大学英语教学课件

1、English LiteratureOld English literature Middle English LiteratureEarly Morden English literature English Renaissance The Seventeenth CenturyThe Eighteenth Century1hWhat is literature ?2hA kind of creative writingTo convey a personal experienceto reader3hLiterature: is a kind of creative writing tha

2、t conveys a personal experience to reader4hEmily Dickinson(1830-1886)“If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry. If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry. These are the only ways I know it. Is there

3、any other way?”5hA Grain of Sand (William Blake) To see a world in a grain of sand， And a heaven in a wild flower， Hold infinity in the palm of your hand， And eternity in an hour. 6hDreams Langston Hughes Hold fast to dreamsFor if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged birdThat cannot fly.Hold fast to dr

4、eamsFor when dreams goLife is a barren fieldFrozen with snow. 7hE.E. Cummings l(a le af fa ll s) one l Iness8hThe Furthest Distance In The World The furthest distance in the world Is not between life and death But when I stand in front of you Yet you dont know that I love you The furthest distance i

5、n the world Is not when i stand in font of you Yet you cant see my love But when undoubtedly knowing the love from both Yet cannot Be togehter Tagore 9hThe furthest distance in the world Is not being apart while being in love But when plainly can not resist the yearning Yet pretending You have never

6、 been in my heart 10hThe furthest distance in the world Is not when painly cannot resist the yearning yet pretending you have never been in my heartBut using ones indifferent heart To dig an uncrossable river For the one who loves you 11hThe Old English12hNative people: CeltsThe cult of mistletoe13h

7、 Mistletoe in an apple tree in Essex, England14hMistletoe seeds 15h16h17hWhy is there a worship of tree?The power of life Fertility generative forces18h图腾崇拜人们把某种动植物或其他事物当作自己的氏族，部落民族有某种血缘关系，那么这种事物就叫做“图腾”。人们把图腾作为神袛对待，并加以神化祭祀，被成为图腾信仰或图腾崇拜。图腾崇拜是原始宗教信仰发展到一定历史阶段的产物，是在原始社会后期产生的，它融于自然崇拜，动植物崇拜，鬼神崇拜，祖先崇拜为一体，在

8、世界原始民族中都曾普遍盛行。19h中国古代的图腾崇拜20h55B.C.-407A.D. Roman invasion450A.D onward the invasion of the Germanic tribes (Angles, Saxons, and Jutes) The legendary stories of the Celtic King ArthurAround 8th century the invasion of Danes the stories of King Alfred the Great1066 the Norman Conquest21h22hCaedmon: t

9、he first Anglo-Saxon poet Paraphrase 23hVenerable Bede: the father of the English history The Ecclesiastical History of the English People 24hThe old English poem: Beowulf National epic: a story or adventure of great people or heroes25h Beowulf is the longest poem that has comedown to us from Old En

10、glish, one of the languages ancestral to Modern English. It is seen as a song ofpraise for a great king:Hwt! We Gardena in geardagumeodcyninga rym gefrunonhu a elingas ellen fremedon. modern English:Lo! Of the Spear-Danes, in days of yore,we have heard; of the glory of the peoples kings,how the nobl

11、e ones did deeds of valour.26h Beowulf: an Anglo-Saxon or Englands national epic of 3182 lines. An epic is a long narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating and celebrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or

12、the past history of a nation. 27h28hEncounter with Grendel, the monster29h30hEncounter with Grendels mother31h32hEncounter with the fire-dragon33hMiddle English Literature34hThe results of the Norman ConquestThree languages existed Latin- church and academia French- government and court English- Eng

13、lish people and oral literature35h Romance the Legend of King Arthur Sir Gawain and the Green Knight The Quest for the Holy Grail 36hWho is Arthur?Arthur is the semi-legendary 6th-century king of the Britons who fought against the invading Anglo-Saxons. According to legend, Arthur was the son of Uth

14、er Pendragon, king of Britain. Kept in obscurity during childhood, he was suddenly presented to the people as their king. He gathered a great company of knights in his court and discussed problems with them at a round table. 37hWhy is there the round table?38hThe Arthurian legends great influence on

15、 western cultures and manners.39h Chivalry is an idealization of virtue, a marriage of military prowess and courtesy, a sense of justice and honour. 40h Chivalry simply means in its primitive sense: service on horseback. It is derived from the French word cheval, a word in itself derived from the La

16、tin. The word knight is derived from the Saxon for a servant, the attendants of a feudal lord. 41hThe title “Sir,” which is prefixed to the Christian names of all knights, is held in great honour, and is of high antiquity.42hThe knight swore to accomplish the duties of his station and live by his ch

17、ivalric virtues, The knight is a person in search of justice and humility.43hA green knight enters Arthurs court44hA green knight enters Arthurs court45hThe green knight looks courageous and frightened as well.46hGawain is seduced by the hostess, who turns to be the wife of the green knight.47hWhat

18、can we get form Gawains adventure?48hThe quest of the Holy Grail49hThe legend of the Holy Grail is one of the most enduring in Western European literature and art. The Grail was said to be the cup of the Last Supper and at the Crucifixion to have received blood flowing from Christs side. The Celtic Myth- Caldron50hThe search for the vessel became the principal quest of the knights of King Arthur. 51h西欧另一个家喻户晓的神话，就是成立圆桌武士的亚瑟王(KingArthur)，曾3次驾驶他的魔船环绕死亡岛航行，岛上有6000名土兵把守，亚 瑟王的武士与岛上的士兵争战，最后只剩下亚瑟王与他的7名武士生还，但他们成功夺得那只大锅。由于圆桌武士后来的堕落，那只大锅从他们当中消失了。直等到圆桌武士兰斯洛(Lancelot)之子，十全十美的加拉赫特爵士(SirGalahad