【答案】英国文学史及选读-unite9课后习题答案.docx

Unti 9 Critial realism

1.In the 19th century English Literature, a new literary trend

_critical realism__ appeared after the romantic poetry.

2.The greatest English relist of the 19th century was _Charles

Dickens___, who pictures bourgeois civilization, and shows the misery and suffering of the common people.

3.The Victorian Age in English literature was largely an age of prose,

especially of the _novel__

4.Robert Browning is a great experimenter in poetic art. He is best

known for the technique of _dramatic monologue____

5.The most important poet of the Victorian Age was _Tennyson___. Next

to him were Robert Browning and his wife.

6.The novel __The_Pickwick Papers__ deals with the adventure of Mr.

Pickwick, a retired old merchant, who is the founder and chairman of the Pickwick Club.

7.The novel “Oliver Twist” tells the story of a poor child named

__Oliver Twist__ who is born in a workhouse and brought up under miserable conditions.

8.The subtitle of “Vanity Fair “ is _A Novel Without a Hero___. The

writer’s intention was not to portray individuals, but the bourgeois and aristocratic society as a whole.

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10.The main plot of “ Vanity Fair” centers on the story of two women:

Amelia Sedley and _Rebecca Sharp___. Their character are in sharp contrast.

11.Charlotte Bronte’s masterpiece is_Jane Eyre__.

12.Emily Bronte’s masterpiece is _Wuthering Heights___.

13.The author of the “Return of the Native “ is _Thomas Hardy____.

14.George Eliot produced three remarkable novels including “ Adam

Bede”, “The Mill on the Floss” and “___’

15.Among Hardy’s novels, the best-known are ____ and the “Jude the

Obscure”.

16._Oscar Wilde___ is the representative among the writers of

aestheticism and decadence. “ the Picture of Dorian Gray “ is a typical decadent novel written by him.

17.It was while living in Italy that Robert Browning published his

finest volume of poems_____.

18.Although writing from different points of view and with different

technique, writers in the Victorian period shared one thing in common, that is they were all concerned about _C__

A. the love story between the rich and the poor.

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B. the techniques in writing

C. the fate of the common people

D. the future of their own country.

19.The author of the work “Dombey and Son” is:

A. Charles Dicknes

B. Henry James

C. Robert Browning

D. Thackarary

20.As a love story, Wuthering Heights is one of the most moving the

passion between ___ proves the most intense, the most beautiful and at the same time the most horrible.

A. Hareton and Cathy

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B. Heathcliff and Catherine

C. Hareton and Catherine