Of all the 18th century novelists Henry Fielding was the first to set out, both in theory and practice,to write specifically a “ ( )in prose,”the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.
A、tragic epic
B、comic epic
C、romance
D、lyric epic
【正确答案】:B
【题目解析】:本题考查的是菲尔丁的文学地位与成就。在18世纪的小说家中,亨利·菲尔丁是第一位在理论和实践上为现代小说确立了结构和风格的作家,他还创造了“散文体喜剧史诗”,代表作有The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling《弃儿汤姆·琼斯的故事》(1749)。