[单项选择]Notable’ as important nineteenth-century novels by women, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights treat women very differently. Shelley produced a "masculine" text in which the fates of subordinate female characters seem entirely dependent on the actions of male heroes or anti-heroes. Bronte produced a more realistic narrative portraying a world where men battle for the favors of apparently high-spirited, independent women. Nevertheless, these two novels are alike in several crucial ways. Many readers are convinced that the compelling mysteries of each plot conceal elaborate structures of allusion and fierce, though shadowy, moral ambitions that seem to indicate metaphysical intentions, though efforts by critics to articulate these intentions have generated much controversy. Both novelists use a storytelling method that emphasizes ironic disjunctions between different perspectives on the same events as well as ironic tensions that inhere in the relationship bet
A. defend a controversial interpretation of two novels
B. explain the source of widely recognized responses to two novels
C. delineate broad differences between two novels
D. compare and contrast two novels

[单项选择]Notable’ as important nineteenth-century novels by women, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights treat women very differently. Shelley produced a "masculine" text in which the fates of subordinate female characters seem entirely dependent on the actions of male heroes or anti-heroes. Bronte produced a more realistic narrative portraying a world where men battle for the favors of apparently high-spirited, independent women. Nevertheless, these two novels are alike in several crucial ways. Many readers are convinced that the compelling mysteries of each plot conceal elaborate structures of allusion and fierce, though shadowy, moral ambitions that seem to indicate metaphysical intentions, though efforts by critics to articulate these intentions have generated much controversy. Both novelists use a storytelling method that emphasizes ironic disjunctions between different perspectives on the same events as well as ironic tensions that inhere in the relationship bet
A. method of disguising the author’s real purposes
B. controversial effect on readers
C. portrayal of men as determiners of the novel’s action
D. use of multiple narrators

[单项选择]Thomas Hardy wrote the following novels EXCEPT

[单项选择]Unlike some classic European novels, American literature encompasses many different, even unique, styles and genres. One of the most interesting of these is the Southern Gothic subgenre. As its name implies, Southern Gothic literature is reflective of life in the American South. Southern Gothic maintains some of the characteristics of Gothic writing, such as plot development of the supernatural or the ironic. However, Southern Gothic does not focus on creating tension and suspense like other Gothic genres. Instead, Southern Gothic story lines examine Southern society and its underlying, often implicit, social structure.
Southern Gothic writers generally spurn the stereotype of the gentleman on the plantation and the glamorous Southern belle. Instead, the authors develop characters that are sinister or reclusive and not particularly pleasant on the surface. However, these characters usually have redeeming qualities that allow and encourage the reader to empathize with their situati
A. explain how Southern Gothic writers use immoral personalities to explore moral issues in the American South
B. explore the primary stylistic differences between classical Gothic and Southern Gothic
C. argue that Southern Gothic is sufficiently unique to merit its classification as a distinct subgenre
D. deny the necessity of tension and suspense as defining features of Gothic literature
E. describe the identifying features of the Southern Gothic subgenre

[单项选择]How many novels had he finished（）
A. One.
B. Two.
C. Three.
D. Four.

[单项选择]Where does he often borrow English novels from
A. From his friend.
B. From his teacher.
C. From the school library.

[单项选择]Thomas Hardy wrote the following novels EXCEPT
[A] Great Expectations. [B] Tess of the D’Urbervilles.
[C] The Return of the Native. [D] Under the Greenwood Tree.

[填空题]The article introduces Mark Twain and his novels, which are well known to readers worldwide and hold an important position in American literature history.

[单项选择]

1. Austen, Jane, Pride and Prejudice (BR, 1813) / 2. Baldwin, James, Go Tell It on the Mountain (AM, 1953) / 3. Bellow, Saul, Seize the Day (AM, 1956) / 4. Bronte, Charlotte, Jane Eyre (BR, 1847) / 5. Bronte, Emily, Wuthering Heights (BR, 1847) / 6. Camus, Albert, The Stranger (FR, 1942) / 7. Carroll, Lewis, Alice’ s Adventures in Wonderland (BR, 1865) / 8. Cather, Willa, My Antonia (AM, 1918) / 9. Cervantes, Miguel de, Don Quixote (SP, 1605, 1607) / 10. Chopin, Kate, The Awakening (AM, 1899) / 11. Conrad, Joseph, Heart of Darkness (BR, i902 ) / 12. Crane, Stephen, The Red Badge of Courage (AM, 1895) / 13. Defoe, Daniel, Robinson Crusoe (BR, 1719) / 14. Dickens, Charles, Great Expectations (BR, 1860～61)/ 15. Dostoevski, Feodor, Crime and Punishment (RU, 1866) / 16. Eliot, George, The Mill on the Floss (BR, 1860) / 17. Ellison, Ralph, Invisible Man (AM, 1947) / 18. Faulkner,

[填空题]Of all the exciting novels written by Charles Dickens I like this one(well)（）

[多项选择] Nowadays many novels are adapted into films or TV plays. What do you think of film adaptations of literature Write a comment of about 400 words on this issue.
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