美国文学选读课后题答案资料

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1、1.DoyouthinkGatsbydeservestobecalled“thegreat”?Why?-------fromF.Scoot.Fitzgerald  TheGreatGatsby Gatsbypursuit“auniverseofineffablegorgeous”inhisyoungage.Infact,GatsbyfromWestEgginsistshisPlatonicfantasy.Hefellinlovewiththeblondeandhisineffablegorgeousidealisco

2、mbinedwithDaisy’sbreathinganddesire.Daisybecomestheimageofidealinhismind;thoughshemarriesTomandmaydoesnotlovehim,thoughhecanrealizehersoulfullofmoneyanddesire,hecannotchangehismindwhichbackhisloveandbetogetherasbefore.Maybethatistheshiningandgreatpartofhissoul.

3、MaybethatistheAmericandreamwhichcanshowtous.Butthroughthenovel,wecanhavetheclearideathatDaisy’sdesirewasnothisdream,itisnotDaisy’sfaultbuthisdreamhasgiantvitalityandenergy.HisdreamisfarbehindDaisyandeverythingexists.Hedoeshisbesttobuildtheperfectworldandaiminhi

4、smind.Sohisspiritwhichpursuitsonidealanddedicationisalsofarbehindsecularfrolickinginthebed.Forrealizinghisdream,hedonatedhimselftomudofmoneyinNewYork;heshowednointerestsinwealthitselfandthelifeofdebauchery.Justlikethelotuslivesinthepoundaroundwithmudbutnotbepol

5、luted.Hissoulnodoubtissufferinginthesociallifebutwithoutanycomplain.3.Whatdo“petals”and“bough”standsfor?-----fromEzraPound  InAStationoftheMetro. Firstofall,thispoemstandsthepointsofeconomybyImagism.Everywordinthispoemhasitsownuniquemeaning.Forexample,thecoloro

6、fblackinthispoemmayrepresentthetrain’scolor,therailway’scolor,thepillar’scolororthedimlightofthemetrostation.EzraPoundwasverysensitivetothecolorandusuallyusedtheirdifferentmeaningsinhispoetry.Heusedtheskillofpaintinginhisprocessofcreatingthepoem.Inthispoem,ever

7、ywordisusedasthepigment.Petalsstandforthemeaningofcolorfromtheiruniqueimage.Theword“wet”bringsthefeelingoffreshandbrighttothepeople.Andtheword“apparition”givesthedimcolorofpaleandweaktothe“faces”and“petals”.Andtheauthorputthepetalsandfacestogetherletthefaceshav

8、ethefeelingoftenderandred.Severalprettyfacesappearinthemetrostationfromthedimlylit,andtheybecometheshiningpetalsintheblackboughwhichwaswetbytherain.Thistransformationisbased