2002 年上海大学英美文学史考研真题
A. Fill in the blanks:(10%)
1. Utopia is (1) 's masterpiece,written in the form of conversation between him and
Hythloday, a returned voyager.
2. Daniel Defoe is chiefly remembered as the author of the novel (2)
5.1812 at Portsmouth. (3) the greatest representative of English critical
realism,was bom in
4. Sons and Lovers was (4) 's first really distinguished novel, which made him well
known among writers and intellectuals.
5. (5)_ of James Fenimore Cooper are five novels set in the early frontier period
of American history about American wilderness.
6.__(6) was a form of regional fiction popular after the Civil War.
7. Hemingway was gencrally regarded as spokesman for thc(7) a
litcrary school.
8. John Updike's subject is the American Protestant small town (8) .His theme is
the conflict between (9) and (L0)..
B.Give definitions to the fofowing special terms:(30%)
1. Sentimentalism
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2. Point of View
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3. Stream of Consciousness
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4. "Transccndentalism
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5. Naturalism
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6. Black Humor
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C. Answer the following questions briefly:(30%)
1. What do you think of Shakespeare's languagc?
2. Why do we say David Copperfield is a broad picture of the society of thc author's
day?
3. Please compare American early romantics with high romantics.
4. What are the unique features of American southern literature?
D. Discuss the following statements:(30)
1.Give your reason why Virginia Wolf and Jamcs Joycc arc mastcrs of usingstream of
consciOuSIneSS.
2.Citing one or two examples. explain why Scott Fitgerald's The Great Gatsby is a
most profound commentary in American fiction on what has become known as America
Dream.