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英国⽂学史及选读第⼀册课后作业英国⽂学史及选读第⼀册课后作业1.What are the main characteristics of Anglo-Saxon literature?2.Read Beowulf and comment on its position in the history of English literature.3.It is said Chinese people have no epic, what do you think of it ?4.Literature can be read for pleasure or examination. What about your view?Terms: Old English, Middle English, Epic…1. Discussion: characteristics of medieval romance.2. Brief Comment on the theme of test in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.3. Brief Comment on Chaucer’s hi storical position in British Literature.4. Choose one ballad from the textbook and make a brief comment on the style of it.Terms: Romance, Ballads, Heroic couplet…1.Brief comment on the Renaissance in England.2.What’s the theme of Hamlet? Read Hamle t Act III and Act V, and analyze the tragic flaws of Hamlet.3.Brief comment on the historical development and change of sonnets.4.Analyze Sonnet 29, 106.Terms: Renaissance, the Church of England, blank verse, tragedy, sonnet…1.What are the different aspects between the literature of Elizabethan period and the literature of the Revolution period?2.Briefly comment on the influence of KJV Bible on English literature.3.Discuss the theme of Paradise Lost.4.To some extent, we can say, Samson is Milton, Why?5.Analyze Christian Allegory in The Pilgrim's Progress.Terms: Puritan, the KJV Bible, allegory…1.What is the Enlightenment?2.What is Gothic Novel?3.Identify the themes of Robinson Crusoe.4.Brief comment on the theme of Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard.5.Brief comment on the theme of London.6.What are the features of Burns’poetry?Terms: Enlightenment, Gothic Novel, elegy, sentimentalism…。

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《英国文学史及选读》第二册练习题I. 浪漫主义时期I. Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement and put the letter in the brackets.1. English Romanticism is generally said to have begun with_____in 1798.(A)A. the publication of Lyrical BalladsB. the death of Sir ScottC. the birth of William WordsworthD. the passage of the first Reform Bill in the Parliament2. The Romantic Period is first of all an age of_____.(B)A. NovelB. poetryC. dramaD. prose3. Romanticism does not emphasize_____.(D)A. the special qualities of each individual’s mindB. the inner world of the human spiritC. individualityD. the features that men have in common4._____ is not a Romantic poet.(B)A. William BlakeB. Sir ScottC. P. B. ShelleyD. Lord Byron5. _____ is a Romantic novelist but is impressed with neo-classic strains.(C)A. Walter ScottB. Mary ShelleyC. Jane AustenD. Ann Radcliff6. _____ is not characte ristic of William Blake’s writing.(C)A. plain and direct languageB. compression of meaningC. supernatural qualityD. symbolism7. Wordsworth published Lyrical Ballads in 1789 with _____.(B)A. ByronB. ColeridgeC. ShelleyD. Keats8. Wordsworth thinks that _____ is the only subject of literary interest.(D)A. the life of rising bourgeoisieB. aristocratic lifeC. the life of the royal familyD. common life9. Don Juan is the masterpiece of_____.(A)A. Lord Byron’sB. P. B. Shelley’sC. John Keats’sD. Samuel Coleridge’s10. _____ is not a novel written by Jane Austen.(A)A. Jane EyreB. Sense and SensibilityC. Pride and PrejudiceD. EmmaII.维多利亚时期I. Each of the statement below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement and put the letter in the brackets1. The Victorian period roughly began at the enthronement of Queen Victoria in_____.(B)A. 1835B. 1836C. 1837D. 18382. The critical realists like Charles Dickens in the Victorian period wrote novels_____.(D)A. representing the 18th century realist novelB. criticizing the societyC. defending the massE. all the above3. _____is not a Victoria novelist.(D)A. Charles DickensB. George EliotC. William Makepeace ThackerayD. D. H. Lawrence4. _____ is not a work by Charles Dickens.(C)A. Oliver TwistB. David CopperfieldC. MiddlemarchD. A Tale of Two Cities5. Wuthering Heights is a masterpiece written by_____.(B)A. Charlotte BronteB. Emily BronteC. Anne BronteD. Branwell Bronte6. _____ is not Thomas Hardy’s work.(A)A. The Mill on the FlossB. Tess of the D’UrbervillesC. Jude the ObscureD. The Mayor of Casterbridge7. “My Last Duchess” is _____.(A)A. a dramatic monologueB. a short lyricC. a novelD. an essay8. Tennyson’s “Ulysses” gets its inspiration from the following works or writers except_____.(B)A. Homer’s OdesseyB. Joyce’s UlyssesC. DanteD. Greek Mythology9. In the 19th century English literature, a new literary trend _____ appeared. And it flourished in the 1840s and in the early 1950s.(D)A. romanticismB. naturalismC. realismD. critical realism10. The title of the novel Vanity Fair was taken from_____.(A)A. The Pilgrim’s ProgressB. Childe Harold’s PilgrimageC. Gulliver’s TravelsD. The Canterbury TalesIV. Name the author of each of the following literary works.1. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (Charles Dickens)2. