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（完整word版）英国文学史及选读期末试题及答案
（完整word版）英国文学史及选读期末试题及答案英国文学史及选读期末试题及答案考试课程：英国文学史及选读考核类型： A 卷考试方式：闭卷出卷教师: XXX考试专业：英语考试班级：英语xx 班I.Multiple choice (30 points, 1 point for each) select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement.1. ___ ， a typical example of old English poetry ,is regarded today as the national epic of theAnglo-Saxons.A.The Canterbury TalesB.The Ballad of Robin HoodC.The Song of BeowulfD.Sir Gawain and the Green Kinght2. ___ is the most common foot in English poetry.A.The anapestB.The trocheeC.The iambD.The dactyl3.The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events, which one of the following is NOT such an event?A.The rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture.B.England' s domestic restC.New discovery in geography and astrologyD.The religious reformation and the economic expansion4. ___ is the most successful religious allegory in the English language.A.The Pilgrims ProgressB.Grace Abounding to the Chief of SinnersC.The Life and Death of Mr.BadmanD.The Holy War5. ___________ G enerally, the Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries, its essence is .A.scienceB.philosophyC.artsD.humanism6.“ Solo ng as men can breathe, or eyes can see,/So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. ” (Shakespeare, Sonnets18)What does “ this ” refer to ?A.Lover.B.Time.C.Summer.D.Poetry.7.“ O prince, O chief of my thron ed powers, /That led th ' embattled seraphim towar/Under thy conduct, and in dreadful deeds/Fearless, endangered Heaven' s perpetual king ”In the third line of the above passage quoted from Milton ' s Paradise Lost, the phrase “ thcyo nduct ” refertso con duct.A.God ' sB.Satan' sC.Adam ' sD.Eve 's8.It is generally regarded that Keats' s most important and mature poems are in the form ofB.odeA.elegyC.epicD.sonnet9.“ ShaIl l compare thee to a summer' s day? ” Thes entence is the beginning of Shakespeare' s ______ ./doc/a44056051.html,edyB.tragedyC.sonnetD.poem10.Daniel Defoe 's novels mainly focus on .A.the struggle of the unfortunate for mere existenceB.the struggle of the shipwrecked persons for securityC.the struggle of the pirates for wealthD.the desire of the criminals for property11.Francis Bacon is best known for his _which greatly influenced the development of thisliterary form.A.essaysB.poemsC.worksD.plays12.Most of Thomas Hardy 's novels are set in Wessex .A.a crude region in EnglandB.a fictional primitive regionC.a remote rural areaD.Hardy ' s hometown13.In terms of Pride and Prejudice, which is not true?A.Pride and Prejudice is the most popular of Jane Austen 's novels.B.Pride and Prejudice is originally drafted as“ First Impressions ”.C.Pride and Prejudice is a tragic novel.D.In this novel, the author explores the relationship between great love and realistic benefits.14.Chronologically the Victorian Period refers toA.1798-1832B.1836-1901C.1798-1901D.the Neoclassical Period15.In the following figures, who is Dickens 's first child hero?A.Fagin.B.Mr.Brownlow.C.Olive Twist.D.Bill Sikes16.“And where are they? And where art thou, ”My country? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now- The heroic bosom beats no more! (George Gordon Byron, Don Juan) In the above stanza, “art thou ” literally means .A. “ art you ”B. “ are though ”C .“art though D”.“ are you ”17.Of the following writers, which is not the representative of the Romantic period?A.William Blake.B.John Bunyan.C.Jane Auten.D.John Keats.18.In Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience, what is the utmost concern of Blake?A.LoveB.ChildhoodC.DeathD.Human Experience19.Paradise Lost is actually a story taken from .A.the RenaissanceB.the Old TestamentC.Greek MythologyD.the New Testament20.Jane Austen' s first novel is .A.Pride and PrejudiceB.Sense and SensibilityC.EmmaD.Plan of a Noel21.Of the following poets, w hich is not regarded as “ L'ak”e ?PoetsA.Saumel Taylor Coleridge.B.Robert Southey.C.William Wordsworth.D.William Shakespeare.22. ___________________ Daniel Defoe describes a s a typical English middle-class man of the eighteenth century, the very prototype of the empire builder or the pioneer colonist.A.Robinson CrusoeB.Moll FlandersC.GulliverD.Tom Jones23.The lines “ Death, be not proud, though some have calld thee/Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so; ”are found in .A.William Wordsworth ' s writingsB.John Keats' writingsC.John Donne ' s writingsD.Percy Bysshe Shelley 's writings24.____________________________________________________________________ __ The Pilgrim 's progress by John Bunyan is often said to be concerned with the search for ________ .A.self-fulfillmentB.spiritual salvationC.material wealthD.universal truth25.With so many poems such as “ The 'Ssp aNreroswt, ”“ To a Skylark, ”“ To the Cuckoo ” and “ To a Butterfly ” ,William Wordsworth is regarded as a “ ____ ”.A.poet of genius.B.royal poet.C.worshipper of nature.D.conservative poet.26.In the first part of Gulliver ' s Travels, Gulliver told this experience in .A.LilliputB.BrobdingnagC.HouyhnhnmD.England27.Which of the following can not describe “ Byronic hero ”?A.Proud.B.Mysterious.C.Noble origin.D.Progressive.28. _______________________________________________________ The poetic form which Browning attached to maturity and perfection is ________________________ .A.dramatic monologue/doc/a44056051.html,e of symbol/doc/a44056051.html,e of ironic language/doc/a44056051.html,e of lyrics29.The term “ metaphysical poetry ”is commonly used to name the work -ocfe tnhteu r1y7 wthriterswho wrote under the influence of .A.John MiltonB.John DonneC.John KeatsD.John Bunyan30.Which of the following writings is not created by William Wordsworth?A.I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.B.She Dwelt Among the Untrodden WaysC.The Solitary Reaper.D.The Chimney Sweeper.II.Find the relevant match from colunm B for each item in Colomn A (10 points in all. 1 point for each)A BA. A Red, Red RoseB. Ode to a NightingaleC. Of TruthD. Northanger AbbeyE. The Canterbury Tales1.GeoffreyChaucer2.Francis Bacon3.Jonathan Swift4.William Blake5.Robert BurnsIII. Fill in the following blanks (10 points in all, 1 point for each)1. In the year ,at the battle of Hastings, the Normans headed by william, Duke of Normandy,defeated the Anglo-saxons.2. Since historical times, England, where the early inhabitants were celts, has been conquered three times. It was conquered by the Romans, the _ ,and the Normans.3. __ i s regared as shakespeare ' s successful romantic tragedy.4. No sooner were the people in control of the government than they divided into hostile parties: the liberal whigs and the conservative .5. The Glorious Revolution in ___meant three things the supremacy of parliament, the beginning of modern English, and the final triumph of the principle of political liberty.6. Romanticism as a literary movement come into being in England early in the latter half of the ___century.7. With the publication of william Wordsworth ' s in collaboration with S.T Coleridge,Romanticism began to bloom and found a firm place in the history of English literatare.8. Woman as ___ appeared in the Romantic age. It was during this period that women took, for the first time ,an important place in English literature.9. The most important poet of the victoria Age was , Next to him, were Robert Browning andhis wife.10. The __ movement appeared in the thirties of the 19th cenfury.IV. Questions and Answers (20 points in all ,10points for each) Give brief answers to each of following questions in English.