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The Renaissance Period 文艺复兴时期Beowulf 《贝奥武夫》：第一部最古老、最长的较完整的文学作品The Canterbury Tales 《坎特伯雷故事集》小说集，描写了各行各业中的人物形象Italy 三方面：painting+sculputre+literature主要作家：William Shakespeare 威廉·莎士比亚The Merchant of Venice 《威尼斯商人》（1）手法：pun 双关（“Not on thy sole,but on thy soul,harsh Jew /Thou mak ’st thy knife keen.”“狠心的犹太人,你不是在鞋口上磨刀,而是在你的心口上磨刀”）（2）主人公名字：安东尼奥Antonio 巴萨尼奥Bassanio 鲍西亚Portia 犹太人Jews 夏洛克Shylock 生平2long poems 154sonnets38playsVenus and Adonis 《维纳斯与安东尼斯》The Rape of Lucrece 《鲁克丽丝受辱记》四大喜剧A Midsummer Night’s Dream 《仲夏夜之梦》As You Like It 《皆大欢喜》Twelfth Night 《第十二夜》The Merchant of Venice 《威尼斯商人》Hamlet 《哈姆雷特》（1）手法：soliloquy 独白（“To be,or not to be —that is the question ”）（2）The first and the most popular play of Shakespeare十四行诗（18）（1）起源Italy引入英国的人Wyatt 华埃特（2）经典名句：“Shall I compare thee to a summer ’s day?”我可能把你和夏天相比拟？（3）修辞：Personification 拟人手法（4）主题：美好夏日通常短暂，但诗歌之美却能永存。

