英国文学史及作品选读习题集(3).pdf

3EnglishLiteratureinthe17thCentury

Ⅰ.Essayquestions.
1.Givesupportingreasonsforthestatement:SamsoninSamsonAgonistesisJohn
Miltontheauthorhimself.
2.AnalyzethecharacterofSataninJohnMilton’sParadiseLost.
Ⅱ.Definethefollowingterms.
1.Elegy9.Pastoral
2.Pamphlet10.Diction
3.Assonance11.Epithalamion
4.Stanza12.Dreamvision(Dreamallegory)
5.Folktale13.Metaphysicalpoetry
6.Hyperbole14.Fable
7.Prosepoems15.Parable
8.Conceit16.Masques(Masks)
Ⅲ.Fillintheblanks.
1.Oneschoolofpoetryprevailinginthe17thcenturyisthatof__________,who
weresidedwiththeKingagainsttheParliamentandPuritans.
2.Thoughas__________,thecharactersinThePilgrim’sProgressimpressthe
readerslikerealpersons.TheplacesinitareEnglishscenes,andtheconversations
whichenlivenhisnarrativesvividlyrepeatthelanguageofthewriter’stime.
3.ThepoemsofJohnDonnebelongtotwocategories:the_________,andthe
later________.
4.JohnDonneisthefounderoftheschoolof__________.Hisworksare
characterizedbymysticismincontentandfantasticalityinform.
5.BecauseofthesuccessofParadiseLost,JohnMiltonproducedin1671another
epic,_________.
6.JohnMilton’sParadiseLostopenswiththedescriptionofameetingamongthe
fallenangels,andendswiththedepartureof_______and________fromthe
GardenofEden.
7.GeorgeHerbert,“thesaintoftheMetaphysicalschool,”sometimesresortstotricks
oftypographicallayouttoexpresshisreligiouspiety,asshownby“_________”:
“AbrokenAltar,Lord,thyservantrears…”
8.ThemostdistinguishedliteraryfigureoftheRestorationPeriodwasJohnDryden,
poet,________,andplaywright.
9.ParadiseLostisalongepic.Thestoriesaretakenfrom__________.
10.ThePilgrim’sProgresstellsofthespiritualpilgrimageofChristian,whoflies
formCityofDestruction,andfinallycomestotheDelectableMountainsandthe
__________.
11.SirThomasBrowneandJeremyTaylorhavebeenthoughttobetwo
representative_________prosewritersinEnglishliteraturefortheirelaborateand
magnificentstyle.
Ⅳ.Choosethebestanswer.

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1.JohnDryden’stragedyAllforLovedealswiththesamestoryas________’s
AntonymandCleopatra.
A.WilliamShakespeareB.JohnMilto