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Anne Bronte)3. In Memoriam (Alfred Tennyson)4. The Mill on the Floss (George Eliot)5. The Return of the Native (Thomas Hardy)VI. For each of the quotations listed below please give the name of the author and the title of the literary work from which it is taken and then briefly interpret it.1. That same evening the gentleman in the white waistcoat most positively and decidedly affirmed, not only that Oliver would be hung, but that he would be drawn and quartered into the bargain. Mr.Bumble shoot his head with gloomy mystery, and said he wished he might come to good; where—unto Mr. Gamfield replied, that he wished he might come to him---which, although he agreed with the beadle in most matters, would seem to be a wish of a totally opposite description. The next morning, the public were once more informed that Oliver Twist was again To Let, and that five pounds would be paid to anybody who would take possession of him.( It is taken from Charles Dickens’s Oliver Twist. This part describes how Oliver is punished for asking for more to eat and how he is therefore sold at three pound ten to a notorious chimney-sweeper. It reveals that the pitiable state of the orphan boy and the cruelty and hypocrisy of the workhouse board.)2. Thus, neither having the clue to the other’s secret, they were respectively puzzled at what each revealed, and awaited new knowledge of each other’s character and moods without attempting to pry into each o ther’s history.Every day, every hour, brought to him one more little stroke of her nature, and to her one more of his. Tess was trying to lead a repressed life, but she little divined the strength of her own vitality.( It is taken from Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles. This part describes how Tess forgets about her past misfortune in the beautiful, pastoral dairy farm and unconsciously gives herself up to the attraction of Angel Clare.)III. 现代时期I. Each of the statement below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement and put the letter in the brackets1. Modernism takes_____as its theoretical base.（C)A. the irrational philosophyB. the theory of psycho-analysisC. both A and BD. neither A nor B2. Modernism rose out of_____.(D)A. skepticismB. disillusion of capitalismC. irrational philosophyD. al the above3. Modernism is, in many aspects, a reaction against_____.(B)A .romanticism B. realismC. post-modernismD. all the above4. _____is not a movement in the modern period.(C)A. “the Angry Young Men”B. “the Beat Generation”C. “the Lost Generation”D. “the Theater of the Absurd”5. _____ is not a representative figure i n applying the technique of “the stream of consciousness” in his/her writing.(A)A. D. H. LawrenceB. James JoyceC. Virginia WoolfD. Dorothy Richardson6. Waiting for Godot is regarded as the most famous and influential play of the Theater of Absurd. It is written by_____.(B)A. George Bernard ShawB. Samuel BeckettC. John GalsworthyD. Eugene O’ Neill7. The Waste Land is_____’s most important single poem.(D)A. Ezra PoundB. William Butler YeatsC. Alfred TennysonD. T. S. Eliot8. _____ is not D. H. Lawrence’s work.(A)A. Finnegans WakeB. Sons and LoversC. Lady Chatterley’s LoverD. The Rain Bow9. _____ is not James Joyce’s novel.(C)A. UlyssesB. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManC. DublinersD. Finnegans Wake10. “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” is written by_____.(D)A. W. H. AudenB. D. H. LawrenceC. W. B. YeatsD. T. S. EliotIV. Name the author of each of the following literary works.1. Pygmalion (Bernard Shaw )2. “Sailing to Byzantium” (W. B. Yeats)3. Woman in Love (D. H. Lawrence)4. Ulysses (James Joyce)5. The Man of Property (John Galsworthy)VI. For each of the quotations listed below please give the name of the author and the title of the literary work from which it is taken and then briefly interpret it.1. I will arise and go now, for always night and dayI hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements gray,I hear it in the deep heart’s core.(It is taken from Yeats’s “The lake Isle of Innisfree.” In this poem, Yeats expresses his longing to escape from the city life and to live a secluded life by describing the peaceful, tranquil scene of the lake Isle of Innisfree, a legendary place for hermitage.)2. Now she began to combat in his restless fretting. He still kept up his connexion with Miriam, could neither break free nor go the whole length of engagement. And this indecision seemed to bleed him of his energy. Moreover. His mother suspected him of an unrecognized leaning towards Clara, and, since the latter was a married woman, she wished he would fall in love with one of the girls in a better station of life. But he was stupid, and would refuse to love or even to admire a girl much, just because she was his social superior.(It is taken from D. H. Lawrence’s Sons and Lovers. Paul has love affairs with two girls, Miriam and Clara. But he is so dependent on his mother’s love and help that he fails to achieve a fulfilling relationship with either girl.) English Literature ( Book II)2.William Wordsworth要知道他的“Lyrical Ballads”前言是英国浪漫主义时期开始的标志，也是宣言。

