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III. Fill in the blanks.
1. The central character of romances was the _____, the code of manners and
morals of a knight is known as _____.
2. The Canterbury Tales begins with ______ in which the narrator
arrives at the _____ in Southwark..
3. “ Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day” is one of _____’s best know
_____.
4. In the middle of the eighteenth century, novel begun to dominate the
stage of imaginative entertainment _____and _____are always considered as
the two realistic founders of the modern English novel, who totally broke
away from the convention.
5. Instead of regarding poetry as “______ ”, Romantic poets considered
poetry as “ _______”, which expresses the poet’s mind.
IV. Write T if the statement is true and F if the
statement is false.
ANSWER I. to IV
( ) 1.William Caxton’s introduction of printing press to England in 1476
multiplied the readership.
( ) 2. In the late 16th century, the idealization of the beloved is a major
theme both
in poetry and in prose.
( ) 3. Certainty, action and death are the three themes that readers can
find in Hamlet.
( ) 4. In political affairs, Ben Jonson was quite changeable in attitude.
( ) 5. The Pilgrim’s Progress is one of the most popular pieces of
Christian writing produced during the Romantic Age.
( ) 6. Besides the critical essays, Samuel Johnson also contributed to
English literature with his The Dictionary of English Language, which
opened an epoch in the study and development of the English language.
( ) 7. The brilliant literary criticism Biographia Literaria is
written by Samuel Johnson.
( ) 8. Walter Scott is the greatest historical novelist whose masterpiece is
Richard I.
( ) 9. Realism and Modernism characterize the 20th century fiction.
( )10.The Auden Group in favor of the Left in their protest against the
fascism sprang up in the poetic world of England is headed by W. H. Auden.
V. Explain the terms.
ANSWER
1. Ballad
2. Neo-classicism
VI. Analyze the character.
ANSWER
1. Shylock
2. Estella
VII. Answer the following questions briefly.
ANSWER
1. What is the Chaucer’s contribution to English language?
2. What are the features of style of Milton?
3. What is the theme of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen?
4. What are the features of Burns’ poetry?
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