英國(guó)文學(xué)史及選讀

1、Unti 9 Critial realism1. In the 19th century English Literature, a new literary trend .critical realism_ appeared after the romantic poetry.2. The greatest English relist of the 19th century was _CharlesDickens, who pictures bourgeois civilization, and shows themisery and suffering of the common peo

2、ple3. The Victorian Age in English literature was largely an age of prose, especially of the _novel_4. Robert Browning is a great experimenter in poetic art He is bestknown for the technique of _dramatic monologue3. The most important poet of the Victorian Age was _Tennyson Nextto him were Robert Br

3、owning and his wife6. The novel _The_Pickwick Papers_ deals with the adventure of Mr. Pickwick, a retired old merchant, who is the founder and chairman of the Pickwick Club7. The novel uOliver Twistv tells the story of a poor child named Oliver Twist_ who is born in a workhouse and brought up under

4、miserable conditions8. The subtitle of "Vanity Fair “ is _A Novel Without a Hero Thewriter* s intent ion was not to portray individuals, but the bourgeois and aristocratic society as a whole9. 、The main plot of “ Vanity Fair v centers on the story of two women: Amelia Sedley and _Rebecca Sharp

5、Their character are in sharpcontrast11. Charlotte Brontes masterpiece is_Jane Eyre_12. Emily Brontef s masterpiece is _Wuthering Heights13. The author of the uReturn of the Native u is Thomas Hardy14. George Eliot produced three remarkable novels including “ AdamBede" , uThe Mill on the Floss”

6、and 44'13. Among Hardyf s novels, the best-known areand the "Jude theObscurev 16. _Oscar Wilde is the representative among the writers ofaestheticism and decadence“ the Picture of Dorian Gray “ is atypical decadent novel written by him.17. It was while living in Italy that Robert Browning p

7、ublished hisfinest volume of poems18. Although writing from different points of view and with different technique, writers in the Victorian period shared one thing in common, that is they were all concerned about _C_A. the love story between the rich and the poorB the techniques in writingC the fate

8、 of the common peopleD. the future of their own country.19. The author of the work "Dombey and Son” is:A. Charles DicknesB. Henry JamesC Robert BrowningD. Thackarary20. As a love story, Wuthering Heights is one of the most moving thepassion betweenproves the most intense, the most beautiful and

9、at the same time the most horribleA. Hareton and CathyB Heathcliff and CatherineC Hareton and CatherineD. Heathcliff and Cathy21Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless and if god had gifted me with some beauty, and much wealth, I should have made it a

10、s hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. The above passage is most probably- taken fromA. Great ExpectationsB Wuthering HeightsC Jane EyreD. Pride and Prejudice22. Most of Thomas Hardyf s novels are set in Wessex A. a crude region in EnglandB comprehensive knowledgeC a remote ru

11、ral areaD. Hardy' s hometown23. Tess of the D' Urbervilles, one of Thomas Hardy * s best knownnovels ,portrays man as A. being hereditarily good or badB being self-sufficientC having no control over his own fateD. still retaining his own faith in a world of confusion.24. The success of Jane Eyre is not only because of its sharp criticismof the existing society, but also due to its introduction to the English novel the first heroineA. workerB peasantC governessD. explorer25. How do you understand that Dickens is the great