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英美文学知识考点分析 对知名的英美文学家及其作品的重点考查 1. The novel Emma is written by________.（2005年真题第35题）A. Mary Shelley B. Charlotte Bronte C. Elizabeth C. Gaskell D. Jane Austen 2．Which of the following novels was written by Emily Bronte? （2007年真题第35题） A. Oliver Twist B. Middlemarch C. Jane Eyre D. Wuthering Heights 3．Death of a Salesman was written by________.（2007年真题第37题）A. Arthur Miller B. Ernest Hemingway C. Ralph Ellison D. James Baldwin 美国著名的剧作家，作品有Man Who Had All the Luck，Death of A Salesman，All My sons等， The novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is written by________. (2006年真题第36题)A. Scott Fitzgerald? B. William Faulkner C. Eugene ONeil? D. Ernest Hemingway 他的主要作品还有：In Our Time， The Sun Also Rises， Farewell to Arms等对英美文学流派及文学术语的重点考查 1． Which of following is NOT a romantic poet? （2005年真题第36题）A. William Wordsworth B. George Elliot C. George G. Byron D. Percy B. Shelley 2． _____ is defined as an expression of human emotion which is condensed into fourteen lines (2006年第37题)A. Free verse? B. Sonnet? C. Ode? D. Epigram 十四行诗（Sonnet?）是欧洲的一种抒情诗体，诗句共有十四行，音译为“商籁体”，语源于普罗旺斯Sonnet。原系中世纪民间流行并用于歌唱的一种短小诗歌。自欧洲进入文艺复兴时代之后，这种诗体获得泛的运用。ABAB，CDCD，EFEF，GG。每行诗句有十个抑扬格音节，常常在最后一副对句中点明题意。 重点考查对主要文学家的概况及作品特点的了解 1． William Sidney Porter, known as O. Henry, is most famous for________.（2005年真题第37题）A. his poems B. his plays C. his short stories D. his novels 2．William Butler Yeats was a(n) ______ poet and playwright. （2007年真题第36题）A. American B. Canadian C. Irish D. Australian （1865-1939）是爱尔兰诗人1923年获诺贝尔文学奖，主要诗集有《芦苇中的风》、《责任》、《塔》等。 3． Which of the following writers is a poet of the 20th century? (2006年真题第35题) 托马斯·斯特尔那斯·艾略特A. T.S. Eliot? B. D.H. Lawrence? C. Theodore Dreiser? D. James Joyce T.S. Eliot?是20世纪著名诗人、评论家、戏剧家，长诗“The Waste Land”是他著作，。英国文学知识简介 (English Literature)450-1066 Old English (or Anglo-Saxon) Period古英语（或盎格鲁—撒克逊）时期 1066-1500 Middle English Period中古英语时期 1500-1660 The Renaissance文艺复兴 1660-1785 The Neoclassical Period新古典主义时期 178