英美文學(xué)選讀自考題-15-真題含答案與解析-交互

1、區(qū)英美文學(xué)選讀自考題-15（總分100，做題時間90分鐘）I .Multiple ChoiceSelect from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. Mark your choice by blacking the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet. 1.Which of the following is not regarded as one of the c

2、haracteristics of the Renaissance? A. Rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture.? B. Attempt to remove the old feudalist ideas in medieval Europe.? C. Introducing new ideas that expressed the interests of the rising bourgeoisie.? D. Praise of mans efforts in soul delivery and personal salvation

3、.SSS_SIMPLE_SINA 國 B C D分值：1答案:D解析文藝復(fù)興的特點是：對古希臘、羅馬文化的重新發(fā)現(xiàn)；竭力祛除中世紀 歐洲的封建主義；推動代表新興資產(chǎn)階級利益的新思想。Which of the following is not true about the Renaissance? A. Humanism is the essence of the Renaissance.? B. Attitudes and feelings which had been characteristics of the 14th and 15th centuries persisted well

4、down into the era of Humanism and Reformation.? C. It was Chaucer who initiated the Reformation.? D. The Elizabethan drama, in its totality, is the real main stream of the English Renaissance.SSS_SIMPLE_SINA 豈 B C D分值：1答案:C解析人文主義是文藝復(fù)興的核心。但英國的文藝復(fù)興并未使新文學(xué)與舊時代 徹底決裂，帶有十四、十五世紀特點的創(chuàng)作態(tài)度與情感依然貫穿于人文主義與 改革時代?？傮w上

5、講，伊麗莎白時期的戲劇是英國文藝復(fù)興的文學(xué)主流。*改革是由德國新教徒馬丁路德發(fā)起的。Shakespeares are mainly written under the principle thatnational unity under a mighty and just sovereign is a necessity.? A. history plays? B. tragedies? C. comedies? D. plays|SSS_SIMPLE_SINA 豈 B C D分值：1答案：A解析莎翁的歷史劇都有這樣一個主題，在一個強大英明的君主統(tǒng)領(lǐng)下的國 家，統(tǒng)一是非常必要的。Shall I

6、 compare thee to a summer s day?/Thou art more lovely and more temperate:/Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,/And summers lease hath all too short a date, the above beautiful sonnet was written by.? A. John Donne? B. John Milton? C. William Shakespeare? D. Francis BaconSSS_SIMPLE_SINA B C

7、D分值：1答案:C解析題干中的這一選段是莎士比亞十四行詩第18號，是最優(yōu)美的一首The British bourgeois or middle class believed in the following notions except.?A. self-esteem?B. self-reliance?C. self-restraint?D. hard workSSS_SIMPLE_SINA B C D分值：1答案：A解析英國的城市資產(chǎn)階級通過自己的奮斗獲取社會地位，因此他們理解勞動 人民的窮困與艱苦。他們信奉自律、自立和勞動致富。In this part the hero of the st

8、ory, Robinson Crusoe, narrates inhow he goes to sea, gets shipwrecked and marooned on a lonely island, struggles to live for twenty-four years there and finally gets relieved and returns to England.? A. the second person? B. the first person? C. the third person? D. Defoes mouth|Sss_sImple_sinA B C

9、D分值：1答案:B解析在第一部中，小說主人公魯濱遜用第一人稱講述了他是怎樣出海，遇到 海難翻船。并漂至一片孤島，從此在島上掙扎生存了二十四年，最后終于獲救 返回英國的。The best fictional work of Jonathan Swift is.? A. A Tale of a Tub? B. The Battle of the Books? C. A Modest Proposal? D. Gullivers TravelsSSS_SIMPLE_SINr r r cA B C D分值：1答案:D解析斯威夫特最有代表性的小說是格列佛游記。The play The Tragedy o

10、f Tragedies is written byMarloweFieldingC. ShakespeareD. SheridanSSS_SIMPLE_SINA 因 B C D分值：1答案:B解析悲劇中的悲劇是菲爾丁的名篇。, defined by Coleridge, is the vital faculty that creates new wholes out of disparate elements.A. ExaggeraterImaginationRhetoricSoliloquySSS_SIMPLE_SINA B C D分值：1答案:B解析科勒律治認為想象是在全無聯(lián)系的各種元素上

