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刘意青《简明英国⽂学史》课后习题详解（18世纪英国⽂学⼩说的兴起）【圣才出品】第9章⼩说的兴起1.Discuss the social and historical elements that promoted the birth of the modern novel in England.Key:There are several factors that promote the rise and the first flowering of the English novel.First,as we’ve said in the previous section,in the18th century science and technology developed fast,and printing grew as one of the most prosperous trades.Therefore,books were quickly printed and in comparatively larger numbers.Second,with the growth of capitalist economy,the middle class grew strong to become the dominant element in all the aspects of social,political and economic life of England.And with it an urban economy also came into being. Big cities like London increased in number in the country and farmers or the agricultural population swarmed into the city to gradually settle down as traders, servants,workers and apprentices.These new settlers in the cities formed a reading public that badly needed to improve themselves and they provided the necessity and possibility of the flourish of a book market.Third,with the development of industry,women were deprived of their previous opportunities of spinning and weaving at home.Without a way to earn a living,women who failed to marry into a family with secure financial means to support them were forced to work as maids,or became thieves,prostitutes orkept women in the cities.These women,no matter as an idle wife of a rich man,or as a servant girl,joined the public readers and some of them even became writers themselves who sold popular literary works to earn a living.Thus,by mid-18th century,a large book market had been established in England that sold reading stuff of all kinds,from journals and newspapers,political pamphlets,conduct books,travel guides,manuals for house decoration,ghost stories,romances,etc. to serious literature of poetry,drama and prose work written by classical masters like Swift and Johnson.2.Discuss Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe as a typical middle-class novel.Key:Readers of China are mostly familiar with this novel.In the past we emphasised Crusoe’s imperialist and capitalist side,because Marx says in his On the Capital that Crusoe is the typical representative of the rising capitalist class whose sole interest is to expand and exploit,and in Crusoe’s adventures we see how capital is accumulated at the early stage of capitalism.While what Marx says is correct,he only sees the story from a political and economic point of view.As a literary figure,Crusoe is more than just a money-grabbing capitalist and colonialist.He also shows many positive sides of the rising middle class,such as the love for labor,the industrious and thrifty life style,courage to explore strange lands,a curiosity to know the world,and the strong desire to test one’s own strength and establish one’s individual identity.3.What kind of novel did Richardson write?And discuss his two major novels toshow your points.Key:All Richardson’s novels and writings preach the Puritan ideology of hard work,honesty,thrift,industry,and,most of all,the importance of living a virtuous life.For example,his Pamela,or Virtue Rewarded and Clarissa,or The History of a Young Lady.In Pamela,or Virtue Rewarded,Pamela grew up into a beautiful and virtuous young woman with good taste and refined manners,getting through many hardships and threats,and finally she is married to his young master Mr.B, which indicates that her virtue is rewarded. In Clarissa,or The History of a Young Lady,unlike Pamela in birth,Clarissa Harlowe was the daughter of a rich merchant.She was both beautiful and virtuous and had her own share of wealth given to her by her grandfather.But such a young lady could not choose to marry a man she liked and respected,for her father and brother forced her to marry a rich but disgusting and vulgar merchant,in order to merge the property and wealth of the two families.To escape the hatedmarriage,Clarissa,inexperienced and innocent,fell into the hands of a rake Mr.Lovelace and was deceived and kidnapped to a brothel,and later drugged and raped.Although afterwards Lovelace realised his true feelings for Clarissa and proposed marriage,the virtuous girl could neither forgive him nor herself for harboring illusions toward a rake.Finally,she sought a slow suicidal death and wrote her own story as a warning to all the young women.4.How did Fielding name his panoramic novels?What are the main features of his novels?Key:Fielding named his panoramic novels“comic epic in prose”.Epics are usually written in verse,and the subjects are always adventures and heroic deeds of the heroes of noble birth.But here Fielding tells us that he has written a prose work with the epic scope and power,but the main protagonists are common people and even people of the low social status.This is a real revolution in the Western literary history in which literary genres abide by a rather strict rule of levels of style.Although Parson Adams and Joseph are still comic roles,they are no longer minor characters,but the centre of the story.In this experiment of Fielding’s,the new novel has paved way to the more realistic representation of common people’s experiences in the19th century.5.Why do we say that Tristram Shandy is a strange and difficult novel?In what way does this novel anticipate the postmodern novel tendencies?Key:We have several reasons to call Tristram Shandy experimental and difficult. First,it is perhaps the first English novel that does not respect the plot’s time sequence.Second,the book is made difficult by Sterne with a lot of typographical oddities.And third,he has employed a lot of sexual jokes such as his own unfortunate accidents during his mother’s conception of him and later the doctor’s crushing of his nose.Sterne is the first novelist who anticipates the postmodern violation of the temporal sequence of a narrative.。

刘意青《简明英国文学史》配套题库【考研真题精选+章节题库】(18世纪英国文学(1688-1780))

第4部分18世纪英国文学（1688-1780）一、填空题1.Henry Fielding has been regarded as“_____”,for his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel.（吉林大学2007研）【答案】Father of the English Novel【解析】亨利·菲尔丁被誉为“英国小说之父”。

2.A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift is a sharp_____against the social injustice in_____.（天津外国语学院2011研）【答案】satire,Ireland【解析】1729年斯威夫特发表的《一个温和的建议》是对英国政府对爱尔兰人民剥削压迫的极度讽刺。

这一宣传册建议爱尔兰的穷人把刚满一周岁的孩子卖给富人，富人可将孩子做成美餐，而穷人也将获得一笔收入。

3.The English novel began to prosper in18th century as a new literary genre.In this period there appeared a number of great novelists such as_____,Daniel Defoe, and_____.（天津外国语学院2011研）【答案】Jonathan Swift,Samuel Richardson【解析】18世纪英国文学的小说家主要有Defoe，Swift，Richardson，Fielding，Smollett and Sterne等。

4.Author:_____Title:_____.（南京大学2007研）At other times,the like battles have been fought between the Yahoos of several neighborhoods,without any visible cause:those of one district watching all opportunities to surprise the next,before they are prepared.But if they find their project has miscarried,they return home,and,for want of enemies,engage in what I call a civil war among themselves.【答案】Author:Jonathan Swift Title:Gulliver’s Travels【解析】题中文段节选自乔纳森的《格列佛游记》。