(1) A selection from a poemWherefore feed and clothe and saveForm the cradle to the graveThose ungrateful drones who wouldDrain your sweat_nay, drink your blood?Whrefore, Bees of England, forgeMany a weepon, chain, and scourgeThat these stingless drones may spoilThe forced produce of your tail?Questions (10 ')1. These lines are taken from a poem entitled___(1 ' )written by ___(1 ' ).2. The rhyme scheme in the selection of the poem is .(1 ' )3. What idea does the quotation express?(7' )(2) A Selection from a workSome books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy and6. John Keats7. Jane Austen8. Charles 9. Tennyson10. Robert Browning F. A Modest Proposal G. The TigerH. Ulysses I. David Copperfieldextracts made of them by others, but that would be only inthe less important arguments and the meaner sort of books; else distilled bookd are like common distilled waters.Question(10 ' )1. This passage is taken from a well-known work entiled___,(2 ' ) written by .(1 ' )2. What ' s the main idea of the whole work. (7 ' )V. Topic Discussion (30 points in all,15 points for each). Write no less than 100 words on each of the following topics in English , in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.1. Based on Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, discuss the theme of her works, the image of woman protagonists and what and how her novels truthfully present.(15 ' )2. In Pride and Prejudice, Jane Aasten explored three kinds of motivations of marriage that themiddle-class people had in the second half of the 18th century. Try to make a brief discussion about them with specific examples from the novel. Make comments on Austen ' s attitude towards these motivations.(15 ')200x － 200x 学年度第一学期期末考试试卷答案及评分标准II. Find the relevant match from column B for each item incolamn A (1 1-E2-C 3-F 6-B7-D 8-I III. Fill in the following blanks (1 1. 1066 2. Anglo-Saxons4. Tories5. 16887.Lyrical Ballads 8.novelistsIV. Questions and Answers (20 points in all ) (1) A PoemQuestions(10' )1. A Song: Men of England(1 ') Shelley(1' )2. aabb ccdd (1' )3. This poem is a war cry calling upon all working people to rise up against theirpolitical oppressors, it points out the intolerable injustice of economic exploitation. The poet calls the exploiters “ ungrateful drones ” , Who drain the sweat and drink the blood of the labouring people,He illustrates with concrete examples the relationship of economic exploitation between the ruling class and the working people.(7 ' ) (2) A Selection from a work1. Of Studies(1 ' ) Bacon(1' )2. It analyzes the use and abuse of studies ,the different ways adopted by different people to pursue studies. And how studies exert influence over human character.V .Topic Discussion (30 points in all, 15 points for each) 01-05 C C B A D11-15 A B C B C 21-25 D A C B C 考核类 A 卷出卷教师 : XXX 考试班级：英语 xx 班) 06-10 D B B C A 16-20 D B D B B26-30 A D A B D ×10=10')4-G 5-A 9-H 10-J ×10=10' ) 3. Romeo and Juliet6.18th9.Tennyson 10.Chartist 考试课程：英国文学史及选读考试方式：闭卷考试专业：英语。
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(完整word 版)英国文学史习题全集(含答案)3Part One Early and Medieval English LiteratureⅠ. Fill in the blanks.1. In 1066, ____， with his Norman army, succeeded ininvading and defeating England 。
A. William the ConquerorB. Julius Caesar C 。
Alfred the Great D. Claudius2。
In the 14th century ， the most important writer (poet)is ____ .A. LanglandB. Wycliffe C 。
Gower D. Chaucer 3. The prevailing form of Medieval English literature is____。
A. novel B 。
drama C. romance D. essay 4。
The story of ___ is the culmination of the Arthurianromances 。
A 。
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight B. BeowulfC 。
Piers the PlowmanD 。
TheCanterbury Tales5。
William Langland’s ____ is written in the form of adream vision 。
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Kubla KhanB 。
Piers the PlowmanC 。
The Dream of John Bull D. Morte d'Arthur1—5 ADCAB 6-10 ACBAB6. After the Norman Conquest ， three languages existedin England at that time 。
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Cha pter Six English Literature of the Romantic AgeI .可出选择题有:1. The Roma ntic Age bega n with the p ublicati on ofwritte n by______________A. William WordsworthB. Samuel Joh nsonC. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. Wordsworth and Coleridge( ) 2. Which po et does not bel ong to the Active Roma ntic Poet?A. Byro nB. ShelleyC. KeatsD. Blake“The Lyrical Ballads ” is Coleridge's master pieceA. Kubla KhanB. The P reludeC. The Rime of Ancient Mari nerD. Tin tern Abbey) 4. In 1805, Wordsworth compi eted a long auto-biogra phical poem en titledA. Biogra phia LiterariaB. The P reludeC. Lucy Po emsD. The Lyrical Ballads( ) 5. The followi ng sta nza is from a poem writte n byWhe n we two p artedIn sile nee and in tears,Half broke n-hearted,To sever for years."The Lyrical Ballads ” which was ) 3. The first poem inP ale grew thy cheek and coldColder tha n thy kiss;Truly that hour foretoldSorrow to this!A.Percy Bysshe ShellyB.William BlakeC.George Gordon Byro nD.Robert Brow ning( )6. The Lake Poets include all the following members except the author of the followingwork.A. The P reludeB.Don Jua nC.The An cie nt Mari nerD. Joa n of Arc) 7. Scott's chief con tributi on to En glish literature lies in his no vels ofA. warB.historyC. cityD.roma neeII.可出判断题有:1. With the establishme nt of the Jacob in dictatorsh ip in Fran ce, Wordsworth's attitude toward revoluti on cha ngedinto active.) 2. I n the revised version of Lyrical Ballads, Coleridge held that p oetry is the“ spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling ”.( ) 3. Roma nticism is a literary tren d. It p revailed in En gla nd in the p eriod(1798——1832)) 4. The most important imp etus of the Roma ntic moveme nt was the French Revoluti on( ) 5. The ideals of French Revoluti on are liberty, democracy, and equality.“Biographia Literaria ” is written by Wordsworth.III .可出填空题有:marked the tran siti on from roma nticism to the p eriod of realism which followed it.2. In 1843 Wordsworth was madeIV 可出术语有:lake po etsV .可出简答题有：What are the qualities of Roma nticismChap ter Seven English Literature of the Victorian AgeI •可出选择题有：( ) 1. The followi ng stateme nts are features of Dicke ns's no vels exce ptA. The po wer of expo sureB. Comp licated and fasc in at ing plotC. Broad humor and pen etrati ng satireD. Tragic mood and feeli ng of dep ressi onII .可出判断题有:) 1. A Tale of Two Cities bel ongs to the first writ ing p hase of Dicke ns's career, and thetwo cities are London and P aris.)2. Though the Victoria n po ets are called The Third Gen erati on of Roma nticism, they showed no vigor and po wer in p roduct ion of p oetry as their p revious p oets.) 6. The brillia nt literary criticism 1.III .可出填空题有:app eared1. In the 19th century English literature, a new literary trendafter the roma ntic po etry.2. The title of the no vel Vanity Fair is suggestive of that Van ity Fair in Bunyan's master pi ece_________________ , where all sorts of van ities are on sale.3. The central characters of The Mill on Floss are Tom and his sister4. is the rep rese ntative of New Roma nticism in the novel writ ing at the end ofthe 19th cen tury.IV .可出术语有:Dramatic mono logueV .可出简答题有:The con tributi on of the sett ing to the exp ressi on of the sp eaker's situatio n in“Cross ing theBar ”.Cha pter Eight English Literature of the First Half of the Twentieth CenturyI •可出判断题有:( T ) 1. Symbolism, Surrealism, Imagism, Expressionism, etc, all belong to School ofModer ni sm.( T ) 2. The Rain bow is D. H. Lawre nee's autobiogra phical work.II .可出简答题有:The sig ni fica nee of the theme of Araby.March the works in colu mn A and authors in colu mn B and write the letter of your choice inthe bracketsA B来源:考试大-专四专八考试站。
