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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&“TheRoadNo
2、tTaken”,“StoppingbyWoodsonaSnowyEvening”3.名词解释：1)AmericanNaturalism:Americannaturalismwasanewandharsherrealism.Americannaturalismhadbeenshapedbythewar。bythesocialupheavalsthatunderminedthecomfortingfaithofanearlierage.America’sliterarynaturalistsdismissedthev
3、alidityofcomfortingmoraltruths.Theyattemptedtoachieveextremeobjectivityandfrankness,presentingcharactersoflowsocialandeconomicclasseswhoweredeterminedbytheirenvironmentandheredity.Inpresentingtheextremesoflife,thenaturalistssometimesdisplayedanaffinitytothese
4、nsationalismofearlyromanticism,butunliketheirromanticpredecessors,thenaturalistsemphasizedthattheworldwasamoral,thatmenandwomenhadnofreewill,thatliveswerecontrolledbyheredityandenvironment,thatthedestinyofhumanitywasmiseryinlifeandoblivionindeath.Althoughnatu
5、ralistliteraturedescribedtheworldwithsometimesbrutalrealism,itsometimesalsoaimedatbetteringtheworldthroughsocialreform.2)Blackhumour:AlsoknownasBlackComedy,writingthatplacesgrotesqueelementssidebysidewithhumorousonesinanattempttoshockthereader,forcinghimorher
6、tolaughatthehorrifyingrealityofadisorderedworld.3)Freeverse:Freeverseispoetrythathasanirregularrhythmandlinelengthandthatattemptstoavoidanypredeterminedversestructure。instead,itusesthecadencesofnaturalspeech.Whileitalternatesstressedandunstressedsyllablesasst
7、ricterverseformdo,freeversedoessoinalooserway.Whitman’spoetryisanexampleoffreeverseatitsmostimpressive.4).Imagism:AliterarymovementlaunchedbyBritishandAmericanpoetsearlyinthe20thcenturyinreactionagainstVictoriansentimentalismthatadvocatedtheuseoffreeverse,com
8、monspeechpatterns,andclearconcreteimages.5)Localcolorism：LocalcolorismorRegionalismasatrendfirstmadeitspresence-22-/22feltinthelate1860sandearly70sinAmerica.Itmaybedefinedasthecarefuldisp