11、創(chuàng)立新整體的一種超凡的 官能。Literarily was the first important Romantic poet, showing acontempt for the rule of reason, Opposing the classical tradition of the 18th century, and treasuring the individuals imagination.? A. W川iam Wordsworth? B. W川iam Blake? C. Robert Burns? D. Samuel Taylor Coleridge|SSS_SIMPLE_SI

12、NA B C D分值：1答案:B解析在文學(xué)史上，布萊克是第一位重要的浪漫主義詩人，表現(xiàn)出對理性的輕 視，對18世紀古典主義的叛逆及對個人幻想的珍重。In the Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience, by William Blake,what is central to Blakes concern? A. Youthhood.? B. Childhood.? C. Aged.? D. All the above are not.|SSS_SIMPLE_SIN/*A B C D分值：1答案:B解析天真之歌與經(jīng)驗之歌的主題都是關(guān)于童年的12.?

13、In 1805, *pleted a long autobiographical poem entitledA. Biographic literary? B. The Prelude? C. Lucy Poems? D. The Lyrical Ballad|SSS_SIMPLE_SINC A 篤 B C D分值：1答案:B析許多評論家認為序曲是華茲華斯最著名的作品。華茲華斯是18世紀末開始寫序曲的，1805年完稿，做了大量的校對后，在華茲華斯去世后 的1850年才出版的。William Wordsworth asserts that poetry originates from.? A.

14、form? B. thoughts? C. artistic devices? D. emotionSSS_SIMPLE_SIN夏A 豈B C D分值：1答案:D解析華茲華斯強調(diào)詩歌創(chuàng)作最要緊的是把握真實素材的來源，他反對當時不 少人對詩歌形式的過分重視，反對那種使詩歌了無生趣的學(xué)院派作詩法，他的 創(chuàng)作理論的核心便是普通人的生活經(jīng)歷，普通人的詞匯語言都是詩人應(yīng)該也能 夠汲取的素材。Which is Shelleys masterpiece? A. Queen Mab.? B. Prometheus Unbound.? C. Prometheus Bound.? D. The Revolt of

15、 Islam.SSS_SIMPLE_SINA 3 B C D分值：1答案:B解析雪萊最有造詣的作品是他的四幕詩劇被解放的普羅米修斯。15.The Victorian Age was largely an age of, eminently represented by Dickens and Thackeray.? A. poetry? B. drama? C. novel? D. epic proseSSS_SIMPLE_SINA B C D分值：1答案:C解析維多利亞時代的文學(xué)以小說為主，主要代表作家是狄更斯和薩克雷16.The success of the novel is due to

16、 its introduction to theEnglish novel the first governess heroine.? A. Wuthering Heights?B. Pride and Prejudice? C. Jane Eyre? D. Sister CarrieSSS_SIMPLE_SINA Q B C D分值：1答案:C解析小說簡愛的成功之處在于它在英國小說史上第一次成功地塑造出 了家庭女教師的形象。Which of the following descriptions of Thomas Hardy is wrong? A. Most of his novels a

17、re set in Wessex.? B. Tess of the DUrbervilles is one of the most representativeof him as both a naturalistic and a critical realist writer.? C. Among Hardys major works, Under the Greenwood Tree is themost cheerful and idyllic.? D. From The Mayor of Casterbridge on, the tragic sense becomesthe keyn

18、ote of his novels.SSS_SIMPLE_SINA 3 B C D分值：1答案:D解析哈代的小說在時間上都是維多利亞時期。多數(shù)小說都以一個叫“威塞克 斯”的地方為背景，統(tǒng)稱“威塞克斯小說”。在哈代的所有小說中，綠林蔭 下是最喜悅、最抒情的。但從還鄉(xiāng)開始，悲劇成分便成了哈代作品的主 調(diào)。In the mid-19th century, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels put forward the theory of.? A. ideal socialism? B. materialism? C. scientific socialism? D. a

19、nalytical psychology|SSS_SIMPLE_SINA 篤 B C D分值：1答案:C解析19世紀中葉，馬克思和恩格斯提出了科學(xué)社會主義的理論。Modernism is, in many aspects, a reaction against. It rejects rationalism which is the theoretical base of realism.? A. Romanticism? B. humanism? C. symbolism? D. realismSSS_SIMPLE_SINC A C B C D分值：1答案:D解析現(xiàn)代主義從各方面看都是對現(xiàn)實

