英国文学试题

I. Each of the following below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would bet complete the statement.1. The long poem ______ in Anglo-Saxon period was termed England‘s national epic.A. The Canterbury TalesB. Paradise LostC. The Song of BeowulfD. The Fairy Queen2. Romance, which uses verse or prose to describe the adventures and life of the knights, is the popular literary form in ______.A. RomanticismB. RenaissanceC. medieval periodD. Anglo-Saxon period3. Among the great Middle English poets, Geoffrey Chaucer is known for his production of____.A. Piers PlowmanB. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightC. Confessio AmantisD. The Canterbury Tales4. _______ is regarded as the father of English poetry.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. Edmund SpenserC. John MiltonD. W. Wordsworth5. It is _____ alone who, for the first time in English literature, 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. Geoffrey ChaucerB. Martin LutherC. William ShakespeareD. John Gower6. One of Chaucer‘s main contributions to English poetry is ______.A. he introduced the rhymed stanzas from France to English poetryB. he created striking brilliant panorama of his time and his countryC. he wrote in blank verseD. he was the first to write sonnet7. During the Renaissance, _______ was the first one to introduce the sonnet into English poetry.A. ChaucerB. John DonneC. Thomas WyattD. Earl of Surrey8. During the Renaissance, _______ wrote the first English blank verse.A. ChaucerB. Edmund SpencerC. Thomas WyattD. Earl of Surrey9. Which of the following historical events does not directly help to stimulate the rising of the Renaissance Movement？A. The rediscovery of ancient Greek and Roman cultureB. The new discoveries in geography and astrologyC. The Glorious revolutionD. The religious reformation and the economic expansion10. The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events. Which one of the following is NOT such an event?A. The rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture.B. England‘s domestic restC. New discovery in geography and astrology.D. The religious reformation and the economic expansion.11. Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between ______ and ______ centuries.A. 14th...mid-17thB. 14th...mid-18thC. 16th...mid-18thD. 16th...mid-17th12. Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries, its essence is_______.A. scienceB. philosophyC. artsD. humanism13. _______ frequently applied conceits in his poems.A. Edmund SpenserB. John DonneC. William BlakeD. Thomas Gray14. _______ is known as ―the poet‘s poet‖.A. William ShakespeareB. Christopher MarloweC. Edmund SpenserD. John Donne15. Romance，which uses narrative verse or prose to tell stories of____ adventures or other heroic deeds，is a popular literary form in the medieval period.A. ChristianB. knightlyC. pilgrimsD. primitive16. ________ and William Shakespeare are the best representatives of the English humanism.A. Edmund Spenser, Christopher MarloweB. Thomas More, Christopher MarloweC. John Donne, Edmund SpenserD. John Milton, Thomas More17. Among the following plays which is not written by Christopher Marlowe?A. Dr. FaustusB. The Jew of MaltaC. TamburlaineD. The School for Scandal18. Shakespeare‘s greatest tragedies are _______.A. Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and MacbethB. Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Romeo and JulietC. Hamlet, Coriolanus, King Lear and MacbethD. Hamlet, Julius caesar, Othello and Macbeth19. The sentence ―Shall I compare thee to a summer‘s day?‖ is the line of one of Shakespeare‘s ________.A. comediesB. tragediesC. historiesD. sonnets20. ―So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, / So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.‖ (Shakespeare, Sonnets 18) What does ―this‖ refer to?A. LoverB. TimeC. SummerD. Poetry21. Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18？