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1、期末考查题型I．文学常识（multiplechoice40points）II．作家作品辨别（Identifytheauthorsofthefollowingworks10points）III．文学术语（Literaryterms10points，2foreach）IV．简答（Answerthefollowingquestions10points，5foreach）V．分析（TopicAnalysis10points)复习重点Imagism意象派：isapoeticmovementofEnglandandtheUnitedStates,flourishedfrom1909-1
2、917.Itscredo,expressedinSomeImagistPoets,includedtheuseofthelanguageofcommonspeech,projectmatter,theevocationofimagesinhard,clearpoetry,andconcentration.LostGeneration：迷惘的一代，Writersofthefirstpostwareraself-consciouslyacknowledgedthattheywerea“LostGeneration,”devoidoffaithandalienatedfromac
3、ivilization.ItdescribestheAmericanswhoremainedinParisasacolonyof“expatriates”orexiles.ItdescribesthewriterslikeHemingwaywholivedinsemipoverty.ItdescribestheAmericanswhoreturnedtotheirnativelandwithanintenseawarenessoflivinginanunfamiliarchangingworld.TheJazzAge(享乐时代)：Itreferstothe1920s,att
4、imemarkedbyhedonismandexcitementinthelifeoftheflamingyouth.Fitzgeraldislargelyresponsibleforthetermandmanyofhisliterayworksportrayedit.Naturalism(自然主义)：,anewandharsherrealism，flourishingattheendofthecenturyfeaturingtheperceptionofsociety’sdisorders.Naturalistnovelsusuallypresentcharacterso
5、flowsocialandeconomicclasseswhoweredominatedbytheirenvironmentandheredity.Thenaturalistsemphasizedthattheworldwasamoral,thatmenandwomenhadnofreewill,thattheirliveswerecontrolledbyheredityandtheenvironment,thereligious“truths”wereillusory,thatthedestinyofhumanitywasmiseryinlifeandoblivionin
6、death.Representatives:StephenCrane;Transcendentalism超验主义：Asamoralphilosophy,transcendentalismwasneitherlogicalnorsystematized.Itexaltedfeelingoverreason,individualexpressionovertherestraintsoflawandcustom.TheyspokeforculturalrejuvenationandagainstthematerialismofAmericansociety.Theybelieve
7、dinthetranscendenceof“Oversoul,”anall-pervadingpowerforgoodnessfromwhichallthingscomeandofwhichallthingsareapart.Itcouldexerciseahealthyandrestorativeinfluenceonthehumanmind.“Gobacktonature,sinkyourselfbackintoitsinfluenceandyou’llbecomespirituallywholeagain.”
