[考研类试卷]2007年武汉大学英语专业(英美文学)真题试卷.doc

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考研类试卷

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年武汉大学英语专业（英美文学）真题试卷

一、分析题

1 Write a short essay to tell what you know about essayists in British and American

literatures. Name at least two well- known essayists, respectively, in UK and US. Write

out their names and give a brief introduction to them.(1 x 10 =10 points)

2 Identify the following two poems and make a brief summary of their main points to

compare their attitudes toward death.(1 x20 =20 points)

Poem 1

Death be not proud, though some have called thee

Mighty and dreadful, for, thou art not soe:

For those whom thou think' st thou dost overthrow

Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me.

From rest and sleepe, which but thy picture be,

Much pleasure: then from thee much more must flow,

And soonest our best men with thee do go,

Rest of their bones, and soul' s delivery.

Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men,

And dost with poison, war, and Sickness dwell,

And poppy, or charms can make us sleep as well,

And better than thy stroke: why swell' st thou then?

One short sleep past, we wake eternally,

And death shall be no more: Death, thou shalt die.

Poem 2

Death is a Dialogue between

The Spirit and the Dust.

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The Spirit

I have another Trust

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Death doubts it

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Argue from the Ground

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The Spirit turns away

Just laying off for evidence

An Overcoat of Clay.

3 Charles Dickens and Mark Twain are both well-known literary realists. Name one of

the masterpieces by each of them and make a brief comparison and/or contrast so as to

tell the similarities and/or differences between British and American realism.(1 x 20 =20

points)

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