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Part One Early and Medieval English LiteratureI . Fill in the blanks.1. In 1066, ____ , with his Norman army, succeeded in invading and defeatingEn gla nd.A. William the Conq uerorB. Julius CaesarC. Alfred the GreatD. Claudiusth2. In the 14 century, the most important writer (poet) is ____ .A. Lan gla ndB. WycliffeC. GowerD. Chaucer3. The prevaili ng form of Medieval En glish literature is __ .A. no velB. dramaC. roma neeD. essay4. The story of ___ i s the cul min ati on of the Arthuria n roma nces.A. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightB. BeowulfC. Piers the Plowma nD. The Can terbury Tales5. William Langland ' s ______ i s written in the form of a dream vision.A. Kubla Kha nB. Piers the Plowma nC. The Dream of John BullD. Morte d ' Arthur6. After the Norma n Conq uest, three Ian guages existed in En gla nd at that time. TheNorma ns spoke ___ .A. FrenchB. En glishC. LatinD. Swedish7. _____ w as the greatest of En glish religious reformers and the first tran slator ofthe Bible.A. Lan gla ndB. GowerC. WycliffeD. Chaucer8. Piers the Plowma n describes a series of won derful dreams the author dreamed,through which, we can see a picture of the life in the ___ En gla nd.A. primitiveB. feudalC. bourgeoisD. moder n9. The theme of ____ to ki ng and lord was repeatedly emphasized in roma nces.A. loyaltyB. revoltC. obedie neeD. mockery10. The most famous cycle of En glish ballads cen ters on the stories about a lege ndaryoutlaw called ____ .A. Morte d ' ArthurB. Robin HoodC. The Can terbury TalesD. Piers the Plowma n11. _____ , the “ father of English poetry ” and one crfaheitgr e aiee t s ofEn gla nd, was born in Londonin about 1340.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. Sir Gawa inC. Francis Bac onD. Joh n Dryde n12. Chaucer died on October 25th, 1400, and was buried in ___ .A. Fla ndersB. FranceC. ItalyD. Westmi nster Abbey13. Chaucer' earliest work of any length is his _______ , a translation of the FrenchRoma n de la Roseby Gaillaume de Lorris and Jea n de Meung, which was a love th th allegory enjoying widespread popularity in the 13 and 14 centuries not only in France but throughout Europe.A. The Romaunt of the RoseB. “A Red, Red Rose ”C. The Lege nd of Good Wome nD. The Book of the Duchess14. I n his lifetime Chaucer served in a great variety of occupatio ns that had impact onthe wide range of his writi ngs. Which one is not his career? ___ .A. engin eerB. courtierC. office holderD. soldierE. ambassadorF. legislator 议员)15. Chaucer composes a long narrative poem named _____ based on Boccaccio ' spoem “ Filostrato ” .A. The Lege nd of Good Wome n C. Sir Gawa in and the Gree n Knight Key to the multiple choices 1-5 ADCAB 6-10 ACBAB 11-15 ADAAB n . Questions1. What are the features oBeowulf?2. Comme nt on the social sig nifica nee and Ian guage iiThe Can terbury TalesPart Two The English Renaissance I . Match the writer and his works.1. Thomas MoreA. Apology for Poetry 2. Holi nshedB. Miscella ny of Songs and Sonn ets 3. HakluytC. Utopia4. Richard Tottel D. Discovery of Guia na5. Philip Sid ney E. Prin cipal Navigati ons. Voyages andDiscoveries 6.Walter Raleigh F. Chro nicies The key: (1— C 2— F 3—E 4— B 5— A 6—D)n . Choose the best answer.1. ___ foun ded the Tudor Dyn asty, a cen tralized mon archy of a totally new type,which met the n eeds of the rising bourgeoisie.A. He nry VB. He nry VIIC. He nry VIIID. James I2. The first complete English Bible was translated by _______ , the morning star ofthe Reformation" and his followers.A. William Tyn dalB. James IC. Joh n WycliffeD. Bishop Lan celot An drews3. The progress in in dustry at home stimulated the commercial expa nsion abroad. encouraged exploratio n and travel, which were compatible with the in terests of the En glish mercha nts.A. Henry V.B. He nry VIIC. Henry VIIID. Queen Elizabeth4. Except being a victory of England over ______ , the rout of the fleet Armada ”(Invincible) was also the triumph of the rising young bourgeoisie over theB. Troilus and CriseydeD. Beowulfdecli ning old feudalism.A. Spai nB. FranceC. AmericaD. Norway5. Those, both traders and pirates like ____ , established the first En glish colonies.A. Francis DrakeB. Lan celot An drewsC. William Caxt onD. William Tyn dal6. ___ was a forerunner of classicism in En glish literature.A. Ben Joh nsonB. William ShakespeareC. Thomas MoreD. Christopher Marlowe7. The most gifted of the “ university wits ” was ____ .A. LylyB. PeeleC. Gree neD. Marlowe8. Morality plays appeared after ____ .A. miracle playsB. mystery playsC. interludeD. Classical plays9. ___ is used to say and do good thi ngs.A. MercyB. FollyC. ViceD. Peace10. ___ is one of the forerunners of modern socialist thought.A. Phillip Sid neyB. Edmu nd Spe nserC. Thomas MoreD. Walter Raleigh11. ___ is not a famous translator in the English Renaissanee.A. Thomas NorthB. Thomas WyattC. George Chapma nD. Joh n Florio12. ___ had supplied Shakespeare with the material for Julius Caesar.A. Lives of Greek and Roan Heroe《希腊罗马名人传》B. Miscellany of Songs and SonnetsC. Don QuixoteD. History of the World13. ___ was one of the first to see the relation between wealth and poverty toun dersta nd that the rich were beco ming richer by robb ing the poor.A. Joh n WycliffeB. William Caxt onC. Geoffrey ChaucerD. Thomas More14. Utopia was written in the form of ____ .A. proseB. dramaC. essayD. dialogue15. One of the popular morality plays was ____ .A. The ShepherdsB. Everyma nC. The Play of the WeatherD. Gammer Gurtons Needle16. Shakespeare ' s plays written between _____ are sometimes calledall end in rec on ciliati on and reunion.A. 1590 and 1594B. 1595 and 1600C. 1601 and 1607D. 1608 and 161217. Miranda is a heroinein Shakespeare ' s _______ .A. PericlesB. Cymbeli neC. The Win ters T aleD. The Tempest18. In _____ appearedShakespear^ Sonne, Never before Imprinted （《莎士比亚十四行诗》迄今从未干刊印过”）which contains 154 sonnets.A. 1606B.1607C.1608 160919. Shakespeare is one of the founders of ____ .a ”roma ncesA. roma nticismB. realismC. n aturalismD. classicism20. Among many poetic forms, Shakespeare was especially at home (good at) withthe _______ .A. dramatic bla nk verseB. songC. sonnetD. couplet21. In the plays, Shakespeare used about ______ w ords.A. 15000B. 16000C. 17000D. 1800022. ___ has been called the summit of the English Renaissanee.A. Christopher MarlowB. Francis Baco nC. W. ShakespeareD. Ben Joh nsonKey to the multiple choices:1-5 BCDAA 6-10 DDCBA 11-15 BDADA 16-22 ACBADDB川.Fill in the blanks.1. The ___ was uni versally used by the Catholic Churches.2. The En glish tran slati on of the Bible emerged as a result of the struggle betwee n___ and ___ .3. The Bible was no tably tran slated in to En glish by the __ .4. The first complete En glish Bible was tran slated by __ , “ the morni ng star of the5. ___ tran slated the New Testame nt and porti ons of the Old Testame nt, which isknown as Tyndale ' s Bible.6. After Tydale ' s Bible, then appeared the ________ , which was made in 1611 underthe auspices of ____ . And so was sometimes called the ____ .7. Apart from the religious in flue nee, the Authorized Versio n has had a greatin flue nee on En glish _ a nd ___ .8. With the widespread in flue nee of the En glish Bible, the sta ndard moder n En glishhas bee n ____ a nd _____ .9. A great number of _____ a nd phrases have passedinto daily English speech ashousehold words.10. The ___ and ____ Ianguage of the Authorized Version has colored the style ofthe En glish prose for the last 300 years.11. ___ was the first English printer.12. William Caxton was a prosperous merchant himself, but he was fond of __ , andhis in terest was tur ning to ___ .13. He translated The Recuyell of Historyes of Troy into English from French whichwas the ___ book prin ted in En glish.14. The Recuyell served as a source for __ roilus and Cressida《特洛埃勒斯与克雷雪达》15. After having established his printing press, William Caxton devoted himself tothe career of a ____ and _____ .16. William Caxton published about ____ books, ___ of which were translated byhimself.17. By rendering (翻译)French books into English, Caxton exercised the youthfulIan guage in the airs (曲调),the graces, the crafts of the elder and con tributed to the developme nt of the style of ______________ cen tury En glish___ .18. The in flue nee of Caxt on ' s publicati ons greas on fixing a ___ Ian guage inEn gla nd.19. As the first En glish prin ter, Caxt on inven ted in En gla nd the professi on of ,which in fact has had a lasti ng sig nifica nee to the developme nt of En glish asa whole.20. The Renaissanee started in the _____ century and ended in the ______ century.21. The word, “renaissanee ” means ________ , which was stimulated by a series ofhistorical eve nts, such as _______ .22. In the Renaissanee, the humanist thinkers and scholars tried to get rid of those oldin medieval Europe, to in troduce new ideas that expresses