2014年电子科技大学845英美文学基础知识及运用考研真题.pdf

1、20148451.Namearepresentativeworkby the following writersandthengiveabriefsummaryon thewritersliterary contribution. (20 points)1 EarnestHemingway2 WilliamWordsworth 3 JohnMilton4 WilliamBlake 5 JaneAustenIIDefinethefollowing literaryterms(30 points) 1 Soliloquy 2 Elegy3 Sonnet 4 Streamof consciousne

2、ss5Aestheticism6 ImagismIIIReadthefollowing selectedpassages andanswerthequestionsbriefly. (50 points) 1Whatapieceofworkisaman,hownobleinreason,howinfiniteinfaculties,informand moving,howexpress andadmirableinaction,howlikean anglein apprehension,howlikea god!Questions: 1) Identifythetitleofthe play

3、fromwhichthe passageisselectedanditsauthor. (2 points) 2) Inwhatwaydoesthe passagereflect humanisticspirit?(3 points)2 Oneshortsleeppast, wewakeeternally, Anddeathshallbeno more;Death, thoushalldie.Questions: 1) Identifythetitle ofthe poemfromwhichthelinesareselectedanditsauthor. (2 points) 2) Makea

4、 comment onthepoet sattitudetowards deathanditssignificance?(3 points) 3 Mythoughtswerenowwhollyemployedaboutsecuringmyselfagainsteithersavages,if anyshouldappear,orwildbeasts,ifanywereintheisland,andIhadmanythoughtsofthe methodhowto do this,andwhatkindofdwelling to make, whetherIshouldmakeme a cave

5、 intheearth, ortentupontheearth.Questions:1) Identifythetitleofthe novelfromwhichthepassageisquotedanditsauthor. (2 points) 2) Whatdoyoufindadmirableorextraordinaryinthecentralfigure?(3 points) 4 Heclaspsthecrag withcrookedhands Closeto thesuninlonely lands, Ringedwiththe azureworld,hestands.Questio

6、ns: 1) Identitythetitle ofthe poemfromwhichthelinesarequotedanditsauthor. (2 points) 2) Makea summaryonthemusicaleffectinthethree lines?(3 points) 5 Justicewasdone,andthePresidentoftheImmortalshadendedhissportwithTess.And the DUrbervillesknightsanddamesslept onintheirtombsunknowing.Questions: 1) Ide

7、ntitythetitle ofthe novelfromwhichthe passageis selectedanditsauthor (2 points) 2) Comment onthefirstsentence. InwhatsenseisTess storytragic?(3 points)6 Shestiffenedalittleonthekerb,waitingforDurtnallsvantopass.Acharmingwoman, ScropePurvisthoughther(knowingherasonedoesknowpeoplewholivenextdoortoone

8、inWestminster); atouch ofthebirdabouther, ofthejay, blue-green, light, vivacious, though she wasoverfifty,andgrownvery little since herillness.There she perched, neverseeing him,waiting to cross, very upright.Questions: 1) Identifythetitle ofthe novel fromwhichthe passageis quotedanditsauthor. (2 po

9、ints)2) Commentthe use ofshifting point of viewsinthe passageanditssignificance. (3 points)7 Letus go then, youandI,Whentheevening isspread againstthesky.Like a patientetherizeduponthetable.Questions: 1) Identifythetitle ofthe poemfromwhichthelinesare quotedanditsauthor. (2 points) 2) How doyouinter

10、pretthetwojuxtaposedimages of eveningandpatient?(3 points) 8 Icelebratemyself, andsing myself AndwhatI assume youshall assume, Forevery atombelong to me as goodbelongsto you.Questions: 1) Identifythetitle ofthe poemfromwhichthelinesareselectedanditsauthor. (2 points)2) State brieflythe mainfeaturesi

11、nrhythm. (3 points)9 Itmademeshiver.AndIabout made upmymindtopray;andseeifIcouldnttryto quitbeing thekind of aboy Iwas, andbebetter. So Ikneeleddown. Butthewordswouldntcome. Why wouldnt they? It warnt no use to try and hide it from Him. Nor from me, neither. Iknowedvery well whythey wouldnt come. I

12、wasmy heartwarnt right; it was becauseIwarntsquare;itwasbecauseIwasplayingdouble.Questions:1) Identifythetitle ofthe novel fromwhichthe passageis quotedanditsauthor. (2 points) 2)Whatkindofsensationhas beenexpressedinthepassage?(3 points) 10 The young womanwastall, withafigure ofperfectelegance, ona

13、large scale.She had darkandabundant hair,so glossy that it threwoffthe sunshine witha gleam, anda face which, besidesbeing beautifulfromregularity offeature andrichness ofcomplexion,hadthe impressiveness belonging to a marked brow and deep black eyes. She was lady-like, too, afterthemannerofthefemin

14、inegentilityofthosedays;characterizedbyacertainstateand dignity, rather than by the delicate, evanescent, and indescribable grace, which is now recognized as its indication. Never had Hester Prynne appeared more lady-like, in the antiqueinterpretation oftheterm, than assheissuedfromtheprison.Questio

15、ns:1) Identifythetitleofthe novelfromwhichthepassageisquotedanditsauthor. (2 points) 2) What sthesignificance oftheportraitofthelady-like womaninthepassage?(3 points)IVEssay writing. Readthe followingpoemand write anessaycovingthe givenquestions. (50 points) Anecdote ofthe Jar By WallaceStevens Ipla

16、ced a jarinTennessee,Androunditwas,upon ahill Itmadetheslovenlywilderness Surroundthathill.Thewildernessroseupto it, Andsprawled around,no longerwild Thejarwasrounduponthe ground Andtallandof a portin air. Ittookdominioneverywhere Thejarwas gray andbare Itdidnot give ofbird orbush, Likenothing elsei

17、nTennessee.Questions: 1) Please paraphrasethesecondstanza inthe poem.2) The jar is a dominant image in the poem. Please summarize the physical features of the jar andthenmakeacomment onthe connotation ofthejar.3) Wildness serves as a contrast image to the jar. What is the connotative meaning of wildness?Howdo you evaluatethe role ofthe image wild nature here?4) What s the theme ofthe poem?5) Inwhat way shallwe regard it as atypicalmodernistic literarypiece?