英国文学习题与练习.docx

英国文学习题与练习Week2EarlyandMedievalEnglishLiteratureReferenceQuestions:1. WhoweretheearliestsettlersofBritton/England?Whatdoyouknowaboutthem(home,language,belief,lifestyle)?2. Whatarethe3conquests?Whateffectstheyhaduponthenation?3. Ideologicallywhatisthemostsignificantchangeinpeople'sspirituallife?4. Howwasthenationdevelopedpoliticallyorwhatchangeswerethereintheformofthesocialstructure?5. Intermsofliterature,whatinfluencehadtheFrenchuponEngland?6. HowmanylanguageswerespokenduringtheFrenchreign?HowdoyouunderstandmodemEnglishasalanguage?7. WhatwastheessenceofChristiandoctrinepreachedatthetime?Wasthereanyignoblereasonbehindit?8. WhywastheMiddleAgesknownastheDarkAges?9. WhatwastheformOfliteratureatthetime?Whatfeaturesdoesithave?10. Whatarethe3periods/stagesofChaucer,sliterarycareer?11. InwhatwaydoWecallChaucer'sCanterburyTalesthefirstworkofEnglishliterature?Textstudy:ChaucerfsCanterburyTales(6-7)1. Whatisimageofthenun?2. Isshefavorablyandadmirablyorsatiricallyportrayed?How?3. Whatfiguresofspeechareused?Week3Renaissance(1)Referencequestions:1. WhatisRenaissance?Howandwhydiditcomeabout?2. Whatisthedevelopmentofdrama?Whatweretheoriginalformsandcontentandpracticeofdrama?3. WhydiddramaflourishinElizabethanage?Whoarethemajorplaywrightsofthetime?4. WhoisMarlowe?WhatcontributionsdidhemaketoEnglishdrama?5. WhoisShakespeare?Whatfamousandgreatplays(history,comedy,tragedy)?Whatfeatures?6. WhatdidBenJonsonwriteabout?Whatrepresentativework?7. PreparetheexcerptfromHamlet(31-32).Whatisitmainlyabout?Whathumanistideacanyoufindinthesoliloquy?8. Whatwasthemostimportanttranslationofthetime?Week4Renaissance(2)ReferencequestionsonShakespeareandHamlet:1. WhyisShakespeareaneternalsubjectofstudy?Wherelieshisgreatness?2. WhatarethethemesofHamlet?3. WhatisthesignificanceofHamletasacharacter?4. Whatisblankverse?5. Whatissoliloquy?TextstudyHamIefssoliloquy46Tobeornottobe,9(31-32)1. WhatisthemainideaofHamlet,ssoliloquy?Summarizeinoneortwosentencesthemainideaofthesoliloquy?2. Howdoesthesoliloquyreflectthespiritofthetimeortheideaofhumanism?3. HowdoyouanalyzeHamlet'sargumentintermsofstructure?Week5Renaissance(3)QuestionsforRenaissancepoetryandprose:1. WhowasthoughttobethegreatestEnglishpoetsinceChaucer?Whatishisrepresentativework?Whatarethefeaturesofthispoem?2. Whatnewforms(rhyme-blankverse,stanza-sonnet)ofpoetrywereintroducedintoEngland?Bywhom?3. Whowerethefamoussonneteersofthetime?4. HowdoyoutellanItalian(Petrarchan)sonnetfromanEnglish(aShakespearean)one?5. HowmanysonnetsdidShakespearewrite?Whatarethemajorsubjects?6. Whowerethetwomajorprosewriters?WhatisUtopia?WheredoyouthinkMorepossiblygottheideaorwasitallhisowninvention?Howdoyouinterpretthetitleofthebook?7. WhatcontributiondidBaconmaketotheEnglishsystemofthinkingandlearning?8. What,sthepurposeofhisEssays?9. Basedonyourreadingofhiswork,giveyourpersonalimpressionof7commentonhisEssays?10. TheEnglishRenaissanceperiodisknownforitstranslations.Whatarethemostimportanttranslationsofthisage?TextstudyQuestionsonSonnet18byShakespeare(58):1. WhatistheEnglishsonnetform?Studythemetricalandrhymeschemeaswellasthestructure?2. Whafsthemainidea?Isitreallyaboutlove?Whatispeculiarofthislovepoem?3. Whatfiguresofspeechareused?Questionson“OfStudieswbyEBacon(52-53):1. Howdoyoudefinethestyle?2. StudytheessaybycomparingtheEnglishversionwiththetranslationofMrWang.HowdoyouliketheChineseversion?3. Paraphraseandcommentonsentences1-6,10-12.Week6RevolutionandRestorationReferencequestions:1. Whatwasthemostimportantsocialeventduringthemid-17thcentury?2. Whatwerethetwomostpopularformsoflyric?3. WhyisMiltonthegreatestpoetoftheperiod?WhatisthesignificanceofParadiseLost?Textstudy:ParadiseLostbyJohnMiIton(67-68)1. Whatisthehistoricalbackgroundofthework?2. Asatransitionalwriter,howdoesMiltoncombinehishumanisticideaswithhisPuritanideas?3. WhatistheimageandthesignificanceofSataninthetwoextracts?4. Whatphilosophycanwegetfromthetext?Week718lhcenturyEnlightenment(I)Questions:1. Whatwasthemostimportantintellectualeventofthetime?2. The18lhcenturyiscalledanageofthebourgeoisie.Why?Andwhateffectithadonliteratureofthecentury?3. WhydidEnglishnovelappearinthiscentury?4. WhatarethemajorformsOfliterature?5. Whathaveneo-classicismandrealismgottodowiththeEnlightenmentMovement?6. WhydidliteratureofSentimentalityandGothicismcomeintobeinginthelatterpartofthecentury?Textstudy:J.Swiffs“AModestProposaF,(81-89)1. Howdoyoudescribethenarrator,stone?2. WhatorwhoarethetargetsofSwift,smockery?3. Istheproposalmodest?Proveyourpoint.Week818thcenturyEnlightenment(Z)Textstudy:AnEssayonManbyA.Pope(89-90)1. Whatisheroiccouplet?2. Whatisthepoeticpattern?3. Whatarethethemesofthetwoextracts?4. Paraphrasethetextsortellinbriefyourinterpretation.wElegyWritteninaCountryChurchyard"byThomasGray(91-92)1. WhatdoyouknowoftheGraveyardpoetry?2. Whatisthepoeticpattern?3. Whatisthepredominantmood?4. Whatisthetheme?5. Summarizeeachstanzainyourownwords.Week919lh-centuryRomanticism(1)Questions:1. Howistheperioddefinedintime?2. Whatwasthehistoricalbackground,politically,economicallyandideologically?3. Whatwasthepredominantgenreofliterature?Whoweretheimportantwritersofthetime?4. Inwhatwaywasromanticistliteraturedifferentfromthatofneoclassicisminthe18lhcentury,suchasinform,guidingprinciple,subjectmatter,purpose,style,etc.?Textstudy:"IWanderedLonelyasaCloud"byWordsworth(103)1. Whatisthetheme?2. Whatisthepredominantimage?3. Howdoesitreflectthepoet,sideaofromanticpoetry?4. Whatisthepoeticpattern?5. Paraphraseeachstanzainonesentence.Week1019lh-centuryRomanticism(2)Textstudy:“TheWorldIsTooMuchwithUs”byWordsworth(116-7)1. Whatisthetheme,i.e.themeaning,ofthefirstline?2. Whatromanticideasdoesitadvocate?3. Whattypeofsonnetformitis?4. Whatromanticspiritdoesitrepresent?5. Paraphrasethepoeminyourownwords.wOdeonaGrecianUrnbyJohnKeats(109-110)1. Whatisthethemeofthepoem?2. Whatistherhymescheme?3. Whatromanticfeaturedoesthepoemreflect?4. Summarizeeachstanzainoneortwosentences.Week11VictorianLiterature(1)Questions:1. Whatisthehistoricalbackgroundpolitically,economicallyandideologically?2. Whatisthepredominantformofliteratureduringthisperiod?3. Whoaretherepresentativewriters?Andwhatwastheliterarytendency?4. Whatchangescameabouttowardstheendofthecentury?Week1213VictorianLiterature(2)(3)SuggestedTopicsforworkshoponFrankensteinbyMaryShelleybesuretosupportyourargumentwithevidencefromthetext1. Creatorvs.CreatureWhatistherelationbetweenthecreatorandthecreature?(PrometheusandZeus;AdamandEveandGod;MonsterandVictor;ParentsandVictor2. GrowthandCorruptionoftheMonsterWhatkindofacreatureisheatfirst?Whyandhowdoeshechange?Whatdoeshebecome?3. PsychoanalyticalStudyofFrankensteinWhydoeshecreatethemonster?Inwhatwayisthemonsterareflectionofhimself/hisinnerdesire?CanyouapplyFreudiantheoryofid,ego,andsuperegoorhistheoryofdreamstothestudyofthecharacterofVictor?Whatdualstructureistherewithinhim?4. TheNovelandtheAuthorWhydidMarycreatethemonster/thebook?What'stherevelationoftheexperience(love,hatred,fear,guilt),personality,andinterestoftheauthorasreflectedinthenovel?5. FrankensteintheFirstScienceFictionWhatisscien-fiction?Whatscien-fictionalfeaturesarethere?Whatgothicelements?6. TheModernPrometheusHowhastheconceptofcreation(material,way,purpose&result)changedfromthatintheBible?Whatmessageisleftaboutmodemscience?7. WomeninModernlifeWhatroledowomenplayinmodernlifeasreflectedinthenovel?8. TheRelayedNarration/OntheNarrativeStructureHowandbywhomisthestorytold?Whythreedifferentnarrators?Howisthenarrationrelatedtothethemedevelopment?9. TheJourneyofExplorationandDiscoveryWhatisthepurposeofWalton,sjourney?Whatishisactualdiscovery?10. TheStyleWhatisthestyleofthenovel?Andwhatstrengthandweakness?Week1420lh-centuryLiterature(1)Referencequestions:1. Whatisthehistoricalbackgroundoftheperiod?2. Whatismodernism?3. Whatispostmodernism?Week1520lh-centuryLiterature(2)Textstudy:ExtractfromMrSDallowaybyV.Woolf(handout)1. Whatisstream-of-consciousness?2. Howistheheroine'scharactersplitintotwoorportrayedattwodifferentlevels?ExtractfromUlyssesbyJamesJoyce(handout)1. Howisrandomthoughtportrayed?Week1620th-centuryLiterature(3)Textstudy:Eveline99byJamesJoyce(192-195)2. Whatissetting,historicalandsocial?3. WhymakesEvelinedecidenottogoawaywithherboyfriend?Howisepiphanyachieved?4. Howdoesthestorycontributetothethemeofthework-Dubliners-asawhole?