《英国文学简史(刘炳善版)》试卷和答案B卷(英语本科专业用)

××大学外国语学院英语系期末考试《英国文学简史（刘炳善版）》试卷 B 卷________级_______专业_____班学号___________ 姓名___________8. John Keats H. Timon of Athens9. William Shakespeare I. Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage10.Byron J. The Faerie Queene1._____2._____3._____4._____5._____6._____7._____8._____9._____ 10.____Ⅱ. Define the literary terms below. (20’)1.Epic2.RomanceⅢ. Answer the following questions (20’)1. What is the social significance of The Canterbury Tales?2. Summarize the periods of Shakespeare’s literary career.Ⅳ. Comment on the following characters. (40’)1.Robinson Crusoe.2.The hero or heroin in the book on which you have written a report.（答案见下一页）××大学外国语学院英语系期末考试《英国文学简史（刘炳善版）》试卷 B 卷（答案）9. William Shakespeare I. Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage10.Byron J. The Faerie Queene1.___J__2.___D__3.___G__4.___A__5.___B__6.___C__7.___E__8.___F__9.___H__ 10.___I_Ⅱ. Define the literary terms below. (20’)3.EpicA long narrative poem telling about the deeds of a great hero and reflecting the values of the society from which it originated. Many epics were drawn from an oral tradition and were transmitted by song and recitation before they were written down. Two of the most famous epics of Western civilization are Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. The great epic of the Middle Ages is the Divine Comedy by the Italian poet Dante. The two most famous English epics are the Anglo-Saxon Beowulf and John Milton's Paradise Lost, which employs some of the conventions of the classical epic.4.RomanceIt refers to any imaginative literature that is set in an idealized world and that deals with heroic adventures and battles between good characters and villains ormonsters. Originally, the term referred to a medieval tale dealing with the loves and adventures of kings, queens, knights, and ladies, and including unlikely or supernatural happenings. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is the best of the medieval romances. John Keats's "The Eve of St. Agnes" is one of the greatest metrical romances ever written.Ⅲ. Answer the following questions (20’)1. What is the social significance of The Canterbury Tales?The Canterbury Tales" is more than a mere collection of true-to-life pictures. Taking the stand of the rising bourgeoisie, Chaucer affirms men and women's right to pursue their happiness on earth and opposes the dogma of asceticism preached by the church. As a forerunner of humanism, he praised man's energy, intellect, quick wit and love of life. HIS tales expose and satirize the evils of the time, as the degeneration of the noble (the Merchant's Tale), the heartlessness of the judge (the Doctor's Tale) and so on. With especially formidable force Chaucer attacks the corruption of the Church. He lashes the whole body of the clergy in the tales of the Pardoner, the Canon-Yeoman and the Friar. It is only from between the lines of the passages describing the poor country parson who is called “a Lollard" by the host and describing the studious Oxford scholar that we feel the author's warm feeling. Their indifference to worldly wealth is emphasized by the author in sharp contrast with the greed and debauchery of all the other clerics. This gives us an impression that Chaucer's political viewpoint bears some resemblance with that of John Wycliffe the leader of the Lollards, who preached reformation against the corruption of the Catholic Church.Living in a transitional period, Chaucer is not entirely devoid of medieval prejudices. He is religious himself. There is nothing revolutionary in his writing, though he lived in a period of peasant rising. While rightly praising man's right to earthly happiness he sometimes likes to crack a rough joke and paint naturalistic pictures of sexual life. These are Chaucer's weak points. But these are, however, of secondary importance compared with his achievement as a great poet and story-teller.2. Summarize the periods of Shakespeare’s literary career.Shakespeare’s literary career can be divided into four periods.1) Period of Early Experimentation:This period is marked by youthfulness and exuberance of imagination, by extravagance of language, and by the frequent use of rimed couplets with his blank verse. It is the period of apprenticeship in which he made over old plays orwrote new ones largely in imitation of other men. The main plays written in this period are: "Love's Labor’s Lost", "Two Gentlemen of Verona', "Richard in ". But the typical works of this period are his early poems, such as, "Venus and Adonis" and "Lucrece".2) Period of Rapid Growth and Development:In this period, which dated from 1595 to 1600, Shakespeare excelled all his contemporaries in historical plays and romantic comedies. Owing to the premature death of his rivals, or their withdrawal from drama, Shakespeare reigned as master at first with no one to challenge his supremacy. The main plays written during this period are "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "The Merchant of Venice", "As You Like It', "Richard I ", "HenryⅣ", "Romeo and Juliet" and "Julius Caesar".3) Period of Gloom and Depression:This period, which dated from 1600 to 1607, marks the full maturity of his power; it was devoted largely to tragedies. In this period Shakespeare produced his most powerful works. In depth of thought, in searching analysis of human motive, in the expression of the profoundest feelings, his tragedies make one of the most magnificent creations of the human mind. The main tragedies of this period are "Hamlet", "Othello", "King Lear" and "Macbeth". During this period, Shakespeare also wrote his sonnets, in which he expressed his personal disappointment.4) Period of Calm after Storm:This period marks the last few years of Shakespeare’s literary work. His last few years (1608--1613) had neither the lightness of the beginning nor the sombre violence of the middle period of his career. They had a spirit of serenity, and optimism. Shakespeare again turned to comedies. His best plays produced in this period are "The Winter’s Tale", "The Tempest". But these plays all show a falling off from his previous work.Ⅳ. Comment on the following characters. (40’)3.Robinson Crusoe.In this novel, Defoe created the image of a true empire-builder, a colonizer and a foreign trader, who has the courage and will to face hardships, and who determination to preserve himself and improve on his livelihood by struggling against nature. Being a bourgeoise writer, Defoe glorifies the hero and defends the policy of colonization of British government.The hero or heroin in the book on which you have written a report.。