英国文学史习题

Twentieth Century Literature

ⅠDefine the following terms

Modernism

Stream of Consciousness

ⅡFill in the blanks

1. Abroad with Frieda, Lawrence finished ____, the autobiographical novel at

which he had been working off and on for years.

2. ____is the most outstanding stream of consciousness novelist.

ⅢGive a brief analysis of Tess’tragedy in Tess of the D’Urbervilles

The Victorian Age

ⅠFill in the blanks

1. In the 19th century English literature, a new literary trend ____ appeared after

the Romantic poetry.

2. ____ was the greatest representative of English Critical realism.

3. Charlotte Bronte’s masterpiece is ____; Emily Bronte’s masterpiece is ____. ⅡDefine the following term

Critical Realism

ⅢAnswering the questions

1. Give a brief analysis of the features of Dickens’novels.

2. Make an analysis of the character of Jane Eyre

The Romantic Period

ⅠFill in the following blanks

1. ____ and ____ represented the spirit of what is usually called

pre-Romanticism.

2. The most important and decisive factor in the development of literature is

____, English Romanticism was greatly influenced by the ____ and ____.

3. The 18th century was distinctively an age of ____.

4. Byron is chiefly known for his two long poems, one is Childe Harold’s

Pilgrimage, and the other is ____.

5. ____ is Shelley’s work of literary criticism.

6. “Ode to a Nightingale”was written by ____.

ⅡDefine the following terms.

Roamticism

ⅢAnswer the questions about the poem I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.

1. Who wrote the poem?

2. What is poem mainly about?

3. This poem contains four six-lined stanzas. What kind of meter is it applied

in these stanzas?

4. What is the rhyme scheme in each stanza?.

ⅣAnswer the following questions about Ode to the West Wind .

1. The west wind in this poem is generally considered as a symbol. What does

it symbolize?

2. The poem falls into five stanzas. Sum up the main idea of each, and explain

the theme of the poem as you see it.

3. What kinds of stylistic devices are used in the poem?

ⅤAnswer the questions about Jane Austen

1. Please enumerate five works of Jane Austen.

2. Give a brief analysis on the theme of Pride and Prejudice

3. Please comment on Austen’s writing features

The 18th Century

ⅠDefine the literary terms listed below

Enlightenment Movement

neoclassicism

satire

ⅡFill in the blanks