对外经济贸易大学(4).doc
上传人:sy****28 上传时间:2024-09-12 格式:DOC 页数:2 大小:40KB 金币:16 举报 版权申诉
预览加载中,请您耐心等待几秒...

对外经济贸易大学(4).doc

对外经济贸易大学(4).doc

预览

在线预览结束,喜欢就下载吧,查找使用更方便

16 金币

下载此文档

如果您无法下载资料,请参考说明:

1、部分资料下载需要金币,请确保您的账户上有足够的金币

2、已购买过的文档,再次下载不重复扣费

3、资料包下载后请先用软件解压,在使用对应软件打开

对外经济贸易大学期末论文考试命题审核表2010-2011学年度第一学期教学单位英语学院任课教师许德金段青郑佰青李靓课程名称《欧美文化概论》(二)课程代码ENG155自选式论文是自定式论文论文题目(研究范围)Pleasechooseoneofthefollowingtopicstowriteabout.1“EnglandhadaPuritanRevolutionwithoutcreatingaPuritansociety,AmericacreatedaPuritansocietywithoutenduringaPuritanrevolution(JamesBryce)”.WhatischaracteristicofthePuritantraditionoftheU.S.?PleasecomparetheAnglo-ProtestantculturewiththeEuropeancultureinthe17and18thcentury.2AccordingtoJonKatz,“DigitalCitizensappearstartlinglyclosetotheJeffersonianideal—theyareinformed,outspoken,participatory,passionateaboutfreedom,proudoftheirculture,andcommittedtothefreenationinwhichithasevolved”.HowhavetheinformationtechnologyandmassmediahelpedelevatetheU.S.softpowerbothathomeandabroad?3GeorgeBusharguesinhisinauguraladdress:ItistheAmericanstory.Astoryofflawedandfalliblepeople,unitedacrossthegenerationsbygrandandenduringideals.ThegrandestoftheseidealsisanunfoldingAmericanpromisethateveryonebelongs,thateveryonedeservesachance,thatnoinsignificantpersonwaseverborn.WhatisAmericanCreed?HowisitrelatedtotheprotestantcultureandAmericanDream?4JimmyCarterarguesthat“Thegreatdemocraciesarenotfreebecausewearestrongandprosperous.Ibelievewearestrongandinfluentialandprosperousbecausewearefree.”PleaseshedlightuponthedemocraticfoundationoftheAmericancultureandassessitspossibleimpactupontheU.S.inaccordancewiththeoriesandfactsyouhavelearnedfromthetext.5Accordingtoasurvey,themajorityofAmericansareProtestantbelievers,andmorethanone-quarterofAmericansareoftheRomanCatholicfaith.Inthiscase,doyouthinkAmericaisaChristiannation?6WhenthePilgrimFathersontheMayflowerfirstlandedatPlymouthHarborinAmerica,theyhopetheNewWorldwouldbecomeaNewCannan,whereachosenpeoplemightatlastbuildasocietyofwhichGodwouldapprove.ByrelatingtothecovenantbetweenGodandAbrahamintheOldTestament,howdoyouunderstandthisstatement?DoesitassumethatAmericaisbetterthanothercountriesorhasasuperiorculture?CompareBritisheducationandAmericaneducationbyfocusingononeperspective.(Thist