自考英美文学选读简答题整理（一）

自考英美文学选读简答题整理（一）Part Three: Excerpts & ThemesChapter One: The Renaissance PeriodEdmund SpenserThe Faerie Queene1) A gentle Knight was pricking on the plain, clad in mighty arms and silver shieldNote: Basic unit consisting of any various combination of stressed and unstressed or long or short syllables. Example:weak-strong-weak-strong-weak-strong-weak-strong-weak-strong. The poem is written in the stanza invented by the poet himself. The first eight lines are in iambic pentameter. The theme of this poem is to fashion a gentleman in virtuous and gentle discipline.2) Bur on his breast a bloody Cross he bore, the dear remembrance of his dying lord. … And dead as living ever Him abored.Note: Him refers to Jesus Christ. Cross refers to the true religion.3) A lovely lady rode him fairy beside, upon a lowly ass more white then snow. Yet she much whiter, but the same hide under a veil that …over all a black stole she throw.Note: White here implies holiness and the true sense of religion.Christopher MarloweThe passionate Shepherd to His Love1) “valleys, groves, hills, and field, the shepherds feed their rocks, melodious birds sing madrigals”Note: The words are the signs revealing an ideal country life and true sense of a pastoral.2) “a gown made of the finest wool; buckles of the purest gold; coral clasps and amber studs”Note:These words are used in the poem to express the shepherd’s pure affection for his love.Doctor Faustus1) Now that the gloomy shadow of the night, longing to view Orion’s drizzling look, leaps from the Antarctic world to the pitchy breath.Note: The words “gloomy” and “pitchy” are meant to reveal the great suffering of the hero’s mind.2) Within this circle is Jehovah’s name, forward and backward anagram matized the breviated names of holy saints…Then fear not, but be resolute and try the uttermost magic can perform.Note: In this monolog, Faustus has made up his mind to stand against conventional morality and try to obtain true knowledge through his own efforts.3) I charge thee wait upon me while I live to do whatever Faustus shall command, make the moon drop from her sphere or the ocean to overwhelm the world. /Had I as many souls as there be stars, I’d give them all for Mephistophilis! …The Emperor sh all not live but by my leave.Note: Faustus turns to the power of Devil so that he can obtain the power to change the world.William ShakespeareSonnet 181)Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?Note: “Thee” refers to the beauty and permanence of p oetry.2) Every fair from fair sometimes declines. But the eternal summer shall not fade.Note: Nice summer days are usually transient, but the beauty in poetry can last forever.3)So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, so long lives this, and this gives life to thee.Note: Shakespeare has a faith in the permanence of poetry.The Merchant of Venice1) I am sorry for you; You’ve come to answer a stony adversary, an inhuman wretch, uncapable of pity, void and empty from any dram of mercy.(Duke)Note: The Duck’s statement reflects that Shylock is a greedy and cruel merchant.2) You’ll ask me why I rather choose to have a weight of (carrion) flesh than to receive three thousand ducats(货币单位), what if my house be troubled with a rat, and I be pleased to give ten ducats to have it banned.(Shylock)(P40)Note: The figure of speech in this statement is analogy.3) Not on the sole, but on the soul.(P43)Note: The figure of speech in this sentence is pun.4) The quality of mercy is not strained. It drops as the gentle rain fromheaven…It blesses him that gives and him that takes. It is mightiest of the mightiest. (Portia: P46)Note: Portia persuades Shylock to show his mercy to Antonio. The figure of speech in this statement is simile.5) A Daniel come to judgment. (Shylock P47)Note: The word Daniel frequents in the excerpt. It means a wise man full of wisdom.6) But little, I am armed and well prepared. … fare you well (farewell). Don’t grieve that I am fallen to this for you. (Antonio: P48) / Antonio, I am married to a wife which is as dear to me as life itself. But life itself, my wife, and all the world are not with me esteemed above your life. (P49 Bassanio)Note: Antonio is trying to comfort Bassanio. The statement above reflects the true friendship between them.7) Your wife would give you little thanks for that.(P49 Portia)Note: The figure of speech here is irony.8) Two things provided more: He presently become a Christian; The other, of all he dies possessed upon his son and his daughter. (P53 Antonio)Note: The statement above is the end of judgment: Shylock has to change his religion.Hamlet1) To be, or not to be, that is the question.Note: to live in this world or to die, to suffer or to take actions. It is always a question that puzzles Hamlet.(P55)2) Whether it is nobler in the mind to suffer the slings of arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing end them? To die, to sleep---no more. (P56)Note: The figure of speech here is metaphor.3) To sleep, perhaps to dream, there’s the rub. (p56)Note: Rub refers to the doubt or difficulty.4) For in that sleep of death, when we have shuffled off this mortal coil, what dream may become must give us pause.(P56)Note: Even if we get rid of the uncertainty of death and take actions, there is still hesitation.5) Who would bear the whips and scorns of time? (P56)Note: The whips and scorns of time imply the suffering in our age, representing the consequence of Hamlet’s revenge.6) Thus conscience does make cowards of us all, and native hue of resolution is sicklied with the pale cast of thought. (P56)Note: It is the consequences rather than the action itself that make the revenge impossibleFrancis BaconOf study1) Study serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability.Note: Bacon emphasizes the purpose of study.2) Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to consider and weigh.Note: Bacon emphasized different ways adopted by people.3) Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man… History make men wise; poetry witty; the mathematics, subtle, natual philosophy, deep moral; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.Note: Bacon emphasized how studies exert influence on human nature.John DonneThe Sun Rising1) Busy old fool, unruly sun, why does you thus call on us throughwindows and through curtains? (P66)Note: This is Donne’s easy conceit, which is related to images concerning mythology or natural objects.2) The beams are so respectful and strong. Can you imagine I could eclipse and cloud them with a wink? (P67) She is all states, and I am all princes. All honor is mimic, all wealth alchemy. You, the sun is half happy as we are. (P67)Note: This is difficult conceit, which is linked with law, power, authority and philosophy.3) Shine here to us, and you are everywhere. The center is this bed, and these walls are your sphere.Note: This is the theme of the poem. The poet praises the charm of his love, which is greater than the sun.Death, Be Not Proud1) Death, don’t be proud, althou gh some people have called you mightyand terrible, but you are not so./ One short sleep past, we wake eternally and death shall be nothing. Death, you shall die.((P68)Note: The theme of this poem is to show the poet’s contempt toward death.John MiltonParadise Lost1) That durst dislike his reign, and me preferring, his utmost power with adverse power opposed in dubious battle on the plains of Heaven, and shook his throne. What though the field lost? All is not lost: the unconquerable will.Note:Tho se who dare to show their dislike to the God’s rule and support me, and those who fight against the God’s rule with their opposing forces in Heaven, do you think you lost all things in this struggle? No! nothing is lost if you still have the unconquerable will. The statement above shows the key note of the poem: freedom from God’s will.Chapter Two Neoclassical PeriodJohn BunyanThe Vanity Fair1) The main characters in this novel are Christians, Pliable, Faithful, and Hopeful. (P85)2) At this fair there is at all times to be seen juggling, cheats, plays, fools and rogues, and that of every kind. Here are to be seen, too and that for nothing, theft, murders, adulteries, false swears, and that of a blood-red color.Note:The novel is a religious allegory. So cheats, plays, fools, theft, and murders are all symbols of social evils.(P86)3) Now these pilgrims must go through the fair.(P88)/One chanced mockingly, “What will you buy?” But they looking gravely upon him, said, “We buy the truth.”(P88)Note:The pilgrims have to walk through the fair so that they can reach the Celestial City. The sentence implies the theme of this novel, that is, People must obey Christian rules and seek salvation through self-struggleagainst all social evils.Alexander PopeAn essay on Criticism1) Some confine their taste to conceit alone…One glaring chaos and wild heap of wit.Note: One problem in the poetic works is that some of them lack true taste and stress too much artificial use of conceit.2) Others care nothing but language and expression.(P94)Note:Another problem in the poetic works is that some of them stress the external beauty of language.3) True wit is Nature dressed to advantage. What was often thought, but never so well expressed/Words are leaves; and where they abound, much fruit of sense is rarely found./True expression, like the unchanging sun, clears and improves whatever it shines upon./Expression is the dress of thought, the more decent as more suitable.Note: Pope points out that writers should pay attention to the true wit that is best set in a plain style. The excerpt is a didactic poem and simile is frequently used in the poem.Daniel DefoeRobinson Crusoe1) In this half circle I pitched two rows of strong stakes, driving them into the ground till they stood very firm like piles, the biggest end being out of the ground about five foot and a half, and sharpened on the top.Note:This is a Hercules’ task, which shows Crusoe’s capacity for work, energy, patience and persistence in overcoming difficulties.Jonathan Swift1) Lilliput, Brodingnag, Houyhnhnm, and Yahoo are characters in Swift’s novel Gulliver’s Travel.2) When a great office is vacant either by death or disgrace, five or six ofthose candidates petition the Emperor to entertain his Majesty and the court with a dance on the rope, and whoever jumps the highest without falling succeeds in the office.(P110)/There is likewise another diversion, …The emperor holds a stick in his hands, both ends parallel to the horizon, while the candidates, advancing one by one, sometimes leap over the stick, sometimes creep under it backwards and forwards several times(P111)/ He desired I would stand like a colossus, with my legs as far asunder as I could. He then commanded his general to draw up the troops and march them under me.(P114)/ I was demanded to swear to the performance of them; first in the manner of my own country, and afterwards in the method by their laws, which was to hold my right foot in my left hand, to place the middle finger of my right hand on the crown of my head, and my thumb on the tip of my rightear.(P115)Note:The author cites the above mentioned instances to allude the ridiculous practices or tricks of English government and satires all aspects in the English life---so cially, politically and morally. The author’s skillful use of satire is so profound that it never escapes the attention of a careful reader.Henry Fielding1) Allworthy, Blifil, Sophia are all characters in Tom Jones, the Fondling.2) Recount, O Muse, the names of those who fell on this fatalday. …(P125)Note:The paragraph above lists names of people who fell in the fight against Molly. Henry Fielding, adopting the “third-person narration”, brings his talent of comic epic prose into a full play and earns his reputation of “Prose Homer.”Samuel JohnsonTo the Right Honorable the Earl of Chesterfield1) To be so distinguished is an honor which, being very little accustomed to favors from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge.Note:The sentences, written in refined and polite language, are long but well-structured.2) The Shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of rock.Note:Love and Him in the above sentence refers to the fame-fishing Chesterfield. “A native of rock” refers to the fact that the fame-fishing lord had offered neither aid nor encouragement to the author.3) Is it not a patron, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help?Note:The above statement implies the fact that on the eve of publication of the dictionary, the fame-fishing lord wrote two papers to recommend the dictionary and expect the author dedicate the work to him.4) Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favor of learning, I shall not be disappointed, for I have been long wakened from that dream of hop in which I boasted myself with so much exultation.Note:The author shows his decision not to be reconciled with the lord, expressing his independence. Although the wording is refined and polite,there is a bitter undertone of defiance and anger.Richard Brinsley SheridanSchool of Scandal1) Josephs Surface, Sneerwell, Candor, Backbite, Teazle and Peter are characters in the School of Scandal,2) Sir Peter is grown so ill-tempered to me of late!(Teazle)P140)/I am glad my scandalous friends keep that up.(P140 Joseph Surface)/When a husband entertains a groundless suspicion of his wife and withdraws his confidence from her, the original compact is broken and she owes it to the honor of her sex to outwit him.(P140-P141)Note:If Sir Peter shows doubt to you, the mutual trust between husband and wife will no longer exist. So it is justified for you to be unchaste and punish him in this manner. The conversation above reveals Joseph’s immortality and hypocrisy behind the mask of his honorable living.Thomas GrayElegy in a Country Churchyard1) Beneath those rugged elms, that yew trees shade, where heaves the turf in many a molding heap. Each I his narrow cell forever laid the rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep.(P154)Note:The structure is: The turf heaves in many molding heap. It means that short and thick grass piles up on graves. Molding heap and narrow cell means graves or tombs.2) Let not ambition mock their useful toil, their homely joys, and destiny obscure.(P154)Note:Ambition refers to people with ambition. The poet mock the great ones who despise the common people.3) All that beauty, all that wealth ever gave awaits alike the inevitable hour.(P154)Note:the inevitable hour refers to the moment of deathChapter Three. Romantic PeriodWilliam BlakeThe Chimney Sweeper I1) Dick, Joe, Ned, and Jack were all locked up in coffins of black. And by come an angel who had a bright key and he opened the coffin and set them all free./The angel told Tom, if he would be a good boy, he would have God for his father, and never want joy.(P171)Note:Angel refers to the religion. “Set them all free” refers to the fact that religion brings some comfort to the people in misery.Chimney Sweeper II1) They clothed me in the clothes of death and taught me to sing the note of woe/They think they have done me no injury, and are gone to praise God and his priest and king, who make up a heave of misery.Note “They” refers to the religion. “taught me to sing the note of woe” and “make up a heaven of misery” refers to the fact that religion brings misery to the working people.The Tyger(P173)1) Tyger! Tyger! Burning bright, in the forest of the night. What immortal hand or eye could frame the fearful symmetry?Note:Tyger and the fearful symmetry refers to the harmony of the two opposite aspects of God creation.2) What wings dare he aspire? What the hand, dare seize the fire?Note: “wings” and “the fire” are related to Greek myth. They refer to the wonderful aspect of God creation.3) What the anvil? What dread grasp dare its deadly terrors clasp?Note: “dread” and “terror” are used to impl y the terrible aspect of God creation.4) When the stars threw down their spears, and water heaven with their tears. Did he smile his work to see? Did he who made the Lamb make you?Note:The word “heaven” coexists with “he”. They refer to the God. “Lamb”refers to the gentle and obedient aspect of God creation. “You” refer to the ambitious and disobedient aspect of the God creation. The theme of this poem is that the seemingly conflicting aspects coexist in the God creation.William Wordsworth(P181)I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud1) Beside the lake, beneath the trees, flittering and dancing in the breeze./Ten thousands saw I at a glance, tossing their heads in sprightly dance./ The waves beside them danced.Note: “dancing” is personification.2) I wandered lonely as a cloud…A poet could not but be gay./ They flash upon that inward eye which is the bliss of solitude.Note:It is happy to recall the beauty of nature while he is staying alone.Compound upon Westminster Bridge(P181)1) This City now does, like a garment, wear the beauty of the morning. And all that mighty heart is lying still.Note: “This City”and “The mighty heart” refer to LondonShe Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways(P182)1) A mad whom there were none to praise and very few to love. A violet by a mossy stone, half hidden from the eye!Note:A violet by a mossy stone refers to those common people living a humble life. All of them, like a stone hidden in the moss and grass, are unknown to the world.2) She is in her grave, and, oh, the difference to me.Note:The poet shows sympathy to the common people.英美文学选读问答题整理。

