美國(guó)文學(xué)題庫(kù)部分

1、一、記住下面詞條（單選題和填空題）1.Ascientistwithlotsofinventionsafamousexperiment(kiteelectricitythunderstm).Franklindidalotoffamousexperimentsinventedmanythingssuchasvolunteerfiredepartmentseffectivestreetlightingbifocalglassesefficie

2、ntheatingdeviceslightningrod(避雷針)soon2.Typicalliteraryfmsofromanticismincludeballadlyricssentimentalcomedynovelsgothicromancesoncriticalessays.3.Reacheditspeakwiththeappearanceofthemajauthsofthe19thcenturysuchasEdgarAlle

3、nPoeWaltWhitmanEmilyDickinsoninpoetryNathanielHawthneHermanMelvilleinfiction.4.JamesFenimeCooperdevelopedthreekindsofnovels.ThefirstkindisabouttherevolutionarypastsuchasTheSpy.ThesecondkindistheseanovelssuchasthePilot.Th

4、ethirdkindisabouttheAmericanfrontier.5.NathanialHawthne’swksbelongtodarkromanticismcautionarytalesthatsuggestthatguiltsinevilarethemostinherentnaturalqualitiesofhumanity.ManyofhiswksareinspiredbyPuritanNewEnglcombininghi

5、sticalromanceloadedwithsymbolismdeeppsychologicalthemesbderingonsurrealism.6.“TheAmericanScholar”hasbeencalledAmerica’sDeclarationofIntellectualIndependencebecausehecalledonAmericanwriterstowriteaboutAmericainanAmericanw

6、ayinsteadofimitatingthingsfeign.7.TheauhasfaithintheinnervirtueinwardspiritualgraceofmanTheauwascriticalofmoderncivilizationManshouldliveasimplelifehebelievedintheregeneration改過(guò)自新ofman.WaldenexhibitsTheau’strustinthefutu

7、rehisbeliefinanewgenerationofmen.8.ThoughhismostfamousnoveliscriticizedfbeingracistMarkTwainneverexpectednintendedthecontroversythatarosewiththepublicationofHuckleberryFinn.MarkTwainwasnotracistbutdepictedlifeinhistimes.

8、9.Naturalisticwriterswritedetaileddeionsofthelivesofthelowerclass.Theyareinterestedinfindingouthowmenwomenareoverwhelmedbythefcesofenvironmentbythefcesofheredity.10.InSisterCarrieDreiserexpressedhisnaturalisticpursuitbye

9、xpoundingthepurposelessnessoflifeimpotence(無(wú)能為力)ofmen.11.MatinEdentellshowtheprotagonistchangesfromatoilertoabestsellingauth.Whenhefailstoresolvetheinnerconflictbetweenhisdesirefmarriagehisresistancetocompromiseinaclasso

10、ppressedsocietyhefinallydrownshimself.LondononcetoldUptonSinclairthathewrotethisnovelas“anattackonindividualism.”12.TheLostGenerationisatermappliedtothedisillusionedintellectualsoftheyearsfollowingtheFirstWldWarwhorebell

11、edagainstfmeridealsvaluesbutcouldreplacethemonlybydespairacynicalhedonism享樂(lè)主義.13.StreamofConsciousnessisaliterarytechniqueinwhichaactersthoughtsarepresentedintheconfusingjumbledinconsequentialmannerofreallifewithout26.He

12、nryJames(18431916)Americanbnwritergiftedwithtalentsinliteraturepsychologyphilosophy.Jameswrote20novels112sties12playsanumberofwksofliterarycriticism.Hewasdeeplyinterestedinthecontrastbetweentheoldwldthenewone.27.Although

13、JackLondonwasasocialistheinvestedthesemiautobiographicalacterofMartinEdenwithastrongdoseofindividualism.Hedescribedthenovelasaparableofamanwhohadtodie“notbecauseofhislackoffaithinGodbutbecauseofhislackoffaithinmen.“28.Al

14、thoughDickson’spoemswerecalleddoggerelsnurseryrhymesshewasrediscoveredbroughttolightinthe20thcentury.Alltheacteristicsofherpoetryfoundtheirwayintothepoemsofsomemodernpoets.ShestoodasoneofthegreatestlyricpoetsofAmerica.29

15、.MarkTwainswkssumupthetraditionofWesternhumfrontierrealism.Hewritesabouthispeoplehisownlife.Helovesthematthesametimedepictsthedarksideofthesocietybitterly.30.Hemingwaysays“AllmodernAmericanliteraturecomesfromonebookbyMar

16、kTwaincalledHuckleberryFinn.”Itsthebestbookwevehad.Therewasnothingbefe.Therehasbeennothingsogoodsince.“31.EzraPoundstressedclarityprecisioneconomyoflanguagefegoing(earlier)traditionalrhymemeterindertocomposeinthesequence

17、ofthemusicalphrase.32.RobinsonwasbninHeadTidebuthisfamilymovedtoGardinerMainein1870.HedescribedhischildhoodinMaineas“starkunhappy.“[1]HisfamilyalsohadproblemswithalcoholhisbrotherHermandiedinpartduetothat.Hisearlydifficu

18、ltiesledmanyofhispoemstohaveadarkpessimismhisstiestodealwith“anAmericandreamgoneaway.“33.RobertFrostisoneofthemostpopular20thCenturyAmericanPoetsafourtimewinnerofthePulitzerPrize.Hisadoptstraditionalversefmsplainlanguage

19、everydayspeechtoexplethecomplexityofhumanexistencethroughtreatingseeminglytrivialsubjects.34.SburgisalsorememberedbygenerationsofchildrenfhisRootabagaStiesRootabagaPigeonsaseriesofwhimsicalsometimesmelancholystiesheigina

20、llycreatedfhisowndaughters.35.Stevensisarareexampleofapoetwhosemainoutputcameatafairlyadvancedage.spentmostofhisadultlifewkingfaninsurancecompanyinConnecticut.Hisbestknownpoemsinclude“AnecdoteoftheJar““TheEmperofIceCream

21、““TheIdeaofderatKeyWest““SundayMning““ThirteenWaysofLookingataBlackbird.“36.Thetitleofthepoem“TheLoveSongofJ.AlfredPrufrock”isironicfitisinfactabouttheabsenceoflove.Itdevelopsathemeofafrustrationemotionalconflict.37.Fitz