【答案】英国文学史及选读unite1课后习题答案

【答案】英国文学史及选读unite1课后习题答案Unit oneAnglo-Saxon Period 450A.D.~1066Blank Filling1.Literature is writings that are valuede as works of art, as the genres are___fiction______,___drama_______ and _____poetry_________.2.The period of Old English Literature extends from about __450___ to _1066____,the year of the ____Norman conquest of England_________.3.The literature of the Anglo-Saxon period falls naturally into two dividions,__pagan______ and christian.4."__Beowulf Background__________" is the oldest poem in the English language,and also the oldest surviving epic in the English language.5.In Anglo-Saxon period, "Beowulf" represented the ___pagan_________ poetry.6.The great English epic__Beowulf____ preserved today in Old English,consists of 3183lines. It is acturally a reflection of the life and adventures of _jute_____living on the European continent.7.what are the main characteristics of "The song of Beowulf"Beowulf’s personal characteristics include the heroic traits of loyalty, honor, bravery, faith, and superhuman strength. He demonstrates his sense of honor and his loyalty to Hrothgar by volunteering to kill Grendel and then Grendel’s mother. He proves his bravery by battling these two monsters and, at the end his life, the dragon. His strength can also be seen in these battles,as he rips off Grendel’s arm with his bare hands and holds his breath for a superhuman length of time in Grendel’s mother’s underwater lair. Beowulf demonstrates his faith by giving thanks to God for his victories.1. alliteration2. understatement3. half-historical and half-legendary。

