美国文学（本科）试题6I.Completeeachofthefollowingstatementswithproperwordsorphrases:(20%,1pointforeach)1.In1817,thestatelypoemcalled“Thanatopsis”introducedthebestpoet,______,toappearinAmericauptothattime.2.JamesFennimoreCooperlaunchedtwokindsofimmenselypopularstories:theseaadventureand______.3.RalphEmersonwasrecognizedthroughouthislifeastheleaderof______movement,yetheneverappliedthetermtohimselfortohisbeliefsandideas.4.HermanMelville’snovel______isatremendouschronicleofawhalingvoyageinpursuitofaseeminglysupernaturalwhitewhale.5.Intheearly19thcentury,WashingtonIrvingwrote______whichbecamethefirstworkbyanAmericanwritertowinfinancialsuccessonbothsidesoftheAtlantic.6.In1845,HenryDavidThoreaubeganatwo-yearresidenceat______Pond.7.Afterhisdeath,______becametheonlyAmericantobehonoredwithabustinthePoet’sCornerofWestminsterAbbey.8.TheAmericanRomanticperiodstretchesfromtheendofthe18thcenturythroughtheoutburstofthe______.9.Thearbiterof19thcenturyliteraryrealisminAmericawas______.10.ThepoeticstyleWaltWhitmandevisedisnowcalled______,whichispoetrywithoutafixedbeatorregularrhymescheme.11.______isconsideredthefounderofpsychologicalrealism.Hebelievedthatrealityliesintheimpressionsmadebylifeonthespectator.12.______isthenovelintowhichJackLondonputmostofhimself.13.O.Henry’s______isaverymovingstoryofayoungcouplewhoselltheirbestpossessionsinordertogetmoneyforaChristmaspresentforeachother.14.______wastheleaderofanewmovementinpoetrywhichhecalledthe“Imagist”movement.15.In1925,F.ScottFitzgeraldcompletedhisbestnovel______.Itisthestoryofanidealistwhowasdestroyedbytheinfluenceofthewealthy,pleasure-seekingpeoplearoundhim.16.ErnestHemingway’sstatureasawriterwasconfirmedwiththepublicationofhisnovel______in1929.Thenovelportrayedafarewellbothtowarandtolove.17.______wastheforemostnovelistoftheAmericanDepressionofthe1930s.18.WilliamFaulknerconsidered__________tobe“thefirsttrulyAmericanwriter”.19.Asagenre,naturalismemphasizedheredityand______asimportantdeterministicforcesshapingindividualizedcharactersthatwerepresentedinspecialanddetailedcircumstances.20.AseriesofsixteenpamphletsbyThomasPainewasentitled______.II.Eachofthefollowingstatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswersorcompletions.Choosetheonethatisthebestineachcase:(30%,1pointforeach)1.MobyDickwasdedicatedto____.A.RalphEmersonB.NathanielHawthorneC.HenryThoreauD.HenryLongfellow2.____wasMarkTwain’smasterpiecefromwhich,asHemingwaynoted,“allmodernAmericanliteraturecomes.”A.TheAdventuresofTomSawyerB.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnC.LifeontheMississippiD.TheGildedAge3.____usuallywasregardedasthefirstAmericanwriter.A.EmilyBradfordB.AnnBradstreetC.EmilyDickinsonD.JohnSmith4.BenjaminFranklinwastheepitomeofthe____.A.AmericanEnlightenmentB.SugarActC.ChartistmovementD.Romanticist5.ThomasJefferson’sattitude,thatis,afirmbeliefinprogress,andthepursuitofhappiness,istypicaloftheperiodwenowcall____.A.AgeofEvolutionB.AgeofReasonC.AgeofRomanticismD.AgeofRegionalism6.Asaliteraryandphilosophicalmovement,____flourishedinNewEnglandfromthe1830stotheCivilWar.A.modernismB.rationalismC.sentimentalismD.transcendentalism7.____isNOTwrittenbyRalphWaldoEmerson.A.TheAmericanScholarB.Self-RelianceC.TheDivinitySchoolAddressD.CivilDisobedience8.ThereisagoodreasontostatethatNewEnglandTranscendentalismwasactually____onthePuritansoil.A.RomanticismB.SymbolismC.MysticismD.R...