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。

自考英语本科英美文学选读考试大纲

《英美文学选读》考试大纲全国考办在组织全国考委外语类专业委员会研究论证后，决定对高等教育自学考试英语语言文学专业“英美文学选读”（课程代码：0604）自学考试大纲的部分内容进行调整:具体调整如下：《英美文学选读自学考试大纲》的考核知识点与考核要求（一）关于考核知识点的调整考核知识点中的各章概述内容仍为考核内容；对知识点中的作家只保留对如下主要作家的考核。

英国文学：Chapter 1III. William ShakespeareVI. John MiltonChapter 2III. Daniel DefoeIV. Jonathan SwiftV. Henry FieldingChapter 3I. William BlakeII. William WordsworthV. Percy Bysshe ShelleyVII. Jane AustenChapter 4I. Charles DickensII. Charlotte BronteVI. Thomas HardyChapter 5I. George Bernard ShawIV.T. S. EliotV.D. H. Lawrence美国文学：Chapter 1III. Nathaniel HawthorneIV. Walt WhitmanV. Herman MelvilleChapter 2I. Mark TwainII. Henry JamesIII. Emily DickinsonIV. Theodore DreiserChapter 3II. Robert Lee FrostIV.F. Scott FitzgeraldV. Ernest HemingwayVI. William Faulkner二、关于考核要求的调整考核要求中每章概述内容不作调整：“该时期的重要作家”只包含对考核知识点中保留的重要作家的相关内容的考核原大纲如下：上篇英国文学第一章文艺复兴时期一、学习目的和要求通过本章的学习，了解文艺复兴运动和人文主义思潮产生的历史、文化背景，认识该时期文学创作的基本特征和基本主张，及其对同时代及其对同时代及后世英国文学乃至文化的影响；了解该时期重要作家的文学生涯、创作思想、艺术特色及其代表作品的主题结构、人物刻画、评议风格、思想意义等；同时结合注释，读懂所选作品，了解其思想内容和写作特色，培养理解和欣赏文学作品的能力。

2023年自考专业(英语)《英美文学选读》考试历年真题摘选附带答案

2023年自考专业(英语)《英美文学选读》考试历年真题摘选附带答案第1卷一.全考点综合测验(共20题)1.【单选题】What he had done is _______A.valueB.of valuableC.of no valueD.of no valuable2.【单选题】Robert Frost is generally considered a regional poet whose subject matters mainly focus on the landscape and people in( ).A.the westB.the southC.AlaskaD.New England3.【单选题】“The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one -eighth of it being abov e water. ” This “iceberg ” analogy about prose style was put forward by( ).A.William FaulknerB.Henry JamesC.Ernest HemingwayD.F· Scott Fitzgerald4.【单选题】Hemingway’s “Indian Camp ” is one of the fourteen short stories collected under the title of( ).This title is very ironic because there is no peace at all in the stories.A.Three Stories and Ten PoemsB.Across the River and into the TreesC.The Green Hills of AfricaD.In Our Time5.【单选题】The( )Age of the 1920s characterized by frivolity and carelessness is brought vividly to life in The Great Gatsby.A.LostB.JazzC.ReasonD.Gilded6.【单选题】After the American Civil War,the literary interest in the so- called “reality ” of life started a new period in the American literary writings know an the Age of( ).A.RealismB.Reason and RevolutionC.RomanticismD.Modernism7.【单选题】The attitude towards life that( )had been trying to demonstrate in his works is known as “grace under pressure ”.A.William FaulknerB.Theodore DreiserC.Ernest HemingwayD.F·Scott Fitzgerald8.【单选题】Eugene O’Neill ’s first full — length play,( ),won him the first Pulitzer theme is the choice between life and death,the interaction of subjective and objective factors.A.Bound East for CardiffB.The Hairy ApeC.Desire Under the ElmsD.Beyond the Horizon9.【单选题】The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and,especially,its sequence( )proved themselves to be the milestone in the American literature.A.The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnB.Life on the MississippiC.The Gilded AgeD.Roughing It10.【单选题】Ezra Pound,a leading spokesman of the “( ) ”,was one of the mostimportant poets in his time.A.Imagist MovementB.Cubist MovementC.Reformist MovementD.Transcendentalist Movement11.【单选题】William Faulkner set most of his works in the American( ),with his emphasis on the( )subjects and consciousness.A.North...NorthernB.East...EasternC.West...WesternD.South...Southern12.【单选题】Now many major employers are beginning to demand _______ the completion of schoolA.more thanB.rather thanC.other thanD.better than13.【单选题】Which of the following statements is NOT true of Emily Dickinson and her poetry?A.She remained unmarried all her lifeB.She wrote,1,775 poems,and most of them were published during her life time.C.Her poems have no titles,hence are always quoted by their first lines.D.Her limited private world has never confined the limitless power of her creativity and imagination.14.【单选题】considered( ) “the true father of our national literature ”.A.Bret HarteB.Mark TwainC.Washington IrvingD.Walt Whitman15.【单选题】Most literary critics think that Fitzgerald is both an insider and an outsider of( )with a double vision.A.the Jazz AgeB.the Age of Reason and RevolutionC.the Babybooming AgeD.the Post- Modern Age16.【单选题】At the age of eighty -seven,( )read his poetry at the inauguration of President John in 1961.A.Robert FrostB.Walt WhitmanC.Ezra Pound17.【单选题】The Financier,The Titan and The Stoic by Theodore Dreiser are called his “Trilogy of( ). ”A.HatredB.DeathC.DesireD.Fate18.【单选题】In Go Down,Moses,( )illuminates the problem of black and white in Southern society as a closeknit destiny of blood brotherhood.A.William FaulknerB.Jack LondonC.Herman MelvilleD.Nathaniel Hawthorne19.【单选题】“The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one- eighth of it being above water. ” This “iceberg ” analogy is put forward by( ).A.Mark TwainB.Ezra PoundC.William FaulknerD.Ernest Hemingway20.【单选题】The Nobel Prize Committee highly praised( )for “his powerful style -forming mastery of the art ” of creating modern fiction.A.Ezra PoundB.Ernest HemingwayC.Robert FrostD.Theodore Dreiser第2卷一.全考点综合测验(共20题)1.【单选题】That is the house _______ you can enjoy the scenery.A. in thatB.thatC.whichD.from which2.【单选题】( )is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th —century “stream— of —consciousness ” novels and the founder of psychological realism.A.Theodore DreiserB.William FaulknerC.Henry JamesD.Mark Twain3.【单选题】In 1950,( )was awarded the Nobel Prize for the anti-racist Intruder in the Dust.A.William FaulknerB.Robert FrostC.Ezra PoundD.Ernest Hemingway4.【单选题】In 1920,( )published his first novel This Side of Paradise which was,to some extent,his own story.A.F·Scott FitzgeraldB.Ernest HemingwayC.William FaulknerD.Emily Dickinson5.【单选题】This type of desk and chair can be adjusted ________ the height of students at different agesA.withB.forC.toD.in6.【单选题】Mark Twain’s particular concern about the local character of a region came about as “local colorism, ” a unique va riation of American literary( ).A.romanticismB.nationalismC.modernismD.realism7.【单选题】The Portrait of A Lady is generally considered to be( )masterpiece,which describes the life journey of an American( )in a European cultural environment.A.Henry Adams’…widowB.William James ’…girlC.Henry James’…girlD.Theodore Dreiser ’s…widow8.【单选题】Opposition leaders will be watching carefully to see how the Prime Minister ________ the crisis.A.handlesB.conductsC.observesD.directs9.【单选题】She disagrees ______ him ______ everything.A.with, onB./, onC.with, atD.on, with10.【单选题】Henry James’ fame generally rests upon his novels and stories with the( )theme.A.internationalB.localC.colonialD.post-modern11.【单选题】In most of his writings,( )deliberately broke up the chronology of his narrative by juxtaposing the past with the present,in the way the montage does in a movie.A.Walt WhitmanB.William FaulknerC.Ernest HemingwayD. Fitzgerald12.【单选题】The teacher told us the fact _______.A.which the earth moves around the sunB.that the earth moved around the sunC.that the sun moves around the earthD.that the earth moves around the sun13.【单选题】It was his masterpiece The Great Gatsby that made( )one of the greatest American novelists.A. FitzgeraldB.William FaulknerC.Ernest HemmingwayD.Gertrude Steinbeck14.【单选题】In 1950,one of the leading American writers( )was awarded the Nobel Prize for the anti-racist Intruder in the Dust.A.Robert FrostB.Theodore DreiserC.William FaulknerD.Fitzgerald15.【单选题】“My last Duchess ” is a poem that best exemplifies Robert Browning ’s( ).A.sensitive ear for the sounds of the English languageB.excellent choice of wordsC.mastering of the metrical devicese of the dramatic monologue16.【单选题】William Faulkner once said that( )is a story of “lost innocence, ” which proves itself to be an intensification of the theme of imprisonment in the past.A.The Great GatsbyB.The Sound and the FuryC.Absalom,Absalom!D.Go Down,Moses17.【单选题】Mark Twain employed an unpretentious style of( )in his novels which is best described as “vernacular ”.A.standard EnglishB.Afro-American EnglishC.colloquialismD.urbanism18.【单选题】In the original test，all the animals in a test group are given a substance _______ half of them dieA.unlessB.untilC.lestD.provided19.【单选题】Like all naturalists,( )was restrained from finding a solution to the social problems that appeared in his novels and accordingly almost all his works have tragic endings.A.Theodore DreiserB.Henry JamesC.Washington IrvingD.Walt Whitman20.【单选题】Man is a “victim of forces over which he has no control. ” This is a notion held strongly by( ).A.Robert FrostB.Theodore DreiserC.Henry JamesD.Hamlin Garland第1卷参考答案一.全考点综合测验1.正确答案：C本题解析：of+n=adj ，可以作表语。

