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1、湖州师范学院外国语学院2008—2009学年第二学期《美国文学》期末考试试卷（A卷）适用班级050511-13考试时间120分钟学院班级学号姓名题号一二三四五六七八九十总分分数得分I.Writethenamesoftheauthors.(10%)1.LeavesofGrass()2.Raven()3.AnecdoteoftheJar()4.TheOctopus()5.Maggie:AGirloftheStreets()6.ARoseforEmily()7.Arrowsmith()8.OfMiceand
2、Men()9.TheWearyBlues()10.TheStreetcarNamedDesire()得分II.Fillinthefollowingblankswithappropriateinformation.（10%）1.EmilyDickinsonexplorestheinnerlifeoftheindividualandpaysattentiontoonlyoneregion“____________”.Herpoetrycharacterizeswiththeconcise,directan
3、dsimpledictionandsyntax.2.Simply______________meanstheuseofregionaldetailinaliteraryorartisticwork.ThenameisgivenespeciallytoakindofAmericanliteraturethatinitsmostcharacteristicformmadeitsappearancejustaftertheCivilWarandfornearlythreedecadeswasthesingl
4、emostpopularformofAmericanliterature.3.MartinEden,oneofLondon'smostimportantbooks,isthis__________accountofayoungsailorwhostrugglestoimprovehimselfandachieveseventualsuccessasawriter,butgrowsdisenchantedwithfameandwealth.Itrepresentsbothanindictmentofth
5、eAmericandreamandan8importantreflectiononLondon'sownbackgroundandcareer.1.Modernisminliteratureisnoteasilysummarized,butthekeyelementsareexperimentation,__________,individualismandastressonthecerebralratherthanemotiveaspects.2.The__________manifestocame
6、outin1912showedthreepoeticprinciples:directtreatmentofthe“thing”（nofuss,frill,orornament）,exclusionofsuperfluouswords（precisionandeconomyofexpression）,therhythmofthemusicalphraseratherthanthesequenceofametronome（freeverseformandmusic）.3.InTheOldManandTh
7、eSea,ErnestHemingwaytellsusastoryofanoldCubanfisherman,__________,whoisaperfectionistwhenitcomestofishing.4.WilliamFaulknerwroteworksofpsychologicaldramaandemotionaldepth,typicallywithlongserpentineproseandhigh,meticulously-chosendiction,alsousingground
8、breakingliterarydevicessuchasstreamofconsciousness,______________,andtime-shiftswithinnarrative.5.SinclairLewis,thefirstAmericantowintheNobelPrizeforLiteraturein__________forhisvigorousandgraphicartofdescriptionandhisabilitytocre
