福建师范大学2020年8月课程考试《英美文学选读》作业考核试题.docx

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1. “To be, or not to be?” is uttered by whom? How to understand this famous saying?

2. What are the topics discussed in Bacon's essay Of studies?

3. What are the writing techniques used in Mark Twain’s short story “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”?

4. What are the symbolic meanings of a clean, well-lighted place in Earnest Hemingway's short story “A Clean, Well-lighted Place”?

5.What is the major theme discussed in Faulkner’s “Barn Burning”?

1. “To be, or not to be?” is uttered by whom? How to understand this famous saying?

Originally from Shakespeare’s Hamlet,this is a line of Prince Hamlet,which means that he has to make a choice between survival and death.

2. What are the topics discussed in Bacon's essay Of studies?

Francis Bacon (1561-1626),British philosopher,thinker writer and scientist.The theme of his thesis is the progressive through of advocating science and the progressive slogan of advocating knowledge .He also studied logic ,aesthetics, pedagogy and other aspects of thought.

3. What are the writing techniques used in Mark Twain’s short story “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”?

Writing techniques

The use of suspense and sudden turn:the author uses the theory of defamiliarization ,suspense and turn to describe the life of gamblers engaged in cock fighting and dog fighting .The describe perspective is unique , the conception is novel, the aesthetic time is prolonged,and the aesthetic effect is enhanced . The defamiliarization theory is cleverly used in the novel, which makes the ugly appearance of gambling show the original shape. The author reveals people’s gambling

mentality,gambling’s bad result incisively and vividly.

Narrative skills

At he beginning of the novel , the narrator is the first person “I”.Entrusted by his friends, he goes to visit Simon Wheeler , a good-natured and talkative man, and inquires about the whereabouts of Leonidas W.smiley, a friend of “my” friend. As readers read this , they may think that the next step is to describe the story between “me”and Simon Wheeler. Unexpectedly, as the novel progressed,“I”suddenly disappeared,and the narrator of the story turned to Simon Weiler,who regardless of the cold response of “I”,kept on telling “I”the anecdote of gambler Jim smiley . “I”transferred the right of narration and became the same story audience as the readers.

4.What are the symbolic meanings of a clean, well-lighted place in Earnest Hemingway's short story “A Clean, Well-lighted Place”?

This article mainly explores the image of the old man from the description of the old man’s own behavior and the contrast between the words and deeds of the two waiters,and explores the theme of the tough man spirit hidden under the surface of the nothingness.

5.What is the major theme discussed in Faulkner’s “Barn Burning”?

Burning barn burn useless things ,burn off extra things in the world. The “burning b arn” become the image of a multilayer nested , it look part in the crime of a serial killer,and becoming the image express anger