006040000英美文学选读课程考试说明

006040000 英美文学选读课程考试说明
一、本课程使用的教材、大纲
英美文学选读课程指定使用的教材为《英美文学选读》（附大纲），全国高等教育自学考试指导委员会组编，张伯香主编，外语教学与研究出版社，1999年版。

二、本课程的试卷题型及试题难易程度
1.试卷题型结构表
2.试卷分别针对识记、领会、简单应用、综合应用四个认知及能力层次命制试题，四个层次在试卷中所
占的比例大致为识记占20%，领会占30%，简单应用占30%，综合应用占20%。

3.试卷难易度大致可分为容易、中等偏易、中等偏难、难四个等级，试卷中不同难易度试题所占的分数
比例，大致为容易占20%，中等偏易占30%，中等偏难占30%，难占20%。

三、各章内容分数的大致分布
根据自学考试大纲的要求，试卷在命题内容的分布上，兼顾考核的覆盖面和课程重点，力求点面结合。

教材具体各章所占分值情况如下：
四、考核重点及难点
上篇英国文学
第一章文艺复兴时期
（1）文艺复兴运动概述；（2）文艺复兴时期的文学；（3）文艺复兴时期的主要作家：埃德蒙·斯宾塞；
克里斯托夫·马洛；威廉·莎士比亚；弗兰西斯·培根；约翰·邓恩；约翰·弥尔顿。

第二章新古典主义时期
（1）启蒙运动；（2）新古典主义；（3）新古典主义时期的启蒙文学。

（4）新古典主义时期的主要作家：约翰·班扬；亚历山大·蒲伯；丹尼尔·笛福；乔纳森·斯威夫特；亨利·菲尔丁；塞缪尔·约翰逊；
理查德·比·谢立丹；托马斯·格雷。

第三章浪漫主义时期
（1）浪漫主义时期概述；（2）浪漫主义时期的主要作家：威廉·布莱克；威廉·华兹华斯；塞·特·柯勒律治；乔治·戈登·拜伦；珀·比·雪莱；约翰·济慈；简·奥斯汀。

第四章维多利亚时期
（1）维多利亚时期的历史背景；（2）维多利亚时期的文学；（3）维多利亚时期的主要作家：查尔斯·狄更斯；布朗蒂姐妹；阿尔弗雷德·丁尼生；罗伯特·布朗宁；乔治·艾略特；托马斯·哈代。

第五章现代时期
（1）现代时期概述；（2）我现代时期的主要作家：萧伯纳；约翰·高尔斯华绥；威廉·勃特勒·叶芝；
T. S. 艾略特；戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯；詹姆斯·乔伊斯
下篇美国文学
第一章浪漫主义时期
（1）美国浪漫主义时期概述；（2）美国浪漫主义时期的主要作家：华盛顿·欧文；拉尔夫·华尔多·爱默生；纳撒尼尔·霍桑；华尔特·惠特曼；赫尔曼·麦尔维尔。

第二章现实主义时期
（1）现实主义时期概述；（2）现实主义时期的主要作家：马克·吐温；亨利·詹姆斯；艾米莉·狄金森；西奥多·德莱塞。

第三章现代时期
（1）两次世界大战其间的美国文学；（2）战后美国文学；（3）美国现代文学写作手法的创新；（4）美国现代时期的主要作家：埃兹拉·庞德；罗伯特·弗罗斯特；尤金·奥尼尔；司各特·菲兹杰拉德；
欧内斯特·海明威；威廉·福克纳
五、各题型试题范例及解题要求
1、单项选择题（每小题 1分，共 40分）
解题要求：在下列每小题的四个备选答案中选出一个正确的答案，并将其字母标号填入题干的括号内。

范例：In his novel, Robinson Crusoe, Defoe eulogizes the hero of the ( )
A. aristocratic class
B. enterprising landlords
C.rising bourgeoisie
D.hard-working people
解答：C
2. 阅读理解题（每小题4分，共16分）
范例：This is my letter to the world
That never wrote to Me—
The simple News that Nature told—
With tender Majesty
Questions
A. Who is the poet?
B. Why does the poet use capitalize “Me”?
C. What does the poet want to express through the poem?
解答：Emily Dickinson（1 point）
To emphasize (1 point)
Anxiety about her communication with the outside world (2 points)
5、简答题（每小题6分，共24分）
解题要求：直接写出相关问题的要点，不要展开议论。

范例：George Gordon Byron’s chief contribution to English poetry is his creation of the “Byronic Hero”.
Please briefly explain the connotation of the “Byronic Hero”.
解答：Byron’s chief contribution is his creation of the “Byronic hero,” a proud, mysterious rebel figure of noble origin. (2 points)
With immense superiority in his passions and powers, this Byronic hero would carry on his
shoulders the burden of righting all the wrongs in a corrupt society, and world rise single handedly
against any kind of tyrannical rules either in government, in religion, or in moral principles with
unconquerable wills and inexhaustible energies. (4 points)
6、论述题（每小题10分，共20分）
解题要求：不仅要回答问题的要点，而且要加以阐述，必要时还要联系实际。

范例：Walt Whitman is a great American poet. Discuss his contributions to poetry.
解答：Walt Whitman is a poet with a strong sense of mission, having devoted all his life to the creation of the single poem “Leaves of Grass” (2 points)
He thought that poetry could play a vital part in the process of creating a new nation. It could enable
Americans to celebrate their release from the Old World and the colonial rule. (4 points)
He is radically in terms of the form of his poetry. He uses free verse, that is poetry without a fixed
beat or regular rhyme scheme. (4 points)
六、考试注意事项
本课程考试方式为闭卷、笔试，考试时间为150分钟。

考生参加考试时只允许携带钢笔、签字笔、圆珠笔、铅笔、橡皮等文具用品，不允许携带书籍及其他参考资料。

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《英美文学选读》复习资料

《英美文学选读》复习指导资料《英美文学选读》复习指导资料一．课程介绍：课程介绍：本课程由英国文学和美国文学两个部分组成。

主要内容包括英美文学发展史及代表作家的简要介绍和作品选读。

及代表作家的简要介绍和作品选读。

文学史部分从英美两国历史、文学史部分从英美两国历史、文学史部分从英美两国历史、语言、语言、语言、文化发文化发展的角度，简要介绍英美两国文学各个历史时代的主要历史背景、文学文化思潮、文学流派、社会政治、经济、文化等对文学发展的影响，主要作家的文学生涯，创作思想，艺术特色及其代表作品的主题结构、人物刻画、语言风格、思想意义等。

选读部分主要接选了英美文学史上各个时期重要作家的代表作品，包括诗歌、戏剧、小说、散文等。

戏剧、小说、散文等。

二．《英美文学选读》的考核目标，按照识记，领会，应用规定应当达到的能力层次要求。

三个层次呈递进关系，其含义是：识记：识记：有关的概念、定义、知识点等能够记住领会：领会：在识记的基础上，能够把握基本概念、基本方法和彼此之间的关系和区别和区别应用了在领会的基础上，能运用本课程的基本理论，能运用本课程的基本理论，基本知识和方法来分析基本知识和方法来分析英美文学作品，并能用英语正确表达。

