美国文学题库(选择题网上合集)范文.docx

|精. |品. |可. |编. |辑. |学. |习. |资. |料. * | * | * | * | |欢. |迎. |下. |载. For Melville, as well as for the reader and , the narrator, Moby Dick is still a mystery, an ultimate mystery of the universe. Ahab B. Ishmael C. Stubb D. Starbuck Naturalism is evolved from realism when the author ’ s tone in writing becomes less serious and less sympathetic but more ironic and more . rational B. humorous C. optimistic D. pessimistic Dreiser ’ s Trilogy of Desire includreesethnovels. They are The Financier, The Titan and . The Genius B. The Tycoon C. The Stoic D. The Giant The impact of Darwin ’esvolutionary theory on the American thought and the influence of the nineteenth-century French literature on the American men of letters gave rise to yet another school of realism: American . local colorism B. vernacularism C. modernism D. naturalism Robert Frost combined traditional verse forms -the sonnet, rhyming couplets, blank verse -with a clear American local speech rhythm, the speech of farmers with its idiosyncratic diction and syntax. Southern B. Western C. New Hampshire D. New England As an autobiographical play, O ’ Neill ’ s(1956) has gained its status as a world classic and simultaneously marks the climax of his literary career and the coming of age of American drama. The Iceman Cometh B. Long Day ’ s Journey Into Night C. The Hairy Ape D. Desire Under the Elms Apart from the dislocation of time and the modern stream-of-consciousness,the other narrative techniques Faulkner used to construct his stories include , symbolism and mythological and biblical allusions. impressionism B. expressionism C. multiple points of view D. first person point of view Stylistically, Henry James ’ fiction is characterized by . short, clear sentences B. abundance of local images C. ordinary American speech D. highly refined language One of the characteristics that have made Mark Twain a major literary figure in the 19th century America is his use of . vernacular B. interior monologue