专八备考人文知识题―英国文学部分汇总
英语专业八级(TEM)英国文学复习资料.doc
英语专业八级(TEM )英国文学复习资料Chapter One ( 一般掌握)Chapter Two English Literature of the Late Medieval AgesI.可出选择题有：( ) 1. Apart from original poems, Chaucer translated various works of French authors, among them is the famousA.The Canterbury TalesB.The Romance of the RoseC.The Parliament of FowlsD.The House of Fame()2. Generally speaking, Chaucer's works fall into three main groups corresponding roughly to the three periods of his adult life, which period is wrong?A.The period of French influenceB.The period of Italian influenceC.The period of his maturityD.The period of American influence( ) 3. Which of the following information about Chaucer is wrong?A.He died on the 25th of October 1400, he was the first to be buried in the writer's corner of Westminster AbbyB.He was considered as "father of English Poetry"C.He was one of the narrative poets of EnglandD.His masterpiece is The Canterbury Tales( ) 4. Of the following, the one which employs the form of romance is.A.AmorettiB. Venus and AdonisC. The TempestD. Sir Gawain and Green Knight( ) 5. The characters in the Canterbury Tales can be divided into thefollowing groups except.A.rural dwellersB. church membersC. tradesmanD. nobles()6. Piers the Plowman is similar in form to the work written byA.ChaucerB. ShakespeareC. MarloweD. BunyanChapter Three English Literature in the RenaissanceI.可出选择题有：( ) 1. English Renaissance Period was an age ofA.prose and novelB.poetry and dramaC.essays and journalsD.ballads and songs()2. "Romeo, Romeo, Wherefore art thou Romeo?" is one of the most famous lines from Romeo and Juliet. Which of the following comments on the line is NOT true?A.Juliet speaks the line in the balcony scene.B.She is unaware of Romeo's presence.C.She asks him to deny his family for her love.D. A major theme in Romeo and Juliet is the tension between social and family identity and one's inner identity (represented by one's name).( ) 3. The Elizabethan literatureA.had a marked unity and the feeling of patriotism and devotion to the queen.B.witnessed a decline of degenerationC.expressed age and sadness, even the brightest hours were followed by gloom and pessimism.D.was not romantic.()4. One of the following plays takes its subject matter from Chinese historyA.Henry IVB. MacbethC. TamburlaineD. Alchemist( ) 5. Dr Faustus sells his soul to the devil because he.A.is faced by MephistophelesB.wants to gain more moneyC.wants to live an extravagant lifeD.wants to know more about the world()6. Shakespeare is a poet, playwright and.A.criticB. novelistC. an actorD. both b and c( ) 7. Of the following, the one which employs the form of romance is.A.AmorettiB. Venus and AdonisC. The TempestD. Sir Gawain and Green Knight( ) 8. The difference of Surrey's contribution to English poetry from that of Wyatt lies in that Surrey.A.wrote the first English sonnetB.introduce the couplet into EnglandC.wrote the first English blank verseD.made the sonnet popular()9. The one who first made blank verse the principal instrument of English drama isA.SurreyB. MarloweC. ShakespeareD. Jonson( ) 10. The recurrent theme of Marlowe* s play is the praise of.A.capitalismB. feudalismC. individualismD. nationalismII.可出填空题有：1.Rough winds do shake the of May,And has all too short a date.2.Sometimes too hot the shines, and often is his__________ dimmed.3.Shakespeare produced plays and sonnet.4.is praised by Marx as “the progenitor of English Materialism,^.III.可出简答题有：Analyze Shakespeare's four periods of career concisely.Chapter Four English Literature of the Seventeenth CenturyI.