英国文学史及作品选读习题集(5)

15EnglishLiteratureintheRomanticPeriodⅠ.Essayquestions.1.InPrideandPrejudice,JaneAustenexploredthreekindsofmotivationsofmarriagethemiddle-classpeoplehadinthesecondhalfofthe18thcentury.Trytomakeabriefdiscussionaboutthemwithspecificexamplesfromthenovel.MakecommentsonAusten’sattitudetowardsthesemotivations.2.WhatarethegeneralfeaturesofEnglishRomanticism?3.TellthestoryofPrideandPrejudiceandmakeacommentonit.4.MakeacommentonWordsworthconcerninghiscontributiontopoetry.5.IronyaboundsinJaneAusten’snovelPrideandPrejudice.Pleaseillustrateitwithreferencetosomeexamples.6.MakeageneralcommentonWalterScott.’Ⅱ.Definethefollowingterms.1.Romanticism2.Ode3.Byronichero4.Ottavarima5.Terzarima6.Irony7.Lyric8.Motif9.Theme10.Symbol11.Imagery12.Foil13.Synaesthesia14.Character15.Flatcharacter16.Roundcharacter17.NegativecapacityⅢFillintheblanks.1.Asanageofromanticenthusiasm,theRomanticAgebeganin1798when______and______published_______andendedin1832when______died.2.InthePrefaceofthe2ndand3rdeditionsof__________,Wordsworthlaiddowntheprinciplesofpoetrycomposition.3.TheEnglishRomanticAgeproducedtwomajornovelists,_________and______.4._____,________,and_________arereferredtoasthe“LakePoets”becausetheylivedintheLakeDistrictinthenorthwesternpartofEngland.5.In1805,Wordsworthcompletedhislongautobiographicalpoementitled__________.6.Scott’shistoricalnovelsdepictedScotland,England,andtheContinentcoveringaperiodrangingfrom_______upto,andincluding,_______.27._______mournedfor_______’sprematuredeathinanelegy“Adonais”,writing“HeismadeonewithNature.”8.“ChildeHarold’sPilgrimage”isalongpoemcreatedby________.Itcontainsfourcantosinthe_______stanza,namelya9-linestanzarhymedababbcbcc,inwhichthefirsteightlinesareiniambicpentameterwhiletheninthiniambichexameter,9._______isByron’smasterpiece,writtenintheprimeofhiscreativepower.Hecalleditan“epicsatire”,“asatireonabusesofthepresentstateofsociety.”10.ThegreatnovelistintheRomanticperiod_______markedthetransitionfromRomanticismtotheperiodofRealismwhichfollowedit.11.TheplotofShelley’slyricaldramaPrometheusUnboundisborrowedfrom_______,aplayoftheGreektragedianAeschylus.12.In“ToAutumn”,Keatswrites,”Seasonofmistsandmellowfruitfulness,/Clisebosom-friendofthematuringsun;/Conspiringwithhimhowtoloadandbless/Withfruitthevinesthatroundthethatch-evesrun;/…”Thefigureofspeechusedinthelinesis_______.13.“OdetoaNightingale”expressesthecontrastbetween_______and_______.14.TheunifyingprincipleinDonJuanisthebasicironicthemeof_______,i.e.,whatthingsseemtobeandwhattheyactuallyare.15.Byronemployed_______fromItalianmock-heroicpoetry.HisfirstexperimentwasmadeinBeppo.ItwasperfectedinDonJuaninwhichtheconventionflowswitheaseandnaturalness.16._______wasmemorizedandhonoredas“theheartofallhearts”afterhisdeath.17.ManycriticsregardShelleyasoneofthegreatestofallEnglishpoets.Theypointespeciallytohis_______.18.RomanticismwasineffectarevoltoftheEnglish_______againsttheneoclassical_______,whichprevailedfromthedaysofpopetothoseofJohnson.19._______aregenerallyregardedasKeats’smostimportantandmatureworks.20.“OdeonaGrecianUrn”showsthecontrastbetween_______and_______.21.AmongtheRomanticfigures,_______hasafundamentalconvictionofthehealthofthesocialsystem,ofitsabilitytoreformitself,andoftheassuranceofsocialwell-beingandthelikelihoodofareasonablepersonalhappiness.22.Scottisconsidered“thefatherof_______”whichopen(s)uptofictiontherichandlivelyrealmofhistory.23.TwoprevailingthemesofPrideandPrejudiceare_______and_______.24._______wascomposedinadreamafterthepoetColeridgetooktheopium.25.AllsuchworksofColeridgeas“TheRimeoftheAncientMariner”,“Christable”and“KublaKhan”revealedhiskeeninterestin_______,26._______isregardedasa“worshipperofnature”.27.“IWanderedLonelyasaCloud”,“AnEveningWalk”,“MyHeartLeapsup”and“TinternAbbey”areallmasterpieceson_______.28.ThemainidearunningthroughthedramaticpoemPrometheusUnboundisthatof_______.29._______,withatriumphantpraiseoftheimagination,highlyexaltstheroleofpoetry,thinkingthatpoetryalonecouldfreemanandofferthemindawiderview3ofitspowers.Heholdsthatpoetry“isamoredirectrepresentationoftheactionsandpassionsofourinternalbeing”.30.TheRomanticperiodisanageofpoetry.ThemajorRomanticpoetssuchasBlake,Wordsworth,Coleridge,Byron,ShelleyandKeatsstartedarebellionagainsttheneoclassicalliterature,whichwaslaterregardedas_______.31._______and_______gavegreatimpetustotheriseoftheRomanticMovement.32._______isagreatcriticoftheromanticperiodonShakespeare,Elizabethandrama,andEnglishpoetry.Heisalsoamaserofthefamiliaressays.33.With_______,theessayisnolongerchieflyamodeofintellectualinquiryandmoraladdress.Rather,theessaybecomesamediumforadelightfulliterarytreatmentoflife’ssmallpleasuresandreassurances.Ⅳ.Choosethebestanswer1.“Beautyistruth,truthbeauty”isanepigrammaticlineby_______.A.KohnKeatsB.WilliamBlakeC.WilliamWordsworthD.PercyByssheShelley2.WilliamWordsworth,aromanticpoet,advocatedallofthefollowingEXCEPT_______.A.NormalcontemporaryspeechpatternsB.HumbleandrusticlifeassubjectmatterC.ElegantwordingandinflatedfiguresofspeechD.Intenselysubjectivefeelingtowardindivi