南京大学外国语学院《964英美文学》历年考研真题及详解

2014年南京大学964英美文学考研真题(回忆版)I.MultipleChoices(10’)[PassageI分别给出了postcolonialnovels和internationalnovels的特征]1.Accordingtothefeaturesexplainedinthepassageabove,whichoneofthewriterswritespostcolonialnovels?A.E.M.Forster B.V.S.Naipaul C.SalmanRushdie D.KazuoIshiguro2.Accordingtothefeaturesexplainedinthepassageabove,whichoneofthewriterswritesinternationalnovels?A.E.M.Forster B.V.S.Naipaul C.SalmanRushdie D.KazuoIshiguro[PassageII讨论了某个文学作品的内容，其中有提到“AGameofChess”，并指出作品在这一章节里面有提到两个古代的女人（虚构或非虚构）和两个现代的女人，包括Cleopatra和Ophelia]3.What’stheworkdiscussedinthepassageabove?答案为TheWasteLand4.Whichofthefollowingcriticalessaysisalsowrittenbythisauthor?答案为“TraditionandtheIndividualTalent”5.Theauthoruseswhichofthefollowingliterarydevicestobringinthosewomen?答案为allusion[PassageIII讲的是theTheatreoftheAbsurd]6.Whocoinedtheterm“theTheatreoftheAbsurd”?答案为MartinEsslin7.WhichoneofthefollowingplaysistheiconicworkoftheTheatreoftheAbsurd?答案为SamuelBeckett’sWaitingforGodot8.WhichoneofthefollowingAmericanplaywrightsalsowritesthiskindofplay?答案为EdwardAlbee[PassageIV只有一句话:“CallmeIshmael”]9.Thissentenceistakenfromwhichofthefollowingbooks?答案为HermanMeville’sMoby-Dick10．关于这句话所起的作用和效果，选项已记不清了II.Identifyauthorsandtitles.(20’)HenryDavidThoreau,WaldenHenryJames,TheJollyCornerRalphWaldoEllison,InvisibleManArthurMiller,DeathofaSalesmanDanielDefoe,TheLifeandStrangeSurprisingAdventuresofRobinsonCrusoeJosephConrad,HeartofDarknessWilliamShakespeare,RomeoandJulietOscarWilde,TheImportanceofBeingEarnestWilliamWordsworth,IWanderedLonelyasaCloud[以上9个没有按原题目的顺序哈。还有一个什么companyoflove的没认出来，貌似不是书上的]III.Answerthefollowingquestionswithabout150words(60’)1.ExplainthetitleoftheplayPygmalion.HowdoesthetitlealludetotherelationshipbetweenHigginsandElizaintheplay?Whatsocialproblemcanyoulearnfromtheirrelationship?(20’)2.ExaminetheplotandpointofviewinWilliamFaulkner’s“BarnBurning”.Doyouviewitasa“comingofage”story?Whyorwhynot?Pleaseillustrateyourpointwithtextualevidence.(20’)3.ExplainakeysymbolinONEofthefollowingworks:Hamlet,TheScarletLetter,LordoftheFliesandAStreetcarNamedDesire.(20’)IV.Writeanessayofaround300wordstoanswerONEofthequestions.(30’)ANoiselessPatientSpiderbyWaltWhitmanAnoiseless,patientspider,Imark’dwhereonalittlepromontoryitstoodisolated,Mark’dhowtoexplorethevacantvastsurrounding,Itlaunch’dforthfilament,filament,filament,outofitself,Everunreelingthem,evertirelesslyspeedingthem.AndyouOmysoulwhereyoustand,Surrounded,detached,inmeasurelessoceansofspace,Ceaselesslymusing,venturing,throwing,seekingthespherestoconnectthem,Tillthebridgeyouwillneedbe:form’d,tilltheductileanchorhold,Tillthegossamerthreadyouflingcatchsomewhere,Omysoul.DesignbyRobertFrostIfoundadimpledspider,fatandwhite,Onawhiteheal-all,holdingupamothLikeawhitepieceofrigidsatincloth—AssortedcharactersofdeathandblightMixedreadytobeginthemorningright,Liketheingredientsofawitches’broth—Asnow-dropspider,aflowerlikeafroth,Anddeadwingscarriedlikeapaperkite.Whathadthatflowertodowithbeingwhite,Thewaysideblueandinnocentheal-all?Whatbroughtthekindredspidertothatheight,Thensteeredthewhitemoththitherinthenight?Whatbutdesignofdarknesstoappall?—Ifdesigngoverninathingsosmall.1.Whatisthethematicconcernof“ANoiselessPatientSpider”?WhatpoeticdevicesWhitmanadoptstoexpressthisconcern?2.Whatisthethematicconcernof“Design”?WhatpoeticdevicesFrostadoptstoexpressthisconcern?3.Writeanessaytocompareandcontrastthesimilaritiesanddifferencesofthesetwopoems.V.Criticalessay.(30’)提供了一段某个评论家2013年出版的作品中一段话，段落里出现了很多个binaryopp