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1、美国文学期中试题(TheLiteratureofRealism)姓名学号 I.Fillintheblanks. 1.Realismhadoriginatedinthecountry__Franceasaliterarydoctrinethatcalledfor"realityandtruth"inthedepictionofordinarylife.2.ThearbiterofnineteenthcenturyliteraryrealisminAmericawasWilliamDeanHowells3._HenryJams_probeddeeplyattheindividualpsychol

2、ogyofhischaracters,writinginarichandintricatestylethatsupportedhisintensescrutinyofcomplexhumanexperience.4._MarkTwain_,breakingoutofthenarrowlimitsoflocalcolorfiction,describedthebreadthofAmericanexperienceasnoonehadeverdonebefore,orsince.5._Darwinism_hadanevidentinfluenceonnaturalism.Itseemedtost

3、resstheanimalityofman,tosuggestthathewasdominatedbytheirresistibleforcesofevolution.6.ThepoeticstyleWaltWhitmandevisedisnowcalled_freeverse__,thatispoetrywithoutafixedbeatorregularrhymescheme.7.InhisclusterofpoemscalledLeavesofGrass,_WaltWhitman_gaveAmericaitsfirstgenuineepicpoem.8.Thereisnodoubtth

4、atthesolitaryEmilyDickinsonof_Amherst__,Massachusetts,isapoetofgreatpowerandbeauty.9.Therewasonlyonefemaleprosewriterinthenineteenthcentury.Thatwas_HarrietBeecherStowe10.HarrietBeecherStowe'smasterpieceisUncleTom’sCabin_.11.SamuelLanghorneClemensisbetterknownbythepennameMarkTwain_.12.OneofSamuelLan

5、ghorneClemens'bestbooksLifeontheMississippiisbuiltaroundhisexperiencesasasteamboatpilot.13.TheresultofMarkTwain'sEuropeantripwasaseriesofnewspaperarticles,laterpublishedasabookcalledInnocentsAbroad_.14.MarkTwain__wasthefirstliterarygiantbornwestoftheMississippi.15.MarkTwain'sworkTheMysteriousStrang

6、ertellsofthevisitsofanangeltothevillageofEseldorfinAustriain1590.16.WilliamSidneyPorter,whosepennamewas_O.Henry_,wastheauthorofTheCopandtheAnthem.17.ManyofO.Henry'sstoriestellaboutthelifeofpoorpeoplein_NewYork_18.0.Henrysympathizedwiththepoor'slotandhatedthoserichwhoexploitedanddespisedthem.Thisise

7、speciallyseeninhisstoryentitled_AnUnfinishedtory_19.ItissaidthatO.HenryimitatedaFrenchauthornamedDeMaupassantasamodel,andthereisindeedmuchincommonbetweenthesetwowriters.20.ThetitleofoneofO.Henry'sbooksTheFo