The fiction of the American（）period ranges from the comic fables of Washington Irving to the social realism of Rebecca Harding Davis.
A preoccupation with the Calvinistic view of（）and the mystery of evil marked the works of Hawthorne, Melville and a host of lesser writers.
Questions and Answers(24 points in all,6 for each) Give a brief answer to each of the following questions in English. 45.What is Romanticism?
In the American Romantic writings,（）came to function almost as a dramatic character that symbolized moral law.
（）is worth the honor of being "the American Goldsmith" for his literary craftsmanship.
Which of the following statements about Washington Irving is NOT true?（）
We get a strong sense impression as we read（）along, since the language he used best reveals what a Romantic writer can do with words.
（）is considered a model of perfect English in American literature and in the English language as well.
（）often associates a certain place with the inward movement of a person and to charge his sentences with emotion so as to create a true and vivid character.
Which one of the following statements is NOT true of Washington Irving?（ ）
（）has always been regarded as a writer who"perfected the best classic style that American Literature ever produced."
Washington Irving’s（ ）was written in England, filled with English scenes and quotations from English authors and faithful to British orthography.
The theme of Washington Irving’s Rip Van Winkle is（ ）.
（ ）has always been regarded as a writer who “perfected the best classic style that American Literature ever produced”.
In American literature the first important writer who earned an international fame on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean is（ ）.
In （ ），Washington Irving agrees with the protagonist on his preference of the past to the present，and of a dream-like world to the real world．
Questions and Answers: Give brief answers to each of the following question in English.
What is generally the view Washington lrving expressed in his “Rip Van Winkle” about the radical changes that happened to the American society in his time?
（）is worth the honor of being “the American Goldsmith” for his literary craftsmanship.
Which of the following is NOT one of the main ideas advocated by Emerson, the chief spokesman of New England Transcendentalism?（）