英美文学期末选择题

英美文学期末选择题①1、EnglishliteraturebeganwiththeAnglo-SaxonsettlementinEngland.2.TheAnglo-SaxonswereChristianizedinthe7thcentury.3、In1066,WilliamtheConquerorwithhisNormanarmy,succeededininvadinganddefeatingEngland.4.AftertheNormanConquest,threelanguagesexistedinEnglandatthattime.TheNormansspokeFrench.5、Beowulf,thenationalepicoftheEnglishpeople,describestheexplocitsofaScandinavianheroinfightingagainstthemonsterGrendel,hisrevengefulmotherandafire-breathingdragon.6.ThestoryofPiersthePlowmanistheculminationoftheArthurianromances.7.WilliamLangland’sPiersthePlowmaniswrittenintheformofadreamvision.8.GeoffreyChaucerisacciaimedas“thefatherofEnglishpoetry”andisoneofthegreatnarrativepoetsofEngland.9.TheCanterburyTalescontainsinfactageneralPrologueandonly24tales,ofwhichtwoareleftunfinished.10.ThemostfamouscycleofEnglishballadscentersonthestoriesaboutalegendaryoutlawcalledRobinHood.②1、ExceptbeingavictoryofEnglandoverSpain,theroutofthefleet“Armanda”(invincible)wasalsothetriumphoftherisingyoungbourgeoisieoverthedecliningoldfeudation.2、Sonnetisdefinedasanexpressionofhumanemotionwhichiscondensedintofourteenlines.3、ThomasWyattwasthefirsttointroducethesonnetintoEnglishliterature.4、“Thelettucewaslonelywihouttomatoesandcucumbersforcompany.”isanexampleofpersonification.5、AbsolutemonarchyinEnglishreacheditssummitduringthereignofQueenElizabethI.6.EnlishRenaissancePeriodwasanageofpoetryanddrama.7.Atthebeginingofthe16thcenturytheoutstandinghumanistThomasMorewrotehisUtopiainwhichhegaveaprofoundandtruthfulpictureofthpeople’ssufferingandputforwardhisidealofafuturehappysociety.8.GreatpopularywaswonbyJohnLyly’sproseromanceEuphueswhichgeverisetotheterm“enphuism”designatinganaffectedstyleofcourtspeech.9.TheepochofRenaissancewitnessedaparticulardevelopmentofEnglishdrama.ItwasChristopherMarlowewhomadeblankversethepricipalvehicleofexpressionindrama.10.Shakespearehasestablishedhisgiantpositioninworldliteraturewithhis37plays,154sonnetsand2longpoems.③1.In1642,acivilwarwasbrokeoutinEnglandin1649,theroyalistswerefinallydefeatedbytheparliamentarmyledbyOliverCromwell.CharlesⅠwassentencedtodeathandEnglandwasdeclaredtobeacommonwealth.2.TheRevolutionPeriodisalsocalledThePuritanAgebecausetheEnglishRevolutionwascarriedoutunderareligiouscloak.3.Therevolutionof1688meantthreeofthefollowingthings:①thesupremacyofParliament②thebeginningofmodernEngland③thetriumphoftheprincipleofpoloticalliberty4.IntheRevolutionPeriod,JohnMiltontowersoverhisageasWilliamShakespearetowersovertheElizabethanAgeandasChaucertowersovertheMedievalPeriod.5.inwhichfamouspamphletdidMiltonthuswrite:“Ourkingmadenotus,butwehim.Naturehasgivenfatherstousall,butweourselvesappointedourownking;sothatthepeoplearenotfortheking,butthekingforthem?”DefenseoftheEnglishpeople6.AmongthestatementsaboutMilton’sParadiseLost,whichstatementisnottrue?A.JohnMilton’smasterpieceB.Agreatepicin10booksC.WriteninblankverseD.AbouttheheroicrevoltofSatanagainstGod’sauthority7.ThePilgrim’sProgressgivesavividandsatiricaldescriptionofVanityFairwhichisthesymbolofLondonatthetimeofRestoration.8.Themainliteraryformoftheseventeenthcenturywaspoetry.Amongthepoets,JohnMiltonwasthegreatest.Besideshim,thereweretwogroupsofpoets.TheywereTheMetaphysicalpoetsandtheCavalierpoets.9.Theterm“metaphysicalpoetry”iscommonlyusedtonametheworkofthe17th-centurywriterswhowroteundertheinfluenceofJohnDonne.10.Inhisblindness,Miltonwrotehismostimpotantpoeticworks,whichoneisnotincluded?A.ParadiseLostB.ParadiseregainedC.SamsonAgonistesD.lycidas④1.The18thcenturywitnessedthatinEnglandthereappearedtwopoloticalparties,theWhigsandtheTories,whichweresatirzedbyJonathanSwiftinhisGulliver’sTravels.2.Generallyspeaking,Englishliteratureofthe18thcenturymaybediviidedintothreeperiods.Thefirstperiodwascharacterizedbytheneo-classicism,ofwhichAlexanderPopewastherepresentativepoet.3.AnEssayonCriticism,writteninheroiccoupletbyAlexanderPope,wasamanifestoofEnglishneo-classicsimasheputforwardhisaesthetictheoriesinit.4.SamuelJohnsoncompiledTheDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguagewhichbecamethefoundationofallthesubsequentEnglishdictionaries.5.The18thcenturyproducedthefirstEnglishnovelists,whofallintotwogroups,oneistherealistnovelists;theotheristhesentimentalnovelists.6.HentryFieldingwastherealfounderoftherealisticnovelinEngland.HisnovelsunfoldapanoramaoflifeinalldectionsofEnglishsociety.7.Whichofthefollowingnovelsareepistolarynovels?A.ClarissaHarloweB.PamelaC.SirCharlesGrandison8.Sentimentalismfounditsrepresentativewritersinthefiledofpoetry,suchasEdwardYoungandThomasGray,butitmanifesteditselfechieflyinthenovelsofLaurenceSterneandOliverGoldsmith.9.TheEnglishdramaofthe18thcenturydoesnotreachthesamehighlevelasitsnovel.OneofthemainreasonsisthatLicensingActof1737whichdroveHenryFieldingoutofthetheatrewhichreatrictedthefreedomofexpressionbydramatists.10.Inthelasttwentyyearsofthe18thcentury,Englandproducedtwogreatromanticpoets.TheyareWilliamBlakeandRobertBurns.⑤1.Incontrasttotherationalismoftheenlightenersandclassicistsinthe18thcentury,theRomanticistspaidgreatattentiontotheapirtualandemotionallifeofm