課程名稱︰二十世紀美國小說選讀
課程性質︰外文系文學文化專題
課程教師︰李欣穎
考試時間︰11/21 12:20~15:10
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試題 :
Please identify FOUR of the following passages; then
A) give the full name of the author and the title of the short story, and
B) answer the question.
1. What did he fear? It was not fear or dread. It was a nothing that he knew
too well. It was all a nothing and a man was nothing too. It was only that
and light was all it needed and a certain cleanness and order. Some lived in
it and never felt it but he knew it was already nada y pues nada y pues nada.
Our nada who art in nada, nada be thy name thy kingdom nada thy will be nada
in nada as it is in nada. Give us this nada out daily nada and nada us our
nada as we nada our nadas and nada us not into nada but deliever us from
nada; pues nada. Hail nothing full of nothing is with thee.
Author:__________; Title:__________
* Who is speaking here? What is the person mocking? What kind of attitude
does it show?
2. [Sarty] saw the house for the first time and at that instance he forgot his
father and the terror and despair both, and even when he remembered his
father again ... the terror and despair did not return. Because, ... he had
never seen a house like this before. Hit's big as a courthouse he
thought quickly, with a surge of peace and joy whose reason he could not
have tjpught into words, being too young for that: People whose lives are a
of this peace and dignity are beyond his touch, he no more to them than a
buzzing wasp: capable of stinging for a moment but that's all; the spell of
this peace and dignity rendering even the barns and a stable and cribs which
belong to it impervious to the puny flames he might contrive.
Authir:__________; Title:__________
* Whose house do the father and son see? What does this passage tell us of
Sarty's ideas of social classes?
3. "Miss Jones is to have a little caddy and this one says he can't go." ...
"Well?" The caddy-master turned to Dexter. "What you standing there
like a dummy for? Go pick up the young lady's clubs."
"I don't think I'll go today," said Dexter. ... "I think I'll quit."...
The enormity of his decision frightened him. He was a favorite caddy
and the thirty dollars a month he earned through the summer were not to be
made elsewhere in Dillard. But he had received a strong emotional shock and
his perturbation required a violent and immediate outlet.
Author:__________; Title:__________
* Why does Dexter decide to quit his job? What "strong emotional shock" did
he receive?
4. [Grandfather's] eyes moved up the side-hill and stopped on a motionless hawk
perched on a dead limb. "I tell those old stories, but they're not what I
want to tell. I only know how I want people to feel when I tell them."
"It wasn't Indians that were important, nor adventures, nor even
getting out there. It was a whole bunch of people made into one big crawling
beast. And I was the head. It was westering and westering. Every man wanted
something for himself, but the big beast that was all of them wanted only
westering. I was the leader, but if I hadn't been there, someone else would
have been the head. The thing had to have a head."
Author:__________; Title:__________
* What does this passage mark in Grandfather's storytelling? What kinds of
ideas about politics and leadership does it reflect?
5. He thought New York the finest, richest, friendliest city in the world.
Moreover, he had what he called a happy family life. ... One of the young
workman [the small funiture factory] employed was a Czech, and he and
Rosicky became fast friends. They persuaded Loeffler to let them have a
sleepomg-room in one corner of the loft. They bought good beds and bedding
and had their pick of the furniture kept up there. ... The young men were as
foolish about their house as a bridal pair. Zichec, the young cabinet-maker,
devised every sort of convenience, and Rosicky kept their clothes in order.
Author:__________; Title:__________
* What does this passage tell us of the author's idea of gender roles and of
"family"?
6. Nothing is perfect. This was one of Mrs. Hopewell's favorite sayings.
Another was: that is life! And still another, the most important, was: well,
other people have their opinions too. She would make these statements,
usually at the table, in a tone of gentle insistence as if no one held them
but her, and the large hulking Joy, whose constant outrage had obliterated
every expression from her face, would stare just a little to the side of
her, her eyes icy blue, with the look of someone who has achieved blindness
by an act of will and means to keep it.
Author:__________; Title:__________
* What does this passage tell us about Mrs. Hopewell (What kind of person is
she)? How does Joy react to her remarks and why does she react this way?
7. "... Dickie, I want to tell you something. This last hour, waiting for your
train to get in, has been about the worst of my life. I hate this. Hate it.
My father would have died before doing it to me." He felt immensely lighter,
saying this. He had dumped the mountain on the boy.
Author:__________; Title:__________
* What did the speaker do to Dickie? What does this passage say about
changing values between the generations? What does it say about the
speaker's personality?
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