2008年四川大學英語專業(yè)（英美文學）真題試卷及答案一、單項選擇題WhichofthefollowingisNOTdirectlyrelatedtotheliteratureofVictorianAgeinEngland?Thegrowthofurbanpopulationresultedintheappearanceofanewreadingpublic.Manylibrariesweresetupsothatbookswerenowavailabletoreaderswhocouldnotaffordtobuythem.Theplotofnovelsisunfoldedagainstasocialbackgroundwhichisbroaderthanwhatithadbeeninpreviousnovels.Mostofthenovelswerenotfirstpublishedinserialform,thatis,byinstallment,beforetheywerefullypublishedinasinglebook.Romancewasatypeofliteraturethatwasverypopularinthe .RenaissanceperiodseventeenthcenturyMiddleAgeseighteenthcenturyJonathanSwiftwroteallthefollowingworksEXCEPT .TheBattleofBooksThePilgrim'sProgressGulliver'sTravelsD）ATaleoftheTub

Thefollowingstatementsaboutneo-classicismarealltrueEXCEPT A）Elegance,correctness,appropriatenessandrestraintwerepreferredItresultsintheriseofnovelsasadominantliterarygenre—towards—towardsChaucer,Spenser,andevenShakespeareItisalmostexclusivelya"town"poetry,cateringtotheinterestsofthesocietyingreatcities.WhichofthefollowingisNOTatypicalfeatureofRomanticisminEngland?Spontaneityinexpressingfeelings.Emphasisonreason.Worshipofnature.Simplicityinlanguage.WhichONEofthefollowingistheauthorofTheLeather-StockingTales?HenryDavidThoreauWashingtonIrvingEdgarAllanPoeJamesFennimoreCooperWhichONEofthefollowingistheauthorofthepoemSongofMyself?WaltWhitmanStephenCraneEdgarAllanPoeD）HenryWadsworthLongfellowWhichoneofthefollowingstatementsisapplicabletotheunderstandingofTranscendentalism?ItisstronglyinfluencedbysocialDarwinism.Beliefinindividualism,independenceofmind,andself-reliance.Manhasnofree-will.Itholdsthatdeterminismgovernseverything.Markthenovelistwhosemajorworksarecharacterizedbytheelementsofthe"grotesque"?PhilipFreneauEdgarAllanPoeWashingtonIrvingEmilyDicksonAllthefollowingconceptscanbefoundinAmericannaturalisticfictionEXCEPT .determinismsurvivalofthefittesteffectsofhereditaryandenvironmentalforcessearchforidentity二、名詞解釋OscarWildeAModestProposal13JamesJoyceTranscendentalismTheOctopus三、問答題AnswerthefollowingquestionsINABOUT150WORDSeach:(20points)MakeacommentonEmilyBronte'snovelWutheringHeights.MakeacommentonHermanMelville'snovelMoby-Dick.、單項選擇題1【正確答案】【試題解析】byinstallmentMostofthenovelswerefirstpublishedinserialform

beforetheywerefullypublishedinasinglebook，thatis，(參見羅經(jīng)國編的13JamesJoyceTranscendentalismTheOctopus三、問答題AnswerthefollowingquestionsINABOUT150WORDSeach:(20points)MakeacommentonEmilyBronte'snovelWutheringHeights.MakeacommentonHermanMelville'snovelMoby-Dick.、單項選擇題1【正確答案】【試題解析】byinstallmentMostofthenovelswerefirstpublishedinserialform

