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1、14 English Literature in the 18th Century. Essay questions.1. Comment on the feature of the neoclassical literature.2. State the artistic features of Gullivers Travels.3. Daniel Defoes novels Robison Crusoe was a great success partly because the protagonist was a real middle-class hero. Discuss Crus
2、oe, the protagonist of the novel, as an embodiment of the rising middle-class virtues in the mid-eighteenth century England.4. Discuss the artistic features of Henry Fieldings novels.5. What makes Laurence Sternes Tristram Shandy one of the most original works in English literature?6. Analyze Gulliv
3、ers Travels to illustrate the use the satire in it.7. Comment on the main features of Alexander Popes works. Define the following terms.1. Three unities 9. Persona2. Didactic literature 10. Epigram3. Satire 11. Gothic novel4. Mock epic 12. Graveyard school of poetry5. Farce 13. Neoclassicism6. Burle
4、sque 14. Fiction7. Picaresque novel 15. Anti-hero8. Melodrama 16. Foreshadowing. Fill in the blanks.1. Most of the writers in the 18th century were enlighteners. They fell into two groups: the _group and the _group.2. The principal elements of the _novel are mystery, horror and suspense.3. Laurence
5、Sternes fame rests chiefly on his two books, _and A Sentimental Journey, esp. the former.4. Pamela is written in the form of a _novel.5. The only novel of Oliver Goldsmith is _, which gives a detailed account of the numerous misfortunes befalling the central character and his family.6. _written by S
6、heridan is a clever satire on the sentimental and pseudo-romantic fancies of many young women of the upper classes of the 18th century.7. The biography of Samuel Jonson entitled Life of Johnson is frequently considered the best in the English language. The author of the book is _.8. The only importa
7、nt English dramatist produced in the 18th century is _.9. Thomas Grays poem_ is taken as a model of sentimentalist poetry, esp. the Graveyard school.10. In the collection of familiar essays_, Oliver Goldsmith voices his 2satirical comments on the English society of his day from the viewpoint of an a
8、lleged Chinese traveler.11. In _, William Blake expounds his theory of Imagination, asserting that the world of imagination is the world of eternity.12. “Till a the seas gang dry, my dear,And the rocks melt wi the sun:I will luve thee still, my dear, While the sands o life shall run.”The above verse
9、 lines are taken from the famous poem_.13. _ is Oliver Goldsmiths best poem, which is a sharp protest against the depopulation of the English countryside as a result of the large scale Enclosure Movement.14. The greatest historical work in English literature, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
10、 is the masterpiece of _.15. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling has been praised for its excellent plot construction. The three big divisions of the adventures of the hero and the heroine are marked by the change of scenes: _, on the road and _.16. Friday is a character in the novel_.17. _is call
11、ed the Father of the English Novel.18. _ is taken as a companion piece to Robison Crusoe: the story of his feminine counterpart who struggles with difficulties in order to get her portion of security, comfort and wealth.19. Among the representatives of the Enlightenment, _ was the first to introduce
12、 rationalism to England.20. The 18th century England is known as the Age of Enlightenment or the Age of _.21. _ is Alexander Popes best satirical poem. Its satire is directed at Dullness in general.22. Samuel Richardsons masterpiece is _, in which the writer creates an image of a young woman who is
13、weak and helpless but who dares to rebel against the tyranny and fight against the social evils.23. The Seasons is often considered as epoch-making, the first significant poem in the tradition of pre-romanticism. It is written by _.24. In Gullivers Travels, Yahoos are the creatures living on _. Choo
14、se the best answer.1. Essay on Criticism is a didactic poem written in_.A. alliteration B. heroic coupletC. sonnet D. blank verse 2. Literature of Neoclassicism is different from that of Romanticism in that _.A. the former celebrates reason, rationality, order and instruction while the latter sees literature as an expression on an individuals feelings and experiencesB. The former is heavily religious but the latter secularC. The former is an intellectual movement, the purpose of which is to arouse the 3middle class for political rights while the latter is
