美國(guó)文學(xué)史期末復(fù)習(xí)題(參考版)
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【正文】 instead, it uses the cadences of natural speech. 3. International novel: IN brings together persons of various nationalities who represent certain characteristics of their own countries. 4. Naturalism: It views human beings as animals in the natural world responding to environmental forces and internal stresses and drives, over none of which they have control and none of which they fully understand. The literary naturalists have a major difference from the realists. They look at a different spot to find real life. 5. Transcendentalism: It stressed the power of intuition, believing that people could learn things both from the outside world by means of the five senses and from the inner world by intuition. It took nature as symbolic of spirit or God. All things in nature were symbols of the spiritual, of God’s presence. It emphasized the significance of the individual and believed that the individual was the most important element in society and that the ideal kind of individual was selfreliant and 12 unselfish. Transcendentalists envisioned religion as an emotional munication between an individual soul and the universal “Oversoul” 。 1 I. Multiple choice. Please choose the best answer among the four items. (10 x 1’= 10’) 1. In American literature, the 18th century was the age of Enlightenment. ____ was the dominant. A. humanism B. rationalism C. romanticism D. evolution 2. The short story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” is taken from Irving’s work named _____. A. The Leatherstocking Tales B. The Sketch Book C. The Autobiography D. The History of New York 3. Which of the following is not the characteristic of American Romanticism? A. Rationalism B. inner self C. personal feelings D. individualism 4. The short story “Rip Van Winkle” reveals the ____ attitude of its author. A. optimistic B. pessimistic 保守，傳統(tǒng) 5. Stylistically, Henry James’ fiction is characterized by _____. A. short, clear sentences B. abundance of local images C. ordinary American speech D. highly refined 精煉 language 6. Transcendentalist doctrines found their greatest literary advocates in _____ and Thoreau. A. Jefferson B. Emerson C. Freneau D. Mark Twain 7. Which is regarded as the “Declaration of Intellectual Independence”? A. The American Scholar B. English Traits C. Oversoul D. Selfreliance 8. ____ is considered Mark Twain’s greatest achievement. A. The Gilded Age B. Innocent Abroad 2 C. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer D. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 9. _____ is not among those greatest figures in “Lost Generation”. A. Ezra Pound B. Robert Frost C. Walt Whitman D. Hemingway 10. Naturalism is evolved from realism when the author’s tone in writing bees less serious and less sympathetic but more ironic and more ____. A. rational B. humorous C. optimistic D. pessimis
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