可出选择题有：( ) 1.was a progressive intellectual movement which began inFrance and had a wide impact throughout Europe in 18th century.A.The RenaissanceB.The EnlightenmentC.The Religious ReformationD.The Chartist Movement( ) 2. Which of the following comment on the image of Satan in Paradise Lostis NOT correct?A.The finest thing in Paradise Lost is the description of Hell and Satan was the real hero.B.He is firmer than the rest of the fallen angelsC.He remains obeyed and admired by all the angelsD.It is he who makes man revolt against God.( ) 3. Which of the following information about John Donne is NOT true?A.He was born in a Roman Catholic family.B.He received his education at Oxford and Cambridge.ter he gave up his Catholic faith and took orders in the Anglican Church.D.He wrote only religious poems.()4. Dryden's contribution to English literature lies in the following except.A.he established the heroic couplet as one of the principal English verse formB.he clarified the English proseC.he raised the English literature criticism to a new levelD.he raised English comedy to a higher level( ) 5. Apology for Poetry is.A. a poemB. a romanceC. a criticismD. a sonnetII.可出判断题有：( ) 1. John Donne is famous for his metaphysical conceit, that is, a comparison between the two strikingly resemblant objects.()2. Newspaper was born in 17th century.( ) 3. One of the characteristics of the English bourgeois revolution was that it was carried out under the cloak of religion.III.可出填空题有：1.is the glorious pioneer to introduce blank verse into non-dramatic poetry.IV.可出术语有：metaphysical poetsChapter Five English Literature in the Eighteenth CenturyI.可出选择题有:( ) 1. In the 18th century, satire was much used in writing, English literature of this age produced some excellent satirists, such asA.SwiftB. DefoeC. BlakeD. Burns( ) 2. In the 18th century English literature, the representative poets of Pre-romanticism wereA.Blake and WordsworthB.Bums and ColeridgeC.Blake and BurnsD.Wordsworth and Coleridge()3. Which of the following information about William Blake is NOT true?A.He was born in London, the son of Irish hosier.B.He was a poet as well as an engraver.C.His first book of poem was Songs of Innocence.D.His later poems are mysterious and hard to understand.( ) 4. The main literary stream of the 18th century was.A.RomanticismB.RealismC.Pre-romanticismD.Critical realism( ) 5.was considered as “father of English Novel".A.SwiftB.FieldingC.ChaucerD.Jane Austin() 6. In 1704,founded the periodicals "the Review".A. SwiftB. BlakeC. MiltonD. DefoeII.可出判断题有：( )1. Pope established the heroic couplet as one of the principal English verse forms.( ) 2. Burn's poems are largely based on imitation and revision of folk balladsof his motherland.( ) 3. Neo-classicism means restraint, thus it is unfit for the requirement of French Revolution, which aroused the age of Romantic Revival to unfetter spirit of humankind.( )4. Swift is known as a pioneer novelist of English and also a prolific writer ofbooks and pamphlets on variety of subjects.( ) 5. The Houyhnhnms represent an ideal rational existence, a life governedby sense.III.可出填空题有：1.is the glorious pioneer to introduce blank verse into non-dramatic poetry.2.People in 18th century believed in and their watchword was“common sense".V.可出术语有：EnlightenmentChapter Six English Literature of the Romantic AgeI.可出选择题有：( ) 1. The Roman tic Age began with the publication of “The Lyrical Ballads^, which was written byA.William WordsworthB.Samuel JohnsonC.Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD.Wordsworth and Coleridge( ) 2. Which poet does not belong to the Active Romantic Poet?A. ByronB. ShelleyC. KeatsD. Blake( ) 3. The first poem in “The Lyrical Ballads" is Coleridge's masterpieceA.Kubla KhanB.The PreludeC.The Rime of Ancient MarinerD.Tintern Abbey( )4. In 1805, Wordsworth completed a long auto-biographical poem entitledA. Biographia LiterariaB. The PreludeC. Lucy PoemsD. The Lyrical Ballads( ) 5. The following stanza is from a poem written by ____ .When we two partedIn silence and in tears,Half broken-hearted,To sever for years.Pale grew thy cheek and coldColder than thy kiss;Truly that hour foretoldSorrow to this!A.Percy Bysshe ShellyB.William BlakeC.George Gordon ByronD.Robert Browning()6. The Lake Poets include all the following members except the author of the following work.A. The PreludeB. Don JuanC. The Ancient MarinerD. Joan of Arc()7. Scott's chief contribution to English literature lies in his novels of.A. warB. historyC. cityD. romanceII.可出判断题有：( ) 1. With the establishment of the Jacobin dictatorship in France, Wordsworth's attitude toward revolution changed into active.( ) 2. In the revised version of Lyrical Ballads, Coleridge held that poetry isthe66spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling”.()3. Romanticism is a literary trend. It prevailed in England in the period (1798——1832)( ) 4. The most important impetus of the Romantic movement was the French Revolution()5. The ideals of French Revolution are liberty, democracy, and equality.()6. The brilliant literary criticism “Biographia Literaria^, is written by Wordsworth.III.可出填空题有：1.marked the transition from romanticism to the period of realism which followed it.2.In 1843 Wordsworth was made.IV可出术语有：lake poetsV.可出简答题有：What are the qualities of Romanticism?Chapter Seven English Literature of the Victorian AgeI.可出选择题有：( ) 1. The following statements are features of Dickens's novels except.A.The power of exposureplicated and fascinating plotC.Broad humor and penetrating satireD.Tragic mood and feeling of depressionII.可出判断题有：( ) 1. A Tale of Two Cities belongs to the first writing phase of Dickens's career, and the two cities are London and Paris.( ) 2. Though the Victorian poets are called The Third Generation of Romanticism, they showed no vigor and power in production of poetry as their previous poets.III.可出填空题有：1.In the 19th century English literature, a new literary trend appeared after the romantic poetry.2.The title of the novel Vanity Fair is suggestive of that Vanity Fair in Bunyan's masterpiece, where all sorts of vanities are on sale.3 ・ The central characters of The Mill on Floss are Tom and his sister4.is the representative of New Romanticism in the novel writing at the end of the 19th century.IV.可出术语有：Dramatic monologueV.可出简答题有：The contribution of the setting to the expression of the speaker's situation in"'Crossing the Bar".Chapter 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 of Modernism.( T ) 2. The Rainbow is D. H. Lawrence's autobiographical work.II.可出简答题有：The significance of the theme of Araby.March the works in column A and authors in column B and write the letter of your choice in the bracketsA BA B。
英国文学知识（专八人文知识必备）
英国文学知识（专八人文知识必备）英国文学知识一、中古英国文学1.Beowulf : the oldest poem in the English language and the most importantspecimen of Anglo-Saxon literature.2.Geoffrey Chaucer: he is acclaimed as the father of English Poetry and father ofEnglish fiction. His masterpiece。
