英国文学期末考试题

英国文学期末考试题目

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一．中古英语时期

?Beowulf is the oldest poem in the English language, and the most important specimen (范例、典范)of Anglo-Saxon literature, and also the oldest

surviving epic in the English language.

?The romance is a popular literary form in the medieval period（中世纪）. It uses verse or prose to sing knightly adventures or other heroic deeds.

?GeoffreyChaucer, oneof the greatest English poets, whose masterpiece, The Canterbury Tales（《坎特伯雷故事集》）,was one of the most importa

一、The Anglo-Saxon period (449-1066)

1、这个时期的文学作品分类： pagan(异教徒) ，Christian(基督徒)

2、代表作： The Song of Beowulf《贝奥武甫》 ( national epic 民族史诗 ) 采用了隐喻metaphor手法 3、Alliteration 头韵（写作手法）

例子： of man was the mildest and most beloved, To his kin the kindest, keenest for praise.

二、The Anglo-Norman period (1066-1350) 盎格鲁—诺曼时期

1、romance 传奇文学 2、代表作： Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (高文爵士和绿衣骑士) 是一首押头韵的长诗 三、Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400) 杰弗里·乔叟时期 1、the father of English poetry 英国诗歌之父 2、heroic couplet 英雄双韵体：a verse unit consisting

英国文学期末

一.The contributions of Geoffrey Chaucer.

1.The first to present a comprehensive and realistic picture of the English society of his time and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all works of life in his masterpiece The Canterbury Tales.

2.Introduced from France the rhymed stanzas of various types to replace the Old English alliterative verse the first to use heroic couplet.

3.Contributed to the establishment of English as the literary language of England, based on London dialect. He raised the language to

1. epic 史诗

a long narrative poem, grand in style, about heroes and heroic deeds, embodying heroic ideals of a nation or race in the making. Beowulf is the English national epic that was passed from mouth to mouth and written down by many unknown hands. Other examples of epic poems are Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene, John Milton's Paradise Lost, William Wordsworth's The Prelude, Elizabeth Barret Browning's Aurora Leigh, and T. S. Eliot's \ 2. caesura 停顿

a break or pause in a line of poetry, dictated by the natural rhythm

1. epic 史诗

a long narrative poem, grand in style, about heroes and heroic deeds, embodying heroic ideals of a nation or race in the making. Beowulf is the English national epic that was passed from mouth to mouth and written down by many unknown hands. Other examples of epic poems are Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene, John Milton's Paradise Lost, William Wordsworth's The Prelude, Elizabeth Barret Browning's Aurora Leigh, and T. S. Eliot's \ 2. caesura 停顿

a break or pause in a line of poetry, dictated by the natural rhythm

填空题

1 欧洲文学的两个源头是＿＿＿＿与＿＿＿＿。

2 古罗马文学是在继承＿＿＿＿的基础上发展起来的。 3 亚里士多德的＿＿＿＿是西方美学的奠基作。 4 古希腊神话中爱与美之神是＿＿＿＿。 5 古希腊神话的智慧女神是＿＿＿＿。

6 被柏拉图称为“第十位文艺女神”的是＿＿＿＿。 7 欧洲文学史上第一部史诗是＿＿＿＿。 8 《伊利亚特》的中心情节是＿＿＿＿。

9 被誉为“戏剧艺术的荷马”的古希腊悲剧诗人是＿＿＿＿。 10 希腊“悲剧之父”是＿＿＿＿。

11 被公认为希腊悲剧的典范作品是＿＿＿＿。 12 古希腊“喜剧之父”是＿＿＿＿。 13 古希腊戏剧起源于＿＿＿＿。

14 古希腊喜剧起源于＿＿＿＿和＿＿＿＿。 15 骑士文学的主要体裁有＿＿＿＿和＿＿＿＿。

16 骑士抒情诗以法国南部＿＿＿＿为中心，其中以＿＿＿＿最为著名。

17 骑士叙事诗可分为三个系统：古代系统、＿＿＿＿系统、＿＿＿＿系统。 18 早期英雄史诗主要有盎格鲁·撒克逊人的＿＿＿＿、日尔曼人的＿＿＿＿

1. What is Literature?

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Literature refers to the practice and profession of writing. It comes from human interest in telling a story, in arranging words in artistic forms, in describing in words some aspects of human experiences. Literature is characterized by beauty of expression and form and by university of intellectual and emotional appeal.

Literature shows us not only what a society is like in a certain age, but also what individuals feel about it, what they hope from it, and how they can change it or escape from it.

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填空题

Ben Johnson--- Volpone -- the greatest writer of comedy after Shakespeare

John Donne --- the father of Metaphysical Poetry-----代表作《The Flea》

John Milton--- Paradise Lost

Milton divides the universe into four major regions: glorious Heaven, dreadful Hell, confusing Chaos, and a young and vulnerable Earth in between.

Francis Bacon----《Of studies》

John Bunyan--《The Pilgrim’s Progress》《Vanity Fair》

Alexander Pope--《 the Rape of the Lock》--- early 18th century has been named after him as “The Age of Pope”.---Blak

I. Multiple choice.

7. The English Renaissance period was an age of ______. A. poetry and drama C. novel and poetry

B. drama and novel D. romance and poetry

2. Renaissance first started in _______, with the flowering of the fields of painting, sculpture and literature. A. France C. Germany

B. Italy D. Britain

10. _____ is the essence of the Renaissance. A. Poetry C. Humanism

B. Drama D. Reason

11 “To be, or not to be—that is the question” is a line taken from ______. A. Hamlet C. King Lear

B. Othello

D. The Merchant of V

I. Multiple choice.

7. The English Renaissance period was an age of ______. A. poetry and drama C. novel and poetry

B. drama and novel D. romance and poetry

2. Renaissance first started in _______, with the flowering of the fields of painting, sculpture and literature. A. France C. Germany

B. Italy D. Britain

10. _____ is the essence of the Renaissance. A. Poetry C. Humanism

B. Drama D. Reason

11 “To be, or not to be—that is the question” is a line taken from ______. A. Hamlet C. King Lear

B. Othello

D. The Merchant of V