of the risi ng bourgeoisie, and to recover the of the early church from the corrupti on of theRoma n Catholic Church.23. ___ is the theme of the English Renaissanee, which emphasized the capacities of___ and the achieveme nts of ___ .24. ___ Stanza is a verse form created by _____ for his poem, _______ , in which therhyme scheme is ____ .25. The Wars of the Roses (145—1485) between the House of ___ and the House of___ struggli ng for the Crow n continued for 30 years.26. Becauseof the eonflict between the Roman Catholic Church and the King ofEn gla nd, the far-reach ing moveme nt of _ took place in En gla nd, started byHe nry VIII.27. After ___ in England, the helpless, dispossessedpeasants,being compelled towork at a low wage, became hired laborers for the merchants. These laborers were the fathers of moder n En glish _______________ .28. The introduction of __ to England by William Caxton (1476) brought classicalworks withi n reach of the com mon multitude.th29. The 16 eentury in England was a period of the breaking up ___ of relations andthe establishi ng of the foun dati ons of __ .30. Because the wool trade was rapidly growing in bulk, it was a time when,according to Thomas More, “”.31. ___ broke off with the Pope, dissolved all the monasteries and abbeys in theeountry, eonfiscated their lands and proclaimed himself head of the Church of En gla nd.32. Together with the developme nt of bourgeois relati on ships and formati on of theEn glish n ati onal state this period is marked by a flourish ing of n ati onal culture known as .33. ___ , in his translation of Virgil Aeneid, wrote the first English blank verse.34. Richard Tottel Mscellany of Songsand Sonnets contained ________ poems by_____ and _____ by _____ .35. Philip Sidney thought that _____ h ad superiority over philosophy and history.36. ____ is a picture of eon temporary En gla nd with forcible exposure of the ____among the labori ng classes.37. More points out that the root of poverty is the ________ of social wealth.38. Sonnets contain ____ sonnets and ____ sonnets.39. The highest glory of the En glish Ren aissa nee was unq uesti on ably its .40. The “ miracles ” were simple plays based on ______ stories.41. There are significant touches of _____life in the play titledThe Shepherds42. A morality play prese nted the ___ of good and _____ with _____ pers on ages.43. Vice was the predecessor of the modern _____ .44. Through the revival of classical literature, En glish playwrights came into con tactwith _____ and ______ drama.45. From the con tact with Greek and Lat in drama, En glish playwrights lear ned all theimporta nt rules in ___ and ____ , the more exact con cepti on of ___ a nd ____ .46. English comedies and tragedies on classical models appeared in the middle of the cen tury.47. The first English comedy is ______ .48. The first English tragedy is ____ .49. Miracle plays, morality plays, interludes and classical plays paved the way for theflourish ing of ___ .th50. In the 16 century _____ became the centre of English drama.51. By ___ , professional actors were organized into companies.52. ___ were wooden buildings, usually circular in form, with tiers （一排排）ofgalleries surro unding a roofless pit （楼下剧场）53. In the Elizabethan Theater, there were no ____ a nd women ' s parts were alwaystake n by __ .54. Shakespeare ' s narrative poem, Venus and Adonis, is full of vividnages of the , andaphorisms 格言、警句）on life.55. Shakespeare was a great ____ of the English Ianguage.56. Shakespeare ' s dramatic creation often used the method of ______ .57. Shakespeare ' s drama becomes a monument of the English ______ .58. Shakespeare was a ____ for play-writing.59. Shakespeare ' s people represent all the complexities and implications of real life.Key to the blanks:1. Latin Bible2. Protestantism; Catholicism3. Protestants4. John Wycliffe; Reformation5. William Tyndal6. Authorized Version, James I; King James Bible.7. Language; literature8. fixed; con firmed9. Bible coin ages 10. simple; dignified11. William Caxt on12. Reading; literature13. First14. Shakespeare15. Printer; publisher16.100; 2417.15th ; prose18. National19. Publisher; culture37. private ownership 38. Italian/Petrarchan ; Shakespearean 39. Drama 40. Bible 41. real 42. Conflict; evil; allegorical 43. Clown 44. Greek; Latin 45. Structure; style; comedy; tragedy 46. 16 47. Gammer Gurtons Needle 《葛顿大娘的缝衣针》 48. Gorboduc 《高波特克》 49. Drama 50. London 51.1567 52. Elizabethan theatres 53. actress; boys 54. countryside 55. master 56. adaptation (revision) 57. Renaissanee 58. master-hand 能手) 59. full-bloodIV . Say true or false.1. The old En glish aristocracy hav ing bee n exterm in ated (wiped out) in the course of the Warof the Roses, a new no bility, totally depe ndent on Ki ng 's power, come to the fore.2. Absolute monarchy in England reached its summit during the reign of Queen Elizabeth.3. The progress of bourgeois economy made England a powerful state and enabled her in 1588to in flict a defeat on the Spanish In vi ncible Armada.4. The Protesta nt Reformati on was in esse ncea religious moveme nt in a political guise.5. Before the Reformatio n, the En glish Bible was uni versally used by the Catholic churches.6. Walter Raleigh wrote his History of the World in impris onment.7. More the man is eve n more in teresti ng tha n Morehe writer.8. Utopia, Book One, describes an ideal com munist society.9. Tran slati ons occupied an importa nt place in the En glish Ren aissa nee.10. Philip Sidney ' s collection of love sonnAk s triophel and Stella.11. The Miracle plays were not forbidden to perform in churches after the actors in troducedsecular and eve n comical eleme nts into the performa nee.12. The writer of Gammer Gurton sNeedleis unknown.13. Two lawyers who wrote Gorboduc were Thomas Sackville （托马斯萨克维尔） and ThomasNorton （托马斯诺顿）.小c 八th 」_th 20. 14 ; 1721. Religious reformation22. feudalist ideas; interests; purity23. Humanism; human mind;huma n culture24. Spenserian; Edmund Spenser;The Faerie Quee neababbcbcc25. Lan caster; York26. The Reformation27. the Enclosure Movement;proletaria ns28. printing29. feudal; capitalism30. sheep devours men31. William VIII32. Renaissanee33. Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey34. 96, Sir Thomas Wyatt, 40,Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey35. poetry36. Utopia, Book One; poverty14. Shakespeare 'onnets are divided into three groups: Numbers 1 —, Numbers 18—126, andNumbers 12—154.15. Shakespeare ' s sonnets are written for variety of virtues.16. Engels said, “ Realism implies, besides truth in detail, the truthful reproduction oftypical characters un der typical circumsta nces. ”17. Shakespeare wrote about his own people and for his own time.18. Shakespeare ' s one play contains one thenOco ntains more than one theme）19. To reproduce the real life, Shakespeareoften combines the majestic with the funny, the poeticwith the prosaic散文体的）and tragic with the comic.20. Engels called Shakespeare ' s plays the “ ShakespeO活泼nvl ft acityandwealth of （大量的）action ” .21. Utopia is More ' masterpiece,written in the form of letters between More and Hythloday, avoyage.22. Sir Philip Sidney is well-known as a poet and dramatist.23. Carl Marx commented highly on More' Utopia and mentioned it in his great work, The Capital.24. The highest glory of the En glish Ren aissa nee was unq uesti on ably its poetry.25. The miracle plays were simple plays based on Bible stories, such as the creation of the world,Noah and the flood, and the birth of Christ.26. Grammer Gurton'Needleis the first English comedy, Gorboduc the first English tragedy.27. Both the gen tleme n and the com mon people went to the theatres. But the upper class wasthe dominant force in Elizabetha n theatre.28. After Shakespeares death, Herminge and Con dell collected and published his plays in 1623.29. From Shakespeares history plays, it can be seen that Shakespearetook a great in terest in thepolitical questio ns of his time.30. In Shakespeareshistorical plays, historical accuracy is not strictly regarded.31. King Lear is a tragedy of ambition, which drives a brave soldier and national hero to degenerate into a bloody murder and despot right to his doom.32. Coming from an old Danish lege nd, Othello is con sidered the summit of Shakespeares art.33. Shakespeare is one of the founders of romanticism in world literature.34. Gen erally speak ing, after Shakespeare,the En glish drama was un derg oing a process ofprosperity.35. English Renaissanee Period was an age of poetry and drama, and was an age of prose.36. There are two main characters inAs You Like It Orlando and Rosalind.37. Ben Johnson's comedies are comedies of humors” and every character in hiscomedies personifies a definite humor”.38. In Ben Johnson'later years he became the “literarydng” of his time.Key to the True/False statements:1. T2. T3. T4. F. (a political movement in areligious guise)5. F. (the Latin