英国文学史及选读练习题

英国文学史及选读练习题英国文学史及选读练习题Part ⅠI．Fill in the following blanks .1. After the fall of the Roman Empire and the withdraw of Roman troops fromAlbion ,the aboriginal_____ population of the larger part of the island was soon conquered and almost totally exterminated by the Teutonic of _____ ,_____ ,and _____who came from the continent and settled in the island ,naming its central part _____ ,or England .2. For nearly _____ years prior to the coming of the English ,British had been aRoman province .In _____ ,the Rome withdrew their legions from Britain to protect herself against swarms of Teutonic invaders .3. The literature of early period falls naturally into two divisions, _____ and_____ .The former represents the poetry which the Anglo-Saxons probably brought with them in the form of _____ ,the crude material out of which literature was slowly developed on English soil ; the later represents the developed under the teaching of _____ .4. In reading the earliest poetry of English it is well to remember that all of it wascopied by _____ ,and seems to have been more or less altered to give it a _____ .5. _____ can be justly termed England’s national epic and its hero ______--one ofthe national heroes of the English people .6. The Song of Beowulf reflects events which took place on the _____ approximatelyat the beginning of the _____ century ,when the forefathers of the Jutes lived in the southern part of the _____ and maintained close relations with kindred tribes ,e.g. with the _______________ who lied on the other side of the straits . 7. Among the early Anglo-Saxon poets we may mention _____ who lived in the latter half of the _____ century and who wrote a poetic Paraphrase of the Bible .8. _____ is the first known religious poet of England .He is known as the father ofEnglish song .II．Choose the best answer for each blank.1. The most important work of _____ is the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, which isregarded as the best monument of the old English prose .a. Alfred the Greatb. Caedmonc. Cynewulfd. Venerable Bede2. Who is the monster half-human who had mingled thirty warriors in The Song ofBeowulf ?a. Hrothgatb. Heorotc. Grendeld. Beowulf3. _____ is the first important religious poet in English literature .a. Cynewulfb. Caedmonc. Shakespeared. Adam Bede4. The epic ,The Song of Beowulf ,represents the spirit of _____ .a. monksb. romanticistsc. sentimentalistsd. paganPart ⅡI．Fill in the following blanks.1. In the year _____ ,at the battle of _____ ,the _____ headed by William ,Duke ofNormandy ,defeated the Anglo-Saxons .2. The literature which Normans brought to England is remarkable for itsbright ,_____ tales of _____ and _____ ,in marked contrast with the _____ and _____ of Anglo-Saxon poetry .3. English literature is also a combination of _____ and _____ elements .4. In the 14th century ,the two most important writers are _____ and Chaucer .5. In the 15th century ,there is only one important prose writer whose name is_____ .He wrote an important work called Morte d’ Arthur .Part ⅢI．Fill in the following blanks.1. Geoffrey Chaucer ,the “_____ ”and one of the greatest narrative poets ofEngland ,was born in London in about the year 1340 .2. Chaucer’s master piece is _____ ,one of the most famous works in all literature .3. The _____ provides a frame work for the tales in The Canterbury Tales ,and itcomprises a group of vivid pictures of various medieval figures .4. Chaucer created in The Canterbury Tales a strikingly brilliant and picturesquepanorama of ____ .5. The Canterbury Tales opens with a general ”Prologue ” where we are told of acompany of pilgrims that gathered at _____ Inn in South-wark ,suburb of London .6. Chaucer believes in the right of man to ______ happiness .7. The name of the “jolly innkeeper” in The Canterbury Tales is _____ ,who proposes that each pilgrim of the _____ should tell two tales on the way to Canterbury and two more on the way back .8. The pilgrims in The Canterbury Tales are on their way to the shrine of_____ at a place named Canterbury .9. Despite the enormous plan ,The Canterbury Tales in fact contains a general“ Prologue ” and only _____ tales , of which two are left unfinished .10. In contradistinction to the _____ verse of Anglo-Saxon poetry , Chaucer chose themetrical form which laid the foundation of the English _____ verse . II．Choose the best answer for each blank .1. Who is the “ father of English poetry ” and one of the greatest narrative poets ofEngland ?a. Christopher Marlowb. Geoffrey Chaucerc. W .Shakespeared. Alfred the Great2. When he died , Chaucer was buried in _____ the Poet’s Corner.a. Westminster Abbeyb. Normandyc. Canterburyd. Southwark3. Chaucer’s earliest work of any length is his “_____ ” a translation of the French“ Roman de la Rose ” by Gaillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meung , which was a love allegory enjoying widespread popularity in the 13th and 14th centuries not only France but throughout Europe .a. Troilus and Criseydeb. A Red , Red Rosec. Romance of the Rosed. Piers the Plowman4. Chaucer composes a long narrative poem named “ _____ ” based onBoccaccio’s poem “ Filostrato ” .a. The Legend of Good Womenb. Troilus and Gressiec. Sir Gawain and the Green Knightd. Beowulf5. In his literary development , Chaucer was influenced by three literatures , Whichone is not true ?a. French literatureb. Italian literaturec. English literatured. German literature。

【答案】英国文学史及选读unite6课后习题答案.docx.pdf

Unit sixThe Age of Enlightenment1.Daniel Defoe describes Robinson Crusoe__ as a typical English middle-class manof the 18th century, the very prototype of the empire builder or the pioneer colonist.2.__Robert Burns___ is undoubtedly the greatest poet Scotland has ever produced.His “ Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect“ is of great significance.3._Jonathan swift__ was the most remarkable satirist in the 18th century whocriticized the new bourgeois-aristocratic society of his age without mercy, his most important representative work is _Gulliver's Travels____.4.As the representative of the Enlightenment, Pope was one of the first to introduce_A_ to England.A. rationalismB. criticismC. romanticismD. realism5.The _ Enlightenment _ was a progressive intellectual movement throughoutwestern Europe in the 18th Century.6.The main literary steam of the 18th century was _neo-classicism__. What thewriters described were mainly social realities.7.In the first part of Gulliver’s Travels, Gulliver told his experience in _A___ .A. LilliputB. BrobdingnagC. HouyhnhnmD. England8.In the novel , Robinson Crusoe, Defoe eulogizes the hero of the _C___.A. artistocratic classB. enterprising landlordsC. rising bourgeoisieD. hard-working people9.“Now fades the glimmering landscape on the fight, and all the air a solemnstillness holds, save where the beetle wheels his droning flight. And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds ;”10.The stanza are taken from__A. Elegy Written in a Country ChurchyardB. Paradise LostC. HamletD. The Passionate Shepherd to His Love11.Thomas Gray has been regarded as the leader of the _B__ of the day.A. romantic poetryB. sentimental poetryC. religious poetryD. modern poetry12.In the field of literature, the Enlightenment Movement brought about a revival ofinterest in the old classical works. This tendency is known as _B__.A. ClassicismB. NeoclassicismC. RomanticismD. Pre-Romanticism13.Fielding started “ the third-person narration”, which enables the author to presentas the ___ not only the characters’ external behaviors but also the internal workings of their minds.A. truthful observerB. all-knowing GodC. Intimate particularD. scrutinizing critic14.Which of the following phrased cannot be used to describe the features of Gray’spoetry.A. Highly artificial in dictionB. Distorted in word orderC. Calculated in rhythm.D. Lighted-hearted in tone.15.The following on Daniel Defoe are true except _C__.A. Robinson Crusoe is his first novelB. Robinson Crusoe is universally considered his masterpieceC. he was a member of the upper classD. in his novels, his sympathy for the downtrodden, unfortunate poor is shown。

