課程名稱︰英國文學1900以後
課程性質︰必修
課程教師︰曾麗玲
開課系所︰外文系
考試時間︰8/28 AM10:00~12:00
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試題 :
Ⅰ.Stop passages. Answer the following questions by means of a few sentences.
Except for cases of identification, complete sentences are still necessary.
(60％)
1."Outside the family circle, papa, I am glad to say, is entirely unknown.
I think that is quite as it should be. The home seems to me to be the
proper sphere for man. And certainly once a man begins to neglect his
domestic duties he becomes painfully effeminate, does he not?"
Who is the speaker? How is this passage subversive of Victorian gender
hierarchy?
2. "LADY BRACKNELL. I'm sorry if we are a little late, Algernon, but I was
obliged to call on dear Lady Harbury. I hadn't been there since her poor
husband's death. I never saw a woman so altered; she looks quite twenty
years younger."
What is reveald about the change in the man-woman relationship and the
role of women in this passage?
3. "Again the guns disturbed the hour,
Roarding their readiness to avenge,
As far inland as Stourton Tower,
And Camelot, and starlit Stonehenge."
Explain the significance of the three place names.
4. "And though the last lights off the black West went
Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastwood, springs--"
How do these two lines express Hopkin's optimism? What is the nature
of his optimism; that is to say, on what is his optism based?
5. "No wonder of it: sheer plod makes plough down sillion
Shine, and blue-bleak embers, ah my dear,
Fall, gall themselves, and gash gold-vermilion."
Why is the word "wonder" a pun? What quality does the speaker emphasize
in choosing the images of "sillion" and "embers"? With what is the speaker
connecting the quality?
6. "For Christ plays in ten thousand places,
Lovely in limbs, and lovely in eyes not his
To the Father through the features of men's faces."
What thology is expressed by means of these lines from Hopkins'
"As Kingfishers Catch Fire"? In order to substantiate this theological
belief, what techniques can be found which Hopkins emplys in his
poetry in gener?
Ⅱ. Essay questions. Answer altogether THREE questions (you are given choices)
on the back of the exam papers by means of a well-written essay which
contains an underlined topic sentence. Failure to underline or misplacement
of your topic sentence will lead to loss of two points. Note: keep the
original number as it appears below; there will be penalty on serious
grammatical errors. (40％)
Choose any one from question 1, 2 & 3.
1. Discuss the modernism of The Importance of Being Earnest.
2. What are the strategies with which Wilde subverts the Victorian assumptions
and value systems in The Importance of Being Earnest.
3. What ars poetica (i.e. theory of art and literature) does Wilder propose
in his plays? How significant is it in the Victorian context?
Choose any one from questin 4, 5 & 6.
4. Compare and contrast the imagery of birds in Hardy's and Hopkins' poems.
5. Discuss either one of the two poets' modernity: Hardy and Hopkins. Approach
this question from at least two perspectives: stylistics and subject matter.
6. Examine Hardy's and Hopkins's poetics in relation to their time context.
What atmosphere was responsible for their separate poetic practice?
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