The Canterbury TalesThe Romaunt of the RoseThe Legend of good WomenThe House of Fame二、文艺复兴时期时间：14世纪到17世纪中后期特点：Humanism became the keynote of English Renaissance著名作家：1.Thomas More: Utopia2.Edmund Spenser (a poet):The Faerie QueenThe Shepherd Calendar3.Christopher Marlowe( a poet and dramatist):Edward IIDr. FaustusTamburlaineThe Jew of Malta4.William Shakespeare喜剧：A Midsummer Night’s DreamAs you like itMerchant of VeniceThe Twelfth night悲剧：Romeo and JulietThe Tempest四大悲剧：Othello, Macbeth, King Lear, Hamlet主要历史剧：Henry IV, Henry V5.Francis BaconEssaysThe advancement of learning6.John DonneThe Elegies and SatiresThe Songs and Sonnets7.John Milton (poet)晚年三首长诗Paradise lost, Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes三：新古典主义时期时间：17世纪中后期到18世纪特点：The neoclassicists held that all forms of literature were to be modeled after the classical works of the ancient Greek and Roman writers. They believed that the artistic ideals should be order, logic and restrained emotion and accuracy.著名作家：1.John Dryden: All for Love2.John Bunyan: The Pilgrim’s ProgressThe Holy WarThe life and Death of Mr. Badman3.Alexander Pope An Essay on CriticismAn Essay on ManThe Rape of the LockOdyssey4.Daniel Defoe(who is called the father of English and European novels)Robison CrusoeA journal of the Plague yearCaptain Singleton5.Jonathan SwiftGulliver’s TravelA Tale of a TubA Modest proposalThe Drapier’s letters6.Henry FieldingThe History of Tom Jones, a Foundling7.Samuel Johnson (著名词汇家，第一部英语字典的编者)A Dictionary of the English LanguageThe Vanity of Human WishesLondon8.Richard Brinsley SheridanThe school for the scandalThe Rivals9.Thomas GrayElegy Written in a country churchyardOde on the spring四：浪漫主义时期时间：18世纪中期到19世纪中期特点：Romanticism gave primary concern to passion, emotion, and natural beauty and is marked by a strong reaction and protest against the bondage of rule and custom. The Romanticism period is an age of Poetry and poets.主要作家1.William BlakeSongs of ExperienceSongs of InnocencePoetical SketchesThe marriage of heaven and hell 2.William WordsworthLyrical BalladsTo the CuckooMy Heart leaps up3.Samuel Taylor Coleridge Kubla Khan 忽必烈汗三巨头1.George Gordon ByronCainDon JuanChilde Harold’s Pilgrimage2.Percy Bysshe ShelleyOde to the West WindOde to the Skylark Prometheus unboundedThe Necessity of Atheism Queen Mab3.John KeatsOde to AutumnOde to a nightingaleOde on a Grecian um 希腊古瓷颂Isabella以下各位不太重要：1.Charles LambTales from ShakespeareEssays of Elia2.Mary ShelleyFrankenstein3.Robert SoutheyJoan of Arc 圣女贞德小说家Jane AustinEmmaSense and SensibilityPride and PrejudiceMansfield ParkPersuasion五、VICTORIA PERIOD时间：维多利亚1837年继位，1901年去世。
专八人文知识(英国文学)
The old and medieval English literature(8th-14th century )The renaissance period(14th –mid17th c)The neoclassical period(mid17th -18th c)The romantic period(mid18th -mid19th c)The Victorian period(1836-1901)Modern period(20th - )注：【后面的Matp指主要作品】一．The old and medieval English literature(8th-14th century)1.The Venerable Bede(A.D673-735) “father of English history”《the essiesiastical history of the English people》《the anglo-sarxon chronic》epic——Beowulf2.mid11th-mid14th 亚瑟王和圆桌骑士《Sir Gawain and the Green Knight，高文爵士和绿衣骑士》3.Geoffy Chaucer（杰弗利·乔叟，1343-1400）“the father of English poetry” ；“the first one who used London dialect ” in《The Canterbury Tales，坎特伯雷故事集》（1387-1400,a prologue\24 tales,描写14th 英国现状）二．The renaissance period (14th –mid17th c)1.Sonnet:contains 14 lines of iambic pentameter rhymed in various patterns 14行5音步抑扬格诗行（ababcdcdefefgg）e.g: So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.2.Thomas More(托马斯·莫尔1478-1535) Matp:《Utopia,乌托邦》（in Latin）3.Francis Bacon(培根1561-1626) “杰出essayist in English history”《the essays》4.Edmund Spenser(埃德蒙·斯宾赛,1552-1599) “the poet’s poet”；Matp:《The Faerie Queen,仙后》（1579）；create “Spencerian Stanza ,斯宾塞诗体”。
人文知识—英国文
• 4. 文学形式：
A. 诗歌： 代表作家: Thomas Wyatt: Sonnet. Henry Howard: Blank verse Sir Philip Sidney: ①Astrophel and Stella 《爱星者与星》 ②Apology for Poetry 《为诗一辩》 Edmund Spenser: The poets’poet （诗人中的诗人） Poet Laureate （桂冠诗人）