Part 1 English Literature An Introduction to Old and Medieval English Literature 一．重点：有关这部分的文学史内容一．重点：有关这部分的文学史内容1．古代英国文学和中世纪英国文学的起始阶段2．英国文学史上的第一部民族史诗----Beowulf 3．中世纪文学的主要文学形式-----Romance 4．Geoffrey Chaucer 的文学贡献的文学贡献二．练习：二．练习：1. Choose the best answer for each blank. 1). The period of ______ English literature begins from about 450 to 1066, the year of ______. A . Old----Renaissance A. Old----Renaissance B. Middle---- the Norman Conquest of England C . Middle ---- Renaissance C. Middle ---- Renaissance D. Old---- the Norman Conquest of England 2).. 2).. The The The Medieval Medieval Medieval period period period in in in English English English literature literature literature extends extends extends from from from 1066 1066 1066 up up up to to to the the ______ century. A . mid-13th A. mid-13th B. mid-14th C. mid-15th D. mid-16th 3). Beowulf, a typical example of Old English poetry, is regarded today as the national ______ of the Anglo-Saxons. A . sonnet A. sonnet B. essay C. epic D. novel 4). 4). In The Canterbury Tales, ______ presented to In The Canterbury Tales, ______ presented to us us a comprehensive realistic a comprehensive realistic picture picture of of of the the the English English English society society society of of of his his his time time time and and and created created created a a a whole whole whole gallery gallery gallery of of of vivid vivid characters from all walks of life. A. A. Geoffrey Geoffrey Chaucer Chaucer B. B. William Shakespeare Shakespeare C. C. Francis Bacon D. William Langland 5). 5). For For For the the the Renaissance, Renaissance, Renaissance, ______ ______ ______ was was was regarded regarded regarded as as as the the the English English English Homer. Homer. His reputation reputation has has has been been been securely securely securely established established established as as as one one one of of of the the the best best best English English English poets poets poets for for for his his wisdom, humor and ______. A . Geoffrey Chaucer----wits A. Geoffrey Chaucer----wits B. William Shakespeare----wits C . Geoffrey Chaucer----humanity C. Geoffrey Chaucer----humanity D. William Shakespeare----humanity 6). After the conquest of 1066, three languages co-existed in England. They are ______, ______ and ______. A . Old English, Greek, Latin A. Old English, Greek, Latin B. Old English, French, Latin C . Old English, Greek, French C. Old English, Greek, French D. English, Greek, French 7). 7). Geoffrey Geoffrey Geoffrey Chaucer Chaucer Chaucer is is is the the the greatest greatest greatest writer writer writer of of of the the the Medieval Medieval Medieval period period period in in in English English literature. In “The Legend of Good Women”, he used for the first time in English the rhymed couplet of iambic pentameter which is to be called later the ______. A . couplet A. couplet B. blank verse C. heroic couplet D. epic 8). 8). Thematically Thematically Thematically the the the poem poem poem “Beowulf” “Beowulf” “Beowulf” presents presents presents a a a vivid vivid vivid picture picture picture of of of how how how the the primitive people wage heroic struggle against the hostile forces of the ______ world under a wise and mighty ______. A. A. spiritual----hero B . B. natural----leader C. spiritual----god D. natural----monster 9). It can be said that though essentially still a medieval writer, Geoffrey Chaucer bore marks of humanism and anticipated a new ______ to come. A . man A. man B. theory C. doctrine D. era 10). 10). Geoffrey Geoffrey Geoffrey Chaucer Chaucer Chaucer introduced introduced introduced from from from France France France the the the rhymed rhymed rhymed stanzas stanzas stanzas of of of various various types to English poetry to replace the Old English ______ verse. A . rhymed A. rhymed B. alliterative C. social D. visionary 2. Explain the following literal terms. 1). Romance 2). Heroic Couplet 3). Epic 3. Answer the following questions. 1). How many groups do the Old English poetry poetry divided into? What divided into? What are they? Which group does Beowulf belong to? Why? 2). What is the contribution of Geoffrey Chaucer to English literature? Chapter1. The The Renaissance Period一．重点一．重点前言部分前言部分1．文艺复兴的起源，起始时间，内容及特征2．人文主义的有关主张及对文学的影响人文主义的有关主张及对文学的影响3．文艺复兴时期的主要文学形式及其特征练习：练习：Renaissance Period 1. Choose the best answer for each blank. 1). 1). The The The Renaissance, Renaissance, Renaissance, in in in essence, essence, essence, is is is a a a historical historical historical period period period in in in which which which the the the European European ______ thinkers and scholars made attempts to get rid of those old feudalist ideas in medieval medieval Europe, Europe, Europe, to to to introduce introduce introduce new new new ideas ideas ideas that that that expressed expressed expressed the the the interests interests interests of of of the the the rising rising bourgeoisie, and to recover the purity of the early church form the corruption of the Roman Catholic Church. A . Greek and Roman A. Greek and Roman B. humanist C. religious D. loyal 2). 2). Generally, Generally, Generally, the the the ______ ______ ______ refers refers refers to to to the the the period period period between between between the the the 14th 14th 14th and and and mid-17th mid-17th centuries. centuries. It It It first first first started started started in in in Italy, Italy, with with the the the flowering flowering flowering of of of painting, painting, painting, sculpture sculpture sculpture and and literature. From Italy the movement went to embrace the rest of Europe. A. Medieval Period B . B. Renaissance C. Old English Period D . D. Romantic Period 3). ______ is is the the the essence essence of of the the the Renaissance. Renaissance. Thomas More, Christopher Marlowe and _______ are the best representatives of the English humanists. A. Humanity---- William Shakespeare B. Humanism-----Francis Bacon C. Humanity---- Geoffrey Chaucer D. Humanism----William Shakespeare 4). The Elizabethan ______ is the real mainstream of the English Renaissance. The The most most most famous famous famous dramatists dramatists dramatists in in in the the the Renaissance Renaissance Renaissance England England England are are are Christopher Christopher Christopher Marlowe, Marlowe, William Shakespeare, and ______. A . novel--- Geoffrey Chaucer A. novel--- Geoffrey Chaucer B. poetry----Francis Bacon C . drama----Ben Jonson C. drama----Ben Jonson D. drama----Geoffrey Chaucer 5). Humanism sprang from the endeavor to restore a medieval reverence for the antique antique authors authors authors and and and is is is frequently frequently frequently taken taken taken as as as the the the beginning beginning beginning of of of the the the Renaissance Renaissance Renaissance on on on its its conscious, intellectual side, for the Greek and ______ civilization was based on such a conception that ______ is the measure of all things. A . Roman ---- moral A. Roman ---- moral B. French---- reason C. Roman---- man D. French---- God 6).One of the major result of the Reformation in England was the fact that the Bible in English was placed in every church and services were held in English instead of ______ so that people could understand. A. Latin B. French C. Greek D. Anglo-Saxon 7). 7). Wyatt, Wyatt, Wyatt, in in in the the the Renaissance Renaissance Renaissance period, period, period, introduced introduced introduced the the the Petrarchan Petrarchan Petrarchan ______ ______ ______ into into England, while Surrey brought in ______ verse. A. drama----free B . B. sonnet----blank C . C. terzarima----blank D. couplet----free 8). 8). In In In the the the early early early stage stage stage of of of the the the English English English Renaissance, Renaissance, Renaissance, poetry poetry poetry and and and ______ ______ ______ were were were the the most outstanding forms and they were carried on especially by William Shakespeare and Ben Jonson. A. fiction B. dramatic fiction C. poetic drama D. novel 9). 9). By By By emphasizing emphasizing emphasizing the the the dignity dignity dignity of of of human human human beings beings beings and and and the the the importance importance importance of of of the the present life, ______ voiced their beliefs that man did not only have the right to enjoy the beauty of this life, but had the ability to perfect himself and to perform wonders. A. humanists B. Protestants C. Catholics D. playwrights 10). ______ was the first important English essayist. He was also the founder of modern science in England. A . A. A. Edmund Edmund Edmund Spenser Spenser B. B. Christopher Christopher Christopher Marlowe Marlowe C. C. Francis Francis Francis Bacon Bacon D. Ben Jonson 2. Explain the following literal terms. 1). the Renaissance Period 2). blank verse 3). Humanism 3. Answer the following questions. 1). 1). Make Make Make a a a comment comment comment on on on the the the influence influence influence of of of Italian Italian Italian literary literary literary works works works upon upon upon the the literature in the Renaissance England. 2). Make a comment on humanism 3). 3). What are the typical characteristics of literary works produced in Renaissance England? 文艺复兴时期的主要作家。

