中国人民大学英美文学英美文化英语发展史英语语言学2005年(含答案)考研真题考研试题

中国人民大学 2005 年硕士生入学考试试题
招生专业：英语语言文学
考试科目：英美文学 英美文化 英语发展史 英语语言学
考试时间：1 月 23 日 下午
考题编号：441
英美文学
I. Define, in complete sentences，the following terms and phrases in English and
American literature. (12 points)
1. The Gilded Age
2. Canto
3. interpolation
4. quatrain
5. epic poetry
6. Harlem Renaissance
II. Place each of the following works in its proper century, indicate its
Genre, and give the full name of the author. (20 points)
1. Moby-Dick
2. The Return of the Native
3. Design．
4. Timon of Athens
5. The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg
6. An Ideal Husband
7. The Tiger
8. An American Tragedy
9. Ode on a Grecian Um
10. Annabel Lee
III. Identify each of the following quotations by giving the title of the work and the full
name of the author, and explain the implications of the underlined parts. (12 points)
1. Then at dawn we came down to a temperate valley,
Wet, below the snow line, smelling of vegetation,
With a running stream and a water-mill beating the darkness,
And three trees on the low sky.
And an old white horse galloped away in the meadow.
Thenwe came to a tavern with vine-1eaves over the lintel,
Six hands at an open door dicing for pieces of silver,
And feel kicking the empty, wine-skins.
But there was no information, and so we continued
And arrived at evening, not a moment too soon
Finding the place; it was (you may say) satisfactory
2. Those who are more thrifty (as I must confess the times require) may flay the carcass; the
skin of which artificially dressed will make admirable gloves for ladies, and summer boots
for fine gentlemen.
As to our city of Dublin, shambles may be appointed for this purpose in the most