南京大学外国语学院《964英美文学》历年考研真题及详解.pdf

2014年南京大学964英美文学考研真题(回忆版) I. Multiple Choices (10’) [Passage I分别给出了postcolonial novels和international novels的特征] 1 According to the features explained in the passage above, which one of the write
writes postcolonial novels? A. E. M. Fo
ter B. V. S. Naipaul C. Salman Rushdie D. Kazuo Ishiguro 2 According to the features explained in the passage above, which one of the write
writes international novels? A.E. M. Fo
ter B. V. S. Naipaul C. Salman Rushdie D. Kazuo Ishiguro [Passage II讨论了某个文学作品的内容，其中有提到“A Game of Chess”，并指出作品在这一章节里面有提到两个古代的女人（虚构或非虚构）和两个现代的女人，包括Cleopatra和Ophelia] 3 What’s the work discussed in the passage above? 答案为The Waste Land 4 Which of the following critical essays is also written by this author? 答案为“Tradition and the Individual Talent” 5 The author uses which of the following literary devices to bring in those women? 答案为allusion [Passage III讲的是the Theatre of the Absurd] 6 Who coined the term “the Theatre of the Absurd”? 答案为Martin Esslin 7 Which one of the following plays is the iconic work of the Theatre of the Absurd? 答案为Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot 8 Which one of the following American playwrights also writes this kind of play? 答案为Edward Albee [Passage IV只有一句话:“Call me Ishmael”] 9 This sentence is taken from which of the following books? 答案为Herman Meville’s Moby-Dick 10 关于这句话所起的作用和效果，选项已记不清了 II. Identify autho
and titles. (20’) Henry David Thoreau, Walden Henry James, The Jolly Corner Ralph Waldo Ellison, Invisible Man Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman Daniel Defoe, The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robi
on Crusoe Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest William Wordsworth, I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud [以上9个没有按原题目的顺序哈。还有一个什么company of love的没认出来，貌似不是书上的] III. A
wer the following questio
with about 150 words (60’) 1 Explain the title of the play Pygmalion. How does the title allude to the relatio
hip betwee