中国人民大学英美文学、英美文化2002年考研真题考研试题

中国人民大学 2002 年研究生入学考试试题
招生专业：英语语言文学
考试科目：英美文学 英美文化
考试时间：1 月 28 日上午
考试编号：532
一、英美文学（55%）
Ⅰ. Explain briefly the following terms; mention an author or a literary work that may be
associated with each of the terms defined. (12%)
1. “Trilogy of Desire”
2. allegory
3. transcendentalism
4. terza rima
5. ballad
6. free verse
Ⅱ. Place the following works in their proper century; indicate whether each is a poem, a play, a
novel, etc, and give the full name of the author. (20%)
1. The Vicar of Wakefield
2. Nature
3. The Sound and the Fury
4. Measure for Measure
5. The Canterbury Tales
6. The Forsyte Sagea
7. Innocents Abroad
8. North of Boston
9. The Rainbow
10. The Wild Honey Suckle
Ⅲ. Identify the following quotations by giving the title of each work and the full name of its
author, and explain the implications of the underlined parts. (12%)
1. Sunset and evening star,
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar,
When I put out to sea,
But such a tide as moving seems asleep,
Too full for sound and foam,
When that which drew from out the boundless deep
Turns again home.
Twilight and evening bell,
And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness of farewell,
When I embark;