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1、美国文学史及选读期末复习重点考试题型：1.名词解释（20分）5个*4=20分2.选择题（20分）3.连线题（10分）4.判断题（10分）5.片段赏析（20分）一个10分2个一个小说一个诗歌6.论述题（20分）一个10分2个一个小说一个诗歌TheOutlineofAmericanLiteratureTheRealisticPeriod1865-1914Realists:HenryJamesandhispsychologicalrealismWilliamDeanHowellsandhismoral

2、realismLocalColorism/Regionalism:MarkTwainNaturalists:StephenCrane/DreiserTheModernPeriod1914-1945ModernPoetry:Imagism:EzraPoundW.C.WilliamsLyricalPoet：RobertFrostCarlSandburgWallaceStevensModernNovelists:RepresentativesoftheLostGeneration:(JazzAge)F

3、.ScottFitzgerald/ErnestHemingway/T.S.EliotEpitomeoftheSouthernRenaissance:WilliamFaulknerTheLeftistNovelists:JohnDosPassos/JohnSteinbeckTheJewishAmericanNovelistsinthisperiod:EugeneO·NeillPartITermDefinition1.AmericanNaturalism:美国自然主义1.Naturalismisam

4、oredeliberatekindofrealismandthistermdescribesatypeofliteraturethatattemptstoapplyscientificprinciplesofobjectivity（客观）anddetachment（冷静）toitsstudyofhumanbeings.2.Naturalismisaliterarymovementthatuseddetailedrealismtosuggestthatsocialconditions,heredi

5、ty,andenvironmenthadinescapableforceinshapinghumancharacter.3.Althoughnaturalistliterature12describedtheworldwithsometimesbrutalrealism,itsometimesalsoaimedatbetteringtheworldthroughsocialreform.4.ItacceptedtheinterpretationofDarwin’sevolutionarytheo

6、ryandDreiserisaleadingfigureofthisschool.5.TherepresentativefigureisStephenCraneandhisSisterCarrie.Keywords：Darwin’sEvolutionaryTheory;environmentandheredity;objectivityanddetachmentTheodoreDreiser;SisterCarrie,StephenCrane,etc.1.AmericanRealism:美国现实

7、主义1.时间：InAmericanliterature,theCivilWarbroughttheRomanticPeriodtoanend.TheAgeofRealismcameintoexistence.内战将浪漫主义结束，开启现实主义。2.Itcameasareactionagainstthelieofromanticismandsentimentalism.反对浪漫主义和感伤主义3.Realismturnedfromanemphasisonthestrangetowardafaithfu

8、loftheordinary,asliceoflifeasitisreallylived.Itexpressestheconcernforcommonplaceandthelow,anditoffersanobjectiveratherthananidealisticviewofthehumannatureandhumanexperience.现实主义从对奇异的强调转向对平凡的忠实的渲染，一种生活的片段。它表达了对平庸和平庸的关注，它提供了一个客观的而不是理想化的人性观和人类经验。4.Areal