北京师范大学2001研究生考试英美文学.docVIP

北京师范大学 2001年招收硕士学位研究生入学考试试题 专业：英语语言文学 研究方向：英美文学 Ⅰ. Fill the following blanks. 15% 1.＿ is regarded as the “father of English Poetry.” His best known work is ＿. 2.The chief literary glory of the Elizabethan age is its ＿. And the first great dramatist of the time was＿. 3.The most important characters in Paradise Lost are ＿. 4. The neoclassical period in English literature is also called “Augustan” age because it was strongly influenced by the writers of＿. The most popular poetic form of the period is＿. 5.The Preface to Lyrical Ballads is seen as the manifestation of ＿. 6.The modern English novel is generally regarded as starting from ＿century. 7.Write four important Victorian novelists ＿ ＿ ＿ ＿. 8.George Orwell is well-known for his novel＿. 9.Modernist English and American writers and poets refer to those like ＿ ＿ ＿. 10. ＿ is a novel of whaling written by American writer＿. 11.Sherwood Anderson is best known for his collection of short stories＿. 12.The most important American southern writer of the 20th century is ＿ who received the Nobel Prize in 1950. 13.Who are the authors of these stories:1.the Great Gatsby 2.The Grapes of Wrath;3. Beloved? 1 ＿ 2 ＿ 3 ＿ 14.Name at least three American writers who won the Nobel Prize＿ ＿ ＿. 15.Name two important Jewish American writers＿ ＿. ⅡExplain briefly the following literary terms. 10% mimesis: ＿ motif: ＿ catharsis: ＿ suspense: ＿ poetic diction: ＿ Ⅲ. Explain the following lines in English. 15% A little more than kin and less than kind. Give it an understanding but no tongue. And keep you in the rear of affection. I see a cherub that sees them. Ⅳ.Answer the questions to the following verse. 15% An Irish Airman Foresees His Death I know that I shall meet my fate Somewhere among the clouds above Those that I fight I do not hate Those that I guard I do no love My country is Kiltartan Cross, My countrymen Kiltartan’s poor, No likely end could bring them