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信阳师范大学美国文学史
________ was a poet in American modern period who was deeply influence by eastern culture.
A.T. S Eliot
B.Robert Frost
C.Ezra Pound
D.Walt Whitman
Naturalism is evolved from realism when the author ’ts one in writing becomes less serious and less sympathetic but more ironic and more ____.
A.rational
B.humorous
C.optimistic
D.pessimistic
_____ is not among those greatest figures in “ Lost Generation ”.
A.Ezra Pound
B.Robert Frost
C.Walt Whitman
D.Hemingway
____ is considered Mark Twain ’ s greatest achievement.
A.The Gilded Age
B.Innocent Abroad
C.The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
D.Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Transcendentalist doctrines found their greatest literary advocates in _____and Thoreau.
A.Jefferson
B.Emerson
C.Freneau
D.Mark Twain
Stylistically, Henry James ’ fiction is characterized by. __
A.short, clear sentences
B.abundance of local images
C.ordinary American speech
D.highly refined language
The short story “aRnip W Vinkle ” reveals the ____ attitude of its author.
A.optimistic
B.pessimistic
C.conservative
D.ironic
Which of the following is not the characteristic of American Romanticism?
A.Rationalism
B.inner self
C.personal feelings
D.individualism
The short story “ The Legend of Sleepy Hollow ” is taken from Irving ’ s work named ______.
A.The Leatherstocking Tales
B.The Sketch Book
C.The Autobiography
D.The History of New Y ork
In American literature, the 18th century was the age of Enlightenment.______ was the dominant.
A.humanism
B.rationalism
C.romanticism
D.evolution
Which one is NOT the characteristic of modernism?
A.Modernism in literature is characterized by experimentation, anti-realism, individualism and a stress on the cerebral rather than emotive aspects.
B.Modernism is greatly influenced by the two world wars.
C.The work of Marx, and Freud, had mounted an assault against orthodox religious faith that lasted into the twentieth century.
D.Modernists believe that human nature is kind.
Which of the following works is NOT by Ernest Hemingway?
A.The Old Man and Sea
B.A Farewell to Arms
C.Sound and Fury
D.For Whom the Bell Tolls
The realistic period is referred to as“ the Gilded Age” by _______.
A.Mark Twain
B.Henry James
C.Emily Dickinson
D.Theodore Dreiser
Which of the following statements about Emily Dickinson is NOT true?
A.After 1862 she became a total recluse, not leaving her house nor seeing close friends.
B.She once felt a deep affection for Charles Wadsworth, a married aged minister, but it proved to be a frustrated love affair for Dickinson.
C.She wrote about death, immortality, nature, success and failure.
D.During her lifetime, all her poems are published.
_________ is father of the detective story and of psychoanalytic criticism.
A. Washington Irving
B. Ralph Waldo Emerson
C. Walt Whitman
D. Edgar Allan Poe
A.T. S Eliot
B.Robert Frost
C.Ezra Pound
D.Walt Whitman
Naturalism is evolved from realism when the author ’ts one in writing becomes less serious and less sympathetic but more ironic and more ____.
A.rational
B.humorous
C.optimistic
D.pessimistic
_____ is not among those greatest figures in “ Lost Generation ”.
A.Ezra Pound
B.Robert Frost
C.Walt Whitman
D.Hemingway
____ is considered Mark Twain ’ s greatest achievement.
A.The Gilded Age
B.Innocent Abroad
C.The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
D.Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Transcendentalist doctrines found their greatest literary advocates in _____and Thoreau.
A.Jefferson
B.Emerson
C.Freneau
D.Mark Twain
Stylistically, Henry James ’ fiction is characterized by. __
A.short, clear sentences
B.abundance of local images
C.ordinary American speech
D.highly refined language
The short story “aRnip W Vinkle ” reveals the ____ attitude of its author.
A.optimistic
B.pessimistic
C.conservative
D.ironic
Which of the following is not the characteristic of American Romanticism?
A.Rationalism
B.inner self
C.personal feelings
D.individualism
The short story “ The Legend of Sleepy Hollow ” is taken from Irving ’ s work named ______.
A.The Leatherstocking Tales
B.The Sketch Book
C.The Autobiography
D.The History of New Y ork
In American literature, the 18th century was the age of Enlightenment.______ was the dominant.
A.humanism
B.rationalism
C.romanticism
D.evolution
Which one is NOT the characteristic of modernism?
A.Modernism in literature is characterized by experimentation, anti-realism, individualism and a stress on the cerebral rather than emotive aspects.
B.Modernism is greatly influenced by the two world wars.
C.The work of Marx, and Freud, had mounted an assault against orthodox religious faith that lasted into the twentieth century.
D.Modernists believe that human nature is kind.
Which of the following works is NOT by Ernest Hemingway?
A.The Old Man and Sea
B.A Farewell to Arms
C.Sound and Fury
D.For Whom the Bell Tolls
The realistic period is referred to as“ the Gilded Age” by _______.
A.Mark Twain
B.Henry James
C.Emily Dickinson
D.Theodore Dreiser
Which of the following statements about Emily Dickinson is NOT true?
A.After 1862 she became a total recluse, not leaving her house nor seeing close friends.
B.She once felt a deep affection for Charles Wadsworth, a married aged minister, but it proved to be a frustrated love affair for Dickinson.
C.She wrote about death, immortality, nature, success and failure.
D.During her lifetime, all her poems are published.
_________ is father of the detective story and of psychoanalytic criticism.
A. Washington Irving
B. Ralph Waldo Emerson
C. Walt Whitman
D. Edgar Allan Poe