2023年大学_《英国文学史及选读》(吴伟仁著)课后答案

2023年《英国文学史及选读》(吴伟仁著)课后答
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《英国文学史及选读》(吴伟仁著)内容简介
PART I THE ANGLO-SAXON PERIOD
Beowulf
PART II THE ANGLO-NORMAN PERIOD
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
PART III GEOFFREY CHAUCER
The Canterbury Tales
(General Prologue)
Popular Ballads
Robin Hood and Allin-a-Dale
Get Up and Bar the Door
Sir Patrick Spens
PART IV THE RENAISSANCE
PART V THE 17TH CENTURY
PART VI THE 18TH CENTURY
《英国文学史及选读》(吴伟仁著)目录
本书是作者根据英国文学历史的`顺序结合作品选读所编写的一套适合我国高等教院校英语专业使用的教材。

由于课时有限，历史部分只作了简明扼要的概述，作品选读部分，尽可能遴选了文学史上的重要作家和重要作品。

这部“史”、“选”结合的教材，分为两册出版，第一册是古代至18世纪英国文学，第二册是19划纪至20世纪英国文学。

教材内容丰富，观点正确，选文具有代表性，可作高校外文系英语专业英国文学史和文学作品选读课程的课本或参考书，也是广大中学英语教师及具有一定程度的英语自学者和英美文学爱好者进修的理想读物。

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英国文学史及作品选读练习题Old and Middle English PeriodThe most important romance of the Middle English period is about . It was written in Latin.所选答案:［未给定]正确答案： B。

King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table问题2Today Chaucer is regarded as the father of English poetry. His masterpiece is .所选答案：[未给定]正确答案：The Canterbury Tales问题3captured the spirit of the medieval period just as it was ending。

所选答案:[未给定]正确答案： D。

Geoffrey Chaucer问题4In the 14th century，the two most famous are and Langland。

所选答案:［未给定]正确答案：Geoffrey ChaucerChaucer问题5得0 分，满分2 分Chaucer’s active career provided him not only with knowledge but also experiences, whichaccounted for the wide range of his writings。

The following are all his careerEXCEPT .所选答案:［未给定］正确答案： D。

businessman and churchman问题6得0 分，满分2 分Beowulf unfolds a picture of an early society, of its public life,its customs， rituals and cultural activities。

《英国文学史及作品选读》练习题.

《英国文学史及作品选读》练习题All the sonnets were written by Keats EXCEPT .正确答案: A. London 1802In_______, _______set forth his principles of poetry, “all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling”.正确答案: A. In The Preface to Lyrical Ballads; Wordsworth华兹华斯The revolutionary Romantic poet went to Greece to help that country in its struggle for liberty and died of fever there.正确答案: D. ByronIn Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s (塞缪尔·泰勒·柯尔律治“Kubla Khan”, “A sunny pleasure dome with caves of ice “_______.正确答案: D. Refers to the palace where Kubla Khan once livedis Byron’s poetic drama with the material taken from Biblical story or stories.正确答案: B. CainWordsworth does not emphasize the importance of ______in poetry composition.正确答案: C. the right poetic formT he following statements are about “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage”. Among them which one is NOT true?正确答案: B. The first canto deals with Albania and Greece.Pride and Prejudice is noted for its vividly depicted characters who are revealed through comparison and contrast with each other. Among the following pairs of characters are NOT in contrast.正确答案: C. Lady Catherine and Mr. CollinsShelley was influenced by the Utopian ideal of ________.正确答案:William Godwin 威廉·戈德温It is said that all Keats’s personality se ems to be breathed into his odes, of which the more famous odes are “de to Autumn”, “Ode on Melancholy”, ”Ode on a Grecian Urn” and “Ode to Nightingale”, all with the praise of _______ as their general theme.正确答案: B. beauty_______is a poem that tells the glorious victory of the battle at Bannockburn led by the Scottish national hero Robert Bruce.正确答案:The Lord of the Isles_______can be found among Shelley’s love lyrics.正确答案: D. One Word is Too Often ProfanedThe first poem in The Lyrical Ballads 《抒情歌谣集》is Coleridge’s (柯立基masterpiece_______. 正确答案: A. The Rime of the Ancient MarinerAll the following statements about “Ode on a Grecian Urn” are true EXCEPT.正确答案: B. In this poem, the poet spoke as bitterly of human woes as he did in “Ode to a Nightingale”.At the beginning of Pride and Prejudice, the attitude of Darcy and Elizabeth toward each other is that of .正确答案: B. mutual repulsionAmong the following, _______is an elegy.正确答案: C. AdonaisWhich one of the following does NOT describe the characteristic s of Scott’s writing?正确答案: B. His plotting is often closely knitted.William Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated all of the following EXCEPT_______.正确答案: C. Elegant wording and inflated figures of speechKing Richard the Lion Heart and Robin Hood bot h appear in Scott’s novel_____.正确答案:Ivanhoe 《劫后英雄传》_______is NOT a historical novel written by Scott.正确答案: B. Marmion_______is NOT among the representative essayists in the romantic times.正确答案: B. Walter ScottThe Romantic period is a great age of all literary genres EXCEPT.正确答案: D. dramaAll the following are novels written by Jane Austen EXCEPT_______.正确答案: C. Shirley 雪莱All the following about Romanticism are true EXCEPT.正确答案: B. Romanticism constitutes a change of direction from attention to the inner world of human spirit to the outer world of social civilization.Of the following four novels by Austen_______is the most popular and dramatic one.正确答案:Pride and PrejudiceOf the following statements about Lyrical Ballads, which is NOT true?正确答案: C. The poems are noted for the uncompromising obscurity of much of the language.The two poets who won the title of the poet laureate are ________.正确答案: C. Wordsworth and Southey_______is one of the first generation of English Romantic poets.正确答案:WordsworthThe prevailing tone in Pride and Prejudice is .正确答案: C. mild satireKeats wrote five long poems. _______ is NOT among them.正确答案: A. Annabel Lee 安娜贝尔·李”You and the girls may go, or you may send them by themselves, which perhaps will be still better, for as you are as handsome as any of them, Mr. Bingley might like you the best of the party.” The figure of speech used in the sentence is .正确答案: B. B. irony_______is NOT a lyric written by Wordsworth.正确答案: D. Love’s Philosophy《爱的哲学》’s p oetry is alwa ys sensuous, colorful and rich in imagery, which expresses the acuteness of his senses. In his poetry, sight, sound, scent, taste and feeling are all taken into give an entire understanding of an experience.正确答案: B. KeatsWhen composing poems for Lyrical Ballads, Coleridge was given the task of writing about ________. 正确答案: A. the supernatural and the romanticIn 1843, _______was made poet laureate.正确答案: C. Wordsworthis Shelley’s well-known political lyric, which calls upon the working class to fight against their rulers and exploiters.正确答案: D. Song to the Men of England 《致英格兰人之歌》All the poems were written by Byron EXCEPT_______.正确答案: C. The Masque of Anarchy“Ode to the West Wind” is concluded with mood.正确答案: B. triumphant and hopefulis NOT the essay written by Charles Lamb正确答案: C. Characters of Shakespeare’s PlaysWhich one of the following statements about Don Juan is true?正确答案: C. It displayed Byron’s genius as a romanticist and a realist simultaneously Romantic writers employ all the following EXCEPT as their poetic materials.正确答案: A. the abstractThe Romantic Movement expressed a attitude toward the existing social and political conditions that came with industrialization and the growing importance of the bourgeoisie.正确答案: B. negativeAfter t he massacre in St. Peter’s Field near Manchester, ______wrote_______.正确答案: D. Shelle y, “Song to the Men of England”Which of the following poems was written by Scott?正确答案:The Lady of the LakePrometheus Unbound is a(n __________by________.正确答案: B. lyrical drama, Shelley“If winter comes, can spring be far behind?” is taken from _______.正确答案: D. Ode to the West Wind 西风颂Jane Austen’s view of life is a totally one.正确答案: B. realisticIn Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”, the mariner suffers t he horror of death, because _______.正确答案: A. He kills an albatross“Beauty is truth, truth beauty” is an epigrammatic line by _______.正确答案: D. John Keats 约翰·济慈_______ is the poetic drama written by Byron.正确答案: D. Cain。

