2014年三峽大學(xué)891英美文學(xué)與比較文學(xué)

第1頁共5頁三峽大學(xué)2014年研究生入學(xué)考試試題(A卷)科目代碼：891科目名稱：英美文學(xué)及比較文學(xué)考試時間為3小時，卷面總分為150分答案必須寫在答題紙上I．ChoosetheOnethatbestcompletesthesentence.(30points)1.WithWilliamDeanHowells,HenryJames,andMarkTwainactiveonthescene,_______becamethemajortrendintheseventiesandeightiesofthe19thcentury.A.romanticismB.realismC.sentimentalismD.naturalism2.InFaulkner’sTheSoundandtheFury,heusedatechniquecalled_________,inwhichthewholestorywastoldthroughthethoughtsofonecharacter.A.streamofconsciousnessB.omniscientpointofviewC.symbolismD.modernism3.Bryant’sThanatopsiswashisgreatestpoem.ThetitleinGreekmeansA.aviewoflifeB.aviewofnatureC.aviewofdeathD.aviewofbeauty4.WhichofthefollowingisnottrueasfarasPoe’sshortstoriesareconcerned?A.Hisstoriesshowcomplexcharactersindeeppsychologicalstates.B.Hisstoriesarelackofcarefullycraftedsymbols.C.TheFalloftheHouseofUsherinheritsGothictradition.D.Hisshortstoriesareroughlydividedintotwokinds:thoseofhorrorandthoseofratiocination.5．Asheisaleadingspokesmanofthe“ImagistMovement”,____famousoneimagepoem“InaStationoftheMetro”wouldserveasatypicalexampleoftheimagistideas.A.T.S.Eliot’sB.RobertFrost’sC.EzraPound’sD.WallaceStevens’

第2頁6.“Therewasmusicfrommyneighbor’shousethroughthesummernights.Inhisbluegardensmenandgirlscameandwentlikemothsamongthewhisperingsandthechampagneandthestars.”Theaboveistakenfrom________.A．HenryJames’sDaisyMillerB．F.S.Fitzgerald’sTheGreatGatsbyC．ErnestHemingway’sIndianCampD．W.Faulkner’sARoseforEmily7.“ShallIcomparetheetoasummer’sday?”ThislineistakenfromoneofShakespeare’s____________.A.Sonnet18B.thetragedyKingLearC.alongpoemVenusandAdonisD.thecomedyAsYouLikeIt8.TheMerchantofVenicebelongstoShakespeare’splaysofcomedyinwhichShakespearehighlypraisesthewitsandwisdomoftheheroin______.A.SophiaB.OliviaC.OphiliaD.Portia9.________isacclaimednotonlyas“thefatherofEnglishpoetry”butalsoas“thefatherofEnglishfiction”.HismasterpieceisTheCanterburryTales.A.WilliamShakespeareB.ChristopherMarloweC.GeoffreyChaucerD.JohnMilton10.MarkTwainshapedtheworld’sviewofAmericaandmadeacombinationof_______andseriousliterature.A.AmericanfolkhumorB.funnyjokesC.EnglishfolkloreD.Americanvalues11.“Heardmelodiesaresweet,butthoseunheard/Aresweeter;therefore,yesoftpipes,playon;/Nottothesensualear,but,moreendear’d/Pipetothespiritdittiesofnctone.”TheselinesaretakenfromKeat’spoem________.A．“OdeonMelancholy”B．“OdetoPsyche”C．“OdeonaGrecianUrn”D．“OdetoaNightingale”12.CharlesDickensisoneofthegreatestcriticalrealistwritersoftheVictorianage.In________,heattacksthedehumanizingworkhousesystemandthedark,criminalunderworldlifeinEngland.A．NicholasNicklebyB．BleakHouseC．OliverTwistD．HardTimes13.DanielDefoeisbestknownforhiscreationoftheliteraryfigure___.A.JaneEyreB.RobinsonCrusoeC.DavidCopperfieldD.Guillver

第3頁14.Thelines“Tworoadsdivergedinawood,andI—/Itooktheonelesstraveledby,/Andthathasmadeallthedifference”aretakenfromapoemby________.A．EmilyDickinsonB．EzraPoundC．RobertFrostD．WaltWhitman15._______isthefirstblackfemaleAmericanevertoreceiveNobelPrizeinLiterature,whosemajornovelisBeloved.A.ToniMorrisonB.RalphEllisonC.SinclairLewisD.LangstonHughesIIReadthefollowingexcerptsandanswerthefollowingquestions.(30points)(Writeyouranswerontheanswersheet)Excerpt1: Tellmenot,inmournfulnumbers,Lifeisbutanemptydream!Forthesoulisdeadthatslumbers,Andthingsarenotwhattheyseem.Lifeisreal---lifeisearnest---Andthegraveisnotitsgoal:Dustthouart,todustreturnest,Wasnotspokenofthesoul.…Questions:1Whoisthewriterofthispoem?(2’2Whatisthetitleofthispoem?(2’3What’stherhymeschemeofthepoem?(2)4Howdoyouunderstandthelasttwolines?(4’

第4頁Excerpt2:Itisatruthuniversallyacknowledgedthatasinglemanispossessionofagoodfortunemustbeinwantofawife.Howeverlittleknownthefeelingsorviewsofsuchamanmaybeonhisfirstenteringaneighbourhood,thistruthissowellfixedinthemindsofthesurroundingfamilies,thatheisconsideredastherightfulpropertyofsomeoneorotheroftheirdaughters.Questions:1.Thispassageistheopeningofanovelentitled________.(2’)2.Thewriterofthenovelisthefamouswomannovelistwhosenameis______.(2’)3.Whatisthestyleofthispassage?Whatarethewritingfeaturesofthewriter?(6’Excerpt3:Mytongue,everyatomofmyblood,form’dfromthissoil,thisair,Bornhereofparentsbornherefromparentsthesame,andtheirparentsthesame,I,nowthirty-sevenyearsoldinperfecthealthbegin,Hopingtoceasenottilldeath.Questions:1.Whoisthewriterofthispoem?(2’)2.Whatisthetitleofthispoem?(2’)3.Howdoyouappreciatethispoem?(6’)III.Chooseanyfiveofthefollowingandtellbrieflywhatyouknowabouteach.(30points)(Writeyouranswerontheanswersheet)SonnetFreeVerseTessoftheD’UrbervillesPsychologicalrealismTh