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1、英国文学习题与练习Week2EarlyandMedievalEnglishLiteratureReferenceQuestions:1. WhoweretheearliestsettlersofBritton/England?Whatdoyouknowaboutthem(home,language,belief,lifestyle)?2. Whatarethe3conquests?Whateffectstheyhaduponthenation?3. Ideologicallywhatisthemostsignificantchangeinpeoplesspirituallife?4. Howw

2、asthenationdevelopedpoliticallyorwhatchangeswerethereintheformofthesocialstructure?5. Intermsofliterature,whatinfluencehadtheFrenchuponEngland?6. HowmanylanguageswerespokenduringtheFrenchreign?HowdoyouunderstandmodemEnglishasalanguage?7. WhatwastheessenceofChristiandoctrinepreachedatthetime?Wasthere

3、anyignoblereasonbehindit?8. WhywastheMiddleAgesknownastheDarkAges?9. WhatwastheformOfliteratureatthetime?Whatfeaturesdoesithave?10. Whatarethe3periods/stagesofChaucer,sliterarycareer?11. InwhatwaydoWecallChaucersCanterburyTalesthefirstworkofEnglishliterature?Textstudy:ChaucerfsCanterburyTales(6-7)1.

4、 Whatisimageofthenun?2. Isshefavorablyandadmirablyorsatiricallyportrayed?How?3. Whatfiguresofspeechareused?Week3Renaissance(1)Referencequestions:1. WhatisRenaissance?Howandwhydiditcomeabout?2. Whatisthedevelopmentofdrama?Whatweretheoriginalformsandcontentandpracticeofdrama?3. WhydiddramaflourishinEl

5、izabethanage?Whoarethemajorplaywrightsofthetime?4. WhoisMarlowe?WhatcontributionsdidhemaketoEnglishdrama?5. WhoisShakespeare?Whatfamousandgreatplays(history,comedy,tragedy)?Whatfeatures?6. WhatdidBenJonsonwriteabout?Whatrepresentativework?7. PreparetheexcerptfromHamlet(31-32).Whatisitmainlyabout?Wha

6、thumanistideacanyoufindinthesoliloquy?8. Whatwasthemostimportanttranslationofthetime?Week4Renaissance(2)ReferencequestionsonShakespeareandHamlet:1. WhyisShakespeareaneternalsubjectofstudy?Wherelieshisgreatness?2. WhatarethethemesofHamlet?3. WhatisthesignificanceofHamletasacharacter?4. Whatisblankver

7、se?5. Whatissoliloquy?TextstudyHamIefssoliloquy46Tobeornottobe,9(31-32)1. WhatisthemainideaofHamlet,ssoliloquy?Summarizeinoneortwosentencesthemainideaofthesoliloquy?2. Howdoesthesoliloquyreflectthespiritofthetimeortheideaofhumanism?3. HowdoyouanalyzeHamletsargumentintermsofstructure?Week5Renaissance

8、(3)QuestionsforRenaissancepoetryandprose:1. WhowasthoughttobethegreatestEnglishpoetsinceChaucer?Whatishisrepresentativework?Whatarethefeaturesofthispoem?2. Whatnewforms(rhyme-blankverse,stanza-sonnet)ofpoetrywereintroducedintoEngland?Bywhom?3. Whowerethefamoussonneteersofthetime?4. HowdoyoutellanIta

9、lian(Petrarchan)sonnetfromanEnglish(aShakespearean)one?5. HowmanysonnetsdidShakespearewrite?Whatarethemajorsubjects?6. Whowerethetwomajorprosewriters?WhatisUtopia?WheredoyouthinkMorepossiblygottheideaorwasitallhisowninvention?Howdoyouinterpretthetitleofthebook?7. WhatcontributiondidBaconmaketotheEng

10、lishsystemofthinkingandlearning?8. What,sthepurposeofhisEssays?9. Basedonyourreadingofhiswork,giveyourpersonalimpressionof7commentonhisEssays?10. TheEnglishRenaissanceperiodisknownforitstranslations.Whatarethemostimportanttranslationsofthisage?TextstudyQuestionsonSonnet18byShakespeare(58):1. Whatist

11、heEnglishsonnetform?Studythemetricalandrhymeschemeaswellasthestructure?2. Whafsthemainidea?Isitreallyaboutlove?Whatispeculiarofthislovepoem?3. Whatfiguresofspeechareused?Questionson“OfStudieswbyEBacon(52-53):1. Howdoyoudefinethestyle?2. StudytheessaybycomparingtheEnglishversionwiththetranslationofMr

12、Wang.HowdoyouliketheChineseversion?3. Paraphraseandcommentonsentences1-6,10-12.Week6RevolutionandRestorationReferencequestions:1. Whatwasthemostimportantsocialeventduringthemid-17thcentury?2. Whatwerethetwomostpopularformsoflyric?3. WhyisMiltonthegreatestpoetoftheperiod?WhatisthesignificanceofParadi

13、seLost?Textstudy:ParadiseLostbyJohnMiIton(67-68)1. Whatisthehistoricalbackgroundofthework?2. Asatransitionalwriter,howdoesMiltoncombinehishumanisticideaswithhisPuritanideas?3. WhatistheimageandthesignificanceofSataninthetwoextracts?4. Whatphilosophycanwegetfromthetext?Week718lhcenturyEnlightenment(I

14、)Questions:1. Whatwasthemostimportantintellectualeventofthetime?2. The18lhcenturyiscalledanageofthebourgeoisie.Why?Andwhateffectithadonliteratureofthecentury?3. WhydidEnglishnovelappearinthiscentury?4. WhatarethemajorformsOfliterature?5. Whathaveneo-classicismandrealismgottodowiththeEnlightenmentMov

15、ement?6. WhydidliteratureofSentimentalityandGothicismcomeintobeinginthelatterpartofthecentury?Textstudy:J.Swiffs“AModestProposaF,(81-89)1. Howdoyoudescribethenarrator,stone?2. WhatorwhoarethetargetsofSwift,smockery?3. Istheproposalmodest?Proveyourpoint.Week818thcenturyEnlightenment(Z)Textstudy:AnEssayonManbyA.Pope(89-90)1. Whatisheroiccouplet?2. Whatisthepoeticpattern?3. Whatarethethemesofthetwoextracts?4. Paraphrasethetextsortellinbriefyourinterpretation.wElegyWritteninaCountryChurchyardbyThomasGray(91-92)1. WhatdoyouknowoftheGraveyardpoetry?2. Whatisthepoeticpattern?3. Whatisthepredomina