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《英美文学选读》复习指导资料

《英美文学选读》复习指导资料

一． 课程介绍：

本课程由英国文学和美国文学两个部分组成。主要内容包括英美文学发展史及代表作家的简要介绍和作品选读。文学史部分从英美两国历史、语言、文化发展的角度，简要介绍英美两国文学各个历史时代的主要历史背景、文学文化思潮、文学流派、社会政治、经济、文化等对文学发展的影响，主要作家的文学生涯，创作思想，艺术特色及其代表作品的主题结构、人物刻画、语言风格、思想意义等。选读部分主要接选了英美文学史上各个时期重要作家的代表作品，包括诗歌、戏剧、小说、散文等。

二． 《英美文学选读》的考核目标，按照识记，领会，应用规定应当达到的能力层次要求。三个层次呈递进关系，其含义是：

识记： 有关的概念、定义、知识点等能够记住

领会： 在识记的基础上，能够把握基本概念、基本方法和彼此之间的关系和区别

应用了在领会的基础上，能运用本课程的基本理论，基本知识和方法来分析英美文学作品，并能用英语正确表达。

Part 1 English Literature

An Introduction to Old and Medieval English Literature

一．重点：有关这部分的文学史内容

1．古代英国文学和中世纪英国文学的起始阶段 2．英国文学史上的第一部民族史诗----Beowulf 3．中世纪文学的主要文学形式-----Romance 4．Geoffrey Chaucer 的文学贡献

二．练习：

1. Choose the best answer for each blank.

1). The period of ______ English literature begins from about 450 to 1066, the year of ______. A. Old----Renaissance B. Middle---- the Norman Conquest of England C. Middle ---- Renaissance D. Old---- the Norman Conquest of England

2).. The Medieval period in English literature extends from 1066 up to the ______ century. A. mid-13th B. mid-14th C. mid-15th D. mid-16th

3). Beowulf, a typical example of Old English poetry, is regarded today as the national ______ of the Anglo-Saxons.

A. sonnet B. essay C. epic D. novel

4). In The Canterbury Tales, ______ presented to us a comprehensive realistic picture of the English society of his time and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life. A. Geoffrey Chaucer B. William Shakespeare C. Francis Bacon D. William Langland 5). For the Renaissance, ______ was regarded as the English Homer. His reputation has been securely established as one of the best English poets for his wisdom, humor and ______. A. Geoffrey Chaucer----wits B. William Shakespeare----wits C. Geoffrey Chaucer----humanity D. William Shakespeare----humanity

6). After the conquest of 1066, three languages co-existed in England. They are ______, ______ and ______.

A. Old English, Greek, Latin B. Old English, French, Latin C. Old English, Greek, French D. English, Greek, French

7). Geoffrey Chaucer is the greatest writer of the Medieval period in English literature. In “The Legend of Good Women”, he used for the first time in English the rhymed couplet of iambic pentameter which is to be called later the ______.

A. couplet B. blank verse C. heroic couplet D. epic

8). Thematically the poem “Beowulf” presents a vivid picture of how the primitive people wage heroic struggle against the hostile forces of the ______ world under a wise and mighty ______.

A. spiritual----hero B. natural----leader C. spiritual----god D. natural----monster 9). It can be said that though essentially still a medieval writer, Geoffrey Chaucer bore marks of humanism and anticipated a new ______ to come.

A. man B. theory C. doctrine D. era

10). Geoffrey Chaucer introduced from France the rhymed stanzas of various types to English poetry to replace the Old English ______ verse.

A. rhymed B. alliterative C. social D. visionary

2. Explain the following literal terms. 1). Romance 2). Heroic Couplet 3). Epic

3. Answer the following questions.

1). How many groups do the Old English poetry divided into? What are they? Which group does Beowulf belong to? Why?

2). What is the contribution of Geoffrey Chaucer to English literature?

Chapter1. The Renaissance Period 一．重点 前言部分

1． 文艺复兴的起源，起始时间，内容及特征 2． 人文主义的有关主张及对文学的影响 3． 文艺复兴时期的主要文学形式及其特征 练习：

Renaissance Period

1. Choose the best answer for each blank.

1). The Renaissance, in essence, is a historical period in which the European ______ thinkers and

scholars made attempts to get rid of those old feudalist ideas in medieval Europe, to introduce new ideas that expressed the interests of the rising bourgeoisie, and to recover the purity of the early church form the corruption of the Roman Catholic Church.

A. Greek and Roman B. humanist C. religious D. loyal

2). Generally, the ______ refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries. It first started in Italy, with the flowering of painting, sculpture and literature. From Italy the movement went to embrace the rest of Europe.

A. Medieval Period B. Renaissance C. Old English Period D. Romantic Period 3). ______ is the essence of the Renaissance. Thomas More, Christopher Marlowe and _______ are the best representatives of the English humanists.

A. Humanity---- William Shakespeare B. Humanism-----Francis Bacon C. Humanity---- Geoffrey Chaucer D. Humanism----William Shakespeare

4). The Elizabethan ______ is the real mainstream of the English Renaissance. The most famous dramatists in the Renaissance England are Christopher Marlowe, William Shakespeare, and ______.

A. novel--- Geoffrey Chaucer B. poetry----Francis Bacon C. drama----Ben Jonson D. drama----Geoffrey Chaucer

5). Humanism sprang from the endeavor to restore a medieval reverence for the antique authors and is frequently taken as the beginning of the Renaissance on its conscious, intellectual side, for the Greek and ______ civilization was based on such a conception that ______ is the measure of all things.

A. Roman ---- moral B. French---- reason C. Roman---- man D. French---- God

6).One of the major result of the Reformation in England was the fact that the Bible in English was placed in every church and services were held in English instead of ______ so that people could understand.

A. Latin B. French C. Greek D. Anglo-Saxon

7). Wyatt, in the Renaissance period, introduced the Petrarchan ______ into England, while Surrey brought in ______ verse.

A. drama----free B. sonnet----blank C. terzarima----blank D. couplet----free 8). In the early stage of the English Renaissance, poetry and ______ were the most outstanding

forms and they were carried on especially by William Shakespeare and Ben Jonson. A. fiction B. dramatic fiction C. poetic drama D. novel 9). By emphasizing the dignity of human beings and the importance of the present life, ______ voiced their beliefs that man did not only have the right to enjoy the beauty of this life, but had the ability to perfect himself and to perform wonders.

A. humanists B. Protestants C. Catholics D. playwrights

10). ______ was the first important English essayist. He was also the founder of modern science in England.

A. Edmund Spenser B. Christopher Marlowe C. Francis Bacon D. Ben Jonson

2. Explain the following literal terms. 1). the Renaissance Period 2). blank verse 3). Humanism

3. Answer the following questions.

1). Make a comment on the influence of Italian literary works upon the literature in the Renaissance England.

2). Make a comment on humanism

3). What are the typical characteristics of literary works produced in Renaissance England?

文艺复兴时期的主要作家。 重点：

1. 主要作家及其代表作一览表 作 者

代 表 作 其 他

Edmund Spenser The Faerie Queen

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