. Which university did F. Scott Fitzgerald enter but drop before graduation?A. Yale UniversityB. Harvard UniversityC. Boston UniversityD. Princeton University34. The term _______ is often applied to the 1920’s.A. Blue Age B Jazz AgeC. Roaring AgeD. Gilded Age35. Which of these details is true about Gatsby’s past?A. He fought in the warB. He’s the son of wealthy people from the MidwestC. He received a degree from OxfordD. All of above36. Which of the following is not symbolized by the green light in The Great Gatsby?A. moneyB. the American DreamC. natureD. optimism37. The road between West Egg and East egg is _______.A. A “valley of ashes”B. A literary illusion to the mythological River Styx（冥河）C. A literary illusion to the Waste Land by T.S. EliotD. All of these38. Why is Nick Carraway the perfect choice to narrate the novel?A. Because he is not a character in the story he tells.B. Because he can narrate not only what he see s but also what he doesn’t see.C. Because he is tolerant, open-minded, quiet, and a good listener, as a result, otherstend to talk to him and tell him their secrets.D. Because he regards Gatsby as a great man.39. In 1950 _______ was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature for the year 1949.A. William FaulknerB. Ernest HemingwayC. John Steinbeck C. Henry James40. Who coined the expression “lost generation”？A. Gertrude SteinB. Ernest HemingwayC. Ezra PoundD. T. S. Eliot41. In 1954 _______ won the Nobel Prize for Literature “for his powerful, style-formingmastery of the art of modern narration”.A. Ernest HemingwayB. William FaulknerC. F. Scott FitzgeraldD. Henry James42. The code of Hemingway heroes may be summed up in his phrase _______.A. dignity in despairB. truth in simplicityC. rebels against traditionD. grace under pressure43. Who said the following: “the dignity of movement of an ice-berg is due to only oneeighth of it being above water”?A. William FaulknerB. Ernest HemingwayC. John Steinbeck C. Henry James44. Which war serves as the background for A Farwell to Arms?A. Spanish civil warB. World War IC. World War IID. Mexican-American War45. What dose rain symbolize in A Farewell to Arms?A. LoveB. DeathC. WarD. Hope46. What is not depicted in A Farewell to Arms?A. war and loveB. illness and injuryC. death and disillusionmentD. military glory and heroism47. Which of the following works is not written by William Faulkner?A. The Sound and the FuryB. Light in AugustC. The Grape of WrathD. As I Lay Dying48. Most of Faulkner’s major works are set in an imaginary place called _______.A. OxfordB. MississippiC. Yoknapatawpha CountyD. New Albany49. Emily Dickinson’s poetry covers a wide range of themes. Which of the following is notthe theme of her poetry?A. love and natureB. success and failureC. mortality and immortalityD. war and peace50. Mark Twain is famous for his _______ writing style.A. humorousB. romanticC. pessimisticD. freeColumn A Column B1. Walden A. Emily Dickinson2. The American Crisis B. Nathaniel Hawthorne3. The Scarlet Letter C. Thomas Jefferson4. The Last of the Mohicans D. F. Scott Fitzgerald5. Song of Myself E. Ernest Hemingway6. Because I could not stop for death F. Henry David Thoreau7. The Declaration of Independence G .. Ralph Waldo Emerson8. The Great Gatsby H. James Fenimore Cooper9. A Farewell to Arms I. Walt Whitman10. Nature J. Thomas PaineIII. Decide whether the following statements are true or false. Write T for true and F for false. (10%)1. Leaves of Grass is a collection of poems written mainly in blank verse.2. In the poem “Because I could not stop for death ”, the speaker personifies death as a polite gentleman in order to show that death is horrible and terrifying.3. The Lost Generation is a name applied to the disillusioned intellectuals and aesthetics of the years following the First World War, who rebelled against former ideals and values but could replace them only by despair or a cynical hedonism.4. East Egg where Gatsby lives symbolizes the emergence of the new rich of the 1920s while West Egg where Tom and Daisy live symbolizes the old upper class that continued to dominate the American society.5. The tragic ending of A Farewell to Arms sums up the writer’s theme about the horrific world that the violence and chaos of war would eventually destroy people’s love and life.IV . Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English.（30%）1. We passed the School, where Children stroveAt Recess — in the Ring —We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain —We passed the Setting Sun —Questions:1) Who wrote these lines?2) In which poem do you read it?3) What dose “we ” refer to?4) In this stanza, what does “the School ”, “the Fields of Gazing Grain ”, and “the Setting Sun ” respectively （分别地）symbolize?2. Vacation was approaching. The schoolmaster, always severe, grewseverer and more exacting than ever, for he wanted the school to make a goodshowing on Examination Day. His rod and his ferule were seldom idle now —at least among the smaller pupils. Only the big boys, and young ladies ofeighteen and twenty, escaped lashing.Questions:5) From which novel is this section taken?6) Who is the author of the novel?7) Give a brief analysis of the major character in the novel.3. There was music from my neighbor’s house through the summer nights.In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars. At high tide in the afternoon I watched his guests diving from the tower of his raft, or taking the sun on the hot sand of his beach while his two motor-boats slit the waters of the Sound, drawing aquaplane（滑木板）over cataracts（大瀑布）of foam. Questions:8) From which novel is this section taken?9) Who is the author of this novel?10) What does this section describe?11) Give a brief analysis of the major themes of the novel.4. “Are you all right, Cat?”