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1、-2013—2014学年第二学期《英语文学作品选读2》考试大纲1.了解熟悉英国20世纪及美国各时期文学特点、代表作家、代表作品及作品概要。2.重点掌握以下几部作品,包括作家/诗人写作特点,创作理念,作品内容及赏析,人物特点等等:1)WaltWhitman&“SongofMyself”2)NathanielHawthorne&TheScarletLetter3)JackLondon&MartinEden4)EzraPound&“InaStationoftheMetro”5)RobertFrost&“TheRoadNotTaken”,“StoppingbyWo
2、odsonaSnowyEvening”3.名词解释:1)AmericanNaturalism:Americannaturalismwasanewandharsherrealism.Americannaturalismhadbeenshapedbythewar;bythesocialupheavalsthatunderminedthecomfortingfaithofanearlierage.America’sliterarynaturalistsdismissedthevalidityofcomfortingmoraltruths.Theyattempte
3、dtoachieveextremeobjectivityandfrankness,presentingcharactersoflowsocialandeconomicclasseswhoweredeterminedbytheirenvironmentandheredity.Inpresentingtheextremesoflife,thenaturalistssometimesdisplayedanaffinitytothesensationalismofearlyromanticism,butunliketheirromanticpredecessors
4、,thenaturalistsemphasizedthattheworldwasamoral,thatmenandwomenhadnofreewill,thatliveswerecontrolledbyheredityandenvironment,thatthedestinyofhumanitywasmiseryinlifeandoblivionindeath.Althoughnaturalistliteraturedescribedtheworldwithsometimesbrutalrealism,itsometimesalsoaimedatbette
5、ringtheworldthroughsocialreform.2)Blackhumour:AlsoknownasBlackComedy,writingthatplacesgrotesqueelementssidebysidewithhumorousonesinanattempttoshockthereader,forcinghimorhertolaughatthehorrifyingrealityofadisorderedworld.3)Freeverse:Freeverseispoetrythathasanirregularrhythmandlinel
6、engthandthatattemptstoavoidanypredeterminedversestructure;instead,itusesthecadencesofnaturalspeech.Whileitalternatesstressedandunstressedsyllablesasstricterverseformdo,freeversedoessoinalooserway.Whitman’spoetryisanexampleoffreeverseatitsmostimpressive.4).Imagism:Aliterarymovement
7、launchedbyBritishandAmericanpoetsearlyinthe20thcenturyinreactionagainstVictoriansentimentalismthatadvocatedtheuseoffreeverse,commonspeechpatterns,andclearconcreteimages.5)Localcolorism:LocalcolorismorRegionalismasatrendfirstmadeitspresence.---feltinthelate1860sandearly70sinAmerica
8、.Itmaybedefinedasthecarefuldispla