《美国文学》期考试试卷(A卷).docVIP

湖州师范学院外国语学院2008— 2009 学年第 二 学期 《美国文学》期末考试试卷（A卷） 适用班级 050511-13 考试时间 120 分钟 学院 班级 学号 姓名 题号 一 二 三 四 五 六 七 八 九 十 总分 分数 得分 I. Write the names of the authors. 10% Leaves of Grass Raven Anecdote of the Jar The Octopus Maggie: A Girl of the Streets A Rose for Emily Arrowsmith Of Mice and Men The Weary Blues The Streetcar Named Desire 得分 II. Fill in the following blanks with appropriate information.（10%） Emily Dickinson explores the inner life of the individual and pays attention to only one region “____________”. Her poetry characterizes with the concise, direct and simple diction and syntax. Simply ______________ means the use of regional detail in a literary or artistic work. The name is given especially to a kind of American literature that in its most characteristic form made its appearance just after the Civil War and for nearly three decades was the single most popular form of American literature. Martin Eden, one of Londons most important books, is this __________ account of a young sailor who struggles to improve himself and achieves eventual success as a writer, but grows disenchanted with fame and wealth. It represents both an indictment of the American dream and an important reflection on Londons own background and career. Modernism in literature is not easily summarized, but the key elements are experimentation, __________, individualism and a stress on the cerebral rather than emotive aspects. The __________ manifesto came out in 1912 showed three poetic principles: direct treatment of the “thing”（no fuss, frill, or ornament）, exclusion of superfluous words（precision and economy of expression）, the rhythm of the musical phrase rather than the sequence of a metronome（free verse form and music）an old Cuban fisherman, __________, who is a perfectionist when it comes to fishing. William Faulkner wrote works of psychological drama and emotional depth, typically with long serpentine prose and high, meticulously-chosen diction, also using groundbreaking literary