英国文学史及选读试题及答案

英国文学史及选读试题及答案英国文学史及选读试题Ⅰ. Multiple Choice（1′×20=20分）1.______ was respected as “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England.A.William ShakespeareB. Geoffrey ChaucerC. John MiltonD.John Donne2.In terms of influence upon England, ____ brought French civilization and French language to England.A. Anglo-SaxonsB. RomansC. Anglo-NormansD. Teutons3. According to Thomas More, “it was a time when sheep devoured men”. It refers to____.A. IndustrializationB. Religious ReformationC. Commercial ExpansionD. Enclosure Movement4. It was ____who introduced sonnet into English literature.A. Thomas WyattB. William ShakespeareC. Edmund SpenserD. Philip Sidney5. Which of the following is NOT Shakespeare’s tragedies?A. HamletB. King LearC. The Merchant of VeniceD. Othello6. In 1649 ____ was beheaded. England became a commonwealth under the leadership of Oliver Cromwell.A.James IB. Henry VIIIC. Elizabeth ID. Charles I7. Which comment on John Donne is wrong?A. He is the leading figure of metaphysical poetry.B. His poetry is characterized by mysticism and peculiar conceit.C. John Donne usually employs traditional and regular poetic form.D. His attitudes toward love are both positive and negative.8. Friday in The Adventuous of Robinson Crosue can be termed as EXCEPT____.A. a kind-hearted personB. a person with colonial mindC. a smart personD. a friendly person9. Thomas Gray is the representative of _____.A. SentimentalismB. Pre-RomanticismC. RomanticismD. English Renaissance10. William Blake’s ____is a lovely volume of poems, presenting a happy and innocent world,though not without its evils and sufferings.A.Poetical SketchesB. The Book of ThelC. Songs of ExperienceD. Songs of Innocence11. ____, the national peasant poet in Scotland, and his poem____ shows his passionate love for his Beloved.A.William Blake, LodonB. William Wordsworth, I Wandered Lonely as a CloudC. Robert Burns, A Red, Red RoseD. Robert Burns, Auld Lang Syne12. English Romanticism begins with____ and ends with____.A. the publication of Lyrical Ballads, John Keats’s deathB. French Revolution, Walter Scott’s deathC. the publication of Lyrical Ballads, Walter Scott’s deathD. Industrialization, John Keats’s death13. ____ are named as Lake Poets and Escapist Romanticists.A. Wordsworth, Shelley and KeatsB. Wordsworth, Byron and ShelleyC. Wordsworth, Coleridge and ShelleyD. Wordsworth, Coleridge and Southey14. Which of the following statement is NOT correct?A. Romantic literature is decidely an age of poetry.B. Dramma was fully developed during the Romantic period.C. The general feature is a dissatisfaction with the bourgeoise society.D. Romanticists paid great attention to the spiritual and emotional life of man.Personified nature plays animportant role in the pages of their works.15. ____ was the founder of the novel which deals with unimportant middle class people and of which there are many fine examples in latter English fiction.A.Charlotte BronteB. Emily BronteC. Charles DickensD. Jane Austen16. King ____ broke off with the Pope, dissolved all the monasteries and abbeys in the country, which is known as Religious Reformation.A. Henry VIIB. Henry VIIIC. Mary ID.Elizabetha I17. ____ was honored as Poet Laureate.A. ByronB. P. B ShelleyC. John KeatsD. William Wordsworth18. John Milton’s Paradise Lost is based on the story of ____.A. Greek MythologyB. Roman MythologyC. Old TestamentD. New Testament19. The 18th century witnessed that in England there appeared two political parties_____A. the Whigs and the ToriesB. the Senate and the House of RepresentativesC. the upper House and lower HouseD. the House of Lords and the House of Representatives20.“If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?”is an epigrammatic line by __.A. William WordsworthB. P. B. ShelleyC. George ByronD. John KeatsⅡ. Translate the following literary terms (English into Chinese and Chinese into English) （1′×10=10分）1．iambic pentameter 2. heroic couplet 3. antagonist 4. soliloquy 5. sonnet6. 无韵体诗7. 民谣8. 伏笔, 铺垫9. 诗节10. 清教主义III. Identify the author and title of the literary work (2′×5=10分)1.So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.2.Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.3.All is not lost: the unconquerable will,And study of revenge, immortal hate,And courage never to submit or yield:And what is else not to be overcome?4. Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear,And the rocks melt wi’ the sun:I will love thee still, my dear,While the sands o’ life shall run.5. And then my heart with pleasure fills,And dances with the daffodilsIV. Define the following literary terms (Each term should include the time, the features and representative figures orsignificance) (5′×4=20分)1. English Renaissance2. English Enlightenment3. Pre-Romanticism4. Metaphysical PoetryV. Interpreting the following texts(20′×2=40分)Text 1The curfew tolls the knell of parting day,The lowing herd wind slowly o’er the lea,The plowman homeward plods his weary way,And leaves the world to darkness and to me. (stanza 1)The breezy call of incense-breathing Morn,The swallow twittering from the straw-bulit shed,The cock’s shrill clarion, or the echoing horn,No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed. (stanza 5)Questions:1.Identify the author and the title of this poem (2分)2.Examine the poetic form (rhyme, foot and meter should be involved) (3分)3.Explain the underlined words (4分)4.What is the tone in stanza 1? How does the poet achieve it? (3分)5.Stanza 5 involoves rich imagery, please classify them and give examples. (6分)6.Point out the rhetorical devices in the above poem (2分)Text 2I wander through each chartered street,Near where the chartered Thames does flow,And mark in every face I meetMarks of weakness, marks of woe.In every cry of every man,In every infant's cry of fear,In every voice, in every ban,The mind-forged manacles I hear.How the chimney-sweeper's cryEvery blackening church appals;And the hapless soldier's sighRuns in blood down palace walls.Questions:1.Explain the underlined words. (5分)2.Identify the poetic form (3分)3.This poem is the mightiest brief poem, how does William Blake convey the mighty lines? (4分)4.Understand “chartered street and chartered Thames” and “Mind-forged manacles”? (4分)5.Please analyze the images of “Chimney-sweeper” and “soldier’s sigh”. (4分)英国文学史及作品选读（模拟试题一）参考答案Ⅰ. Multiple Choice1.__B__2.___C_3.__D__4.__A__5.__C___6.__D__7.__C__8.__B__9.__A__ 10.__D___11.__C__ 12.__C__ 13.__D__ 14.__B__ 15.__D__16.__B__ 17.__D__ 18.__C__ 19.__A__ 20.__B__Ⅱ. Translate the following literary terms (English into Chinese and Chineseinto English)1.抑扬格五音步2. 英雄双韵体3.反面人物4.独白5.十四行6.blank verse7.ballads8.foreshadowing9. stanza 10. PuritanismIII. Identify the author and title of the literary work1. William Shakespeare Sonnet 182. Francis Bacon Of Studies3. John Milton Paradise Lost4. Robert Burns A Red, Red Rose5.William Wordsworth I Wandered Lonely as a CloudIV. Define the following literary terms (Each term should include the time, the features and representative figures or significance)1.English RenaissanceIt sprang first in Italy in the 14th century and gradually spread all over Europe. It made its appearance in England in the 16th and 17th centuries. It means the rebirth of Greek and Roman culture. Two features are striking of this movement. The one is a thirsting curiosity for the classical literature. Another one is the keen interest in the activities of humanity. Humanism is the key-note of Renaissance. Thomas More, Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare are the best representatives of the EnglishReanaissance.2. English EnlightenmentThe 18th century marked the beginning of an intellectual movement in Europe, known as the。