Bible)6. T7. F (Sidney)8. T9. T10. T11. T12. T13. F ( Book Two)14. T15. T16. T17. T18. F19. T20. T21. F (a conversation)22. F (poet and critic of poetry)23. F24. F(darma)25. T26. T27. T28. T29. T30. T31. F (Macbeth)32. F (Hamlet)33. F (realism)34. F(decline)35. F (not an age of prose)36. T37. F (ordinary people were)38. TV . Questions on the English Renaissance1. Comment on the image of Henry V and Sir John Falstaff.2. Comment on the character of Hamlet.3. What are the features of Shakespea'drama?4. RememberShakespeare m ajor plays in each literary career.5. Comment on Marlowe'ssocial significanee and literary achievement.6. Comment on The Faerie QueenePart Three The Period of the English Bourgeois RevolutionI. Choose the right answer.1. The rhyme scheme of Milton ' s L ' Allkegro and Il Penseroso is _______ .A. aabbccbbcB. abbacdccdC. abacdeecD. ababcdcdd2. ____ , as a declaration of people ' s freedom of the press, has been a weapon inthe later democratic revoluti onary struggles.A. On the Morning of Christ ' s NaBv ityomusC. Of Reformati on in En gla ndD. Areopagitica3. ____ p oems can be divided into two categories: the youthful love lyrics and thelater sacred verses.A. Joh n Milt onB. Joh n Bu nya nC. Joh n DonneD. Joh n Dryde n4. ____ expressed Donne ' s own way of describing love.A. Holy So nn etsB. Witchcraft by a PictureC. The Sun Risi ngD. Death, Be Not Proud5. George Herbert ' s ________ is a-kvelwn shaped poem.A. The AltarB. To His Coy MistressC. To DaffodilsD. Gather Ye Rose Buds While Ye May6. ____ i s the lead ing figure of Metaphysical poetry.A. Joh n DonneB. George HerbertC. Andre MarvellD. Henry Vaugha n7. Which of the follow ing is not a Metaphysical poet?A. Richard CrashawB. Henry Vaugha nC. An drew MarvellD. Robert Burto n8. ____ i s a prose poem on death and immortality.A. The An atomy of Mela ncholyB. Religio MeciciC. Holy Dyi ngD. Urn-Burial9. Izaak Walt on ' s ______ i s a delightful descripti on of the En glish coundysi nd thesimple and kind people.A. The Compleat An glerB. Holy Livi ngC. To His Coy MistressD. To Daffadils10. Who is the greatest figure of the Cavalier poetry?A. Joh n Suckli ngB. Richard LovelaceC. Robert HerrickD. Joh n Dryde n11. ___ was the forerunner of the English classical school of literature in the 19thcen tury.A. Joh n Dryde nB. Richard SteeleC. Joseph Addis onD. Alexa nder PopeKey to the multiple choices: 1-5 CDCBA 6-11 ADDAADII. Fill in the blanks.1. In the field of prose writing of the Puritan Age, ___________ o ccupies the mostimporta nt place.2. The Pilgrim 'isogress is one of the most popular pieces of Christian writingproduced duri ng the ____ Age.3. ____ gives a vivid and satirical picture of Vanity Fair which is the symbol ofLondon at the time of Restorati on.4. ____ masterpiece,The Pilgrim 'Psogress, is an allegory, a narrative in whichgen eral con cepts such as sins, despair, an dfaith are represe ntedas people or as aspects of the n atural world.5. ____ is the most excellent representative of English classicism in the Restorationperiod.“Age of6. In En glish literature, the Restorati on period is traditi on ally called7. In political affairs, ____ was quite changeable in attitude.8. In his “A Essay of Dramatic Poesy” __ __ s howed his famous appreciation ofShakespeare.9. Dryden wrote about 27 plays. The famous one is ______ , a tragedy dealing withthe same story as Shakespeare ' s Antony and Cleopatra.10. The main literary achievements of the 17th century lies in the poetry of JohnMilt on, in the prose writi ng of Joh n Bunyan, and in the plays and literary criticism of .11. Paradise Lost is one of Milt on ' s _______ .12. Sata n is the hero in Milt on ' s masterpiece __________ .13. Paradise Lost took its material from _____ .14. The works of the Metaphysical poets are characterized, gen erally speak ing, by in content andfan tasticality in form.15. ______ was the forerunner of the En glish classical school of literature in the 18cen tury.16. Adam and Eve in Paradise Lost embody Milton ' s belief in the powers of _____17. The Pilgrim ' s Progress is a religious allegory and is another writing feature.18. In the second half of the 17 century we may hear the voices of the privatecitize ns by letters and ____ .Key to the blanks:1. (John Bunyan)2. (Puritan)3. (The Pilgrim ' s Progress)4. (John Bunyan ' s)5. (John Dryden)6. (Dryden)7. (John Dryden)8. (John Dryden)9. (All for Love)10. (John Dryden)11. (epics)12. (Paradise Lost)13. (mysticism)14. (the Bible)15. (Dryden)16. (man)17. (symbolism)18. (diaries)III. Say true or false.1. The major parliamentary clashes of the early 17th century were over land own ership.2. After the victory of the English Revolution, the movement of the Diggers broke out. The leader ofthis revolt is Wat Tyler.3. With the establishment of the bourgeois dictatorship, Charles II became the Protector of the English Com mon wealth.4. The spirit of unity and the feeling of patriotism ended with the reign of James I, and En gla nd wasthe n conv ulsed (shook, quivered) with the con flict betwee n the two an tag oni stic camps, the Royalists and the Purita ns.5. In 1644, James I was sentenced to death and Cromwell became the leader of the coun try.6. English literature of the 17th century witnessed a flourish on the whole.7. The Revolution Period produced one of the most important poets in English literature, WilliamShakespeare.8. The Revoluti on Period is also called Age of Milt on because it produced a great poet whole n ameis William Milt on.9. The main literary form in literature of Revolution Period is drama.10. Among the English poets during the Revolution Period, John Donne was the greatest one.11. Joh n Milt on towers over his age as Byro n towers over the Elizabetha n Age, and as Chaucertowers over the Medieval Period.12.0 n his first wife ' death, Milt on wrote his on ly love poem, a sonn et, on His Deceased Wife.13. The greatest epic produced by Milt on, Paradise Lose, is writte n in heroic couplets.14. The poem of Sams on Agon istes was “ to justify the ways of God to man ”，i.e. toadvocate submissi on to the Almighty.15. It has been noticed by many critics that the picture of Satan surrounded by his an gels who n everthink of express ing any opinions of their own, resembles the court of an absolute mon arch.16. Izaak Waton ' s The Compleat Angler becomes a “ Piscatorial classic ” .17. Thomas Browne' s Religia Medici is a collection of opinions on a vast number of subjects more orless conn ected with religio n.IV. Questions1. What are the writing features ofThe Pilgrim s Progress?2. Comment on the image of Satan.3. Comme nt on Sams on.Key to True/False statements:1. F (ownership: monopolies)2. F (Wat Tyler: Gerald Winstanley)3. F (Charles II: Oliver Cromwell)4. F (Do nne: Milt on)5. F (James I: Charles I)6. F (flourish: decline)7. T (William Shakespeare)8. F (William: John)9. F (drama: poetry) 10. F (James I: Elizabeth I)11. F (Byron: Shakespeare)12. F (first: seco nd)13. F (heroic couplets: blank verse)14. F (Satan: God)15. F (Samson Agonistes: Paradise Lost)16. T17. TPart Four The English CenturyI . Match the works and the characters. (3 points)A B1.( )Tome Jones a. Friday2.( )The Vicar of Wakefield b. King of Brodingnag3.( )Robinson Crusoe c. Sophia4.( )Gulliver ' s Travels d. Mr. B5.( )Pamela e. William Thornhill6.( )The School for Scan dal f. Charles SurfaceThe key: (1 —c, 2—e, 3—a, 4 —b, 5—d, 6—f )n . Choose the right answer.1. In 1701, Steele published a pamphlet, ______ , in which he first displayed hismoraliz ing spirit.A. The Fun eralB. The Lying LoverC. The Christian HeroD. The Ten der Husba nd2. Which is the most popular n ewspaper published by Steele?A. The TatlerB. The SpectatorC. The TheatreD. The En glish3. ___ is Addis onb great tragedy.A. A Letter from ItalyB. Rosam ondC. The Campaig nD. Cato4. Which of the followi ng is not the hero in The Spectato?A. Isaac BickerstaffB. Mr. RogerC. Capta in SentryD. Andrew Freeport5. were looked upon as the model of En glish compositi on by British authors all through the 18century.A. Jeremy Taylors Holy Livi ngB. Thomas Brow ne's Religio MeidicC. Samuel Pepyss diariesD. Addis on's Spectator essays6. The most importa nt classicist in the En lighte nment Moveme nt is __ .A. SteeleB. Addis onC. PopeD. Dryde n7. The masterpiece of Alexa nder Pope is ___ .A. Essay on CriticismB. The Rape of the LockC. Essay on ManD. The Dun ciad8. Essay on Manis a ____ poem in heroic couplets.A. didacticB. satiricalC. philosophicalD. dramatic9. ___ was an in tellectual moveme nt in the first half of the 1$ cen tury.A. The En closure Moveme ntB. The In dustrial Revolutio nC. The Religious ReformD. The En lighte nment10. The literature of the Enlightenment in England mainly appealed to the ________readers.A. aristocraticB. middle classC. low classD. i ntellectual11. ___ i s a great classicist but his satire is not always just.A. SteeleB. Milt onC. Addis onD. Pope。

