英美文学自学考试知识点

关于调整全国统考课程《英语国家概况自学考试大纲》和《英美文学选读自学考试大纲》两门课程的考核目标的通知高等教育自学考试《英语国家概况》（2005版）自学考试大纲修订施试行以来，考生及有关方面反映意见较多，认为现行大纲中的个别考核目标不够明确，容易对大纲考核目标的理解产生疑义，经组织全国考委外语类专业委员会研究论证，全国考办决定对现行考核目标进行调整，调整后的大纲考核目标以章节形式出现，见附件1。经组织全国考委外语类专业委员会研究论证，全国考办决定对《英美文学选读自学考试大纲》的考核知识点与考核要求作部分调整，见附件2。调整后的《英语国家概况自学考试大纲》和《英美文学选读自学考试大纲》将于2009年4月考试试行。附件1：《英语国家概况自学考试大纲》的考核目标附件2：《英美文学选读自学考试大纲》的考核知识点和考核要求贵州省招生考试中心二〇〇八年十一月五日附件1：《英语国家概况自学考试大纲》的考核目标Part One The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandChapter 1 Land and PeopleI:Different Names for Britain and its PartsChapter 2 The Origins of a NationⅠ.Early Settlers 3.The CeltsⅡ.Roman BritainⅢ.The Anglo-SaxonsⅣ.The Viking and Danish InvasionsⅤ.The Norman ConquestChapter 3 The Shaping of the NationⅠ.Norman Rule 1.William′s RuleⅡ.The Great Charter and the Beginning of Parliament1.The Great CharterⅢ.The Hundred Years′War with FranceⅣ.The Black Death and the Peasant UprisingChapter 4 Transition to the Modern AgeⅠ.Transition to the Modern Age Ⅱ.The English Reformation Ⅲ.Elizabeth I1.Elizabeth and Parliament2.Elizabeth′s Religious Reform3. Elizabeth′s Religiou PolicyⅣ.The English RenaissanceⅦ.The Civil WarsⅧ.The CommonwealthⅨ.The Restoration and the Glorious Revolution of 1688Chapter 5 The Rise and Fall of the British EmpireⅠ.Whigs and Tories Ⅱ.Agricultural Changes in the Late 18th Century Ⅲ.The Industrial RevolutionⅣ.The Chartist MovementⅦ.Twentieth Century1.Britain and the First World War3.Britain and First World War4.Postwar BritainChapter 7 Goveernment and AdministrationⅠ.The Monarchy Ⅱ.Parliament1.The House of Lords 2.The House of ConnonsⅢ.The Cabinet and MinistryⅣ.The Privy Council Chapter 8 Justice and the LawⅥ.The JudiciaryⅤ.PoliceChapter 9 Social Affairs Ⅰ.Health and Social Services1.The National Health ServiceⅢ.Religion1.Established churchesⅣ.Festivals and Public Holidays 1.Christian festivals 2.Other festivals 3.Public holidays Chapter 10 Cultural Affairs Ⅰ.Education 3.Higher educationⅡ.The Media 1.NewspapersⅢ.SportsⅣ.The Arts 3.DramaPart Two The Republic of IrelandChapter 14 Population, Race and Ethnic Groups Ⅰ.Introduction Ⅳ.Racial and Ethnic Minorities 1. BlacksChapter 15 American History (Ⅰ)Ⅰ.Discovery of the New WorldⅡ.The Colonial PeriodⅢ.The War of IndependenceⅣ.A New Form of GovernmentⅥ.Territorial Expansion and Westward MovementⅦ.The Civil WarⅧ.Rapid Growth of Capitalism after the Civil WarChapter 16 American History (Ⅱ)Ⅰ.Economic DevelopmentⅡ.ProgressivismⅢ.World War I and the United StatesⅣ.The United States in the 1920sⅤ. The Great Depression and the New DealⅥ.World War Ⅱ and the United StatesChapter 17 American History (Ⅲ)Ⅰ.The Origins of the Cold WarⅡ.The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall PlanⅤ.McCarthyismⅦ.American Society During the Postwar Boom:1945-1960sⅧ.The Cuban Missile CrisisⅨ.The