英国文学

PartITheAnglo-SaxonPeriodI.Fillinthefollowingblanks.1.Angles,SaxonsandusuallyknownasAnglo-SaxonsarethefirstEnglishmen.LanguagespokenbythemiscalledtheOldEnglish,whichisthefoundationofEnglishlanguageandliterature.2.TheliteratureoftheAnglo-Saxonperiodfallsnaturallyintotwodivisions,andchristian.3.AmongtheearlyAnglo-Saxonpoetswemaymention_____,whowroteapoetic¡°Paraphrase¡±oftheBible,andCynewulf.4.¡°¡±istheoldestpoemintheEnglishlanguage,andalsotheoldestsurvivingepicintheEnglishlanguage.II.Choosethebestanswerforeachblank.1.WhenwespeakoftheoldEnglishprose,thefirstnamethatcomesintoourmindsis,whoisthefirstscholarinEnglishliteratureandhasbeenregardedasfatherofEnglishlearning.a.WilliamShakespeareb.Beowulfc.JuliusCaesarD.VenerableBede2.isthefirstimportantreligiouspoetinEnglishliterature.a.JohnDonneb.GeorgeHerbertc.Caedmond.Milton3.InAnglo-Saxonperiod,¡°Beowulf¡±representedthe_______poetry.a.paganb.religiousc.romanticd.sentimentalPartone1.Jutes2.Pagan3.Caedmon4.TheSongofBeowulf1.d2.c3.aI.Fillinthefollowingblanks.1.Intheyear1066,theNormansdefeatedtheAnglo-Saxonsatthebattleof.2.Inthe14thcentury,thetwomostimportantwritersare_____and_____.3.TodayChaucerisacclaimednotonlyas¡°thefatherofEnglishpoetry¡±butalsoas¡°thefatherofEnglishfiction¡±.Hismasterpieceis.4.ThefifteencenturyhasbeentraditionallydescribedasthebarrenageinEnglishliterature.ButitisthespringtideofEnglish.II.Choosethebestanswerforeachstatement.1.In1066,ledtheNormanarmytoinvadeanddefeatEnglish.a.WilliamtheConquerorb.JuliusCaesarc.AlfredtheGreatd.Claudius2.Inthe14thcentury,themostimportantwriteris.a.Langlandb.Wyclifc.Gowerd.Chaucer3.TheprevailingformofMedievalEnglishliteratureisthe.a.Frenchb.Latinc.romanced.science4.Thestoryof¡°¡±istheculminationoftheArthurianromances.a.SirGawainandtheGreenKnightb.ThestoryofBeowulfc.Pierstheplowmand.TheCanterburyTales5.ThemostimportantworkofAlfredtheGreatis____,whichisregardedasthebestmonumentoftheOldEnglishprose.A.TheSongofBeowulfB.TheEcclesiasticalHistoryoftheEnglishPeopleC.ApolloniusofTyreD.TheAnglo-SaxonChronicles6.InEnglishpoetry,afour-linestanzaiscalled___.A.heroiccoupletB.quatrainC.SpenserianstanzaD.terzarimaParttwo1.Hastings2.Chaucer3.TheCanterburyTales4.ballads5.ThomasMalory6.WestminsterAbbey1.a2.d3.c4.a5.bPartIIIGeoffreyChaucerI.Fillinthefollowingblanks.1.¡°TheCanterburyTales¡±containsinfactageneralPrologueandonly_______tales,ofwhichtwoareleftunfinished.2.Theprovidesaframeworkforthetalesin¡°TheCanterburyTales¡±,anditcomprisesagroupofvividpicturesofvariousmedievalfigures.3.¡°TheCanterburyTales¡±isChaucer¡¯sgreatestworkandwrittenforthegreaterpartincouplets.4.Thenameofthe¡°jollyinnkeeper¡±in¡°TheCanterburyTales¡±is,whoproposesthateachpilgrimofthe32shouldtelltwotalesonthewaytoCanterburyandtwomoreonthewayback.5.¡°TheCanterburyTales¡±openswithageneralProloguewherewearetoldofacompanyofpilgrimsthatgatheredatInninSouthwark,asuburbofLondon.6.Thepilgrimsin¡°TheCanterburyTales¡±areontheirwaytotheshrineofSt.ThomasaBecketataplacenamed.7.Chaucer¡¯swork¡°¡±givesusapictureoftheconditionofEnglishlifeofhisday,suchasitsworkandplay,itsdeedsanddreams,itsfunandsympathy.II.Froma,b,c,ord,choosethebestonetocompleteeachstatement.1.the¡°fatherofEnglishpoetry¡±andoneofthegreatestnarrativepoetsofEngland,wasborninLondonabout1340.a.GeoffreyChaucerb.SirGawainc.FrancisBacond.JohnDryden2.Chaucerdiedonthe25thofOctober1400,andwasburiedin.a.Flandersb.Francec.Italyd.WestminsterAbbey3.wasthefirsttobeburiedinthePoet¡¯sCornerofWestminsterAbbey.a.Chaucerb.Keatsc.Southeyd.Tennyson4.Chaucer¡¯searliestworkofanylengthishis¡°¡±,atranslationoftheFrench¡°RomandelaRose¡±byGaillaumedeLorrisandJeandeMeung,whichwasaloveallegoryenjoyingwidespreadpopularityinthe13thand14thcenturiesnotonlyinFrancebutthroughoutEurope.a.RomanceoftheRoseb.ARed,RedRosec.Pierstheplowmand.TroilusandCriseyde5.ThesecondperiodofChaucer¡¯sliterarycareerincludesmainlythethreelongerpoemswrittenpriorto¡°TheCanterburyTales¡±.Choosethethreefromthefollowing.a.TheHouseofFameb.TroilusandCriseydec.TheLegendofGoodWomend.TheBookoftheDuchess6.InhislifetimeChaucerservedinagreatvarietyofoccupationswhichhadimpactonthewiderangeofhiswritings.Whichoneisnothiscareer?a.engineerb.courtierc.office-holderd.soldiere.ambassadorf.legislator7.creativeworkvividlyreflectedthechangeswhichhadtakenrootinEnglishcultureofthesecondhalfofthe14thcentury.a.Chaucer¡¯sb.Byron¡¯sc.Shelley¡¯sd.Eliot¡¯s8.Apartfromoriginalpoems,ChaucertranslatedvariousworksofFrenchauthors,amongthemisthefamous¡°¡±.a.TheCanterburyTalesb.TheRomanceoftheRosec.TheParliamentofFowlsd.TheHouseofFame9.Chaucercomposesalongnarrativepoemnamed¡°¡±basedonBoccaccio¡¯spoem¡°Filostrato¡±.a.TheLegendofGoodWomenb.TroilusandCriseydec.SirGawainandtheGreenKnightd.Beowulf10.Generallyspeaking,Chaucer¡¯sworksfallintothreemaingroupscorrespondingroughlytothethreeperiodsofhisadultlife.Whichperiodiswrong?a.TheperiodofFrenchinfluence(1359-1372)b.theperiodofItalianinfluence(1372-1386)c.theperiodofEnglishinfluence(1386-1400)d.theperiodofLatininfluence(1371-1382)III.Exercisesonselectedreadings.¡°who