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Unti 9 Critial realism

1. In the 19th century English Literature, a new literary trend _critical realism__ appeared after the romantic poetry.

2. The greatest English relist of the 19th century was _Charles Dickens___, who pictures bourgeois civilization, and shows the misery and suffering of the common people.

3. The Victorian Age in English literature was largely an age of prose, especially of the _novel__

4. Robert Browning is a great experimenter in poetic art. He is best known for the technique of _dramatic monologue____

5. The most important poet of the Victorian Age was _Tennyson___. Next to him were Robert Browning and his wife.

6. The novel __The_Pickwick Papers__ deals with the adventure of Mr. Pickwick, a retired old merchant, who is the founder and chairman of the Pickwick Club.

7. The novel “Oliver Twist” tells the story of a poor child named __Oliver Twist__ who is born in a workhouse and brought up under miserable conditions.

8. The subtitle of “Vanity Fair “ is _A Novel Without a Hero___. The writer’s intention was not to portray individuals, but the bourgeois and aristocratic society as a whole.

9. The main plot of “ Vanity Fair” centers on the story of two women: Amelia Sedley and _Rebecca Sharp___. Their character are in sharp contrast. 10. Charlotte Bronte’s masterpiece is_Jane Eyre__. 11. Emily Bronte’s masterpiece is _Wuthering Heights___.

12. The author of the “Return of the Native “ is _Thomas Hardy____.

13. George Eliot produced three remarkable novels including “ Adam Bede”, “The Mill on the Floss” and “___’

14. Among Hardy’s novels, the best-known are ____ and the “Jude the Obscure”. 15. _Oscar Wilde___ is the representative among the writers of aestheticism and decadence. “ the Picture of Dorian Gray “ is a typical decadent novel written by him.

16. It was while living in Italy that Robert Browning published his finest volume of poems_____.

17. Although writing from different points of view and with different technique, writers in the Victorian period shared one thing in common, that is they were all concerned about _C__

A. the love story between the rich and the poor. B. the techniques in writing

C. the fate of the common people D. the future of their own country.

18. The author of the work “Dombey and Son” is:

A. Charles Dicknes B. Henry James C. Robert Browning D. Thackarary

19. As a love story, Wuthering Heights is one of the most moving the passion between ___ proves the most intense, the most beautiful and at the same time the most horrible. A. Hareton and Cathy

B. Heathcliff and Catherine C. Hareton and Catherine D. Heathcliff and Cathy

20. Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? …and if god had gifted me with some beauty, and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. The above passage is most probably taken from___. A. Great Expectations B. Wuthering Heights C. Jane Eyre.

D. Pride and Prejudice

21. Most of Thomas Hardy’s novels are set in Wessex ___ A. a crude region in England B. comprehensive knowledge C. a remote rural area D. Hardy’s hometown

22. Tess of the D’Urbervilles, one of Thomas Hardy’s best known novels ,portrays man as ____

A. being hereditarily good or bad B. being self-sufficient

C. having no control over his own fate

D. still retaining his own faith in a world of confusion.

23. The success of Jane Eyre is not only because of its sharp criticism of the existing society, but also due to its introduction to the English novel the first ___ heroine. A. worker B. peasant C. governess D. explorer

24. How do you understand that Dickens is the greatest critical realist writer of the Victorian Age?

25. How do you understand that Dickens is the greatest critical realist writer of the Victorian Age?

26. Why is Jane Eyre a successful novel?