2015广东财经大学硕士初试真题之804英美文学

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Explainthefollowingliteraryterms.Writeyouranswersontheanswersheet.

(25points,5pointsforeach.)1.Enlightenment

2.Metaphysicalpoetry3.Thetheatreoftheabsurd4.Transcendentalism5.Dramaticmonologue

II.ForeachstatementtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.Choosethe

onethatbestcompletesthestatement.(20points,1pointforeach)

1._____canbejustlytermedEngland’snationalepic,anditsmoststrikingfeatureistheuseof____.

A.Cynewulf,alliterationB.Beowulf,alliterationC.SirGawainandtheGreenKnight,D.RobinHood,rhymerhyme

2.The18thcenturyseesthebirthofthegreatestsatiristinEnglishliterature:.Hismasterpiece,comprisestheextraordinaryadventuresofanEnglishman,descriptionsoffantasticlandsvisitedbyhim,andtheirsocialsystemsandisalwaysregardedasabittersarcasmanddeadlyironyofthecontemporaryEngland.

A.SamuelJohnson,Gulliver’sTravelsB.AlexanderPope,TheRapeofthe

Lock

C.DanielDefoe,RobinsonCrusoeD.JonathanSwift,Gulliver’sTravels3.WhichofthefollowingworksisNOTconsideredasWilliamShakespeare’sfourgreattragedies?A.KingLearB.RomeoandJulietC.MacbethD.Othello4.,Byron’sgreatestwork,waswrittenintheprimeofhiscreativepowerandstillremainedunfinishedwhenthepoet’slifewasendedbyaromanticandgenerousdeath.A.DonJuanB.GiaourC.ChildeHarold’sPilgrimageD.Manfred5.Thepublicationofin1798—thejointworkofWilliamWordsworthand________—markedthebreakwiththeconventionalpoeticaltraditionofthe18thcentury,i.e.withclassicism.A.LyricalBallads,RobertSoutheyB.ThePrelude,SamuelTaylor

Coleridge

1欢迎报考广东财经大学硕士研究生，祝你考试成功！（第2页共6页）C.LyricalBallads,SamuelTaylorD.BiographiaLiteraria,SamuelColeridgeTaylorColeridge6.WilliamMakepeaceThackeray’smasterpieceis,andthetitleofthenovelistakenfromBunyan’sgreatestwork.A.VanityFair,ParadiseRegainedB.VanityFair,Pilgrim’sProgressC.VanityFair,SamsonAgonistesD.TheBookofSnobs,Pilgrim’s

Progress

7.establishedhimselfbothasawriterandasaspokesmanfortheschoolof“ArtforArt’sSake.”A.ThomasGrayB.CharlesLambC.OscarWildeD.WalterScott

8.__________,writtenbyP.B.Shelley’swife,MaryShelley,isregardedthebestofitskind,______,inthe19thcenturyEngland.

A.PrometheusUnbound,GothicnovelB.Frankenstein,RealisticnovelC.Adonis,RomanticnovelD.Frankenstein,Gothicnovel

9.“Aprilisthecruellestmonth,breeding/Lilacsoutofthedeadland,mixing/Memoryanddesire,stirring/Dullrootswithspringrain.”TheselinesaretakenfromT.S.Eliot’smodernclassicpoem_______,whichremindustheopeninglinesofthe“GeneralPrologue”inTheCanterburyTalesbythegreatestliteraryfigure_______in14thcenturyEngland.A.FourQuartets,GeoffreyChaucerB.TheWasteLand,GeoffreyChaucerC.HollowMan,EdmundSpencerD.TheWasteLand,JohnMilton

10.JosephConrad’s_________iscentraltotheevolutionofwhatiscalledpostcolonialfiction,andsayssomethingthatonlysaidinanovel:AhistorianlookingatEuropeancolonialismwillarriveathistoricaljudgments.A.HeartofDarknessB.NostromoC.LordJimD.Typhoon

11._________,withhisfamouspoem,“AnnabelLee”,justifiedhispoeticideathatthedeathofabeautifulwoman,is“unquestionably,themostpoeticaltopicintheworld”.

A.W.B.YeatsB.EdgarAllanPoeC.EzraPoundD.W.H.Auden

12.Around1920,theAmericanliteraryworldrediscoveredanalmostforgottenbookandsuddenlybecameawareofamajorAmericanwriter.Thebookwas_______,atremendouschronicleofawhalingvoyageinpursuitofaseeminglysupernaturalwhitewhale.A.Moby-DickB.OmooC.TheLastoftheMohicansD.BillyBudd

13.WithWarner,MarkTwaincollaboratedon__________,asatirethatgaveitsnametotheeraofcorruptmaterialismthatfollowedtheAmericanCivilWar.A.TheGoldenAgeB.TheSilverAgeC.TheGildedAgeD.TheBronzeAge

14.________,Stephencrane’sfinestliteraryachievement,depictsapictureofAmericanCivilWarinanaturalisticway.