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通过阅读和分析英美文学作品，促进学生语言基本功和人文素质提高，增强学生读对西方文学知识及文化的了解。

二、课程教学内容及各章节学时分配第一部分英国文学第一章盎格鲁撒克逊时期英国文学（1学时）第一节盎格鲁撒克逊时期文学渊源知识点：该时期的文学流派、代表作家、代表作品第二节《贝奥武甫》的艺术特征及其对英国文学的贡献知识点：该作品中的头韵、含蓄陈述、隐喻等艺术特征、第一部民族史诗对英国文学的影响第二章中世纪英国文学（3学时）第一节中世纪文学概述知识点：文学时期划分、文学特点、代表作家第二节杰佛利・乔叟知识点：生平、创作生涯、《坎特伯雷故事集》的情节、内容、主题《坎特伯雷故事集》节选：语言特点、艺术成就第三节英国和苏格兰民谣知识点：内容、形式、语言特点、代表作品《罗宾汉和埃林阿代尔》：寓意、语言特点第三章文艺复兴时期英国文学（12学时）第一节文艺复兴运动知识点：意大利文艺复兴运动的兴起、人文主义思潮、文艺复兴时期的文学渊源、英国的文艺复兴、宗教改革运动及影响第二节英国文艺复兴时期的文学知识点：伊丽莎白时代的历史文化背景、意大利文学对英国文学的影响、伊丽莎口时代的戏剧、伊丽莎白时代的诗歌第三节文艺复兴时期的主要作家知识点：（1）埃德蒙•斯宾塞生平、创作生涯、代表作品的构思、情节、内容、主题（2）克里斯托夫•马洛生平、创作生涯、著名悲剧、思想艺术成就（3）威廉•莎士比亚生平、戏剧创作生涯、代表作品及其故事梗概、惜节结构、人物塑造、语言风格、思想意义、诗歌、艺术成就《威尼斯商人》选段、悲剧《哈姆雷特》选段、十四行诗（18）（4）弗兰西斯•培根生平、主要作品、语言特点、杰出贡献《论学习》的结构、内容、语言特点（5）约翰•邓恩生平、玄学诗派、文学创作、诗歌、散文第四章十七世纪英国文学（4学时）第一节十七世纪的文学概述知识点：十七世纪历史文化背景、十七世纪文学三个时期的划分、十七世纪文学特点第二节十七世纪的主要作家知识点：（1）约翰•弥尔顿生平、文学创作、史诗《失乐园》、主要作品、艺术特占（2）约翰•班扬生平、文学创作、主要作品、艺术特点《天路历程》第一章的主要内容、人物性格、语言特点第五章十八世纪英国文学（12学时）第一节启蒙运动知识点：启蒙运动产生的时代背景、启蒙运动的人文观、启蒙运动的理性准则第二节新古典主义知识点:新古典主义的创作旨意、新古典主义的文学渊源、新古典主义关于散文、诗歌、戏剧创作的标准第三节新古典主义时期的文学知识点：早期新古典主义诗歌、英国现实主义小说的诞生、哥特式小说与伤感主义文学的兴起第四节十八世纪的主要作家知识点：（1）亚历山大•蒲伯生平、创作生涯、文学观、主要作品、语言风格选读《论批评》节选：作品体裁、结构、语言风格（2）丹尼尔•笛福生平、社会观、主要作品、创作特点《鲁滨逊漂流记》第九章、第十章的主要内容、人物性格、语言特点、作者的创作意义（3）乔纳森•斯威夫特生平、创作生涯、人文观、讽刺散文的语言风格《格列佛游记》第一部分第四章的人物性格、语言特点、作品的主题（4）亨利•菲尔丁生平、戏剧和小说创作活动、对英国小说的贡献、语言特色《汤姆•琼斯》第四部、第八章的人物的刻画、史诗特征（5）塞缪尔•约翰逊生平、创作生涯、主要作品、新古典主义的文学观及语言风格、对英国语言的贡献（6）理查德・比・谢立丹生平、戏剧创作生涯、戏剧的主题、主要作品、写作技巧《造谣学校》第三幕第四场的作品的主题、人物性格、语言特点（7）威廉•布莱克生平、政治宗教观点、诗歌创作主张、主要作品、诗歌的主要特点及思想意义、对20世纪英国文学的影响《伦敦》、《老虎》的主题思想、语言风格、艺术特色等（8）罗伯特•彭斯生平、诗歌创作主张、主要作品、诗歌主要特点及思想意义《一朵红红的玫瑰》的主题思想、语言风格、艺术特色第六章浪漫主义时期英国文学（14学时）第一节浪漫主义思潮知识点：浪漫主义时期英国社会的历史背景、法国大革命对英国的影响、浪漫主义文学的渊源、浪漫主义文学创作的基本主张、英国浪漫主义文学的特点、浪漫主义文学对同时代及后世英国文学的影响笫二节浪漫主义时期的主要作家知识点：（1）威廉•华兹华斯生平及创作生涯、诗歌创作主张、主要作品、诗歌的主要特点及思想意义、诗歌的艺术成就、对同时代及后世英国文学的影响《孤寂的割麦女》、《水仙》、《虹》的主题思想、语言风格、艺术特色等（2）塞•特•科勒律治生平及创作生涯、文学创作主张、哲学思想和文学批评观、主要作品、诗歌的主要特点及思想意:义、文学创作及文艺批评思想对同时代及后世英国文学的影响（3）乔治•戈登•拜伦生平及创作生涯、主要诗作、主要特点及社会意义《她行走在美的光影中》的主题思想、语言风格、艺术特色等（4）珀•比•雪莱生平、诗歌创作主张、主要作品、诗歌的主要特点及思想意义、对同时代及后世英国文学的影响《西风颂》、《云雀颂》的主题思想、语言风格、艺术特色（5）约翰•济慈生平及创作生涯、美学思想、主要诗作、诗歌的主要特点及思想意义、诗歌对同时代及后世英国文学的影响《夜莺颂》、《秋颂》的主题思想、语言风格、艺术特色（6）简•奥斯汀生平及创作生涯、小说创作思想、主要作品、小说的主要特点及社会意义、小说对后世英国文学的影响《傲慢与偏见》的故事梗概、主题结构、人物塑造、语言风格及作品的意义第七章维多利亚时代英国文学（12学时）第一节维多利亚时代英国文学及社会思潮概述知识点：早期的经济发展与社会动乱、中期的繁荣昌盛和社会稳定、晚期的势力衰退和社会道德观念的改变、科学发现对传统的社会和宗教观念的影响、功利主义思潮的泛滥第一节维多利亚时期的文学知识点：小说的形式、该时代小说家的共性、散文和诗歌形式、技术方面的实验和创新第三节维多利亚时期的主要作家知识点：（2）查尔斯•狄更斯生平及创作生涯、作品中的批判现实主义思想与社会改良主义倾向、前期作品的思想与艺术特征、后期作品的思想与艺术特征、创作特色与艺术成就《雾都孤儿》第三章、《大卫•科波菲尔》第四章、第五十五章的主题结构、人物塑造、语言风格及作品的意义（2）夏洛特•布朗蒂生平、创作思想和主题、作品的社会意义《简•爱》第二十三章的女主人公形象、在逆境中求自我道德完善的主题（3）埃米莉•布朗蒂生平、、创作主题、对同时代及后世英国文学的影响《呼啸山庄》第十五章的小说的主题、故事的叙述手法、强烈情感的描述（4）阿尔弗雷德•丁尼生生平、诗歌创作生涯、主要作品、艺术特色《渡沙洲》、《尤利西斯》的主题思想、艺术特征（5）罗伯特•布朗亍生平与诗歌创作生涯、主要作品、戏剧独白、艺术特点《我逝去的公爵夫人》、《夜会》、《晨别》的主题思想、艺术特征（6）乔治•艾略特生平及创作生涯、新型小说、女性文学观《织工马南》第二十八章的作品的主题、语言风格（7）托马斯・哈代生平与创作生涯、创作倾向、作品中的“宿命观”、批判现实主义思想、艺术特色《德伯家的苔丝》的作品的主题、人物刻画、语言特色《呼唤》的主题思想、艺术特征第八章二十世纪英国文学（14学时）第一节二十世纪英国文学概述知识点：20世纪英国社会的历史文化背景、两次世界大战对英国的影响、英国20世纪批判现实主义文学、现代主义文学的兴起与衰落、现代主义文学创作的基本主张、英国现代主义文学、英国现代主义文学的特点、现代主义文学对当代英国文学的影响第二节二十世纪的主要作家知识点：（1）乔治•布纳德・萧伯纳生平与创作生涯、政治改革思想和文学创作主张、戏剧创作主张、主要作品、戏剧的特点与社会意义、萧伯纳的戏剧对20世纪英国文学的影响《鳏夫的房产》的主要内容、人物塑造、语言特点、艺术手法（2）约翰•高尔斯华绥生平与创作生涯、创作思想、小说的主要特点及社会意义《福尔塞世家》的主要内容、人物性格、语言特点、叙事手法（3）威廉•勃特勒•叶芝生平及创作生涯、诗歌创作思想、代表作品、诗歌的特点及思想意义、艺术成就、叶芝的诗歌对当代英国文学的影响、戏剧创作《1916年复活节》、《库尔庄园的野天鹅》的语言风格、艺术特色等（4）T・S•艾略特生平及创作生涯、文学理论与文艺批评观点、主要诗歌作品、艺术特色及社会意义、文学创作及文艺批评思想对现当代英国文学的影响《普鲁弗洛克的情歌》的主题结构、思想内容、语言特色、艺术手法（5）戴维•赫伯特•劳伦斯生平及创作生涯、创作思想、主要作品、艺术特色及社会意义、劳伦斯的小说对现当代英国文学的影响《儿子与情人》的主要内容、人物性格、语言特点、艺术手法（6）詹姆斯•乔伊斯生平与创作生涯、文学创作主张与美学思想、主要作品、小说的主要艺术特色及思想意义、艺术成就、作品对现当代世界文学的影响《青年艺术家的肖像》所选作品的主题思想、人物塑造、语言特色、艺术手法（7）弗吉尼亚•伍尔芙生平与创作生涯、意识流小说、其作品和小说理论对英国现代主义小说理论与创作的贡献《达罗卫夫人》的主要内容、表现手法、艺术特征、叙事方式（8）迪伦•托马斯生平与创作生涯、超现实主义的表现手法、其独特的诗歌艺术特征对当代英国诗坛的影响《羊齿山》、《不要温雅地步入那美妙的夜晚》的艺术特征、主题思想（9）菲利普•拉金生平与创作生涯、运动派诗歌、其独特的诗风和诗歌主张对当代英国诗坛的影响《去教堂》的艺术特征和主题思想（10）特德•休斯生平与创作生涯、其动物暴力诗的艺术特征和主题思想《栖息之鹰》的艺术特征和主题思想（11）西默斯•希尼生平与创作生涯、其作品纯美的语言风格和鲜明的爱尔兰民族色彩《沼泽地》的艺术特征和主题思想第二部分美国文学Part