英美文学主观试题
下面我就这三个方面的问题举例扼要说明答题方法。
(一)人物分析。同学们可以参阅本文前面关于人物的部分。以迪福(Daniel Defoe)的小说(鲁滨逊漂流记》(Robinson Crusoe)为例，假定试题是这样要求的：Discuss Crusoe, protagonist of Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, as a middle ?class hero. 考生首先要明确题目里关键的一个词语：“middle-class hero”(中产阶级英雄)。这个词语明确限定了答题范围以及要达到的目标。把握住了这个范围和目标，就把握住了答题的关键，回答时就不会“跑题”。这就是我们平常所说的“审题”的重要性。“英雄”一词在文学学习里有两重含义。一是指创造了辉煌业绩的人，二是小说、戏剧里的主人公。在传统文学作品里主人公就是正面人物，英雄人物，所以这里的“中产阶级英雄”，其实就是代表中产阶级利益与追求的理想人物。中产阶级的追求是什么呢?教材里关于新古典主义和迪福简介里都提到了新兴阶级(或中产阶级，资产阶级)所祟尚的美德，这些美德包括勤劳，节俭，理智，求实，富于冒险精神等(见教材)。考生应该掌握这些内容，答题时就上述美德逐千举例，证明鲁滨逊的身上就体现了这些美德，换句话说，鲁滨逊就是中产阶级心目中的英雄。从作品里找相关的事例证明一个判断，是文学学习者必须做到的。就我所知，大部分考生感到困难的是举例分析，没有例子，只重复同样的一个意思、不着边际的空谈一通，既没有内容，也达不到宇数要求，部分失分、或完全失分都是可能的。问题又回到我们前面一再强调的东西：要熟悉作品内容。凡认真阅读过《鲁滨逊漂流记》(节选)的考生，是不会找不到相关细节的，读过整部作品的人会觉得更容易：鲁滨逊第一次看到脚印的反映、建造庇护所时的周密思考、建造一条独木舟过程中一步一步解决问题的理性思维和求实精神，无不与中产阶级的美德相呼应。考生如果掌握这些情节，回答这个问题就不觉得难了。再以一个关于德莱塞的《嘉莉妹妹》(Sister Carrie)的论述题为例：Write a short analysis in no more than two hundred (200) words to discuss Mr. Hurstwood, a character in Dreiser's novel Sister Carrie, as a victim of environment. 作者德莱塞和题目里那个关键词语“victim of environment”(环境的受害者／牺牲品)都明确告诉考生，考察重点在考生对美国文学里自然主义文学运动的理解。一提到自然主义，同学们就必须想到达尔文“适者生存”的动物进化理论日自然主义文学家把动物世界的法则用于考察人类社会，于是人就被看成无异于动物的存在，就必须象动物一样，去弱肉蛋食，以求得自身的生存。赫斯特伍德先生相对于嘉莉来说是作品里一个次要人物，他的悲惨结局就是“适者生存”法则起作用的结果。他与嘉莉相识纯属偶然，嘉莉后来部分地凭借他的帮助，都分地借助于她自己的一点美色和一点表演天赋，逐渐由社会下层跻身于社会上层，生活舒适自不必说。而赫斯特伍德投机生意破产，一下子沦落到社会底层，教材里的节选部分开头讲的就是赫斯特伍德先生求生不得、求死不能的悲惨情景：他连用来打开煤气阀自杀的十五美分硬币都没有。但当他弄到二十五分硬币时，他第一个想到的不是自杀，而是填一下饿得发慌的肚子：在可能的情况下，动物的生的本能使他暂时忘记了生的痛苦。在资本主义这个以弱肉强食为生活准则的社会里，现代人的困境就这样被人木三分地呈现给读者。社会地位的变化使他们的关系发生变化。昔日商业骑士赫斯特伍德现已行乞街头，寒风瑟瑟中凭路人施舍度日。他路过一幅用嘉莉照片做宣传的电影广告时，自然想到了嘉莉妹妹，想到她或许会帮他一把，他们毕竟在一起生活过。但他没有想到的是他受到保安人员的阻拦。与此同时，懒盈盈的嘉莉踱步到宙前，看着下面街道问她的女仆说那些瑟缩在风雨里的人们为什么不回家。绝望的赫斯特伍德只能自杀，别无选择。这一次他真的打开了煤气阀门。以上回答又一次说明熟悉作品内容／细节的重要性。
(二)分析戏剧作品和分析小说没有根本区别。戏剧与小说的最大区别在于，作为文学剧本，戏剧里绝大部分是对话。同学们可以以上面两个例子为参照，试着回答下面两个关于戏剧的论述题：1. Discuss George Bernard Shaw's idea on the capitalist oppression of
women, using his play Mrs. Warren's Profession as an example. 2. Discuss Eugene O 'Neill's play The Hairy Ape as a work about "modem man's search for identity.
