中山大学2004年英语专业考研英美文学专业试.doc

中山大学2004年英语专业考研英美文学专业试题
Entrance EXAM for 2004M. A- Program
School of Foreign Languages Zhongshan (Sun Yat-sen) University
British and American Literature
Duration: 3 hours
Total Score: 150 marks
Instructions: Answer all the 3 questions in Part One and any 3 questions in Part Two. You are required to answer 6 questions altogether.
Part One
I. Explain briefly any 3 of the terms listed below (20%)
A. American Renaissance
B. Epic
C. Metaphysical poetry
D. Modernism
E. Theatre of the Absurd
II. Comment briefly on any 2 of the following characters. (20%)
A. Captain Ahab
B. Tom Jones
C. Gatsby
D. Andrea del Sarto
E. King Lear
III. Match the literary work with the author. For each question (A-T) fill in the blank with one figure (1-20). (20%)
Example: David Copperfield    2        1. Jack London
2. Charles Dickens
A. The Portrait of a Lady                     1. William Carlos Williams
B. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn       2. Walt Whitman
C. The Wasteland                            3. Henry Fielding
D. The Rainbow                              4. Eugene O'Neill
E. Leaves of Grass                          5. T. S. Eliot
F. Tom Jones                                6. Charles Lamb
G. Bleak House                              7. Henry James
H. The eth                        8. Charles Dickens
I. Essays of Elia _____                     9. D. H. Lawrenc