One （4 periods）The Colonial Period and Thel7th Century Literature of PuritanismHistorical Backgroundi.Religious Cause: Puritanism / Puritan thoughtsii.Economic ones:2.Development of Literaturei.Characteristicsii・ Authors: William Bradford, Anne Bradstreet, Edward TaylorPart Two （4 periods）The Period of Enlightenment1.Historical Backgroundi・ American revolutionii.The age of reason2.Development of Literaturei・ Benjamin Franklin: Autobiographyii. Philip FreneauPart Three （20 periods）New England Transcendentalism and Romantic AgeA. Period of Pre-Romanticism1.Historical BackgroundTran see nden talism2.Development of Literaturei.Romanticism3.Major WritersWashington Irving: Rip Van winkleB. Period of Post-Romanticism1.Historical Backgroundi.Civil Warii.Anti-slavery movement2.Development of Literature3.Major Writersi.Edgar Allen Poe: To Helenii.Ralph Waldo Emerson: Natureiii.Walt Whitman: Songs of Myselfiv.Nathaniel Hawthorne: The Scarlet Letterv.Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: A Psalm of Lifevi.Emily DickinsonPart Four (16 periods)The Age of Realism1.Historical BackgroundThe Gilded AgeNew England Renaissanee2.Development of Literaturei.Realism: definitions & Characteristicsii.Realism vs romanticismiii.Practitioners: William Dean Howells, Henry James, MarkTwain 3.Major WritersMark Twain: The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnPart Five (12 periods)American Naturalism1. Historical Background1.The First World Warii.The Jazz agemercialized society2.Development of Literaturei.Naturalism: definitions & Characteristicsii.Practiti on ers: Stephen Crane, Frank Norris, Jack Lon don, etc ・3.Major WritersTheodore Dreiser: Sister CarrieRobert Frost: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy EveningPart Six (8 periods)American Modernism1.Historical Backgroundi.Great depressionii.The Second World War2.Development of Literaturei.Modernism: definitions & Characteristicsii.Lost Generation: Ernest Hemingway, Ezra Pound, e. e. cummings etc.3.Major WritersErnest Hemingway: A Farewell to ArmsJoh n Stein beck: The Grapes of WrathWilliam FaulknerPart Seven (8 periods)American Literature Since 19451.Historical Backgroundi.Political Situation: Cold War, Korean War, Cuban missile crisis, Vietnam War etc・ii.Ideological Development2.Development of Literaturei.The Beat Gen eratio n: Alle n Gin sberg etc ・ii.Jewish writers: Saul Bellow etc・iii.Black American Literature3.Major WritersSaul BellowAllen GinsbergAlice Walker三、课程教学基本要求在教学中应该使学生对英美文学形成与发展的全貌有一个大概的了解；通过指导学生阅读具有代表性的英美文学作品，理解作品的内容，从而掌握分析作品的艺术特色和评价文学作品的方法。

自学考试英美文学选读要点中英文概要

1234代价,与敌人同归于尽。

51. In his life, Milton shows himself a real revolutionary, a master poet and a great prose writer. 弥尔顿毕生都展现了真正的革命精神和非凡的诗歌才华。

52. Paradise Lost:人类由于理性不强,意志薄弱,经不起考验,暗示英国自产主义革命失败的原因。

Chapter2 The Neoclassical Period(1660-1798新古典主义1. In short, it was an age full of conflicts and divergence of values. 总之, 这一时期是矛盾与价值观分歧的时期。

2. The eighteenth-century England is also known as the Age of Enlighte nment or the Age of Reason. 英国的十八世纪也同时是启蒙主义时代, 或曰理性时代。

3. Its purpose was to enlighten the whole world with the light of modern philosophical and artistic ideas. 运动的主旨便是用当代哲学与艺术思想的晨光启迪整个世界。

4. Enlighteners held that rationality or reason should be the only, the fin al cause of any human thought and activities. They called for a referenc e to order, reason and rules. 启蒙者主张理性是任何人思想与行动的唯一缘由。

他们大力提倡秩序,理性及法律。

5. As a matter of fact, literature at the time, heavily didactic and moralizi ng, becamea very popular means of public education. 其实, 当时的文学作品种充满了说教与道德理念,就已经成为大众教育的良好工具。