Two remarkable historical plays: ①Henry Ⅳ 《亨利四世》 ②Henry Ⅴ 《亨利五世》 Besides the 37 plays,Shakespeare wrote some long poems and 154 sonnets. He was one of the founders of realism in English literature. Two long narrative poems are: ①Venus and Adonis 《维纳斯和阿多尼斯》 ②The Rape of Lucrece 《露易丝受辱记》 Ben Johnson: Of many successors of Shakespeare, Ben Johnson is the most important dramatist. Volpone 《狐狸》: Satirical comedy
The Victorian Period The Modern Period
The Renaissance Period
• 1. 时间界定: the 14th and mid-17th centuries 1)The beginning (1516-1578) 2)The flowering period (1578-1625) 3)The epiogue (1625-1660) • 2. 核心: Humanism • 3. 文化背景： A. 场所: English schools and universities were established in place of the old monasteries. B. 印刷术的引进: William Caxton introduced printing into England . C. 翻译的时代的出现（With the introduction of printing, an age of translation came into being.）
专八人文知识之英国文学（2）
专八人文知识之英国文学（2）专八人文知识之英国文学14、奥利弗·哥德史密斯Oliver Goldsmith：《好心人》The Good-Natur'd Man;《屈伸求爱》She Stoops to Conquer;《威客菲尔德牧师传》The Vicar of Wakefield ，属感伤主义文学;其诗歌《荒村》 The Deserted Village从新古典主义neoclassicism向浪漫主义romanticism过渡的标志;散文作品《世界公民》The Citizen of the World15、谢里丹Richard Brinsley Sheridan：《造谣学校》The School for Scandal，为莎士比亚之后最杰出的英国喜剧British comedy，是整个英国史上最优秀的作品之一，达到英国“风俗喜剧”a comedy of manners 之巅五、维多利亚时期的英国文学(19世纪)1、威廉·华兹华斯William Wordsworth：湖畔派诗人“Lake Poets”代表(湖畔派诗人有华兹华斯，柯勒律治，骚赛)，曾为桂冠诗人Poet Laureate(是经由政府官方任命的诗人及其称号);著有《独自云游》I wandered lonely as a cloud，《孤独的割麦女》The Solitary Reaper，《抒情歌谣集》(与柯勒律治Samuel Taylor Coleridge合出)Lyrical Ballads，宣告了浪漫主义新诗的诞生。
其最具有代表性的作品为《序曲》Prelude2、柯勒律治Samuel Taylor Coleridge：《古舟子咏》(亦作《古舟子之歌》)The Rime of the Ancient Mariner，《忽必烈汗》Kubla Khan，《克里斯特贝尔》Christabel3、骚赛Robert Southey：消极浪漫主义negative Romanticism诗人，被封为桂冠诗人;《毁灭者萨拉巴》Thalabathe destroyer 是骚赛最重要的长篇史诗epic之一4、乔治·戈登·拜伦 George Gordon Byron：是英国19世纪初期伟大的浪漫主义诗人Romantic poets，著有《唐璜》Don Juan。
专八人文知识总结(终)
11、E.M．Forster: 《通往印度之路》
12、George Bernard Shaw萧伯纳：Widowers' Houses《鳏夫的房产》，Heartbreak House《伤心之家》，Mrs. Warren's Profession《华伦夫人的职业》
4、Ballads 民谣：Robin Hood and Allin-a-Dale《罗宾汉和阿林代尔》。
三、 The Renaissance文艺复兴时期的英国文学（伊丽莎白时代）（14-16世纪）
1、 Thomas More托马斯·莫尔： Utopia《乌托邦》
2、 Thomas Wyatt 最先将sonnet引入英国文学。
2、 Coleridge柯勒律治：The Rime of the Ancient Mariner《古舟子咏》Christabel《克里斯特贝尔》, Kubla Khan《忽必烈汗》
3、 Southey骚赛：桂冠诗人；
4、 George Gordon Byron乔治·戈登·拜伦： Don Juan《唐璜》
悲观时期： David Copperfield《董贝父子》，David Copperfield《大卫科波菲尔》
后期：Bleak House《荒凉山庄》，Hard Times《艰难时世》A Tale of Two Cities《双城记》，Great Expectations《远大前程》
14、Thackeray萨克雷：Vanity Fair《名利场》
2、Yeats叶芝：爱尔兰使人 《芦苇的风》《库尔的野天鹅》《驶向拜占庭》。
专八人文常识辅导材料(英国文学)
专八人文常识辅导材料（英国文学）British Literature: A Concise HistoryI. Review (P.162) 补充091. Ode to the West Wind was written by _____. (2009) A. William Blake.B. William Wordsworth.C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge.D. Percy B. Shelley.2. The novel Sons and Lovers was written by __. (2009) A. Thomas Hardy.B. John Galsworthy.C.D.H. Lawrence. D. James Joyce.3. The Canterbury Tales, a collection of stories told by a group of pilgrims on their way to Canterbury, is an important poetic work by ______. (2008)A. William LanglandB. Geoffrey ChaucerC. William ShakespeareD. Alfred Tennyson4. All of the following are well-known female writers in 20th-century Britain EXCEPT ______. (2008) A. George Eliot B. Iris Jean Murdoch C. Dons Lessing D. Muriel Spark5. Which of the following novels was written by Emily Bronte? (2007)A. Oliver TwistB. MiddlemarchC. Jane EyreD. Wuthering Heights6. William Butler Yeats was a(n) ____ poet and1playwright. (2007)A. AmericanB. CanadianC. IrishD. Australian7. Which of the following writers is a poet of the 