2欢迎报考广东财经大学硕士研究生，祝你考试成功！（第3页共6页）A.WarIsKindB.TheBlackRidersC.TheRedBadgeofCourageD.TheAgeofInnocence

15.Hemingway’snovelTheSunAlsoRises,brilliantlycaptureshisyearsinParisasoneof______,anamegivenbythewriterGertrudeStein.A.TheBeatGenerationB.TheLostGenerationC.TheAngryYoungMenD.TheYoungerGeneration

16.Bytheendofhislifehehadbecomeanationalbard;whenhewaseighty-sevenhereadhispoetryattheinaugurationofPresidentJohnF.Kennedy.Thepoetis___________.A.EzraPoundB.T.S.EliotC.E.E.CummingsD.RobertFrost

17.Asapoetandasapainter,_________usesthesmallletters,theunconventionalsyntax,andtheunusualspacingofwords,toexpressindividualityandparticipateinwhathecalled“TheNewArt”.A.EzraPoundB.E.E.CummingsC.WilliamCarlosWilliamsD.WallaceStevens

18._______,anepicdepictionofonedispossessedOklahomafamily’smigrationtoCaliforniainsearchanewlife,writtenby___________,isamongthemostwidelyreadnovelof20thcentury.

A.TheGrapeofWrath,JohnB.OfMiceandMen,JohnSteinbeckSteinbeck

C.InOurTime,ErnestHemingwayD.LightinAugust,WilliamFaulkner19.WhichofthefollowingwritersisNOTaNobelPrizeWinner?A.EzraPoundB.ErnestHemingwayC.WilliamFaulknerD.SaulBellow

20.Earlyin1920sthemostprominentofthenewAmericanplaywrights,_______,establishedaninternationalreputationwithsuchplaysasTheEmperorJones,AnnaChristieandTheHairyApe.A.ArthurMillerB.TennesseeWilliamsC.WaltWhitmanD.EugeneO’NeillIII.Matching.FindtherelevantmatchfromcolumnBforeachitemincolumnAandputthelettersontheanswersheet.(20points,1pointforeach.)SectionA

ColumnAColumnB1.FrancisBaconA.ForWhomtheBellTolls2.JohnMiltonB.TheLegendofSleepyHollow3.HermanMelvilleC.SeizetheDay4.W.B.YeatsD.AStreetcarNamedDesire5.WashingtonIrvingE.ParadiseLost6.HenryFieldingF.SailingtoByzantium7.E.M.ForsterG.MobyDick8.ErnestHemingwayH.AdvancementofLearning9.SaulBellowI.TomJones

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ColumnA1.TheTempest2.SisterCarrie

3.GreatExpectation4.SonsandLovers5.NativeSon

6.WutheringHeights7.TheGreatGatsby8.Ulysses

9.TheSchoolforScandal10.ThePictureofDorianGray

J.HowardsEnd

A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.

ColumnBLordHenry

CatherineLintonLeopoldBloomNickCarrawayLadyTeazleProspero

BiggerThomasG.W.HurstwoodMrs.MorelPip

IV.Readthefollowingpiecesofselectedworksandanswerthequestionfollowedbythepassage.Writeyouranswersontheanswersheet.(40points,8pointsforeach.)

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Itisamelancholyobjecttothose,whowalkthroughthisgreattown,ortravelinthecountry,whentheyseethestreets,theroadsandcabbin-doorscrowdedwithbeggarsofthefemalesex,followedbythree,four,orsixchildren,allinrags,andimportuningeverypassengerforanalms.Thesemothersinsteadofbeingabletoworkfortheirhonestlivelihood,areforcedtoemployalltheirtimeinstrollingtobegsustenancefortheirhelplessinfantswho,astheygrowup,eitherturnthievesforwantofwork,orleavetheirdearnativecountry,tofightforthePretenderinSpain,orsellthemselvestotheBarbadoes.

Q:ThistextisfromJonathanSwift’s“AModestProposal”.WhatisSwift’sattitudetowardthebeggarshedescribes?

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MyheartleapsupwhenIbeholdArainbowinthesky:

Sowasitwhenmylifebegan,SoisitnowIamaman,SobeitwhenIshallgrowold

Orletmedie!

