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1、.Fillintheblanks.1.Americanachievementsintheshortstoryhavedemandedinternationalrespectandadmirationformorethanacenturyandahalf.ThefirstsuccessfulAmericanshortstoriescamefromWashingtonIrvingintheearly19thcentury.2.EdgarAllanPoeisgenerallythoughtofasthetruebeginneroftheshortstoriesbecaus
2、ehewasthefirstwriterwhoformulatedapoeticsoftheshortstories.3.Inthe20thcentury,therehavebeenmanywhohavewonfameabroadaswellasintheUSfortheirshortstories:SherwoodAnderson,HemingwayFaulkner,AnnaPorter,anddozensofothers.4.Asyoureadfromwritertowriter,fromWashingtonIrving’s‘RipVanWinkle’toO’C
3、onnner’s‘AGoodManisHardtoFind’,youwillseethecomingofashortstoryage,growingfromanentertainingtaleintoastorywhichprobesdeepintohumansouls.5.Modernliteraryfictionhasbeendominatedbytwoforms:theshortstoryandthenovel.6.WashingtonIrving,theFatherofAmericanLiterature,developedtheshortstoryasag
4、enreinAmericanliterature.7.AllanPoeisusuallyacknowledgedastheoriginatorofdetectivestories.Heisalsocreditedwithdevelopingmanyofthestandardfeaturesofdetectivefiction.I.Multiplechoice8.EdgarAllanPoewrotepoemswhicharemarvelsofbeautyandcraftsmanship,suchas____.A.IHearAmericaSingingB.TheRave
5、nC.ToawaterfowlD.ThefalloftheHouseofUsher9.ThecommonthreadthroughoutAmericanliteraturehasbeentheemphasisonthe___.A.revolutionismB.reasonC.individualismD.rationalism10.InAmericanliterature,the18thcenturywastheAgeoftheEnlightenment,___wasthedominantspirit.A.humanismB.rationalismC.revolut
6、ionD.evolution11.Whowasconsideredthe“PoetofAmericanRevolution”?A.MichaelWigglesworthB.EdwardTaylorC.AnneBradstreetD.PhilipFreneau12.ThomasJefferson’sattitude,thatis,afirmbeliefinprogress,andthepursuitofhappiness,istypicaloftheperiodwenowcall___.A.AgeofEvolutionB.AgeofReasonC.AgeofRoman
7、ticismD.AgeofRegionalism13.MarkTwaincreated,in_____,amasterpieceofAmericanrealismthatisalsooneof..thegreatbooksofworldliterature.A.HuckleberryFinnB.TomSawyerC.TheManThatCorruptedHadleyburyD.TheGildedAge1.ThepessimismanddeterministicideasofnaturalismpervadedtheworksofsuchAmericanwrite
