Introduction(英国文学部分).ppt

AnIntroductiontoEnglishLiteratureCourse Lecture1 FORSS Today sExpectations Toacquirethesenseandmainformsofliterature Tounderstandyourpurposefortakingthiscourseorthefunctionsofliterature Tomakeclearthatwhatbenefitsyoucangetfromthiscourse Tohave inyourmind anoutlineofEnglishliterature 4QstoAnswer Q1 Whatisliterature Q2 ThegenresofLiterature Q3 WhydowehavetoreadWesternliterature Q4 Whatbenefitsdowegetfromthiscourse Q1 Whatisliterature Origin latin littera 有学问的 学识的literaryadj 文学 上 的 从事写作的 文艺的 精通文学的 书本的eg literarycriticism 文学批评aliteraryman文人literaryworks文学作品literaryfilm文艺片literaryreport文学报告literate n 名词 Onewhocanreadandwrite Awell informed educatedperson 受过教育的博学的人 Inthewidestsense literatureisjustaboutanythingwritten buthowaboutguidebookstoJiuzhaigou recipebooksortelephonedirectoriesetc Sointhemorespecializedsenseoftheword literatureistheartthatuseslanguageasamedium Definition Pleasedefineitwithyourownwords Abodyofwritingsinproseorverse 文学 用散文体或韵文体所写的文字Imaginativeorcreativewriting especiallyofrecognizedartisticvalue 文学作品 富有想象力或创造力的作品 尤指具有公认艺术价值的 Literaturemustbeananalysisofexperienceandasynthesisofthefindingsintoaunity RebeccaWest 文学必须是对经验的分析和对新发现的综合统一 丽贝卡 韦斯特 Theartoroccupationofaliterarywriter 文学 作家 一个文学作者的艺术或职业Thebodyofwrittenworkproducedbyscholarsorresearchersinagivenfield 文献 某一领域内的学者或研究人员所制作的文字Eg medicalliterature 医学文献collectedalltheavailableliteratureonthesubject 收集有关这一主题的所有可得的印刷资料 Music Allthecompositionsofacertainkindorforaspecificinstrumentorensemble 音乐 音乐文献 为某一特定乐器或团体所作的或属于某一种类的所有音乐作品 Eg thesymphonicliterature 交响文献 LiteratureinMasters eyes Literatureistheartofwritingsomethingthatwillbereadtwice journalismwhatwillbegraspedatonce CyrilConnolly 1903 1974 Britishcritic Literatureistheexpressionofafeelingofdeprivation arecourseagainstasenseofsomethingmissing Butthecontraryisalsotrue languageiswhatmakesushuman Itisarecourseagainstthemeaninglessnoiseandsilenceofnatureandhistory OctavioPaz b 1914 Mexicanpoet Literatureisatoilandasnare acursethatbitesdeep D H DavidHerbert Lawrence 1885 1930 Britishauthor Greatliteratureissimplylanguagechargedwithmeaningtotheutmostpossibledegree EzraPound 1885 1972 U S poet critic Literaturehasbeenthesalvationofthedamned literaturehasinspiredandguidedlovers routeddespairandcanperhapsinthiscasesavetheworld JohnCheever Ifliteratureisnoteverything it snotworthasinglehourofsomeone strouble Jean PaulSartre 1905 1980 Frenchphilosopher author Literatureismostlyabouthavingsexandnotmuchabouthavingchildren Lifeistheotherwayaround JohnK VanDeCamp 20thcentury attorneygeneralofCalifornia Medicineismylawfulwifeandliteraturemymistress whenIgettiredofone Ispendthenightwiththeother AntonPavlovichChekhov 1860 1904 Russianauthor playwright Q2 ThegenresofLiterature Itcontainsfiction non fiction Fiction 4genres species NOVELS SHORTSTORIES PLAYS POEMS Non fiction ESSAY whichhastraditionallybeenclassifiedinto4categories theformsofdiscourse description narration exposition argumentation Q3 WhatDoWeReadforinWesternLiterature Level1ForemotionalsatisfactionTothereadersofthislevel novelsarerecreationalandtherapeutic Level2Forhermeneutic explanatory functionReadersatthislevelbelievethatliteraturegainsaccesstoquestionsofmoralphilosophy sotheytrytoreadasmanymeaningsastheycanintoliterarypieces Level3Forrhetoricandphilology linguistics Readersatthisleveldonotallowthemselvestobepassivelymanipulatedbyeithermovingplotsorfascinatingcharacters Instead theyhaveanawarenessofhowauthorsmanipulatedreaders ofwhatthemodeofnarrationis ofwhothespeakerisandwhatthebenefitofthechoiceis Q4 Whatbenefitsdowegetfromthiscourse AgoodcommandofthetargetlanguageGeneralknowledgeoftheculture literatureandhistoryofthecountryinwhichthetargetlanguageisspokennativeAprofoundmindandaninsightforEnglishliterature FURTHERMORE Throughreading tosharpenyourlanguageawarenessandimproveyouroveralllanguageproficiency Tohelptobroadenyourculturalandintellectualunderstanding AnOutlineofEnglishLiterature OldEnglishPeriod Anglo Saxon 449 1066 folkepic MedievalEnglishPeriod Anglo Norman 1066 1485 MedievalRomance 1066 1340 ThePopularBallads The15th Century TheAgeofChaucer 1343 1400 TheCanterburytales ThePeriodofRenaissance 1485 1603 The16th CenturyEnglishLiterature ThomasMore Utopia TheAgeofShakespeareThePeriodofTheEnglishBourgeoisRevolution 1603 1700 The17th CenturyEnglishLiterature ThePuritanAge Milton ParadiseLost MetaphysicalPoetsandCavalierPoets TheEighteenth CenturyEnglishLiterature 1700 1798 EnlightenmentMovement启蒙主义运动 Neo classicism新古典主义 Realism现实主义 Sentimentalism感伤主义 GothicNovel歌特式小说 TheRomanticPeriod 1798 1832 a desireforthegoodoldtimes Poetryb Lookingintothefuturee g Wordsworth Coleridge Byron Shelley andKeatsa WalterScott Novelsb JaneAusten TheVictorianPeriod 1832 1900 CriticRealism批判现实主义 Dickens Thackeray Naturalism自然主义 ThomasHardy WomenNovelists TheBronteSisters CharlotteandEmily Aestheticism唯美主义 OscarWilde TheTwentieth CenturyEnglishLiterature 1900 1970 Modernism 1900 1950 Post Modernism 1950 Novelists Conrad Maugham D H Lawrence JamesJoyce Woolf KatherineMansfieldandWilliamGoldingetcPoets Yeats T S EliotetcDramatists BernardShaw SamuelBeckettetc After classAssignment PREVIEWJOBforNextWeek Readfrompage1topage15basedonthefollowingpoints theoriginofEnglishPeople whobroughtwi