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第3章英国文艺复兴时期文学1. How did England become the most powerful country during the Tudor reign? Key: The Tudor reign reached its summit during the time of Queen Elizabeth (reigning 1558-1603), who adopted moderate policies to achieve a balance both between the rising middle class and the feudal lords and between the Protestants and the Catholics. It was a peaceful time and England became a powerful state. In 1588 the English navy defeated the Spanish invincible Armada and thus eliminated her most dangerous enemy on the high seas and in the world trade. English ships started to visit lands all over the world, including America and other distant countries. They brought home great wealth and fortunes and set up the first English colonies overseas as well.2. What does the word “Renaissance” mean and why do we call this historical period the English Renaissance Period?Key: Renaissance is a French wor d, meaning “rebirth” or “revival”, and in this particular context, it means the revival of arts and sciences of ancient Greece and Rome after the long years of neglect in the medieval time.In England, at first a great number of classical works were translated into English in the 15th and 16th centuries and English scholars and men of letters showed a strong interest in ancient Greek and Roman art and science. Theyfollowed in the wake of the intellectual and literary movement which began in the 14th century in Italy and later spread to France, Spain, Holland and other western European countries. This was usually called the Renaissance Movement in England and its ideal was Humanism.3. Give a brief account of Thomas More’s life and his major work Utopia.Key: Sir Thomas More (1478-1535) was the most prominent humanist of this period, and he was also a Parliament member and a judge by profession. He devoted his spare time to writing and wrote the famous book Utopia in Latin, which was published in 1516.In the book More meets a traveler at Antwerp, who has seen a place called Utopia, or “Land of Nowhere”, where communism is adopted as the social system, education is offered to all people, including women, and religious differences are tolerated. It presents Mo re’s ideal of the best possible government form. And since then the word “Utopia” has been used all over the world for ideals that are usually beyond human reach.4. Name Spenser’s major literary work and tell what it is about.Key: Spenser’s major litera ry work is The Faerie Queene.(1) It is an allegorical romance in verse. According to his plan, there should be 12 books, each telling the adventures of one knight dispatched by the Faerie Queen, Gloria, who represents glory in general and Queen Elizabeth in particular.(2) According to his contemporary thought, the virtuous man knows how to govern himself, and thus is qualified to govern others.(3) In the poem Spenser identifies the good ruler with the good man and emphasises the importance of education.(4) But Spenser only managed to finish six books, in which the six virtues of Truth, Temperance, Friendship, Justice, Chastity, and Courtesy are presented.5. Name more writers (poets and playwrights) of this period and tell what you know about them.Key: (List out some writers in this period and introduce their lives and major works according to the textbook.)6. What are Bacon’s chief contributions?Key: Bacon’s chief contributions are that he wrote many significant works, which have become great wealth of human being.7. Who was the greatest playwright before Shakespeare? Discuss one of his plays. Key: Christopher Marlowe was the greatest playwright before Shakespeare.The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus, written in blank verse, is Marlowe’s masterpiece. The story is taken from a medieval German legend, but Marlowe emphasizes humanistic ideals through Faustus’ pursuits. Fed up with the four subjects of medieval knowledge (theology, philosophy, medicine and law), heturns to magic to seek the supernatural. Finally he succeeds in raising Mephistophilis, the Devil’s servant and strikes a contract with him, by which Mephistophilis will satisfy his desires such as conjuring the spirit of Alexander the Great in a king’s court, marrying Helen of Greece, and so on. And in exchange for all these services done for him, he agrees to sell his soul to the Devil. He goes through endless spiritual and moral struggles between good and evil during his transaction with Mephistophilis. But, he also shows the Renaissance human spirit of pursuing knowledge and infinite power, as well as the courage to challenge fate and authority. Although Marlowe’s drama lacks variety of characterisation and construction, his success with the blank verse and his mighty dramatic lines mark him as the most important predecessor of Shakespeare.8. What kind of comedy is Ben Jonson’s special contribution? And as a playwright how different is Ben Jonson from Shakespeare?Key: “Comedy of humours”is Ben Jonson’s special contribution.He forms a nice contrast to Shakespeare. (1) Jonson’s theory of “humours” reduces his characters to types, who represent greed, vanity, falsehood, etc. They are flat, one-sided and have no development. Unlike him, Shakespeare digs deep into human nature and depicts the complexities of human relations. (2) Ben Jonson advocates classic Roman and Greek masters, strictly observes the three unities and disapproves of any mixture of the tragic with the comic, while Shakespeare creates according to his own judgment and the taste of theaudience, and is very flexible in his handling of drama rules set by his predecessors.Their differences were so obvious that later Samuel Johnson described one as the poet of art and the other as the poet of nature. However, Jonson could not but see the great talent in Shakespeare, and as a good playwright and a learned man himself, he also admired his rival.。