20th century? (2006)A. T.S. EliotB. D. H. LawrenceC. Theodore DreiserD. James Joyce8. _____is defined as an expression of human emotion which is condensed into 14 lines. (2006) A. Free verse B. Sonnet C. Ode D. Epigram 9. Thenovel Emma is written by____. (2005) A. Mary Shelly B. Charlotte BronteC. Elizabeth GaskellD. Jane Austen10. Which of the following is NOT a romantic poet? (2005)A. William WordsworthB. George EliotC. George ByronD. Percy Shelly II. Historical Periods (P. 10)1. Old and Medieval Times: 5th-15ththth2. The Period of Renaissance: late 15-early 17th3. The Period of Revolution and Restoration: 17th4. The Neo-classical Period: 18 (Enlightenment)5. The Romantic Period: at the turn of the 18th and 19thth6. The Victorian Period: 19th7. The Modern Period: 202III. Key Figures 1. Geoffrey Chaucer2. William Shakespeare, Edmund Spenser, Francis Bacon, Ben Jonson, Christopher Marlowe3. John Milton, John Dryden4. Richard Sheridan, Alexander Pope, Jonathan Swift, Daniel Defoe5. William Wordsworth, George Byron, P.B Shelly, John Keats, Jane Austen6. Charles Dickens, William Thackeray, the Bronte sisters, George Eliot, Alfred Tennyson, Robert Browning, Oscar Wilde7. G.B. Shaw, Thomas Hardy, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, D.H. Lawrence, William Yeats, T.S. EliotIV. Sample1. It is________alone who, for the first time in English literature, presented to us a comprehensive realistic picture of the English society of his time and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life.A. William LanglandB. Geoffrey ChaucerC. William ShakespeareD. Charles Dickens2. _______ is called “the poets’ poet” whose masterpiece is _________.3A. Edmund Spencer, The Faerie QueeneB. William Wordsworth, The PreludeC. George Byron, Don JuanD. John Milton, Paradise Lost3. It is generally regarded that Keats’s most important and mature poems are in the form of . A. elegy B. ode C. epic D. sonnet4. ________ embodies both Puritanism and Humanism in mid-17th century England.A. John BunyanB. John DrydenC. John MiltonD. John Donne5. Who is NOT the major figure of modernist movement?A. T.S. EliotB. James JoyceC. William YeatsD. George Eliot6. Who is considered to be the best known English dramatist since Shakespeare?A. Oscar WildeB. Richard SheridanC. Christopher MarloweD. George Bernard Shaw7. Of the following poets, which is NOT regarded as “Lake Poets”?4A. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB. Robert SouthyC. William WordsworthD. William Yeats8. In the first part of Gulliver’s Travels, Gulliver told his experience in .A. LilliputB. BrobdingnagC. the country of HouyhnhnmsD. Laputa9. Which of the following works is NOT written by G.B. Shaw?A. PygmalionB. Mrs. Warren’s ProfessionC. Heartbreak HouseD. The Old Curiosity Shop10. “The Vanity Fair” is a well-known part in ______. A. The Pilgrim’s ProgressB. Grace Abounding to the Chief of SinnersC. The Life and Death of Mr. BadmanD. The Holy War11. Which of the following writing is NOT a work byCharles Dickens?A. A Tale of Two CitiesB. Hard TimesC. Oliver TwistD. Sons and Lovers12. Who is regarded as a “worshipper of nature”? A. John Keats B. William Blake5。
专八考试人文知识英美文学部分