“I’ve been having some pains, darling.”“Regularly?”“No, not very.”“If you have them at all regularly we’ll go to the hospital.”Questions:12) Who wrote this dialogue?13) In which novel do you read it?14) Who are the two speakers in this dialogue?15) Give a brief analysis of the writer’s writing style.《美国文学》试卷 答题卷班级 学号 姓名I. Choose the best answer for each blank or question. (50%)1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40.41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50.II. Match the work from column A for the writer in column B. (10%)1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.III. Decide whether the following statements are true or false. Write T for true and F for false. (10%)1. 2. 3. 4. 5.IV . Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English.（30%）1. 1)2)3)4)2. 5) 6) 7)3. 8) 9)10)11)4. 12) 13)14)15)《美国文学》答案I. Choose the best answer for each blank or question. (50%)1. D2. B3. D4. C5. D6. C7. A8. B9. B 10. A 11. D 12. B 13. D 14. A 15. B 16. A 17. C 18. A 19. A 20. D 21. A 22. C 23. A 24. D 25. C 26. C 27. B 28. C 29. D 30. B 31. C 32. D 33. D 34. B 35. A 36. C 37. D 38. C 39. A 40. A 41. A 42. D 43. B 44. B 45. B 46. D 47. C 48. C 49. D 50. AII. Match the work from column A for the writer in column B.1. F2. J3. B4. H5. I6. A7. C8. D9. E 10. GIII. Decide whether the following statements are true or false. Write T for true and F for false. (20%)1. F2. F3. T4. F5. TIV. Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English.（30%）1. 1) Emily Dickinson 2) Because I could not stop for death3) “We” refers to the speaker and Death.4) “the School” represents the early part of life, childhood.“the Fields of Gazing Grains” represents adulthood. Grain also symbolizes fertility, and since adulthood is when people have children.“the Setting Sun” represents old age, the end of the life.2. 5) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 6) Mark Twain7) Tom is a mischievous boy with an active imagination, untiring energy and thirst foradventure, has a good heart and a strong moral conscience. When the novel begins, Tom is a mischievous child who envies Huck Finn’s lazy lifestyle and freedom. As Tom’s adventures proceed, Tom moves away from his childhood concerns and makes mature, responsible decisions. By the end of the novel, He is no longer a disobedient character, but a defender of responsibility. In the end, growing up for Tom means embracing social custom and sacrificing the freedoms of childhood.3. 8) The Great Gatsby 9) F. Scott Fitzgerald10) In this section Gatsby is holding a luxurious party to which all kinds of guestswhether invited or not come to enjoy music, drinks, food and sunshine on the beach.It’s a grand and splendid party.11) The themes of the novel include the following points: first, it reveals the decline ofthe American Dream in the 1920s. As Fitzgerald saw it, the American dream was originally about discovery, individualism, and the pursuit of happiness. In the 1920s depicted in the novel, however, easy money and relaxed social values have corrupted this dream, especially on the East Coast. Second, it describes the hollowness of the upper class. Third, the novel also reflects the ignorance of the characters who have little self-knowledge and even less knowledge of each other.4. 12) A Farewell to Arms 13) Ernest Hemingway14) Frederic Henry & Catherine Barkley15) His prose style is simple, clear, direct, and precise. His diction is fundamental,favoring plain words. His sentences are short and declarative, often connected by “and”, “then”, and sometimes “so.” His much celebrated technique of the repetition of words, phrases, and sentence structure has the effect of substantiating detail or building up emotional intensity. Dialogue is a distinguishing feature of his style.His fictional world is full of disorder violence, and misery. Without hope, his heroes face it with honor, courage, and endurance. Their code may be summed up in his phrase “grace under pressure.”11。
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Captain John Smith （约翰·史密斯）
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? The “newness” of Americans as a nation is in connection with American Romanticism.
? As a logical result of the foreign and native factors at work, American romanticism was both imitative and independent
Politics dominated the revolutionary phase of American writing.
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?“Poet of the American
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?“Father of American
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?“Pioneer of the New
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? “The Rising Glory of America” (1772)