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大四美国文学期末考试题型及例题:

1。选择/对错60分(40道选择,20个对错)

2.名词解释10分（5个）

3.选段配对10分（5个）

4。问答20分（10/2)

1．历史：Father/poetess…

2.名作家：Hemingway，Faulkner，Poe,Hawthorne，Emerson

3．作品：TheWasteland/MobyDick/ScarletLetter

1。a)选择题（40个，40分）

1。Attheageofreasonandrevolution，AmericanswereinfluencedbytheEuropean

movementcalledthe________.

A。icistMovement

istMovement

sNOTconnectedtoBenjaminFranklin?________

A。Hewasborninapoorfamily。

piouspuritan。

hradas“Jackofalltrades”。

D。Hewasamasterofdiplomacy.

HemingwayisnotedforthefollowingEXCEPT________。

A。LostGeneration

B。Icebergtheory

anDream

D。CodeHeroes

4。WhichcharacterisNOTfromTheScarletLetter?________

A。HesterPrynne

B。RogerChillingworth

nAhab

D。Pearl

ndon’smi-biographicalnovel________wellprentsthedisillusionment

ofAmericanDream.

A。TheAmericanTragedy

B。TheCalloftheWild

C。MartinEden

pesofWrath

b）判断对错题（20个，20分）

1。Poe’smasterpiece“ToHelen"iswrittentomemorizehisdeceadwife.（F）

eof“AnnabelLee”isoptimisticandhopeful.（F)

3。MarkTwain’snovelJumpingFrogwasanartisticfailure，butitgaveitsnameto

theAmericaofthepostbellumperiodwhichitattemptstosatirize.(F)

Carrieendedupintragedybecaushecouldnotcontrolherfate.（F)

2。名词解释题（5个，10分）

1。ItreferstothereligiousbeliefsheldbythePuritans，whohadintendedto

“purify”lievedin

theoriginalsinandtheharshDayofDoom,althoughsomegoodpeople—--the

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chonpeopleor“theElect"-—-maybesaved。（Puritanism）

arydoctrinethatcalledfor“realityandtruth”inthedepictionofordinary

life．

IthadoriginatedinFranceandwasverypopularin19thcentury。（Realism）

3.选段配对题(5个，10分)

ower，thatdostsocomelygrow，

Hidinthissilent，dullretreat,

Untouchedthyhoneyedblossomsblow，

Unenthylittlebranchesgreet：

Norovingfootshallcrushtheehere,

Nobusyhandprovokeatear。

TheWildHoneySuckle（PhilipFreneau）

thewholeofadull,darkandsoundlessdayintheautumnoftheyear，

whenthecloudhungoppressivelylowintheheavens，Ihadbeenpassingalone,on

horback，throughasingularlydrearytractofcountry；andatlengthfoundmylf，

astheshadesofeveningdrewon,withinviewofthemelancholyHouofUsher.I

knownothowitwas—but,withthefirstglimpofthebuilding，anof

insufferablegloompervadedmyspirit.

TheFalloftheHouofUsher(EdgarAllanPoe）

4.问答题(10/2，20分)

endentalism

（a)Transcendentalism(p56)

{1}Asamoralphilosophy,itexaltedfeelingoverreason，individualexpressionover

therestraintsoflawandcustom.&believedinthetranscendenceofthe“oversoul”

{2}AliterarymovementflourishinginNewEnglandfromthe1830stotheCivilwar。

ItstressintuitiveunderstandingofGod，withoutthehelpofthechurchand

rentativewritersareEmersonand

Thoreau。

｛b｝ThesignificanceofTranscendentalism

TranscendentalismexertedadominatingnotionontothemajorwirersoftheRomantic

periodanditsncehasbeenpermanentlyabsorbedintothemainstreamof

alphilosophy,Transcendentaliststooktheirideasfrom

theromanticliteratureofEurope,fromneo-Platonism，fromGermanidealistic

okeforcultural

rejuvenationandagainstthematerialismofAmericansociety。Theybelievedinthe

transcendenceofthe“Oversoul”，anall-pervadingpowerforgoodnessfromwhich

allthingscomeandofwhichallthingsareapart。Asaphilosophicalandliterary

movement,TranscendentalismflourishedinNewEnglandfromthe1830’stotheCivil

trinesfoundtheirgreatestliteraryadvocatedinEmerson,whobelieved

thatmanwasapartofabsolutegood，andinThoreauwhobehelddivinityinthe

“unspottedinnocence”powerfulexpressionoftheintellectual

moodoftheage，andtheideasitreprentedhaveremainedastronginfluenceon

greatAmericanwritersfromthedaysofNathanielHawthorneandWaltWhitmanto

theprent.

