Introduction(英国文学部分).ppt

1、,AnIntroductiontoEnglishLiteratureCourse,Lecture1,FORSS:TodaysExpectations,Toacquirethesenseandmainformsofliterature;Tounderstandyourpurposefortakingthiscourseorthefunctionsofliterature;Tomakeclearthatwhatbenefitsyoucangetfromthiscourse;Tohave,inyourmind,anoutlineofEnglishliterature,4QstoAnswer,Q1:W

2、hatisliterature?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liter

3、ate:n.（名词）Onewhocanreadandwrite.Awell-informed,educatedperson.受过教育的博学的人,Inthewidestsense,literatureisjustaboutanythingwritten,buthowaboutguidebookstoJiuzhaigou,recipebooksortelephonedirectoriesetc.Sointhemorespecializedsenseoftheword-literatureistheartthatuseslanguageasamedium,Definition:,Pleasedefi

4、neitwithyourownwords.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),Theartoroccupatio

5、nofaliterarywriter.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

6、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,LiteratureinMasterseyes,Literatureistheartofwritingsomethingthatwillbereadtwice;journalismwhatwillbegraspedatonce.CyrilConnolly(19031974),BritishcriticLiteratureistheexpressionofafeelingofdeprivation,arecourseagainstasenseofsomethingmissing.But

7、thecontraryisalsotrue:languageiswhatmakesushuman.Itisarecourseagainstthemeaninglessnoiseandsilenceofnatureandhistory.OctavioPaz(b.1914),Mexicanpoet,Literatureisatoilandasnare,acursethatbitesdeep.D.H.(DavidHerbert)Lawrence(18851930),BritishauthorGreatliteratureissimplylanguagechargedwithmeaningtotheu

8、tmostpossibledegree.EzraPound(18851972),U.S.poet,criticLiteraturehasbeenthesalvationofthedamned,literaturehasinspiredandguidedlovers,routeddespairandcanperhapsinthiscasesavetheworld.JohnCheever,Ifliteratureisnoteverything,itsnotworthasinglehourofsomeonestrouble.Jean-PaulSartre(19051980),Frenchphilos

9、opher,authorLiteratureismostlyabouthavingsexandnotmuchabouthavingchildren.Lifeistheotherwayaround.JohnK.VanDeCamp(20thcentury),attorneygeneralofCaliforniaMedicineismylawfulwifeandliteraturemymistress;whenIgettiredofone,Ispendthenightwiththeother.AntonPavlovichChekhov(18601904),Russianauthor,playwrig

10、ht,Q2:ThegenresofLiterature?,Itcontainsfiction&non-fiction.Fiction:4genres(species),NOVELS,SHORTSTORIES,PLAYS&POEMS.Non-fiction:ESSAY,whichhastraditionallybeenclassifiedinto4categories,theformsofdiscourse-description,narration,exposition&argumentation.,Q3:WhatDoWeReadforinWesternLiterature?,Level1Fo

11、remotionalsatisfactionTothereadersofthislevel,novelsarerecreationalandtherapeutic.Level2Forhermeneutic(explanatory)functionReadersatthislevelbelievethatliteraturegainsaccesstoquestionsofmoralphilosophy,sotheytrytoreadasmanymeaningsastheycanintoliterarypieces.,Level3Forrhetoricandphilology(linguistic

12、s):Readersatthisleveldonotallowthemselvestobepassivelymanipulatedbyeithermovingplotsorfascinatingcharacters.Instead,theyhaveanawarenessofhowauthorsmanipulatedreaders,ofwhatthemodeofnarrationis,ofwhothespeakerisandwhatthebenefitofthechoiceis.,Q4:Whatbenefitsdowegetfromthiscourse?,Agoodcommandofthetar

13、getlanguageGeneralknowledgeoftheculture,literatureandhistoryofthecountryinwhichthetargetlanguageisspokennativeAprofoundmindandaninsightforEnglishliterature,FURTHERMORE,Throughreading,tosharpenyourlanguageawarenessandimproveyouroveralllanguageproficiency.Tohelptobroadenyourculturalandintellectualunde

14、rstanding.,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-CenturyEnglishLit

15、erature):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Re

16、alism现实主义Sentimentalism感伤主义GothicNovel歌特式小说,TheRomanticPeriod(1798-1832):a.desireforthegoodoldtimesPoetryb.Lookingintothefuturee.g.Wordsworth,Coleridge/Byron,Shelley,andKeatsa.WalterScottNovelsb.JaneAusten,TheVictorianPeriod(1832-1900):CriticRealism批判现实主义:Dickens,ThackerayNaturalism自然主义:ThomasHardyW

17、omenNovelists: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-w