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2004年攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试试题

考试科目：英国文学（A ）

I. Explain the following literary terms(10%)

1. ambiguity

2. anti-hero

3. catharsis

4. conceit

5. couplet

Ⅱ. The following are some literary works. Write out what is required in the form given below: (30%)

1.

2. 3. 4.

5.

Ⅲ. The following are consisted of eight selected parts from different poems. Read the lines underlined in each passage and write briefly to show your understanding of each of them and give your comment to each. (40%)

1. sometimes after midnight or just before

the dawn

we sit typewriter in hand

pulling loneliness around us

forgetting our lovers or children

who are sleeping

2. having bitten on life like a sharp apple

Or, playing it like a fish, been happy,

Having felt with fingers that the sky is blue,

What have we after that to look forward to?

3. I’lived this way long enough,