英国文学知识点总结一、中古世纪时期和文艺复兴时期1.The Canterbury Tales, a collection of stories told by a group of pilgrims on theirway to Canterbury, is an important poetic work by ______. (2006)A.William LanglandB. Geoffrey ChaucerC. William ShakespeareD. AlfredTennyson2.______ is defined as an expression of human emotion which is condensed intofourteen lines. (2006)A.Free verseB. sonnetC. odeD. epigram重要文学术语一句话定义：Ballad 民谣：Ballad is a story in poetic form to be sung or recited. It was handed down from generation to generation. 代表作：Robin HoodEpic 史诗：Epic, in poetry, refers to a long work dealing with the actions of gods and heroes. 代表作：BeowulfRenaissance 文艺复兴：It meant the reintroduction into Western Europe of the full cultural heritage of Greece and Rome.Humanism 人文主义：Humanism is the essence of the Renaissance.Spenserian stanza 斯宾塞诗节：it refers to a stanza of nine lines, with the first eight lines in iambic pentameter, the last line in iambic pentameter, rhyming ababbcbcc. 代表作：the Faerie QueeneSonnet 十四行诗: A sonnet is a lyric consisting of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter. 代表人物：William Shakespeare重要人物和其代表作的一句话评价：Geoffrey Chaucer 乔叟：He is regarded as the father of modern English poetry. 英国诗歌之父代表作：Canterbury Tales: A collection of stories told by a group of pilgrims.Philip Sidney 菲利普锡尼：He stands for the spirit of the Elizabeth age. 伊莉莎白时代精神的代表代表作：Defense of Poetry, Arcadia.Edmund Spenser 斯宾塞：the poet s’ poet. He created Spenser Stanza. 诗人中的诗人，斯宾塞诗节的创作者。
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第一阶段:中古英国文学(8世纪——14世纪1. Which of the following does not belong to the works of Geoffrey Chaucer?A. The Canterbury T alesB. The Vision of Piers PlowmanC. Troilus and CriseydeD. The Romaunt of the Rose2. “_____” brings the readers into a world that be longs to the Celtic legend of King Arthur and his knights of the Round T able.A. The Vision of Piers PlowmanB. The House of FameC. The Romaunt of the RoseD. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight3. Which of the following is the translation work of Geoffrey Chaucer?A. The Canterbury T alesB. Troilus and CriseydeC. The Romaunt of the RoseD. The House of Fame4. In the 14th century, the most important writer is _____.A. LanglandB. WyclifC. GowerD. Chaucer5. In Anglo-Saxon period, “Beowulf” rep resented the _____ poetry.A. paganB. religiousC. romanticD. sentimental6. When we speak of the old English prose, we might think of _____, who is the first scholar in English literature and has been regarded as father of English learning.A. William ShakespeareB. BeowulfC. Julius CaesarD. Venerable Bede7. _____ is not only a prose writer but also a king of Wessex.A. Alfred the GreatB. Venerable BedeC. Adam BedeD. king Arthur8. _____ is the culmination of the Arthurian romance.A. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightB. The Story of BeowulfC. Piers the PlowmanD. The Canterbury T ales9. William Langland’s “_____” is written in the form of a dream vision.A. Kublai KhanB. Piers the PlowmanC. The Dream of John BullD. Morte d’Arthur10. The prevailing form of Medieval English literature is the _____.A. FrenchB. LatinC. RomanceD. Science11. In which century were Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury T ales written?A. FourteenthB. FifteenthC. SixteenthD. Seventeenth12. William Langland wrote for _____.A. the royal familyB. the courtC. the monksD. the common people13. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight focuses on _____.A. immediate social issuesB. the real life as well as people’s feelings and desiresC. a remote world belongs to the Celtic Legend of King Arthur and his knightsD. the imagination of the future world14. King Alfred’s Anglo Saxon Chronicle was written in _____ form.A. poeticB. dramaticC. proseD. none of the above【答案及题解】1. B The Vision of Piers Plowman 是作家威廉·兰格伦的作品。
2. D 《高文爵士与绿色骑士》是由一无名作者所做的一部关于亚瑟王时期的圆桌骑士的故事。
3. C 《玫瑰罗曼史》是杰弗里·乔叟翻译的一部法国作品。
其他全为他自己的作品。
4. D 十四世纪最伟大的作家是乔叟。
5. A 《贝尔武甫》代表的是盎格鲁撒克逊时期的异教英雄主义。
6. D 比德(673-735是英国著名的历史学家及神学家,是古英国文学史上的先驱。
7. A 阿尔弗雷德大帝(849-899是一位君王,也是杰出的散文学家。
8. A 亚瑟王浪漫主义文学的顶峰是《高文爵士与绿色骑士》,这是一部描述当时圆桌骑士故事的作品。