20、主義的反叛。它摒棄理性，而理性是現(xiàn) 實主義的根基。The following are English stream-of-consciousness novels exceptA. PilgrimageUlyssesMrs. DallowayA Passage to IndiaSSS_SIMPLE_SINA d B C D分值：1答案:D解析20世紀最初的30年是現(xiàn)代主義小說的黃金時期。現(xiàn)代派小說家都致力 于挖掘人類的各種潛意識，他們開創(chuàng)了史無前例的意識流小說，如理查森的朝覲、喬伊斯的尤利西斯及沃爾夫的黛洛維夫人。Mrs. Warrens Profession is one of George

21、 Bernard Shaws plays. What is Mrs. Warrens profession then? A. Real estate.? B. Prostitution.? C. House keeping.? D. Farming.|SSS_SIMPLE_SINA 豈 B C D分值：1答案:B解析華倫夫人出身貧寒，年輕時在姐姐引導(dǎo)下由賣淫而開妓院，成了有錢 人。The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, in a form of dramatic monologue, presents the meditation of an aging ma

22、n over thebusiness of proposing marriage.? A. grown? B. lunatic? C. old? D. young|SSS_SIMPLE_SINA B C D分值：1答案:D解析阿爾弗雷德普魯弗洛克的情歌講述了一位上了年紀的男人對求婚問 題的深思，全詩的形式是戲劇獨白。Which of the following writings is not the novel of D.H.Lawrences?Sons and Lovers.A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.The White Peacock.T

23、he Rainbow.SSS_SIMPLE_SINA 國 B C D分值：1答案:B解析勞倫斯早斯的作品有白孔雀、戀愛中的女人和虹；后期作 品有亞倫神杖、袋鼠、羽蛇和查泰萊夫人的情人。The development of the American society nurtured the of agreat nation.? A. literature? B. painting? C. music? D. art|SSS_SIMPLE_SIN五A nB C D分值：1答案:A解析美國社會的發(fā)展培育了 “一個偉大民族的文學(xué)”。Of the following works by Hawthorne

24、, which one was a romance set inItaly?The House of the Seven Gables.The Blithedale Romance.The Marble Faun.Twice-Told Tales.SSS_SIMPLE_SINA B C D分值：1答案:C解析霍桑自1853年赴歐任美國駐利物浦領(lǐng)事館領(lǐng)事，然后赴法國和意大利 旅行，這段經(jīng)歷助他寫成了另一部書玉石雕像。這是一個發(fā)生在意大利的 故事，講的是人類精神失常方面的故事。Which of the following works best 川ustrates the Calvinistic v

25、iew oforiginal sin?A. Mrs. Stowes Uncle Toms Cabin.Jamess The Portrait of a Lady.Hemingways A Farewell to Arms.Hawthornes The Scarlet Letter.SSS_SIMPLE_SINA 國 B C D分值：1答案:D解析霍桑抨擊*狂熱和教會虛偽，又把加爾文教派的善惡觀念當作認識社會 的標準；他擅長揭示人物內(nèi)心沖突和心理描寫，充滿豐富想象，慣用象征手 法，且潛心挖掘隱藏在事物后面的深層意義，但往往帶有濃厚的*氣氛和神秘色彩。其代表作是以殖民時期新英格蘭生活為背景的長篇小

26、說紅宇。Whitmans poems are characterized by all the following features except.? A. the strict poetic form? B. the free and natural rhythm? C. the easy flow of feelings? D. the simple and conversational language|SSS_SIMPLE_SINA B C D分值：1答案：A解析在風(fēng)格上，惠特曼徹底摒棄了古板的格律，用自由體的形式、簡單的語 言抒發(fā)自由的思想。Herman Melville wrote

27、 his semi-autobiographical novelconcerning the sufferings of a genteel youth among brutal sailors.? A. Typee? B. Redburn? C. Moby-Dick? D. MardiSSS_SIMPLE_SINA 豈 B C D分值：1答案:B解析麥爾維爾的早期創(chuàng)作是在1846至1852年間。這是他創(chuàng)作的最佳時期 他文思泉涌，雷得本（Redburn, 1849年）是半自傳性的小說，寫一個高雅 的青年在野蠻的水手中的遭遇。After the American Civil War, the l