Thechildisfatheroftheman:AndIcouldwishmydaystobeBoundeachtoeachbynaturalpiety.Q：ThisisashortpoemwrittenbyWilliamWordsworth.Pleaseexplaintheunderlinedlines.

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IwenttothewoodsbecauseIwishedtolivedeliberately,tofrontonlytheessentialfactsoflife,andseeifIcouldnotlearnwhatithadtoteach,andnot,whenIcametodie,discoverthatIhadnotlived.Ididnotwishtolivewhatwasnotlife,livingissodear;nordidIwishtopracticeresignation,unlessitwasquitenecessary.Iwantedtolivedeepandsuckoutallthemarrowoflife,tolivesosturdilyandSpartan-likeastoputtoroutallthatwasnotlife,tocutabroadswathandshaveclose,todrivelifeintoacorner,andreduceittoitslowestterms,and,ifitprovedtobemean,whythentogetthewholeandgenuinemeannessofit,andpublishitsmeannesstotheworld;orifitweresublime,toknowitbyexperience,andbeabletogiveatrueaccountofitinmynextexcursion.Formostmen,itappearstome,areinastrangeuncertaintyaboutit,whetheritisofthedevilorofGod,andhavesomewhathastilyconcludedthatitisthechiefendofmanhereto“glorifyGodandenjoyhimforever.”

Q：ThistextisselectedfromHenryDavidThoreau’sWalden,underthetitle“WhereILived,andWhatILivedFor.”Pleaseexplaintheunderlinedsentence.4.

“ShallI?”Isaidbriefly;andIlookedathisfeatures,beautifulintheirharmony,butstrangelyformidableintheirstillseverity;athisbrow,commanding,butnotopen;athiseyes,brightanddeepandsearching,butneversoft;athistallimposingfigure;andfanciedmyselfinideahiswife.Oh!itwouldneverdo!Ashiscurate,hiscomrade,allwouldberight:Iwouldcrossoceanswithhiminthatcapacity;toilunderEasternsuns,inAsiandesertswithhiminthatoffice;admireandemulatehiscourageanddevotionandvigour:accommodatequietlytohismasterhood;smileundisturbedathisineradicableambition....Ishouldsufferoften,nodoubt,attachedtohimonlyinthiscapacity:mybodywouldbeunderaratherstringentyoke,butmyheartandmindwouldbefree.Ishouldstillhavemyunblightedselftoturnto:mynaturalunenslavedfeelingswithwhichtocommunicateinmomentsofloneliness.Therewouldberecessesinmymindwhichwouldbeonlymine,towhichhenevercame;andsentimentsgrowingthere,freshandsheltered,whichhisausteritycouldneverblight,norhismeasuredwarrior-marchtrampledown:butashiswife—athissidealways,andalwaysrestrained,andalwayschecked—forcedtokeepthefireofmynaturecontinuallylow,tocompelittoburninwardlyandneverutteracry,thoughtheimprisonedflameconsumedvitalaftervital—thiswouldbeunendurable.

Q：ThispassageisfromJaneEyre.ItoccursinChapter34.St.JohnRivershasjustaskedJanetojoinhimashiswifeonhismissionarytriptoIndia.PleaseevaluateJane’sinteriorconflictinvolvedinmakingherdecision.

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5欢迎报考广东财经大学硕士研究生，祝你考试成功！（第6页共6页）WhenMissEmilyGrieisondied,ourwholetownwenttoherfuneral:themen

throughasortofrespectfulaffectionforafallenmonument,thewomenmostlyoutofcuriositytoseetheinsideofherhouse,whichnoonesaveanoldmanservant---combinedgardenerandcook---hadseeninatleasttenyears.

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Alive,MissEmilyhadbeenatradition,aduty,andacare;asortofhereditaryobligationuponthetown,datingfromthedayin14whenColonelSartoris,themayor—hewholatheredtheedictthatnoNegrowomanshouldappearonthestreetswithoutanapron—remittedhertaxes,diedispensationdatingfromthedeathofherfatheronintoperpetuity.

Q：ThistextisfromWilliamFaulkner’sshortstory“ARoseforEmily”.Pleaseexplaintheunderlinedpart.

V.Answerthefollowingquestions,andelaborateyouropinionwithexamples.Writeyouranswersontheanswersheet.(45points,15pointsforeach.)

1.WhatarethefeaturesofRealismofVictoriannovels?ElaboratethemwiththenovelsofVictorianwriters.

2.StatetheliteraryachievementsofT.S.Eliot,andelaboratethemwithhisworks.3.Pleasemakeacomparisonbetween“TheAngryYoungMan”and“TheBeatGeneration”.

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