西南大学《英国文学史及选读》网上作业题及答案

（0170）《英国文学史及选读》网上作业题及答案1：第一次2：第二次3：第三次4：第四次5：第五次6：第六次1：[单选题] Byron wrote the following except ________.A：A. Childe Harold’s PilgrimageB：B. ManfredC：C. Don JuanD：D. The Revolt of Islam参考答案：D2：[单选题]Jane Austen's first publihed novel was ________.A：A. Sense and SensibilityB：B. EmmaC：C. Mansfield ParkD：D. Pride and Prejudice参考答案：A3：[单选题] The time setting of The Canterbury Tales is April, or to say the spring, which might signify____.A：A.deathB：B.Chaucer’s birth dayC：C.rebirthD：D.the young sun参考答案：C4：[单选题]Among the following, the one who was also an artist of engraving is ________.A：A. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB：B. Robert BurnsC：C. William WordsworthD：D. William Blake参考答案：D5：[单选题]William Wordsworth is frequently referred to as ________.A：A. a religious poetB：B. a worshipper of natureC：C. a modernist poetD：D. a worshipper of beauty参考答案：B6：[单选题]The line "To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield" is from Tennyson's ______. A：A. Idylls of the KingB：B. In MemoriamC：C. MaudD：D. "Ulysses"参考答案：D7：[单选题]The story of The Grass is Singing by Doris Lessing takes place in ______.A：A. AfricaB：B. AmericaC：C. AsiaD：D. England参考答案：A8：[单选题]Jane Eyre is first published in _______ by the pseudonym of _______.A：A. 1847; Ellis BellB：B. 1848; Acton BellC：C. 1847; Currer BellD：D. 1853; Charlotte Bronte参考答案：C9：[单选题]In "Ode on a Grecian Urn" the references to Tempe and Arcady are ______.A：A. BritishB：B. ItalianC：C. GreekD：D. Persian参考答案：C10：[单选题]Which Greek mythology does the title The Road From Colonus by E. M. Forster refer to?A：A. Oedipus complexB：B. Oedipus and AntigoneC：C. Apollo and DaphneD：D. Sphinx参考答案：A1£º[ÅĞ¶ÏÐâ]The most successful novel of A. S. Byatt is The Game.²Î¿¼´ğ°¸£º´íÎó2£º[ÅĞ¶ÏÐâ]Shakespeare wrote 39 plays²Î¿¼´ğ°¸£ºÕıÈ·3£º[ÅĞ¶ÏÐâ]Dickens was a critical realist.²Î¿¼´ğ°¸£ºÕıÈ·4£º[ÅĞ¶ÏÐâ]Wordsworth said, poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings.²Î¿¼´ğ°¸£ºÕıÈ·5£º[ÅĞ¶ÏÐâ]"To be or not to be" is included in Hamlet²Î¿¼´ğ°¸£ºÕıÈ·6£º[ÅĞ¶ÏÐâ]Wordsworth, Coleridge and Southey were poets of the Lake School²Î¿¼´ğ°¸£ºÕıÈ·7£º[ÅĞ¶ÏÐâ]Lyrical Ballads was composed by Wordsworth only²Î¿¼´ğ°¸£º´íÎó8£º[ÅĞ¶ÏÐâ]Pope and Johnson were contemporaries.²Î¿¼´ğ°¸£ºÕıÈ·9£º[ÅĞ¶ÏÐâ]The Spenserian sonnet and the Spenserian stanza are the same.²Î¿¼´ğ°¸£º´íÎó10£º[ÅĞ¶ÏÐâ]Chaucer was "father of English poetry".²Î¿¼´ğ°¸£ºÕıÈ·1：[单选题]D. H. Lawrence's first novel, ________, was published in 1911.A：A. Sons and LoversB：B. The White PeacockC：C. The RainbowD：D. The Trespasser参考答案：B2：[单选题]The poetry of Samuel Taylor Coleridge may be characterized by its ________. A：A. plain languageB：B. supernatural colorC：C. scenes of common lifeD：D. traditional images参考答案：B3：[单选题]Authors and poems are correctly paired in all of the following except ________. A：A. William Wordsworth—“The Solitary Reaper”B：B. William Blake—“A Red, Red Rose”C：C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge—“The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”D：D. Robert Burns—“The Tree of Liberty”参考答案：B4：[单选题]Robert Burns came from ________.A：A. EnglandB：B. WalesC：C. ScotlandD：D. Ireland参考答案：C5：[单选题]The central image of "The Tyger” is ________.A：A. hammerB：B. chainC：C. anvilD：D. fire参考答案：A6：[单选题]The se tting for "Kubla Khan” is in ________.A：A. EnglandB：B. FranceC：C. JapanD：D. China参考答案：D7：[单选题] __________ is famous for his satirical style.A：A. Daniel DefoeB：B. Samuel RicharsonC：C. Henry FieldingD：D. Jonathan Swift参考答案：D8：[单选题]In addition to The Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Defoe also wrote______.A：A. Tom JonesB：B. PamelaC：C. The Adventures of Roderick RandomD：D. Moll Flanders参考答案：D9：[单选题]What is the purpose of the speaker in Flea?A：A. to conde m the flea who sucked his lover’s bloodB：B. to convince his lover their blood has been mingledC：C. to persuade his lover to accept his loveD：D. to tell his lover killing the flea means self-murder参考答案：C10：[单选题]In Paradise Lost, Milton was unconsciously in sympathy with ____________. A：A. SatanB：B. GodC：C. serpentD：D. Adam参考答案：A1£º[ÅÐ¶ÏÌâ]The French Lieutenant's Woman is characterized by alternative endings.²Î¿¼´ð°¸£ºÕýÈ·2£º[ÅÐ¶ÏÌâ]The 19th-century novelists took the irrational philosophy and Sigmund Freud's theory of psychoanalysis as their theoretical base.²Î¿¼´ð°¸£º´íÎó3£º[ÅÐ¶ÏÌâ]T. S. 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西南大学20年6月[0170]英国文学史及选读考试大作业参考答案

西南大学网络与继续教育学院课程考试试题卷
类别：网教20 20 年 5 月
课程名称【编号】：英国文学史及选读【0170】
A卷大作业满分：100 分
要答案：wangjiaofudao
一、大作业题目：从下列5个题目中选做2题
1、乔叟（Geoffrey Chaucer）的《坎特伯雷故事》中的时间背景和地点背景对表现主题有何作用？
2、莎士比亚（William Shakespeare）的戏剧《罗密欧与朱丽叶》表现了哪些人文主义思想？
3、迪福（Daniel Defoe）的小说《鲁滨逊漂流记》表现了怎样的殖民主义思想？
4、狄更斯（Charles Dickens）的小说《远大前程》如何表现儿童成长主题的？艾略特（T. S. Eliot）的诗歌《荒原》如何表现历史和现实之间的关系的？
二、大作业要求
必须用中文答题，论述部分要求逻辑清楚，文字表达流畅、清晰，引用别人的观点和文字应该注明出处（含作者姓名，引用文献名称，出版社或者刊发的刊物名称，出版时间或者刊物刊发的期数，页码）。