简明英国文学史问题及答案

简明英国文学史问题及答案Quiz (1)1.The first settlers of the British Isles were Celt, and Britain got its name from a branch of thispeople called Briton. But later they were driven to live in Scotland, Wales and Ireland.不列颠群岛的第一批定居者是凯尔特人，Britain的叫法则就是来源于他们的一个叫做Briton（不列颠人）的分支。

但后来他们被驱赶到苏格兰，威尔士和爱尔兰居住。

2.The Angles, Saxons and Jutes were Germanic tribes originally living on the Continent. Theymoved to the British Isles and became the ancestors of the English people.盎格鲁人、撒克逊人和朱特人是最初居住在大陆的日耳曼部落。

他们搬到不列颠群岛，成为英国人的祖先。

3.The most important event of the Old English Period was Norman Conquest, which tookplace in the year 1066.古英语时期最重要的事件是1006年发生的诺尔曼征服。

4.The Roman Catholic Church sent St. Augustine to England in 597 to convert the Englishpeople to Catholicism.罗马天主教会于597年将圣奥古斯丁派遣到英格兰，使英国人皈依天主教。

/doc/f77344205.htmltwo poems of this period apart from Beowulf: Widsith, and The Seafarer.请列出这段时期的除了《贝奥武夫》两首诗：Widsith(威德西斯)和The Seafarer(水手) 6.Beowulf is an epic of Alliterative lines, andit tells the events that took place on theContinent before they moved to the British Isles.贝奥武甫（Beowulf）是一首头韵体裁的史诗，它讲述了在大陆迁移到不列颠群岛之前发生的事件。

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第15章维多利亚时期小说家1.Choose to discuss one of Dickens’novels.Key:A Tale of Two Cities is a novel telling about individual destinies in a gigantic and turbulent social change like the French Revolution.The two cities referred in the title are Paris and London and the main characters shuttle between the two cities with the former as the center of all conflicts and dangers whereas the latter as the stronghold of safety and the final retreat of the victims of revolution. Unlike his other novels,this one adopts the basic tone of a romantic tale.This novel has always been well received mostly for its thrilling story and the dramatic depiction of characters.It is also good material for films and TV shows. In it we see clearly Dickens’profound sympathy for the exploited and oppressed French peasant class and the persecuted Doctor Manette.Besides the horrible rape and killing and the kidnapping of the innocent doctor to bury his whole life in prison,Dickens’strong accusation of the dissipated and cruel French aristocratic class is also shown in the famous episode of the marquis’carriage dashing through the small town and running over a poor child.Without even stopping,he throws a handful of coins out of the carriage and then orders the carriage to dash ahead,leaving the poor father howling with the dead boy in his arms.Although Dickens’sympathy is with the down-trodden French people,his attitude toward French Revolution is critical.In the novel,he depicts therevolutionary people of Paris as mobs who,guided by hatred,persecute and kill many people indiscriminately.They are described as mad with their intense desire of revenge.Madam Defarge is shown to sit in their inn knitting all day before the revolution.What she knits into the shawl is the names of those who will be sent to the guillotine as soon as they rise up to power.In the end,when trying to kill Darnay’s wife Lucie and their child,this mad woman is shot to death by Lucie’s old nurse in a very comic way.Dickens is not at all alone in abhorring the terror of the mobs after the French Revolution.Some critics criticise him for vilifying revolutionary masses as mad avengers like Madam Defarge.But we can defend him with his equal exposure and criticism in the novel of the cruelty of the French aristocracy.Dickens is, therefore,fully shown as a humanitarian writer advocating moderate reforms to better the society.2.Analyse Vanity Fair to show Thackeray’s thematic emphasis and novelistic style. Key:The sub-title of the book,“A Novel Without a Hero”emphasizes the fact that the writer’s intention was not to portray individuals,but the bourgeois and aristocratic society as a whole.In Vanity Fair,Thackeray has produced a gallery of characters from different strata of the English bourgeois and aristocratic circles.Except for Amelia and Dobbin,all the others are negative in one way or another with Rebecca Sharp topping all in her unscrupulous maneuvers and greed.She has become a classicimage in English literature as well as in life to represent that category of people. However,she is also a victim of that vanity-fair kind of social life.Although his depiction of the positive character Amelia is comparatively weaker,Thackeray’s satirical power and depth in this masterpiece are universally acknowledged not only in his contemporary time,but for always.3.Discuss the romantic elements in Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights.Key:In Jane Eyre,the story is romantic in nature with realistic reflections of Victorian values and social problems.In recent years,critics are paying more attention to its natural images and fairy-tale sub-structures and its references to the Bible and other literary works,which is the element of inter-textuality shown in it.For instance,Jane’s marriage to Rochester,a wealthy man from a higher class,is suggestive of the fairy tale Cinderella.Starting from Jane’s Thornfield life till the end,the novel turns from realistic exposure of the Victorian society to a romantic love affair in an almost secluded country place where strong passion, hidden secret and even Gothic settings and unexpected turns of events replace the cruel but sober reality of life in the first part.Wuthering Heights tells a story of class persecution and revenge.Love in the novel is tragic,morbid and devastating.However,in some critics’mind, Wuthering Heights resembles one of the Gothic romances of the latter part of the 18th century,with its atmosphere of horror on the lonely moor remote from the outside world,and its melodramatic effects and fantastic motifs.ment on George Eliot and her novel Middlemarch.Key:George Eliot was a talented and diligent writer.She was plain,worked hard for accomplishment to win love from her family and friends.She was brave enough to pursue her true love with a married man.She had her own selfhood. Middlemarch is regarded as Eliot’s masterpiece.It is a multi-dimensioned presentation of the provincial life in a small town called Middlemarch.There are two main plot lines:one with Dorothea Brooke’s growth,her marriage and remarriage as its central story,and the other with Doctor Lydgate’s pursuit of his professional ambition and the shattering of his dreams by his wrong marriage and the small town politics.Dorothea is Eliot’s portrait of an honest and courageous woman,who is always sincere and sympathetic toward others and has a strong sense of duty where family,friends and society are concerned.Although she is too idealistic and simple at the start,and makes quite a number of mistakes in her judgment and choice of life,her noble heart and character strength guarantee that she takes lessons from her mistakes and goes on courageously to face life.Eliot describes her musical voice,which shows her as possessing feelings and passions, but at first she is blind to her own nature and obsessed entirely with her intellectual pursuit.But in her second marriage she is able to correct her own mistake.In choosing Ladislaw,an easygoing artist who does not pretend to be authority in any field,she lets her feelings take control.She is Eliot’s ideal ofwhat we should be,that is,a person with all the basic good qualities who develops and matures through life and whose noble and benevolent heart brings good to the community.。

