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1、精選優(yōu)質(zhì)文檔-傾情為你奉上精選優(yōu)質(zhì)文檔-傾情為你奉上專心-專注-專業(yè)專心-專注-專業(yè)精選優(yōu)質(zhì)文檔-傾情為你奉上專心-專注-專業(yè)Unti 9 Critial realismIn the 19th century English Literature, a new literary trend _critical realism_ appeared after the romantic poetry.The greatest English relist of the 19th century was _Charles Dickens_, who pictures bourgeois civili

2、zation, and shows the misery and suffering of the common people.The Victorian Age in English literature was largely an age of prose, especially of the _novel_Robert Browning is a great experimenter in poetic art. He is best known for the technique of _dramatic monologue_The most important poet of th

3、e Victorian Age was _Tennyson_. Next to him were Robert Browning and his wife.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 Club.The novel “Oliver Twist” tells the story of a poor child named _Oliver

4、Twist_ who is born in a workhouse and brought up under miserable conditions.The subtitle of “Vanity Fair “ is _A Novel Without a Hero_. The writers intention was not to portray individuals, but the bourgeois and aristocratic society as a whole.The main plot of “ Vanity Fair” centers on the story of

5、two women: Amelia Sedley and _Rebecca Sharp_. Their character are in sharp contrast.Charlotte Brontes masterpiece is_Jane Eyre_.Emily Brontes masterpiece is _Wuthering Heights_.The author of the “Return of the Native “ is _Thomas Hardy_.George Eliot produced three remarkable novels including “ Adam

6、Bede”, “The Mill on the Floss” and “_ Among Hardys novels, the best-known are _ and the “Jude the Obscure”._Oscar Wilde_ is the representative among the writers of aestheticism and decadence. “ the Picture of Dorian Gray “ is a typical decadent novel written by him. It was while living in Italy that

7、 Robert Browning published his finest volume of poems_.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 poor.B. the techniques i

8、n writingC. the fate of the common peopleD. the future of their own country.The author of the work “Dombey and Son” is:A. Charles DicknesB. Henry JamesC. Robert BrowningD. ThackararyAs a love story, Wuthering Heights is one of the most moving the passion between _ proves the most intense, the most b

9、eautiful and at the same time the most horrible.A. Hareton and CathyB. Heathcliff and CatherineC. Hareton and Catherine D. Heathcliff and CathyDo 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 shoul

10、d have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. The above passage is most probably taken from_.A. Great Expectations B. Wuthering HeightsC. Jane Eyre.D. Pride and PrejudiceMost of Thomas Hardys novels are set in Wessex _A. a crude region in EnglandB. comprehensive knowl

11、edgeC. a remote rural areaD. Hardys hometownTess of the DUrbervilles, one of Thomas Hardys best known novels ,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.The success of Jane Eyre is not only because of its sharp criticism of the existing society, but also due to its introduction to the English novel the first _ heroine.A. workerB. peasantC. governessD. explorerHow do you understand that Dickens is the g