自考英美文学选读00604考前串讲（1-10）

自考英美文学选读00604考前串讲（1-10）英美文学考前串讲（1）前言：大家好！为了帮助广大的考生在有效的时间内达到较好的复习效果，我们总结了近几年来京城一些名师的串讲资料，以及上课老师所讲的重点内容．对于没有上过课的学生，相信它会给您一个指导性的作用，帮助您达到事半功倍的效果！而对于上过课的考生来说，再看以下的串讲内容效果当然会更好！以下的串讲内容包括三方面内容：第一部分：介绍考试题型及评分标准第二部分：考试习题集 (以串讲内容及课本重点知识为依据)．第三部分: 考试注意事项(由于时间有限，难免有不足，还请大家原谅!)Wish you all Success! Good Luck!Part I Introduction about Examination:1) 考试题型第一部分：选择题：I. Multiple Choice: (40 points, 1 point for each)E.g. Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies are the following works except ____.A. HamletB. King LearC. Romeo and JulietD. OthelloAnswer: C. (可参考课本P33)II. Reading Comprehension (16 points, 4 points for each)也就是根据选读中的一句话或一段话，回答三个问题，这些完成来自于书上，在以下的串讲中我们会给大家做具体的总结，以帮助大家顺利的通过考试！例如：2001年考过的一个题目：“Wild Spirit, which art moving everywhere;/Destroy and Preserver’ hear, O hear!”Questions:A. Identify the poem and the poet.B. What is the "Wild Spirit"?C. What does the "Wild Spirit" destroy and preserve?Answer:A: Shelly’s "Ode to the West wind"雪莱的《西风颂》B. The West wind: "breath of Autumn’s being’’C. It destroys things /thoughts / idea that are dead, it preserves new life. (or seeds that represent new life or new birth.) (可参考课本P211)评分标准：A,B,各1分，C,2分. 语言错误酌情扣分第二部分是非选择题 (共44分)III. Questions and Answers (24 points in all, 6 points for each) 例如："My boy!" said the old gentleman, learning over the desk. Oliver started at the sound. He might be excused for doing so, for the words were kindly said, and strange sounds frighten one. He trembled violently, and burst into tears." (Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist)Explain why the boy (Oliver Twist) started first, then trembled violently and burst into tears when the words were” kindly" said.参考答案：The boy started at the words because kind words were not expected; it is (was, must be) the first time in all his life that the boy (Oliver Twist) had been “kindly” greeted; strange sounds may predict another suffering/misfortune/tortu re/…) (At least one example from the text to back up the above statement.)评分标准：概述占4分, 例子占2分．语言错误酌情扣分．IV. Topic discussion (20 points in all, 10 points for each)Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.例如：Mark Twin presented the 19th century American in his own unique way. Discuss Twain’s art of fiction: the setting, the language, and the characters, etc., based on his novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.参考答案：A.Mark Twain uses the Mississippi alley as his fictional kingdom, writing about the landscape and people, the customs and the dialects of one particular region, and therefore known as a local colorist.B.He creates life-like characters, especially the unconventional Huckleberry Finn, who runs away from civilization and stands opposite to conventional village morality.C.He uses a simple, direct vernacular language, totally different from any precious literary language. It is the kind of colloquial language belonging to the lower class, the living local American English.D.He has created a special humor to satirize social injustice and the decayed convention.英美文学考前串讲（2）Part One: English LiteratureChapter I An Introduction to Old and Medieval English Literature & The Renaissance PeriodI. Choose the right answer:1. Dr. Faustus is a play based on the _____legend of a magicianaspiring for ____ and finally meeting his tragic end as a result of selling his soul to the Devil.A.British/ immoralityB.French/moneyC.German/knowledgeD.American/political powerAnswer: C (可参考课本P21)2. _____, is a typical example of Old English poetry, is regarded today as the national epicof the Anglo-Saxons.A.The Wife’s ComplaintB.BeowulfC.The Dream of the RoodD.The SeafarerAnswer: B (可参考课本P1)3.It’s Chaucer alone who, for the first time in English literature, presented to us a comprehensive realistic picture of the English Society in his masterpiece__________.A.The Canterbury TalesB.The Legend of Good WomenC.Troilus and CriseydeD. The Romaunt of the Rose.Answer: A (可参考课本P4)4. The Essence of Renaissance, the most significant intellectual movement, was_____.A. Geographical explorationB. Religious reformationC. Publishing and translationD. Humanism.Answer: D (可参考课本P8)5. “Prince Arthur’s greatest mission is his search for Gloriana, with whom he has fallen in love through a love vision.”The two figures come from_____.A.Paradise LostB.Dr. FaustusC.The Faerie QueeneD.HamletAnswer: C (可参考课本P13)6. In “Sonnet 18”, Shakespeare_________________.A.Meditate on the destructive power of time and eternal beauty by poetry.B.Satirize human’s vanity.C.Predict the eternity of love.D.Eulogize the power of the beauty.Answer: A (P37)7. ____ gave new vigor to the blank verse with his “mighty lines” and make ’blank verse’the principle vehicle of expression in drama.A.SurreyB.WyattC.MarloweD.SidneyAnswer: C (P21)8. Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies are the following works except____.A.HamletB.King LearC.Romeo and JulietD.OthelloAnswer: C (P33)9. The Renaissance refers to between 14th----mid-17th century, which was under the reign of Queen___and absolute monarchy in England reached its summit, and in which the ’real mainstream (真正的文学主流)’ was ____.A.Victoria/poetryB.Elizabeth/ dramaC.Mary/ novelD.James/ dramaAnswer: B (P11)10. In The Legend of Good Women, Chaucer used for the first time in English the rhymed couplet of iambic pentameter, which is to be called later____.A.The Spenserian stanzaB.The heroic coupletC.The blank verseD.The free verseAnswer: B (P5)11. The Redcrosse Knight in “The Faerie Queene” stands for_____, and Una stands for_____.A.bravery/ chastityB.holiness/ truthC.error/ deliveryD.true gentleman/ lady.Answer: B (P16)12. Which of the following is NOT regarded as one of the characteristics of Renaissance?A.Rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture.B.Attempt to remove the old feudalist ideas in Medieval Europe.C.Exaltation of man’s pursuit of happiness in his life, and tolerance of man’s f oibles.D.Praise of man’s efforts in soul delivery and personal salvation.Answer: D (P7)13. “The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune” is an example of ______.A.MetaphorB.SimileC.IronyD.PersonificationAnswer: A (P55)14. _____ introduced the Petrarchan sonnet into England.A.Anglos/ SaxonsB.Normans/ Anglo-SaxonsC.Greeks/ RomansD.Romans/ NormansAnswer: B (P11)15. It is ___ alone who, for the first time in English literature presented to us a comprehe nsive realistic picture of the English society of his time and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life.A.Edmund SpenserB.Geoffrey ChaucerC.William ShakespeareD.John DonneAnswer: B (P4)16. The following belong to the characteristics of ’metaphysical poetry’ represented by ’John Donne’ except___.A.ConceitsB.Actual imagery and simple dictionC.Argumentative formD.Elegant styleAnswer: D (P63)17. Paradise Lost is actually a story taken from____.A.Greek MythologyB.Roman legendC.The Old TestamentD.The New TestamentAnswer: C (P73)18. In “Paradise Lost”, Satan says “We may with more successful hope resolve/ To wage by force or guile eternal war, / Irreconcilable to our grand Foe” What does the “Eternal war”mean?A.To remove God from his throneB.To burn the Heaven DownC.To corrupt God’s creation of man and woman-----Adam and EveD.To beguile into a snake to threaten man’s lifeAnswer: C (P71, 节选部分在P75)19. _____, the first of the great tragedies, is generally regarded as Shakespeare’s most po pular play o n the stage, for it has the qualities of a “blood-and-thunder” thriller and a ’philosophical exploration’ of life and death.A.The Merchant of VeniceB.HamletC.King LearD.The Winter’s TaleAnswer: B (P33)20. It was ___and ___ the two conquests that provided the source for the rise and growth ofEnglish literature.A.Anglos/ SaxonsB.Normans/ Anglo-SaxonsC.Romans/ NormansD.Greeks/ RomansAnswer: B (P1)21. Paradise Lost is ___’s masterpiece, which is an epic in 12 books, written in blank verse, abo ut the heroic revolt of Satan against God’s authority.A.John DonneB.Christopher MarloweC.John MiltonD.Edmund SpenserAnswer: C (P71)22. The following description fit into Milton ’except’_____.A.a great revolutionary poet of the 17th centuryB.an outstanding political pamphleteerC.a great stylist and master of blank verseD.a kind of elegant and refine style.Answer: D (P70---73)23. _____is not written by John Milton.A.Samson AgonistesB.Paradise LostC.Paradise regainedD.TamburlaineAnswer: D (P71)24. Marlow’s greatest achievement is that he perfected the ’blank verse’, and he is regarded as ’the pioneer of English drama’, which of the following is not written by him?A.TamburlaineB.The Jew of MaltaC.The Passionate to His LoveD.The Sun RisingAnswer: D (P20)25. ____Essays is the first example of that genre in English literature, which has been recgnized as an important landmark in the development of English prose.A.John Milton’sB.Francis Bacon’sC.Montaigne’sD.Thomas Gray’sAnswer: B (P58)26._____Was known as “the poets’poet”.A.William ShakespeareB.Edmund SpenserC.John DonneD.John MiltonAnswer: B (P15)27. “And we will make thee beds of roses / And a thousand fragrant posies/ A cap of flowers, and a kirtle/ Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle.”The above lines are probably taken from______.A.Spenser’s The Faerie Queene27.B.John Donne’s The Sun RisingC.Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18D.Marlow’s The Passionate Shepherd to His Love.Answer: D (P28)28. Which of the following statement best illustrates the theme of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18?A.The speaker eulogizes the power of Nature.B.The speaker satirizes human vanity.C.The speaker praises the power of artistic creation.D.The speaker meditates on man’s salvation.Answer: C (P37)II. Read the quoted part and answer the questions:1.“For herein Fortune shows herself more kindThan is her custom. It is still her useTo let the wretched man outlive his wealth,To view with hollow eye and wrinkled browAn age of poverty; from which ling’ring pe nanceOf such misery doth she cut me off”1.Identify the title of the works and author.2.Explain “from which…cut me off”.3.What happened to him, which caused the words?参考答案:The lines are from “The Merchant of Venice”,William Shakespeare. (P48)2) This sentence means she, ’Lady Fortune(命运女神)’, is more kind to him because she is taking away both his wealth and life.3) The speaker is Antonio, it’s said that his ship have all been lost, and he is penniless, and will have to pay the pound of flesh. (Because Shylock has made a strange bond that requiresAntonio to pay him a pound of flesh if he can’t repay him the money that he borrowed for his friend in due time.) (P38)2.“Read not to contract and confuse, not to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider”1)Identify the work and author.2)What idea does the passage express?参考答案：1) The sentence comes from “Of Studies”written by ’Francis Bacon’. (P61)2) The Sentence talks about the proper way to read: When you r ead, don’t be puzzled by the content of the book; don’t take it for granted; don’t quote too much from the book; before accepting its idea, you’d better think about its shortcomings and consider it from all sides.3.“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.1) Where does the poem comes from? Who wrote it?What does “eternal lines”mean?Interpret it briefly.参考答案：1) The poem is “Shall I Compare thee to a Summer’s Day”, by Shakespeare. (P38)2) Eternal lines means the lines of the poem and other sonnets. (P38)3) It means: you will not lose your beauty, and death will not threaten you with darkness, either. As long as man can live in theworld, they will see your beauty in my lines of my poem, which has given you eternal life. (Or A nice summer’s day is usually transient, but the beauty in poetry can last for ever. (P37)4.“…All is no lost: the unconquerable will,And study of revenge, immortal hate,And courage never to submit or yield:And what is else not to be overcome?……Irreconcilable to our grand Foe”1) Please identify the poem and the poet.2) Interpret“all is not lost”.3) What does the whole passage mean?参考答案：1) It is taken from John Milton’s “Paradise Lost”.(P74)2) “all is not lost”is the word from Satan----Satan and other angels rebel against God, but they are driven from Heaven into hell. In the fire of the hell, Satan is determined to fight back, just like what he says: not all is lost, the unconquerable will, the deep hatred, and the courage to fight till death still remain. (P71)3) This passage shows Satan’s will not to submit (服从), and the desire to long for freedom; to beg God for mercy and worship his power is more shameful and disgraceful than the downfall.(P71)5.“If he be not apt to beat over matters, let him study the lawyer’s cases. So every defect of the mind may have a special receipt.”Questions:3)What does “beat over matters”mean?4)What does “receipt’refer to?5)From which essay does the above sentences come, what is the essay mainly about?参考答案：1)It means: make through examinations of things. (P63)2)“Receipt”refers to cure, prescription. (P63)3)The sentences are from “Of Studies”(Francis Bacon). It is the most popular of bacon’s essays. It analyzes what studies chiefly serve for, the different ways adopted by different people to pursue studies, and how studies exert influence over human character. (P60—61)6.“What, is great Mephistophilis to passionateFor being deprived of the joys of heaven?Learn thou of Faustus manly fortitudeAnd scorn those joys thou never shalt possess.……Say he will spare him Four and twenty yearsLetting him live in all voluptuousnessHaving thee ever to attend on me…Questions:1)Identify the passage and author;2)“Say he surrenders up to him his soul”, who will surrender his soul? What for?3)Who are thee? What will he do?参考答案：1) The passage come s from “Dr.Faustus”written by Christopher Marlowe. (P25—26)2) Dr.Faustus will surrender his soul to devil. Because he wasa great scholar who has a strong desire to ’get knowledge’in vain, finally he ’made a bond’to sell his soul to Devil in return for 24 years of life in which he may get anything he desires. (P22)3) The “thee”, refers to “Mephistophilis”, the Devil’s servant.He helped Dr.Faustus to do anything he wants. (P22)7.“Busy old fool, unruly sun,Why does thou thus,Through windows and through curtains call on us?”Questions:6)Identify the work and author.7)What idea does the passage express?参考答案:1)The passage comes from “The Sun Rising”, written by ’John Donne’. (P66)2) The speaker questions the sun’s authority and speaks condescendingly, placing the sun in the status of a subordinate. In the lover’s kingdom, the sun has no right to dictate the time of day or the passing of seasons. His presence in their bedchamber is an intrusion on their privacy.III. Questions and answers:1.How do you know about Renaissance? Give a summery about English literature in the period?(No more than 150 words)参考答案:1.The Renaissance refers to the period between 14th----mid-17th century. It first started in Italy.2.The Renaissance means rebirth or revival----the discovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture.3.In essence, The Renaissance is a historical period in which the European humanist thinkers and scholars tried to get rid of the old feudalist ideas in medieval Europe, to introduce new ideas that expressed the interests of the rising bourgeoisie/middle class, and to recover the purity of the early church from the corruption of Roman Catholic church.4.Humanism is the essence of Renaissance -----Man is the measure of all things. The humanism exalted/praised human nature and emphasized the dignity of human beings and the present life. They thought man had the right to enjoy the beauty of life and had the ability to perfect himself and made wonders, which got ready for the appearance of the great Elizabethan writers in Britain. Poetry and drama were the most outstanding literary forms.5.Shakespeare, Marlowe and Francis Bacon etc. were the remarkable representatives of the English Renaissance. (可参考课本P7---12)2. Please give a brief analysis of Hamlet’s “T o be or not to be”soliloquy (独白).参考答案:“To be or not to be”is ’a philosophical exploration of life and death’. The soliloquy condemned the hypocrisy and treachery and general corruption of the world, and revealed the character of Hamlet---so ’speculative, questioning, contemplative and melancholy./gloomy’. It was not because he was not able to take action to revenge, but because of his ’hesitative/hesitant character’, when the chance for acti on came, it seemed defeat.It can be interpreted as: Hamlet bears the heavy burden of the duty to revenge his father’s death, he is forced to live in the suspense of facts and fiction, language and action. He considers that it would be better to ’commit suicide’, but being scared of what might happen to him in the afterlife. So he put off the thing because of the sin. He considers the plan carefully only to find reason for not carrying it out. The soliloquy conveys ’the sense of world-weariness (厌世)’. (P33-34)3. What common features do the characters share in Marlow’s works? (No more than 150 words)参考答案:The creation of The Renaissance hero is one of Marlow’s contributions.1)Such a hero is always individualistic and full of ambition, facing bravely the challenge from god and men. They had human dignity and capacity, trying to get heaven/highest ideas on the earth by their own efforts.2)For example: T amburlaine is a character written by Marlowe. By depicting a great hero with high ambition and sheer brutal forc4e in conquering, Marlowe voiced the supreme desire of man for infinite/ limitless power and authority. In Dr.Faustus, Marlowe celebrated the human passion for knowledge, power and happiness.3) Tamburlaine and Dr.Faustus are typical in owning such Renaissance spirit, Tamburlaine, being a cruel conquer, found happiness in conquering other kingdom. Only death could defeat him. While Dr.Faustus, a more introspective and philosophical figure, had high spirit for knowledge but he had sin for having despair in God and trust in Devil. (P20—22)4. What are the main themes of Shakespeare’s plays?参考答案：Shakespeare’s plays are divided into 3 types: comedies, tragedies and historical plays.1) His historical plays are with the theme-----national unity under a might and just sovereign/ruler is necessary.2)In his romantic comedies, he takes an optimistic attitude toward love friendship and youth.3)In his tragedies, Shakespeare always portrays some nobleheroes, who faces the injustice of life and is caught ina difficult situation and whose fate is closely connected with the fate of his nation. Each hero has his weakness of nature. We also see the conflict between the individual and the evil force in the society. And his major characters are always individuals representing certain types.5. Please comment on the character of Satan in “Paradise Lost.”参考答案：Satan is a rebellious (叛逆的) figure against God in literature, defeated, he and his rebel angels were cast into hell. However, Satan refused to accept his failure, swearing that “all was not lost”and that he would revenge for his downfall. The freedom of the will is the keystone of Satan’s character, which was the important spirit of the rising middle class. While he tempted Adam and Eve, which proved his evilness.6. What are the characteristics of the Humanism?参考答案：1)’Humanism’is the essence of Renaissance.2)Humanists see that human beings were glorious creatures capable of individual development in the direction of perfection, and that the world they inhabited was theirs not to despise (轻视) but to ’question, explore, and enjoy’.3)They also believe that man did not only have the right to enjoy the beauty of this life, but had the ability to perfect himself and to perform wonders (创造奇迹). (P8)英美文学考前串讲（3）Chapter 2 The Neoclassical PeriodI. Choose the right answer:1. ____brings Henry Fielding the name of the "Prose Homer".B.Tom JonesC.Robison CrusoeD.Colonel JackAnswer: B (P122)2. Alexander Pope worked painstakingly on his poemsand finally brought to its last perfection ______Drydenhad successfully used in his plays.A.the heroic coupletB.the free verseC.the blank verseD.the Spenserian stanzaAnswer: A (P92)3. Of all the 18th century novelists ___was the first to set out,both in theory and practice, to write specially a "comic epic in prose."A.Henry FieldingB.Daniel DefoeC.Jonathan SwiftD.John BunyanAnswer: A (P120)4. ____is the most successful religious allegory in the English language.A.Genesis AB.The Holy WarC.The Pilgrims progressD.ExodusAnswer: C (P85)5. In which of the following works can you find the proper names "Lilliput", "Brobdingnag", "Houyhnhnm" and "Yahoo"?B.The Faririe QueeneC.Gulliver’s travelsD.The School of ScandelAnswer: C (P108)6. "As shades more sweetly recommend the light,So modest plainness sets off sprightly wit;For works may have more wit than does’em goodAs bodies perish through excess of blood."In the above lines, Pope tries to sat that_______.A.more wit will make better poetryB.plainness is more important than wit in poetryC.too much wit will destroy good poetryD.plainness will make wit dullAnswer: C (P93-94)7. The Rape of the Lock by Alexander Pope is written in the formof a mock______, which describes the triviality of high society in a grand style.A.epicB.elegyC.sonnetD.odeAnswer: A (P92)8. Which of the following is NOT a typical feature ofSamuel Johnson’s language style?A.His sentences are long and well structured.B.His sentences are interwoven with parallel words.C.He tends to use informal and colloquial words.D.His sentences are complicated, but his thoughts are clearlyexpressed. Answer: C (P132)9. "The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power,And all that beauty, all that wealth e’er gave,Awaits alike the inevitable hour.In the above quoted passage, Thomas Gray intends to say that great family, power, beauty and wealth___________.A.will never make people lead to the same destination----paths of glory.B.will inevitably make people realize their glorious dreamsC.are the very best things to lead people to their gloriesD.will never prevent people from reaching their final destination---grave. Answer: D (P154)10. ____has been regarded by some as "Father of the English novel"for his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel.A.John BunyanB.Henry FieldingC.Daniel DefoeD.Johnathan SwiftAnswer: B (P121)11. ____was very much concerned with the theme of the vanityof human wishes and tried to awaken men to this follyand hoped to cure them of it through his writing.A.Samuel JohnsonB.Jonathan SwiftC.Richard Brinsley SheridanD.Thomas GrayAnswer: A (P132)12. ____was the only important dramatist of the 18th century,in his plays, morality is the constant theme.A.Alexander PopeB.Richard Brinsley SheridanC.Samuel JohnsonD.George Bernard ShawAnswer: B (P136)13. As the representative of the Enlightenment, Pope was oneof the first to introduce___to England.A.RationalismB.CriticismC.RomanticismD.RealismAnswer: A (P91)14. The Rivals and ____are generally regarded as important linksbetween the masterpiece of Shakespeare and those of Bernard Shaw.A.The School for ScandalB.The DuennaC.Widower’s HousesD.The Doctor’s DilemmaAnswer: A (P137)15. ____is a sharp satire on the moral degeneracy(道德沦丧) of the aristocratic-bourgeois society in the 18th century England.A.The RivalsB.Gulliver’s TravelsC.Toms JonesD.The School for ScandalAnswer: D (P138)16. The poem "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" by Thomas Grayis regarded as the most representative work of _____.A.The Metaphysical SchoolB.The Graveyard SchoolC.The Gothic SchoolD.The Romantic SchoolAnswer: B (P152)17. _______, written in heroic couplet by Pope, is consideredmanifesto of English Neoclassicism.A.An Essay of Dramatic PoetryB.An Essay on CriticismC.The Advancing of learningD.An Essay on FreedomAnswer: B (P93)18. ______is a typical feature of Swift’s writings.A.Elegant styleB.Causal narrationC.Bitter satire/doc/eb7726994.html,plicated sentence structureAnswer: C (P107)19. In the following writings by Henry Fielding,which brings him the name of the "Prose Homer"?A.The Coffee---House Politician.B.The Tragedy of Tragedies.C.The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling.D.The History of Amelia.Answer: C (P120)20. "Hold! See whether it is or not before you go to thedoor----I have a particular message for you if it should be my brother." The two sentences are found in ________.A.The School for ScandalB.The RivalsC.The CriticD.The Scheming LieutenantAnswer: A (P139)21. In terms of Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, which is wrong?A.The author employs metaphor in this poem.B.The author excessively expresses his personal melancholy.C.Here he reveals his sympathy for the poor and the unknown.D.He mocks the great ones who despise the poor and bring havoc on them.Answer: B (P152-153)22. The Houyhnhnms depicted by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver’s Travels are________.A.horses that are endowed with reason.B.pigmies that are endowed with admirable qualitiesC.giants that are superior in wisdom.D.Hairy, wild, low and despicable creatures,who resemble human beings not only in appearancebut also in some other ways.Answer: A (P108)II. Read the quoted part and answer the questions:1. "Words are like leaves;and where they most abound,Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found.False eloquence, like the prismatic glass,Its gaudy colors spreads on every place;The face of Nature we no more survey,All glares alike, without distinction gay."Questions:1) Identify the author and the passage;2) Name the devices used in the passage with examples;3) Explain "Words….found".4) What is the mainly implied idea of the passage?参考答案：1) The passage is from Pope’s "An Essay on Criticism". (P94)2) In the passage the author used "Simile" the device,e.g. "Words are like leaves" and "false eloquence,like the prismatic glass’ etc.3) The sentence means: Where/When too many words are used,they seldom express much sense.4) The passage implies authors shouldn’t stress too muchthe artificial use of Conceit or the external beauty of language,they should pay special attention to True Wit, which is best set in the plain style. (just as too many leaves will cover the fruits,too gaudy/ showy glass will hide the face the Nature,too false and eloquent language will hide the Wit in the articles.)2. "Let not Ambition mock their useful toil,Their homely joys, and destiny obscure;Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smileThe short and simple annals of the poor.The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power,。

