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2007 年上海海事大学英美文学基础知识考研真题 I.Briefly explain the following terms:(20%) 1. The "Stream of Consciousness"School of Novels-- 2. Angry Young Men--- 3.Lost Generation--- 4. Black Humor--- 5. Imagism--- Ⅱ. Choose one of the four alternatives to complete each of the followingstatements:(60%) 1. British Literature , the three poets 1.Lake School is a term used to characterize who at the beginning of 19*century were living in the Lake District. A. Coleridge, Wordsworth and Southey B.Byron, Shelley and Keats C. Wordsworth,Byron and Shelley D.Yeats, TS.Eliot and Dylan Thomas 2. William Wordsworth's theory and practice in poetical creation started from_ A. his love for the social reality and the natural environment B.the publication ofhis Lyrical Ballad C.his dissatisfaction with the reality under capitalism,and hint at the thought of "Back to nature" and "Back to the patriarchal system of the old time" D. the dissipation of his former political enthusiasm 3."Don Juan"is the masterpiece of A Robert Southey B. Samuel Taylor Coleridge C. Percy Bysshe Shelley D.Georgc Gordon Byron 4.Which of the following works is often regarded as Shelley'smasterpicce?

A. The Revolt of Islam B.Promretheus Unbound C.The Masque of Anarchy D. Ode to the Hesr Wind 5.Charles Dickens'"Hard Times"is A a satire aiming at the abuses of the English courts, B.a fierce attack on the bourgeois system of education and ethics and onutilitarianism C. a novel in which the monctary and class values are criticized and the corruption of"respectable"society is fiercely attacked, D.a personal record of the author's own life expericnce and a broad picture of the society of the author's day. 6.In"ATale of Thwo Cities", the two cities are A. London and New York B. New York and Dorrit C. London and Edinburgh D. Paris and London 7. Which of the following is generally recognized as William Makepeace ，Thackcray's masterpiece?_ A. Vanity Fair B. The Newcomes C. Pendennis D. Henry Esmond 8. The 20' century British Realism is actually a_of the brilliant school of critical realism of the 19t century. A. reaction and dliscontinuity B. critical reception C. rejection and alienation D.continuity and development

9.A famous English novelist once said that his goal as a writer was"to make you hear, to make you feel---it is,before all, to make you see. That and no more, and it is everything".This novclist's name is A. Joseph Conrad B.Rudyyard Kipling C. Amold Bennett D. Henry James 10."The Forsyte Saga",John Galsworthy's first trilogy, consists of. A."The Man of Property","In Chancery",and "ToLet" B."The White Monkey","The Siher Spoon, and "Swan Song" C."The Man of Proper""The Indian Summer of a Forsyte", and "Awakening" D."The White Monkey","ASilent Wooing" and "Passers-By" 11.In___, through the characterization of Undershaf, George Bernard Shaw exposed the essential characteristics of monopoly capitalists with bitrsatire A.Heartbreak House B.Mrs. Warren's Profession C. Major Barbara D.Pygmalion 12. William Butler Yeats,a poet of world renown, was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in_ A.1923 B.1930 C.1939 D.1922 13. Modernism in English Literature Prevailing during the 20s and 30s of the 20" century.__ A. was a movement of experiments in new technique in writing B. was a break with the 19 century litcrature C. was a trend drifting away from the tradition of the 19* literature D. was all of the abovc puf together

14.D.H.Lawrence's novel"Women in Love" A.is an autobiographical novel about a mother's suffocating, possessive love for her sons. B. tells about thrce generations of farmers, their marriages and the relationship between the various people C.is about two couples through whose lives the author tried to define the proper basis for marriage D. is mainly about an English noblewoman's love affair with a servant, her husband's gamekeeper, is meant to be an indictment of the hypocrisies of the upper class 15.Virginia Woolf's "To the Lighthouse" A.a novel which includes characters based on her parents,established her as a foremost writer B. was her first attempt to reveal the inner nature of her charactcrs C. was her first succssful novel in the new style D. was novel which carried her experiments in writing about the passage of time even further. American Literature 16.The best work that Mark Twain ever produced is_ A. "The .Adventures of Tom Savyer" B. "The Adventures of Hucklebery Finn" C. "Life on the Misssippi" D. "Mysterious Sranger" 17.Theodore Dreiser revealed through many of his works his literary philosophy that_ A. human tragedy comes as a result of the collision between man's biological needs and society's ruthless manipulation B. life is a jungle struggle in which man is only a prey C. everything in the world is determined by the moral and social codes of that particular socicty D. "Might is right", and only the harmony between the powerful and the underprivileged can make the world go 18.Ezra Pound, the leader of the Imagist Movement, advocatcd the three magist poetic