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第7章德莱顿与班扬1.Choose either Absalom and Achitophel or Mac Flecknoe and analyse it to show Dryden’s satirical power.Key:Mac Flecknoe is a parody of the heroic epic poem,a satire on Thomas Shadwell(c.1642-1692)who had had a number of different political,religious and literary views from Dryden’s and had openly criticised Dryden’s drama pieces as an abuse to the tradition handed down by Ben Jonson.The two were not on good terms for years.In this poem Dryden makes use of Richard Flecknoe(?-1678),an Irish poet and dramatist whom Dryden despised as dull and unaccomplished.The title “Mac Flecknoe”means“son of Flecknoe”,and the poem describes the coronation ceremony of Shadwell to succeed to the throne of his father Flecknoe to be the poorest and most dull poet of all times.The coronation parade passes through a very small area,which is to be the scope of the kingdom of Mac Flecknoe and all the guests attending the ceremony are cheating publishers and swindlers.Twelve owls fly overhead,which is a mock parody of the earliest Roman rulers who had12hawks to guide them to the site where they built up Rome. After the parade comes to an end,Flecknoe speaks to praise his small reign, boasts of his power,and wishes his son to do better than he.2.Why is Dryden called“Father of English Literary Criticism”?What are hisliterary views presented in Of Dramatick Poesie?Key:Dryden shows a certain preference for the English drama and a patriotic enthusiasm in defending the innovative achievements of English playwrights.He has shown foresight and good taste in his evaluation.Therefore,he is called “Father of English Literary Criticism”by Samuel Johnson.Of Dramatick Poesie(1668)is written in dialogues.On the day when celebrating the defeat of the Dutch on the sea by the English navy,four poets sailed on the Thames and discussed the comparative merits of English and French drama,as well as the merits of the old and new English drama.At first Dryden lets the characters emphasize the importance of following the Neoclassical model of French dramatists.But soon Neander,one charecter shows his partiality toward English drama,praising Shakespeare,Ben Jonson and some other English playwrights,and defends Dryden’s own heroic plays in which he adopts rhymed verse and mixing tragedy with comedy.He approves the breaking up of the ancient rules of three unities,and in this way he actually negates the principles held up by the French Neoclassicists.3.What kind of a writer is John Bunyan?Key:John Bunyan was born in a pious Puritan family.He received a little education at the local primary school.In1644his father died and his mother remarried not long afterward.Left by himself,he joined the Parliamentary Army at16to fight for the Puritan cause.Upon returning home,Bunyan took up thebusiness of a tinker and spent a lot of time reading the Bible.In1648,Bunyan married.His wife brought him two books:Plain Man’s Pathway to Heaven and Practice of Piety.They,together with the Bible and the Prayer Book formed the source of Bunyan’s learning and thought.Bunyan was a staunch Puritan.He fought resolutely for his belief and his Christian ideals,in which there was a strong humanistic spirit besides the religious doctrines.In the character Christian in The Pilgrim’s Progress,Bunyan praises the optimistic fighting spirit and the unyielding attitude in one’s pursuit of high goals.4.Discuss as well as you can The Pilgrim’s Progress.Key:Bunyan’s immortal work The Pilgrim’s Progress is a religious allegory.It tells a believer’s journey,or rather spiritual journey from this world to Heaven. One day,the writer falls asleep in the open and he has a dream.In the dream he sees a man named Christian standing in the field.There is a heavy bag(his sin)on his back and he is reading a book(the Bible),in which he learns that soon great disasters will befall the city he is living in.The city is called the City of Destruction (the Earth).He appeals to Heaven as to what he should do.At this time an evangelist comes and tells him to leave his home and embark on a journey to the Celestial City(Heaven).Christian goes home and tries to persuade his family members and neighbors to leave with him,but fails.He goes on this journey alone.On the way to the Celestial City,Christian meets with lots of difficulties anddangers.Finally,they see a high hill and angels are waiting for them at the gate of Heaven.Bunyan lived in a very turbulent era.Through Christian’s experiences and mental struggles,Bunyan discusses everyday problems and concerns of his contemporaries in simple and eloquent prose.This explains the extreme popularity it has since enjoyed.In the character Christian,Bunyan praises the optimistic fighting spirit and the unyielding attitude in one’s pursuit of high goals.It is not strange that The Pilgrim’s Progress became a book owned by almost every family in England for two following centuries,a record perhaps only next to the Bible itself.Quiz:I.Choose one correct answer from the four offers given after each of the following sentences or questions:(15%)1.Who was the leader of the Puritan Revolution of England?A.John LilburneB.Oliver CromwelltonD.Charles IIKey:B2.Who was executed as the enemy of the English people after the victory of theBourgeois Revolution?A.James IIB.Queen ElizabethC.Charles IID.Charles IKey:D3.The Glorious Revolution took place in the year of_____.A.1660B.1688C.1642D.1649Key:B4.The Bible was translated under the reign of_____and published in_____.A.King James I,1611B.King Charles I,1625C.King James II,1688D.King Charles II,1660Key:A5.In the early17th century there was a group of court poets represented by JohnSuckling,Robert Herrick,etc.who were called_____.A.metaphysical poetsB.cavalier poetsC.satirical poetsD.lyrical poetsKey:Bton’s poem Lycidas is a(n)_____and his Paradise Lost is writ in_____.A.epic,heroic coupletB.pastoral poem,sonnetC.lyrical poem,rhymed verseD.elegy,blank verseKey:D7.Metaphysical poets are noted for their use of_____.A.blank verseB.conceitsC.alliterationD.typographyKey:B8.In the Restoration Period,drama revived mainly because_____.。