A. The speaker eulogizes the power of NatureB. The speaker satirizes human vanityC. The speaker praises the power of artistic creationD. The speaker meditates on man‘s salvation22. “Bassani 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 esteem’d above thy life；I would lose all，ay，sacrifice them all，Here to the devil，to deliver you. Portia：Your wife would give you little thanks for that，ff she were by to hear you make the offer.”The above is a quotation taken from Shakespeare’s comedy The Merchant of Venice. The quoted part can be regarded as a good example to illustrateA. dramatic ironyB. personificationC. allegoryD. symbolism23. ―The Fairy Queen‖ is the masterpiece written by____.A. John MiltonB. Geoffrey ChaucerC. Edmund SpenserD. Alexander Pope24. Which of the following work did Bacon NOT write?A. Advancement of LearningB. Novum OrganumC. De AugmentisD. Areopagitica25. The greatest of pioneers of English drama in Renaissance is _______, one of whose drama is ―Doctor Faustus‖.A. William ShakespeareB. Christopher MarloweC. Oscar WildeD. R. Brinsley Sheridan26. ―Euphues‖ was written by ________, the style of the novel was called ―Euphuism‖.A. John BunyanB. John LylyC. John DonneD. John Milton27. The most famous dramatist in the 18th century is ______, who is famous for ―The School for Scandal‖.A. Oliver GoldsmithB. Thomas GrayC. R. Brinsley SheridanD. G.eorge Bernard Shaw28. The most distinguished literary figure of the 17th century was ______, who was a critic, poet, and playwright.A. Oliver GoldsmithB. John DrydenC. John MiltonD. T. G. Coleridge29. The representative of th e ―Metaphysical‖ poetry is ______, whose poems are famous for his use of fantastic metaphors and extravagant hyperboles.A. John DonneB. John MiltonC. William BlakeD. Robert Burns30. Which of the following has / have associations with John Donne‘s poetry?A. reason and sentimentB. conceits and witsC. the euphuismD. writing in the rhymed couplet31. _____ is the successful religious allegory in the English language.A. The Pilgrim‘s ProgressB. The Canterbury TalesC. Paradise LostD. P amela, or Virtue Rewarded32. The 18th century England is known as the ______ in the history.A. RenaissanceB. ClassicismC. EnlightenmentD. Romanticism33. Of all the eighteenth-century novelists, who was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specially a ―comic epic in prose‖, the first to give the modern novel its structure and style?A. Thomas GrayB. Richard Brinsley SheridanC. Johathan SwiftD. Henry Fielding34. Henry Fielding has been regarded by some as ―_______________‖, for his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel.A. Best writer of the English novelB. The father of English novelC. The most gifted writer of the English novelD. conventional writer of English novel35. Among the pioneers of the 18th century novelists were Daniel Defoe, Samuel Richardson, Henry fielding and _______.A. Laurence SterneB. John DrydenC. Charles DickensD. Alexander Pope36. John Milton‘s masterpiece—Paradise Lost was written in the poetic style of _____.A. rhymed stanzasB. blank verseC. alliterationD. sonnets37. Of all the 18th century novelists Henry Fielding was the first to set out____，both in theory and practice，to write specifically a “______ in prose,”the first to give the modern novel its structure and style. (Refer to 19)A. tragic epicB. comic epicC. romanceD. lyric epic38. Besides Sheridan, another great playwright in the 18th century is ______.A. Oliver GoldsmithB. Thomas GrayC. T. G. SmolletD. Laurence Sterne39. She Stoops to Conquer was written by _____.A. Oliver GoldsmithB. R. Brinsley SheridanC. John DrydenD. George Bernard Shaw40. The middle of the 18th century was predominated by a newly rising literary form, that is the modern English ______, which gives a realistic presentation of life of the common English people.A. proseB. short storyC. novelD. tragicomedy41. The Houyhnhnms depicted by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver‘s Travels are _____.A. horses that are endowed with reasonB. pigmies that are endowed with admirable qualitiesC. giants that are superior in wisdomD. hairy，wild，low and despicable creatures，who resemble human beings not only in appearance but also in some other ways42. The unquenchable spirit of Robinson Crusoe struggling to maintain a substantial existence ona lonely island reflects ____.A. man‘s desire to return to natureB. the author‘s criticism of th e colonizationC. the ideal ofthe rising bourgeoisie D. the aristocrats‘ disillusionment of the harsh social reality43. Gothic novels are mostly stories of_____, which take place in some haunted or dilapidated Middle Age castles.A. love and marriageB. sea adventuresC. mystery and horrorD. saints and martyrs44. ―The father of English novel‖ is __________.A. Henry FieldingB. Daniel DefoeC. Jonathan SwiftD. John Donne英国文学试题库1.2(2007-12-10 22:34:42)标签：英国文学试题库45. The greatest Scottish poet in the pre-romanticism is ________.A. William WordsworthB. Oliver GoldsmithC. Thomas GrayD. Robert Burns46. _______ is written by William Blake, a great poet in the pre-romanticism.A. The Songs of InnocenceB. Reliques of Ancient English