題號一二三題號一二三四總分分數(shù)：號學(xué)Ⅰ.Explainthefollowingliteraryterms.（2510分）線 1.Darwinism2.Lostgeneration3.Imagism4.FreeVerseⅡ.Matching（本大題共10小題，每小題1分，共10分）： 1. JohnSteinbeck姓名 2. T.S.Eliot姓CarlSandburgF.ScottFitzgerald訂 5. HarrietBeecherStoweO’HenryThomasPaineErnestHemingwayRalphWaldoEmersonNathanielHawthornea.AFarewelltoArms： b.CommonSense級 c.UncleTom’sCabin班 d.TheCopandtheAnthem專業(yè) e.TheGrapesofWrath專f.Fog裝 g.TheLoveSongofJ.AlfredPrufrockNatureTheGreatGatsbyTheScarletLetter.Ⅲ.Multiplechoice.（本大題共35小題，每小題1分，共35分）1.IntheearlynineteenthcenturyAmericanmoralvalueswereessentiallyPuritan.nghasleftadeeperimprintonthecharacterofthepeopleasawholethandid .： A.PuritanismBRomanticismCRationalismDSentimentalism系 2.Franklinwroteandpublishedhisfamous ,anannulcollectionofproverbs.院

A.TheAutobiography B.PoorRichard‘sAlmanack C.CommonSenseD.ThelMagazineInAmericanliterature,theeighteenthcenturywastheageoftheEnlightenment. wasthedominantspirit.A.HumanismBRationalismCRevolutionDEvolution usuallywasregardedasthefirstAmericanwriter.A.WilliamBradford B.AnneBradstreet C.EmilyDickinsonD.CaptainJohn5..WhichisnotIrving‘sworksinthefollowing.A.TheSketchBookB.TalesofaTravellerC.AHistoryofNewYorkDToAWaterfowlChooseFreneau‘spoemfromthefollowing.TheRaven B.ToaWaterfowlC.ToHellen D.ThewildHoneySuckleIn1817,thestatelypoemcalledThanatopsisintroducedthebestpoet toappearAmericauptothattime.EdwardTaylorB.PhilipFreneau C.WilliamCullenBryantD.EdgarAllanPoe8.Comparedwithhiscontemporaries, wasnodoubtthebestinexploringwildnessandfrontierinfiction.A.WashingtonIrving B.JamesFenimoreCooperC.WilliamCullenBryant DPhilipFreaneauWashingtonIrving‘s‘RipVanWinkle‘isfamousfor A.Rip‘sescapeintoamysteriousvalleyB.Thestory‘sGermanlegendarysourcematerialC.Rip‘sseekingforhappiness D.Rip‘s20-yearssleepChoosePoe‘sworkfromthefollowingA.TheDayofDoom B.TheLastoftheMohicansC.TheIndianBuryingGround DTheFalloftheHouseof11.ChooseIrving‘sworkfromthefollowing.A.TheSketchBook B.Thanatopsis C.TheSpy D.TheBritishPrisonShip isthemostcommonlyusedinEnglishpoetry,inwhichanunstressedsyllablecomesfirstfollowedbyastressed.thetrochaicfoot B.ananapesticfoot C.aquatrain D.aiambicfootTheIndianBuryingGroundby istheearliestpoemwhichromanticizestheIndianasachildofnature.A.WashingtonIrvingB.AdgarAlanPoeC.PhilipFreneauD.NathanielHawthorne isapoeticdeviceusedtoincreasethemusicalqualityandlinkthelinesstanzasofapoem.meter B.repetition C.rhyme D.footPoetryisaimedatconveyingandenrichinghumanexperiencewhichisformedthroughsenseimpressions.istherepresentationofsenseexperiencethroughlanguage.A.meterB.imageC.themeD.assonanceInAmericanliterature,the18thcenturywastheageofEnlightenment. thedominant.humanism B.rationalism C.romanticism D.evolutionTheshortstory“TheLegendofSleepyHollow”istakenfromIrving’sworknamed .A.TheLeatherstockingTalesB.TheSketchBookC.TheAutobiography D.TheHistoryofNewYorkWhichofthefollowingisnotthecharacteristicofAmericanRomanticism?A.Rationalism B.innerselfC.personalfeelings D.individualism19.Theshortstory“RipVanWinkle”revealsthe attitudeofitsauthor.A.optimistic B.pessimistic C.conservative D.ironicTranscendentalistdoctrinesfoundtheirgreatestliteraryadvocatesin andThoreauA.Jefferson B.Emerson C.Freneau D.MarkTwainWhichisregardedasthe“DeclarationofIntellectualIndependence”?A.TheAmericanScholar B.EnglishTraits C.Oversoul D.Self-reliance isthefatherofAmericanLiterature.A.BenjaminFranklin B.PhilipFreneau C.Paine D.WashingtonIrving wasthemostleadingspiritoftheTranscendentalClub.A.Thoreau