it became \The author is Walt Whitman. (P456--457)2) In this poem Whitman sets forth two principle beliefs:
A. The theory of universality (普遍性), which is illustrated by lengthy catalogues of people and things;
B. The belief in the singularity (个别性) and equality(平等性) of all beings in value. (P457)
3. \----my head bathed by the blithe air, and uplifted into infinite space, -----all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eye-ball. I am nothing. I see all.\ Questions:
1) Please identify the author and the title of the work.2) Please briefly interpret this passage.3). What rhetorical device of \to become a transparent eye-ball, what king idea did he want to express? 参考答案:1) This selection is from \
2) In the essay Emerson clearly expresses the main principles of his Transcendentalist pursuit and his love for nature. Emerson develops his concept of \human beings. (P423)
3) It used the device of metaphor. (P423) 4) He wanted to tell us: Nature can purify (净化) our quality and let us get comfort. (P243)
3、Analyze the themes and characteristic of Hawthorne. Answer:
Hawthorne was a man with inquiring imagination, meditative mind and dark vision
to life.
His themes in writing are:
1) Man was born with evil and sin, one source of them is over-reaching intellect, whose image was always villain; (Chllingworth e.g.)
2) Hawthorne was influenced greatly by Puritanism, while he criticized it bitterly; 3) He believed Calvinistic ideas, thinking man was depraved and corrupted; they should obey God for saving the spirits;
4) He concerned the moral life of man and human history;
5) He was keen on the description of man’s development of psychology. (P432—433)
4. Hawthorne was a master in using symbol and allegory; cite some example to analyze it. Answer:
1) Allegorically, Young Goodman Brown becomes an Everyman called Brown, who will be aged in one night by an evil adventure, and the evilness makes everyone a fallen idol in the world.
2) In the angle of Symbol: \symbols Brown has the force to resist the evilness of the Nature and he still has the faith to God; but \sins and evilness, Brown’s strength is not enough at all; then after returning, he lives a dismal and gloomy life symbols he has been crushed down by the social evilness and lost his belief in goodness and piety. (P434—435)
6. Sea adventures are Melville’s favorite subject; \-Dick\theme, which is also noted for its symbolism, please analyze it in detail. Answer:
1) About the sea adventure: it symbols the voyage of the mind in quest of the truth and knowledge of the universe; a spirit exploration into man’s deep reality and psychology;
2) About the boat; it symbols the society, and the crew symbol all kinds of people with different social and ethnic ideas;
3) About the white whale: To the author, it symbols nature, it is a complex, unfathomable and beautiful; To the captain Ahab, it is evilness, is a wall. So he will lead all his crew to cut through the wall to dig out all the unknown, mysterious things behind it. To the narrator, Ishmael, it is a mystery. (P460—461)
Chapter 3 The Modern Period I. Choose the right answer:
1. Ezra Pound is a leading spokesman of the_________.
A. Imagist Movement B. Chartist Movement C. Modernist Movement D. Romantic Movement Answer: A (P553)
2. Strong affinity of the Chinese and Oriental literature can be found in the works of_________.
A. Mark Twain B. Ezra Pound C. Emily Dickinson D. Arthur Miller Answer: B (P556)
3. In Robert Frost’s famous poem \are four lines like these: ―The woods are lovely, dark and deep, / But I have promises to keep, / And miles to go before I sleep,/ And miles to go before I sleep‖. The second sleep refers to______.
A. die B. calm down C. fall into sleep D. stop walking Answer: A (P567)
4. Of the following American poets, whose work was first recognized in England and then in America?
A. Robert Frost B. Walt Whitman C. Emily Dickinson D. Wallace Stevens Answer: A (P561)
5. \myself desired\A. is happy about the harvest B. is tired of the work of apple-picking C. is not tired when seeing the harvest D. becomes indifferent of the job Answer: B (P565)
6. In these lines \bough\A. metaphor B. simile C. hyperbole D. contrast Answer: A (P557)
7. O’Neill’s inventiveness seemingly knew no limits. He was constantly experimenting with new styles and forms for his plays, especially during the twenties when ______was in full swing.
A. Symbolism B. Expressionism C. Romanticism D. Realism Answer: B (P571)
8. \got me, aw right. I’m trou. Even him didn’t tink I belonged.\In these sentences taken from ’The Hairy Ape’, the words ―he‖ and ―him‖ both refer to__________.
A. Yank B. God C. The ape in the zoo D. A person unnamed Answer: B (P575)
9. ______is a school of modern painting, whose emphasis is on the formal structure of a work of art and especially on the multiple-perspective viewpoints.
A. Expressionism B. Impressionism C. Cubism D. Imagism Answer: C (P546)
10. In a class which discuss the Imagist Movement in the United States, we will definitely NOT include________.
A. William Carlos Williams B. Ezra Pound C. Gary Snyder D. Wallance Stevens Answer: C (P547-548)
11. In which of the following poems by Ezra Pound did you find the allusion to Wi-shang? ____________
A. In a Station of the Metro B. The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter C. A Pact D. Hugh Selwyn Mauberley Answer: B (P559)
12. In 1915, Ezra Pound began writing his great work_______, which spanned from 1917 to 1959.
A. Cantos B. Collected Early Poems of Ezra Pound C. Personae D. Hygh Selwyn Mauberley Answer: A (P554)
13. Robert Frost was the Pulitzer winner on ______ occasions. A. twoB. Three C. four D. five Answer: C (P560)
13. The founder of the American drama is _______.
A. Arthur Miller B. Clifford Odets C. Tennesee Williams D. Eugene O’Neill Answer: D (P568)
14. The first full-length play written by Eugene O’Neill is ______.
A. The Straw B. Beyond the Horizon C. Bound East for Cardiff D. The Hairy Ape Answer: B (P568)