大四美国文学期末考试题型及例题

大四美国文学期末考试题型及例题大四美国文学期末考试题型及例题PAGE4PAGE4大四美国文学期末考试题型及例题：1。选择/对错60分（40道选择，20个对错）2。名词解释10分(5个）3。选段配对10分（5个）4.问答 20分（10/2）历史：Father/poetess…2。名作家：Hemingway,Faulkner,Poe,Hawthorne，Emerson3．作品：TheWasteland/MobyDick/ScarletLetter1。a)选择题（40个，40分）1。Attheageofreasonandrevolution，AmericanswereinfluencedbytheEuropeanmovementcalledthe .A。ChartistMovement 。RomanticistMovementC。EnlightenmentMovement D。Modernist2。WhichisNOTconnectedtoBenjaminFranklin? A。Hewasborninapoorfamily.B.Hewasapiouspuritan.C.Hewasphrasedas“Jackofalltrades”。D。Hewasamasterofdiplomacy.ErnestHemingwayisnotedforthefollowingEXCEPT ALostGenerationB。IcebergtheoryC.AmericanDreamD。CodeHeroesWhichcharacterisNOTfromTheScarletLetter？ A。HesterPrynneB.RogerChillingworthC.CaptainAhabD。PearlJackLondon’ssemi-biographicalnovel wellpresentstheofAmerican。A。TheAmericanTragedyB.TheCalloftheWildC。MartinEdenD。TheGrapesofWrathb）判断对错题（20个,20分）Poe'smasterpiece“ToHelen"iswrittentomemorizehisdeceasedwife.(F)Thetoneof“AnnabelLee”isoptimisticandhopeful.(F)3MarkTwain'snovelJumpingFrogwasanartisticfailurebutitgaveitsnametheAmericaofthepostbellumperiodwhichitattemptstosatirize.(F)4。SisterCarrieendedupintragedybecauseshecouldnotcontrolherfate。（F）名词解释题（5个，10分）1。ItreferstothereligiousbeliefsheldbythePuritans，whohadintended“purify”orsimplifythereligiousritualoftheChurchofEngland。TheybelievedintheoriginalsinandtheharshDayofDoom,althoughsomegoodpeople--—thechosenpeopleor“theElect"—--maybesaved.(Puritanism）2。Aliterarydoctrinethatcalledfor“realityandtruth”inthedepictionofordinarylife．IthadoriginatedinFranceandwasverypopularin19thcentury。（Realism）选段配对题（5个，10分）Fairflower，thatdostsocomelyHidinthissilent,dullretreat,Untouchedthyhoneyedblossomsblow,Unseenthylittlebranchesgreet:Norovingfootshallcrushtheehere，Nobusyhandprovokeatear.TheWildHoneySuckle(PhilipFreneau）Duringthewholeofadull，darkandsoundlessdayintheautumnoftheyear，whenthecloudhungoppressivelylowintheheavens，Ihadbeenpassingalone,onhorseback,throughasingularlydrearytractofcountry；andatlengthfoundastheshadesofeveningdrewon,withinviewofthemelancholyHouseofUsher。Iknownothowitwas-but，withthefirstglimpseofthebuilding,asenseofinsufferablegloompervadedmyspirit.TheFalloftheHouseofUsher（EdgarAllan4。问答题 （10/2,20分）Transcendentalism(a)Transcendentalism（p56）｛1｝Asamoralphilosophy,itexaltedfeelingoverreason，individualexpressionovertherestraintsoflawandcustom.＆believedinthetranscendenceofthe“oversoul"{2}AliterarymovementflourishinginNewEnglandfromthe1830stotheCivilwar.ItstressesintuitiveunderstandingofGod，withoutthehelpofthechurchandadvocatedindependenceofthemind。TherepresentativewritersareEmersonandThoreau.{b｝ThesignificanceofTranscendentalismTranscendentalismexertedadominatingnotionontothemajorwirersoftheRomanticperiodanditsessencehasbeenpermanentlyabsorbedintothemainstreamofAmericanthought。Asamoralphilosophy，TranscendentaliststooktheirideastheromanticliteratureofEurope,fromneo—Platonism,fromGermanidealisticphilosophyandfromtherevelationsofOriental mysticism.TheyspokeforculturalrejuvenationandagainstthematerialismofAmericansociety.Theybelievedinthetranscendenceofthe“Oversoul"，anall-pervadingpowerforgoodnessfromwhichallthingscomeandofwhichallthingsareapart. Asaphilosophicalandliterarymovement,TranscendentalismflourishedinNewEnglandfromthetotheCivilWar.ItsdoctrinesfoundtheirgreatestliteraryadvocatedinEmerson,whobelievedthatmanwasapartofabsolutegood ，andinThoreauwhobehelddivinityinthe“unspottedinnocence”ofnature。