9. B 威廉·兰格伦的《农夫皮尔斯之幻象》是用梦幻的意象来写的。
10. C 纵观中世纪文学的作品,我们不难看出,这一时期作品多采用典故、神话、寓言以及梦幻意象等形式,主要采用的是浪漫主义的笔风。
11. A12. D 威廉·兰格伦主要是为平民百姓而写,这一点在他的代表作《农夫皮尔斯之幻象》中可以看出来,表达了对现实社会的抗议。
13. C 该作品是关于亚瑟王时期的圆桌骑士的故事。
14. C 阿尔弗雷德大帝所做的《盎格鲁撒克逊编年史》采用的写作体例是散文。
第二阶段:文艺复兴时期(14世纪——17世纪中期1. The publication of Philip Sidney’s _____ made sonnet sequence a popular literary form in England.A. ArcadiaB. Astrophel and StellaC. Defense of PoetryD. Utopia2. The nine-line verse stanza was originated from _____.A. Edmund SpenserB. Philip SidneyC. Thomas MoreD. William Shakespeare3. Here is a sentence form an essay, “Read not to contradict and confuse, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider”. The essay must be _____.A. Of Studies by Francis BaconB. The Advancement of Learning by Francis BaconC. Novum Organum by Francis BaconD. Essays by Francis Bacon4. The literary form of The Faerie Queen is _____.A. lyric poemB. ironic poemC. narrative poemD. allegorical poem5. All of the following are the most eminent dramatists in the Renaissance England except _____.A. William ShakespeareB. Ben JonsonC. Christopher MarloweD. Francis Bacon6. The English Renaissance period was an age of _____.A. poetry and dramaB. drama and novelC. novel and poetryD. romance and poetry7. In Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice, Antonio could not pay back the money he borrowed from Shylock, because _____.A. his money was all invested in the newly-emerging textile industryB. his enterprise went bankruptC. Bassanio was able to pay his own debtD. his ships had all been lost8. Which of the following is not among Shakespeare’s four great tragedies?A. HamletB. Romeo and JulietC. MacbethD. King Lear9. _____ is the first important English essayist and the founder of modern science in England.A. Francis BaconB. Edmund SpenserC. William CarxtonD. Sidney10. What flourished in Elizabethan age more than any other form of literature?A. NovelB. DramaC. EssayD. Poetry11. _____ exposes the corruption of vicious ambition.A. OthelloB. King LearC. HamletD. Macbeth12. Sir Thomas More wrote Utopia in _____ in 1516.A. FrenchB. EnglishC. LatinD. Italian13. William Shakespeare is one of the giants of _____.A. RomanticismB. critical realismC. AestheticismD. the Renaissance14. Paradise Lost is the masterpiece of _____.A. William ShakespeareB. Robert BurnsC. John MiltonD. William Blake15. How many lines does a sonnet have?A. 10B. 12C. 14D. They vary.16. Which of the following plays written by Shakespeare is history play?A Juliet CaesarB. The Merry Wives of WindsorC. Henry IVD. King Lear17. Which is Christopher Marlowe’s first famous play?A. T amburlaineB. Edward ⅡC. The Tragical History of Doctor FaustusD. The Jew of Malta18. Which of the following is NOT the work of Sir Philip Sidney?A. Astrophel and StellaB. Defense of PoetryC. ArcadiaD. Samson Agonists19. Spenserian stanza is a _____.A. 14 line stanzaB. 8 line stanzaC. 9 line stanzaD. 12 line stanza20. Which of the following is not the feature of Metaphysical poems?A. They use conceits to express ideas in sharp and harsh manner.B. They reject the romantic exaggeration of Elizabethan love poetry.C. Their metaphors are commonly used in daily life.D. The form of them is often a n argument with the poet’s lover, God of himself.21. “To be or not to be” has become a universal question puzzling every intellectual mind. This is a quotation from _____.A. King LearB. HamletC. Romeo and JulietD. Othello22. The first official version of bible known as the Great Bible, was revised in _____.A. 16th centuryB. 17th centuryC. 18th centuryD. 19th century【答案及题解】1. B 《阿斯特罗菲尔与斯特拉》是菲利普·雪尼所著的140多首十四行诗和其他诗篇的总和。