《美国文学》期末考试试卷（A卷）学院班级学号姓名题号一二三四五六七八九十总分分数I.Writethenamesoftheauthors.(10%)1.LeavesofGrass()2.Raven()3.AnecdoteoftheJar()4.TheOctopus()5.Maggie:AGirloftheStreets()6.ARoseforEmily()7.Arrowsmith()8.OfMiceandMen()9.TheWearyBlues()10.TheStreetcarNamedDesire()II.Fillinthefollowingblankswithappropriateinformation.（10%）1.EmilyDickinsonexplorestheinnerlifeoftheindividualandpaysattentiontoonlyoneregion“____________”.Herpoetrycharacterizeswiththeconcise,directandsimpledictionandsyntax.2.Simply______________meanstheuseofregionaldetailinaliteraryorartisticwork.ThenameisgivenespeciallytoakindofAmericanliteraturethatinitsmostcharacteristicformmadeitsappearancejustaftertheCivilWarandfornearlythreedecadeswasthesinglemostpopularformofAmericanliterature.3.MartinEden,oneofLondon'smostimportantbooks,isthis__________accountofayoungsailorwhostrugglestoimprovehimselfandachieveseventualsuccessasawriter,butgrowsdisenchantedwithfameandwealth.ItrepresentsbothanindictmentoftheAmericandreamandanimportantreflectiononLondon'sownbackgroundandcareer.4.Modernisminliteratureisnoteasilysummarized,butthekeyelementsareexperimentation,__________,individualismandastressonthecerebralratherthanemotiveaspects.5.The__________manifestocameoutin1912showedthreepoetic得分得分principles:directtreatmentofthe“thing”（nofuss,frill,orornament）,exclusionofsuperfluouswords（precisionandeconomyofexpression）,therhythmofthemusicalphraseratherthanthesequenceofametronome（freeverseformandmusic）.6.InTheOldManandTheSea,ErnestHemingwaytellsusastoryofanoldCubanfisherman,__________,whoisaperfectionistwhenitcomestofishing.7.WilliamFaulknerwroteworksofpsychologicaldramaandemotionaldepth,typicallywithlongserpentineproseandhigh,meticulously-chosendiction,alsousinggroundbreakingliterarydevicessuchasstreamofconsciousness,______________,andtime-shiftswithinnarrative.8.SinclairLewis,thefirstAmericantowintheNobelPrizeforLiteraturein__________forhisvigorousandgraphicartofdescriptionandhisabilitytocreate,withwitandhumour,newtypesofcharacters.9.____________wasmorethanjustaliterarymovement:itincludedracialconsciousness,"thebacktoAfrica"movementledbyMarcusGarvey,racialintegration,theexplosionofmusicparticularlyjazz,spiritualsandblues,painting,dramaticrevues,andothers.Itwasahugeleapforblackliberationandculture.10.____________receivedthePulitzerPrizefourtimesandreceivedtheNobelPrizeforLiteraturein1936forthepower,honestyanddeep-feltemotionsofhisdramaticworks,whichembodyanoriginalconceptoftragedy,makinghimthefirstUSdramatisttodoso.III.Chooseonlyoneanswerformthefourchoicesasthemostappropriateanswer.（20%）1.MarkTwaincreated,in____________,amasterpieceofAmericanrealismthatisalsooneofthegreatbooksofworldliterature.A.HuckleberryFinnB.TomSawyerC.TheManThatCorruptedHadleyburgD.TheGildedAge2.ChoosetheworkNOTwrittenbyMarkTwain.A.TheAdventuresofTomSawyerB.InnocentsAbroadC.LifeontheMississippiD.TheRiseofSilasLapham得分3.WithWilliamDeanHowells,James,andMarkTwainactiveonthescene,_______becamethemajortrendintheseventiesandeightiesofthenineteenthcentury.A.sentimentalismB.romanticismC.realismD.naturalism4.TheAmericansocialupheavalsandtheliteraryconcernsoftheGreatDepressionyearsendedwiththeprosperityandturmoilbroughtbythe_____________.A.FirstWorldWarB.SecondWorldWarC.CivilWarD.WarofIndependence5.EzraPound'slongpoem_______...
