课程名称︰维多利亚文学 课程性质︰外文系选修 课程教师︰朱伟诚 开课学院：文学院 开课系所︰外文系 考试日期（年月日）︰2010.06.10 考试时限（分钟）：150 是否需发放奖励金：是 （如未明确表示，则不予发放） 试题 : 1. Explain in detail why John Ruskin values gothic architecture (as in The Stones of Venice) and link it with similar ideas in William Morris's "How I Become a Socialist." (15%) 2. First summarize the contents of Matthew Arnold's poem "The Scholar Gypsy" and then explain how this poem as well as his "Dover Beach" can be linked to the Victorian age. (15%) 3. Summarize the main ideas put forth in Arnold's "The Function of Criticism." (5%) 4. Explain why "the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood" is called as such and describe, by citing one particular painting of theirs as an example, the main stylistic innovations of this school of painting as shown in the BBC program we watched in class. (10%) 5. What are William Morris's main contributions besides being a writer and socialist? (5%) 6. Use Gerard Manley Hopkin's poem "As Kingfishers Catch Fire" to explain his ideas of "inscape" and "instress" and then link them to his unique style of writing. (10%) 7. Summarize the contents of Hopkins's poem "The Windhover." (5%) 8. Explain Thomas Hardy's idea of "hap" as expressed in the poem of the same name and link it with A.E. Housman's poetry. (10%) 9. Discuss how Hopkins, Hardy and Housman could be used to complicate the idea of literary periodization. (5%) 10.Explain the tenets of aestheticism as expressed in Oscar Wilde's Preface to The Picture of Dorain Gray. (5%) 11.Try to recall two of Wilde's famous aphorisms that can best illustrate his critical attitute toward the Victorian establishment. (5%) 12.Summarize the contents of Rudyard Kipling's poem "The White Man's Burden." (5%) 13.First summarize the plot of Kipling's "The Man Who Would Be King" and then explain how the story can be read as a revealing mocjery of impirialism. (10%) 14.Explain why the 1890s can stand out as a minor literary period on its own. (5%) --

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