英国文学史及作品选读习题集（5）.pdf

英国文学史及作品选读习题集（5）

5EnglishLiteratureintheRomanticPeriod

Ⅰ.Essayquestions.

1.InPrideandPrejudice,JaneAustenexploredthreekinds

ofmotivationsofmarriagethemiddle-classpeoplehadinthe

secondhalfofthe18thcentury.Trytomakeabriefdiscussion

aboutthemwithspecificexamplesfromthenovel.Make

commentsonAusten’sattitudetowardsthesemotivations.

2.WhatarethegeneralfeaturesofEnglishRomanticism

3.TellthestoryofPrideandPrejudiceandmakeacomment

onit.

4.MakeacommentonWordsworthconcerninghis

contributiontopoetry.

5.IronyaboundsinJaneAusten’snovelPrideandPrejudice.

Pleaseillustrateitwithreferencetosomeexamples.

6.MakeageneralcommentonWalterScott.’

Ⅱ.Definethefollowingterms.

1.Romanticism

2.Ode

3.Byronichero

4.Ottavarima

5.Terzarima

6.Irony

7.Lyric

8.Motif

9.Theme

10.Symbol

11.Imagery

12.Foil

13.Synaesthesia

14.Character

15.Flatcharacter

16.Roundcharacter

17.Negativecapacity

ⅢFillintheblanks.

1.Asanageofromanticenthusiasm,theRomanticAge

beganin1798when______and______published_______andended

in1832when______died.

2.InthePrefaceofthe2ndand3rdeditionsof__________,

Wordsworthlaiddowntheprinciplesofpoetrycomposition.

3.TheEnglishRomanticAgeproducedtwomajornovelists,

_________and______.

4._____,________,and_________arereferredtoasthe“Lake

Poets”becausetheylivedintheLakeDistrictinthe

northwesternpartofEngland.

5.In1805,Wordsworthcompletedhislongautobiographical

poementitled__________.