《美国文学》练习问答题

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1、QuestionsForAmericanLiteratureWeek1.BenjaminFranklin(1706-1790)1.IsFranklinamanofreligiousprinciples?Whydoeshestopattendingpublicservice?2.Explain13virtuesFranklinchoosesforhismoralimprovement.3.WhatisFranklin'sattitudetowardsmoralperfection?4.Whataresignifica

2、nceofthemoralisticself-discipline,accordingtoFranklin?5.WhatvirtuesdoesFranklinthinkhehasneverachieved?6.CommentontheCriticismthatsomeauthorsmadeonFranklin,suchasHawthorn,Lawrence.(Historyp.53-54)Week2:RalphWaldoEmerson(1803-1882)1.Whatdoes“whim"meaninthe“Self

3、-reliance"?andwhydoesEmersoncallconsistency"foolish”？2.WhatisanacrosticorAlexandrianstanzacharacterlike,accordingtotheSelf-relaince?3.Explain“totalkofrelianceisapoorexternalwayofspeaking.Speakratherofthatwhichrelies,becauseitworksandis."andthecontextthatgivesr

4、isetothisstatementintheSelf-reliance.1.WhatareEmerson'scommentsonJesusChristin"TheDivinitySchoolAddress^?PleasecompareitwithThomasPaine'sinTheAgeofReason.WeekThree:HenryDavidThoreau(1817-1862)1.Whatistheanalogybetweenthatstripedsnakelyingonthebottomofthepondan

5、dthemanintheearlyspring?Howisastraygooselikethespiritofthefog?2.WhatisThoreau'sunderstandingofthebeautyofanarchitecture?Andwhatdoeshethinkofthearchitecturalornaments?Inwhatcaseswilla"carpenteF'bea66coffin-maker,,71.WhydoesThoreausay“Thosethingsforwhichthemostm

6、oneyisdemandedareneverthethingswhichthestudentmostwants"?WhatisyourcommentonThoreau'sideaofhighereducation?2.IsThoreauaquietistorahermitinthewoodsofWalden?Whyorwhynot?Weekfour:NathanielHawthorne(1804-1864):1.Whatdidtheboy,atnightfall,hearwhenhewasplayingwithth

7、escatteredfragmentsofmarble?Andhowdidherespond?1.Whatdoesauthorcomparethekilnwith?2.WhatquestionstruckEthanBrand'smindonthatportentousnight18yearsago?Didhefindtheanswertoitafter18-year-wanderingintheworld?Whatisit?3.WhatkindofpersonisEthanBrandinhisyouthhood?W

8、hatcauseshistransformation?Whatistheendofhislife?4.Howdoestheolddog'spursuitofhistailparallelEthanBrandssearchfortheUnpardonableSin?1.WhatisyourunderstandingofthelittleboyJoe?Whatv