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1、英美文学史课程试题库Fillintheblanks.1.Americanachievementsintheshortstoryhavedemandedinternationalrespectandadmirationformorethanacenturyandahalf.ThefirstsuccessfulAmericanshortstoriescamefromWashingtonIrvingintheearly19thcentury.2.EdgarAllanPoeisgenerallythoughtof
2、asthetruebeginneroftheshortstoriesbecausehewasthefirstwriterwhoformulatedapoeticsoftheshortstories.3.Inthe20thcentury,therehavebeenmanywhohavewonfameabroadaswellasintheUSfortheirshortstories:SherwoodAnderson,HemingwayFaulkner,AnnaPorter,anddozensofothers.
3、4.Asyoureadfromwritertowriter,fromWashingtonIrving’s‘RipVanWinkle’toO’Connner’s‘AGoodManisHardtoFind’,youwillseethecomingofashortstoryage,growingfromanentertainingtaleintoastorywhichprobesdeepintohumansouls.5.Modernliteraryfictionhasbeendominatedbytwoform
4、s:theshortstoryandthenovel.6.WashingtonIrving,theFatherofAmericanLiterature,developedtheshortstoryasagenreinAmericanliterature.7.AllanPoeisusuallyacknowledgedastheoriginatorofdetectivestories.Heisalsocreditedwithdevelopingmanyofthestandardfeaturesofdetect
5、ivefiction.I.Multiplechoice8.EdgarAllanPoewrotepoemswhicharemarvelsofbeautyandcraftsmanship,suchas____.A.IHearAmericaSingingB.TheRavenC.ToawaterfowlD.ThefalloftheHouseofUsher9.ThecommonthreadthroughoutAmericanliteraturehasbeentheemphasisonthe___.A.revolut
6、ionismB.reasonC.individualismD.rationalism10.InAmericanliterature,the18thcenturywastheAgeoftheEnlightenment,___wasthedominantspirit.A.humanismB.rationalismC.revolutionD.evolution11.Whowasconsideredthe“PoetofAmericanRevolution”?A.MichaelWigglesworthB.Edwar
7、dTaylorC.AnneBradstreetD.PhilipFreneau12.ThomasJefferson’sattitude,thatis,afirmbeliefinprogress,andthepursuitofhappiness,istypicaloftheperiodwenowcall___.A.AgeofEvolutionB.AgeofReasonC.AgeofRomanticismD.AgeofRegionalism13.MarkTwaincreated,in_____,amasterp
8、ieceofAmericanrealismthatisalsooneofthegreatbooksofworldliterature.A.HuckleberryFinnB.TomSawyer英美文学史课程试题库C.TheManThatCorruptedHadleyburyD.TheGildedAge1.Thepessimismanddeterministicideasofnaturalismpervadedtheworksof
