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1、EnglishLiteratureTeacher:WangXingweiLectureOneIntroductionContentsGeneraldescriptionofthecoursePurposesofthiscourseHowtodowellCourserequirementAGeneralDescriptionYouwillstudytheeightperiodsinEnglishliteraryhistoryYouwillhaveaveryhardtime!Youwilllearntoapprec
2、iateliterature,learntomakecriticismandevenlearntowriteasmallcriticalessay!TheAnglo-Saxon(449-1066)TheAnglo-Norman(1066-1350)TheRenaissance(14-mid17thcentury)The17thCenturyRomanticism(thefirsthalfofthe19thcentury)TheVictorianAge(CriticalRealism,1837-1901)Mode
3、rnism(the20thcentury)TheEnlightenment(18thcentury)ThePurposesofThisCourseMakestudentsgetaclearpictureofthedevelopmentofEnglishliteratureMakestudentsknowhowtoappreciateliterature,understandaliterarywork,andhowtomakecomment.ThePurposesofThisCourseMakestudentsd
4、evelopadeepunderstandingofthewesternculture,anddeveloptheirownhumanisticthinking;HelpstudentstoenhancetheirEnglishabilities.RequirementsFinishthereading,writingandrecitingassignments;Attendtheclassregularly;BeactiveinclassactivitiesanddiscussionBehonestGradi
5、ngClassattendance.10%Classdiscussion…10%Reading&Writing10%Mid-TermExam20%FinalExam……….50%Whatisliterature?LongmanDictionary:Writtenworkswhichareofartisticvalue;Whatisliterature?OxfordDictionary:Writingsthatarevaluedasworksofart,esp.fiction,dramaandpoetryWhat
6、isliterature?LaurieG.KirsznerandStephenR.Mandell,LiteratureLiteraturemustbeimaginative,becauseevenwhenwritersusefactualmaterial—historicaldocuments,newspaperstories,orpersonalexperience,forexample—theymustaddsomethingintoitandmaketheeventgettheuniversalsigni
7、ficance.Literaturemust:BeofartisticvalueIncludefiction,dramaandpoetryBeimaginativeThreeGenresofLiteratureFictionPoetryDramaAnalyzingFictionFictionisanarrativethattellsastorybypresentingeventsinsomelogicalororderlyway.Worksofnarrativefictionoriginatedintheima
8、ginationoftheauthor,notinhistoryorfact.Certainlysomefiction—historicalorautobiographicalfiction,forexample—focusesonrealpeopleandactualevents,butthewaythecharactersinteractandhowtheplotunfoldsar
