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Twentieth Century LiteratureⅠDefine the following termsModernismStream of ConsciousnessⅡFill in the blanks1. Abroad with Frieda, Lawrence finished ____, the autobiographical novel atwhich he had been working off and on for years.2. ____is the most outstanding stream of consciousness novelist.ⅢGive a brief analysis of Tess’tragedy in Tess of the D’UrbervillesThe Victorian AgeⅠFill in the blanks1. In the 19th century English literature, a new literary trend ____ appeared afterthe Romantic poetry.2. ____ was the greatest representative of English Critical realism.3. Charlotte Bronte’s masterpiece is ____; Emily Bronte’s masterpiece is ____. ⅡDefine the following termCritical RealismⅢAnswering the questions1. Give a brief analysis of the features of Dickens’novels.2. Make an analysis of the character of Jane EyreThe Romantic PeriodⅠFill in the following blanks1. ____ and ____ represented the spirit of what is usually calledpre-Romanticism.2. The most important and decisive factor in the development of literature is____, English Romanticism was greatly influenced by the ____ and ____.3. The 18th century was distinctively an age of ____.4. Byron is chiefly known for his two long poems, one is Childe Harold’sPilgrimage, and the other is ____.5. ____ is Shelley’s work of literary criticism.6. “Ode to a Nightingale”was written by ____.ⅡDefine the following terms.RoamticismⅢAnswer the questions about the poem I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.1. Who wrote the poem?2. What is poem mainly about?3. This poem contains four six-lined stanzas. What kind of meter is it appliedin these stanzas?4. What is the rhyme scheme in each stanza?.ⅣAnswer the following questions about Ode to the West Wind .1. The west wind in this poem is generally considered as a symbol. What doesit symbolize?2. The poem falls into five stanzas. Sum up the main idea of each, and explainthe theme of the poem as you see it.3. What kinds of stylistic devices are used in the poem?ⅤAnswer the questions about Jane Austen1. Please enumerate five works of Jane Austen.2. Give a brief analysis on the theme of Pride and Prejudice3. Please comment on Austen’s writing featuresThe 18th CenturyⅠDefine the literary terms listed belowEnlightenment MovementneoclassicismsatireⅡFill in the blanks1. The Enlightenment on the whole was an expression of the progressive class____ against ____.2. The 18th century in English literature is an age of ____.3. “A Modest Proposal”is made to ____ government to relieve the poverty of____ people.ⅢAnswer the following questions1. What is Pope’s position in English literature?2. Could you comment on Swift’s features in writing?3. What’s the theme of Gulliver’s Travels?The 17th CenturyⅠFill in the blanks1. The Glorious Revolution in ____ meant three things: the supremacy of ____, thebeginning of ____, and the final triumph of the principle of ____.2. Milton and Bunyan represented the extreme of English life in the 17th century.One gave us the only epic since ____, the other gave us the only great ____.ⅡDefine the following literary termsblank verseconceitallegoryⅢGive a brief analysis of Satan, the central figure, in Paradise LostThe Renaissance1. Define the literary termsRenaissance humanism sonnet2. Blank Filling1)The 16th century in England was a period of the breaking up of _____ relationsand the establishing of _____.2)Absolute monarchy in England reached its summit during the reign of _____.3. Find out the author and his work.●Thomas More a. Gorge Green●Edmund Spenser b. Eupheus●John Lyly c. The Fairy Queen●Marlowe d. Utopia●Robert Greene e. The Jew of Malta4. Answer the following questions1)Give a summary about the English literature during the Renaissance2)Talk about the significance of William ShakespeareGeoffrey ChaucerⅠDefine the literary terms listed belowballadheroic coupletⅡFor the quotations listed below please give the name of the author and the title of the literary work from which it is taken, and point out the metrical form, then give a brief analysis.“When in April the sweet showers fallAnd pierce the drought of March to the root, and allThe veins are bathed in liquor of such powerAs brings about the engendering of the flower,…………Who gave them strength when they were sick and faint.The Anglo-Norman PeriodⅠFill in the following blanks1. In the year____, at the battle of ____, the____ headed by William, Duck ofNormandy, defeated the Anglo-Saxons.2. The literature which Normans brought to England is remarkable for its bright, ____tales and ____, in marked contrast with the ____ and ____of Anglo-Saxon poetry. ⅡWhat is the consequence of the Norman Conquest?ⅢDefine the literary termromanceThe Anglo-Saxon PeriodⅠDefine the literary terms listed belowalliterationepicⅡAnswer the following questions1. What do you know about the Teutons?2. Please give a brief description of The Song of Beowulf。

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