(三)多数考生对分析诗歌作品感到无从着手，大体上有这么几种原因。一是对诗歌有不正确看法，认为诗歌晦涩、抽象、难懂，采取放弃的态度。诗歌较之小说，从语言角度看，是有一定的难度。但现代诗人和当代诗人都竭力主张使用人们日常生活里的语言，只有少数诗人例外。即便现代诗人如爱略特、庞德者，除的确难懂的典故的使用外，就语言而言，也并不十分难懂。人们一般把诗歌语言与小说、散文语言截然分开，已经是一种偏见了。二是多数读者认为，诗歌表达的东西太抽象，不如小说那样直白。这种看法有千定的道理，但也不全对。小说不也是通过具体的人、物、事表达一种思想吗?思想就是抽象的。小说、戏剧、诗歌都表达抽象的思想，只是表达方式不同罢了。第三种原因，也是最主要的原因，这就是不知道读取什么信息、更不知道从哪儿下手分析一首诗歌。我想以下面这个例子，介绍阅读诗歌的方法和分析诗歌的方法，希望对考生有所帮助。诗人是通过物表达思想的，这就是我们经常说的“形象思维”(thinking in images)。所谓“images”是指诗里提到的、承载诗人想法的具体的物(或人)。读诗歌(特别是读意象派诗歌)时，我们首先要把所有的物(或人)一一列出来，然后在它们／他们之间找寻一种关系，通过对这个关系的分析，得到诗人想要表达的思想。有时它们／他们之间的关系比较明显，有时就不那么明显，读诗难也就难在发现这种关系上。比如毛泽东的一首词里说的“宁化清流归化，路隘林深苔滑”两行里，前一句说了三个地名(根据注释)，第二句说了“路”、“林”、和“苔”三样东西。我们可以把两句概括为：第一句说地方，第二句说路。“地方”排列既然有顺序，显然第一句说的是从宁化经清流到归化的整个过程。第二句里的另外三个词“隘”、“深”和“滑”分别修饰“路”、“林”和“苔”，不难看出，这一句是说旅途的艰辛。我们可以进一步把从宁化经清流到归化旅途／征途再概括、表述为“艰难的旅途／征程”(a hard journey；a hard expedition)。现在我们试读庞德的一首诗：A Pact I make a pact with you, Walt Whitman-- I have detested you long enough. I come to you as a grown child Who has had a pig- headed father; I am old enough now to make friends. It was you that broke the new wood, Now is a time for carving. We have one sap and one root-- Let them be commerce between us. 从标题起，这首诗提到的物和人包括“pact”，“Walt Whitman”，“I”，“child'’，“father”，“wood”，“sap”，和“root”。诗中其余的词(动词、介词、连词、冠词)都是表示物与人、人与人等之间的关系，读者必须理解这些关系，并概括出一个能囊括一切的关系来。我们需要把相关的人和物的关系整理如下：I make ap act with you (Whitman) I detested long enough you (Whitman) I come as a grown child to you (Whitman who is a pig - headed father ) I am old enough to make friends (without you, Whitman?) You / Whitman broke the new wood We have one sap and one root 斜体和黑粗体是我加的。前五行诗传达给我们的关于“我”(1)和“你”(you)的关系的信息，使我们得到第一印象：一个长期对名字叫做《Walt Whitman》的固执父亲心怀厌恶的成年孩子(grown child)要与父亲订立一个和钧／协议(pact)。儿子已经成年，可以在没有父亲的掌控下自由交友，父亲的过多干预引起已经独立的孩子的厌恶，当在情理之中。但是“pact”一词清楚告诉读者，儿子闹独立并不意味着要与父亲彻底决裂，而是要与父亲划清各自权力范围，因为签订协约的双方首先是平等的，相互依存的，在此基础上签约双方必须各自承担责任。“儿子”和“父亲”的责任是如何划定的呢?诗人写道：It was you that broke the new wood, Now is a time for carving. “你”的责任是“砍下新木料”(broke the new wood)，现在是雕琢(carving)你砍下的木料的时候了。同学们一定要注意以下三点：一是
儿子对父亲功绩的肯定。这一层意思是由一个简单的形容词“new”(新的)表达的；二是两个动词的时态。“Broke”一词是过去时态，而“is”是现在时态。儿子显然已把父亲的功绩视为过去，他虽没有直言，但读者不难理解，儿子把雕琢木料的工作看成自己义不容辞的责任。三是“wood”和“carving”两个词的含义。木料是十分有用的，但也是粗糙的，只有加工雕刻(carving)以后才更有价值。儿子要继承父亲的事业，自然要有一个共同基础，这个基础就是儿子和父亲血管里流淌的同一血液和深扎于同一土壤的同一条根：We have one sap and one root. “Sap”一词的字面意思是“树液”，即输送养料到树木各个部分的液体，与人血管里的血液功用相同。“Root”一词的含义更不必多说。所以“我”与“父亲”应该有可能订立这个协约：Let there be commerce between us．庞德是现代美国诗坛有重大贡献的诗人，他所主张并实践的意象主义(见教材)诗歌，曾经并仍然在相当程度上影响着当代英语诗歌发展。如果我们把庞德是一位伟大诗人这一点考虑进去，我们就十分有把握地说，诗人把惠特曼看成是为现代美国诗歌发展做出划时代贡献的开拓者，是现代、当代美国诗歌之“父”。但庞德绝非一位跟在前人后面亦步亦趋的二流诗人。他(儿子)既要继承惠特曼(父亲)所开创的新的诗歌传统，同时又要决心做出自己的贡献。在庞德看来，尽管惠特曼开创了一个新时代，但惠特曼的诗歌仍然是未经过艺术加工的、粗糙的原材料。原材料还需要进一步作艺术加工，使其臻于完美，才能成为真正的艺术品。“我”(庞德)就是这个重任的承担者。这就是这一首诗里人与人、物与物以及人与物相互关系揭示给我们的思想(主题)。先找出具体的物或人，然后在物、人之间及相互间确立一种关系，最后抽象、概括出这个关系的意义，得到的就是一首诗歌可能表达的意思。当然这种方法不甚科学，有把复杂的文学作品简单化之嫌，其效用也会因为读者抽象思维能力、对词语比喻意义的把握程度等的不同而出现偏差。对于有相当文学基础的读者来说，以上分析的诗歌本身更显烦琐。不过对于对理解诗歌有困难的同学来说，或许有一定的用处。同学们可以以教材里的一些短的诗歌为例，自己试用这种方法读一读，如果还是不得要领，那就只能在老师指导下进一步阅读了。
2020年7月全国自考英美文学选读试题及答案解析
