《美國文學簡史》名校考研真題庫（含答案）

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選C。語2007研](1分)55.()wasaboutasouthernbeautB、Who′sAfraidofVirginiaWoolfAmericanliteratureasawholewaspartlythroughhistheoriesofI61.MarkTwain'scontributionAmericanliteratureasawholewaspartlythroughhistheoriesofIocalisminAmericanfiA、motheroul."(1分)A、realismA、TalesofaTravellerA、religion().(1分)77.HermanMelville'ssA、Pierre者().(1分)A、brevityA、FirstWordWaroul”.(1分)wright,novelist,songwriter,biographer,editor,newspapercolumnisA、KateChopin(1分)ofSt.NicholaswhentheycA、TalesofaTravellerership.(1分)A、PlymouthAmericanpoetofthe 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(1分)年的意志》1913)、《波士頓以北》1914)。其詩歌多以新英格蘭為背20.By1875,Americanwritersweremovationofgreatsize,power006研](1分)ntalistphilosophyqualityofnature.(1分)umebiographyof()inclu26.Americanwritersofthefirstpostwareraself-consciouedgedthattheywerea“()”,devoidoffaith29.Franklinwastheepitomeofthe(),theversatile,practicalemboAmericanliterature.His(),Absalom,Absalom!AndGoDown,Mos34.Naturalism,builtonthetheoryofDarwini37.ThecentralfiguHawkeye.(1分) deonewithallother.[國際關系學院2009研](1分)41.Author()Title().[南京大學2008研]47.Hemingway's“()”1936)tellsabril工大學2016研](1分)iliar,informallanguageofWhitman'spoetry.Heisinterestedinallkindsofthings,thea 56.()wasregardedasthenticism.(1分)57.HenryJamesmademajorcontribu andtolove.[暨南大學2011研；暨南大學2013研](1分)60.InhiswholewritingcareerHenryJa author.(1分)Americansouthernstates,andthelivesofmodernpeople,bothblmeAmericanwritersdidbegintoattract(1分)65.IchabodCrane,theschoolmaster,isac答案：“TheLegendofSleepyHollow”66.Hardwork,thrift,pietyandsobriety,thesewerethe()values71.()isusuallyacknowledgedastheoriginatorofTitle().[南京大學2008研](1分)whichbecomesasymbolisttragedy.[北師大2002研](1分)nterculturegenerationattha(1分)大2006研](1分)teraryhistoryoftheUnitedStates.[暨南大學2015研暨南大學2019研](1分)84.()isthefirstmas解析：1923年，44歲的華萊士-史蒂文斯出版了他的第tstoriesandthefirstgreatAmericworld'sgreatestmasterpieces.Oy."(1分)self-reliancebutal分)006研](1分)Evilexistinthehumanheart.Everyonepossessessomeevilsecret sistibleforcesofevwhowrotehisCantos,quotingextensivelyfromChinesehistoryanagainstthosegreedy,rapaciouselementsofsocietywhichmadeth(1分)gavethemaname“theLostGeneration”.(1分)eared.(1分)Title().[南京大學2007研] lookingforsomething,andtellmewhatitwas.Iacceptedtheiransweroftenincontradictionandevenself-contradictory.Iwasnaive.Iwa124.Ofalltheplaysthaaslifeanddeath.(1分)簡答題(總共165題)2.Passage7[北航2011研tter.SoIkneeleddown.ButthewordsME,neither.IknowedverywelSoIgotapieceofpaperandapencil,allgladandexcited,ands points)c.Commentontheselection4points)(1分)faithfulrepresentationofrealityrytechniquepracticedbymanyschools term“realism”encompassestheperiodoftimrtotheturnofvesinvariousconprosefictionofthesetting,dialect,customs,dress worksaresetintheSouth.Hisworkshavemanagedsuccessfullyt classdivisionsandclass-consciousness,thebeginnin ofhisbeliefindemocracyandhisinclinationtowardstheelite.Reses”1895),ridiculedCooper'suseofsyntax,dialogue,plot,narrativepace,andcharacterization.“Cooper'seyewassplendidlyinaccurasawnearlyallthingsasthroughaglasseye,darkly.Ofcourseamwidewhereitflowsoutofalake;itpresenferspsychologicalinsightsabeffectoffear,revealsthehorroroociatedvicesandunprovokedcruelty.Inshort,h 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ashort-storywrite,Poewasafascinatingmanofimagination.Intheme,Poeanticipatesthetwe1andtwoblankets,andtheskilletandthecoffee-pot.Itookfish-linsetymologicallyFrench,mconcreteanddirectineffect.Sentencestructuresseriesof“thens”and“ands”andsemi-colonofthemid-nineteent17.RalphWaldoEmerson[北航2007研](1分)hilosopher,andpoet,bestrememberedfortalistmovementofthe fromthereligiousandsocialb6essay,Nature.AsofIndependence”whoexploretheirregionfromaninternationalperspectiveorrespthecontextofindustsomecommentators.Faulkner'smo 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