中山大學2004年英語專業(yè)考研英美文學專業(yè)試卷

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   &nb