英国文学简答题问答题

英国文学问答题

Shakespeare:

Questions:

Whysleepissofrightening,accordingtoHamlet,sinceitcan“end”theheartacheandthethousandnaturalshocks”?

Whywouldpeopleratherhearallthesufferingsoftheworldinsteadchoosingdeathtogetridofthem,accordingtoHamlet?

What,afterall,makespeoplelosetheirdeterminationtotakeaction?Pleaseexplaininrelationtotheso-calledhesitationofHamlet.

II.1.WhatdoesRomeocompareJuliettointhebeginningpassageoftheselection?

WhatisRomeoandJuliet'sattitudetowardbeingaMontagueoraCapulet?

WhatdoesRomeomeanwhenhesays“Lookthoubutsweet,/AndIamproofagainsttheirenmity”?

Answersforreference:

1.Nobodycanpredictwhathewilldreamofafterhefallsasleep.

Deathissomysteriousthatnobodyknowswhatdeathwillbringtous.Maybebittersufferings,greatpains,heartbreakingstories…

1)Conscienceandover-considerations.2)Hewantstorevenge,butdoesn'tknowhow;2)Hewantstokillhisuncle,butfindittoorisky;3)Helivesindespairandwantstocommitsuicide,4)however,heknowsifhedies,nobodywillcomforthisfather'sghost.Heisinfaceofgreatdilemma.

1.Sun.

Theywouldgiveuptheirnamesforlove’sake.

Onlyifyouarekindtome,theirhatredcannothurtme.

DanielDefoe:

Questions:

DoyoufindthedescriptionofCrusoe'ssettingupthetentconvincing?Couldyouthinkofbetterwaystobuildashelterinhissituation?

WhatdoyouthinkofCrusoe'swayofmarkingtime?Whyisitimportantforhimtokeeptrackoftime?

Fromthisexcerpt,whatdoyoufindadmirableinRobinsonCrusoe?

Answersforreference:

Yes.

1)Hedoesn'twanttoforgettime;2)Foracivilizedman,timeisprecious;3)HewantstorememberSabbathdaystoshowhisrespectandpietytoGod.

strong-minded,careful,capable,persevering,optimistic,ambitious,self-reliant,clever,practical,adventurous,patient,rational,sympathetic,hardworking,imaginative,energetic,courageous,amiable(kind-hearted)

JaneAusten:

Questions:

WhydoyouthinkofMrs.Bennet?Howcanyoucharacterizeher?

WhatdoyouknownaboutJaneAusten'swritingstyle?

Answersforreference:

1)Sheismean,heronlycareistomarryherdaughtertorichyoungmen;2)Sheissimpleandfoolish,^vencannotunderstandherhusband'sironicalwords.3)Shelovesherdaughter,thoughshedoesn'tunderstandthem,butwhatshedoisonlyfortheirhappinessratherthanherself.

1)keenobservationofsocietyaroundher,goodearforconversation,useofmild,ironyandpenetratinganalysis.2)Style,clarity,economy,skillfuldialogue,tightplotting,simpleandclear.3)Readerscanfindsthofthemselves,comfort,tranquility,escapeinhernovels.

CharlotteBronte:

Questions:

WhattsthethemeinJaneEyre?

PleaseshowyourunderstandingonthelovebetweenJaneEyreandMrRochester.

Answersforreference:

1)JaneEyreisnotonlyalovestory;2)itisalsoapleafortherecognitionoftheindividual'sworthand3)sexequalitythatWomenattempttoasserttheirownidentitywithinthemale-dominatedsociety.

Thoughpoorandplain,JaneEyre,whohadastrongwilloflife,triedhardtogetherrightsofequality.Sheleftthemanverymuchwhowasabout20yearsolderthansheandricher.Shejustwantedhimtotreatherequally.ShewasgreatbecauseherlovemadedisillusionedRochesterhappyagain.Mr.RochesterwasamanfUlloflife'smisery,yethelovedJanetrulyandrespectedherverymuch.That'swhyhegotherlove.

CharlesDickens:

Questions:

HowdoyouunderstandPip'ssocalled“GreatExpectation”?

PleaseexplainthereasonthatGreatExpectationisaso-calledbildungsromanorgrowthnovel.

Answersforreference:

1)whenhewasyoung,hewantedtobecomeablacksmithlikeJoe,hisbrotherinlaw.2)HismeetingwithHavishamchangedhisattitudetowardslife,andheadmiredhedecentwayoflivinglikeagentleman.HemetEstellaandfelllovewithher,buthecannotmarryherbecauseofhisinferiorstatusandhisexpectationschanged:raisehissocialstatusandtobecomeagentleman,getabettereducationandthenmarryEstella.3)WhenPipdiscoversthathisbenefactorisinfactaconvict,his“greatexpectation"turnsouttobebubble,beautifulbuttransient.Pipfinallyrealizedthemoneyandsocialstatusisnotthemostimportantthinginlife.Whatisimportantisloveandloyalty.Man'struevaluehasnothingtodowithhismoneyandstatus.