beforetheywerefullypublishedinasinglebook，thatis，(參見羅經(jīng)國編的2【正確答案】【試題解析】的一種文學體裁,3【正確答案】【試題解析】4【正確答案】【試題解析】頓。5【正確答案】【試題解析】118頁。)Romance是富有浪漫色彩的戀愛故事或冒險故事，是中世紀在歐洲非常流行著名作品如《亞瑟王之死》、《特里斯坦和伊瑟》等。ThePilgrim’sProgress《天路歷程》是 JohnBunyan(班揚)的作品。新古典主義的主要文體是詩歌，代表人物是亞歷山大?蒲伯和約翰?德萊18世紀的啟蒙思想家們強調(diào)理性，而浪漫主義恰恰表達了對理性的一種反抗，所以選項B是錯誤的。著名浪漫主義詩人華茲華斯曾經(jīng)說過：“詩歌是強烈感情的自然流露”；浪漫主義詩人們歌頌自然，崇尚自然，拋棄華麗的藻飾，用最簡潔的語言表達最優(yōu)美的思想。【正確答案】D【試題解析】JamesFenimoreCooper（庫柏），美國早期作家，TheLeather-StockingTales（《皮襪子故事集》）是他的經(jīng)典之作?！菊_答案】A【試題解析】WaltWhitman（瓦爾特?惠特曼），美國著名詩人，SongofMyself（《自我之歌》）代表其創(chuàng)作的最高峰，后來收錄在他的LeavesofGrass（《草葉集》）中?！菊_答案】 B【試題解析】 超驗主義肯定人的神圣性，主張人能超越感覺和理性而直接認識真理，“相信你自己”，是超驗主義者的座右銘。【正確答案】 B【試題解析】EdgarAllanPoe（愛倫?坡），美國著名詩人、短篇小說家、文學評論家。他的短篇小說著意描寫人的內(nèi)心世界，對表現(xiàn)人的思想病態(tài)尤其感興趣。其后期的短篇小說，經(jīng)常充滿一種恐怖氣氛，情節(jié)陰森古怪，令人毛骨悚然。【正確答案】D【試題解析】自然主義小說家們推崇生物決定論和適者生存，認為生理遺傳和社會環(huán)境都是人類社會發(fā)展的決定性因素。二、名詞解釋【正確答案】OscarWilde:OscarWilde（1854-1900）isaoneofthemostaccomplishedwritersintheVictorianAge,theadvocatorof"artforart'ssake".Wildedemonstratedabreakingawayfromtheconventionalwell-madeplaysofthe1870sand1880sandexpressedasatiricalandbitterattitudetowardstheupperclasspeopleinhisplays.ThePictureofDorianGrayandTheImportanceofBeingErnestareregardedashismasterpiecesinfictionanddramarespectively.【正確答案】AModestProposal;AModestProposalisafamoussatirewrittenbyJonathanSwift.Assumingthecooltoneofanimpartialoutsider,theauthorsuggeststhatchildrenofthepoorIrishpeoplebesoldatoneyearoldasfoodfortheEnglishnobles.Writtenwithmuchconcisenessandterseness,the"proposal"isbyfarthemostconsummateartisticexpressionofSwift'sindignationtowardtheterribleoppressionandexploitationoftheIrishpeoplebytheEnglishrulingclass.【正確答案】JamesJoyce;JamesJoyceisoneofthemostprominentliteraryfiguresofthefirsthalfofthe20 thcentury.Hisvirtuosoexperimentinwritinghasrecreatedtheformofmodernnovel.AllhisworkshavethesamesettingIreland,especiallyDublin,andthesamesubject —theIrishpeopleandtheirlife.Hismajorworksinclude:Dubliners,AportraitoftheArtistasaYoungManandUlysses.【正確答案】Transcendentalism;TranscendentalismisaNewEnglandmovement,whichflourishedfromabout1835to1860.Basicallyreligious,itemphasizedtheroleandimportanceoftheindividualconscience,andthevalueofintuitioninmattersofmoralguidanceandinspiration.Thegroupofpeoplewasalsosocialreformers,includingEmerson,BronsonAlcott,HenryDavidThoreauandNathanielHawthorne.【正確答案】TheOctopus:TheOctopusisanovelbyFrankNorris.ItdescribestheraisingofwheatinCalifornia,andconflictbetweenthewheatgrowersandarailwaycompany.InspiredbyroleoftheSouthernPacificRailroad,itdepictsthetensionbetweenthecorruptrailroadandtheranchersandtheranchers'League.Thebookemphasizedthecontrolof"forces"suchaswheatandrailroadsoverindividuals.三、問答題【正確答案】WutheringHeightstellsthetaleoftheall-encompassingandpassionate,yetthwarted,lovebetweenHeathcliffandCatherineEarnshaw,andhowthisunresolvedpassioneventuallydestroysthemandmanyaroundthem.Itisgenerallyconsideredoneofthemostoriginalworks.Inmanyaspects,itisuniqueandhasnocounterpartsinmodeaswellasinmannerofwriting.First,thereisthecombinationofextremelysimple,austereandunadornedlanguagewiththemostmightyandintensifiedeffects.Intermsofitsintent,itisobviouslydescriptive-narrativeoriented;thereisnodigressivetalkoromniscientanalysisordeliberatecommentlikemanyothercontemporaryworks,butitsnarrativeformisasconfusingasitstheme.Despitethetraceofthetraditionlimit,thepersonalityofintenseemotionandanunboundedfreespiritoftheauthorprovethemostremarkableinthenovel.Besides,thenovelcontainsmanyGothicandsupernaturalelements,whichaddsitsuniqueness.(本題為開放性題目，可從主題、風格、寫作特色、人物等方面進行闡述。【正確答案】Moby-Dickisoftenreferredtoas"theGreatAmericanNovel"andisconsideredoneofthetreasuresofworldliterature.InMoby-Dick,Melvilleemploysstylizedlanguage,symbolism,andmetaphortoexplorenumerouscomplexthemes.Throughthemaincharacter'sjourney,theconceptsofclassandsocialstatus,goodandevi