英美文学课堂练习(2018)珍藏版

英美文学课堂练习（2018）珍藏版1.(Beowulf),atypicalexampleofOldEnglishpoetry,isregardasthenationalepicoftheAnglo-Saxons.2.(TheCanterburyTales)isChaucer’smasterpiecewhichfirstpresentedtousacomprehensiverealisticpictureoftheEnglishsociety.3.Shakespeare’sfourgreatesttragediesare(Hamlet,Othello,KingLear,MerchantofVenice).4.AmongthethreemajorworksbyJoinMilton,(ParadiseLost)isindeedtheonlygenerallyacknowledgedepicinEnglishliteraturesinceBeowulf.5.ThetragedyofDr.Faustus,theprotagonistinChristopherMarlowe’sThetragicHistoryofDr.Faustus,istheveryfactthat(manisconfinedtotime.6.Spenser’smasterpiece(TheFaerieQueen)isagreatpoemofitstime.7.(Humanism)istheessenceoftheRenaissance.8.ThemostfamousdramatistsintheRenaissanceEnglandareChristopherMarlowe,WilliamShakespeareand(BenJohnson).9.TheEnglishRenaissanceperiodwasanageof(poetryanddrama).10.(Spenser)isknownas“thepoet’spoet).11.Shakespeare’ssonnetsareaddressedto(bothAandC).12.ItisgenerallybelievedthatthemostimportantplayamongShakespeare’scomediesis(AsyouLikeit)13.(Soliloquy)isanaturalmediumforHamlettoreleasehisanguish.14.TheperiodbeforetheAmericanCivilWariscommonlyreferredtoasthe(Romantic)period.15.TheRomanticwriterswouldfocusonallthefollowingissuesexceptthe(survivalofthefittest)intheAmericanliteraryhistory.16.Thedesireforanescapefromsocietyandareturnto(nature)becameapermanentconventionofAmericanliterature.17.TheAmerican(Puritanism)asaculturalheritageexertedgreatinfluencesoverAmericanmoralvaluesandliterature.18.OneofthemanifestationsofPuritaninfluenceoverAmericanliteratureisthefactthatAmericanromanticwriters(tendmoretomoralize)thantheirEnglishandEuropeancounterparts.19.TheRomanticperiodinEnglishliteraturebeganwiththepublicationof(Austen’sPrideandPrejudice).20.The18th-centuryEnglandsalsoknownastheAgeofEnlightenmentortheAgeof(Reason).21.(TheBattleoftheBooks)bySwiftisgenerallyregardedasthebestmodelofsatire,notonlyofthe18thcenturybutalsointhewholeEnglishliteraryhistory.22.Popemadehisnameasagreatpoetwiththepublicationof(TheDunciad).23.Youmayhavemettheterm“Yahoo”oninternet,butyoumayalsohavemetitinEnglishliterature.Itisfoundin(Johnson’s“TheVanityofHumanWishes”)24.Ofallthe18thcenturynovelists,(HenryFielding)wasthefirsttosetouttowritea“comicepicinprose”,andthefirsttogivethemodernnovelitsstructureandstyle.25.SamuelJohnsondistinguishedhimselfastheauthorof(ADictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage).26.Sheridan’simportantplaysareTheSchoolforScandaland(TheRivals).27.(OdeontheSpring)madeThomasGraytheleaderofthe(ThegraveyardSchool”.28.LiteratureofNeoclassicismisdifferentfromthatofRomanticisminthat(theformercelebratesreason,rationality,orderandinstructionwhilethelaterseesliteratureasanexpressionofanindividual’sfeelingandexperiences.29.EnglishRomanticism,asahistoricalphaseofliterature,isgenerallysaidtohaveendedin1832with(SirWalterScott’sdeathandthepassageofthefirstReformBillintheparliament).30.Theliteraryformwhichisfully-developedandthemostflourishingduringtheRomanticPeriodis(poetry).31.Thepoemssuchas“TheChimneySweeper”arefoundinbothSongsofInnocenceandSongsofExperienceby(JohnKeats).32.Ofthefollowingpoets,whichisnotregardedas“LakePoets”?(GeorgeGordonByron)33.Withsomanypoemssuchas“TheSparrow’sNest”,“ToaSkylark”,“TotheCuckoo”and“ToaButterfly”,WilliamWordsworthisregardedasa“(royalpoet)”.34.WhichofthefollowingwritingscanberegardedastypicallybelongingtotheschoolofRomanticliterary?(DonJuan)35.Inhislyricssuchas“OdetoLiberty”,“OdetoNaples”,PercyByssheShelleyexpressedhislovefor(freedom)andhishatredtowardtyranny.36.“OdeonaGrecianUrn”showsthecontrastbetweenthe(transience)ofartandthe(sordidness)ofhumanpassion.37.“Beautyistruth,truthbeauty”isepigrammaticlineby(JohnKeats).38.WilliamBlake’scentralconcernintheSongsofInnocenceandSongsofExperienceis(childhood),whichgivesthetwobooksastrongsocialandhistoricalreference.39.Becauseofhersensitivitytouniversalpatternsofhumanbehavior,(JaneAusten)hasbroughttheEnglishnovel,asanartofform,toitsmaturity.40.ThroughthecharacterofElizabeth,JaneAustenemphasizestheimportanceof(physicalattractiveness)forwoman.41.WhichofthefollowingpoemsisalandmarkinEnglishpoetry?(LyricalBallads)42.(ThomasHardy)notonlycontinuedtoexposeandcriticizeallsortsofsocialiniquities,butfinallycametoquestionandattacktheVictorianconventionsandmorals.43.Althoughwritingfromdifferentpointsofviewandwithdifferenttechniques,writersintheVictorianPeriodsharedonethingincommon,thatis,theywereallconcernedabout(thefateofthecommonpeople).44.Englishcriticalrealismfounditsexpressionchieflyintheformof(novel).45.TheVictorianAgewaslargelyanageof(novel),eminentlyrepresentedbyDickensandThackeray.46.AmongtheworksbyCharlesDickens(HardTimes)presentshiscriticismoftheUtilitarianprinciplethatrulesovertheEnglisheducationsystemanddestroysyoungheartsandminds.47.ThemostdistinguishingfeatureofCharlesDickens’worksishis(bitterandsharpcriticism).48.“MylastDuchess”isapoemthatbestexemplifiesRobertBrowning’s(useofthedramaticmonologue).49.InThomasHardy’sworks,theconflictbetweentheoldandthemodernisverypervasive.Hisattitudetowardthosetraditionalcharactersis(sympathetic).50