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1、2019-2020年外研版高中英语选修7Module3《Literature》(Section1)素材I.CharlesDickensDickens'snovelscombinebrutalitywithfairy-talefantasy;sharp,realistic,concretedetailwithromance,farce,andmelodrama.;theordinarywiththestrange.Theyrangethroughthecomic,tender,dramatic,sentimental,grotesque,melodramatic,horrible,eccentr
2、ic,mysterious,violent,romantic,andmorallyearnest.ThoughDickenswasawareofwhathisreaderswantedandwasdeterminedtomakeasmuchmoneyashecouldwithhiswriting,hebelievednovelshadamoralpurpose–toarouseinnatemoralsentimentsandtoencouragevirtuousbehaviorinreaders.ItwashismoralpurposethatledtheLondonTimestocallDi
3、ckens"thegreatestinstructoroftheNineteenthCentury"inhisobituary.Alwaysconcernedtomakemoneywithhiswritings,Dickenstookseriously thenegativeresponsemanyreadershadtohisdarkernovels. Hedeliberatelyaddressedtheirdiscontent(不满)whenhewroteGreatExpectations,whichheaffirmedwaswritten"inamostsingularandcomicm
4、anner."Duringhislifetime,CharlesDickenswasthemostfamouswriterinEuropeandAmerica.WhenhevisitedAmericatogiveaseriesoflectures,hisadmirersfollowedhim,waitedoutsidehishotel,peeredinwindowsathim,andharassedhiminrailwaycars.Intheirenthusiasm,Dickens'sadmirersbehavedverymuchlikethefansofasuperstartoday.II.
5、Dickens’assessmentofhumanaffairs(fromATaleofTwoCities)Itwasthebestoftimes,itwastheworstoftimes,itwastheageofwisdom,itwastheageoffoolishness,itwastheepochofbelief,itwastheepochofincredulity,itwastheseasonofLight,itwastheseasonofDarkness,itwasthespringofhope,itwasthewinterofdespair,wehadeverythingbefo
6、reus,wehadnothingbeforeus,wewereallgoingdirecttoHeaven,wewereallgoingdirecttheotherway--inshort,theperiodwassofarlikethepresentperiod,thatsomeofitsnoisiestauthoritiesinsistedonitsbeingreceived,forgoodorforevil,inthesuperlativedegreeofcomparisononly.那是最美好的时代,那是最糟糕的时代;那是智慧的年头,那是愚昧的年头;那是信仰的时期,那是怀疑的时期;那
7、是光明的季节,那是黑暗的季节;那是希望的春天,那是失望的冬天;我们全都在直奔天堂,我们全都在直奔相反的方向--简而言之,那时跟现在非常相象,某些最喧嚣的权威坚持要用形容词的最高级来形容它。说它好,是最高级的;说它不好,也是最高级的。
III.AboutEnglishLiteratureEnglishliteratureisproducedinEngland,fromtheintroductiono