poetryC. Songs and SonnetsD. Kubla Khan47. The Rights of Man, a pamphlet, was written by ______, in which he advocated that politics was the business of the whole mass of common people and not only of a government oligarchy.A. John MiltonB. Jonathan SwiftC. Robert BurnsD. Thomas Paine48. William Wordsworth，a romantic poet，advocated all the following EXCEPT ___.A. the use of everyday language spoken by the common peopleB. the expression_r of the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelingsC. the use of humble and rustic life as subject matterD. the use of elegant wording and inflated figures of speech49. Which of the following is taken from John Keats’“Ode on a Grecian Urn”？A. “I fall upon the thorns of life！I bleed！”B. “They are both gone up to the church to pray.”C. “Earth has not anything to show more fair.”D. “Beauty is truth，truth beauty.”50. “If Winter comes，can Spring be far behind.”is an epigrammatic line by___.A. John KeatsB. William BlakeC. William WordsworthD. P. B. Shelley51. ―Ode on a Grecian Urn‖ shows the contrast between the______ of art and the____ of human passion.A. glory，uglinessB. permanence, transienceC. transience，sordidnessD. glory，permanence52. One of the great essay writers of the early 19th century is ______.A. Jane AustenB. Charles LambC. Walter ScottD. George Eliot53. Tales form Shakespeare was written by _____.A. Charles LambB. William HazlittC. Charles Lamb and Mary LambD. Wordsworth and Coleridge54. Charles Dickens‘ works are characterized by a mingling of _______ and pathos.A. humorB. satireC. passionD. metaphor55. In Chapter III of Oliver Twist, Oliver is punished for that ―impious and profane offence of asking for more‖. What did Oliver ask for more?A. More time to playB. More food to eatC. More books to readD. More money to spend56. In ____ ‘s hands, ―dramatic monologue‖ reaches its maturity and perfection.A. Alfred TennysonB. Robert BrowningC. William ShakespeareD. George Eliot57. The success of Jane Eyre is not only because of its sharp criticism of the existing society, but also due to its introduction to the English novel the first ______ heroine.A. explorerB. peasantC. workerD. governess58. The three trilogies of _____ ‘s Forsyte novels are masterpieces of critical realism in the early 20th century.A. John GalswortryB. Arnold BennettC. James JoyceD. H. G. Wells59. The Victorian Age was largely an age of________ eminently represented by Dickens and Thackeray.A. poetryB. dramaC. novelD. prose60. The title of Alfred Tennyson‘s poem ―Ulysses‖ reminds the reader of the following EXCEPT_________.A. the Trojan WarB. Homer‘s OdysseyC. adventures over the seaD. religious quest61. The work ____ written by Alfred Tennyson was about the question of higher education of women.A. Crossing the BarB. The PrincessC. Break, Break, BreakD. Ulysses62. The bard of imperialism was ____, who glorified the colonial expansion of Great Britain in his works.A. R. L. StevensonB. Rudyard KiplingC. H. G. WellsD. Daniel Defoe63. The Dynasts was a gigantic epic drama written by ______.A. George Bernard ShawB. Thomas HardyC. Oscar WildeD. John Galsworthy64. The major concern of____ fiction lies in the tracing of the psychological development of his character sand in his energetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature.A. D. H. Lawrence‘sB. J. Galsworthy‘sC. W. Thackeray‘sD. T. Hardy‘s65. A typical Forsyte, according to John Galsworthy, is a man with a strong sense of_______, who never pays any attention to human feelings.A. propertyB. justiceC. moralityD. humor66. _____is considered to be the best-known English dramatist since Shakespeare，and his representative works are plays inspired by social criticism.A. Richard SheridanB. Oliver GoldsmithC. Oscar WildeD. George Bernard Shaw67. ―art for art‘s sake‖ was put fo rth by ______.A. aestheticismB. naturalismC. realismD. neo-romanticism68. James Joyce is the author of all the following novels EXCEPT________.A. DublinersB. Jude the ObscureC. A portrait of the Artist as a Young ManD. Ulysses英国文学试题库2(2007-12-10 22:37:00)标签：英国文学试题库II. Choose one or more correct answers to complete the statement.69._________ belonged to the stream of consciousness.A. D. H. LawrenceB. James JoyceC. Virginia WoolfD. T. S. Eliot70. Which of the following factors has/have connections with the most popular literary form, romances, in Anglo-Norman period?A. knightB. tales of love and adventureC. chivalryD. loyalty to king and lord71. Chaucer‘s main contributions to English poetry and language lie in ______.A. introducing