Part V Twentieth Century Literature I Before WWII.docx
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PartV.TwentiethCenturyLiterature(I)BeforeWWII
I.Fillintheblanks.
1.__________standsasagreatdividinglinebetweenthenineteenthcenturyandthecontemporaryAmericanliterature.
2.Americanwritersofthefirstpostwareraself-consciouslyacknowledgedthattheywerea"__________",devoidoffaithandalienatedfromacivilization.
3.ThemostsignificantAmericanpoemofthetwentiethcenturywas_____________.
4.ThepublicationofTheWasteLand,writtenby____________,helpedtoestablishamoderntraditionofliteraturerichwithlearningandallusivethought.
5.In1920,SinclairLewispublishedhismemorabledenunciationofAmericansmall-townprovincialismin___________.
6.F.ScottFitzgeraldsummarizedtheexperiencesandattitudesofthe1920sdecadeinhismasterpiecenovel___________.
7.The__________ofthe1930sgreatlyweakenedtheAmericannation'sself-confidence.
8.AnAmericanwomanwriternamed____________whohadlivedinParissince1903,welcomedtheyoungexpatriatestoherliterarysalon,andgavethemaname"theLostGeneration".
9._____wroteaboutthedisintegrationoftheoldsocialsystemintheAmericanSouthernStates,anditseffectonthelivesofmodernpeople,bothblackandwhite.
10.EzraPoundwastheleaderofanewmovementinpoetrywhichhecalledthe"__________"movement.
11.EzraPound'smajorworkofpoetryisthelongpoemcalled______________.
12.OneofEdwinArlingtonRobinson'searlybooks,_____________,oncecametotheattentionofPresidentTheodoreRoosevelt.
13.EdwinArlingtonRobinsonproducedalargebodyofworksandwashonoredwiththe___________Prizein1922,1925and1928.
14.RobertFrost'sfirstbook___________broughthimtotheattentionofinfluentialcritics,suchasEzraPound,whopraisedhimasanauthenticpoet.
15.RobertFrost'ssecondvolumeofpoemswas______________.
16."AfterApple-Picking"isawell-knownpoemwrittenby_______.
17._________,oneofRobertFrost'slongestpoems,isaverywittyandwiseanecdotaldiscussionaboutthevaluesoflifeandcharacter.
18.Atonetime,Sandburg'sreputationmainlyrestedonamulti-volumebiographyof__________including"ThePrairieYears"and"TheWarYears".
19.CarlSandburg'sloveoffolkloredevelopedintimeintoarathermoderntendencytorepresentitinliteraturesuchasinhis___________.
20.______wassuccessfulintwofieldsofactivitywhichdidnotseemcompatiblewithoneanother;hewasaverysuccessfulbusinessmanandaveryremarkablecontemporarypoetatthesametime.
21.Attheageof44,WallaceStevenswasfinallypersuadedtopublishabookofpoems,entitled___________.
22.__________isacollectionofWallaceStevens'soccasionallecturesonpoetry.
23.ForthepublicationofhisCollectedPoems,___________receivedtheNationalBookAwardandthePulitzerPrize.
24.Afterhisdeath,WallaceStevens'spreviouslyuncollectedworksappearedunderthetitle__________.
25.In1915,__________publishedhisPrufrockandOtherObservations.
26.In1920,ThomasStearnsEliotpublishedhis____________,containing,amongotheressays,"TraditionandtheIndividualTalent",theearlieststatementofhisaesthetics.
27.In1920,ThomasStearnsEliotbegantowritehismasterpiece_______________,oneofthemajorworksofmodernliterature.
28.AsThomasStearnsEliotdeclared,hefollowedstrictlytheadviceofhisclosefriend___________incuttingandconcentratingTheWasteLand.
29.ThomasStearnsEliot'slaterpoetrytookapositiveturntowardfaithinlife.Thiswasdemonstratedby____________,apoemofmysticalconflictbetweenfaithanddoubt.
30.Inhiswork___________,ThomasStearnsEliotsatirizedthestrawmen,theGuyFawklesmen,whoseworldwouldend"notwithabang,butawhimper."
31.Fewmenoflettershavebeenmorefullyhonoredintheirowndaythan_____________,andeventhosewhostronglydisagreewithhimseemedcontentwithhisselectionfortheNobelPrizein1948.
32.ThomasSteamsEliotwrotesevenplays,thebestofwhichis________________,averseplayonanancienthistoricalsubject,writtenin1935.
33.ThomasStearnsEliot'slastimportantworkwas____________,aprofoundmeditationontimeandtimelessness,writteninfourparts.
34.F.ScottFitzgerald'sfirstnovel____________,withitsportrayalofcasualdissipationsof"flamingyouth",wasanimmediatecommercialsuccess.
35.In1925,F.ScottFitzgeraldwrotehisbestnovel_____________.Itisthestoryofanidealistwhowasdestroyedbytheinfluenceofthewealthy,pleasure-seekingpeoplearoundhim.
36.F.ScottFitzgerald'ssecondnovel______________describesahandsomeyoungmanandhisbeautifulwife,undoubtedlymodelledafterhimselfandZelda.
37.TheheroinF.ScottFitzgerald'snovel_____________isapsychiatristwhomarriesarichpatient. Theauthorcondemnsthewastedenergyofmisguidedyouth.
