英国文学史及作品选读习题集(2)

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1、2EnglishLiteratureintheRenaissancePeriodⅠ.Essayquestions.1.CommentonthethemeofThomasMore’sUtopia.2.CommentonChristopherMarlowe’scontributiontoEnglishliterature.3.WhatisyouropinionaboutthemoralexpressedinChristopherMarlowe’sTheTragicalHistoryofDoctorFaustus?4.WhatisthethemeofTheMercha

2、ntofVenice?5.WhatgivesShakespearetheunwaveringreputationforgreatnessinageafterage?Ⅱ.Definethefollowingterms.1.Renaissance2.Elizabethanperiod3.Drama4.Jacobeanage5.Sonnet6.Essay7soliloquy7.Soliloquy8.Eclogue9.Hymn10.Spenserianstanza11.Miracleplay12.Interlude13.Euphuism14.Revengetragedy

3、15.Comedy16.Dirge17.Farce18.Tragedy19.Tragicomedy20.Historyplay21.CarolineageⅢ.Fillintheblanks.1.ThesecondperiodofEnglishrenaissanceisalsocalledthe__________periodortheageof__________.2.Soonafterthe__________wasintroducedbytheearlofsurreyinhistranslationlfVirgil’sTheAeneid,anditbecam

4、ethestandardmeterforElizabethanandlaterpoeticdrama.3.Shakespeare’splayshavebeentraditionallydividedintofourcategoriesaccordingtodramatictype:histories,__________,tragediesand__________.4.WilliamCaxtonisimportanttothedevelopmentofEnglishliteratureinthatheintroduced__________intoEnglan

5、d.5.ThomasWyattisusuallyregardedasthefirstgreatEnglishsonneteer.Itishewhofirstuseda__________fortheconclusionofSonnetpracticefollowedbyShakespeare.6.EdmundSpenserisoftenreferredas“thepoets’__________”becauseofhisconsiderableinfluenceonlaterpoets.7.Therearetwokindsofallegory:thosethat

6、use__________,asinJohnBunyan’sThePilgrim’sProgress,andthosethatuseaspecialkindof__________,asinDante’sDivineComedy.8.EdmundSpenser’sbest-knownPoemTheShepherd’sCalendarconsistsof12__________poemoreclogues,oneforeachmonthoftheyear.9.EdmundSpenser’sAmorettiisaseriesof88__________inwhich

7、helinkseachquatraintothenextbyacontinuingrhyme:ababbcbccdcdee.Thisformisusually16called__________.10.Generallyspeaking,thedevelopmentofearlyEnglishdramaexperiencesthreeperiods:religiousperiod,moralperiodand__________periods.11.__________isconsideredthefirstgreatEnglishdramatistandthe

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