0097美國文學(xué)史復(fù)習(xí)思考題-資料下載頁
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【正文】 “Five miles meandering with a mazy motion.” Alliteration of initial vowels is quite limited in number. An example of vowel alliteration is “It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.”Surprise Ending: Also called “O. Henry ending,” it is a pletely unexpected turn or revelation of events at the conclusion of a story or play. An example is “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant. Another instance is O. Henry’s story “The Gift of the Magi.”III. Give brief answers to the following questions. (15)19. Who is the father of American literature? (Consult your book)20. Who is the father of American poetry? (Consult your book)21. What is Poe’s theory concerning poetry? (Consult your book)22. What is Poe’s theory concerning the short story? (Consult your book)23. What are the major characteristics of Twain’s writing style? (Consult your book)24. What are the major characteristics of Irving’s writing style? (Consult your book)25. What is “black humor? (Consult your book)26. What is the Harlem Renaissance? (Consult your book)27. What is the New England Renaissance? (Consult your book)28. What are the major characteristics of colonial American literature? (See your book)29. What is the Lost Generation? (Consult your book)30. What are Benjamin Franklin’s contributions to American culture? (See your book)31. Why is colonial American literature neither American nor literary? (See your book)32. What is the Jazz Age? (Consult your book)33. What is American transcendentalism? (Consult your book)34. What is imagism? (Consult your book)35. What is O. Henry Ending? (Consult your book)36. What is free verse? (Consult your book)IV. Read the following poem and try to understand and explain it. (30)FogTHE FOG esOn little cat feet.It sits lookingOver harbor and cityOn silent haunchesAnd then moves on(An imagist poem by Carl Sandburg。 depicting the fog and its movement。 free verse written in the tradition of Whiman.)In a Station of the Metro(Ezra Pound)The Apparition of these faces in the crowd。Petals on a wet, black bough.( a poem of the Imagist school, written by Ezra Pound.)The Road Not Taken (By Robert Frost)TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth。Then took the other, as just as fair,Though as for that, the passing thereHad worn them really about the same,And both that morning equally layIn leaves no step had trodden black.Oh, I kept the first for another day!Yet knowing how way leads to way,I doubted if I should ever e back.I shall be telling this with a sighSomewhere ages and ages hence:Two roads diverged in a wood, and II took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference.(A poem by Robert Frost. It is about the difficulty of making a choice.) Dreams (by Langston Hughes)Hold fast to dreamsFor if dreams dieLife is a brokenwinged birdThat cannot fly.Hold fast to dreamsFor when dreams goLife is a barren fieldFrozen with snow.(Consult your book)
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