英国文学史及选读第一册复习题.doc
History and Anthology of English LiteratureI Multiple Choices1.The story of _________ is the culmination of the Arthurian romances.A.Sir Gawain and the Green KnightB. BeowulfC. Piers the PlowmanD. The Canterbury Tales2.Chaucer died on October 25th, 140(), and was buried in __________ ・A.FlandersB. FranceC. ItalyD. Westminster Abbey3・Utopia was written in the form of _________ ・A. proseB. drama C・ essay D. dialogue4.________ i s the leading figure of Metaphysical poetry.A. John DonneB. George HerbertC. Andre MarvellD. Henry Vaughan5.________ i s not written by William Blake.A. The Marriage of Heaven and HellB. Songs of ExperienceC. Auld Lang SyneD. Poetical Sketches6."Some book are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested：This sentence is taken from __________ .A. Swifts A Modest ProposalB. Dickens\ Oliver l\vistC. Fielding 9s Tom JonesD. Bacon's Of Studies7.Which poet is not the "Lake Poet"?A. William WordsworthB. S. T. ColeridgeC. SoutheyD. Keats8.Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries, itsessence is _________ •A. ScienceB. ArtsC. PhilosophyD. Humanism9.Romance, which uses verse or prose to describe the adventures and life of the knights, is thepopular literary form in _________ .A・ Romanticism B. Renaissance C. medieval period D・ Anglo-Saxon period10.Gothic novels are mostly stories of _________ , which take place in some haunted or dilapidatedMiddle Age castles・A.love and marriageB. sea adventuresC. mystery and horrorD. saints and martyrsII• The Houyhnhnms depicted by Jonathan Swift in Gull iver's Travels arc _______ ・A・ horses that are endowed with reasonB.pigmies that are endowed with admirable qualitiesC.giants that are superior in wisdomD.hairy, wild, low and despicable creatures, who resemble human beings not only in appearance butalso in some other ways12. John Milton's masterpiece 一Paradise Lost was written in the poetic style of ___________ ・A. rhymed stanzasB. blank verseC. alliteration D・ sonnets13・ Which of the following has / have associations with John Donners poetry?A. reason and sentimentB. conceits and witsC. the euphuismD. writing in the rhymed couplet14.Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries, its essence is.A ・ scienceB. philosophy C ・ arts D. humanism 15. The School for Scandal by Richard Brislcy Sheridan has been regarded as the best since Shakespeare.A. tragedyB. prose C ・ comedy D. fable II Match III Literary Terms (Choose Five of them to illustrate in English)1・ Epic 2. Romance 3・ Blank verse4. Sonnet5. Allegory6. Heroic couplet7. Comedy8. Tragedy 9. Sentimentalism1()・ Enlightenment IV Poem Analysis(1)Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summers lease hath all too short a date: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines And often is his gold complexion dimmed; And every fair from fair sometimes declines, By chance or nature's changing course untrimmed; But thy eternal summer shall not fade, Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st;Nor shall death brag thou wandefst in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st: So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.Questions:1. Who writes this poem? ______________________2. What type of this poem belongs to? ______________________A. SonnetB. BalladC. OdeD. Elegy3. What does "thee” mean in modem English? _______________________4. What does "the eye of heaven^ refer to? _______________________5. What^s the rhyme scheme of this poem? ______________________6. What's the rhetorical devices used in this poem? Try to give some examples.)1. Paradise Lost)2. Tristram Shandy)3. of Truth)4. The Vicar of Wakefield)5. Canterbury Tales)6. Tom Jones)7. Gulliver "s Travels)& The Pilgrim 9s Progress)9. Pamela)1(). The Fairy Queen A. John Bunyan B. Oliver Goldsmith C. Geoffery Chaucer D. Henry Fielding E. Jonathan Swift F. Samuel Richardson G. Edmund Spenser H ・ Francis Bacon I ・ Laurence Sterne J. John Milton(2)O my luve r s like a red, red roseThat's newly sprung in June:O my Luve r s like the melodie That's sweetly play'd in tune!As fair art thou, my bonnic lass,So deep in luve am I: And I will luve thee still, my dear,Till a* the seas gang dry:Till a1 2 3 4 5 the seas gang dry, my dear, And the rocks melt wi* the sun;I will luve thee still, my dear, While the sands o* life shall run.And fare thee wccl, my only Luve, And fare thee weel a while!And I will come again, my Luve, Though it were ten thousand mile. Questions:1.Who write this poem? ______________________2.What's the title of this poem? ______________________3.What does the poet compare red rose to? ______________________4.What is the rhyme scheme of the poem? _______________________5.Illustrate the first stanza in English in your own words.V Conclude the main story of the literary work and make your own comments. Directions: There are four literary works listed as follows・Choose如o of them to write down the main idea and make some comments on them.2 Tome Jones3 Robinson Crusoe4 Hamlet5 Gulliver's Travels。
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英国文学史及选读试题考试科目: 英国文学史及选读考试时间：120分钟使用班级：考试形式:■闭卷□开卷1. _______________can be justly termed England’s national epic。
2.In the year of _____， at the battle of _________， the Normans headed by ______ ， Duke of _________, defeated the ___________ .3.________________，the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest ______________ poets of England。
The representative work of him is ____________________。
4. Renaissance means __________ and _________ .5. The key note of renaissance ： _________________。
6. The term Renaissance originally indicated a revival of ___________ （ _______ and _________ ) and_____________。
英国文学史复习资料整理
英国文学史复习资料整理篇一：英国文学史复习资料整理(1)? historical background: the making of BritainA. Briton (Celtic tribes)B. the Roman Conquest---Roman Briton1thJulius CaesarA.D.43ClaudiusC. mid-5thAnglo-Saxons (Angles, Saxons, Jutes)Anglo-Saxon periodD. Danish invasionlate 8th, Daneslate 9th, Alfred the Greatthe literaturethe literature of this period falls naturally isto two divisions—pagan and Christianpagan represents the poetry which the Anglo-Saxons probably brought with them in the form of oral sagasChristian represents the writings developed under teaching of the monks..All of the earliest poetry of England was copied by the monks, and seems to have been more or less altered to give it a religious coloring.The angles, an important Teutonis tribe, furnished the name for the new home, which was called Angle-land afterward shortened into England. The language spoken by these tribes is generally called Anglo-Saxon or Saxon.Literary term★ Epic: a long narrative poem telling about the deeds of a great hero and reflecting the values of the society from which it originated. Many epics were drawn from an oral tradition and were transmitted by song and recitation before they were written down.(examples: Iliad, Odyssey, Chanson de Roland)2. Beowulf– national epic★ the longest and most monument of A-S poems★ the oldest surviving epic in British literature.? oral form (6th), earliest written record (7th or 8th)? set in Denmark and SwedenBeowulf1. 