【密训】00604 英美文学选读

使用说明：识记知识点（主要考察单选题），有时间再尝试记主观题（阅读理解，问答题，论述题）第一部分英国文学第一章文艺复兴时期本章重点：1.文艺复兴时期的历史文化背景2.莎士比亚和弥尔顿的作品和写作特点本章提示：本章中有关莎士比亚的文学成就可以以论述题的形式来考察，值得注意。

知识点1文艺复兴时期时代背景知识点概览：1.文艺复兴时期的界定及历史文化背景2.文艺复兴运动的意义与影响3.文艺复兴时期的文学特点，人文主义的主张及对文学的影响知识点：1.The Renaissance marks a transition from the medieval to the modern world.文艺复兴标志着中世纪到现代的过渡。

2.The most famousChristopher Marlowe,3.Humanism is the的核心。

4.The bestChristopher Marlowe代表是托马斯·知识点2莎士比亚question）知识点概览：1.历史剧(2)2.(3)3.选读：(1)知识点：1.Shakespeare hashis38plays,154Rape of Lucrece).莎翁对世界文坛的主要贡献是38部戏剧（包括历史剧，喜剧和悲剧），154首十四行诗和两篇长篇叙事诗：《维纳斯与阿多尼斯》和《鲁克丽丝失贞记》。

2.The first period of his dramatic career,he wrote five history plays: Henry VI,Parts I,II,and III,Richard III,and Titus Andronicus;and four comedies:The Comedy of Errors,The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Taming of the Shrew,and Love’s Labor’s Lost.在他戏剧创作生涯的第一个阶段，他创作了五部历史剧：《亨利六世》，《理查三世》，《泰托斯.安东尼》以及四部喜剧：《错误的戏剧》，《维洛那二绅士》，《驯悍记》和《爱的徒劳》。

英美文学选读（2）

英美文学选读（2）Selected Readings of British and American Literature (2)一、基本信息课程代码：2020124课程学分：2面向专业：英语课程性质：专业必修课课程类型：理论教学课开课院系：外国语学院英语系使用教材：主教材：1、《美国文学史及选读》（第1册）（第2版），吴伟仁主编，外语教学与研究出版社，2008.2、《美国文学史及选读》（第2册）（第2版），吴伟仁主编，外语教学与研究出版社，2008.参考教材：《美国文学》，左金梅编，中国海洋大学出版社，2006.先修课程：《高级英语》（1）、《英美文学选读》（1）并修课程：《高级英语》（2）后续课程：《高级英语》（3）二、课程简介英美文学选读课程主要从英美两国历史、语言、文化发展的角度，介绍英美两国文学各历史阶段的主要背景，文学文化思潮，文学流派，社会政治、经济、文化等对文学发展的影响，主要作家的文学生涯、创作思想、艺术特色及其代表作品的主题结构、人物刻画、语言风格和思想意义等。

