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1、目录 2010年武汉理工大学816英美文学考研真题 2009年武汉理工大学816英美文学考研真题 2008年武汉理工大学816英美文学考研真题 2007年武汉理工大学457英美文学考研真题 2005年武汉理工大学455语言学及英美文学考研真题（英美文学部分） 2004年武汉理工大学455语言学及英美文学考研真题（英美文学部分） 2010年武汉理工大学816英美文学考研真题 2009年武汉理工大学816英美文学考研真题 Part Multiple choice: choose the best answer for each statement(201=20). 1. English prose
2、 became clear, sinewy and rational in the hands of _. A. Francis Bacon B. W. H. Auden C. George Orwell D. William Blake 2.Miracle Plays, Morality Plays, and interludes are types of _ drama, written in a variety of verse forms. A. early-medieval B. later-medieval C. modern D. contemporary 3“Beauty is
3、 truth, truth beauty” is a line from _ by John Keats. A. “Ode on a Grecian Um” B. “Ode to the West Wind” C. “The Trees” D. “Hawk Roosting” 4.Romance and balladry as well as _, are major literary genres of the medieval Britain. A. epic B. religious poems C. interlude D. Sonnet 5. Philip Larkin has be
4、en called the most influential British poet since _. A. the English Renaissance B. the 17th Century C. World War D. World War II 6. In the poem “My Last Duchess”, the Duke describes the last Duchesss happy, cheerful and flirtatious nature, which _. A. makes him displeased B. makes him pleased C. mak
5、es him proud D. makes him disappointed. 7. _ is written in a semi-autobiographical style, and is the story of the orphan Pip, writing his life from his early days of childhood until adulthood. A. Oliver Twist B. Great Expectations C. A Tale of Two Cities D. David Copperfield 8. Most of Thomas Hardys
6、 works have the gloomy and sullen landscape of _ in the background. A. Wessex B. Bath C. London D. Essex 9. _ is known as one of William Shakespeares four great tragedies. A. Henry (Part) B. As you Like It C. Macbeth D. Winters Tale 10.Mrs. Dalloway was written by _. A. E.M. Foster B. Joseph Conrad
7、C. Virginia Woolf D. Jane Austen 11. Philip Freneau was important in American literary history in a number of ways. _ is one of his famous poems. A. “To My Dear and Loving Husband” B. “Huswifery” C. “The Secret of the Sea” D. “The Wild Honey Suckle” 12. Like Ralph Emerson, _ holds that beauty, truth
8、 and goodness are ultimately one. In “I died for Beautybut was scarce,” discussing beauty and truth, she concludes that the two are one. A. Emily Dickinson B. Anne Bradstreet C. Amy Lowell D. H. D. Doolittle 13. With W. D. Howells, Henry James, and Mark Twain active on the scene, _ became a major tr
9、end in the seventies and eighties of the 17th century. A. romanticism B. naturalism C. local colorism D. realism 14.Stephen Crane is a writer of naturalism. _ is his masterpiece. A. The Call of the Wild B. Sister Carrie C. The Red Badge of Courage D. The Law of Life 15. Maxine Hong Kingston is one o
10、f the most famous Chinese American writers whose _ won the American Book Award for nonfiction in 1981. A. The Joy Luck Club B. China Men C. The Tigers Daughter D. Wife 16. _ is the foremost author of contemporary black womens renaissance and won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1993. A. Alice Walke
11、r B. Z.N. Hurston C. Toni Morrison D. James Baldwin 17. Critical consensus suggests that Saul Bellow is about the best-known writer of his generation. _ is often regarded as his representative novel. A. Herzog B. The Naked and the Dead C. The Armies of the Night D. The Son From America 18. John Stei
12、nbecks The Grapes of Wrath mirrored the American society in _. A. the 1920s B. the 1930s C. the 1940s D. the 1920s-1940s 19. Gary Snyders poems are lyrical, complex exploration of the essential interconnectedness between nature and culture. _ is the example of such theme. A. Song of Myself B. To a W
13、aterfowl C. Riprap D. Hymn to the Night 20. Thomas Pynchon is one of the contemporary writers whose life is little known. His novel Gravity Rainbow is often called the _. A. neo-realistic novel B. postmodernist novel C. modernist novel D. imagist novel Part Define the following terms(65=30). 1.Stock
14、 Characters 2. Atmosphere 3. Meter 4.The Jazz Age 5. The Beat Generation 6. Symbol Part Character analysis: choose FOUR characters from the following SIX and analyze them briefly(45=20). 1.Angel Clare 2. Magwitch 3. Marlow 4.Roger Chilingworth 5. Henry Fleming 6. Tom Sawyer Part Give brief answers t
15、o the following SIX questions out of EIGHT ones(65=30). 1. What is the real purpose of John Donne to say that in killing the flea “thou” are actually killing three lives? 2. Why was Oscar Wilde an influential leader in the aesthetic movement? 3. Make comments on the theme of Joseph Conrads novel Hea
16、rt of Darkness. 4. What do you think Doris Lessing wants to say about the relationship between men and women in modern society in her story A Woman on a Roof? 5. What are the two worlds described in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn? 6. Why does the protagonist in Ralph Ellisons Invisible Man call himself an invisible
