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1、英国文学习题与练习Week2EarlyandMedievalEnglishLiteratureReferenceQuestions:1. WhoweretheearliestsettlersofBritton/England?Whatdoyouknowaboutthem(home,language,belief,lifestyle)?2. Whatarethe3conquests?Whateffectstheyhaduponthenation?3. Ideologicallywhatisthemostsignificantchangeinpeoplesspirituallife?4. Howw

2、asthenationdevelopedpoliticallyorwhatchangeswerethereintheformofthesocialstructure?5. Intermsofliterature,whatinfluencehadtheFrenchuponEngland?6. HowmanylanguageswerespokenduringtheFrenchreign?HowdoyouunderstandmodemEnglishasalanguage?7. WhatwastheessenceofChristiandoctrinepreachedatthetime?Wasthere

3、anyignoblereasonbehindit?8. WhywastheMiddleAgesknownastheDarkAges?9. WhatwastheformOfliteratureatthetime?Whatfeaturesdoesithave?10. Whatarethe3periods/stagesofChaucer,sliterarycareer?11. InwhatwaydoWecallChaucersCanterburyTalesthefirstworkofEnglishliterature?Textstudy:ChaucerfsCanterburyTales(6-7)1.

4、 Whatisimageofthenun?2. Isshefavorablyandadmirablyorsatiricallyportrayed?How?3. Whatfiguresofspeechareused?Week3Renaissance(1)Referencequestions:1. WhatisRenaissance?Howandwhydiditcomeabout?2. Whatisthedevelopmentofdrama?Whatweretheoriginalformsandcontentandpracticeofdrama?3. WhydiddramaflourishinEl

5、izabethanage?Whoarethemajorplaywrightsofthetime?4. WhoisMarlowe?WhatcontributionsdidhemaketoEnglishdrama?5. WhoisShakespeare?Whatfamousandgreatplays(history,comedy,tragedy)?Whatfeatures?6. WhatdidBenJonsonwriteabout?Whatrepresentativework?7. PreparetheexcerptfromHamlet(31-32).Whatisitmainlyabout?Wha

6、thumanistideacanyoufindinthesoliloquy?8. Whatwasthemostimportanttranslationofthetime?Week4Renaissance(2)ReferencequestionsonShakespeareandHamlet:1. WhyisShakespeareaneternalsubjectofstudy?Wherelieshisgreatness?2. WhatarethethemesofHamlet?3. WhatisthesignificanceofHamletasacharacter?4. Whatisblankver

7、se?5. Whatissoliloquy?TextstudyHamIefssoliloquy46Tobeornottobe,9(31-32)1. WhatisthemainideaofHamlet,ssoliloquy?Summarizeinoneortwosentencesthemainideaofthesoliloquy?2. Howdoesthesoliloquyreflectthespiritofthetimeortheideaofhumanism?3. HowdoyouanalyzeHamletsargumentintermsofstructure?Week5Renaissance

8、(3)QuestionsforRenaissancepoetryandprose:1. WhowasthoughttobethegreatestEnglishpoetsinceChaucer?Whatishisrepresentativework?Whatarethefeaturesofthispoem?2. Whatnewforms(rhyme-blankverse,stanza-sonnet)ofpoetrywereintroducedintoEngland?Bywhom?3. Whowerethefamoussonneteersofthetime?4. HowdoyoutellanIta

9、lian(Petrarchan)sonnetfromanEnglish(aShakespearean)one?5. HowmanysonnetsdidShakespearewrite?Whatarethemajorsubjects?6. Whowerethetwomajorprosewriters?WhatisUtopia?WheredoyouthinkMorepossiblygottheideaorwasitallhisowninvention?Howdoyouinterpretthetitleofthebook?7. WhatcontributiondidBaconmaketotheEng

10、lishsystemofthinkingandlearning?8. What,sthepurposeofhisEssays?9. Basedonyourreadingofhiswork,giveyourpersonalimpressionof7commentonhisEssays?10. TheEnglishRenaissanceperiodisknownforitstranslations.Whatarethemostimportanttranslationsofthisage?TextstudyQuestionsonSonnet18byShakespeare(58):1. Whatist

11、heEnglishsonnetform?Studythemetricalandrhymeschemeaswellasthestructure?2. Whafsthemainidea?Isitreallyaboutlove?Whatispeculiarofthislovepoem?3. Whatfiguresofspeechareused?Questionson“OfStudieswbyEBacon(52-53):1. Howdoyoudefinethestyle?2. StudytheessaybycomparingtheEnglishversionwiththetranslationofMr

12、Wang.HowdoyouliketheChineseversion?3. Paraphraseandcommentonsentences1-6,10-12.Week6RevolutionandRestorationReferencequestions:1. Whatwasthemostimportantsocialeventduringthemid-17thcentury?2. Whatwerethetwomostpopularformsoflyric?3. WhyisMiltonthegreatestpoetoftheperiod?WhatisthesignificanceofParadi

13、seLost?Textstudy:ParadiseLostbyJohnMiIton(67-68)1. Whatisthehistoricalbackgroundofthework?2. Asatransitionalwriter,howdoesMiltoncombinehishumanisticideaswithhisPuritanideas?3. WhatistheimageandthesignificanceofSataninthetwoextracts?4. Whatphilosophycanwegetfromthetext?Week718lhcenturyEnlightenment(I

14、)Questions:1. Whatwasthemostimportantintellectualeventofthetime?2. The18lhcenturyiscalledanageofthebourgeoisie.Why?Andwhateffectithadonliteratureofthecentury?3. WhydidEnglishnovelappearinthiscentury?4. WhatarethemajorformsOfliterature?5. Whathaveneo-classicismandrealismgottodowiththeEnlightenmentMov

