[填空题]

Meaning in Literature
In reading literary works, we are concerned with the "meaning" of one literary piece or another. However, finding out what something really means is a difficult issue.
There are three ways to tackle meaning in literature.
Ⅰ. Meaning is what is intended by （1）
Apart from reading an author's work in question, readers need to
1) read（2）by the same author;
2) get familiar with（3）at the time;
3) get to know cultural values and symbols of the time.
Ⅱ. Meaning exists "in" the text itself.
1) some people's view: meaning is produced by the formal properties
of the text like （4）, etc.
2) speaker's view: meaning is created by both conventions of
meaning and（5）
Therefore, agreement on meaning could be created by common
traditions and conventions of usage. But different time periods & different
（6） perspectives could

[填空题]

Meaning in Literature
In reading literary works, we are concerned with the "meaning" of one literary piece or another. However, finding out what something really means is a difficult issue.
There are three ways to tackle meaning in literature.
Ⅰ. Meaning is what is intended by （1）                      
Apart from reading an author's work in question, readers need to
1) read（2）by the same author;                               
2) get familiar with（3）at the time;                          
3) get to know cultural values and sy

[单项选择]We are going to discuss the way of reading works ______ it is used for real life purposes, and this should give you a better understanding of it.
A. that
B. which
C. where
D. when

[单项选择]Mark Twain wrote most of his literary works with a ______ language.
A. grand
B. pompous
C. simple
D. vernacular

[单项选择]"Some literary works are mortal; Jane Austen’s are immortal," writes Harold Bloom in his foreword to this delightful volume. In it, 33 writers—from Virginia Woolf to Jay McInerney, from Somerset Maugham to Fay Weldon, from Martin Amis to A.S. Byatt— explain the whys and wherefores of our love affair with this provincial spinster, whose six novels have embedded themselves so powerfully in the minds and lives of countless readers over the past two centuries.
The breadth of Austen’s appeal is indeed extraordinary. All her works deal with love and courtship, but she is much more adept at reaching a wide audience than other romantic novelists. Young and old, men and women, scholars and those reading solely for pleasure—all find that her writing satisfies again and again. Not only is she one of the most read authors in the canon; she is one of the most reread.
Yet Austen is never merely a comfort blanket, for her novels make readers think as much as they allow them
A. Love affairs of Jane Austen.
B. Reasons for the long-lasting charm of Austen’s works.
C. Major works of thirty-three famous writers.
D. Brief introduction of Austen’s novels.

[简答题]collocative meaning

[名词解释]grammatical meaning