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考试年度：2007年 考试科目代码及名称：407-英美文学 试卷编号：B卷 适用专业：（1）英语语言文学

I. Define the following terms (30 points in all, 5 points for each).

1. English Enlightenment

2. Romanticism

3. Metaphysical Poets

4. Epic

5. Imagism

6. American Realism

II. Fill in the blanks according to the related historical facts. Full name spelling of writer(s) is necessary when needed. (20 points in all, 2 points for each)

1. In the second half of the 16th century lyrical poetry became widespread in England. Among the outstanding poets of the time were Philip Sidney, Thomas Campion, and who was the author of the greatest epic poem of the time The Fairy Queen .

2. “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? / Thou art more lovely and more temperate: / Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,…”. These are the first 3 lines 3. John and in old-fashioned, medieval form of allegory and dream, but for some reason he did not publish till long after his release.

4. The great realists of the 19th century made use of, and developed, the method of realistic presentation of the past in their description and treatment of contemporary life. Thus we may say Ivanhoe paved the path of the development of the realistic novel of the 19th century. Duke of Ferrara in Italy.

6. Tess of the D’Urbervilles was novel Poor Man and the Lady.

7. The short story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is a magnificent example of romantic fiction.

8. Nathaniel Hawthorne, in “The Custom House,” the introductory chapter described the old employees of the shipping office rocking in rows of chairs, mostly idle now in town where once there had been a scurrying hustle.

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