美国文学(本科)试题

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1、美国文学（本科）试题6 I.Completeeachofthefollowingstatementswithproperwordsorphrases:(20%,1pointforeach)1.     In1817,thestatelypoemcalled“Thanatopsis”introducedthebestpoet,______,toappearinAmericauptothattime.2.     JamesFennimoreCooperlaunchedtwokindsofimmenselypopularstories:theseaadventureand______.3.  

2、   RalphEmersonwasrecognizedthroughouthislifeastheleaderof______movement,yetheneverappliedthetermtohimselfortohisbeliefsandideas.4.     HermanMelville’snovel______isatremendouschronicleofawhalingvoyageinpursuitofaseeminglysupernaturalwhitewhale.5.     Intheearly19thcentury,WashingtonIrvingwrote___

3、___whichbecamethefirstworkbyanAmericanwritertowinfinancialsuccessonbothsidesoftheAtlantic.6.     In1845,HenryDavidThoreaubeganatwo-yearresidenceat______Pond.7.     Afterhisdeath,______becametheonlyAmericantobehonoredwithabustinthePoet’sCornerofWestminsterAbbey.8.     TheAmericanRomanticperiodstret

4、chesfromtheendofthe18thcenturythroughtheoutburstofthe______.9.     Thearbiterof19thcenturyliteraryrealisminAmericawas______.10. ThepoeticstyleWaltWhitmandevisedisnowcalled______,whichispoetrywithoutafixedbeatorregularrhymescheme.11. ______isconsideredthefounderofpsychologicalrealism.Hebelievedthat

5、realityliesintheimpressionsmadebylifeonthespectator.12. ______isthenovelintowhichJackLondonputmostofhimself.13. O.Henry’s______isaverymovingstoryofayoungcouplewhoselltheirbestpossessionsinordertogetmoneyforaChristmaspresentforeachother.14. ______wastheleaderofanewmovementinpoetrywhichhecalledthe“I

6、magist”movement.15. In1925,F.ScottFitzgeraldcompletedhisbestnovel______.Itisthestoryofanidealistwhowasdestroyedbytheinfluenceofthewealthy,pleasure-seekingpeoplearoundhim.16. ErnestHemingway’sstatureasawriterwasconfirmedwiththepublicationofhisnovel______in1929.Thenovelportrayedafarewellbothtowarand

7、tolove.17. ______wastheforemostnovelistoftheAmericanDepressionofthe1930s.18. WilliamFaulknerconsidered__________tobe“thefirsttrulyAmericanwriter”.19. Asagenre,naturalismemphasizedheredityand______asimportantdeter