自考英美文学选读课件(超级完整版)

制作思维导图
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定期复习
定期回顾和复习笔记内容，加深记忆和理解；同时不断补充和完善笔记。
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01 文学流派与时期
本课程涵盖了从古典到现代的英美文学发展，重点介绍了各个时期的代表性流派，如浪漫主义、现实主义、现代主义等。
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监督与调整
定期检查学习进度，根据实际情况调整学习计划，确保按计划执行。
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《傲慢与偏见》
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古典主义戏剧
以古希腊和古罗马戏剧为典范，注重情节、结构和语言的完美和谐。
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强调情感、个性和自然的表达，追求超越现实的理想境界。
现实主义戏剧
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(完整word版)新大纲自考《英美文学选读》笔记总结背完必过

《英美文学选读》笔记背完必过Part One: English LiteratureAn Introduction to Old and Medieval English LiteratureI Understanding and application: (理解应用)1. England’s inhabitants are Celts. And it is conquered by Romans, Anglo Saxons and Normans. The Anglo-Saxons brought the Germanic language and culture to England, while Normans brought the Mediterranean civilization, including Greek culture, Rome law and the Christian religion. It is the cultural influence of these two conquests that provided the source for the rise and growth of English literature.2. The old English literature extends from about 450 to 1066, the year of the Norman conquest of England.3. The old English poetry that has survived can be divided into two groups: The religious group and the secular one4. Beowulf: a typical example of Old English poetry is regarded as the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons. It is an example of the mingling of nature myths and heroic legends.5. After the Norman’s conquest, three languages co-existed in England. French is the official language that is used by king and the Norman lords. Latin is the principal tongue of church affairs and in universities. Old English was spoken only by the common English people.6. In the second half of 14th century, English literature started to flourish with the appearance of writers like Geoffrey Chaucer, William Langland, John Gower, and others II Recite: (识记再现)1. Romance:①It uses narrative verse or prose to sing knightly adventures or other heroic deeds is a popular literary form in the medieval period.②It has developed the characteristic medieval motifs of the quest, the test, the meeting with the evil giant and the encounter with the beautiful beloved.③The hero is usually the knight, who sets out on a journey to accomplish some missions. There are often mysteries and fantasies in romance.④Romantic love is an important part of the plot in romance.Characterization is standardized, While the structure is loose and episodic, the language is simple and straightforward.⑤The importance of the romance itself can be seen as a means of showing medieval aristocratic men and women in relation to their idealized view of the world.2. Heroic couplet:Heroic couplet is a rhymed couplet of iambic pentameter. It is Chaucer who used it for the first time in English in his work The Legend of Good Woman.3. The theme of Beowulf:The poem presents a vivid picture of how the primitive people wage heroic struggles against the hostile forces of the natural world under a wise and mighty leader. The poem is an example of the mingling of the nature myths and heroic legends.4. The Wife of Bath in The Canterbury Tales:The Wife of Bath is depicted as the new bourgeois wife asserting her independence. Chaucer develops his characterization to a higher artistic level by presenting characters with both typical qualities and individual dispositions.5. Chaucer’s achievement:①He presented a comprehensive realistic picture of his age and created a whole gallery of vivid characters in his works, especially in The Canterbury Tales.②He anticipated a new ear, the Renaissance, to come under the influence of the Italian writers.③He developed his characterization to a higher level by presenting characters with both typical qualities and individual dispositions.④He greatly contributed to the maturing of English poetry. Today, Chaucer’s reputation has been securely established as one of the best English poets for his wisdom, humor and humanity.6. “The F ather of English poetry”:Originally, Old English poems are mainly alliterative verses with few variations.①Chaucer introduced from France the rhymed stanzas of various types to English poetry to replace it.②In The Romaunt of the Rose (玫瑰传奇), he first introduced to the English the octosyllabic couplet (八音节对偶句).③In The Legend of Good Women, he used for the first time in English heroic couplet.④And in his masterpiece, The Canterbury Tales, he employed heroic couplet with true ease and charm for the first time in the history of English literature.⑤His art made him one of the greatest poets in English; John Dryden called him “the father of English poetry”.【例题】The work that presented, for the first time in English literature, a comprehensive realistic picture of the medieval English society and created awhole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life is most likely ______________.(0704)A. William Langland’s Piers PlowmanB. Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury TalesC. John Gower’s Confession AmantisD. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight【答案】B【解析】(P4.para.2)本题考查的是中世纪时期几位诗人作品的创作主题和创作范围。

自考英语本科英美文学选读教你投机取巧过英美文学[整理加强版]

美文学这门科目庞大之极，堪称英本自考之最。

自己一个人看那么厚的一本书，不用说能不能看下来，能记住多少实在不好说！我在复习的时候，总结了一些规律，与大家分享，望对你有用，帮你顺利通过！1.题型分析：一般来讲，肯定是这种类型：a.单项选择题（40道，40分）b.引文简析（无非就是问问作者是谁，出自哪个作品，主题意象什么的，4道，16分）c.简答题（4道，24分）d.论述题（无非就是分析加读后感，20分）经验：你应该可以看出来了，重点当然是单选了，分数大，又好得分，实在不行还可以蒙。

建议尽可能把书看一遍，但不要看作者生平，那肯定不会考。

有个印象就可以了，不用去背，如果你汉语文学功底好，可以省去不少时间。

2.比例分析据本人统计，历年来英美文学的国考试卷中英国文学占52%，美国文学占48%。

（2003年4月例外，其中英国部分58%）其中，可以看出单选题：前22题肯定为英国部分，其余为美国部分。

大题部分：基本上是一人一半，各占50%经验：书上共652页，英国411页，美国241页。

英国作家共38位，美国15位。

其中，美国部分中，诗歌作品也比较少，比较好确认。

结论：死学美国，顺带英国。

3.内容分析历年命题的趋势逐渐由课文内容向选读作品转移，选读的比重越来越大。

经验：课文内容作到大体了解，但要特别重视作家艺术特色。

选读部分加大力度，多注意书上的注释及选文大意和某些细节，尽量作到能用英语复述。

实在不行，也至少作到能用汉语复述。

4.真题解析及预测自学考试的一大特点就是重复率高，所以历年试题是必惫的复习材料，不可缺少。

有人说：“一套真题等于3套模拟题！”这话绝对没错。

所以要花大力气在上面。

记得我考那回就有一道10分大题和前一年的一模一样。

注：马克吐温的《哈克贝里费恩历险记》的分析在2000~2002年中，连续考了三次。

经验：注意历年真题，尤其是去年的。

去年的10分大题大致如下：a.《傲慢与偏见》中的三种婚姻b.《白鲸》选文作品复述几分析象征意义。

自考英语：英美文学选读要点总结精心整理下载版[3]

自考英语：英美文学选读要点总结精心整理下载版[3] 英国】Chapter3 The Romantic Period (1798-1832)浪漫主义1.This urgency was provoked by two important revolutions: the French Revolution of 1789-1794 and the English Industrial Revolution which happened more slowly, but with Astonishing consequences.英国面临着新的发展动力:是1789-1794年的法国资产阶级大革命,是同时期英国内部的工业革命.2.In 1832, the Reform Bill was enacted, which brought the Industrial capitalists into power.1832年“改革法案”在议会通过并实施。

3.The Romantic Movement, whether in England, Germany or France, expressed a more or less negative forward the existing social.浪漫主义运动,无论是在英国,德国还是法国,都表现相互对工业革命时期现存的社会经济制度及城市资产阶级的上升的否定态度。

4. The Romantics demonstrated a strong reaction against the dominant modes of thinking of the 18th-century writers and philosophers. Where their predecessors saw man as a social animal, the Romantics saw him essentially as an individual in the solitary state.文学家摒弃了18 世纪盛行的文学及哲学基调---理性,古典主义文学家认为人是社会性的动物,浪漫主义文学家认为人应该是独立自由的个体.5. Thus, we can say that Romanticism actually constitutes a changeof direction from attention to the outer world of social civilization to the inner world of the human spirit.因此,们还可以说浪漫主义其实是将人们的注意力从外部世界—社会文明转移到内部世界---人类自己的精神实质。

自考英美文学选读要点总结精心整理2

英美文学选读要点总结细心整理[英国』Chapter1 The Renaissance period（14世纪至十七世纪中叶）文艺复兴1. Humanism is the essence of the Renaissance.人文主义是文艺复兴的核心。