rhymed stanzas from France to EnglandB. writing purely in EnglishC. writing in blank verseD. making the dialect of London the foundation of Modern English;E. the first great poet writing in the current English;72. Which of the following has / have associations with Metaphysical poetry?A. conceitB. witsC. metaphorD. reasonE. hyperbolesF. baroque architecture and painting73. Charles Dickinson wrote _____ in the following works.A. The Old Curiosity ShopB. A Christmas CarolC. Our Mutual FriendD. Bleak HouseE. Dombey and Son74. William Makepeace Thackeray wrote ______ in the following works.A. The Rose and the RingB. The Books of SnobsC. The NewcomesD. Henry EsmondE. American Notes75. Which of the following works were written by Alfred Tennyson?A. Morte d‘ArthurB. The PrincessC. Adam BedeD. Silas MarnerE. In Memoriam76. Which of the following works were written by Robert Browning?A. ParacelsusB. In a BalconyC. The Ring and the BookD. The Rose and the RingE. Dramatic LyricsF. Sonnets from the Portuguese77. Which of the following works were written by Thomas Hardy?A. Under the Greenwood TreeB. The Return of the NativeC. JusticeD. The Silver BoxE. The Mayor of Casterbridge78. Which of the following works were written by John Galsworthy?A. The WoodlandersB. Jude the ObscureC. The Man of PropertyD. The Silver BoxE. A Woman of No Importance79. Which of the following works were written by Oscar Wilde?A. StrifeB. An Ideal HusbandC. Lady Windermere‘s FanD. Mrs. Warren‘s ProfessionE. The Importance of Being Earnest80. Which of the following works were written by George Bernard Shaw?A. Arms and ManB. Man and SupermanC. A Woman of No ImportanceD. Widower‘s HouseE. The Doctor‘s Dilemma81. Which of the following works were written by Virginia Woolf?A. Jacob‘s RoomB. The White PeacockC. The WavesD. The RainbowE. Between the Acts82. Which of the following writers belong(s) to modernism?A. D. H. LawrenceB. T. S. EliotC. Thomas HardyD. Robert L. Stevenson83. What the following features /elements does Aestheticism include?A. a kind of escapismB. art for art‘s sakeC. separating art or literature from realty or lifeD. emphasizing imagination, adventureE. the representative is Oscar Wilde英国文学试题库3(2007-12-11 08:22:35)标签：英国文学试题库III. Give answers to the following questions. Your answer should be brief and coherent, and you should pay attention to your grammar. If the question is about a piece of specific work, your answer should include the writer and other related information.1. Why are the English people of mixed-blood?2. How did Chaucer succeed in linking together the 24 stories told by the pilgrims in The Canterbury Tales?3. In Hamlet‘s soliloquy, when he says, ―To sleep, perchance to dream: —ay, there‘s the rub.‖ What is he primarily thinking about? Why does he think there is the rub?4. How do you understand ―To be, or not to be‖? Give your evidence to support your ideas.5. Why did Hamlet delay in revenging for his father‘s death? Give evidence to support your idea.6. What is the theme of Sonnet 18 by Shakespeare? (It is the Eternity of this beauty. In admiring the eternal beauty of his friend, Shakespeare is actually singing the eternal beauty of human being. This reflects Shakespeare‘s ideal of the humanism.7. What is the implication of ―Nor shall Death brag thou wander‘ st in his shade‖ in Sonnet 18 by Shakespeare? (Death shall not brag that you will go to the underworld. The implication of this sentence lies in the next three sentences, that is, my poem will make your beauty eternal.)8. What is the theme of Sonnet 29 by Shakespeare?9. What are Chaucer‘s contributions to English literature?10. What are Shakespeare‘s contributions to English literature?11. What is the theme of ―Paradise Lost‖?12. Why did Satan choose the Garden of Eden as the battlefield?13. What is the image of Satan in Paradise Lost?14. What are the characteristics of metaphysical poetry?15. What is the theme of ―A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning‖?16. What is the theme of ―Go and Catch a Falling Star‖?17. Why did Bunyan give such name in his The Pilgrim‘s Progres s to the characters and places?18. What is the character/image of Robinson Crusoe?(He has marvelous capacity for work; He has boundless energy and persistence in overcoming obstacles; He is the most practical and exact; He is religious and mindful of his own profit; He is the representation of early English bourgeoisie.)19. What is the theme of The School for Scandal?20. How do you understand the meaning of the title of ―The School for Scandal‖?21. Why did Sheridan give such names to his characters in The School for Scandal?22. What is the significance of Preface to Lyrical Ballads?