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英美文学专业课复试题准备What’syoufavoritewriter?JaneAustinisoneofmyfavoritewriters.Maybesomecriticswillthinkherthemesofnovelsarelimitedintherelationshipbetweenmanandwomen.Butinmyopinion,inthisfield,seldomwriterscansurpassher.Heradvancingideasaboutloveandmarriageandherdexterityinwritingtechniquesattractsmeagreatdeal.ShewroteseveralfamousnovelslikePrideandPrejudice,SenseandSensibility,Emma,Persuasion.But,hermasterpiecePrideandPrejudiceismyfavoriteone.Thenoveliswellembodiedherviewtowardsloveandmarriage.Itrevealsthebeautyofwomenmorethanphysicalbeautyandtheirlongingforfreedominmarriage.What’smore,inPrideandPrejudice,herwritingtechniquesareextraordinary.Ilikethefirstsentence:Itisatruthuniversallyacknowledged,thatasinglemaninpossessionofagoodfortune,mustbeinwantofawife.Afterfinishingthenovel,thereaderswillfindthatitisactuallyabouthusbandhunting.Infact,thenovelconveysthatit’sawomaninpossessionoflittlefortunemustbeinwantofawealthyhusband.It’sjusttheoppositeofthepointhegetsinthebeginningofthestory.JaneAustin’swritingtechniquesHerwitandhumor.InhermasterpiecePrideandPrejudice,thefirstsentence,youwillfindtheuseofthebathos.Itmakesabigcontrastandmakespeopleburstintolaughter.Shewritesingentleironyandsatire.TakeansceneryasexampleinPrideandPrejudice,MrDarcyandMrsBinleytookpartinadancepart,butmostofpeoplethinkMrDarcyismorehandsomethanMrBinleyjustbecausehehavealagerfortunethanMrBinley.ItshowAustin’ssatiretothepublicprejudicetowardsthehigherrankthoughitmaybeanotgoodman.Herexactnessintheportraitofcharacters.Properwordsareusedinpropercharacter.Everycharacterhastheiruniquespokenmanner.Forexample,MrsBennetisfussy,fawningandboastful.Like,MydearMrBennet,haveyouheardthatNetherfieldisletatlast?Herbrightandwittydialogues.IalsolikesthebestsellernovelslikeFlipped,TheUnlikelyPilgrimageofHaroldFry.Whenitcomestothisnovel,thehazybutabitblissfulloveoccursinmymind.Atthesametime,itteachesmesomethingprecious,whichisexactlythecharmoftheprotagonist,Juliana.Sheisthegirlwhoseesthingsnotjustthroughthesurface,butthroughthewhole.Nowadays,everytimeIstarttocommentoneevent,IwillruminateonwhetherIhaveconsidereditcomprehensively.WhatdoyouthinkEnglishandAmericanLiterature?Aretheyusefultolearnatthisage?Ithinkliteratureplaysanunparalleledroleinourlife.Firstofall,wecanknowthesocietyatthattime.Lifeisthesourceoftheart.Comparedwithhistory,literaturecangiveusmorevividanddetailedinformationofatthatage.Secondly,it’saquitegoodmethodtolearnlanguage.Thirdly,readingliteraturecancultivateourrationalthinking.Attheinformationage,weareoverwhelmedbymassivefragmentedinformation.Whenwearedevotedtofinishonebook,itwillcalmusdownandcarefullythinkofthestory.Fourthly,someliteraturefigureswillinspireustopursueself-perfection.LikeElizabethinPrideandPrejudice,sheisawomanwithindependentwitandthought.Shereadlotsofbookstoperfectherself.Whydoyoulikeacademicresearch?Firstly,academicresearchisanecessaryandwonderfulwaytodigintothedeeperconnotationofliterature.Secondly,it’smycuriosity.Knowinternalimplication.Thirdly,it’sinfluencedbymyteacher.encourageTheRenaissance,humanism,neoclassicism,romanticism,realism,modernismAnswerthequestionpointbypoint.Youcanmakeuseofconjunctionwordslike,intermsof,what’smore,actually,besidesCharlesDickson’swritingtechniques,GeorgeEliot’swritingfeatures,WilliamWordsworth’snatureview,Hisstatus:therepresentativeofromanticism,worshipperofnatureViewaboutnature:humanbeing,knowledgeandstrengthinpeaceMasterpiece:Iwanderedlonelyasacloud(Allgoodpoetryisarisingfromemotionsrecollectedintranquility.)Thereisavividdescriptionofthedaffodilshere,showingpoet’sviewthatit’sablisstorecollectthebeautyofnatureinhismindwhileheisinsolitude.WilliamShakespeare’sachievement,Hisworks:prolificandproductive.31plays,2narrativepoemsand159sonnets(FourGreatComediesandfourgreattragedies)Thetheme:Historicalplays:nationalunityunderamightrulerisnecessaryRomanticcomedies:anoptimisticattitudetowardslove,friendshipandyouthTragedies:portrayssomenoblesheroes,whofacestheinjusticeoflifeandiscaughtinadifficultsituationandwhosefateiscloselyconnectedwiththefateofhisnation.Tolanguage:commonlanguageandphrasescomefromhiswork.Toliterature:manyliteraryfiguresareinspiredbyhisachievement.Toliteraryachievement:thecreationofShakespeareSonnet,characters,plotconstruction,freeverseFrancisBacon’sachievementThefirstessayistinEnglishliterature.Thefounderofmaterialisticphilosophy:investigation,discovery,theverificationWashingtonIrving’swritingcharacteristics,Emerson’stranscendentalismHisfame:Hisopinions:theoversoul-basehisregiononanintuitivebeliefinanultimateunityThesignificanceofindividualismNatureasthesymbolofspiritualworld,naturemediatesthegodandhuman.ThepowerofintuitionThoreau’sWaldenIt’snotonlydemonstratestheEmersonianideasofself-reliancebutalsodevelopsandtestsThoreau’sowntranscendentalphilosophy.NatureisnotmerelysymbolicbutalsodivineinitselfandhumancanreceiveprecisecommunicationfromitTheimportanceofindividual,evenholdssocietyfettersthefreedomofindividualsSelf-cultureandself-reliancetoachievethespiritualperfection.NathanielHawthorne’sTheS