B.Emerson C.Hawthorne D.WhitmanMostofthepoemsinWhitman’sLeavesofGrasssingofthe“en-mass”andthe aswell.A.nature B.self-reliance C.self D.lifeForMelville,aswellasforthereaderand ,thenarrator,MobyDickisstillmystery,anultimatemysteryoftheuniverse.A.Ahab B.Stubb C.Ishmael D.StarbuckThepoemiswritteninfreeversein52cantoswiththethemeoftheuniversalityequalityinvalueofallpeopleandallthings.a.Cantos b.TheRaven c.SongofMyself d.ChicagoThenovelisabouthowagroupofpeopleonawhalingshipkillagreatwhalethemselvesarekilledbythewhale,withtheconflictbetweenmanandhisfate.a.TheOctopus b.Moby-Dick c.TheRiseofSilasLapham d.LeavesofGrassAnEnglishshipbrought102peoplefromPlymouth,EnglandonSeptember1620andarrivedinthepresentProvincetownharboronNovember21inthesameyear.Thisshipwasnamed .a.ThePilgrims b.Mayflower c.America d.Titanic wasthegreatestwomanpoetinAmericanliteratureandshewrote1,700shortlyricpoemsinherlifetime.a.PearlS.Buck b.HarrietBicherStowe c.EmilyDickenson d.WalterWhitman. isfatherofthedetectivestoryandofpsychoanalyticcriticism.a.WashingtonIrving b.RalphWaldoEmersonc.WaltWhitman d.EdgarAllanPoeInAmericanliterature,theeighteencenturywastheageoftheEnlightenment.——wasthedominantspirit.Humanism B.Rationalism C.Revolution D.Evolution

——WhichstatementaboutFranklinisnottrue?Heinstructedhiscountrymenasaprinter. B.Hewasascientist.C.Hewasamasterofdiplomacy. D.Hewasa33.WhoisregardedasthefirstAmericanproseepic.A.Nature B.TheScarletLetter C.Walden D.Moby-DickThe Romanic Period of American literature started with the publication WashingtonIrving's ——andendedwithWhiteman'sLeavesofGrass.A.TheSketchBookB.TalesofaTravelerC.TheAlhambraD.AhistoryofNewYork35.TheperiodbeforetheAmericanCivilWarisgenerallyreferredtoasA.theNaturalistPeriod B.theModernPeriodC.theRomanticPeriod D.theRealisticPeriodIdentificationofFragments（75個選段并,25分WhenCarolineMeeberboardedtheafternoontrainforChicago,hertotaloutfitconsistedofasmalltrunk,acheapimitationalligator-skinsatchel,asmalllunchinpaperbox,andayellowleathersnappurse,containingherticket,ascrapofpaperwithhersister'saddressinVanBurenStreet,andfourdollarsinmoney.ItwasinAugust,1889.Shewaseighteenyearsofage,bright,timid,andfulloftheillusionsofignoranceandyouth.Identifytheworkandtheauthor.(2’)Whydidauthorspecificallydescribeherbelongings?(3’)Standingonthebareground,myheadbathedbytheblitheair,andupliftintoinfinitespace,allmeanegotismvanished.Ibecomeatransparenteye-ball;Iamnothing;Iseeall.ThecurrentsoftheUniversalBeingcirculatethroughme;IampartorparticleofGod.Identifytheworkandtheauthor.(2’)Howdoyouunderstandthephilosophyofthisparagraph?(3’)AlittlebeforethreetheLutheranministerarrivedfromFlushingandIbegantolookinvoluntarilyoutthewindowsforothercars.SodidGatsby'sfather.Andasthetimepassedandtheservantscameinandstoodwaitinginthehall,hiseyesbegantoblinkanxiouslyandhespokeoftheraininaworrieduncertainway.TheministerglancedseveraltimesathiswatchsoItookhimasideandaskedhimtowaitforhalfanhour.itwasn'tanyuse.Nobodycame……ItriedtothinkaboutGatsbythenfor amomentbuthewasalreadytoofarawayandIcouldonlyremember,withoutresentment,thatDaisyhadn'tsentamessageoraflower.DimlyIheardsomeonemurmur"Blessedarethedeadthattherainfallson,"andthentheowl-eyedmansaid"Amentothat,"inabravevoice.Identifytheworkandtheauthor.(2’)Whatisthenarrator’sattitude.(3’)HesterPrynne'stermofconfinementwasnowatanend.Herprison-doorwasthrownopen,andshecameforthintothesunshine,which,fallingonallalike,seemed,tohersickandmorbidheart,asifmeantfornootherpurposethantorevealthescarletletterherbreast……Identifytheworkandtheauthor.