15、ement?6. WhydidliteratureofSentimentalityandGothicismcomeintobeinginthelatterpartofthecentury?Textstudy:J.Swiffs“AModestProposaF,(81-89)1. Howdoyoudescribethenarrator,stone?2. WhatorwhoarethetargetsofSwift,smockery?3. Istheproposalmodest?Proveyourpoint.Week818thcenturyEnlightenment(Z)Textstudy:AnEss

16、ayonManbyA.Pope(89-90)1. Whatisheroiccouplet?2. Whatisthepoeticpattern?3. Whatarethethemesofthetwoextracts?4. Paraphrasethetextsortellinbriefyourinterpretation.wElegyWritteninaCountryChurchyardbyThomasGray(91-92)1. WhatdoyouknowoftheGraveyardpoetry?2. Whatisthepoeticpattern?3. Whatisthepredominantmo

17、od?4. Whatisthetheme?5. Summarizeeachstanzainyourownwords.Week919lh-centuryRomanticism(1)Questions:1. Howistheperioddefinedintime?2. Whatwasthehistoricalbackground,politically,economicallyandideologically?3. Whatwasthepredominantgenreofliterature?Whoweretheimportantwritersofthetime?4. Inwhatwaywasro

18、manticistliteraturedifferentfromthatofneoclassicisminthe18lhcentury,suchasinform,guidingprinciple,subjectmatter,purpose,style,etc.?Textstudy:IWanderedLonelyasaCloudbyWordsworth(103)1. Whatisthetheme?2. Whatisthepredominantimage?3. Howdoesitreflectthepoet,sideaofromanticpoetry?4. Whatisthepoeticpatte

19、rn?5. Paraphraseeachstanzainonesentence.Week1019lh-centuryRomanticism(2)Textstudy:“TheWorldIsTooMuchwithUs”byWordsworth(116-7)1. Whatisthetheme,i.e.themeaning,ofthefirstline?2. Whatromanticideasdoesitadvocate?3. Whattypeofsonnetformitis?4. Whatromanticspiritdoesitrepresent?5. Paraphrasethepoeminyour

20、ownwords.wOdeonaGrecianUrnbyJohnKeats(109-110)1. Whatisthethemeofthepoem?2. Whatistherhymescheme?3. Whatromanticfeaturedoesthepoemreflect?4. Summarizeeachstanzainoneortwosentences.Week11VictorianLiterature(1)Questions:1. Whatisthehistoricalbackgroundpolitically,economicallyandideologically?2. Whatis

21、thepredominantformofliteratureduringthisperiod?3. Whoaretherepresentativewriters?Andwhatwastheliterarytendency?4. Whatchangescameabouttowardstheendofthecentury?Week1213VictorianLiterature(2)(3)SuggestedTopicsforworkshoponFrankensteinbyMaryShelleybesuretosupportyourargumentwithevidencefromthetext1. C

22、reatorvs.CreatureWhatistherelationbetweenthecreatorandthecreature?(PrometheusandZeus;AdamandEveandGod;MonsterandVictor;ParentsandVictor2. GrowthandCorruptionoftheMonsterWhatkindofacreatureisheatfirst?Whyandhowdoeshechange?Whatdoeshebecome?3. PsychoanalyticalStudyofFrankensteinWhydoeshecreatethemonst

23、er?Inwhatwayisthemonsterareflectionofhimself/hisinnerdesire?CanyouapplyFreudiantheoryofid,ego,andsuperegoorhistheoryofdreamstothestudyofthecharacterofVictor?Whatdualstructureistherewithinhim?4. TheNovelandtheAuthorWhydidMarycreatethemonster/thebook?Whatstherevelationoftheexperience(love,hatred,fear,

24、guilt),personality,andinterestoftheauthorasreflectedinthenovel?5. FrankensteintheFirstScienceFictionWhatisscien-fiction?Whatscien-fictionalfeaturesarethere?Whatgothicelements?6. TheModernPrometheusHowhastheconceptofcreation(material,way,purpose&result)changedfromthatintheBible?Whatmessageisleftabout

25、modemscience?7. WomeninModernlifeWhatroledowomenplayinmodernlifeasreflectedinthenovel?8. TheRelayedNarration/OntheNarrativeStructureHowandbywhomisthestorytold?Whythreedifferentnarrators?Howisthenarrationrelatedtothethemedevelopment?9. TheJourneyofExplorationandDiscoveryWhatisthepurposeofWalton,sjour

26、ney?Whatishisactualdiscovery?10. TheStyleWhatisthestyleofthenovel?Andwhatstrengthandweakness?Week1420lh-centuryLiterature(1)Referencequestions:1. Whatisthehistoricalbackgroundoftheperiod?2. Whatismodernism?3. Whatispostmodernism?Week1520lh-centuryLiterature(2)Textstudy:ExtractfromMrSDallowaybyV.Wool

27、f(handout)1. Whatisstream-of-consciousness?2. Howistheheroinescharactersplitintotwoorportrayedattwodifferentlevels?ExtractfromUlyssesbyJamesJoyce(handout)1. Howisrandomthoughtportrayed?Week1620th-centuryLiterature(3)Textstudy:Eveline99byJamesJoyce(192-195)2. Whatissetting,historicalandsocial?3. WhymakesEvelinedecidenottogoawaywithherboyfriend?Howisepiphanyachieved?4. Howdoesthestorycontributetothethemeofthework-Dubliners-asawhole?