2. the Greek and Roman civilization was based on such a conception that man is the measure of all things.人文主义作为文艺复兴的起源是因为古希腊罗马文明的基础是以“人”为中心，人是万物之灵。

3. Renaissance humanists found in then classics a justification to exalt human nature and came to 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 but to question, explore, and enjoy.人文主义者们却从古代文化遗产中找到足够的论据，来赞美人性，并开始留意到人类是崇高的生命，人可以不断发展完善自己，而且世界是属于他们的，供他们怀疑，探究以及享受。

4. Thomas More, Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare are the best representatives of the English humanists.托马斯.摩尔，克利斯朵夫.马洛和威廉.莎士比亚是英国人文主义的代表。

5. Wyatt introduced the Petrarchan sonnet into England.怀亚特将彼特拉克的十四行诗引进英国。

学历类《自考》自考专业(英语)《英美文学选读》考试试题及答案解析

学历类《自考》自考专业(英语)《英美文学选读》考试试题及答案解析姓名:_____________ 年级:____________ 学号:______________1、Opposition leaders will be watching carefully to see how the Prime Minister ________ the crisis.A、handlesB、conductsC、observesD、directs正确答案：A答案解析：A应付，对付，控制B引导，进行，实施C观察，监测，遵守D指导，监督2、Now many major employers are beginning to demand _______ the completion of schoolA、morethanB、ratherthanC、otherthanD、betterthan正确答案：A答案解析：morethan：多于，不只。

句意：现在很多雇主开始不仅仅要求学业的完成。

3、In the original test，all the animals in a test group are given a substance _______ half of them dieA、unlessB、untilC、lestD、provided正确答案：B答案解析：本题考查词义辨析。

until：直到。

符合句意，表示givenasubstance持续到halfofthemdie。

4、Nobody but you _______ what he said.A、agreeswithB、agreesoutC、agreewithD、agreeto正确答案：A答案解析：主语为nobody时，谓语动词用单数，如果主语被but,aswellas,with等短语修饰，谓语仍与主语的数保持一致。

该题易误选C、D，选D的原因在于词组记忆不清，用介词to时之后应加具体项目。

自考英语本科《英美文学选读》-美国现代时期一天全掌握

The modern period 现代时期the second American Renaissance,the expatriate移居海外movement,the Lost Generation, 迷茫的一代a transformation from order to disorderSeize the day, enjoy the present, 及时行乐spiritual wasteland, collective unconscious,psychoanalysisImagist movement, Jazz Age应用名词解释："迷惘的一代"，意象派诗歌，象征主义，表现主义，意识流"荒原"意识在美国20世纪文学中的反映《地铁站一瞥》《盟约》《河商的妻子》：主题、意象、语言弗洛斯特的自然诗《摘苹果后》《未选择的路》《雪夜停马在林边》：主题、象征与比喻、语言《毛猿》第八场：主题结构、表现主义和象征主义手《了不起的盖茨比》第三章：主题结构、人物刻画、语言风格age:second half of the 19th century to early decades of the 20th centurybackground:(1)the U.S. has become the most powerful country(2)technological revolution(3)a decline in moral standard, a spiritual wasteland, feelings of fear, loss, disorientation and disillusionmentinfluencing ideas:(1)the same as English Modern period: Karl Marx, Darwin, Freud(2)stream of consciousness:modernism's features:literature: convey a vision of social breakdown and moral decaywriter: develop techniques that could represent a break with the past. modernistic works are discontinuity and fragmentationThe differences between Modernism America and England(1)American writers emphasize the concrete sensory images or details as the direct conveyor of experience(2)modern fiction employ the first narration or confine the reader to the "central consciousness" or one character‘s point of viewcommon ground: directness, compression, vividness, sparing of wordsThe idea of “seize the day” or “enjoy the present ” was pervasive, as opposed to placing all hope in the future.“及时行乐”的思想十分横行，他们不把希望寄托在将来。

自考英美文学选读00604学习总结资料

》》》<<<<<<精品资料》》]英美文学选读学习技巧[转帖我是外贸英语大专毕业的，为了拿到本科文凭，我的首选当然是英语专业，第一年我顺通过今年考试我份单科毕业证书，今年四月我只剩听说与英美文学最难的二门。

利就拿到8大家能交流一下学习经验我想这里开一个英美文学学习技巧话题，感受很深，也领悟很多。

或小窍门，为没通过或即将要考英美文学同学提供多一点信息和帮助。

谢谢！首先我想与大家谈论一下参考书，我能理解大家想偷机取巧的想法，参考书必定是比课本薄得多，看上去象精选集，但事实并非如此，实际考题说明一切。

考题不会超大纲，答案我现所以课本也就越发重要。

自然都在书上。

只不过来年考题会从越来越偏僻角落去选择，在都能想象出题老师得意笑容，我出的题难什么，都在书上。

当我看完第一遍书时，其过程实在是艰涩痛苦，捏着厚厚书真觉得苦海无涯，望也望不当然到后面是以翻看形式了，四遍看完，到出头之日。

但奇妙的感觉在后面，当我第二，三，在自己脑海中形成的超薄精选集才是我认为以课本为基础，书本捏在手上变得越来越薄了。

你所需要做的是把这课本看书店里也买不到。

正直实用有效的参考书，在网上是下载不到，mactually is, and an to say this is only choice, but it 懂，读透，翻烂。

I don't wantjocant easy your way. Dont find too much resources, which ost direct and efficientyour burden. b, but increase我看见许多人说背不出，或怎样背。

大家都是这条路上过来的难兄难弟，多半白天要上班，晚上要背书，有段时间我近似绝望，怀疑自己提早进入老年痴呆症，健忘症。

我不断弄混名字，作品，时期，英美不分。

就现在考题看来，题型已不是单纯浅显记忆题，而是在此（纯简答题里都是这样。

自考《英美文学选读》(英)现代文学时期(2)-2

自考《英美文学选读》（英）现代文学时期（2）-2二。

识记1. Shaw’s reform ideas：He regarded the establishment of socialism by the emancipation of land and industrial capital from individual and class ownership as the final goal. But on how to achieve it，he differed greatly from the Marxists. He was against the means of violent revolution or armed struggle in achieving the goal of socialism; he also had a distrust of the uneducated working class in fighting against capitalists. This reformist view of his caused him a painful，often conscious，inner conflict between his sincere desire for the new world and his inability to break out of the snobbish intellectual isolation throughout his life and work.2. His major works：Shaw wrote five novels in all the best of which is Cashel Byron’s Profession (1886)，which is about a world-famous prize fighter marrying a priggishly refined lady of property. His criticism is entitled Our Theaters in the Nineties (1931)。

