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1、英美文学史课程试题库Fillintheblanks.1.Americanachievementsintheshortstoryhavedemandedinternationalrespectandadmirationformorethanacenturyandahalf.ThefirstsuccessfulAmericanshortstoriescamefromWashingtonIrvingintheearly19thcentury.2.EdgarAllanPoeisgenerallythoughtofasthetruebeginneroftheshortstoriesbecause
2、hewasthefirstwriterwhoformulatedapoeticsoftheshortstories.3.Inthe20thcentury,therehavebeenmanywhohavewonfameabroadaswellasintheUSfortheirshortstories:SherwoodAnderson,HemingwayFaulkner,AnnaPorter,anddozensofothers.4.Asyoureadfromwritertowriter,fromWashingtonIrving’s‘RipVanWinkle’toO’Connner’s‘AG
3、oodManisHardtoFind’,youwillseethecomingofashortstoryage,growingfromanentertainingtaleintoastorywhichprobesdeepintohumansouls.5.Modernliteraryfictionhasbeendominatedbytwoforms:theshortstoryandthenovel.6.WashingtonIrving,theFatherofAmericanLiterature,developedtheshortstoryasagenreinAmericanliterat
4、ure.7.AllanPoeisusuallyacknowledgedastheoriginatorofdetectivestories.Heisalsocreditedwithdevelopingmanyofthestandardfeaturesofdetectivefiction.I.Multiplechoice8.EdgarAllanPoewrotepoemswhicharemarvelsofbeautyandcraftsmanship,suchas____.A.IHearAmericaSingingB.TheRavenC.ToawaterfowlD.ThefalloftheHo
5、useofUsher9.ThecommonthreadthroughoutAmericanliteraturehasbeentheemphasisonthe___.A.revolutionismB.reasonC.individualismD.rationalism10.InAmericanliterature,the18thcenturywastheAgeoftheEnlightenment,___wasthedominantspirit.A.humanismB.rationalismC.revolutionD.evolution11.Whowasconsideredthe“Poet
6、ofAmericanRevolution”?A.MichaelWigglesworthB.EdwardTaylorC.AnneBradstreetD.PhilipFreneau12.ThomasJefferson’sattitude,thatis,afirmbeliefinprogress,andthepursuitofhappiness,istypicaloftheperiodwenowcall___.A.AgeofEvolutionB.AgeofReasonC.AgeofRomanticismD.AgeofRegionalism13.MarkTwaincreated,in_____
7、,amasterpieceofAmericanrealismthatisalsooneofthegreatbooksofworldliterature.A.HuckleberryFinnB.TomSawyer英美文学史课程试题库C.TheManThatCorruptedHadleyburyD.TheGildedAge1.Thepessimismanddeterministicideasofnaturalismpervadedtheworksof