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第11章华兹华斯与柯勒律治l. What was the historical situation that nurtured the English Romanticism? Key: The end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century witnessed profound and gigantic social changes in England. (1)With the development of Capitalism, a new proletarian class also gradually came into being. The working people lived in poverty, exploited mercilessly by the capitalists, and class conflicts thus aggravated to an unprecedented degree.(2)Besides domestic contradictions, England’s relationships in the last phase of the 18th century with Ireland, Scotland and her colonies in North America also became critical. (3)In the first half of the 19th century, Britain had to constantly adjust her home and foreign policies and to carry out reforms to solve one crisis after another, in the process of which a strong industrial and imperialist country was gradually consolidated. English Romanticism rose among all the social conflicts and at first was very much inspired by the French Revolution.2. Who are the representatives of English Romantic Poetry? And how are they generally grouped?Key: The representatives of English Romantic Poetry include William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, George Gordon Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and John Keats.In the literary world of the Western countries a usual way of dividing these romantic poets is to categorize Wordsworth and Coleridge as Passive Romanticists who withdrew from the upheavals of the outside world to dwell in the quiet Lake District of England, and they are also called the Lake School or the Lake Poets. Byron and Shelley are categorized as representatives of the Active Romanticists, who engaged themselves more directly in the struggles and revolutions both at home and abroad.3. Say what you know about Wordsworth’s life and his ideas about poetry. Key: William Wordsworth was born in a small village located on the edge of the Lake District of England. He received formal schooling from a neighbouring infants’ school, and then moved to grammar school in the town Hawkshead. His days spent in this school were very important to him. It was during this period that he not only did serious studies, but also came across a broad range of literature. In 1787 Wordsworth was admitted to Cambridge and attended St. John’s College there. He finished the program and received his B.A. degree in 1791. It was during his study at Cambridge that he started the habit of taking long walks through the country, and in the summer of 1790, accompanied by a friend he even took a walking tour through France, Switzerland and Italy.Wordsworth was very sympathetic with the cause of the French Revolution. Soon the indiscriminate killings of the French Revolution spread terrors all over Europe, and Wordsworth’s attitude toward this revolution changed to a rathernegative one.Wordsworth got married in October of 1802 with Mary Hutchinson, his old schoolmate and long-time friend, and he had 5 children by her.His friendship with Coleridge was terminated in 1810, for which neither of them was truly to blame. And then came the years of his low productivity. He lived the rest of his life in solitude, enjoyed the care and attention of his sister and his wife, but did not stop receiving visitors. In 1812 he went to London and became reconciled with Coleridge. Starting from 1814 he took a number of tours with his family and friends and in 1839 Oxford University conferred a honorary degree on him. In 1843 he succeeded Robert Southey as poet laureate of England. After seven years of laureateship, Wordsworth died in 1850.Wordsworth held that poetry “is the spontaneous overflow of powerful fe elings…”.4. Choose two of Wordsworth’s poems and analyse them with your own perceptions.Key: “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”, written in 1804, describes the poet’s own experience based on his recollection in tranquility. In the poem Wordsworth sings of the harmony between things in nature and the harmony between nature and the poet himself. It is written in iambic tetrameter, with the rhyme scheme of “ababcc” in each stanza.“Michael” is a pastoral poem, but this 19th-century pastoral is the oppositeof the pastoral in the traditional English or Greek sense. The poet here presents not the false happy Arcadian pictures of shepherds and shepherdesses, but a sad story of a real shepherd Michael of the Lake District whose peaceful and stable life is destroyed by the encroachment of capitalist development of economy. Of all the poems of solitary people, “Michael” is the one with the greatest dignity. Michael loses with noble forbearance, and the poem is a protest against the city as symbol of evil, the place that ruins his son Luke, and consequently ruins his whole family and heritage.5. Give an account of Coleridge’s life and his literary achievements.Key: Samuel Taylor Coleridge was the son of a country vicar. He was precocious and started reading when only 3 years of age. In early childhood he had read the Bible, Robinson Crusoe and many other books. After his father died, Coleridge was sent to a charity school in London and studied there for 8 years. Then he went to the Jesus College of Cambridge, but in 1794 he ran away from a debt he could not pay. He joined the army and served in a regiment for only 4 months. His brother discovered him and took him back to Cambridge. Before the year drew to its end, Coleridge left school again and for good without taking a degree.In 1795 Coleridge came to know Wordsworth and saw in the latter the best poet of the age. In the planning of Lyrical Ballads, their friendship deepened. In 1798 they went to Germany together and Coleridge stayed to study German literature and philosophy. He kept in close contact with Wordsworth and wrotehis best poems during this period.Coleridge was also a literary critic, good at giving lectures. He was the first critic of the Romantic school. Coleridge was a highly gifted man but a great dreamer. He became an opium-eater owing to some neurotic pain. As with Wordsworth, he became more and more conservative as years went on.His major works include “The Rime of the A ncient Mariner”, “Kubla Khan”, “Christabel” and Biographia Literaria, etc.6. Tell the story of “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” and try to analyse its romantic features.Key: The story goes like this: An old sailor stopped one of the three men on their way to a wedding. He then related a sea adventure of his, which is filled with horror. He said that when the ship he was on board approached the South Pole, a white albatross came through the snow-fog to perch on the rigging. The old mariner was impulsive and killed it without any reason. This brought a great misfortune to the crew, who died one after another of thirst as punishment of the old sailor’s random cruelty. The spell was lifted only after he repented and the ship was finally driven back to England.Although it is supernatural in content, Coleridge succeeds in giving it a sense of reality with the details of sea life and sailing such as the description of the immensity of the sea, its fresh breath, seething foam, the horrible snow- fog, the blood-red sun, the helpless tossing of the sailors dying of starvation and thirstand its horrible atmosphere…all of these, at the same time, show the romantic features of this work.。

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第14章维多利亚时期
1. Why do we say that the Victorian Age was one of great changes?
Key: Because that Victorian Age was a paradoxical age of great development in industry, trade, science and technology, overseas expansion and, at the same time, of severe social contradictions and national problems. Speaking specifically, after the industrial revolution of the last century, the adoption of steam engines promoted the mechanization in all branches of industry, especially in textile plants, printing houses, and manufacture factories. Britain grew into the most advanced and prosperous country in the world. Britain pushed its colonial policies all over the world and often by unscrupulous means. London became the centre of world finance and commerce, and Britain with its colonies was said to be an empire where the sun never set. The cruel exploitation brought by the accumulation of capital of early capitalism created a large class of poor workers, including women and children. The rise of a powerful middle class brought with Britain a world outlook that advocated Utilitarianism and Liberalism. In religion, the Victorian period also witnessed disputes and changes. With the development of science, Christian belief and the Bible underwent great challenges.
2. What is being Victorian?
Key: The Puritan morality spread by the Methodists focusing on virtues of hard
work, modesty and worldly success against seeking worldly pleasures was largely responsible for the Victorian idea of respectability, the high standards of decency, as well as the earnest moral pursuit of the time. However, when such pursuits were carried very rigidly to suppress the natural human desires, people became hypocritical to a certain extent. So, being Victorian as seen by moderns suggests practices of prudery, false modesty and empty respectability, all of which came from the exaggerated Victorian notion of the high standards of decency.。