(简略版)

1)Whenhewasyoung,hewantedtobecomeablacksmithlikeJoe,hisbrotherinlaw.2)WhenhemetHavishamandfellinlovewithEstella,hisexpectationschanged:toraisehissocialstatusandbecomeagentleman,getabettereducationandthenmarryEstella.3)WhenPip

discoveredthathisbenefactorwasinfactaconvict,his“greatexpectation”turnedouttobebubble,beautifulbuttransient.Pipfinallyrealizedthemoneyandsocialstatusisnotthemostimportantthinginlife.What'simportantisloveandloyalty.Man'struevaluehasnothingtodowithhismoneyandstatus.

ItisthenovelofthegrowthanddevelopmentoftheheroPip.ThereisabsenceofparentsforPipwhoisraisedbyhissisterandbrother-in-law;Asagentleman,Pipcondescendspeopleoflowerclass,losingsightofthegenerous,kindaspectofbeingagentleman;Heistestedanddrawntodestructiveloveetc.

ThomasHardy:

Questions:

WhatdoyouthinkcausesTess'stragedy?

PleasecommentbrieflyonthefateofTessinTessoftheD'Urbervilles.

Answersforreference:

1)Tesswasaninnocent,puregirl.Shewashonestandsweet-naturedandfullofloveforherfamilyandsympathyforothers.2)thepovertyofherfamily,thesocialenvironmentandthecollapseoftheAgriculturaleconomy;horsekilled---claimkin3)thedoublemoralstandardbetweenmenandwomenofthatpatriarchalsociety,“chastity=purity”isonlyforwomen.4)ForsuchagirlasTess,herlifewassomethingthatshecouldn'tcontrol,chanceofsomeunknownforcesdeterminedeverything.

Tessisactuallyavictimofhersociety.HardycreatedtheheroineTessjusttocriticizethesocietyinhistime.Tessisatragicpersonsimplybecausesheisnotacceptedbythesocietyinwhichagricultureismenacedbytheforcesofinvadingcapitalism.Soinaway,Tess'fateisdecidedbyhersociety.

5.

I.ThenationalepicoftheAnglo-Saxonsis.

ARobinHoodBSirGawainandtheGreenKnight

CTheCanterburyTalesDBeowulf

.wasthemostoutstandingsingleromanceontheArthurianlegendwritteninalliterativeverse.

ATheCanterburyTales BPiersthePlowman

CSirGawainandtheGreenKnightDBeowulf

.wasfamousforTheCanterburyTales.

AGeoffreyChaucerBJohnMilton

CWilliamShakespeareDFrancisBacon

.Mostoftheballadsofthe

15thcenturyfocusedonthelegendaboutasaheroic

figure.

AGreenNights BGawain

CRobinHood DHamlet

5.Inthe16thcentury,ThomasMore’sworkbecameimmediatelypopularafterit

s

publication.

AParadiseLostBAPleasantSatireoftheThreeEstates

COfStudiesDUtopia

6.wasEdmundSpencer’smasterpiecewhichhasbeenregardedasoneofthegreatpoemsintheEnglishlanguage.

AAmorettiBTheShepherd’sCalendar

CTheFaerieQueeneDFourHymns

7.isfromShakespeare'ssonnetNo.18.

A“Letmenottothemarriageoftrueminds”

B“Tobeornottobe:thatisthequestion”

C“ShallIcomparetheetoasummer'sday”

D“NolongermournformewhenIamdead”

8.,the“fatherofEnglishpoetry”andoneofthegreatestnarrativepoetsofEngland,wasborninLondonabout1340.

A.GeoffreyChaucerB.SirGawainC.FrancisBaconD.JohnDryden

.ThefourgreattragedieswrittenbyShakespeareareHamlet,Macbeth,Othelloand

A.AntonyandCleopatraB.JuliusCaesar

CTwelfthNightDKingLear

.WhichofthefollowingdoesnotbelongtoShakespeare’sromanticlovecomedies?

ATwelfthNightBTheTempest

CAsYouLikeItDTheMerchantofVenice

DCACDCCADB

1.AllofthefollowingarethemosteminentdramatistsintheRenaissanceEnglandexcept

a.WilliamShakespeare

b.BenJonson

c.ChristopherMarlowe

d.FrancisBacon

2.TheEnglishRenaissanceperiodwasanageof.

a.poetryanddrama

b.dramaandnovel

c.novelandpoetry

d.romanceandpoetry

3.ParadiseLost isthemasterpieceof

a.WilliamShakespeare

b.RobertBurns

c.JohnMilton d.WilliamBlake

4.WhichofthefollowingplayswrittenbyShakespeareishistoryplay?

