美国文学填空题

1美国文学补充练习填空题PartI1.Atlastearlyinthecentury,theEnglishsettlementsinandbeganthemainstreamofwhatwerecognizeasAmericannationalhistory.2.TheearliestsettlersinUS,includes,Swedes,,French,,Italians,and.3.’sreportsofexploration,publishedintheearly1600s,havebeendescribedasthefirstdistinctlyAmericanliteraturetobewritteninEnglish.4.ThePuritanshadcometoNewEnglandforthesakeof,whileVirginiahadbeenplantedmainlyasa.5.Hardwork,,piety,andwerethePuritanvaluesthatdominatedmuchoftheearliestAmericanwriting,includingthesermons,books,andlettersofsuchnotedPuritanclergymenasJohnCottonandCottonMather.6.,thefirstgovernorofPlymouth,and,whoheldthesamepostatBoston,weremensuperiortoeventheremarkablequalitiesthatdistinguishedmanyoftheirassociates.Eachhasleftusapricelessgift:theformer,,thelatter.7.ThebestwaytolearnmoreofthecolonialPuritanmindistomeettwoimportantfigures,_____and.8.Mostpuritanversewasdecidedlyplodding,buttheworkofthetwowriters,AnneBradstreetandEdwardTaylor,rosetothelevelof.Answer:1.17th,Virginia,Massachusetts2.Ducth,Germans,Spaniards,Portuguese3.CaptainJohnSmith4.religiousfreedom,commercialventure5.thrift,sobriety6.WilliamBradford,JohnWinthrop,TheHistoryofPlymouthPlantation,TheHistoryofNewEngland7.JohnCotton,RogerWilliams8.realpoetryPartII1.Aswehaveseen,dominatedthePuritanphaseofAmericanwriting.wasthenextgreatsubjecttocommandtheattentionofthebestminds.2.FreedomwaswonasmuchbythefieryrhetoricofThomasPaine’sandtheeloquenceoftheasbytheweaponsofWashingtonorLafayette.3.hamperedcolonialeconomybyrequiringAmericanstoshiprawmaterialsaboardandtoimportfinishedgoodsatpriceshigherthanthecostofmakingtheminthiscountry.4.Americandealtadecisiveblowuponthepuritantraditionsandbroughttolifeandliterature.5.ThesecularideasoftheAmericanEnlightenmentwereexemplifiedinthelifeandcareerof,whoinstructedhiscountrymenas,not.6.In1783,theyeartheUnitedStatesachieveditsindependence,declared,“Americanmustbeasindependentinliteratureassheisinpolitics,asfamousfortheartsasforarms”.27.BorninBostonin1706,BenjaminFranklinwenttoPhiladelphiaasayoungmanandbeganhiscareeras.8.From1732to1758,Franklinwroteandpublishedhisfamous,anannualcollectionofproverbs.9.OnJanuary10,1766,Paine’sfamouspamphletappeared.Itboldlyadvocateda“DeclarationforIndependence”,andbroughttheseparatistagitationtoacrisis.10.isperhapsthemostoutstandingwriterofthepost-revolutionaryperiod.11.Freneauwasbytrainingandtasteyetromanticinessentialspirit.12.Forafewyears,writingwithsporadicfluency,Freneauearnedhislivingvariouslyas,,andseacaptain.13.Asapoet,heraldedAmericanliteratureindependence:hiscloseobservationofnaturedistinguishedhistreatmentofindigenouswildlifeandothernativeAmericansubjects.14.Freneauhasbeencalledthe“”,anditisultimatelyinahistoricalestimatethatFreneauisimportant.Answer:1.theology,politics2.CommonSense,DeclarationofIndependence3.TheBritishgovernment4.Enlightenment,seculareducation5.BenjaminFranklin,aprinter,apriest6.NoahWebster7.aprinter8.PoorRichard’sAlmanac9.CommonSense10.PhilipFreneau11.neoclassical12.farmer,journalist13.Freneau14.FatherofAmericanPoetryPartIII1.In1828theelectionofthefrontierastheseventhPresidentoftheUnitedStateshadbroughtaneffectiveendtothe“VirginiaDynasty”ofAmericanpresidents.2.TheUnitedStateshadbeenarepublicofsmall,withoutsharpcontrastofwealth.3.Throughthefirsthalfof19thcenturythepursuitof,utility,andremainedanAmericancharacteristic.4.Inthefirstcollege-levelinstitutionforwomen,MountHolyokeFemaleSeminaryopenedintoservethe“muslinsex”.5.WashingtonIrving’sbecamethefirstworkbyanAmericanwritertowinfinancialsuccessonbothsidesofAtlantic.6.TheattitudesofAmerica’swriterswereshapedbytheirenvironmentandarrayofideasinheritedfromthetraditionsofEurope.7.valueswereprominentinAmericanpolitics,art,andphilosophyuntiltheCivilWar.8.Asamoralphilosophy,transcendentalismwasneithernor.9.Romanticwritersplacedincreasingvalueontheexpressionofemotionanddisplayedincreasingattentiontothestatesoftheircharacters.10.In1820,publishedAnAmericanDictionaryofTheEnglishLanguage.11.wasthefirstgreatprosestylistofAmericanromanticism,andhisfamiliarstylewasdestinedtooutlivetheformalproseofsuchcontemporariesasScottandCooper,andtoprovideamodelfortheprevailingprosenarrativeofthefuture.312.Irvingwasthefirstgreat,writingalwaysfor,andtoproduce.13.wasarousingtaleaboutespionageagainsttheBritishduringtheRevolutionaryWar.14.Cooperlaunchedtwokindsofimmenselypopularstories:and.15.ThecentralfigureinCooper’snovels,,goesbyseriousnamesofLeatherstocking,Deerslayer,Pathfinder,andHawkeye.16.In1817,thestatelypoemcalledThanatopsis(Greek,meaning“viewofdeath”)introducedthebestpoet,,toappearinAmericanuptothattime.Answer:1.AndrewJackson2.landholders3.simplicity,perfection4.1837,Massachusetts5.SketchBook6.NewWorld,romantic7.Romantic8.logical,systematized9.free,psychic10.NoahWebster11.WashingtonIrving12.belletrist,pleasure,pleasure13.TheSpy14.theseaadventuretale,thefrontiersaga15.NattyBumppo16.WilliamCullenBryant1.Poeenteredthe,butleftashorttimelaterbecausehewouldnotentertheprofessionoflawasAllanwished.2.Ironically,whilePoewasstrugglinginAmerica,