英美文学选读综合测试

【题型:简答】【分数:4 分】 得分:4 分[1]What are the characteristics of Byron's works?答:Although many of Byron’s works are debated by the critics, he is still one of the influential figures in the history of English literature、 In most of his works, we can see Byron's violent attack on" Cant politics, religion and morals," his novelty of the oriental scenery, the romantic character of Byronically hero and the easy, fluent and natural beauty of his verse、 Byron's diction, though unequal and frequently faulty, has on a whole a freedom, copiousness and vigordescriptions are simple and fresh, and often bring vivid objects before the reader、 The glowing imagination of the poet r答案: they are violentattack on politics, religion and morals、 They describe the novelty of oriental scenery and shows the easy, fluent and natural beauty of his verse、【题型:简答】【分数:4 分】 得分:4 分[2] Briefly state Mark Twain’ s magic power with language in his novels、答:A、Setting: In the novel Mark Twain recreates a small-town world of America and presents the local color、 uses simple, direct language faithful to the colloquial speech, the vernacular language of the local people Cauthor recreates two rebels and fugitives running away from civilization, especially Huckleberry Finn, an innocent boy who refuses to accept the conventional village morality D、Theme: The novel is a criticism of social injustice, hypocrisy, conservativeness and narrow-mindedness of the American small town society E、Style: The novel employs a humorous答案: His words are colloquial, concrete and direct in effect, and his sentence structures are simple, even ungrammatical spoken language; His characters speak with a strong accent, which is true of ...