38.F.ScottFitzgerald'slastnovel_____________remainedunfinished.
39.WiththepublicationofTheSunAlsoRises,_____________becamethespokesmanforwhatGertrudeSteinhadcalled"aLostGeneration".
40.EmestHemingway'sstatureasawriterwasconfirmedwiththepublicationofhisnovel___________in1929.Thenovelportrayedafarewellbothtowarandtolove.
41.SetinSpainduringtheCivilWar,thenovel_____________statedagainHemingway'sviewoflovefoundandlost,anddescribedtheindomitablespiritofthecommonpeople.
42.InthestoryTheOldManandtheSea,ErnestHemingwayportrayedanoldfishermannamed___________,whoshowstriumphantevenindefeat.
43.In1954,ErnestHemingwaywasawardeda_______________forhis"masteryoftheartofmodemnarration".
44.NumerousparallelsexistbetweentheeventsofErnestHemingway'slifeandthoseofhischaracters,butfewerwerecloserthanthoseofRichardCantwell,theheroofthework_________.
45.In1952,ErnestHemingwaypublishedasuccessfulnovelentitled_____________,whichwonthePulitzerPrizein1953andoccasionedtheawardoftheNobelPrizein1954.
46.InthesamewaythatF.ScottFitzgerald'sTalesoftheJazzAgebecamethesymbolforanage,ErnestHemingway'snovel______paintedtheimageofawholegeneration,theLostGeneration.
47.ErnestHemingway's___________canbereadasafootnotetoTheSunAlsoRisesinthatitexplainshowpeople,likeJakeBarnes,cometobehavethewaytheydo.
48.TheSpanishwarwasconductivetoErnestHemingway'swriting_____________,aplaywhichwasuniversallydeplored.
49.___________ wastheforemostnovelistoftheAmericanDepressionofthe1930s.
50.Intheshortnovel___________,JohnSteinbeckportrayedthetragicfriendshipbetweentwomigrantworkers.
51.Inthework___________JohnSteinbeckdescribedthefateofthelowlywhoseinstinctiveresponsestolifeledonlytodestruction.
52.__________isgenerallyregardedasJohnSteinbeck'smasterpiece.
53.In1935,JohnSteinbeckpublished_____________,acollectionofshortstorieswhichvividlydescribedthelifeofpoorMexican-Americanswithaffectionandhumor.
54.JohnSteinbeck'spost-warnovel______________ reflectedhisbitterfeelingsagainstthosegreedy,rapaciouselementsofsocietywhichmadethewarpossible.
55.QuentinisacharacterinWilliamFaulkner'snovel____________.
56.JoeChristmasisacharacterinWilliamFaulkner'snovel____________.
57.Theworkswrittenby___________maybeviewedasaculminationofthedevelopmentoftwentieth-centurysouthernfiction.
58.KatherineAnnPorter'snovelShipofFoolsconsistsofthreeparts,____________,________and____________.
59.Inheressay"PlaceinFiction",EudoraWeltyemphasizestheimportanceof________forliterarycreations.SheisnotedforherfidelitytotheAmericanSouth,sohermajorthemerelateto____________.
60.CarsonMcCullerswassaidtotouchWilliamFaulknerinwriting,andherwell-knownnovelsare___________and____________.
61.Oneoftheimportantfiguresinthe1930swhotriedtoadaptEuropeanavantgardismtoAmericanwritingis
62.TheNewCriticismfirstemergedin1920sasareactionagainsttheprevailingtime-honoredcriticaltendencytofocusonthethemeoftenindisregardoftheformofthework.ThenameisgivenbyJohnCroweRansom'scollectionof criticalessays__________.
II.DecidewhetherHiestatementsaretrueorfalse.
1.IntheyearsprecedingWorldWarI,nineteenth-centuryrealismandnaturalismremainedvitalforcesinAmericanliterature.
2.Thebest-sellingAmericanbooksinthefirstdecadesofthetwentiethcenturywerehistoricalromances.
3.Earlyinthetwentieth-century,thegrowthofmass-circulationperiodicalscreatedarichmarketplaceforpopularwriters.
4.Earlyinthe20thcentury,arisingnumberof"littlemagazines"broughtnumerousavant-gardewriterstotheattentionofalimitedbutsophisticatedaudience.
5.TheformanddirectionofmodemAmericanliteraturehadclearlybeguntoemergeinthefirstdecadeofthe20thcentury.
6.FortheU.S.,theFirstWorldWarbeganasacrusadeforpurityanddemocracy,andatitsend,PresidentWilsonproclaimedthatAmericanshadgainedeverythingforwhichtheyhadfought.
7.TheFirstWorldWarledtheAmericanintellectualstoabitterdisillusionment.
8.Inthedecadeofthe1910s,Americanliteratureachievedanewdiversityandreacheditsgreatestheights.
9.JazzmusicoftheAmericanNegroisthemostinfluentialartformtooriginateintheU.S.
10.TheAmericanyearsbetween1920and1930wereatimeofnewdirectionandnewachievementsinallthearts.
11.Althoughshort-lived,theImagistmovementhadatremendousinfluenceonmodernpoetry.
12.
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