全国自考2018年7月英美文学选读试题 课程代码：00604 请将答案填在答题纸相应的位置上(全部题目用英文作答) PART ONE(40 POINTS) I. Multiple Choice (40 points in all，1 for each) Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. 1. Of all the eighteenth—century British novelists ______ was the first to set out，both in theory and practice，to write specially a “comic epic in prose”，the first to give the modern novel its structure and style. A. Thomas Gray B. Richard Brinsley Sheridan C. Jonathan Swift D. Henry Fielding 2. The poem “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” established ______ as the leader of the sentimental poetry of the day，especially “the Graveyard School”. A. Thomas Gray B. Samuel Johnson C. John Bunyan D. John Milton 3. “Do you think, because I am poor，obscure，plain，and little，I am soulless and heartless?... And if God had gifted me with some beauty，and much wealth，I should have made it as hard for you to leave me. as it is now for me to leave you. ”The quoted part is taken from ______. A. Great Expectations B. Wuthering Heights C. Jane Eyre D. Pride and Prejudice 4. The most famous dramatists in the Renaissance England are all the following EXCEPT ______. A. Francis Bacon B. Christopher Marlowe 1
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英美文学 I.Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement and put the letter in the brackets. 1、The Age of Realism in the literary history of the United States refers to the period from ____to____. A. 1861...1914 B. 1863 (1918) C. 1865...1914 D. 1865 (1918) 2、____is not the representative writer in the Age of Realism in the literary history of the United States. A. Henry James B. Emily Dickinson C. William Dean Howells D. Mark Twain 3、The impact of ____on the American thought and the influence of the 19th century French literature on the American of letters gave rise to American naturalism. A. Darwin’s evolutionary theory B. Marxist theory C. Transcendentalism D. Puritanism 4、____is not the work of Mark Twain. A. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn B. Adventures of Tom Sawyer C. Life on the Mississippi D. The Mill on the Floss 5、Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is against____. A. British colonists B. slavery C. chauvinism D. monocracy II. Complete each of the following statements with a proper word or a phrase according to the textbook . 1、The Age of Realism is also what Mark Twain referred to as “____”. 2、While Mark Twain and Howells seemed to have paid more attention to the “life ” of the Americans, Henry James had apparently laid greater emphasis on the ____ of man. 3、The works of Mark Twain are characterized with ____. 4、In 1859, Darmin published____, which exerted great influence on American Naturalism. 5、____is regarded as “the true father of our national literature”. 6、Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is famous for its characterization of ____. 7、____and the West became Twain’s major theme. 8、In Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Twain makes sharp contrasts between____. 9、Henry James won his literary reputation for his novels of ____. 10、James’s realism is characterized by his ____ approach to his subject matter.