自考《英美文学选读》(英)维多利亚时期(3)-1

自考《英美文学选读》（英）维多利亚时期（3）-1III. Alfred Tennyson1.一般识记His Life & Literary CareerAlfred Tennyson (1809-1892) is certainly the most representative Victorian poet. His poetry voices the doubt & the faith，the grief & the joy of the English people in an age of fast social changes.He was born at Somersby，Linconshire，the fourth son of a rather learned clergyman. In 1827，he & his elder brother published Poems by Two Brothers. In this juvenile work the influence of Byron & an attraction to oriental themes were shown. He was educated at the Trinity College，Cambridge & published his first signed work Poems，Chiefly Lyrical (1830) there. In 1832，one year after he left Cambridge，he published Poems，which contained a variety of poems，beautiful in melody & rich in imagery. In 1842，his next issue of Poems came out，collected in the book are the dramatic monologue “Ulysses”，the epic narrative “ Morte d’’Arthur，” the exquisite idylls “Dora” & “ The Gardener’’s Daughter，” etc. In 1847，The Princess was published. Written in blank verse，it deals with the theme of women’’s rights & position. In 1850，Tennyson was appointed the Poet Laureate & he published his greatest work In Memoriam. The rest years of Tennyson’’s life was comfortable & peaceful，but he never stopped writing. In 1855，Tennyson published a monodrama Maud，a collection of short lyrics. Among the other works of his later period，“Rizpah，” “Enoch Arden，” “ Merlin & the Gleam” & “ Crossing the Bar” are worthy of note.2.识记His major poetic works & their theme1) In MemoriamPresumably it is an elegy on the death of Hallam，yet less than half of its l00 pieces are directly connected with him. The poet here does not merely dwell on the personal bereavement. As a poetic diary，the poem is al so an elaborate & powerful expression of the poet’’s philosophical & religious thoughts - his doubts about the meaning of life，the existence of the soul & the afterlife，& his faith in the power of love & the soul’’s instinct & immortality. Such doubts & beliefs were shared by most people in an age when the old Christian belief was challenged by new scientific discoveries，though to most readers today，the real attraction of the poem lies more in its profound feeling & artistic beauty than in the philosophical & religious reflections. The familiar trance-like experience，mellifluous rhythm & pictorial descriptions make it one of the best elegies in English literature.2) Idylls of the Kin g (1842-1885)It is his most ambitious work which took him over 30 years to complete. It is made up of 12 books of narrative poems，based on the Celtic legends of King Arthur & his Knights of the Round Table. But it is not a mere reproduction of the old legend，though. It is a modern interpretation of the classic myth. For one thing，the moral standards & sentiments reflected in the poem belong to the Victorians rather than to the medieval royal people. For another，the story of the rise & fall of King Arthur is，in fact，meant to represent a cyclic history of western civilization，which ，in Tennyson’’s mind ，is going on a spiritual decline & will end in destruction.3.领会Artistic Features of His PoetryTennyson is a real artist. He has the natural power of linking visual pictures with musicalexpressions，& these two with the feelings. He has perfect control of the sound of English，& a sensitive ear，an excellent choice & taste of words. His poetry is rich in poetic images & melodious language，& noted for its lyrical beauty & metrical charm. His works are not only the products of the creative imagination of a poetic genius but also products of a long & rich English heritage. His wonderful works manifest all the qualities of England’’s great poets. The dreamines s of Spenser，the majesty of Milton，the natural simplicity of Wordsworth，the fantasy of Blake & Coleridge，the melody of Keats & Shelley，& the narrative vigor of Scott & Byron，—— all these striking qualities are evident on successive pages of Tennyson’’s poetry.4. 应用Selected Readings(1) BreakThis short lyric is written in memory of Tennyson’’s best friend，Arthur Hallam，whose death has a lifelong influence on the poet. Here，the poet’’s own feelings of sadness are contrasted with the carefree，innocent joys of the children & the unfeeling movement of the ship & the sea waves. The beauty of the lyric is to be found in the musical language & in the association of sound & images with feelings & emotions. The poem contains 4 quatrains，with combined iambic & anapaestic feet. Most lines have three feet & some four. The rhyme scheme isa b c b.(2) Crossing the BarThis poem was written in the later years of Tennyson’’s life. Although not the last poem written by Tennyson in his long creative career，this poem appears，at his request，as the final poem in all collections of his works. The scene is sketched with a few strokes：sunset & the evening star，the twilight and the evening bell，& then the dark. The ship is ready to go out of the harbor. It will cross the bar & reach the vast open sea for the long voyage that it is to make. The allegory of the poem is clear. Tennyson is in the evening of life，& the “clear call” of death will come soon. But when he has crossed the border between life & death to go on that voyage beyond the bound of Time & Place，he hopes then to see his “Pilot，” God，face to face. From the moving imagery & the pleasant sound of the poem，we can feel his fearlessness towards death，his faith in God & an afterlife.。

自考《英美文学选读》(英)现代文学时期(3)-1

自考《英美文学选读》（英）现代文学时期（3）-1Ⅱ。

John Galsworthy (1867-1933)一。

一般识记His life：John Galsworthy was born into an upper-middle class family. He was educated first at Harrow and then at Oxford. After practising the law for a short time，he turned to literature.二。

识记His major works：He published his first book，From the Four Winds (a volume of short stories)，in 1897 under the pseudonym of John Sinjohn. The experiences of his wife’s unhappy life of the first marriage were reflected in The Man of Property (1906)，which，together with his first p1ay，The Silver Box (1906)，established him as a prominent novelist and playwright in the public mind. After the First Wor1d War he completed The Forsyte Saga，his first trilogy：The Man of Property，In Chancery (1920) and To Let (1921)。

His second Forsyte trilogy，A Modern Comedy，appeared in 1929，and the third，End of the Chapter，posthumous1y in 1934.三。

自考《英美文学选读》(英)现代文学时期(3)-3

自考《英美文学选读》（英）现代文学时期（3）-3(2) In his later period，Eliot produced only two major volumes of poetic works：Ash Wednesday (1930) and Four Quartets (1944)。

The quest for stability，for order，and for the maintaining of the bourgeois status quo became his primary concern in his later works. The Four Quartets，based on the Christian dogmas of incarnation and resurrection，is concerned with the quest for the immortal element，the stillness within time or history. Man，disillusioned and hopeless in his early poetry，now finds reconciliation in God. Thus，the Four Quartets is characterized by a philosophical and emotional calm quite in contrast to the despair and suffering of the early works. The stream-of-consciousness technique has been largely employed in Eliot’s poems.2.T. S. Eliot’s major achievement in drama writing：He was one of the important verse dramatists in the first half of the 20th century. Besides some fragmentary pieces，Eliot had written in his lifetime five full-length plays：Murder in the Cathedral (1935)，The Family Reunion (1939)，The Cocktail Party (1950)，The Confidential Clerk (1954)，and The-Elder Statesman (1959)。

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自考《英美文学选读》（英）现代文学时期（4）-33. The brief outline，artistic features and social significance of Ulysses：(1) The brief outline：Broadly speaking，Ulysses gives an account of man’s life during one day (16 June，1904) in Dublin. The three major characters are：Leopold Bloom，an Irish Jew，his wife，Marion Tweedy Bloom，and Stephen Dedalus，the protagonist in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. The whole novel is divided into 18 episodes in correspondence with the 18 hours of the day. The first three episodes are mainly concerned with Stephen Dedalus：he gets up at 8 o’clock on this specific day; he teaches a history class at a boy’s school; and then he walks along the strand to town with random thoughts in mind. The next 14 episodes are largely about Leopold Bloom，who，after breakfast，goes about Dublin on his day’s routine activities. In the morning，Bloom takes a Turkish bath，calls in at the National Library，attends the funeral of a friend，and shows up at the newspaper office where he sells advertising. After lunch，Bloom wanders about in the city，meeting people in streets，at pubs and in shops，worrying about his wife，his money，his daughter and his digestion，pursuing persistently his own ruminations over his past，the death of his father and his baby son，but at the same time cocking an alert ear for what is going on around him. Then he roams along a beach at twilight，sitting at a place to watch an unknown girl and having a daydream. In the evening he visits a maternity hospital to inquire about the birth of a friend’s baby. During the course of the day，Stephen also wanders aimlessly in the town，propounding his theory on Shakespeare’s Hamlet at the National Library，drinking at the students’ common room of the hospital，visiting a brothel in the “Nighttown” where he is rescued in a drunken affray by Bloom. Subsequently Bloom invites Stephen back to his home for a late drink. Stephen leaves in the early hours of the morning and Bloom goes to bed. The novel ends with the famous monologue by Molly，who is musing in a half-awake state over her past experiences as a woman.(2) The artistic features：Ulysses has become a prime example of modernism in literature. It is such an uncommon novel that there arises the question whether it can be termed as a “novel” all; for it seems to lack almost all the essential qualities of the novel in a traditional sense：there is virtually no story，no plot，almost no action，and little characterization in the usual sense. The events of the day seem to be trivial，insignificant，or even banal. But below the surface of the events，the natural flow of mental reflections，the shifting moods and impulses in the characters’ inner world are richly presented in an unprecedentedly frank and penetrating way.(3) The social significance of the novel：In Ulysses，Joyce intends to present a microcosm of the whole human life by providing an instance of how a single event contains all the events of its kind，and how history is recapitulated in the happenings of one day. With complete objectivity and minute details of man’s everyday routines and his psychic processes，Joyce illustrates a symbolic picture of all human history，which is simultaneously tragic and comic，heroic and cowardly，magnificent and dreary. Like Eliot’s masterp iece，The Waste Land，Joyce’s Ulysses presents a realistic picture of the modern wasteland in which modern men are portrayed as vulgar and trivial creatures with splitting personalities，disillusioned ideals，sordid minds and broken families，who are searching in vain for harmonious human relationships and spiritual sustenance in a decaying world.4. The characteristics of Finnegans Wake：Joyce spent 17 years working on his last important book，Finnegans Wake (1939)。