28、iterary interest in the so-called reality of life started a new period in the American literary writings known as the Age of.RealismReason and RevolutionRomanticismModernismSSS_SIMPLE_SINA B C D分值：1答案：A解析內(nèi)戰(zhàn)以后的文學(xué)界與戰(zhàn)前大不相同。人們對內(nèi)戰(zhàn)的痛苦記憶，對英雄形 象的幻滅和實際生活的無情現(xiàn)實使浪漫主義無立足之地。人們的興趣現(xiàn)在已轉(zhuǎn) 到了日常生活的方方面面，注意到現(xiàn)實的野蠻、骯臟，直接公開描

29、寫階級斗 爭，這時的作家已能描寫人物在各種條件或環(huán)境下的反應(yīng)，描述遠西、新移民 和勞動階級的斗爭，這些作家受到廣大讀者的歡迎。這一注意現(xiàn)實生活的創(chuàng)作 傾向形成了美國現(xiàn)實主義時期的文學(xué)。Generally speaking, all those writers with a naturalistic approach to human reality tend to be.? A. transcendentalists? B. optimists? C. pessimists? D. idealistsSSS_SIMPLE_SINA B C D分值：1答案:C解析常識題。自然主義流派忽視人的社會

30、屬性，將人類看作自然界的一個簡 單的組成部分，依博立特泰納（1828 1893年）為自然主義的發(fā)展提供了哲學(xué) 上的依據(jù)，他深信人類性格和命運的形成取決于遺傳因素、周遭環(huán)境以及所處 之年代。自然主義雖然風(fēng)靡一時，但由于其過于悲觀的基調(diào)和極端冷峻的風(fēng) 格，始終未能如現(xiàn)實主義或浪漫主義一樣形成一種世界范圍內(nèi)的大觀。As a sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,marks the climax of Mark Twains literary activity.A. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn B. Life on the Mi

31、ssissippi? C. The Gilded Age? D. Roughing ItSSS_SIMPLE_SINLA B C D分值：1答案:A解析作為湯姆索亞歷險記的續(xù)篇，哈克貝利芬歷險記是馬 克吐溫文學(xué)創(chuàng)作的高峰。Linguistically, compared with the writings of Mark Twain, Henry Jamess fiction is noted for his.? A. frontier vernacular? B. rich colloquialism? C. vulgarly descriptive words? D. refined el

32、egant language|SSS_SIMPLE_SINA 豈 B C D分值：1答案:D解析亨利詹姆斯(1843 1916),美國著名小說家、文學(xué)評論家，著有長篇 小說一位女士的畫像鴿翼使節(jié)金碗，中短篇小說黛西米 勒螺絲在擰緊等，作品文風(fēng)獨樹，語言精致文雅，這奠定了其在美國現(xiàn) 代文學(xué)史上不可動搖的地位。Which of the following works does not show Dickinsons confusion anddoubt about the role of women in the 19th century America? A. Im wife Ive finis

33、hed that? B. I heard a Fly buzzWhen I died? C. I cannot live with You? D. Im ceded Ive stopped being theirs|SSS_SIMPLE_SINr c c cA B C D分值：1答案:C解析狄金森寫了一些有關(guān)婚姻的詩，引起了評論界的關(guān)注。我已退出，不再與他們?yōu)槲椤⑽沂瞧?，那時已完成一一等作品反映了作者對19世紀美國婦女作用的迷惘。The Financier, The Titan and The Stoic written by are calledhis Trilogy of Desire.?

