美国文学题库整理版.docx

美国文学史及选读 期末复习重点 . 考试题型： 1.名词解释（ 20 分） 5 个*4=20 分 2.选择题（ 20 分） 3.连线题（ 10 分） 4.判断题（ 10 分） 5.片段赏析（ 20 分）一个 10 分 2 个一个小说一个诗歌 6.论述题（ 20 分）一个 10 分 2 个一个小说一个诗歌 The Outline of American Literature The Realistic Period 1865-1914 Realists:Henry James and his psychological realism William Dean Howells and his moral realism Local Colorism/Regionalism: Mark Twain Naturalists: Stephen Crane /Dreiser The Modern Period 1914-1945 Modern Poetry: Imagism:Ezra Pound W.C.Williams Lyrical Poet ： Robert Frost Carl Sandburg Wallace Stevens Modern Novelists: Representatives of the Lost Generation: (Jazz Age)F.Scott Fitzgerald/Ernest Hemingway/T.S.Eliot Epitome of the Southern Renaissance: William Faulkner The Leftist Novelists: John Dos Passos/John Steinbeck The Jewish American Novelists in this period: Eugene O· Neill Part I Term Definition 1. American Naturalism: 美国自然主义 1.Naturalism is a more deliberate kind of realism and this term describes a type of literature that attempts to apply scientific principles of objectivity （客观） and detachment （冷静） to its study of human beings. 2.Naturalism is a literary movement that used detailed realism to suggest that social conditions, heredity, and environment had inescapable force in shaping human character. 3.Although naturalist literature . described the world with sometimes brutal realism, it sometimes also aimed at bettering the world through social. reform.4.It accepted the interpretation of Darwin ’ s evolutionary theory and Dreiser is a leading figure of this school.5.The representative figure is Stephen Crane and his Sister Carrie. Key words ： Darwin ’ s Evolutionary Theory;environment and heredity; objectivity and detachment Theodore Dreiser; Sister Carrie, Stephen Crane, etc. 2. American Realism: 美国现实主义 1.时间： In American literature, the Civil War brought the Romantic Period to an end. The Age of Realism came into existence. 内战将浪漫主义结束，开启现实主义。 2.It came as a reaction against the lie of romanticism and sentimentalism. 反对浪漫主义和感伤主义