3183 lines2. contents:Beowulf centers on the narration of the exploits of the heroic figure beowulf.3 adventuresMonster---GrendelGrendel’s motherfiery dragonTheme: primitive peo ple’s struggle against hostile forces of the natural world under a wise and mighty leader.Beowulf is not simply a man of great military prowess but he is forever eager to help others in distress and in his last adventure with the dragon he shows himself a worthy leader ready to sacrifice his own life for the welfare of his people.Features:＊part-historical and part legendary＊heathen tribal society, feudal elements, Christian coloring＊A-S or old English; alliteration metaphorIn the year 1066, at the battle of Hastings, the Normans headed by William, Duke of Normandy, defeated the Anglo-Saxons.Brought to England is remarkable for its bright, romantic tales of love and adventure.England literature is also a combination of French and Saxon elements.The three chief effects of the conquest were1. the bringing of Roman civilization to England2. the growth of nationality a strong centralized government, instead of the loose union of Saxon tribes3. the new language and literature were proclaimed in Chaucer1the Norman conquest accelerated the development of feudalism.? on land: the ruling class possessed large tracts of land? on society: distinct class division, miseries of peasants? on language: scholar wrote in French and Latin; eiched English.The developmentof romance and knights’ legends★ Romance: A long composition, sometimes in verse, sometimes in prose, describing the life and adventures of a noble man. The central character is the Knight, who has a noble birth, is skillful in the use of weapon and devotes to the church or King. The rules governing the manners and morals of a knight are known as chivalry.? Themes of romance:the matter of Britain— king Arthur and his knights of the Round Table (Arthurian romances) the matter of France— Charlemagne and his knights (Chanson deRoland)the matter of Rome— from the Trojan War to Alexander the GreatKing Arthur:＊historical figure of Celts; mythological figure in Welsh literature;＊legendary hero in ? Geoffery of Monmouth: “History of the Kings of Britain” ?Layamon:“Brut”? Sir Tomas Malory: “Le Morte D?Arthur”? Anglo-Saxon? Later legends about a hero named Arthur were placed in this period of violence. The invaders were variously Angles, Saxons, Frisians, Jutes, but were similar in culture and eventually identified themselves indifferently as Angles or Saxons.The most outstanding single romance on the Arthurian legend—―Sir Gawain and the Green Knig ht‖ (four sections)a.The fight between Sir Gawain and the Green Knight at King Arthur?s Christmas feast.b. Gawain?s adventures on the way to find the Green Knight of the Green Chapel篇二：英国文学史及选读__复习要点总结《英国文学史及选读》第一册复习要点1. Beowulf: national epic of the English people; Denmark story; alliteration, metaphors and understatements （此处可能会有填空，选择等小题）2. Romance （名词解释）3. “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”: a famous roman about King Arthur’s story4. Ballad（名词解释）5. Character of Robin Hood6. Geoffrey Chaucer: founder of English poetry; The Canterbury Tales (main contents; 124 stories planned, only 24 finished; written in Middle English; significance; form: heroic couplet)7. Heroic couplet (名词解释)8. Renaissance（名词解释）9.Thomas More——Utopia10. Sonnet（名词解释）11. Blank verse（名词解释）12. Edmund Spenser“The Faerie Queene”13. Francis Bacon “essays” esp. “Of Studies”（推荐阅读，学习写正式语体的英文文章的好参照，本文用词正式优雅，多排比句和长句，语言造诣非常高，里面很多话都可以引用做格言警句，非常值得一读）14. William Shakespeare四大悲剧比较重要，此外就是罗密欧与朱立叶了，这些剧的主题，背景，情节，人物形象都要熟悉，当然他最重要的是Hamlet这是肯定的。
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I. Old English Literature & the Late Medieval Ages<Beowulf>贝奥武夫:the national epic of the Anglo-SaxonsGeoffrey Chaucer 杰弗里•乔叟1340(?)~1400The father of English poetry.①<The Canterbury Tales>坎特伯雷故事集：first time to use ‘heroic couplet’(双韵体) by middle English②<Troilus and Criseyde>特罗伊拉斯和克莱希德③ <The House of Fame>声誉之宫II The Renaissance PeriodA period of drama and poetry. The Elizabethan drama is the real mainstreamof the English Renaissance.Renaissance: the activity, spirit, or time of the great revival of art, literature, and learning in Europe beginning in the 14th century and extending to the 17th century, marking the transition from the medieval to the modern world.Three historical events of the Renaissance – rebirth or revival:1.new discoveries in geography and astrology2.the religious reformation and economic expansion3.rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek cultureThe most famous dramatists:Christopher MarloweWilliam ShakespeareBen Johnson.William Shakespeare威廉•莎士比亚1564~1616①Historical plays:Henry VI 亨利六世; Henry IV : Richard III 查理三世; Henry V ；Richard II；Henry VIII②Four Comedies: <As You Like It>皆大欢喜; <Twelfth Night>第十二夜;< A Midsummer Night’S Dream>仲夏夜之梦;<Merchant Of Venice>威尼斯商人③Four Tragedies: <Hamlet>哈姆莱特; <Othello>奥赛罗;<King Lear>李尔王; <Macbeth>麦克白④Shakespeare Sonnet :154 <The Sonnets>Three quatrain and one couplet, ababcdcdefefggA sonnet is a lyric consisting of 14 lines, usually iniambic pentameter restricted to a definition rhyme scheme.⑤the comedy of errors 错中错，Titus Andronicus泰特斯·安特洛尼克斯，The Taming of the shrew 驯悍记Love's labour's lost （爱的徒劳）Romeo and Juliet 罗密欧与朱丽叶Much ado about nothing（无事生非）The merry wives of Windsor. 温莎的风流娘们King John 约翰王All's well that ends well 终成眷属Measure for measure（一报还一报）Bacon: Of Studies;Of Beauty; Of Marriage and Single Life EnglishBourgeois Revolution，<The Advancement of Learning>学术的推进III：the period of the English bourgeois revolution.Milton：1608~1674Paradise Lost; Samson Agonistes (力士参孙);On the morning of Christ’s Nativity，<Paradise Regained>复乐园<On His Blindness>我的失明<Areopagitica>论出版自由<The Defence of the English People>为英国人民声辩Bunyan: 1628~1688①Religionary Allegory:<The Pilgrim’s Progress>天路历程Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinner;the Holy WarJohn Don: the Metaphysical poet(玄学派诗人).Metaphysical Poetry(玄学诗)：（用语）the diction is simple, the imagery is from the actual, (形式)the form is frequently an argument with the poet’s beloved, with god, or with himself.（主题：love, religious, thought）The Flea; 跳蚤Forbbiding Mourning，Songs And Sonnets歌与十四行诗，emergent occasions 突变引起的诚念Hely sonnetsIV The 18th Century：EnlightenmentA revival of interest in the old classical works, order, logic, restrained emotion(抑制情感) and accuracyThe Age of Enlightenment/Reason:the movement was a furtherance of the Renaissance of the 15th and 16th centries, a progressive intellectual movement, reason(rationality), equality&science(the 18th century)小说崛起：In the mid-century, the newly literary form, modern English novel rised(realistic novel现实主义小说)Gothic novel(哥特式小说)：mystery, horror, castles(from middle part to the end of century)Jonathan Swift乔纳森•斯威夫特1667~1745（十八世纪杰出的政论家和讽刺小说家a master satirist。