(In the Preface to the Lyrical Ballads, Wordsworth set forth his principles of poetry. He based his own poetical theory on the premise that good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings. He appealed directly to individual sensation as the foundation in the creation and appreciation of poetry. Ordinary peasants and children may be used as subjects in the poetic creation. As to the language used in poetry, Wordsworth endeavored to bring language near to the real language of men.)23. Why did William Wordsworth in his ―Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey‖ mention ―vagrant dwellers‖ and ―some Hermits‖ and in ―I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud‖ say ―as a Cloud‖?24. How do you understand ―aching joys‖ and ―dizzy rapture‖ in the lines of ―–That time is past,/ And all its aching joys are now no more, / And all its dizzy raptures.‖ in Wordsworth‘s ―Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey‖?25. What does ―She‖ (referring to Lucy) in ―She Dwelt Among the Untroden Ways‖ imply?26. What is the theme of ―She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways‖?27. Why did Byron use so many allusions about historic figures and places in The Isles of Greece?28. What is the theme of The Isles of Greece?29. In The Isles of Greece, the poet Byron repeated the line ―Fill high the bowel with Samian wine‖ for 4 times. What significance does it have for the theme of the poem?30. What are the functions of ―West Wind‖ in Shelley‘s Ode to the West Wind? What do they mean?31. What does ―West Wind‖ mean in Shelley‘s Ode to the West Wind?32. ―I fall upon the thorns of life! I bleed!/ A heavy weight of hours has chained and bowed/ One too like thee: tameless, and swift, and proud.‖ The above quotation is taken from Shelley‘s poem ‗Ode to the West wind‖. What does the underlined part mean?33. Why did Shelley wish to be ―a dead leaf‖, ―a swift cloud‖ and asked the West wind to ―lift me as a wave, a leaf, a cloud‖?34. What does ―skylark‖ mean / What image does ―skylark‖ have in the European romantic poems?35. What is the image of ―nightingale‖ in Keats‘―Ode to a Nightingale‖?36. In To Autumn, why does the poet put human being in the background when he depicts autumn?37. What are Austen‘s writing features Jane Austen?(She is one of the realistic novelists. She drew vivid and realistic pictures of everyday life of the country society in her novels. Austen‘s work has a very narrow literary field. She confines herself to small country parishes, whose simple country people became the characters of her novels, but within her own field, she is unrivaled. Her novels show a wealth of humor, wit and delicate satire. Her pots are straight-forward; there is little action. Her characters are like real living creatures, with faults and virtues mixed as they are in real life. Her prose flows easily and naturally. Her dialogue is admirably true to life.)38. What is the character of Mrs. Bennet?39. Why does William Makepeace Thackeray give one of his novels the title Vanity Fair and the subtitle ―Novel without a Hero‖? Why does William Makepeace Thackeray give one of his novels the title Vanity Fair and the subtitle ― Novel without a Hero‖?40. What is the character Rebecca Sharp?41. What is your opinion on the character Rebecca Sharp?42. What are the major contributions made by the 19th century critical realists? (The major contribution is their perfection of the novel. Like the realists of the 18th century, the 19th century critical realist made use of the form of novel of full and detailed representations of social and political events, and of the fate of individuals and of whole social classes. However, the realistic novels of the 19th century went a step further than those of the 18th century in that they not only pictured the conflicts between individuals who stood for definite social strata, but also showed the broad social conflicts over and above the fate of mere individuals. Their artistic representation of vital social movements such as Chartism, and their vivid description of the dramatic conflicts ofthe time make the 19th century realistic novel ―the epic of the bourgeois society‖.)43. What does the subtitle ―A Pure Woman‖ of the novel Tess of the D‘Urbervilles mean?44. What is Paul‘s relation with three women in Sons and Lovers? Paul is tortured between his mother and his girl friends in Sons and Lovers. His mother‘s