专八人文常识辅导材(美国文学).docVIP

PAGE  PAGE 9 American Literature: A Concise History I. Review 2005-2011真题中美国文学部分出现过哪些重要作家？ 这些作家分别代表哪些文学流派？ 如何高效地梳理美国文学简史？ 1. Who wrote the famous pamphlet, The Common Sense, before the American Revolution? (2011) A. Thomas Jefferson. B. John Adams. C. Thomas Paine. D. Benjamin Franklin. 2. Which of the following best explores American myth in the 20th century? (2011) A. Beyond the Horizon. B. The Sun Also Rises. C. The Sound and the Fury. D. The Great Gatsby. 3. The Financier is written by ______. (2010) A. Mark Twain B. Henry James C. William Faulkner D. Theodore Dreiser 4. Who among the following is a poet of free verse? (2009) A. Ralph Waldo Emerson. B. Walt Whitman. C. Herman Melville D. Theodore Dreiser. 5. Who wrote The American? (2008) A. Herman Melville B. Nathaniel Hawthorne C. Henry James D. Theodore Dreiser 日语图书  HYPERLINK  6. Death of a Salesman was written by____. (2007) A. Arthur Miller B. Ernest Hemingway C. Ralph Ellison D. James Baldwin 7. The novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is written by___. (2006) A. Scott Fitzgerald B. William Faulkner C. Eugene O’Neil D. Ernest Hemingway 8. William Sydney Porter, known as O’Henry, is most famous for_____. (2005) A. his poems B. his plays C. his short stories D. his novels 考点：重要作家及其作品；作家及其作品类型、风格 已考体裁：长篇小说4，短篇小说1，戏剧1，诗歌1，散文1（先把少量的戏剧诗歌散文领域的著名作家梳理清楚，再重点复习主流小说家，最后整理边缘作家如黑人作家和女性作家） 重要流派：romanticism1, realism2, naturalism1, modernism3 重要作家：Theodore Dreiser3, Ernest Hemingway2, Henry James2, Herman Melville2, William Faulkner2, Mark Twain, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walt Whitman, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Arthur Miller, Scott Fitzgerald, Eugene O’Neil, O’Henry, F.S. Fitzgerald 讨论：上述四大流派的大致历史时期？ 将重要作家和流派进行匹配 II. Historical Periods 1. Colonial Period: 17th~18th 2. Romantic Period: end of 18th to the Civil War★ 3. The Age of Realism: 1865-1890★ 4. The Age of Naturalism: 1890-1900★ 5. Modern Period: 1912-1945★ 6. Postwar Realism: 1950s-1960s 7. Postmoder