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英国文学史Part one: Early and Medieval English LiteratureChapter 1 The Making of England1. The early inhabitants in the island now we call England were Britons, a tribe of Gelts.2. In 55 B.C., Britain was invaded by Julius Caesar.The Roman occupation lasted for about 400 years.It was also during the Roman role that Christianity was introduced to Britain.And in 410 A.D., all the Roman troops went back to the continent and never returned.3. The English ConquestAt the same time Britain was invaded by swarms of pirates(海盗). They were three tribes from Northern Europe: the Angles, Saxons and Jutes.And by the 7th century these small kingdoms were combined into a United Kingdom called England, or, the land of Angles.And the three dialects spoken by them naturally grew into a single language called Anglo-Saxon, or Old English.4. The Social Condition of the Anglo-SaxonTherefore, the Anglo-Saxon period witnessed a transition from tribal society to feudalism.5. Anglo-Saxon Religious Belief and Its InfluenceThe Anglo-Saxons were Christianized in the seventh century.Chapter 2 Beowulf1. Anglo-Saxon PoetryBut there is one long poem of over 3,000 lines. It is Beowulf, the national epic of the English people. Grendel is a monster described in Beowulf.3. Analysis of Its ContentBeowulf is a folk lengend brought to England by Anglo-Saxons from their continental homes. It had been passed from mouth to mouth for hundreds of years before it was written down in the tenth century.4. Features of BeowulfThe most striking feature in its poetical form is the use of alliteration, metaphors and understatements.Chapter 3 Feudal England1) The Norman Conquest2. The Norman ConquestThe French-speaking Normans under Duke William came in 1066. After defeating the English at Hastings, William was crowned as King of England.The Norman Conquest marks the establishment of feudalism in England.3. The Influence of the Norman Conquest on the English LanguageBy the end of the fourteenth century, when Normans and English intermingled, English wasonce more the dominant speech in the country.3) The Romance1. The Content of the RomanceThe most prevailing kind of literature in feudal England was the romance.4. Malory’s Le Morte D’ArthurThe adventures of the Knights of the Round Table at Arthur’s courtChapter 5 The English Ballads2. The BalladsThe most important department of English folk literature is the ballad. A ballad is a story told in song, usually in 4-line stanzas, with the second and fourth lines rhymed.Of paramount importance are the ballads of Robin Hood.3. The Robin Hood BalladsChapter 6 Chaucer1. LifeGeoffrey Chaucer, the founder/father of English poetry.3. Troilus and CriseydeTroilus and Criseyde is Chaucer’s longest complete poem and his greatest artistic achievement. But the poet shows some sympathy for her, hitting that her fault springs from weakness rather than baseness of character.4. The Canterbury TalesThe Canterbury Tales is Chaucer’s masterpiece and one of the monumental works in English literature.6. His LanguageChaucer’s language, now called Middle English, is vivid and exact.Chaucer’s contribution to English poetry lies ch iefly in the fact that he introduced from France the rhymed stanza of various types, especially the rhymed couplet of 5 accents in iambic meter (the “the heroic couplet”) to English poetry, instead of the old Anglo-Saxon alliterative verse.The spoken English of the time consisted of several dialects, and Chaucer did much in makingdialect of London the standard for the modern English speech.Part Two: The English RenaissanceChapter 1 Old England in Transition1. The New MonarchyThe century and a half following the death of Chaucer was full of great changes.And Henry 7, taking advantage of this situation, founded the Tudor dynasty, a centralized monarchy of a totally new type, which met the needs of the rising bourgeoisie and so won its support.2. The ReformationProtestantismThe bloody religious persecution came to a stop after the church settlement of Queen Elizabeth.3. The English BibleWilliam TyndallThen appeared the Authorized Version, which was made in 1611 under the auspices of James I and so was sometimes called the King James Bible.The result is a monument of English language and English literature.The standard modern English has been fixed and confirmed.4. The Enclosure Movement5. The Commercial ExpansionChapter 2 More1. LifeThomas More2. UtopiaUtopia is More’s masterpiece, written in the form of a conversation between More and Hythlody, a returned voyager.The name “Utopia” comes from two Greek words meaning “no place”.3. Utopia, Book OneBook One of Utopia is a picture of contemporary England with forcible exposure of the poverty among the laboring classes.4. Utopia, Book TwoIn Book Two we have a sketch of an ideal commonwealth in some unknown ocean, where property is held in common and there is no poverty.Chapter 3 The Flowering of English Literature3. Edmund Spenser1) LifeThe Poet’s Poet of the period was Edmund Spenser.In 1579 he wrote The Shepher’s Calendar, a pastoral poem in twelve books, one for each month of the year.2) The Faerie Queene (masterpiece)Spenser’s greatest work, The Faerie Queene (published in 1589-1596), is a long poem planned in 12 books, of which he finished only 6.iambic feet Spenserian Stanza4. Francis Bacon (father/founder of English essay)the founder of English English materialist philosophyBacon is also famous for his Essays. When it included 58 essays.Bacon is the first English essayist.Chapter 4 Drama7. The PlaywrightsThere was a group of so-called “university wits”(Lyly, Peele, Marlowe, Greene, Lodge and Nash).1. LifeThe most gifted of the “university wits” was Christopher Marlowe.2. WorkMarlowe’s best includes three of his plays, Tamburlaine, The Jew of Malta and Doctor Faustus.3. Doctor FaustusMarl owe’s masterpiece is The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus.5. Marlowe’s Literary AchievementMarlowe was the greatest of the pioneers of English drama.It is Marlowe who first made blank verse (rhymeless iambic pentameter) the principal instrument of English drama.Chapter 6 Shakespeare1. LifeWilliam Shakespeare was born on April 23, 1564, in Stratford-on-Avon.After his death, two of his above-mentioned fellow-actors, Herminge and Condell, collected and published Shakespeare’s plays in 1623. To this edition, which has been known as the First Folio.4. The Great ComediesA Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Merchant of Venice, As You Like It and Twelfth Night have been called Shakespeare’s “great comedies”.6. The Great TragediesShakespeare created his great tragedies, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth.7. Hamletthe son of the Renaissance9. The Poems1) Venus and Adonis2) The Rape of Lucrece3) Shakespeare’s Sonnets10. Features of Shakespeare’s DramaShakespeare and the Authorized Version of the English Bible are the two greatest treasuries of the English language.Shakespeare has been universally acknowledged to be the summit of the English Renaissance.Part Three: The Period of the English Bourgeois RevolutionChapter 1 The English Revolution and the Restoration5. The Bourgeois Dictatorship and the Restorationin 1688 Glorious Revolution6. The Religious Cloak of the English RevolutionPuritanism was the religious doctrine of the revolutionary bourgeoisie during the English Revolution. It preached thrift, sobriety, hard work and unceasing labour in whatever calling one happened to be, but with no extravagant enjoyment of the fruits of labour.1. Life and WorkParadise Lost, Paradise Regained and Samson Agonistes.2. Paradise Lost1) Paradise LostParadise Lost is Milton’s masterpiece.blank verse.Chapter 3 Bunyan1. LifeThe Pilgrim’s Progress was published in 1678.2. The Pilgrim’s Progress1)The Pilgrim’s Progress is a religious allegory.Chapter 4 Metaphysical Poets and Cavalier Poetsa school of poets called “Metaphysical” by Samuel Johnson.by mysticism in content and fantasticality in formJohn Donne, the founder of the Metaphysical school of poetry.Chapter 6 Restoration Literature2. John DrydenThe most distinguished literary figure of the Restoration Period was John Dryden.Dryden was the forerunner of the English classical school of literature in the next century.Part Four: The Eighteenth CenturyChapter 1 The Enlightenment and Classicism in English Literature1. The Enlightenment and 18th Century England2) The Enlightenment in EuropeThe 18th century marked the beginning of an intellectual movement in Europe, known as the Enlightenment, which was, on the whole, an expression of struggle of the bourgeoisie against feudalism. The enlighteners fought against class inequality, stagnation, prejudices and other survivals of feudalism.3) The English EnlighternersThe representatives of the Enlightenment in English literature were Joseph Addison and Richard Steele, the essayists, and Alexander Pope, the poet.Chapter 2 Addison and Steele1. Steele and The TatlerRichard SreeleIn 1709, he started a paper, The Tatler, to enlighten, as well as to entertain, his fellow coffeehouse-goers.His appeal was made to “coffeehouses,”that is to say, to the middle classes, for whose enlightenment he stood up.