1、第 1 页 共 2 页2019 年全国硕士研究生招生考试初试试题【B】卷科目代码：819科目名称：英美文学与文化考生须知考生须知1 答案须写在答题纸密封线内，写在试题卷、草稿纸等均视为无效。2 答题时一律使用蓝或黑色钢笔、签字笔书写。3 交卷时，请本人将答题纸放入试题袋内，密封后在封条与试卷袋骑缝处亲笔签名。I. Identify the authorship of the following writings: (30 points, 3 for each)1. Prometheus Unbound2. The American Scholar3. Macbeth4. The Golden
2、Bowl5. Ode to a Nightingale6. Because I Could Not Stop for Death7. Absalom, Absalom!8. Tess of the dUrbervilles9. Walden10. The Red WheelbarrowII. Choose any SIX of the following terms and briefly explain them: (30points, 5 for each)1. epic2. free verse3. theatre of the absurd4. pastoral5. Beat Gene
3、ration6. euphemism7. iambic pentameter8. negative capabilityIII. Translate the following passage into Chinese: (20 points)曲曲折折的荷塘上面，弥望的是田田的叶子。叶子出水很高，像亭亭的舞女的裙。层层的叶子中间，零星地点缀着些白花，有袅娜地开着的，有羞涩地打着朵儿的；正如一粒粒的明珠，又如碧天里的星星，又如刚出浴的美人。微风过处，送来缕缕清香，仿佛远处高楼上渺茫的歌声似的。这时候叶子与花也有一丝的颤动，像闪电般，霎时传过荷塘的那边去了。第 2 页 共 2 页VI. Read
4、the following writings and answer the questions:ACoatI made my song a coatCovered with embroideriesOut of old mythologiesFrom heel to throat;But the fools caught it,Wore it in the worlds eyesAs though theyd wrought it.Song, let them take it,For theres more enterpriseIn walking naked.Questions:1. Wha
5、t may the “song” and the “coat” possibly refer to? (10 points)2. What is the central theme of the poem? (10 points)3. Translate the poem into Chinese. (10 points)V. Write a short essay on any TWO of the following topics: (40 points, 20for each)1. What are the main contributions of Robert Frost to American literature?2. Talk about your understanding of John Miltons Paradise Lost.3. Tony Morrison is an outstanding contemporary Afro-American novelist, who won theNobel Prize for Literature in 1993. Write a short critique on one of her novels you arefamiliar with.
