申論題

II. American Literature (40%)

2. The twentieth century witnesses many big events in human history: wars, the Depression, the moon landing, the American Civil Rights Movement, the invention of the personal computer and the internet, the ecological crisis, global warming, etc. Choose two works by two American writers (novelist, playwrights, or poets) to discuss how these two writers 'tell" or "show" the big events in their times, how they comment on the events, and whether they envision hope in man's confrontation with such challenges in history. (20%)