英美文学复习资料

2). What is the contribution of Geoffrey Chaucer to English literature?
Chapter1. The Renaissance Period
一．重点
前言部分
4). In The Canterbury Tales, ______ presented to us a comprehensive realistic picture of the English society of his time and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life.
A. spiritual----hero B. natural----leader C. spiritual----god D. natural----monster
二． 《英美文学选读》的考核目标，按照识记，领会，应用规定应当达到的能力层次要求。三个层次呈递进关系，其含义是：
识记： 有关的概念、定义、知识点等能够记住
领会： 在识记的基础上，能够把握基本概念、基本方法和彼此之间的关系和区别
应用了在领会的基础上，能运用本课程的基本理论，基本知识和方法来分析英美文学作品，并能用英语正确表达。
1． 文艺复兴的起源，起始时间，内容及特征
2． 人文主义的有关主张及对文学的影响
3． 文艺复兴时期的主要文学形式及其特征
练习：
Renaissance Period
1. Choose the best answer for each blank.
1). The Renaissance, in essence, is a historical period in which the European ______ thinkers and scholars made attempts to get rid of those old feudalist ideas in medieval Europe, to introduce new ideas that expressed the interests of the rising bourgeoisie, and to recover the purity of the early church form the corruption of the Roman Catholic Church.
A. Greek and Roman B. humanist C. religious D. loyal
2). Generally, the ______ refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries. It first started in Italy, with the flowering of painting, sculpture and literature. From Italy the movement went to embrace the rest of Europe.
C. Old English, Greek, French D. English, Greek, French
7). Geoffrey Chaucer is the greatest writer of the Medieval period in English literature. In “The Legend of Good Women”, he used for the first time in English the rhymed couplet of iambic pentameter which is to be called later the ______.
Part 1 English Literature
An Introduction to Old and Medieval English Literature
一．重点：有关这部分的文学史内容
1．古代英国文学和中世纪英国文学的起始阶段
2．英国文学史上的第一部民族史诗----Beowulf
6). After the conquest of 1066, three languages co-existed in England. They are ______, ______ and ______.
A. Old EFrench, Latin
A. Medieval Period B. Renaissance C. Old English Period D. Romantic Period
3). ______ is the essence of the Renaissance. Thomas More, Christopher Marlowe and _______ are the best representatives of the English humanists.
2. Explain the following literal terms.
1). Romance
2). Heroic Couplet
3). Epic
3. Answer the following questions.
1). How many groups do the Old English poetry divided into? What are they? Which group does Beowulf belong to? Why?
2).. The Medieval period in English literature extends from 1066 up to the ______ century.
A. mid-13th B. mid-14th C. mid-15th D. mid-16th
A. couplet B. blank verse C. heroic couplet D. epic
8). Thematically the poem “Beowulf” presents a vivid picture of how the primitive people wage heroic struggle against the hostile forces of the ______ world under a wise and mighty ______.
A. Geoffrey Chaucer----wits B. William Shakespeare----wits
C. Geoffrey Chaucer----humanity D. William Shakespeare----humanity
9). It can be said that though essentially still a medieval writer, Geoffrey Chaucer bore marks of humanism and anticipated a new ______ to come.
A. man B. theory C. doctrine D. era
《英美文学选读》复习指导资料
《英美文学选读》复习指导资料
一． 课程介绍：
本课程由英国文学和美国文学两个部分组成。主要内容包括英美文学发展史及代表作家的简要介绍和作品选读。文学史部分从英美两国历史、语言、文化发展的角度，简要介绍英美两国文学各个历史时代的主要历史背景、文学文化思潮、文学流派、社会政治、经济、文化等对文学发展的影响，主要作家的文学生涯，创作思想，艺术特色及其代表作品的主题结构、人物刻画、语言风格、思想意义等。选读部分主要接选了英美文学史上各个时期重要作家的代表作品，包括诗歌、戏剧、小说、散文等。
A. Humanity---- William Shakespeare B. Humanism-----Francis Bacon
A. Geoffrey Chaucer B. William Shakespeare C. Francis Bacon D. William Langland
5). For the Renaissance, ______ was regarded as the English Homer. His reputation has been securely established as one of the best English poets for his wisdom, humor and ______.
3．中世纪文学的主要文学形式-----Romance
4．Geoffrey Chaucer 的文学贡献
二．练习：
1. Choose the best answer for each blank.
1). The period of ______ English literature begins from about 450 to 1066, the year of ______.
3). Beowulf, a typical example of Old English poetry, is regarded today as the national ______ of the Anglo-Saxons.
A. sonnet B. essay C. epic D. novel
A. Old----Renaissance B. Middle---- the Norman Conquest of England
C. Middle ---- Renaissance D. Old---- the Norman Conquest of England
10). Geoffrey Chaucer introduced from France the rhymed stanzas of various types to English poetry to replace the Old English ______ verse.
A. rhymed B. alliterative C. social D. visionary