首都师范大学外国语学院《823英语专业知识（英语语言学、英美文学、英美概况等）》历年考研真题及详解.pdf

2007年首都师范大学824英语专业知识（英语语言学、英美文学、英美概况等）考研真题及详解 英美文学部分（50分） Ⅰ. Give a brief explanation to each of the following literary terms. (15 points) 1 Free ve
e 【答案】Free ve
e is a term describing various styles of poetry that are written without using a strict rhyme scheme, but still recognizable as poetry by virtue of complex patter
of one sort or another that reade
will perceive to be part of a coherent whole. Walt Whitman is a representative who employed free ve
e successfully.查看答案 2 Plot 【答案】In literature, a plot is all the events in a story particularly rendered towards the achievement of some particular artistic or emotional effect. In other words, it’s what mostly happened in the story or novel or what the story’s general theme is based on, such as the mood, characte
, setting, and conflicts occurring in a story.查看答案 3 Tragedy 【答案】A tragedy is a story that presents courageous individuals who confront powerful forces within or outside themselves with a dignity that reveals the breadth and depth of the human spirit in the face of failure, defeat, and even death. Tragedies recount an individual’s downfall; they usually begin high and end low. Shakespeare is known for his tragedies, including Macbeth, King Lear, Othello, and Hamlet.查看答案 4 “Stream of Co
ciousness” novel 【答案】A “stream of co
ciousness” novel attempts to depict the flow of inner experience of the characte
. Those novels break through the bounds of time and space, and mingle the thoughts, feelings, and se
e impressio
of characte
at a specific time. Famous “stream of co
ciousness” novelists include James Joyce, Virginia Woolf and William Faulkner.查看答案 5 Imagism 【答案】Imagism is a poetic movement that flourished in the U.S. and Britain between 1909 and 1917. The movement was led by the American poets Ezra Pound and, later, Amy Lowell. The imagist poets placed stressed precision in the choice of words, freedom in the choice of subject matter and form and the use of colloquial language. Notable collectio
of ima