Vietnam WarⅩ.United States′Relations with ChinaⅫ.Watergate ScandalChapter 18 The Economy(Two paragraphs)Ⅰ.The Economic System of the United StatesⅤ.Foreign TradeⅥ.Problems in the U.S.EconomyChapter 19 Political InstitutionsⅠ.The U.S.Constitution 1.The Federal system 2.Separation of powers:checks and balances 3.Provisions for amendmentⅡ.The Executive Branch 1.The Presidency 2.Presidential PowersⅢ.The Legislative Branch 2.Powers of the House and Senate 3.Officers of the Congress 4.Functions of the CongressⅤ.Political Parties (two-party system)Chapter 20 EducationⅠ.Characteristics of American EducationⅡ.Elementary and Secondary EducationⅢ.Higher EducationⅤ.Education ReformsChapter 21 Literature,Architecture and MusicⅠ.American Literature 1.Washington Irving 2.Emerson and Hawthorne 3.Mark Twain 4.Whitman and Dickinson 5.Theodore Dreiser 6.T.S.Eliot 7.Emest Hemingway 8.Hughes and WrightChapter 22 Holidays and FestivalsⅠ.New Year′s DayⅣ.Valentine′s DayⅥ.Easter DayⅧ.Independence DayⅨ.HalloweenⅪ.Thanksgiving DayⅫ.Christmas DayPart Four CanadaChapter 23 Geography and HistoryⅠ.Geographic Features 4.Geographic regionsⅡ.The making of Canada1.The European discovery3.Self-government and Confederation4.The Canadian nationChapter 26 Society and CultureⅠ.Canadian Society 1.Population 2.Immigration 3.Bilingualism 4.MulticulturalismPart Five AustraliaChapter 27 Land and peopleⅠ.The Geographical Structure 1.The Great Western Plateau 2.The Eastern Highlands 3.The Central Eastern LowlandsⅡ.Climate 3.Causes and effects of the hot and dry climateⅣ.People 1.Population 2.Population density and distributionⅤ.Australia′s Built Environment 1.Sprawling cities 2.Rural areasⅥ.Political Divisions 1.New South Wales 2.Victoria 3.Queensland 4.South Australia 5.West Australia 6.TasmaniaChapter 32 Society and CultureⅣ.Australian Culture 1.Aboriginal culture 2.Modern Australian culturePart Six New ZealandChapter 33 The Making of New Zealand Ⅰ.GeographyⅡ.ClimateⅢ.Plants and AnimalsⅣ.Historical Background 2.The Treaty of Waitangi 1840Ⅵ.Maoritanga 5.Race relations附件2：《英美文学选读自学考试大纲》的考核知识点和考核要求一、关于考核知识点的调整考核知识点中的各章概述内容仍为考核内容；对只是点中的作家只保留对如下主要作家的考核。英国文学：Chapter 1 Ⅲ. Willliam Shakespeare Ⅵ. John MiltonChapter 2 Ⅲ. Saniel Defoe Ⅳ. Jonathan Swift Ⅴ. Henry FieldingChapter 3 Ⅰ. Willian Blake Ⅱ. William Wordsworth Ⅴ. Percy Bysshe Shelley Ⅶ. Jane Austen Chapter 4 Ⅰ. Charles Dickens Ⅱ. Charlotte Dickens Ⅵ. Thomas HardyChapter 5 Ⅰ. George Bernard Shaw Ⅳ. T.S Eliot Ⅴ. D.H.Lawrence美国文学：Chapter 1 Ⅲ. Nathanidl Hawthorne Ⅳ. Walt Whitman Ⅴ. Herman MelvilleChapter 2 Ⅰ. Mark Twain Ⅱ. Henry James Ⅲ. Emily Dickinson Ⅳ. Theodore DreiserChapter 3 Ⅱ. Robert Lee Frost Ⅴ. Percy Bysshe Shelley Ⅳ. F.Scott Fitzgerald Ⅴ. Emest Hemingway Ⅵ. Willianm Faulkner二、关于考核要求的调整 考核要求中每章概述内容不作调整：“该时期的重要作家”只包含对考核知识点中保留的重要作家的相关内容的考核。