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1、SelectedReadingsofEnglishLiteratureWhatIsLiterature?TheRandomHouseDictionarydefinitionoftheword“literature”:•writingregardedashavingpermanentworththroughitsintrinsicexcellence;•theentirebodyofwritingofaspecificlanguage,period,peopleetc.;•writingdealingwithap

2、articularsubject;CommentonthefollowingstatementsIsraelZangwill:InLiterature,everythingistrueexceptnamesandplaces;inhistorynothingistrueexceptnamesandplaces.EzraPound:Literatureis“newsthatstaysnews.”Picasso:Artisnottruth.Artisaliethatmakesusrealizetruth…Thear

3、tistmustknowthemannerwherebytoconvinceothersofthetruthfulnessofhislies.RobertFrost:Literatureis“aperformanceofwords.”FranzKafka:Literature“mustbeanice-axetobreaktheseafrozeninsideus.”JackLondon:(Goodliterature)transcendsthelimitsofparticularitytoreachunivers

4、ality.ThomasGray:Literatureis“thoughtsthatbreatheandwordsthatburn.”RobertScholes:Thesourcesofpleasureinliterarydiscourse(叙述)canbedefinedasmattersofcommunicativecapacity.Literaryworksofferreadersachancetouseafullerrangeoftheirinterpretive(解释的)abilitiesthandon

5、on-literarytexts.Brainstormingactivity•Whatisbehindyourchoiceoftheelective,SelectiveReadingsofEnglishLiterature?•Whatdoyouthinkofliteraturereading?Orwhyareyoufondofreadingliterature?FormsofLiteratureInthemorespecializedsenseoftheword,literatureistheartthatus

6、eslanguageasamedium.Literaturecontainsfictionandnon-fiction.Underfictiontherearefourgenres----novels,shortstories,plays,andpoems.6PurposeandMeansoftheFourGenreswiththeUseofWordslwordsareusedtocreateimaginarypersonsoreventsinstoriesorplays.lwordsareusedtoshow

7、ideasandfeelingsinessaysorpoems.lwordsareaddresseddirectlytothereaderinstoriesandessays.lwordsareoverheardbythereaderinplaysorpoems.Thewaysliteraryformsarecommunicatedtothereader•Astory,basicallyanarrationthroughthereportofastorytellertothereader•Anessay,per

8、suasion•Apoem,meditation•Aplay,creationofactionthroughthedialogueofimaginarypersonsWhatdowereadforinwesternliterature?(thefirstlevel)•Themostprimitiveapproachtowesternliterature,especiallynovels