美国现实主义文学时期习题-带案美国现实主义文学时期习题-带答案.doc

The Age of Realism I. Fill in the blanks. Henry James first achieved recognition as a writer of the “_ International theme _____” --- a story which brings together persons of various nationalities who represent certain characteristics of their country. The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn__ was Mark Twain’s masterpiece from which, as Hemingway noted, “all modern American literature comes.” The three dominant figures of the American Realistic Period are William Dean Howells, _Mark Twain___, and Henry James. Henry Jamess emphasis on psychology and on the human consciousness proves to be a big breakthrough in novel writing and has great influence on the coming generations. That is why he is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th century “the stream of consciousness”. As one of America’s first and foremost realists and humorists, _ Mark Twain___, the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, usually wrote about his own personal experiences and things he knew about from firsthand experiences. _ Henry James _ was a realist, but not a naturalist. He was an observer of the mind rather than a recorder of time. His realism was a special kind of psychological realism. One of Clemens’s best books _Life on the Mississippi___ is built around his experiences as a steamboat pilot. Mark Twain’s first novel, _The Gilded Age______ was an artistic failure, but it gave its name to the America of the post-bellum period which it attempted to satirize. The impact of Darwin’s evolutionary theory on the American thought and the influence of the 19th century French literature on the American men of letters gave rise to another school of Realism : American Naturalism. II. Decide whether the statements are true or false. In the latter half of the nineteenth century, women somewhat became the nation’s dominant culture force. T In the late nineteenth century, although Americans continued to read the works of Irving, Cooper, Hawthorne, and Poe, the great age of American romantici