34、 A. Henry James? B. Theodore Dreiser? C. Mark Twain? D. Herman MelvilleSSS_SIMPLE_SINA B C D分值：1答案:B解析德萊塞創(chuàng)作的欲望三部曲包括金融家、巨頭和斯多 葛。Which terms can best describe the modernists concern of the humansituation in their fiction?Fragmentation and alienation.Courage and honor.Tradition and faith.Poverty and de

35、speration.SSS_SIMPLE_SINA B C D分值：1答案：A解析現(xiàn)代主義開始于二戰(zhàn)結(jié)束以后，資本主義世界受到了空前的沖擊，文學(xué) 界也有一批青年唱出了反叛的口號。他們受到奧地利心理學(xué)家弗洛伊德的精神 分析理論的影響，主張忽略人的行為、世界的存在這些客體，而力求從人的思 想和意識中探求真實?，F(xiàn)代主義作家從人內(nèi)心中的矛盾沖突人手，它反映的是 分裂和疏遠的人類處境。The first book Robert Frost wrote was.? A. Mountain Interval? B. New Hampshire? C. A Further Range? D. A Boys W

36、川|SSS_SIMPLE_SINA B C D分值：1答案:D解析在1912年弗洛斯特準備闖蕩文壇，于是他乘船去了英國，在那里出版 了他的第一本書一個男孩的愿望，這引起了許多評論家的關(guān)注。? In, Robert *pares life to a journey, and he is doubtful whether he will regret his choice or not when he is old, because the choice has made all the difference.A. After Apple-Picking? B. The Road Not Take

37、n? C. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening? D. Fire and IceSSS_SIMPLE_SINC A 篤 B C D分值：1答案:B解析“The Road Not Taken ”這首詩表面是寫自然之路，實際是寫人生道 路。詩人所寫的重點不是那條已選擇的路。而是那條未選擇的路。詩人感嘆人 生有許多道路可供選擇，但一個人往往只能走一條路，而其他許多條路，因為 人生短暫，更因為人生沒有返程而只能放棄。In the beginning paragraph of Chapter 3, The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald descr

38、ibes a big party by saying that men and girls came and went like moths. The author most likely indicates that.? A. there was a crowd of party goers? B. such life does not have real meaning? C. these people were light-hearted? D. these were crazy and ignorant characters|SSS_SIMPLE_SINr c c cA B C D分值

39、：1答案:B解析小說通過完美的藝術(shù)形式描寫了 20年代販酒暴發(fā)戶蓋茨比所追求的 “美國夢”的幻滅，揭示了美國社會的悲劇。書中內(nèi)涵深刻的比喻把盞茨比對 “美國夢”的追求描繪得惟妙惟肖，躍然紙上。作者用五光十色的音符譜出了 一曲凄慘的悲歌，給人留下無限的思索。文中開頭這句話是說那些所謂上流社 會的人們的生活毫無意義。In Hemingways Indian Camp, Nicks night trip to the Indian villageand his experience inside the hut can be taken as.? A. an essential lesson abo

40、ut Indian tribes? B. a confrontation with evil and sin? C. an initiation to the harshness of life? D. a learning process in human relationship|SSS_SIMPLE_SINA 國 B C D分值：1答案:C解析印第安人營地(Indian Camp)寫一個小男孩Nick隨做醫(yī)生的父親到 一個印第安人的營地去為一位難產(chǎn)的婦女接生。醫(yī)生用簡陋的器具，為她施行 了剖腹產(chǎn)。但是那個做丈夫的，早已用一把剃須刀把自己的喉嚨割開自殺了。作者以此暗示生命的艱難與生活的殘酷

41、。而對于 Nick來說，這種艱難才剛剛開 始。The American writer was awarded the Nobel Prize for the antiracist Intruder in the Dust in 1950.? A. Ernest Hemingway?B. Gertrude Stein? C. William Faulkner? D. T.S. EliotSSS_SIMPLE_SIN篤A 國B C D分值：1答案:C解析1950年，?？思{因反法西斯作品紅塵入侵者而獲諾貝爾文學(xué)獎 n .Reading ComprehensionRead the quoted par

42、ts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.And thus the native hue of resolution/Is sicklied oer with the pale cast of thought. (Shakespeare, Hamlet)Questions:What does the native hue of resolution mean?What does the pale cast

43、of thought stand for?What idea do the two lines express?SSS TEXT QUSTILISSS TEXT QUSTILI.Jj3分值:4A. determination (determinedness, action, activity.).B. consideration (indecision, inactivity, hesitation.).C. Too much thinking (consideration of) made (makes) activity (action) impossible.The early lila

44、cs became part of this child,/And grass and white and red morning-glories, and white and red clover, and the song of the phoebe-bird,/And the Third-month lambs and the sows pink-faint litter, and the mares foal and the cows calf,/And the noisy brood of the barnyard or by the mire of the pond-side,/A

