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1、英国文学史期末考试复习题可以参考课本及其他复习资料一、名词解释（交代背景、内容/特点、代表人物/作品）1.EnglishRenaissance2.EscapistRomanticists(Pleasetellthetime,background,characteristicsandrepresentatives)3.EnglishCriticalRealism(Pleasetellthetime,background,characteristicsandrepresentatives)4.Aestheticism(Pleasetellthetime,backgr

2、ound,characteristicsandrepresentatives)5.The“StreamofConsciousness”schoolofNovel(Pleasetellthetime,background,characteristicsandrepresentatives)二、回答问题1.WhatarethefeaturesofShakespeare’sDrama?2.WhatisthethemeofMilton’sParadiseLost?Andmakeacommentonthecharacterizationofthispoem.3.Illus

3、tratethepoliticalsatireJonathanSwiftmadeinGulliver’sTravells?4.WhatkindofroleHenryFieldingplaysinthehistoryofEnglishnovel?Andwhatarethemajorfeaturesofhisnovels?5.ThomasCarlylebelievesthat“TheHistoryoftheWorldistheBiographyofGreatMen”.HowdoesheillustratethisviewinHeroesandHero-Worship

4、?复习题参考答案：名词解释：1.TheEnglishRenaissancewasaculturalandartisticmovementinEnglanddatingfromthelate15thandearly16thcenturiestotheearly17thcentury.Twofeaturesarestrikingofthismovement.Theoneisathirstingcuriosityfortheclassicalliterature.Theloveofclassicswasbutanexpressionofthegeneraldissat

5、isafactionattheCatholicandfeudalideas.Anotherfeatureisthekeeninterestintheactivitiesofhunmanity.Humanismisthekey-noteoftheRenaissance.Itreflectedfthenewoutlookoftherisingbourgeoisclass.PeopleceasedtolookuponthemselvesaslivingforGodandafutureworld.Instead,theyputemphasisonwordlylife,b

6、elievingthatmancanmouldtheworldaccordingtohisdesires,andattainhappinessbyremovingallexteranalchecksbytheexerciseofreason.2.EscapistRomanticists（参书p.211）3.EnglishCriticalRealismofthe19thcenturyflourishedinthefortiesandearlyfifties.ThegreatestEnglishrealistofthetimewasCharlesDickens.Ot

7、herrepresentativesincludeThackeray,theBrontesistersandMrs.Gaskell.Theuseofhumourandsatireisanimportantfeatureofcriticalrealists’works.Theynotonlygaveasatiricalportrayalofthebourgeoisieandalltherulingclasses,butalsoshowedprofoundsympathyforthecommonpeople.Themajorcontributionmadebythe

8、sewriterslie