(2’)WhatarethesymbolicmeaningsoftheletteronHesterPrynne'sbreast?E.Helen,thybeautyistomeLikethoseNiceanbarksofyore,Thatgently,o'eraperfumedsea,Theweary,waywornwandererboreTohisownnativeshore.-------------------------Ondesperateseaslongwonttoroam,Thyhyacinthhair,thyclassicface,ThyNaiadairshavebroughtmehomeTotheglorythatwasGreeceAndthegrandeurthatwasRome.------------------------------Lo!inyonbrilliantwindow-nicheHowstatue-likeIseetheestand,Theagatelampwithinthyhand!Ah,Psyche,fromtheregionswhichAreHolyLand!Identifytheworkandtheauthor.(2’)Whatisthethemeofthispoem?(3’)F.BecauseIcouldnotstopforDeath-Hekindlystoppedforme-TheCarriageheldbutjustOurselves-AndImmortality.Weslowlydrove-HeknewnohasteAndIhadputawayMylaborandmyleisuretoo,ForHisCivility-WepassedtheSchool,whereChildrenstroveAtRecess-intheRing-WepassedtheFieldsofGazingGrain-WepassedtheSettingSun-

Orrather-HepassedUs-TheDewsdrewquiveringandChill-ForonlyGossamer,myGown-MyTippet-onlyTulle-WepausedbeforeaHousethatseemedASwellingoftheGround-TheRoofwasscarcelyvisible-TheCornice-intheGround-Sincethen-'tisCenturies-andyetFeelsshorterthantheDayIfirstsurmisedtheHorses'HeadsWeretowardEternity–Identifytheworkandtheauthor.(2’)Whatisthestyleofthispoem?(3’)OnceincampIputalogontopofthefireanditwasfullofants.Asitcommencedoburn,theantsswarmedoutandwentfirsttowardthecenterwherethefirewas;thenturnedbackandrantowardtheend.Whentherewereenoughontheendtheyfelloffintothefire.Somegotout,theirbodiesburntandflattened,andwentoffnotknowingwheretheyweregoing.Butmostofthemwenttowardthefireandthenbacktowardtheendandswarmedonthecoolendandfinallyfelloffintothefire.Irememberthinkingatthetimethatitwastheendoftheworldandasplendidchancetobeamessiahandliftthelogoffthefireandthrowitoutwheretheantscouldgetoffontotheground.ButIdidnotdoanythingbutthrowacupofwateronthelog,sothatIcouldhavetheemptytoputwhiskeyinbeforeIaddedwatertoit.Ithinkthecupofwaterontheburninglogonlysteamedtheants.Identifytheworkandtheauthor.(2’)Whatisthesymbolicmeaningoftheants?(3’)VI PleasegiveanswerstoANYTWOofthefollowing本大題共2每小題10分，共20分）AnalyzethecharacteristicoftheCarolineMeeberinSisterCarrie.WhatistheartisticcharacteristicofHemingway’swriting?Pleasegiveyourideas.MarkTwainandHenryJamesarebothRealismwriter.WhatisthedifferencebetweenTwain’srealismandHenry’srealism？AnalyzeAllanPoe’swritingfeatures.大學(xué)課程《美國文學(xué)史》期末試卷參考答案 4 i5 cⅠ. 6 d1.DarwinismThetermcomesfromCharlesDarwin’sevolutionarytheory.Darwiniststhinkthatthosewhosurviveintheworldarethefittestandthosewhofailtoadaptthemselvestotheenvironmentwillperish.Theybelievethatmanhasevolvedfromlowerformsoflife.HumansarespecialnotbecauseGodcreatedtheminHisimage,butbecausetheyhavesuccessfullyadaptedtothechangingenvironmentconditionsandpassedontheirsurvival-makingcharacteristicsgenetically.2.LostgenerationInfluencedbythistheory,someAmericannaturalistswritersapplyDarwinismasanexplanationofhumannatureandsocialreality.ItisatermfirstusedbyGertrudeSteintodescribetheAmericanswhoremainedinParisasacolonyof‘expatriates’orexilesafterWorldWarI.Theseindividualswerecaughtinthewarandcutofffromtheoldvaluesandyetunabletocometotermswiththenewerawhencivilizationhadgonemad.Theyrebelledagainstformeridealsandvaluesbutcouldreplacethemonlybydespairoracynicalhedonism.Thethreebest-knownrepresentatives:F.ScottFitzgerald,ErnestHemingwayandJohnDosPassos.3.ImagismImagismcameintobeinginBritainandU.S.around1910as