《美国文学史选读》复习思考题答案.docx

0171）《美国文学史及选读》复习思考题答案 I. Write out the authorsnames of the following5orks ?( I. Write out the authors Benjamin Franklin T. S. Eliot James Cooper Walt Whitman James Baldwell Ern est Hemin gway Joseph Heller Joh n Stein beck William Faulk ner Mark Twai n Wash ingtonlrving Ern est Hemin gway Robert Frost Toni Morris on Ralph Ellison Eugene O Neill Joh n Stein beck Allan Poe F. Scott Fitzgerald Tenn essee Williams Wash ingtonlrving Robert Frost Natha niel Hawthor ne Herman Melville Eugene O Neill Mark Twai n William Faulk ner Robert Frost Arthur Miller James Cooper H. D. Thoreau Henry James Whitman Jack London Jack Lon don ONeill Define the following literary terms. (20 Beat generation: The term was coined by Jack Kerouac in 1948 to refer to a group of disillusioned writers following World War Two. Later, this literary and cultural movement continued into the 1960s. The Beat Gen erati on must not be con fused with the Lost Gen erati on of writers. Spokesmen and representatives of the Beat Generation were Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and others. They revolted against an America that was materialistic, belligerent and frustrating. Social, intellectual and sexual freedom was advocated. Traditional culture and normal social behavior were attacked and violated. Many of them were drug addicts wearing long hair and dirty clothes. They were fond of slangs and jazz. Masterpieces created by writers of this group include Kerouac On tshe Road and Ginsberg Hoswl and Other Poems , which were regarded as pocket Bibles of that generation. Other prominent Beats include William S. Burroughs, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Gregory Corso, Michael McClure, and Neal Cassady. The Beat Generation, had greatly influenced the countercultural movements of the 1960s and the adolescents and adults in other countries. In England, the “ angryyoung men” made an echo and imitated the American “ beatnik. ” Protagonist: the principal character in a play or story 。 the central character who serves as a focus fo