principles which were A. "Direct treatment","Sequence of a metronome",and"Economy of Expression" B.'Direct treatment of the 'thing","Economy of Expression" and "Rhythm"--with the phrasing of music C."Direct treatment of the 'thing","Words absolutely contribute to the Presentation", and "Rhyme" D."Objective","Concentration", and "Musical" 19.Which of the following works led to TS.Eliot's receipt of the Nobel Prize for Literature? A. "The Waste Land" B. "Ash Wednesday" C."Four Quartets" D."The Love Song of J.Al/red Prufrock" 20.The first American Writer ever to win the Nobel Pnize for Literature is_, which gave world recogrnition to the fact that American literature had finally achieved international status. A.J.S.Eliot B. Ermcest Hemingway C.Eugene O'Neill D. Sinclair Lewis 21."All gods are dad, all wars are fought, and all faith in man is shaken"This frequently quoted expression comes form F.S. Fitzgerald's_ A. "Tender Is the Night" B. "The Great Gatsby" C. "The Beautiful and the Danned D. "This Side of Paradise" 22.Naturalism is a theory in literature A. which is a reaction against the tradition of both Romanticism and Realism B.emphasizing reporting truthfully and objectively what the world looked like with factual details. C.emphasizing scientifc observation of life without idealism or

avoidance of the ug!y. D. which has its origin found in Zola,Tolstoi, Turgenev and Faubert 23.Many of Ernest Hermingway's novels and stories A. dealt with war and injury B. exarnined the naturc of couragc C. revealed the author's disillusionment with WWI D.depicted hideous scenes on the battle field 24.Emest Hemingway was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for A. his vivid description of the disasters and horrors brought about by the 1* World War B.his simplicity and economy of syntax C. his powerful style-forming mastery of the literary act D.his vivid characterization of the "Lost Generation" 25."The Sound and the Fury",one of William Faulkner's masterpieces, A.tells a story of deterioration from the past to the present to form a striking contrast between the idcalized past and the lovely prescnt B. describes the decay and downfall of an old Southern aristocratic family, symbolizing the old social order, told from four diferent points of vicw C. is a tale told by an idiot,full of sound and fury, signifying historically the flourishing today D. contains an acute feeling of nostalgia toward the happy past and an cxpectation toward the bright fiuture 26."The Grapes of Wrath", John Steinbeck's greatest book, A. is the story of the migration of agricultural workers from the dust bowl of Oklahoma to Califomia B.is a novel full of bittrness and pain, but not exactly despair C. expresses clearly the author's sympathy with the dispossessed and the wretched D.shows all of the abovc factors. 27.One of the salient features of the New Criticism prevailing in America in the Mid-20"century is

A. its focus on the textual analysis and on the exploration of the artistic structure of the work through close rcading of the work B.its emphasis on the extermal elerments such as the social background, the author's intention and political attitude, and their impact on the reader C. its great attention paid to the author's frame of mind and the reader's response to the work of art D.that it sees a literary work as an organic unity of the content and fomm as well as the impact it may bring on thereader's part 28."The Beat Movement", an important literary trend in the United States in the 1950s, is widely known as A. the San Francisco Poetry Renaissance B.a violent rebellion against all the mainstream culture C.an escape from the feeling of depression and degeneration D.a result of the unconventional mode of living 29. The title of the novel"Catch-22", written by Joseph Heller, has become an expression in English language which means A.a word or phrase repeated regularly by a particular political party B.a hidden difficulty from which one cannot escape when trapped C. a dilemma from which there is no escape because of mutully conflicting Conitions D.comic, incongruous absurdity which rules and ruins modern existence 30.The title of Arthur Miller's masterpiece"Death of A Salesman"is ametaphor for_ A. the rough and suffocating modem civilization B. the disillusionment of American Dream C. the phoniness of commercial success D.the inhumanity and brutality of the American society I. Decide whether the following statements are true or false. Write "T" for frue and "F"for false:(20%) 1.The English Critical Realism of the 19* century,represented by Charles Dickens and William Makepeace Thackeray, not only gave a satirical portrayal of the bourgeoisie and all the ruling class, but also showed profound sympathy for the

common people. 2."David Copperfield", the most autobiographical of all the books witten by Charles Dickens, is narrated in the third person, a technique convenient for the parrator to remain invisible from the scene. 3.The sub-title of"Vanity Fair"—"A Novel Without A Hero", emphasizes the fact that the writer's intention was not to portray individuals, but the bourgeois and the aristocratic society as a whole. 4.The author of the powerful novel"Wuthering Heights"is Charlotte Bronte, one of the thrce famous Bronte sisters in the 19" century. 5.Aestheticism as a litcrary and artistic movement began to flourish in England in 1880s, which strong advocated the theory of"art for art's sake"anad rejected the notion that literature should serve no religious,moral or social end,nor any end except itself. 6. Naturalism was a literary trend in Europe in the second half of the 19 century influenced by the contemporary ideas of science and society, which rejected theidealization of experience and adhered to the principle that literature must be"true to life" and exactly reproduce real life, including all its details without any selection 7.Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter"is so well written that in craftsmanship, as it is commcnted, perhaps only"The Great Gatsby"can touch it in American Literature,since both works are a kind of cultural allegory, about different phases of American cultural history, both are structurally compact in a tiny frame arid impregnated with profound meaning. 8. Eugene O'Neill is unquestionably America's greatest playwright,and the only one ever to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. However, most of his plays were very pessimistic, leaving the characters without illusions or hope. 9. Saul Bellow,the famous Jewish American writer and the Nobel Prize winner for Litcrature in 1976,is regarded as the emerging heir to the Hemingway-Faulkner prestige. His literary view is that even if a man cannot shape his own destiny, he can, at least, control the manner in which he faces it, and thereby can deny absurdity

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