南京大學(xué)外國(guó)語(yǔ)學(xué)院《964英美文學(xué)》歷年考研真題及詳解

2014年南京大學(xué)964英美文學(xué)考研真題(回憶版)I.MultipleChoices(10’)[PassageI分別給出了postcolonialnovels和internationalnovels的特征]1.Accordingtothefeaturesexplainedinthepassageabove,whichoneofthewriterswritespostcolonialnovels?A.E.M.Forster B.V.S.Naipaul C.SalmanRushdie D.KazuoIshiguro2.Accordingtothefeaturesexplainedinthepassageabove,whichoneofthewriterswritesinternationalnovels?A.E.M.Forster B.V.S.Naipaul C.SalmanRushdie D.KazuoIshiguro[PassageII討論了某個(gè)文學(xué)作品的內(nèi)容，其中有提到“AGameofChess”，并指出作品在這一章節(jié)里面有提到兩個(gè)古代的女人（虛構(gòu)或非虛構(gòu)）和兩個(gè)現(xiàn)代的女人，包括Cleopatra和Ophelia]3.What’stheworkdiscussedinthepassageabove?答案為TheWasteLand4.Whichofthefollowingcriticalessaysisalsowrittenbythisauthor?答案為“TraditionandtheIndividualTalent”5.Theauthoruseswhichofthefollowingliterarydevicestobringinthosewomen?答案為allusion[PassageIII講的是theTheatreoftheAbsurd]6.Whocoinedtheterm“theTheatreoftheAbsurd”?答案為MartinEsslin7.WhichoneofthefollowingplaysistheiconicworkoftheTheatreoftheAbsurd?答案為SamuelBeckett’sWaitingforGodot8.WhichoneofthefollowingAmericanplaywrightsalsowritesthiskindofplay?答案為EdwardAlbee[PassageIV只有一句話:“CallmeIshmael”]9.Thissentenceistakenfromwhichofthefollowingbooks?答案為HermanMeville’sMoby-Dick10．關(guān)于這句話所起的作用和效果，選項(xiàng)已記不清了II.Identifyauthorsandtitles.(20’)HenryDavidThoreau,WaldenHenryJames,TheJollyCornerRalphWaldoEllison,InvisibleManArthurMiller,DeathofaSalesmanDanielDefoe,TheLifeandStrangeSurprisingAdventuresofRobinsonCrusoeJosephConrad,HeartofDarknessWilliamShakespeare,RomeoandJulietOscarWilde,TheImportanceofBeingEarnestWilliamWordsworth,IWanderedLonelyasaCloud[以上9個(gè)沒(méi)有按原題目的順序哈。還有一個(gè)什么companyoflove的沒(méi)認(rèn)出來(lái)，貌似不是書(shū)上的]III.Answerthefollowingquestionswithabout150words(60’)1.ExplainthetitleoftheplayPygmalion.HowdoesthetitlealludetotherelationshipbetweenHigginsandElizaintheplay?Whatsocialproblemcanyoulearnfromtheirrelationship?(20’)2.ExaminetheplotandpointofviewinWilliamFaulkner’s“BarnBurning”.Doyouviewitasa“comingofage”story?Whyorwhynot?Pleaseillustrateyourpointwithtextualevidence.(20’)3.ExplainakeysymbolinONEofthefollowingworks:Hamlet,TheScarletLetter,LordoftheFliesandAStreetcarNamedDesire.(20’)IV.Writeanessayofaround300wordstoanswerONEofthequestions.(30’)ANoiselessPatientSpiderbyWaltWhitmanAnoiseless,patientspider,Imark’dwhereonalittlepromontoryitstoodisolated,Mark’dhowtoexplorethevacantvastsurrounding,Itlaunch’dforthfilament,filament,filament,outofitself,Everunreelingthem,evertirelesslyspeedingthem.AndyouOmysoulwhereyoustand,Surrounded,detached,inmeasurelessoceansofspace,Ceaselesslymusing,venturing,throwing,seekingthespherestoconnectthem,Tillthebridgeyouwillneedbe:form’d,tilltheductileanchorhold,Tillthegossamerthreadyouflingcatchsomewhere,Omysoul.DesignbyRobertFrostIfoundadimpledspider,fatandwhite,Onawhiteheal-all,holdingupamothLikeawhitepieceofrigidsatincloth—AssortedcharactersofdeathandblightMixedreadytobeginthemorningright,Liketheingredientsofawitches’broth—Asnow-dropspider,aflowerlikeafroth,Anddeadwingscarriedlikeapaperkite.Whathadthatflowertodowithbeingwhite,Thewaysideblueandinnocentheal-all?Whatbroughtthekindredspidertothatheight,Thensteeredthewhitemoththitherinthenight?Whatbutdesignofdarknesstoappall?—Ifdesigngoverninathingsosmall.1.Whatisthethematicconcernof“ANoiselessPatientSpider”?WhatpoeticdevicesWhitmanadoptstoexpressthisconcern?2.Whatisthethematicconcernof“Design”?WhatpoeticdevicesFrostadoptstoexpressthisconcern?3.Writeanessaytocompareandcontrastthesimilaritiesanddifferencesofthesetwopoems.V.Criticalessay.(30’)提供了一段某個(gè)評(píng)論家2013年出版的作品中一段話，段落里出現(xiàn)了很多個(gè)binaryopp