英美文学选读试题详解4
英美文学选读-阶段测评4 成绩：30分 一、Multiple Choice 共40 题 题号: 1 本题分数:2.5 分 ( )is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th—century “stream—of—consciousness” novels and the founder of psychological realism. A、Theodore Dreiser B、William Faulkner C、Henry James D、Mark Twain (P498.para.2)亨利.詹姆斯是美国现实主义文学大师，他的作品往往涉及美国之外的主题，其作品的风格是“心理活动”。被誉为20世纪美国意识流文学的先驱。 标准答案：C 考生答案：D 本题得分：0 分 题号: 2 本题分数:2.5 分 Closely related to Dickinson’s religious poetry are her poems concerning( ),ranging over the physical as well as the psychological and emotional aspects of death. A、love and nature B、death and universe C、death and immortality D、family and happiness （P518para2）迪金森的诗歌涉及宗教和爱情两方面，而其涉及宗教的诗歌往往是以死亡和永恒为主题的，所以答案是C。 标准答案：C 考生答案：A
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英美文学选读-阶段测评3 成绩：87.5分 一、Multiple Choice 共40 题 题号: 1 本题分数:2.5 分 https://www.docsj.com/doc/7f15183072.html,wrence’s novels( )are generally regarded as his masterpieces. A、The Rainbow，Women in Love B、The Rainbow，Sons and Lovers C、Sons and Lovers，Lady Chatterley’s Lover D、Women in Love，Lady Chatterley’s Lover （P370.para2）劳伦斯的成名作是《儿子和情人》，而其代表作是《虹》和《恋爱中的女人》 标准答案：A 考生答案：A 本题得分：2.5 分 题号: 2 本题分数:2.5 分 T.S.Eliot’s poem( )is heavily indebted to James Joyce in terms of the stream - of -consciousness technique,also a prelude to The Waste Land. A、―Prufrock‖ B、―Gerontion‖ C、The Hollow Men D、Lyrical Ballads （P358.para3）―Gerontion‖是一部用戏剧式独白写成的诗歌，是《荒原》的前奏曲，也采用了意识流派的文风。 标准答案：B 考生答案：B
本题得分：2.5 分 题号: 3 本题分数:2.5 分 https://www.docsj.com/doc/7f15183072.html,wrence’s autobiographical novel is( ). A、The Rainbow B、Women in Love C、Sons and Lovers D、Lady Chatterley’s Lover （P369.para1）劳伦斯的作品大多都是从心理上去探求让人的本能的，同时也反映人性中最内在的东西。其作品《儿子和情人》真实地反映了自己在童年时期的家庭状况，被视为其半自传体小说。 标准答案：C 考生答案：C 本题得分：2.5 分 题号: 4 本题分数:2.5 分 The typical representatives of G.B.Shaw’ s early plays are( ). A、Man and Superman，The Apple Cart B、Widowers’ House，Mrs. Warren’ s Profession C、Candida，Mrs. Warren’ s Profession D、The Apple Cart，Widowers’ House （P321-322）。萧伯纳的第一步剧作是Widowers’ House，写于1892年；第二部剧作是Mrs. Warren’ s Profession，写于1893年。 标准答案：B 考生答案：B 本题得分：2.5 分 题号: 5 本题分数:2.5 分 It was only after the publication of( )that https://www.docsj.com/doc/7f15183072.html,wrence was recognized as a prominent novelist.
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