本课程旨在培养英语专业学生理解、掌握英美文学的基本理论知识和鉴赏英美文学原著的能力。

英美文学课程的开设有利于提高学生的语言运用能力、提升学生对文学原著鉴赏的水平，培养学生的文学审美意识，使学生在宏观把握文学课程的知识点的同时，增强语言功底，增强对英美文学原著的理解，特别是对作品中表现的社会生活和人物思想感情的理解，增强他们分析作品的艺术特色的能力、掌握正确评价文学作品的标准和方法，对英美两国文学形成与发展的全貌有一个概括的了解，为以后的研究打下坚实基础。

三、选课建议英美文学选读课程是英语专业高年级学生的必修课程，属于提升拔高课程，其前提是学生应具有扎实的语言基本功、一定的文学知识和初步的科学研究方法。

四、课程与培养学生能力的关联性五、课程学习目标通过本课程的学习，学生应知道英美两国文学的形成与发展过程，熟悉部分西方文化，了解西方主要文学流派和主要文学作家，理解文学的本质与基本特征，掌握文学批评的基本知识和方法。

00604自考英美文学选读-串讲课件讲义

4*4’英国2218’B1分）C2A1分）2>1—2分）3>2—3分）4>1—2分）5>3—4分）1>时间+来源（0.5分—1分）3>2—3分）4> 1分）5>0.5—1分）6>0.5—1分）3>1—2分）4>2—3分）5>1—2分）6>0.5—1分）介绍论述题中关于作1>0.5—1分）2>1—2分）1>0.5—1分）2>1—2分）literary trend1798-1832Lyrical Ballads in 1798Walter Scott's death in 1832.is a literary trend.It prevailed in(place)during the period of xxxx-xxxx,beginning with xxxx in (time),ending with in(time).was greatly influenced by the.Generally speaking, the expressed the ideology and sentiment of those classes......The great writers in this period are............时期th to mid-17th )时期 1.<<>>2.3.1.2. 1.2.3.pun 3.英国文学 1.2.3.1.英国小说之父the father of English Novels2.讽刺satire1.2.3. 1.2.details细腻英国文学Period Period1836-1901 1.2.3.T ·S4.1.2.critical realist 3.4.3.4.5. 1.2.1.2.1.2.3.4.5.6.现实Period 美国文学1.2.3.4.5.老人与海6.现代Period1.2.3.4.浪漫Period1.Old English Literature-(450——1066封建建立)a. Religious-——b. Secular--heroic age---<Beowulf>盎格鲁撒克逊人的史诗---a protector of people, fight against the nature.————•••例题例题【正确答案：B】Background:a by a①The of&②The new in&the&本质与主张③The in&to get rid of to new ideas that the the&to the of the early from theEngland①---②都铎)Traits of humanistic poetry: dramatistsWriters：1.早期---andPetrarchan)2.中期the Ageblank verse)3.后期抽象founder of modern science)Life381542I．5 history plays and 4 comedies. （apprenticeship 学徒时期）•5•III>;and.•4部.•,II. 5 history plays ,6 comedies and 2 tragedies (style became highly individualized)•5II>,I,II,V>•6（）••to•and•and loyal•其他•II. 5 history plays ,6 comedies and 2 tragedies (style became highly individualized) 2III. The Third stage---peak of his creation, included his greatest tragedies and his so-called dark comedies: ---Greatest four tragedies:<Hamlet><King Lear><Othello><Macbeth>III. The Third stage---peak of his creation, included his greatest tragedies and his so-called dark comedies:---Theme: The impossibility of certainty; the complexity of action;the mystery of death;the nation as a diseased body.blood-and-thunderand butIV. Principal Romantic tragicomedies: <The Tempest>①.②forth byto the one he人物塑造独白情节结构语言风格Paradise Lost<Lycidas挽歌<Areopagitica><Paradise LostThe is the“Fall of Man”.流放<Paradise Regained诱惑<Samson Agonistes>①②③④⑤例题例题【正确答案：B】background：Time:Background:Traits:Thoughts:节俭迷信EnlightmentLiterature ideas:教导.<A Modest ProposalLiterature ideas:Schools of literature:Daniel Defoe, Samuel Richardson, Henry Fielding, Laurence Sterne, Tobias George Smollett, and Oliver Goldsmith.2.Gothic novels ⋯⋯⋯Schools of literature:Daniel DefoeThe True born Englishman wonThe Review<Robinson Crusoe>②③坚韧④the lower-class people.选读<Robinson Crusoe> Theme:①②③创作风格：①②③方言。

2011年7月全国自考英美文学选读试题和答案

全国2011年7月高等教育自学考试英美文学选读试题课程代码：00604全部题目用英文作答，请将答案填在答题纸相应位置上PART ONE (40 POINTS)I. Multiple Choice(40 points in all, 1 for each)Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. Mark your choice and write the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet. 1. All of Charles Dickens’ works, with the exception of _________, present a criticism of the more complicated复杂，难懂的and yet most fundamental social institutions制度and morals of the Victorian England. A. Bleak House B. Hard Times C. Great Expectations远大前程D. A Tale of Two Cities双城记2. From ____________ on, the tragic sense becomes the keynote of Thomas Hardy’s novels, the conflict between the traditional and the moden is brought to the center of the stage. A. The Return of the Native B. The Mayor of Casterbridge C. Tess of the D’UrbervillesD. Jude the Obscure 3. George Bernard Shaw’s play ____________ shows his almost nihilistic bitterness on the subjects of the cruelty and madness of World War I and the aimlessness and disillusion of the young. A. Getting Married B. Too True to Be Good C. Widowers’ HousesD. The Apple Cart 4. It was only after the publication of ____________ that D.H. Lawrence was recognized as a prominent novelist. A. The Trespasser B. The White Peacock C. Sons and Lovers D. The Rainbow ce in terms of the stream 5. T. S. Eliot’s poem ____________ is heavily indebted to James Joy- of -consciousness technique, also a prelude序幕，前奏to The Waste Land. A. “Prufrock”布鲁富克劳B. “Gerontion”衰老C. The Hollow Men D. Lyrical Ballads e existing society, e. g. the 6. Charlotte Brontё’s ____________ is noted for its sharp criticism of threligious hypocrisy of charity institutions.它以对当时社会尖锐的批评而闻名于世。

英美文学选读自学考试大纲

英美文学选读自学考试大纲一、考试简介英美文学选读自学考试旨在测试考生对于英美文学的基本概念、发展历程、重要作家及其作品的掌握程度，以及对于英美文学的基本理论和分析方法的了解和运用能力。

