美国文学史之填空题.doc

填空题 Part 1 Early American Literature: Colonial Period to 1815 Chapter 1 The Literature of the New World 1. Origin stories are those dramatizing ______of how the earth originated or of how people established relationships with plants, ______ and the cosmos.(tribal interpretations, animal) 2. Trickster tales are humorous tales featuring______. (trickster characters) 3. Historical narratives are diverse in kinds. Some of them are tribal records of historical events. Many other narratives feature ______ that move in recognizable historical settings. (legendary figures) 4. The name of Captain John Smith is now associated with the English expedition that founded the ______ in 1607. (Jamestown colony) Chapter 2 The Literature of Colonial America: 1620-1763 The colonial period covers almost the entirety of ______ and a great portion of ______. (the 17th century, the 18th century) The year 1620 saw the Pilgrims settling in the tiny colony of Plymouth in Massachusetts which, due to William Bradford’s influential work ______, is now regarded as a symbol for Puritan culture during colonial settlement. (Of Plymouth Plantation) In the earlier colonial period, much of the literature was produced by ______ and ______. (Puritan, Pilgrim writers) The term “Puritan” was first applied to those ______ who rejected Queen Elizabeth’s religious settlements of 1560 because they were determined to “purify” their religion. (Protestant reformers) Calvinism is a specific and rather rigid brand of Puritanism. Calvinists are those who follow the teachings of ______, a religious reformer in France. (John Calvin) Anne Bradstreet’s “domestic” poems and ______ are today recognized as her best literary achievement. In them, she conveyed her personal feelings for New England and ______. (the Contemplations, family life) In general, meditative poetry is a contemplation of self and expression of hoped-for union with God or with a ______. But Edward Taylor’s poetry also shows an anguished search for God,