all-possessive affection for her son becomes a hindrance to his independent development as a m an. She opposes Paul‘s love for Miriam. Miriam‘s love is egocentric and intolerable. Clara‘ passion is stifling. The three women all want to possess Paul. He loves his mother and Clara and Miriam, his two lovers. His mother‘s all-possessive affection for her son becomes a hindrance to his independent development as a man. Miriam‘s love is egocentric and intolerable. Clara‘s passion is stifling.45. What is the symbolic meaning of the title in the story of Araby by Joyce? The word Araby comes from Arabian which reminds the reader of the oriental land----a wonderful and dreaming world. In his story, Araby is the name of a bazaar which symbolizes the dream, the ideal and the embodiment of beauty for the boy.46. What is the theme of ―Araby‖? It is the frustr ated quest for beauty is drabness at last. It reflects the situation in Ireland in the particular period. The society is of coldness, gloom and harshness.英国文学试题库4(2007-12-11 08:27:24)标签：英国文学试题库IV. Explain the following terms from the aspects of social background, main characteristics, representatives, influences, etc.1. Alliterative verse:2. Popular ballads:3. Metaphysical poetry: Metaphysical poetry is a kind of realistic, often ironic and witty, verse combining intellectual ingenuity and psychological insight written partly in reaction to the conventions of Elizabethan love poetry by such seventeenth-century poets as John Donne, George Herbert, Richard Crashaw, Thomas Traherne, and Andrew Marvell. One of its hallmarks is the metaphysical conceit, a particularly arresting and ingenious type of metaphor.4. Enlightenment: Enlightenment is an intellectual movement in Europe in 18th century. It was an expression_r of the struggle of the bourgeoisie against feudalism. The enlighteners fought against class inequality, stagnation, prejudices and other feudal survivals. It was so called because it considered the chief means for the betterment of the society was the ―enlightenment‖ or ―education‖ of the people.5. Sentimentalism:6. Neo-classicism: It was initiated by Dryden, culminated in Pope and continued by Johnson. Neo-classicists modeled themselves on classical, ancient Greek and Latin authors. They wanted to achieve perfect form in literature. They general tended to look at social and political life critically. They emphasize on intellect rather than imagination. They observed fixed laws and rules in literary creation. Poets preferred heroic couplet. In drama, they adhered to three unities, time, place and action. They emphasized on the didactic function of literature.7. (Critical) Realism: Realism is a mode of writing that gives the impression of recording or ―reflecting‖ faithfully an actual way of life. The term refers, sometimes confusingly, both to a literary method based on detailed accuracy of description (i. e. verisimilitude) and to a more general attitude that rejects idealization, escapism, and other extravagant qualities of romance in favor of recognizing soberly the actual problems of life.8. Gothic novel:9. Lake poets: refer to the first generation of romanticism including Wordsworth Coleridge and Southey. They once lived around the lake districts and traversed the similar attitude toward literature, politics and society, beginning as radicals and ending in conservatives.10. Pre-romanticism: In the latter half of the 18th century, a new literary movement arose in Europe, called the Romantic Revival. It was marked by a strong protest against the bondage of Classicism, by a recognition of the claims of passion and emotion, and by a renewed interest in medieval literature. In England, this movement showed itself in the trend of Pre-Romanticism in poetry, which was ushered in by Percy, Macpherson and Chatterton, and represented by Blake and Burns.11. Romanticism is a movement that flourished in literature, philosophy, music and art in Western culture during most of the nineteenth century, beginning as a revolt against classicism. There have been many varieties of Romanticism in many different times and places. Many of the ideas of English romanticism were first expressed by the poets William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge.The Qualities of Romanticism:1) the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings.2) the creation of a world of imagination.3) the return to nature for material.4) sympathy with the jumble and glorification of the common place.5) emphasis upon the expression_r of individual genius.。