考试形式为闭卷笔试，考试时间为180分钟，满分为100分。

二、考试内容1、英美文学基本概念及发展历程（20%）测试考生对于英美文学的基本概念、发展历程和重要时期的了解和掌握程度。

2、英美文学重要作家及其作品（30%）测试考生对于英美文学的重要作家及其代表作品的了解和掌握程度，包括但不限于莎士比亚、简·奥斯汀、托尔斯泰、海明威等。

3、英美文学的基本理论和分析方法（30%）测试考生对于英美文学的基本理论和分析方法的了解和掌握程度，包括但不限于新批评、结构主义、后现代主义等。

4、阅读理解与写作能力（20%）测试考生的阅读理解能力和写作能力，包括对于所给文本的理解、分析、评价和论述能力。

三、考试形式及题型1、单项选择题（20分）要求考生从四个选项中选择一个最符合题意的答案。

2、多项选择题（20分）要求考生从五个选项中选择两个或以上的答案。

21、简答题（20分）要求考生用简短的语言回答问题，考查考生的理解和概括能力。

211、分析题（30分）要求考生对所给的文学作品进行分析、评价和论述，考查考生的分析能力和语言表达能力。

2111、写作题（10分）要求考生根据给定的题目和要求进行写作，考查考生的写作能力和语言表达能力。

四、自学建议系统学习英美文学基本知识：了解英美文学的发展历程、重要时期和流派，掌握基本概念和理论。

阅读重要作家作品：选择一些经典作家及其代表作品进行阅读和研究，深入了解作家的创作风格和思想内涵。

培养阅读和分析能力：通过阅读和分析文学作品，提高自己的阅读能力和分析能力，掌握基本的文学分析方法。

加强写作训练：通过写作练习，提高自己的写作能力和语言表达能力，为考试做好准备。

英美文学选读复习资料一、英国文学1、文艺复兴时期：代表人物：莎士比亚、培根、哈姆雷特等。

自考英美文学选读练习题

自考《英美文学选读》00604考前试题和答案一、Multiple Choice (40 points in all，1 for each) Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet.第1题 The most famous dramatists in the Renaissance England are________, William Shakespeare, and Ben Johson.A. Christopher MarloweB. John MarloweC. John MiltonD. Edmund Spenser【正确答案】 A【你的答案】本题分数1分第2题 A number of poems from the Songs of Innocence find a counterpart in the Songs of Experience.“Infant Joy” is matched with “Infant Sorrow”, and the pure “Lamb” is paired with the flaming “_________”.A. Chimney SweeperB. LondonC. SheepD. Tyger【正确答案】 D【你的答案】本题分数1分第3题 Jane Austen’s main literary concern is about___________.A. human beings in their personal relationshipsB. the love story between the rich and the poorC. maturity achieved through the loss of illusionsD. the daily country life of the middle-class English【正确答案】 A【你的答案】本题分数1分第4题 Leaves of Grass commands great attention because of its uniquely poetic embodiment of_________, which are written in the founding documents of both the Revolutionary War and the Civil War in the United States.A. the democratic idealsB. the romantic idealsC. the self?reliance spiritsD. the religious ideals【正确答案】 A【你的答案】本题分数1分第5题 The poetic style Whitman devised is now called__________, that is, poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme.A. heroic coupletB. dramatic monologueC. blank verseD. free verse【正确答案】 D【你的答案】本题分数1分第6题 The_________ was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Western Europe in the 18th century.A. RenaissanceB. EnlightenmentC. Religious ReformationD. Chartist Movement【正确答案】 B【你的答案】本题分数1分第7题 For his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel, ________ has been regarded as “Father of the English Novel”.A. Henry FieldingB. Daniel DefoeC. John BunyanD. James Joyce【正确答案】 A【你的答案】本题分数1分第8题 The Romantic period is an age of________. Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley and Keats are the major Romantic poets.A. novelB. dramaC. essayD. poetry【正确答案】 D【你的答案】本题分数1分第9题 __________is perhaps the most anthologized poem in English literature, and one that takes us to the core of the poetic beliefs of William Wordsworth.A. The Solitary ReaperB. The Sailor’s MotherC. I Wandered Lonely as a CloudD. Ode to the West Wind【正确答案】 C【你的答案】本题分数1分第10题 ________represents those middle?class working women who are struggling for recognition of their basic rights and equality as a human being.A. CarrieB. Jane EyreC. CatherineD. Emily【正确答案】 B【你的答案】本题分数1分第11题 Modernism is, in many aspects, a reaction against_______. It rejects rationalism, which is the theoretical base of realism.A. romanticismB. humanismC. symbolismD. realism【正确答案】 D【你的答案】本题分数1分第12题 __________, T.S.Eliot’s most important single poem, has been hailed as a landmark and a model of the 20th?century English poetry.A. The Waste LandB. Ash WednesdayC. Four QuartetsD. The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock【正确答案】 A【你的答案】本题分数1分第13题 Walt Whitman is a poet with a strong sense of mission, having devoted all his life to the creation of the “single”poem,__________ .A. ChicagoB. My Lost YouthC. Leaves of GrassD. A Pact【正确答案】 C【你的答案】本题分数1分第14题 In 1915__________ became a naturalized British citizen, largely in protest against America’s failure to join England in the First World War.A. T.S.EliotB. Henry JamesC. W.D.HowellsD. George Eliot【正确答案】 B【你的答案】本题分数1分第15题 Fitzgerald never spared an intimate touch in his fiction to deal with_________ of the American Dream.A. the successB. the bankruptcyC. the fulfillmentD. the forming【正确答案】 B【你的答案】本题分数1分第16题 Most of________’s works are set in the American South,with his emphasis on the Southern subjects and consciousness.A. FaulknerB. FitzgeraldC. HemingwayD. Steinbeck【正确答案】 A【你的答案】本题分数1分第17题 Which of the following descriptions of Gothic Novels is NOT correctA. It predominated in the early eighteenth century.B. It was one phase of the Romantic movement.C. Its principal elements are violence, horror and the supernatural.D. Works like The Mysteries of Udolpho and Frankenstein are typical Gothic romance.【正确答案】 A【你的答案】本题分数1分第18题Shelley’s masterpiece, Prometheus Unbound, is a verse drama, which borrows the basic story from ___________.A. the BibleB. the Greek mythologyC. a Greek playD. One Thousand and One Nights【正确答案】 B【你的答案】本题分数1分第19题 Returning to England from Germany in 1799, William Wordsworth and his sister settled at Dove Cottage in Grasmere, Westmoreland. The poet__________ as well as___________ lived nearby, and the three men became known as the “Lake Poets”.A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge/George Gordon ByronB. Robert Southey/Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC. John Keats/Robert SoutheyD. George Gordon Byron/Percy Bysshe Shelley【正确答案】 B【你的答案】本题分数1分第20题 In 1950, _________was awarded the Nobel Prize for the anti?racist Intruder in the Dust.A. Robert FrostB. William FaulknerC. Ezra PoundD. Ernest Hemingway【正确答案】 B【你的答案】本题分数1分第21题 Lawrence was recognized as a prominent novelist only after he published his third novel,________.A. The RainbowB. Women in LoveC. Sons and LoversD. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man【正确答案】 C【你的答案】本题分数1分第22题 The Birthmark drives home symbolically Hawthorne’s point that ________ is man’s birthmark, something he is born with.A. goodnessB. gratefulnessC. evilD. bitterness【正确答案】 C【你的答案】本题分数1分第23题 According to Whitman, the genuine participation of a poet in a common cultural effort was to behave as a supreme_________.A. democratB. individualistC. romanticistD. leader【正确答案】 B【你的答案】本题分数1分第24题 The Hemingway Code heroes are best remembered for their______.A. masculinityB. war experienceC. indestructible spiritD. pessimistic view of life【正确答案】 C【你的答案】本题分数1分第25题 Tom Jones, the full title being The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, is generally considered the masterpiece of_________.A. John BunyanB. Daniel DefoeC. Jonathan SwiftD. Henry Fielding【正确答案】 D【你的答案】本题分数1分第26题 The literary form which is fully developed and the most flourishing during the Romantic period is________.A. dramaB. proseC. poetryD. novel【正确答案】 C【你的答案】本题分数1分第27题 In his lyrics such as “Ode to Liberty”,“Ode to Naples”, Percy Bysshe Shelley expressed his love for ___________and his hatred toward tyranny.A. the middle classB. the poorC. freedomD. the proletariat【正确答案】 C【你的答案】本题分数1分第28题 Tess of the D’Urbervilles, one of Thomas Hardy’s best known novels, portrays man as________.A. being hereditarily either good or badB. having no control over his own fateC. being self?sufficientD. still retaining his own faith in a world of confusion【正确答案】 B【你的答案】本题分数1分第29题 The giant Moby Dick may symbolize all EXCEPT_________.A. mystery of the universeB. sin of the whaleC. power of the great natureD. evil of the world【正确答案】 B【你的答案】本题分数1分第30题 ___________shaped the world’s view of America and made a more extensive combination of American folk humor and serious literature than previous writers had ever done.A. Henry JamesB. Washington IrvingC. Theodore DreiserD. Mark Twain【正确答案】 D【你的答案】本题分数1分第31题 In_________, Robert Frost compares life to a journey, and he is doubtful whether he will regret his choice or not when he is old, because the choice has made all the difference.A. After Apple?PickingB. The Road Not TakenC. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy EveningD. Fire and Ice【正确答案】 B【你的答案】本题分数1分第32题 The play Romeo and Juliet, though a tragedy, is permeatedwith__________ spirit.A. optimisticB. sadC. pessimisticD. just【正确答案】 A【你的答案】本题分数1分第33题 William Wordsworth is a poet in memory of the past. To him, life is a cyclical journey. Its beginning finally turns out to be its end. His philosophy of life is presented in his masterpiece___________.A. The PreludeB. My Heart Leaps upC. Tintern AbbeyD. The Solitary Reaper【正确答案】 A【你的答案】本题分数1分第34题“If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?”is an epigrammatic line by___________.A. John KeatsB. William BlakeC. William WordsworthD. P.B.Shelley【正确答案】 D【你的答案】本题分数1分第35题 After reading the first chapter of Pride and Prejudice, we may come to know that Mrs.Bennet is a woman of_________.A. simple character and poor understandingB. simple character and quick witC. intricate character and quick witD. intricate character and poor understanding【正确答案】 A【你的答案】本题分数1分第36题 _________, which bears a strong thematic resemblance to The Waste Land, is generally regarded as the darkest of T.S.Eliot’s poems.A. GerontionB. The Hollow MenC. The Love Song of J.Alfred PrufrockD. The Cocktail Party【正确答案】 B【你的答案】本题分数1分第37题 American Transcendentalists most typically believe that__________.A. art is superior to lifeB. man is divine in natureC. man can transform natureD. poetry is the highest form of art【正确答案】 B【你的答案】本题分数1分第38题Frost’s first collection A boy’s Will, whose lyrics trace a boy’s development from self?centered idealism to maturity, is marked by an intense but restrained emotion and the characteristic flavor of________.A. England lifeB. New England lifeC. the Southern American lifeD. the Western American life【正确答案】 B【你的答案】本题分数1分第39题 __________ is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th?century “stream?of?consciousness”novels and the founder of psychological realism.A. Henry JamesB. Mark TwainC. Theodore DreiserD. Walt Whitman【正确答案】 A【你的答案】本题分数1分第40题 Theodore Dreiser’s_________ found expression in almost every book he wrote in which “kill or to be killed”was the law.A. romanticismB. naturalismC. cubismD. classicalism【正确答案】 B二、Reading Comprehension(16 points in all，4 for each) Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English．Write your answers in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet．“Is dying hard, Daddy?”“No, I think it’s pretty easy, Nick. It all depends.”第1题 Identify the author and the work.【正确答案】 (P609)Ernest Hemingway, Indian Camp.【你的答案】本题分数1分你的得分第2题 What was Nick preoccupied with when he asked the question?【正确答案】 Life and death.【你的答案】本题分数1分你的得分第3题 Why did the father add “It all depends”after he answered his son’s question?【正确答案】 When the father says that dying is pretty easy, he might be thinking about the self?murdered husband. But when he reflects on the wife’s miracle survival of the violent pain in the whole process of birth, he adds the final sentence. Dying is both hard and easy, it all depends on individuals.【你的答案】本题分数2分你的得分“I consulted several things in my situation which I found would be proper for me:1st, health and fresh water I just now mentioned; 2ndly, shelter from the heat of the sun; 3rdly, security from ravenous creatures, whether men or beats; 4thly, a view to the sea, that if God sent any ship in sight, I might not lose any advantage for my deliverance, of which I was not willing to banish all my expectation yet.”第1题Identify the author and the work.【正确答案】 (P100~101)Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe.【你的答案】本题分数2分你的得分第2题 What idea does the quoted passage express?【正确答案】 Robinson is considering the measures that must be taken in hissituation.【你的答案】本题分数2分你的得分Wild Spirit, which art moving everywhere;Destroyer and Preserver; hear, O hear!第1题 Identify the poet and the poem.【正确答案】 (P212)It is “Ode to the West Wind” of Shelley.【你的答案】本题分数1分你的得分第2题 What does the “Wild Spirit”refe r to?【正确答案】“Wild Spirit” refers to west wind.【你的答案】本题分数1分你的得分第3题 Why called it “Destroyer and Preserver”at the same time?【正确答案】 Because west wind buried the dead year and year and prepared fora new spring.【你的答案】本题分数2分你的得分The early lilacs became part of this child,And grass and white and red morning?glories, and white and red clover, and the song of the phoebe?bird,And the Third?month lambs and the sow’s pink?faint litter, and the mare’s foal and the cow’s calf,And the noisy brood of the barnyard or by the mire of the pondside,And the fish suspending themselves so curiously below there, and the beautiful curious liquid,And the water?plants with their graceful flat heads, all became part of him.第1题Name the author of the poem.【正确答案】 (P452)Walt Whitman.【你的答案】本题分数1分你的得分第2题 What is the poetic style called?【正确答案】 Free style.【你的答案】本题分数1分你的得分第3题 What does the passage describe?【正确答案】 The passage describes the growth of a child who is wandering and admiring the scene around him. In the poem, the early experience of the poet may well be identified withthe childhood of a young and growing America.【你的答案】三、Questions and Answers(24 points in all，6 for each) Give a brief answer to each of the following questions in English．Write your answers in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet．第1题“Even then he stood there, hidden wholly in that kindness which is night, while the uprising fumes filled the room. When the odor reached his nostrils, he quit his attitude and fumbled for the bed.‘What’s the use?’ he said, weakly, as he stretched himself to rest.”They above is quoted from Theodore Dreiser’s Sister Carrie.Briefly tell the situation that leads to the suicide and interpret Hurstwood’s final words—“What’s the use?”【正确答案】 (P528)A.When they live together, Carrie becomes mature in intellect and emotion, while Hurstwood, away from the atmosphere of success on which his life has been based, steadily declines. So their relations become strained. At last, she thinks him too great a burden and leaves him. After Carrie deserts Hurstwood, he is in great despair. Feeble and penniless, Hurstwood wanders in a cold winter night with nobody trying to help. Extr?emely hopeless and totally devastated, he turns the gas on in a cheap lodging?house and ends his life.B.By making that comment, Hurstwood seems to have realized that it is useless to continue to fight against fate. His fate is not controlled by his own efforts but by some social forces too strong for him to resist, so he decides to give up.【你的答案】第2题“Robinson Crusoe”is universally considered as Daniel Defoe’s masterpiece. Discuss why it became so successful when it was published?【正确答案】 (P98~100)A.Robinson Crusoe is supposedly based on the real adventure of an Alexander Selkirk who once stayed alone on the uninhabited island Juan Fernandez for five years. In fact, the storyis an imagination.B.In Robinson Crusoe, Defoe traces the growth of Robinson from a naive and artless youth into a shrewd and hardened man, tempered by numerous trials in his eventful life.C.In the novel, Robinson is a real hero and he is an embodiment of the rising middle?class virtues in the mid?eighteenth century England.D.Robinson Crusoe is an adventure story very much in the spirit of the time. Because of the above reasons, when it was published, people all liked that story, and it became an immediate success.【你的答案】第3题 What is “the Enlightenment Movement”?【正确答案】 (P80~81)A.The Enlightenment Movement was a progressive intellectual movement which flourishedin France and swept through the whole Western Europe at the time. The movement was a furtherance of the Renaissance of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.B.Its purpose was to enlighten the whole world with the light of modern philosophicaland artistic ideas. The enlighteners celebrated reason or rationality, equality and science. They held that rationality or reason should be the only, the final cause of any human thought and activities.C.The enlighteners advocated universal education. They believed that human beings werelimited, dualistic, imperfect, and yet capable of rationality and perfection through education.【你的答案】本题分数6分你的得分第4题 What is the most famous theme in Henry Ja mes’s fiction? And what is his favourite approach in characterization, which makes him different fromMark Twain and W.D.Howells as realists? Give two titles of his works in which this theme and this approach are employed.【正确答案】 (P496?498)A.The international theme.B.James’s psychological approach.C.The Portrait of A Lady incarnated the clash between the Old World and the New in the life journey of an American girl in European cultural environment. The Princess Casamassima, which exposed the anarchist conspiracy in the slum of London, were written in a naturalistic mode. 【你的答案】四、Topic Discussion(20 points in all，10 for each) Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet.第1题 The Great Gatsby is an examination of American myth in the 20th century. Fitzgerald deliberately depicts Gatsby as a mysterious person so as to achieve the effect that Gatsby is American Everyman. Please make a brief comment on The Great Gatsby.【正确答案】 (P582)A.The Great Gatsby is a masterpiece in American literature. It evokes a haunting moodof a glamorous, wild time that seemingly will never come again.B.Besides, the loss of an ideal and the disillusionment that comes with the failureare exploited fully in the personal tragedy of a young man whose “incorruptible dream”is “smashed into pieces by the relentless reality”.C.Gatsby is a mythical figure whose intensity of dream partakes of a state of mindthat embodies America itself; Gatsby is the last of the romantic heroes, whose energy and sense of commitment takes him in search of his personal grail; Gatsby’s failure magnifies to a great extent the end of the American Dream.【你的答案】本题分数10分你的得分第2题 Theodore Dreiser is generally acknowledged as one of America’s literary naturalists. Please make a comment on Theodore Dreiser’s writing style.【正确答案】A.Dreiser’s style has been a point of heated discussion. The consensus that has been reached so far seems to be that, although Dreiser’s novels are formless at times and awkwardly written, and his characterization is found deficient and his prose pedestrian and dull, yet his very energy proves to be more than a compensation.B.Dreiser’s stories are always solid and intensely interesting with their simple but highly moving characters. Dreiser is good at employing the journalistic method of reiteration to burn a central impression into the reader’s mind. His interest in painting is reflected in his taste for word?pictures, sharp contrast, truth in color, and movement in outline. Here lies the power and permanence that have made Dreiser one of Americ a’s foremost novelists.【你的答案】。