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2.“TheRoadNotTaken"

SymbolicmeaningsofTheRoadNotTaken:

Inthispoem，theauthorustworoadsinthewoodstosymbolizethechoicesinthe

reallife。Theauthorsuggestsusnotbeingafraidtotakeachance，notfollowingthe

dualismishighlightedinthepoembecauthe

speakerchoostogohisownway,takingthe“roadlesstraveled”。

Cautionisalsotakenbeforedecidingtotakethe“roadlesstraveled”,forthespeaker

takestimetoconsidertheotherroad。

Commitmentissymbolizedinthepoembecauthespeakerdoesnothavecond

thoughtsaftermakinghisdecision.

ethattheroadthe

speakerchoosislesstraveledbecauitreprentstrialsorperils。Suchchallenges

emtoappealtothespeaker。

TheRoadNotTaken

Thispoem，asmanyofFrost’spoems，beginswiththeobrvationofnature,asif

nd,allthesimplewordsconden

intoariousproposition：Whenanyoneinlifeisconfrontedwithmakingachoice,

inordertopossssomethingworthwhile，hehastogiveupsomethingwhichems

，whateverfollows，hemustaccept

theconquenceofhischoiceforitisnotpossibleforhimtoreturntothebeginning

sasrtingthatnatureisfairand

honesttoeveryone。Thusallthevarietiesofhumandestinyresultfromeachperson’s

spontaneouscapabilityofmakingchoices.

Form:Thepoemisveryregularlystructuredwith4classic5-linestanzas，withthe

rhymescheme“abaab"andinconversationalrhythm.

3。TheGreatGatsby

TheGreatGatsbytheparody(戏仿)ofAmericandream

Thematically,thenovelisaparodyoftheAmericandreamasreprentedby

Gatsby’spursuitforwealthandlove．

（1)AmericanDream（derivedthePuritanism)isapopularbeliefthatpeoplecan

achievesuccess，whetheritiswealth，fameorlovethroughhonesthardworkingina

newworldofliberty，equality，chancesandpromis．(in,Obama）

(2)ItistruethatGatsbyhadahugewealth，butitwasbuiltupthroughillegalmeans

—bootlegging。DaisywastheembodimentofloveforGatsby，buttheDaisyin

Gatsby'sillusionwasnottheDaisyinreality——amindlessandspiritlesswoman

onlywithabeautifulappearance,whoretreatedtoherboringbutcurewayoflife

ratherthanaccepttheresponsibilityatthemomentofcrisis．

（3）LikeFranklin，Gatsbyalsomadeatimetableandalistof“do’sanddon’

ts”．Butunfortunatelyhedidnotknowthatthetimehadchanged．

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（4)Therefore,G'sdreamistarnishedbyhismaterialposssions，muchlike

a，Gatsbywouldhave

failedtohisidealisticdreaminevitably,namelydisillusionofAmericandream.

TogetherwithMartinEden,itwellprentsthedisillusionmentofAmericanDream.

Mainideas：

NickCaraway,thenarratordecidedtoleavehisfamilyintheMidwesttostudybond

businessinNewYork．HetookasmallhouatWestEggofLongIslandandbecame

aneighborofJayGatsby，amysteriousmanofgreatwealth．Heresumedacquaintance

withTomBuchananandhiswifeDaisyatadinnerpartyintheirhome．Therehealso

metJordanBaker，anattractivebutarrogantyounglady．Hesoonlearnedthattheir

marriagewasnothappyandTomhasamistress，Myrtle，wifeofGeorgeWilson,a

garageownerintheValleyofAshes．AfewdayslaterhewasinvitedtoGatsby’s

party。FromGatsbyandlaterfromJordan，Nicklearnedoftheloveaffairbetween

DaisyandGatsbybeforeshemarriedTom．GatsbythenmadearequestofNick：to

bringDaisytoteaandmeetGatsby．AtthereunionGatsbychangedfromnervousness

toexcitementandfromexcitementtoaremotefantasy．AtapartyGatsbygavetothe

Buchanans,NickandJordan,GatsbyandTomhadafiercequarreloverDaisyand

Daisysidedwithbothmeninturns．ThenDaisyandGatsbyleftinGatsby’scarwhile

theothersfollowedinTom's．OnthewayGatsby’scarknockedMyrtledeadandran

away，buthelatertoldNickthatDaisywasdrivingatthetimeofthe

accident．Myrtle,thinkingTomwasinthecar，rantowarditandwashit．Meanwhile

Mr．WilsontracedGatsby’scarandfoundGatsby’shou．Afewhourslaterbothof

themwerefounddead．ApparentlyWilsonshotGatsbyandthenhimlf．Although

NicktriedtomakeGatsby’sfuneralrespectable，noneofhisfriendscame．Only

Gatsby’sfatherappeared，stillthinkingthathissonwasagreatman．Onanother

occasionNickmetTomandDaisyandwasreluctanttoshakehandswiththem．He

alreadyknewthatitwasTomwhomadeWilsonbelievethatMyrtlewasGatsby’s

loverandwasrunoverbyGatsby．SoonNickwentbacktohispeopleintheMiddle

West．