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北京航空航天大学2004年硕士试题

英美文学

I. Define the following literary terms (40/150，10×4):

1. Characterization

2. Symbol

3. Allusion

4. Irony

5. Neoclassicism

6. Local color

7. Metaphysical verse

8. Tess Durbeyfield

9. Imagism

10. Lady Macbeth

Ⅱ. Literary Analysis （30/150,2×15）

1. Summarize Ernest Hemingway’s literary achievements.

2. Comment on William Wordsworth’s literary achievements.

Ⅲ. Literary Selections and Analysis (80/150，8×10，answer each question with three or five sentences)

Part One: English Literature

1. By telling two stories on the outward trip

To Canterbury, that’ s what I intend,

And, on the homeward way to journey’ s end

Another two tales from the days of old;

That is to say who gives the fullest measure?

Of good morality and general pleasure,

He shall be given a supper, paid by all,

Here in this tavern, in this very hall,

When we come back again from Canterbury.

a. From which work in this passage selected? And who is the author of this work?

b. According to the author, how many tales should the book contain and how many tales are actually preserved in the book?

c. What is the metrical form used in this work? Is it invented by the author himself?

2. To be, or not to be—that is the question;

Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer

The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,

Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,

And by opposing end them? To die, to sleep---

No more; and by a sleep to say we end

The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks

That flesh is heir to, ‘tis a consummation

Devoutly to be wished.

a. From which work is this passage selected? And who is the author of this work?

b. What literary form does this work belong to? What metrical form is used in this work?

c. What is the hero of this work? What spiritual mood does this passage reveal about the