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2015年4月高等教育自学考试《英美文学选读》试题课程代码：00604I. Multiple Choice(40 points in all, 1 for each)Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes thestatement. Mark your choice by blackening the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on the answersheet.1. Romio and Juliet, though a tragedy, is permeated with B spirit.A. pessimisticB. optimisticC. despairingD. passive2. Among John Milton' s major poetical works, A is the greatest, indeed the only generally acknowledged epic in English literature since Beowulf,A. Paradise LostB. Paradise regainedC. Samson AgonistesD. Aeopagitica3. Daniel Defoe's D , an adventure story very much in the spirit of the time, is universally considered his masterpiece.A. Captain SingletonB. Moll FlandersC. Colonel JackD. Robinson Crusoe4. Charlotte Bronte' s works are all about the struggle of an individual consciousness to- wards B , about some lonely and neglected young women with a fierce longing for love, understanding and a full, happy life.A. self- relianceB. self- realizationC. self - esteemD. self - consciousness5. Of all the eighteenth -century novelists, B was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specifically a "comic epic in prose," the first to give the modem novel its structure and style.A. Daniel DefoeB. Henry FieldingC. Jonathan SwiftD. Laurence Sterne6. William Blake's C marks his entry into maturity.A. Songs of ExperienceB. Songs of InnocenceC. Marriage of Heaven and HellD. Poetical Sketches7. Poetry is defined by A as "the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings, which originates in emotion recollected in tranquility."A. William WordsworthB. William BlakeC. Percy Bysshe ShelleyD.T.S. Eliot8. Shelly' s greatest achievement is his four- act poetic drama AA. Prometheus UnboundB. A Defence of PoetryC. The Revolt of IslamD. Adonais9. In B 's novel, the subject matter, the character range, the social settings, and plots are all restricted to the provincial life of the late 18th century England, concerning three or four landed gentry families with their daily routine life.A. Charlotte BronteB. Jane AustenC.D.H. Lawrence D. Thomas Hardy10. In C , one of Dickens' later works, Dickens presents a criticism of the Utilitarian principle that rules over the English education system and destroys young hearts and minds.A. Bleak HouseB. Little DorritC. Hard TimesD. A Tale of Two Cities11. The success of Jane Eyre is not only because of its sharp criticism of the existing society, but also due to its introduction to the Englsih novel the first D heroine.A. workerB. peasantC. explorerD. governess12. The last two novels by Thomas Hardy are CA. The Return of the Native, The Mayor of CasterbridgeB. The Mayor of Casterbridge, Tess of the D' UrbervillesC. Tess of the D' Urbervilles, Jude the ObscureD. The Woodlanders, the Mayor of Casterbridge13. Dickens' best- depicted characters are the following EXCEPT DA. innocent, virtuous, persecuted and helpless child charactersB. horrible and grotesque charactersC. broadly humorous or comical charactersD. simple, innocent and faithful women characters14. In his famous essay, Tradition and Individual Talent, A puts great emphasis on the importance of tradition both in creative writing and in criticism.A.T.S. EliotB.D.H. LawrenceC. Bernard ShawD. Charles Dickens15. D. H. Lawrence' s novel B is a story about the three generations of the Brangwen family on the Marsh farm.A. Sons and LoversB. The RainbowC. KangarooD. Lady Chatterley's Lover16. It is generally believed that the most important play among Shakespeare's comedies is BA. A Midsummer Night's DreamB. The Merchant of VenisC. Much Ado About NothingD. Twelfth Night17. John Milton's A shows how mankind, in the person of Christ, withstands the tempter and is established once more in the divine favor.A. Paradise RegainedB. Paradise LostC. Samson AgonistesD. Areopagitica18. The declaration that "I know that This World is a World of Imagination and Vision" and that "The nature of my work is visionary or imaginative" belongs to AA. William BlakeB. William WordsworthC. T. S. EliotD. Percy Bysshe Shelley19. All of the following poems is written by Shelly EXCEPT CA. "Ode to Liberty"B. "Ode to Naples"C. "Ode to a Nightingale" D "To a Skylark"20. Of the following writers, C is often compared with Shakespeare for his adeptness with the vemacular and large vocabulary with which he brings out many a wonderful verbal picture of man and scene.A. Thomas HardyB. George Bernard ShawC. Charles DickensD.D.H. Lawrence21. T. S. Eliot' s major achievement in play writing has been the creation of a D in the 20th century to express the ideas and action of modem society with new accents of the contemporary speech.A. heroic dramaB. melodramaC. monodramaD. verse drama22. In D , by portraying a disillusioned man who attempts to save his integrity by running away again and again from his wife and children, D. H. Lawrence tries to show that every man is a sacred and holy individual whose integrity should never be violated or dominated.A. Sons and LoversB. The RainbowC. Women in LoveD. Aaron' s Rod23. William Faulkner' s work is difficult and is a text endlessly searched for AA. meaningsB. answersC. themesD. logics24. As a genre, naturalism emphasized D and environment as important deterministic forces shaping individualized characters who were presented in special and detailed circumstances~A. educationB. societyC. manD. heredity25. Robert Frost' s A Masque of Reason and B are comic - serious dramatic narratives, in both of which biblical characters in modem settings discuss ethics and man relations to God.A. A Further RangeB. A Masque of MercyC. A Boy' s WillD. North of Boston26. Henry James believed that the materialistic bent of America life and its lack of C and sophistication could not provide him with enough materials for great literary works.A. moneyB. wisdomC. cultureD. democracy27. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and especially, its sequence A proved them- selves to be the milestone in American literature.A. Adventures of Huckleberry FinnB. The Gilded AgeC. Innocents AbroadD. Life on the Mississippi28. Hawthorne' s intellectuals are usually C dreadful because they are devoid of warmth and feeling.A. victimsB. heroesC. villainsD. saviors29. Melville' s Billy Budd deals with the sea and sailors and the theme of a conflict between innocence andB .A. purityB. corruptionC. religionD. power30. C is a great literary giant of America, whom H. L. Mencken considered "the true father of our national literature."A. Ernest HemingwayB. William FaulknerC. Mark TwainD. Ezra Pound31. In Go Down, Moses, Faulkner skillfully employs A as a symbol of the timeless freedom of the wilderness.A. an old crafty bearB. a loyal dogC. a dove of peaceD. a smart fox32. Henry James' s B tells a story about a young and innocent American confronting the complexity of the European life.A. Daisy MillerB. The AmericanC. The Portrait of A LadyD. The Ambassadors33. The Scarlet Letter always regarded as the best of Hawthorne' s works, tells a simple but moving story in which four people living in a A community are involved in and affected by the sin of adultery in different ways.A. PuritanB. ancient GreekC. IslamicD. Buddhist34. Theodore Dreiser' s style has been a controversial aspect of his work from the beginning. For lack ofD , his writings appear more inclusive and less selective.A. rhetoricB. logicC. modificationD. concision35. Robert Frost wrote in both D and the free verse, and sometimes he wrote in a form that borrows freely from the merits of both.A. blank verseB. sonnetC. rhyming coupletsD. the metrical forms36. Fitzgerald follows the Jamesian tradition in using the A method in his chapters, each one of which consists of one or more dramatic scenes.A. scenicB. descriptiveC. narrativeD. dialogical37. Hemingway' s For Whom the Bell Tolls concerns a volunteer American guerrilla Robert Jordan fighting in the DA. Second World WarB. Civil WarC. First World WarD. Spanish Civil War38. The C , Moby Dick, symbolizes nature for Melville, for it is complex, unfathomable, malignant and beautiful as well.A. white sea wolfB. black whaleC. white whaleD. black sea wolf39. The Romantic period started with the publication of Washington Irving's The Sketch Book and ended withDA. Cooper' s Leathering Stocking TalesB. Mark Twain' s Adventures of Huckleberry FinnC. Hawthorne' s The Scarlet LetterD. Whitman's Leaves of Grass40. Theodore Dreiser' s A , a classic story of a "misunderstood artist," was once condemned for "obscenity and blasphemy."A. The GeniusB. Sister CarrieC. The TitanD. The StoicII. Reading Comprehension (16 points in all, 4 for each)Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answers in thecorresponding space on the answer sheet.41. Let us go then, you and I,When the evening is spread out against the skyLike a patient etherized upon a table;Let us go, through certain half- deserted streets,The muttering retreatsOf restless nights in one- night cheap hotelsAnd sawdust restaurants with oyster shells:Streets that follow like a tedious argumentOf insidious intentTo lead you to an overwhelming question ...Oh, do not ask, "What is it ?"Let us go and make our visit.Questions:A. Identify the poet and the title of the poem from which the stanza is taken.B. What are the characteristics of the protagonist in the poem?C. What figure of speech is used in the second and third lines?答：A.T.S. Eliot. "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock".B. Pmfrock, the protagonist of the poem, is neurotic, self - important, illogical and incapable of action. He is a kind of tragic figure caught in a sense of defeated idealism and tortured by unsatisfied desires.C. simile42. "Why, my dear, you must know, Mrs. Long says that Netherfield is taken by a young man of large fortune from the north of England; that he came down on Monday in a chaise and four to see the place, and was so much delighted with it that he agreed with Mr. Morris immediately; that he is to take possession before ichaelmas, and some of his servants are to be in the house by the end of next week.""What is his name?""Bingley.""Is he married or single?""Oh! single, my dear, to be sure! A single man of large fortune; four or five thousand a year. What a fine thing for our girls!""How so? how can it affect them."My dear Mr. Bennet," replied his wife, "how can you be so tiresome! You must know that I am thinking of his marrying one of them."Questions:A. Identify the author and the title of the novel from which this passage is taken.B. Who are the two speakers?C. What does the dialogue tell us about the speakers?答：A. From Jane Austen' s Pride and Prejudice.B. Mr. ,and Mrs. Bennet.C. It tells us that Mrs. Bennet is eager to marry one of her daughters to the mentioned young man, but her husband does not care much.43. He pretended to consider it. "I'd much rather go to Chillon with you."With me. she asked without a shadow of emotion.She didn' t rise blushing, as a young person at Geneva would have done; and yet conscious that he had gone very far, he thought it possible she had drawn back. "And with your mother," he answered very respectfully.But it seemed that both his audacity and his respect were lost on Miss Daisy Miller. "I guess mother wouldn' t go for you ," she smiled. "And she ain' t bent on going, anyway. She don' t like to ride round in the afternoon." After which she familiarly proceeded: "But did you really mean what you said just now that you' d like to go up there?"Questions:A. Identify the author and the title of the novel from which the above excerpt is taken.B. From their conversation, do you know where Miss Daisy Miller and the man want to go?C. Briefly comment on Miss Daisy Miller' s character.答：A. From Henry James' s Daisy Miller.B. They want to go to an old castle, the Castle of Chillon.C. Innocence, the keynote of Miss Daisy Miller' s character, turns out to be an admiring but a dangerous quality and her defiance of social taboos in the Old World finally brings her to a disaster in the clash between two different cultures.44. When Miss Emily Grierson died, our whole town went to her funeral: the men through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument, the women mostly out of curiosity to see the inside of her house, which no one save an old man - servant —— a combined gardener and cook had seen in at least ten years.Questions:A. Identify the author and the title of the work from which the above excerpt is taken.B. How do you explain "a fallen monument"?C. For what different reasons did the men and women go to Miss Emily' s funeral?答：A. From William Faulkner' s "A Rose for Emily."B. Emily is regarded as the symbol of tradition and the old way of life. Thus her death is like the falling of a monument.C. The men went to her funeral through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument, and the women out of curiosity to see the inside of her house.III. Questions and Answers (24 points in all, 6 for each)Give a brief answer to each of the following questions in English. Write your an. swers in thecorresponding space on the answer sheet.45. What are the major themes of Wordsworth' s poetry?答：A. Wordsworth wrote poems about nature. He is regarded as a "worshipper of nature".B. He wrote about common life. The joys and sorrows of the common people are his themes.C. He also wrote about the past. Wordsworth is a poet in memory of the past.46. In what way is Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift a significant work?答：A. Gulliver' s Travels, Jonathan' s best fictional work, is one of the most effective and devastating criticisms and satires of all aspects in the then English and European life - socially, politically, religiously, philosophically, scientifically, and morally. Its social significance is great and its exploration into human nature profound.B. Gulliver's Travels is also an artistic masterpiece. Here we find its author at his best as a master of prose. Clear, simple, concrete diction, uncomplicated sentence structure, economy and conciseness of language mark this writing.C. In structure, the four parts make an organic whole, with each contrived upon an independent structure, and yet complementing the others and contributing to the central concern of study of human nature and life.47. Emily Dickinson' s poetry is unique and unconventional in its own way. What is her poetic style?答：A. Her poems have no titles. In her poetry there is a particular stress pattern, in which dashes are used as a musical device to create cadence and capital letters as a means of emphasis.B. The form of her poetry is more or less like that of the hymns. Her sentence structure is irregular or inverted. However, her poetic idiom is noted for its laconic brevity, directness and plainness.C. Her poems are usually short, and many of them are centered on a single image or symbol and focused on one subject matter. She frequently uses personae and personification. Her poetry is remarkable for its variety, subtlety and richness, and shows the limitless power of creativity and imagination.48. Nathaniel Hawthorne' s view of man and human history originates, to a great extent, in Puritanism. What are the effects of Puritanism on Hawthorne?答：A. Hawthorne had Puritan ancestors and he believed that "the wrong doing of one generation lives into the successive ones," and often wondered if he might have inherited some of their guilt. This sensibility led to his understanding of evil being at the very core of human life, which is the typical of the Calvinistic belief that human beings are depraved and corrupted, hence, they should obey God to atone for their sins.B. Hawthorne is attracted in every way to the Puritan world, even though he condemns its less human manifestations. On the one hand, it provides him with a subject, and on the other, with the Puritan world or society as a historical background, he discusses some of the most important issues that concern the moral life of man and human history.IV. Topic Discussion(20 points in all, 10 for each)Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.49. Briefly discuss George Bemard Shaw' s dramatic achievement in terms of the major subjects and features of his plays.答：A. George Bernard Shaw was considered the leading playwright of the 20th century. His early plays were mainly concerned with social problems and directed towards the criticism of the contemporary social, economic, moral and religious evils. Shaw wrote quite a few history plays, in which he kept an eye on the contemporary society. Shaw also produced several plays, exploring his idea of "life Force" Besides, Shaw wrote plays on miscellaneous subjects.B. Structurally and thematically, Shaw followed the great traditions of realism. One feature of Shaw' s characterization is that he makes the trick of showing up one character vividly at the expense of another.C. Shaw' s plays have plots, but they do not work by plots. The plot is usually the disregarded backbone to one long, unbroken conversation. It is the vitality of the talk that takes primacy over mere story. Action is reduced to a minimum, while the dialogue and the interplay of the minds of the characters maintain the interest of the audience. The forward motion consists not in the unrolling of plot but in the operation of the spirit of discourse.50. Briefly discuss F. Scott Fitzgerald' s theme of bankruptcy of the American dream, focusing on his masterpiece The Great Gatsby.答：A. Fitzgerald never spared an intimate touch in his fiction to deal with the bankruptcy of the American Dream, which is highlighted by the disillusionment of the protagonists' personal dreams due to the clashes between their romantic vision of life and the sordid reality.B. In The Great Gatsby, the loss of an ideal and the disillusionment are exploited fully in the personal tragedy of a young man whose "incorruptible dream" is "smashed into pieces by the relentless reality."C. Gatsby is a mystical figure whose intensity of dream partakes of a state of mind that embodies America itself; Gatsby is the last of the romantic heroes, whose energy and sense of commitment takes him in search of his personal grail; Gatsby' s failure magnifies to a great extent the end of the American Dream.。