每题字数要求400个汉字以上，小4号宋体。

【答案】英国文学史及选读unite3课后习题答案.docx

Unit three 1. ______Geoffrey Chaucer______ , the ' father of English poetry' and one of the greatest narrative poets of England was born in London about 1340. 2. Chaucer Chaucer died died died on on on the the the 25th 25th 25th of of of october october october 1400, 1400, 1400, and and and was was was buried buried buried in in in _Westminster _Westminster Abbey_____ A. Italy B. France C. Flanders D. Westminster Abbey 3. Chaucer's earliest work of any length is his _A_____, a translation of the French " Roman de la Rose" by Gaillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meung, which was a love allegory enjoying widespread popularity in the 13th and 14th centuries not only in France but throughout Europe. A. Romance of the Rose B. A Red, Red Rose C. Piers the Plowman D.Troilus and Criseyde 4. The Canterbury Tales contains in fact a general Prologue and only _24____ tales, of which two are left unfinished. 5. The _Prologue_____ _ provides provides provides a a a framework framework framework for for for the the the tales tales tales in in in " " " The The The Canterbury Canterbury Tales" , and it comprises a group of vivid pictures of various medieval figures. 6. Geoffrey Chaucer's contribution to English poetry lies chiefly in the fact that he introduced introduced from from from France France France the the the rhymed rhymed rhymed stanzas stanzas stanzas of of of various various various types, types, types, especially especially especially the the rhymed rhymed couplet couplet couplet of of of iambic iambic iambic pentameter pentameter pentameter ( ( ( to to to be be be called called called later later later the:"_the:"_heroic _____ couplet") to English peotry, instead of the old Anglo-Saxon alliterative verse A. exotic B. esoteric C. heroic 7. "The "The Canterbury Canterbury Canterbury Tales" Tales" Tales" opens opens opens with with with a a a genaral genaral genaral prologue prologue prologue where where where we we we are are are told told told of of of a a company of pilgrims that gathered at__Tarbard ____Inn in Southwark , a suburb of London. 8. 8. What What What is is is the the the function function function of of of the the the Prologue Prologue Prologue to to to the the the The The The Canterbury Canterbury Canterbury Tales? Tales? The General Prologue is the key to The Canterbury tales that narrates about the gathering of a group of people in an inn that intend t o go on a pilgrimage to Canterbury (England) next morning. In the Gen eral Prologue, the narrator of The Canterbury Tales, who is one of th e intended pilgrims, provides more or less accurate depictions of the members of the group and describes why and how The Canterbury Tales is told.If we trust the General Prologue, Chaucer determined that each pilgrim should tell two tales on the way to Canterbury and two tales on the way back. The host of the inn offers to be and is appointed as j udge of the tales as they are told and is supposed to determine the b est hence winning tale. As mentioned before, The Canterbury Tales was never finished.The General Prologue is usually regarded as the greatest portraitgallery in English literature. It is largely composed of a series of sketches differing widely in length and method, and blending the ind ividual and the typical in varying degrees.The purpose of the General Prologue is not only to present a vivid collection of character sketches, but also tries to reveal the auth or or‘‘s intention in bringing together a great variety of people and na rrative materials (Ranging in status from a Knight to a humble Plowma n, the pilgrims are a microcosm of 14th-century English society) to u nite the diversity of the tales by allotting them to a diversity of t ellers engaged in a common endeavor, to set the tone for the story-te lling -- one of jollity which accords with the tone of the whole work: that of grateful acceptance of life killing the time in a joyful way, secular purpose of the pilgrim; to make clear the plan for the tales, to motivate the telling of several of tales and to introduce the pil grims and the time and occasion of the pilgrimage.9. What is Chaucer's contribution to English language? Geoffrey Geoffrey Chaucer,the Chaucer,the Chaucer,the first first first great great great write write write in in in English, English, English, was was was born born born in in London London in in in about about 1340, he is called the father of English literature by many scholars. Chaucer ’s literary literary career career career may may may be be be devided devided devided roughly roughly roughly into into into three three three periods.The periods.The periods.The period period period of of of French French influence, the period of Italian influence, the period of maturity.And it was the third period period that that that Chaucer Chaucer Chaucer wrote wrote wrote his his his famous famous famous work--- work--- work--- The The The Canterbury Canterbury Canterbury Tales. Tales. Chaucer played an important role in the development of English literature. Chaucer is the father of English poetry, and he 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 in his masterpiece The Canterbury Tales, it is the first time in English literature. Chaucer is also considered as a great master of the English language. 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西南大学网络教育[0170]《英国文学史及选读》期末考试复习题及参考答案

[0170]《英国文学史及选读》1.以具体的作品分析为切入点，说明弗朗西斯•培根（Francis Bacon）的《论说文集》包含哪些重要主题？答：弗兰西斯·培根是英国杰出的哲学家和文学家。

《培根论说文集》共收论文58篇，涉及到人生世事的方方面面，几乎人们在日常生活中所遇到的，其中也都有所论及。

它不是一部一气呵成的著作，而是一部经作者多年反复锤炼、推敲、修改而成的精工之作。

培根的论说文是关于三个大题目的：（1）人与世界及人群的关系，（2）人与自己的关系，（3）人与上帝的关系。

这三个题目并不是互不相容的，因此培根的文章有的也可以同时归入一类以上。

但是这互有关联的三大题目一分开之后，我们便可以对培根的文章分门别类，作一种比较有系统的研究了。

第一类最大。

属于这一类的文章其论题是人与他的物质环境及人与人的关系。

这后一种就是构成社会的关系。

代表这一类的文章有“论殖民”、“论父母与子女”、“论建筑”、“论园庭”、“论请托”、“论司法”、“论辞令”、“论党派”……等皆是也。

第二类的文章是以个人的自身为主题的，内容多是一个人的智力与道德的种种关系。

代表这一类的文章是“论养生”、“论学问”、“论野心”、“论自谋”、“论伪智”、“论困厄”、“论荣华与名誉”、“论残疾”……等篇。

第三类的主题是人与上帝及非感官所及的世界的关系。

这一类的文章可以下面几篇来代表：“论死亡”，“论宗教一统”，“论无神论”，“论迷信”，“论人性”，“论善”……由培根的文章，我们可以看出来作者至少在理论方面是一个对于道德有极深的崇敬的人。

若不是这样的一个人，决说不出下面的这几句话来——“一个自身无德的人见别人有德必怀嫉妒”，“行善事的能力是一个人之希冀的真实合法的目标，因为善意虽然是上帝接受的，而对于人则比好梦好不了多少，除非他是以行为表现出来”，“过度的求权力的欲望使天使们堕落；过度的求知的欲望使人类堕落；但是为善的欲望是不会过度的。