課程名稱︰維多利亞文學
課程性質︰外文系選修
課程教師︰朱偉誠
開課學院：文學院
開課系所︰外文系
考試日期（年月日）︰2010.06.10
考試時限（分鐘）：150
是否需發放獎勵金：是
（如未明確表示，則不予發放）
試題 :
1. Explain in detail why John Ruskin values gothic architecture (as in The
Stones of Venice) and link it with similar ideas in William Morris's "How I
Become a Socialist." (15%)
2. First summarize the contents of Matthew Arnold's poem "The Scholar Gypsy" and
then explain how this poem as well as his "Dover Beach" can be linked to the
Victorian age. (15%)
3. Summarize the main ideas put forth in Arnold's "The Function of Criticism."
(5%)
4. Explain why "the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood" is called as such and describe,
by citing one particular painting of theirs as an example, the main stylistic
innovations of this school of painting as shown in the BBC program we watched
in class. (10%)
5. What are William Morris's main contributions besides being a writer and
socialist? (5%)
6. Use Gerard Manley Hopkin's poem "As Kingfishers Catch Fire" to explain his
ideas of "inscape" and "instress" and then link them to his unique style of
writing. (10%)
7. Summarize the contents of Hopkins's poem "The Windhover." (5%)
8. Explain Thomas Hardy's idea of "hap" as expressed in the poem of the same
name and link it with A.E. Housman's poetry. (10%)
9. Discuss how Hopkins, Hardy and Housman could be used to complicate the idea
of literary periodization. (5%)
10.Explain the tenets of aestheticism as expressed in Oscar Wilde's Preface to
The Picture of Dorain Gray. (5%)
11.Try to recall two of Wilde's famous aphorisms that can best illustrate his
critical attitute toward the Victorian establishment. (5%)
12.Summarize the contents of Rudyard Kipling's poem "The White Man's Burden."
(5%)
13.First summarize the plot of Kipling's "The Man Who Would Be King" and then
explain how the story can be read as a revealing mocjery of impirialism. (10%)
14.Explain why the 1890s can stand out as a minor literary period on its own.
(5%)
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