2023年10月自考00604英美文学选读试题及答案含评分标准

绝密★启用前2023年10月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试英美文学选读试题答案及评分参考（课程代码00604）一、单项选择题：本大题共40小题，每小题1分，共40分。

1. B2. A3. D4. C5. C6. B7. A8. D9. C 10. A11. D 12. B 13. D 14. C 15. C16. D 17. A 18. C 19. B 20. D21. D 22. B 23. A 24. C 25. A26. D 27. C 28. C 29. C 30. D31. B 32. B 33. A 34. C 35. B36. D 37. C 38. A 39. A 40. D二、阅读理解题：本大题共4小题，每小题4分，共16分。

41. A. Henry Fielding; The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (or Tom Jones). (2分)B. Daughter of the well-off squire Western. (1分)C. Human nature. (1分)42. A. Charles Dickens; Oliver Twist (2分)B. A chimney-sweeper. (1分)C. Character-portrayal. (1分)43. A. Theodore Dreiser; Sister Carrie.(2分)B. Hurstwood. (1分)C. He turned on the gas in a cheap lodging-house and ended his life. (1分)英美文学选读试题答案及评分参考第1页（共3页）44. A. Robert Lee Frost. (1分)B. The speaker tells us how the course of his life was determined when he came upon tworoads that diverged in a wood. (2分)C. The speaker took the road less traveled by. (1分)三、简答题：本大题共4小题，每小题6分，共24分。

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