考研类试卷2008年四川大学英语专业英美文学真题试卷doc

考研类试卷2008年四川大学英语专业英美文学真题试卷doc

[考研类试卷]2008年四川大学英语专业(英美文学)真题试卷.doc

[考研类试卷]2008年四川大学英语专业（英美文学）真题试卷

一、单项选择题

1WhichofthefollowingisNOTdirectlyrelatedtotheliteratureofVictorianAgeinEngland?

（A）Thegrowthofurbanpopulationresultedintheappearanceofanewreadingpublic.

（B）Manylibrariesweresetupsothatbookswerenowavailabletoreaderswhocouldnotaffordtobuythem.

（C）Theplotofnovelsisunfoldedagainstasocialbackgroundwhichisbroaderthanwhatithadbeeninpreviousnovels.

（D）Mostofthenovelswerenotfirstpublishedinserialform,thatis,byinstallment,beforetheywerefullypublishedinasinglebook.

2Romancewasatypeofliteraturethatwasverypopularinthe______.

（A）Renaissanceperiod

（B）seventeenthcentury

（C）MiddleAges

（D）eighteenthcentury

3JonathanSwiftwroteallthefollowingworksEXCEPT______.

（A）TheBattleofBooks

（B）ThePilgrim"sProgress

（C）Gulliver"sTravels

（D）ATaleoftheTub

4Thefollowingstatementsaboutneo-classicismarealltrueEXCEPT______.

（A）Elegance,correctness,appropriatenessandrestraintwerepreferred

（B）Itresultsintheriseofnovelsasadominantliterarygenre

（C）Itisunsympathetictowardsthe"rude"mastersofoldliterature—towardsChaucer,Spenser,andevenShakespeare

（D）Itisalmostexclusivelya"town"poetry,cateringtotheinterestsofthesocietyingreatcities.

5WhichofthefollowingisNOTatypicalfeatureofRomanticisminEngland?

（A）Spontaneityinexpressingfeelings.

（B）Emphasisonreason.

（C）Worshipofnature.

（D）Simplicityinlanguage.

6WhichONEofthefollowingistheauthorofTheLeather-StockingTales?

（A）HenryDavidThoreau

（B）WashingtonIrving

（C）EdgarAllanPoe

（D）JamesFennimoreCooper

7WhichONEofthefollowingistheauthorofthepoemSongofMyself?

（A）WaltWhitman

（B）StephenCrane

（C）EdgarAllanPoe

（D）HenryWadsworthLongfellow

8WhichoneofthefollowingstatementsisapplicabletotheunderstandingofTranscendentalism?

（A）ItisstronglyinfluencedbysocialDarwinism.

（B）Beliefinindividualism,independenceofmind,andself-reliance.

（C）Manhasnofree-will.

（D）Itholdsthatdeterminismgovernseverything.

9Markthenovelistwhosemajorworksarecharacterizedbytheelementsofthe"grotesque"?

（A）PhilipFreneau

（B）EdgarAllanPoe

（C）WashingtonIrving

（D）EmilyDickson

10AllthefollowingconceptscanbefoundinAmericannaturalisticfictionEXCEPT______.

（A）determinism

（B）survivalofthefittest

（C）effectsofhereditaryandenvironmentalforces

（D）searchforidentity

二、名词解释

11OscarWilde

12AModestProposal

13JamesJoyce

14Transcendentalism

15TheOctopus

三、问答题

16AnswerthefollowingquestionsINABOUT150WORDSeach:(20points)

MakeacommentonEmilyBronte"snovelWutheringHeights.

17MakeacommentonHermanMelville"snovelMoby-Dick.