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Renaissance refers to the period between 14th---- m

id-17th century. It first started in Italy.

Renaissance m

eans rebirth or revival----the discovery of ancient Rom

an and Greek culture.

anism

is the essence of Renaissance -----Man is the m

easure of all things.

peare,

Marlowe

and

Francis

Bacon

etc.

were

the

rem

arkable

representatives

of

the

English

Renaissance.

6. Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies are the following works except ____.

A. Hamlet

B. King Lear

C. Rom

eo and Juliet

D. Othello

7. The Essence of Renaissance, the m

ost significant intellectual m

ovem

ent, was_____.

A. Geographical exploration B. Religious reform

ation C. Publishing and translation

D. Hum

anism.

8. In “Sonnet 18”, Shakespeare_________________.

A. Meditate on the destructive power of tim

e and eternal beauty by poetry.

B. Satirize hum

an’s vanity.

C. Predict the eternity of love

.D. Eulogize the power of the beauty

9. Which of the following statement best illustrates the them

e of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18?

speaker eulogizes the power of Nature.

speaker satirizes hum

an vanity.

speaker praises the power of artistic creation.

speaker m

editates on m

an’s salvation

10.

The

Renaissance

refers

to

between

14th-m

id-17th

century,

which

was

under

the

reign

of

Queen

___and absolute m

onarchy in England reached its summit, and in which the ’real m

ainstream

was ____.

A. Victoria/poetry

B. Elizabeth/ drama

C. Mary/ novel

D. Jam

es/ drama

11. _____, the first of the great tragedies, is generally

regarded as Shakespeare’s most popular play

on the

stage, for it has the qualities of a “blood

-and-

thunder” thriller and a ’philosophical exploration’ of life and

death.

A. The Merchant of Venice

B. Hamlet

C. King Lear

D. The Winter’s Tale

12

．

The 18th- century England is known as the Age of Enlightenment or the Age of Reason.

Its purpose was to enlighten the whole world with the light of m

odern

philosophical &

artistic ideas

. The

enlighteners celebrated

reason or rationality, equality &

science.

They called for a reference to order, reason &

rules and advocated universal education.

13

．

The Neoclassical period

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1)The Neoclassical period is about 1660-1798, also known as

Age of Enlight enm

ent

Reason

2)Its background was:

a. It was an age full of conflicts and difference of values;

b. It was an age of fast developm

ent for English to becom

e the first powerful capitalist country in the world;

c. It was an age of econom

ic developm

ent, in which bourgeois/m

iddle class grew rapidly.

3)In essence, the Neoclassical Period was a progressive intellectual m

ovem

ent.

4)The Enlighteners believed in self- restraint, self-reliance and hard work; They celebrated reason/rationality,

equality and science.

They advocated universal education, which could m

ake people rational and prefect.

14. In which of the following works can you find the proper names

and

?

A. The Pilgrim

’

s Progress

B. The Farrie Queene

C. Gulliver’s Travels

D. The School of Scandal

15. ______is a typical feature of Swift

‘

s writings.

A. Elegant style

B. Causal narration

C. Bitter satire

plicated sentence structure

16. The Houyhnhnm

s depicted by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver’s Travels are________.

A. horses that are endowed with reason.

B. pigm

ies that are endowed with admirable qualities

C. giants that are superior in wisdom.

D. Hairy, wild, low and despicable creatures, who resem

ble hum

an beings not only in appearance but also in

som

e other ways.

17.

Rom

antic English Literature

Historical background

：

·French Revolution

·Population shifts: Enclosem

ent→ Urbanization.

·Industrial revolutionThe

· Reform

Bill (1832):

signify the end of Rom

antic period.

Cultural background