45、nd the fish suspending themselves so curiously below there, and the beautiful curious liquid,/And the water-plants with their-graceful flat heads, all became part of him.Questions:Name the author of the poem.What is the poetic style called?What does the passage describe?SSS_TEXT_QUSI 分值:4答案：Walt Whi

46、tman.Free verse.The passage describes the growth of a child who is wandering and admiring the scene around him. In the poem, the early experience of the poet may well be identified with the early days of a young and growing America.I celebrate myself, and sing myself,/And what I assume you shall ass

47、ume,/For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you./I loafe and invite my soul,/I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass. (from Walt Whitmans Song of Myself) Questions:Whom does myself refer to?How do you understand the line I loafe and invite my soul? C. What does a spe

48、ar of summer grass indicate?SSS_TEXT_QUSp J分值:4A. The poet himself and the American people.This line indicates a separation of the body and the soul.The phrase indicates Whitmans optimism and experience.And so she died. Fell 川 in the house filled with dust and shadows, with only a doddering Negro ma

49、n to wait on her, we did not even know she was sick; we had long since given up trying to get any information from the Negro. He talked to no one, probably not even to her, for his voice had grown harsh and rusty, as if from disuse.Questions:Identify the author and the title of the work from which t

50、he passage is taken.Who dies?How do you describe the relationship between her and her neighbors?SSS TEXT QUSrM分值:4W川iam Faulkners A Rose for Emily.Emily dies.She is secluded from her neighbors.m .Questions and AnswersGive a brief answer to each of the following questions in English. Write your answe

51、rs in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.1.What are *mon features in Shakespears characterization of the four greatest tragedy heroes?SSS TEXT QUSrISSS TEXT QUSrIl|分值：6(1)Each portrays some noble hero, who faces the injustice of human life and is caught in a difficult situation.(2)Heroes fa

52、te is closely connected with the fate of the whole nation.(3)Each hero has his weakness of nature.2.What is the position of Henry Fielding in the history of English literature?SSS TEXT QUSSSS TEXT QUSI分值：6答案：Henry Fielding was the first of all the 18th century English novelists to write the comic ep

53、ic in prose, and the first to give the modern novel its structure and style. Before him, the narration of the novel was either in the epistolary form or through the mouth of the hero. Fielding used the third-person narration in which the author remains the omniscient God. Thus, He can not only repre

54、sent the behaviours of the characters, but also the internal workings of their mind. In form, Fielding retains a grand epic style and keeps to a realistic representation of common life as it is. So, he has been regarded as Father of the English novel.Whitman has made radical changes in the form of p

55、oetry by choosing free verse as his medium of expression. What are the characteristics of Whitmans free verse?SSS TEXT QUSTISSS TEXT QUSTI JI分值：6答案：What he prefers for his new subject and new poetic feelings is free verse, that is, poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme. A looser and mo

56、re open-ended syntactical structure is frequently favored. Lines and sentences of different lengths are left lying side by side just as things are, undisturbed and separate. There are recompound sentences to draw objects and experiences into a system of hierarchy.Give a brief analysis of Carrie Meeb

57、er in Theodore Dreisers Sister Carrie?SSS TEXT QUSTISSS TEXT QUSTI JI分值：6答案：Carrie Meeber is the protagonist of Sister Carrie. Penniless and full of the 川usions of ignorance and youth, she leaves her rural home to seek work in Chicago. She got to know Charles Drouet, asalesman and she became his mis

58、tress. During his absence, she falls in love with Drouets friend George Hurstwood, a middle-aged, married, comparatively intelligent and cultured saloon manager. They finally elope and live together for more than three years. Carrie becomes mature in intellect and emotion, while Hurstwood, away from

59、 the atmosphere of success on which his life has been based, steadily declines. At last she thinks him too great a burden and leaves him. She finally succeeded in her career but feels lonely.Sister Carrie best embodies Dreisers naturalistic belief that while men are controlled and conditioned by her

60、edity, instinct and chance, a few unsophisticated human beings refuse to accept their fate and try to find meaning and purpose for their existence. Carrie, as one of such, senses that she is merely a cipher in an uncaring world yet seeks to grasp the mysteries of life and thereby satisfies her desir