课程名称︰二十世纪英国文学 课程性质︰九选五群组必修 课程教师︰曾丽玲 开课学院：文学院 开课系所︰外文系 考试日期（年月日）︰101/5/1 考试时限（分钟）：120 是否需发放奖励金：是 （如未明确表示，则不予发放） 试题 : I. Spot passages. Answer the following questions by means of a few sentences in the space provided below. Except for cases of identification, complete sentences are still necessary. 60% 1. "Again the guns disturbed the hour, Roaring their readiness to avenge, As far inland as Stourton Tower, And Camelot, and starlit Stonehenge." Explain the significance of concluding the poem with the three place names. 2. "No wonder of it: sheer plod makes plough down sillion Shine, and blue-bleak embers, ah my dear, Fall, gall themselves, and gash gold vermilion." What quality does the speaker emphasize in choosing the images of "sillion" and "embers"? With what is the speaker connecting the quality? 3. "Each mortal thing does one thing and the same" What does each mortal thing do in Hopkins's belief? What examples taken from nature has he given to support this point in "As Kingfishers Catch Fire"? 4. "Among what rushes will they build, By what lake's edge or pool Delight men's eyes when I awake some day To find they have flown away?" Can you find a pun in this quoted passage? Why is it a pun? Based on information of this punning word, what anxiety can be seen on the speaker's part? 5. "That twenty centuries of stony sleep Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle, And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards bethlehem to be born?" What is Yeats's view on the development of history? What prophecy does Yeats make about the future? 6. "O sages standing in God's holy fire As in the gold mosaic of a wall, Come from the holy fire, perne in a gyre, And be the singing-masters of my soul." What is the content of the speaker's plea? II. Essay questions. Answer altogether THREE questons (you are given choices) on the back of the exam papaers by means of a well-written esay which contains an underlined topic sentence for each essay. Failure to underline of misplacement of your topic sentence will lead to loss of two points. Note: keep the original number as it appears below; there will be penalty on serious grammatical errors. 40% Choose any one from questions 1-3. (15%) 1. Compare and contrast the imagery of birds in Hardy's and Hopkins' poems. 2. Discuss either one of the two poets' modernity: Hardy and Hopkins. Approach this question from at least two perspectives: stylistics and subject matter. 3. Examine Hardy's and Hopkins's poetics in relation to their time context. What atmosphere was responsible for their separate poetic practice? Choose one from questions 4-6. (15%) 4. Comment on Yeats's presentation of women in his poems. What bias does he have in his presentation? (You must cite specific poems for discussion.) 5. Describe Yeats's class position in his poems. What statement does he make about class and relationship with poetry writing? (You must cite specific poems for discussion.) 6. What effects do many of Yeat's rhetorical questions in his poetry achieve? You must answer question 7 (10%). 7. Choose one feature of British modernism to discuss on the basis of textual evidence of at least two writer's poetry. --

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