a.AMidsummerNight'sDream

b.TheMerryWivesofWindsor

c.HenryIV d.KingLear

5.ThefirstofficialversionofBibleknownastheGreatBiblewasrevisedin

16thcentury b.17thcentury

c.18thcentury d.19thcentury

6.FrancisBacon'sEssaysfirstpublishedin1597hasbeenconsideredasanimportantlandmarkinthedevelopmentofEnglish,andasthefirstcollectionofessaysintheEnglishlanguage.

a.poetry

se

7.DanielDefoewasfamousforhisnovelwhichfirstestablishedhisreputation.

a. Gulliver'sTravels

b. TheAdventureofRobinsonCrusoe

c. ThePilgrim'sProgress

d. OliverTwist

8.Thefamouspoem“ARedRedRose”waswrittenby

a.WilliamWordsworth

b.GeorgeByron

c.RobertBurns

d.WilliamBlake

9.MaryShelley'snovelFrankensteinbelongstothetypeofwhichisoftensetingloomycastleswherehorrifying,supernaturaleventstakeplace.

a.Gothic b.Realism

c.Romanticism

d.Classicism

10.ThefirstcompleteEnglishBiblewastranslatedby,“themorningstaroftheReformation”andhisfollowers.

A.WilliamLanglandB.JamesI

C.JohnWycliffe

D.BishopLancelotAndrews

DACCBDBCAC

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1.TheliteratureoftheAnglo-Saxonperiodfallsnaturallyintotwodivisions,andChristian.

a.Paganb.Roman

c.Frenchd.Danish

2.“PoetryisSpontaneous”wasputforwardby

a.RobertBurnsb.WilliamBlake

c.WilliamWordsworth

d.CharlesLamb

WhichofthefollowingwritingscanberegardedastypicalbelongingtotheschoolofRomanticliterature?

DonJuanb.Ulysses

JaneEyre

SonsandLovers

isthefirstimportantEnglishessayistandthefounderofmodernscienceinEngland.

FrancisBacon

EdmundSpenser

ThomasMored.Sidney

WhatisflourishedinElizabethanagemorethananyotherformofliterature?

a.novelb.drama

c.essayd.poetry

Thepublicationofmarkedthebeginningofthe

RomanticAge.

DonJuan

TheRimeoftheAncientMariner

TheLyricalBallads

OdetotheWestWind

WhichofthefollowingdidnotbelongtoRomanticism?

JohnKeats

PercyShelley

WilliamWordsworth

AlfredTennyson

Frankensteinwasfilmedmanytimes.Whowrotethebook?

EdgarAllanPoe

JamesJoyce

MaryShelley

WalterScott

Inthemid-18thcentury,anewliterarymovementcalledcametoEuropeandthentoEngland.

a.Romanticismb.Classicism

c.Realism

d.Restoration

WhichofthefollowingpoemwasnotwrittenbyJohnKeats?

OdetotheWestWind

OdetoAutumn

OdeonaGrecianUrn

OdetoaNightingale

ACAABCDCAA

WilliamShakespeareisoneofthegiantsof

Romanticism

CriticalRealism

Aestheticism

theRenaissance

2.isthefirstimportantreligiouspoetinEnglishliterature.

a.JohnDonneb.GeorgeHerbertc.Caedmond.Milton

■ 3.

wasthefirsttointroduce

thesonnetintoEnglishliterature.

a.ThomasWyattb.William

Shakespeare

c.PhilipSidneyd.ThomasGray

4.TheEnglishpoets,William

Wordsworth,andRobertSouthey,wereknownas

“LakePoets”becausetheylivedintheLakeDistrictNorthwesternEnglandatthebeginningofthe19thcentury.

a.GeorgeByronb.JohnKeats

c.PercyShelleyd.SamuelColeridge

Themostgiftedofthe“UniversityWits"was

■A.JohnLilyB.ThomasKyd

ThomasGreene

ChristopherMarlowe

6.isoneoftheforerunnersofmodernsocialist

thought.

A.PhillipSidney

B.EdmundSpenser

C.ThomasMore

D.ChristopherMarlowe

7. Moralityplaysappearedafter

A. miracleplays

B. mysteryplays

C. interlude

D.

Classicalplays

8.WhichofthefollowingisNOTregardedasoneofcharacteristicsofRenaissance?

a.Exaltationofman'spursuitofhappinessinthislife.

Cultivationofthegenuineflavorofancientculture.

Toleranceofhumanweaknesses.

Praiseofman,seffortsinhavinghissouldelivered.

9.Themostintellectualmovementof

theRenaissancewas.

A.theReformation

B.Humanism

C.theItalianrevival

D.Geographicalexploration

10.Whatistherelationshipbetween

ClaudiusandHamlet?

A.CousinsB.Uncleandnephew

C.Father-in-lawD.Fatherand

son

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1.WhichofthefollowingisatypicalfeatureofSwift's

writings?

A.Greatwit.B.Bittersatire.

C.Richmythicallusions.

D.Complicatedsentencestructures.

2.istheleadingfigureofMetaphysicalpoetry.

A.JohnDonneB.GeorgeHerbert

C.AndreMarvellD.Hen