Itwasapowerfulexpressionoftheintellectualmoodoftheage，andtheideasitrepresentedhaveremainedastronginfluenceongreatAmericanwritersfromthedaysofNathanielHawthorneandWaltWhitmantothepresent.“TheRoadNotSymbolicmeaningsofTheRoadNotTaken:Inthispoem,theauthorusestworoadsinthewoodstosymbolizethechoicesinthereallife.Theauthorsuggestsusnotbeingafraidtotakeachance,notfollowingthecrowdandtryingnewthingsIndividualismishighlightedinthepoembecausespeakerchoosestogohisownway,takingthe“roadlesstraveled”.Cautionisalsotakenbeforedecidingtotakethe“roadlesstraveled",forthespeakertakestimetoconsidertheotherroad.Commitmentissymbolizedinthepoembecausethespeakerdoesnothavesecondthoughtsaftermakinghisdecision。Thelastsymbolizedthemeisacceptingachallenge.ItmaybethattheroadthespeakerchoosesislesstraveledbecauseitrepresentstrialsorperilsSuchchallengesseemtoappealtothespeaker.TheRoadNotTakenThispoem,asmanyofFrost’spoems，beginswiththeobservationofnature，asifthepoetisatravelersightseeinginnature。Bytheend,allthesimplewordscondenseintoaseriousproposition:Whenanyoneinlifeisconfrontedwithmakingachoice，inordertopossesssomethingworthwhile，hehastogiveupsomethingwhichseemsaslovelyandvaluableasthechosenone.Then，whateverfollows,hemustaccepttheconsequenceofhischoiceforitisnotpossibleforhimtoreturntothebeginningandhaveanotherchancetochoosedifferently。FrostisassertingthatnatureisfairandhonesttoeveryoneThusallthevarietiesofhumandestinyresultfromeachperson’sspontaneouscapabilityofmakingchoices。Form:Thepoemisveryregularlystructuredwith4classic5—linestanzas,withtherhymescheme“abaab”andinconversationalrhythm.3。TheGreatGatsbyTheGreatGatsbytheparody(戏仿）ofAmericandreamThematically，thenovelisaparodyoftheAmerican dreamasrepresentedGatsbspursuitforwealthandlove．(1)AmericanDream(derivedthePuritanism)isapopularbeliefthatpeopleachievesuccess，whetheritiswealth,fameorlovethroughhonesthardworkinginanewworldofliberty,equality，chancesandpromises．(e。g.Franklin,Obama）（2)ItistruethatGatsbyhadahugewealth，butitwasbuiltupthroughillegalmeans-bootlegging.DaisywastheembodimentofloveforGatsby，buttheDaisyinGatsby'sillusionwasnottheDaisyinreality——amindlessandspiritlesswomanonlywithabeautifulappearance，whoretreatedtoherboringbutsecurewayofliferatherthanaccepttheresponsibilityatthemomentofcrisis．(3)LikeFranklin，Gatsbyalsomadeatimetableandalistof“do’sanddon'ts”．Butunfortunatelyhedidnotknowthatthetimehadchanged．（4)Therefore，G’sdreamistarnishedbyhismaterialpossessions，muchlikeAmericaisnowwiththeobsessionwithwealth.Inanycase，Gatsbywouldhavefailedtohisidealisticdreaminevitably,namelydisillusionofAmericandream.TogetherwithMartinitwellpresentsthedisillusionmentofAmerican。Mainideas：NickCaraway，thenarratordecidedtoleavehisfamilyintheMidwesttostudybondbusinessinNewtookasmallhouseatWestEggofLongIslandandbecameaneighborofJayGatsbyamysteriousmanofgreatwealtHeresumedacquaintancewithTomBuchananandhiswifeDaisyatadinnerpartyintheirhome．TherehealsometJordanBaker，anattractivebutarrogantyounglady．HesoonlearnedthattheirmarriagewasnothappyandTomhasamistress，Myrtle，wifeofGeorgeWilson，agarageownerintheValleyoffewdayslaterhewasinvitedtoFromGatsbyandlaterfromJordan,NicklearnedoftheloveaffairbetweenDaisyandGatsbybeforeshemarriedthenmadearequestofbringDaisytoteaandmeetGatsby．AtthereunionGatsbychangedfromnervousnesstoexcitementandfromexcitementtoaremotefantasy．AtapartyGatsbygavetotheBu