“Issac Bickerstaff”2. Addison and The SpectatorThe general purpose is “to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality.”They ushered in the dawn of modern English novel.Chapter 3 Pope1. LifeAlexander Pope, the most important English poet in the first half of the 18th century.3. Workmanship and LimitationPope was an outstanding enlightener and the greatest English poet of the classical school in the first half of the 18th century.Pope is the most important representative of the English classical poery.But he lacker the lyrical gift.Chapter 4 Swift3. Bickersta f f Almanac (1708)Swift wrote his greatest work Gulliver’s Travels in Ireland.Chapter 5 Defoe and the Rise of the English Novel1. The Rise of the English Novelthe realistic novel: Defoe, Swift, Richardson and FieldingSwift’s world-famous novel Gulliver’s Travel sDefoe’s Robinson Crusoe (the forerunner of the English realistic novel)Richardson: Pamela, Clarissa and Sir Charles GrandisonFielding was the real founder of the realistic novel in England.The novel of this period … spoke the truth about life with an uncompromising courage.” The novelists of this period understood that “the job of a novelist was to tell the truth about life as he saw it.” (Ibid.) This explains the achievement of the English novel in the 18th century.4. Robinson Crusoe1) Today Defoe is chiefly remembered as the author of Robinson Crusoe, his masterpiece. Chapter 6 RichardsonSamuel RichardsonPamela was, in fact, the first English psycho-analytical novel.After Pamela, Richardson wrote two other novels: Clarissa Harlowe and Sir Charles Grandison.Clarissa is the best of Richardson’s novel.Chapter 7 Fielding (the father of English novel)1. LifeHis first novel Joseph Andrews was published in 1742.His Jonathan Wild appeared in 1743. It is a powerful political satire.In 1749, he finished his great novel Tom Jones.Amelia was his last novel. It is inferior to Tom Jones, but has merits of its own.3. Joseph Andrews4. Tom Jones1) The StoryFielding’s greatest work is The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling.6. Summary2) Fielding as the Founder of the English Realistic NovelAs a novelist, Fielding is very great. He is the founder of the English realistic novel and sets up the theory of realism in literary creation.He has been rightly called the “father of the Englis h novel.”Chapter 10 Johnson1. LifeSamuel Johnson, lexicographer, critic and poet.2. Johnson’s DictionaryIn 1755 his Dictionary was published.His Dictionary also marked the end of English writers’ reliance on the patronage of noblemen for support.Chapter 13 Sentimentalism and Pre-Romanticism in Poetry1. LifeThomas Gray2. Pre-RomanticismIn the latter half of the 18th century, a new literary movement arose in Europe, called the Romantic Revival.Pre-Romanticism was ushered in by Percy, Macpherson and Chatterton, and represented by Blake and Burns.Chapter 14 Blake1. LifeWilliam Blake2. Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience4. Blake’s Position in English LiteratureFor these reasons, Blake is called a Pre-Romantic or a forerunner of the Romantic poetry of the 19th century.Chapter 15 Burns1. LifeHis Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect were printed. (masterpiece)The Scots Musical Museum and Select Collection of Original Scottish Airs2. The Poetry of Burns1) Burns is remembered mainly for his songs written in the Scottish dialect on a variety of subjects.3. Features of Burns’ PoetryBurns is the national poet of Scotland.Part Five: Romanticism in EnglandChapter 1 The Romantic Periodthe Industrial Revolution the French RevolutionAmid these social conflicts romanticism arose as a new literary trend. It prevailed in England during the period 1798-1832.These were the elder generation of romanticists, sometimes called escapist romanticists, including Wordsworth, Coleridge and Southey, who have also been called the Lake Poets.Active romanticists represented by Byron, Shelley and Keats.The general feature of the works of the romanticists is a dissatisfaction with the bourgeois society, which finds expression in a revolt against or an escape from the prosaic, sordid daily life, the “prison of the actual” under capitalism.Poetry, of course, is the best medium to express all these sentiments.The only great novelist in this period was Walter Scott.Scott marked the transition from romanticism to the period of realism which followed it. Chapter 2 WordsworthColeridgeIn 1798 they jointly published the Lyrical Ballads.The publication of the Lyrical Ballads marked the break with the conventional poetical tradition of the 18th century, i.e., with classicism, and the beginning of Romantic revival in England.The Preface of the Lyrical Ballads served as the manifesto of the English Romantic Movement in poetry.Wordsworth, Coleridge and Southey have often been mentioned as the “Lake Poets” because they lived in the Lake District in the northwestern part of England.His deep love for nature runs through such short lyrics as Lines Written in Early Spring, To the Cuckoo, I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud, My Heart Leaps Up, Intimations of Immortality and Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey. The last is called his “lyrical hymn of thanks to nature”.Wordsworth’s poetry is distinguished by the simplicity a nd purity of his language.Chapter 3 Coleridge and Southey1. ColeridgeColeridge’s best poems, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.Chapter 4 Byron1. LifeChilde Harold’s PilgrimageHe finished Childe Harold, wrote his masterpiece Don Juan.2. Childe Harold’s PilgrimageThis long poem contains four cantos. It is written in the Soenserian stanza.3. Don JuanByron remains one of the most popular English poets both at home and abroad.Chapter 5 Shelley4. Promethus UnboundShelley’s masterpiece is Promethus Unbound, a lyrical drama in 4 acts.6. Lyrics on Nature and LoveOde to the West WindChapter 6 Keats2. Long PoemsKeats wrote five long poems: Endymion, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, Lamia and Hyperion.5) The unfinished long epic Hyperion has been regarded as Keat’s greatest achievement in poetry.3. Short Poems1) His leading principle is: “Beauty in truth, truth in beauty.”3) Ode to Autumn, Ode on Melancholy, Ode on a Grecian Urn and Ode to a NightingaleChapter 10 Scott2. His Historical NovelsScott has been universally regarded as the founder and great master of the historical novel. According to the subjet-matter, the group on the history of Scotland, the group on English history and the group on the history of European countries.In fact, Scott’s literary career marks the transition from romanticism to realism in English literature of the 19th century.Part Six: English Critical RealismChapter 2 DickensCharles Dickens critical realismDickens: Pickwick Papers, American Notes, Martin Chuzzlewit and Oliver Twist4) Dickens has often been compared Shakespeare for creative force and range of invention. “He and Shakespeare are the two unique popular classics that England has given to the world, and they are alike in being remember ed not for one masterpiece but for creative world.”David CopperfieldChapter 3 Thackeray2. Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a HeroVanity Fair is Thackeray’s masterpiece. characters: Amelia Sedley and Rebecca (Becky) SharpThackeray can be placed on the same level as Dickens, as one of the greatest critical realists of 19th-century Europe.Chapter 4 Some Women Novelists1. Jane Austen (1775-1817)She herself compared her work to a fine engraving made upon a little piece of ivory only two inches square.Jane Austen wrote 6 novels: Northanger Abbey, Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma and Persuasion.2. The Bronte SistersCharlotte’s maiden attempt at prose writing, the novel Professor, was rejected by the publisher, but her next novel Jane Eyre, appearing in 1847, brought her fame and placed her in the ranks of the foremost English realistic writers. Emily’s novel Wuthering Heights appeared in 1847. Anne: Agnes Grey4. George EliotMary Ann Evansthree remarkable novels: Adam Bede, The Mill on the Floss and Silas Marner3) Silas Marner:Critical realism was the main current of English literature in the middle of the19th century.Part Seven: Prose-Writers and Poets of the Mid and Late 19th Century Chapter 1 Carlylethe Victorian AgeChapter 3 Tennysonthe Victorian Age prose especially the novel1. Tennyson’s Life and CareerAlfred Tennyson, the most important poet of the Victorian Age.In the same year (1850) he was appointed poet laureate in succession to Wordsworth.Chapter 7 Literary Trends at the End of the Century1. NaturalismNaturalism is a literary trend prevailing in Europe, especially in France and Germany, in the second half of the 19th century.2. Neo-RomanticismStevenson was a representative of neo-romanticism in English literature.Treasure Island (masterpiece)3. AestheticismAestheticism began to prevail in Europe at the middle of the 19th century. The theory of “art for art’s sake” was first pu t forward by the French poet Theophile Gautier.The two most important representatives of aestheticists in English literature are Walter Pater and Oscar Wilde.2) Oscar Wilde dramatistLady Windermere’s Fan, 1893; A Woman of No Importance, 1894; An Ideal Husband and The Importance of Being Earnest, 1895The Importance of Being Earnest is his masterpiece in drama.Part Eight: Twentieth Century English Literature(Modernism)Chapter 2 English Novel of Early 20th Century3. Henry JamesHe is regarded as the forerunner of the “stream of consciousness” literature in the 20th century.Chapter 3 Hardy1. Life and WorkAmong his famous novels, Tess of the D’Urbervillies and Jude the Obscure.2. Tess of the D’Urbervilliescharacters: Tess, Alec D’Urbervillies and Angel ClareChapter 6 Bernard ShawChapter 8 Modernism in Poetry1. ImagismEzra PoundThe two most important English poets of the first half of 20th century are W. B. Yeats and T. S. Eliot.2. W. B. YeatsThe Wild Swans at Coole, Michael Robartes and the Dancer, The Tower and The Winding Stair T. S. Eliot has referred to Yeats as “the greatest poet of our age-certainly the greatest in this (i.e. English) language.”3. T. S. EliotThe Waste Land (1922) is dignifying the emergence of Modernism.T. S. Eliot was a leader of the modernist movement in English poetry and a great innovator of verse technique. He profoundly influenced 20th-century English poetry between World Wars 1 and 2.Chapter 9 The Psychological FictionModernist fiction put em phasis on the description of the character’s psychological activities, sometimes has been called modern psychological fiction. One of its pioneers is wrence. 1. D. H. LawrenceSons and Lovers (1913), the first of Lawrence’s important novels, is largely autobiographical. This shows the influence of Freud’s theory of psychoanalysis,especially that of the “Oedipus complex.”The Rainbow, Women in Love and Lady Chatterley’s Lover3. James JoyceUlysses (1922)June 16, 1904character: Leopold BloomJames Joyce was one of the most original novelists of the 20th century.His masterpiece Ulysses has been called “a modern prose epic”.His admirers have praised him as “second only to Shakespeare in his mastery of the English language.”4. Virginia Woolf“high-brows”the Bloomsbury GroupVirginia Wolf’s first two novels, The Voyage Out and Night and Day.Jacob’s Room, Mrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse and OrlandoPart Nine: Poets and Novelists Who Wrote both before and after the SecondWorld WarChapter 5 E. M. ForsterEdward Morgan Forster the Bloomsbury Groupfour novels: Where Angels Fear to Tread, The Longest Journey,A Room with a View and Howards EndA Passage to India, published in 1924, is Forster’s masterpiece.In 1927, Forster published a book on the theory of fiction, Aspects of the Novel.Chapter 10 William GoldingWilliam Gerald GoldingHis first novel Lord of the FliesChapter 11 Doris LessingGolden Notebook。
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History and Anthology of English LiteratureI Multiple Choices1. The story of _________ is the culmination of the Arthurian romances.A. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightB. BeowulfC. Piers the PlowmanD. The Canterbury Tales2. Chaucer died on October 25th, 1400, and was buried in _________.A. FlandersB. FranceC. ItalyD. Westminster Abbey3. Utopia was written in the form of _________.A. proseB. dramaC. essayD. dialogue4. _________ is the leading figure of Metaphysical poetry.A. John DonneB. George HerbertC. Andre MarvellD. Henry Vaughan5. _________ is not written by William Blake.A. The Marriage of Heaven and HellB. Songs of ExperienceC. Auld Lang SyneD. Poetical Sketches6. “Some book are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.This sentence is taken from _________.s Oliver TwistA. Swift’s A Modest Proposal B.Dickens’s Tom Jones D. Bacon’s Of StudiesC. Fielding’7. Which poet is not the “Lake Poet”？A. William WordsworthB. S. T. ColeridgeC. SoutheyD. Keats8. Generally，the Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries，itsessence is _________.A. ScienceB. ArtsC. PhilosophyD. Humanism9. Romance, which uses verse or prose to describe the adventures and life of the knights, is thepopular literary form in _________.A. RomanticismB. RenaissanceC. medieval periodD. Anglo-Saxon period10. Gothic novels are mostly stories of ________, which take place in some haunted or dilapidatedMiddle Age castles.A. love and marriageB. sea adventuresC. mystery and horrorD. saints and martyrs11. The Houyhnhnms depicted by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver’s Travels are _____.A. horses that are endowed with reasonB. pigmies that are endowed with admirable qualitiesC. giants that are superior in wisdomD. hairy, wild, low and despicable creatures, who resemble human beings not only inappearance but also in some other ways—Paradise Lost was written in the poetic style of ________.12. John Milton’s masterpieceA. rhymed stanzasB. blank verseC. alliterationD. sonnets13. Which of the following has / have associations with John Donne’s poetry?A. reason and sentimentB. conceits and witsC. the euphuismD. writing in the rhymed couplet14. Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries, itsessence is _______.A. scienceB. philosophyC. artsD. humanism15. The School for Scandal by Richard Brisley Sheridan has been regarded as the best _______since Shakespeare.A. tragedyB. proseC. comedyD. fableII Match( ) 1. Paradise Lost A. John Bunyan( ) 2. Tristram Shandy B. Oliver Goldsmith( ) 3. of Truth C. Geoffery Chaucer( ) 4. The Vicar of Wakefield D. Henry Fielding( ) 5. Canterbury Tales E. Jonathan Swift( ) 6. Tom Jones F. Samuel Richardson( ) 7. Gulliver’s Travels G. Edmund Spensers Progress H. Francis Bacon( ) 8. The Pilgrim’( ) 9. Pamela I. Laurence Sterne( )10. The Fairy Queen J. John MiltonIII Literary Terms (Choose Five of them to illustrate in English)1. Epic2. Romance3. Blank verse4. Sonnet5. Allegory6. Heroic couplet7. Comedy8. Tragedy9. Sentimentalism 10. EnlightenmentIV Poem Analysis(1)Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate:Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And summer's lease hath all too short a date:Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shinesAnd often is his gold complexion dimmed;And every fair from fair sometimes declines,By chance or nature's changing course untrimmed;But thy eternal summer shall not fade,Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st;Nor shall death brag thou wander'st in his shade,When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st:So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.Questions:1. Who writes this poem? _____________________2. What type of this poem belongs to? _____________________A. SonnetB. BalladC. OdeD. Elegyodern English? _____________________3. What does “thee” mean in m4. What does “the eye of heaven” refer to? _____________________5. What’s the rhyme scheme of this poem? _____________________Try to give some examples.6. What’s the rhetorical devices used in this poem?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________(2)O my luve 's like a red, red roseThat 's newly sprung in June:O my Luve 's like the melodieThat's sweetly play'd in tune!As fair art thou, my bonnie lass,So deep in luve am I:And I will luve thee still, my dear,Till a' the seas gang dry:Till a' the seas gang dry, my dear,And the rocks melt wi' the sun;I will luve thee still, my dear,While the sands o' life shall run.And fare thee weel, my only Luve,And fare thee weel a while!And I will come again, my Luve,Though it were ten thousand mile.Questions:1. Who write this poem? _____________________2. What’s the title of this poem? _____________________3. What does the poet compare red rose to? _____________________4. What is the rhyme scheme of the poem? _____________________5. Illustrate the first stanza in English in your own words._____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________V Conclude the main story of the literary work and make your own comments.Directions: There are four literary works listed as follows. Choose two of them to write down the main idea and make some comments on them.1. Tome Jones2. Robinson Crusoe3. Hamlets Travels4. Gulliver’。
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English LiteratUre 考试题型：1填空2选择(1和2共50分)3•作品分析3道题/30分4. 论述题2道题/20分(老师说：填空选择主要以文学史，文学大家及他们的主要作品，文学主张等形式呈现；而作品分析以简答题形式出现)1: In troduct ion2: Old and MedieVaI English Literature: Beowulf ( the earliest English EPiC), Sir GaWain, ChaUCer(1): General prologue (结合参考资料LeCtUre 2)3: ChaUCer ⑵--The Wife of Bath Tales (注意讲故事的人与故事之间的relationship)4: Ren aissa nce: So nn ets ---Shakespeare, SPe nser (Sonn et18,29, 75, 34,54)5: Shakespeare: Drama (MerCha nt of VeniCe)6: Shakespeare: Drama (HamIet)'S "To 7: 17th Cen tury —Revoluti On and ReStOratiO n: MetaPhySiCaI poets (Joh n Donneand MarVeIhis coy mistress") . (For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway Came from One a poem ofJohn Donne：A VaIediCtion: Forbidding MoUrning .)8: 17th Century: John Donne ' S FOwting MOUrningJohn MiltOn ' S ParadiSe LOOn HiS BlindnessJohn BUnyan ' S The PiIgrim ' S PrOgreSS(JUSt knowing that this work is Written bythis author is OK)名利场9: 18th Century (现实主义的兴起) ：Daniel Defoe ( Robinson CrUSOe)Jonathan SWift(GUIliver ' S TraVeIS)ThOmaS Gray(EIegy Written in a CoUntry ChUrChyard)(The title of the book “ FarFrOm the Madding CroWC r by ThOmaS Hardy Came from “ Elegy Written in aCoUntry ChUrChyard ” )10: Roma nticism: WOrdSWOrth (LineS——Ti ntern Abbey)WOrdSWOrth(I Wan dered Lon ely as a Cloud) 注意本作品反映出的自然观11: Romanticism (早期浪漫主义)：Byron(Don JUan)SheIIey(Ode to the WeSt Wind)Joh n KeatS(Ode On a GreCia n Urn, Ode to a Nighti ngale) WaIter Scott: HiStOriCaIstory and novel : 十字军英雄记12: Jane AUSte n: Pride and PrejUdiCe (基于金钱上的爱情与婚姻)13: ViCtOria n no VeIiStS (CritiCaI realism):CharIeS DiCke ns(Early Stage)Works:OIiVer Twist, Hard Times, The Tale of Two Cities, Great EXPeCtati OnSGeOrge EIiot(MiddIe Stage)Works:The Mill On the FlossThOmaS Hardy (Late Stage,or early Stage of thetwen tieth Cen tury)Works : Far from the Madding Crowd (1874) , TeSS of the D'UrberVilles (1891) , JUde the ObSCUre (1895)ViCtoria n no VeliStS（CritiCal realism）:WiIliam MakePeaCe ThaCkeray（Va nity Fair）Charlotte Bron te（Ja ne Eyre）14: ViCtOria n Poets: Alfred, Lord TennySon（U Iysses; Break,break,Break）RObert Brow ning & EliZabeth Brow nin g（My LaSt Duchess）.15: IntroductiOn to 20th Century literature: Yeats, Hardy, Conrad ' Heart of darkness, JameS Joyce ' S The Dead, Woolf Als IDarSOWay上课内容：1:简介2:中古世纪英国文学：贝尔武夫（最早的英国史诗），高文（加文）骑士/爵士，乔叟（英国诗人）坎特伯雷故事集（1）General prologue （对于叙述者的介绍）3:乔叟一一坎特伯雷故事集（2）巴斯的老婆4：文艺复兴时期：十四行诗------ 莎士比亚，斯宾塞（意大利式风格一PetrarCh皮特拉克、英式风格一ShakeSPeare莎士比亚）5:莎士比亚戏剧一一威尼斯商人6:莎士比亚戏剧一一哈姆雷特7 :十七世纪一一革命与复辟：玄学派诗人（约翰•邓恩和马维尔一一致羞赧的情人：见背景知识补充）（海明威的《丧钟为谁而鸣》来源于约翰•邓恩的一首诗）&十七世纪：约翰多恩一一《莫悲伤》约翰•弥尔顿——《失乐园》、《哀失明》约翰•班扬一一《天路历程》（只了解《天路历程》是约翰•班扬写的就好）9:十八世纪：丹尼尔•笛福一一《鲁滨逊漂流记》乔纳森•斯威夫特——《格列佛游记》托马斯•格雷——《墓园哀歌》（托马斯•哈代的《远离尘嚣》这一书名出自托马斯•格雷的《墓园哀歌》）10:浪漫主义：华兹华斯一一《丁登寺旁》《我似浮云天自游》11:浪漫主义：拜伦——《唐璜》雪莱——《西风颂》约翰•济慈——《希望古瓮颂》、《夜莺颂》12:简奥斯丁一一《傲慢与偏见》13:维多利亚时代（小说家）（批判现实主义）一一狄更斯DiCkens（早期代表人物）作品：《雾都孤儿》、《艰难时世》、《双城记》、《远大前程》乔治.艾略特（中期代表人物）作品：《弗洛斯河上的磨坊》托马斯哈代ThOmaS Hardy《德伯家的苔丝》《远离尘嚣》《无名的裘德》维多利亚时代（小说家）（批判现实主义）：萨克雷（《名利场》）夏洛蒂•勃朗特（《简爱》）14：维多利亚时代（诗歌）：丁尼生一一《尤利西斯》，《溅吧，溅吧，溅吧》罗伯特•勃朗宁&伊丽莎白•勃朗一一《我的前公爵夫人》15:二十世纪文学介绍：叶芝（曾获诺贝尔文学奖），哈代，康拉德《黑暗之心》，詹姆斯•乔伊斯《尤利西斯》UIySSeS ,伍尔夫《达洛维夫人》Old and MedieVaI English LiteratUre , Renaissance, 17th Century , 18th Century , Romanticism , ViCtorian Age, 20th Century IiteratUre。
Chaucer: Can terbury Tales （结合参考资料PPT 2）1. Why is the collection called "Canterbury Tales"? What is the framework of this collect ion?为什么这一部故事集叫做《坎特伯雷故事集》？它的框架结构是什么？篇章是通过什么结合的？答：《坎特伯雷故事集》是英国作家乔叟的小说。
作品描写一群香客聚集在伦敦一家小旅店里，准备去坎特伯雷城朝圣。
店主人建议香客们在往返途中各讲两个故事，看谁讲的最好。
故事集包括了23个故事，广泛地反映了资本主义萌芽时期的英国社会生活，揭露了教会的腐败、教士的贪婪和伪善，谴责了扼杀人性的禁欲主义，肯定了世俗的爱情生活。
篇章通过朝圣”结合。
Refere nce an swer: On the Way to Can terbury for PiIgrimage, a group of people of differe nt social CIaSSeS gathered together and told StOrieS in turn. In this way, this collect ion got its n ame. The framework is PiIgrimage.2. In What SeaS On did the PiIgrimage take place? Why do you thi nk the author PUt the event in thistime of the year?朝圣是在什么季节进行的？为什么作者要把朝圣安排在一年的春季？答：朝圣是在春季进行的。
因为春季是一年的开端，代表着新生的季节，充满朝气与活力。
Refere nce an swer: PiIgrimage took place in SPri ng. BeCaUSe as the begi nning of a year, SPri ng represe nts new birth and is full of PaSSi Onanden ergy.3. What kind of PerS On is the SqUire (the kni ght's son)? What does he symbolize?骑士的儿子是一个怎样的人？他代表了什么？答：骑士的儿子是一个二十岁左右的年轻人，他衣着光鲜、仪容整洁、举止优雅。
他是一个精力充沛而且拥有成为一名真正的骑士梦想。
同时，他也渴望着宫廷式的爱情。
Refere nce an swer: The SqUire is n ear 20 years old. The young man is well-dressed, good look ing and well mann ered. He is also an en ergetic and PaSSi On ate youth who holds the dream of beco ming a kni ght and enjoying court love.4. From the descripti On give n in the Gen eral Prologue, What do you know about the nun?根据人物介绍中的描述，你认为修女是一个怎样的人？答：修女受过良好的教育，能够流利的使用法语。