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1、英美文学简史1Content of LecturesEach lecture will include:1.an overall introduction about a certain period in either English or American literatures:historical,social&cultural background of;features and literary achievements of this literary period2.a detailed study on certain important writers in a certa

2、in period:biography,representative literary works,literary career&literary achievements3.a brief introduction about certain literary termsCourse Requirement1.To attend class regularly2.To do a considerable amount of reading(to finish the reading assignment in our textbooks before each reading)3.To d

3、o a careful note-taking4.To keep a journal log:to write down anything you think important or interesting while doing your reading assignments or attending class&to write your comments on or response to what you readReading Materials(I)Compulsory Reading:1.Liu Bingshan.A Short History of English Lite

4、rature.Zhengzhou:Henan People Press,2007.2.Tongming.A History of American Literature.Nanjing:Yilin Press,2002.Reading Materials(II)Suggested Reading:1.Zhang Boxiang.Selected Readings In English And American Readings.Beijing:Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press,1999.2.Wu Weiren.History and An

5、thology of English Literature.Beijing Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press,1988.3.Wu Weiren.History and Anthology of American Literature.Beijing Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press,1990.Reading Materials(III)Further Reading:1.Chang Yaoxin.A Survey of English Literature.Tianjin:Nanka

6、i University Press,2006.2.Hu Yintong,Liu Shusen.Course in American Literature.Tianjin:Nankai University Press,1995.3.Chang Yaoxin.A Survey of American Literature,the 2nd Edition.Tianjin:Nankai University Press,2003.Grading PolicyFinal Exam(60%)Attendance(10%)Class Performance(10%)Note-taking(20%)War

7、ming QuestionsWhy should we learn literature?What is the use of learning literature?How shall we study literature?为何学习文学?熟读唐诗三百首，不会作诗也会吟。熟读唐诗三百首，不会作诗也会吟。学习语言需要多读，借以培养语感，缩短学习者与语言间的距离细雨潇潇赏宋词，人生佳境莫如此。细雨潇潇赏宋词，人生佳境莫如此。文学可以陶冶情操，提高修养世事洞明皆学问，人情练达即文章。世事洞明皆学问，人情练达即文章。文学让人体味百态人生，领悟生活真谛Importance of Learning Li

8、teratureHistories make men wise;poets,witty;the mathematics,subtle;natural philosophy,deep;moral,grave;logic and rhetoric,able to contend.Francis Bacon历史使人明智，诗歌使人灵秀，数学使人历史使人明智，诗歌使人灵秀，数学使人缜密，物理使人深刻，伦理学使人庄重，缜密，物理使人深刻，伦理学使人庄重，逻辑使人善辩逻辑使人善辩 Each good fiction is a history of its characters or its times.Ea

9、ch good poem is an expression of the genius wit.Each good essay is full of logic and rhetoric.Each good drama has its thorough influence on peoples morality.Every excellent literary works is wise,witty,subtle,deep,grave,logical at the same time.读书可以改变人的气质读书可以改变人的气质。培根文学的丰富多彩There is no Frigate like

10、a BookThere is no frigate like a book To take us lands awayNor any coursers like a page Of prancing poetryThis traverse may the poorest take Without oppress of toll:How frugal is the chariot That bears the human soul!Emily Dickinson文学的激励作用圣火的实例往往比千言万语的说教更有力量，它能够激发或者缓和人类的激情。所以在我当面给了你一些安慰之后，我就决定把自己的苦难

11、经历写给你，来安慰你，希望你拿我的苦难同你的比较一下，你就会觉得你的苦难毕竟是微乎其微，你也就有勇气来面对人生的一切磨难。阿贝拉尔（12世纪法国神学家）如何学习文学如何学习文学“三不三不分分”文史不分文史不分 the connection between the history and the general literary features 作家与其所处时代不分作家与其所处时代不分 the connection between the author and its times作品与其作者不分作品与其作者不分 the connection between the work and its a

12、uthor文学与悟性文学与悟性To see a World in a Grain of SandAnd a Heaven in a Wild FlowerHold Infinity in the Palm of your handAnd Eternity in an hour一沙一天国一沙一天国一花一世界一花一世界君掌盛无边君掌盛无边刹那含永劫刹那含永劫 William Blake文学包罗万象文学包罗万象the inseparability of literature,history&philosophyClose connection between literature,music,pai

13、nting&photographyTo learn literature well,you must be a person who are interested in many things and who can use the knowledge in other spheres to interpret literary codes.如何学好文学如何学好文学学而无思则罔，学而无思则罔，思而不学则殆。思而不学则殆。文学与生活密切相关。从生活中汲文学与生活密切相关。从生活中汲取灵感来理解文学；从文学中吸取智慧取灵感来理解文学；从文学中吸取智慧来感悟人生。在来感悟人生。在“悟悟”中把握人生的

14、真中把握人生的真谛。谛。非学无以置疑，非问无以广识。非学无以置疑，非问无以广识。勤读书，多思考，善提问，多讨论勤读书，多思考，善提问，多讨论 How to Read Literary Works?v “Books are the best of things,well used;abused,among the worst.What is the right use?What is the one end which all means go to effect?They are for nothing but to inspire.I had better never seen a book

15、 than to be warped by its attraction clean out of my own orbit,and made a satellite instead of a system.The one thing in the world,of value,is the active soul.”Ralph Waldo Emersonv“尽信书不如无书。尽信书不如无书。”v Be an active and critical reader.Divisions in English LiteratureDivision in Our Textbook1.Early and

16、Medieval English Literature2.The English Renaissance3.The Period of the English Bourgeois Revolution4.The Eighteenth Century5.Romanticism in England6.English Critical Realism7.Prose-Writers and Poets of the Mid and Late 19th Century8.Twentieth Century English Literature9.Poets and Novelists Who Wrot

17、e Before and After the Second World WarAn Overview:Six Periods In English Literature1.Old and Medieval Period(450 1066；1066 14th century)2.The Renaissance Period(14thcentury mid-17th century)3.The Neoclassical Period(1660 1798)4.The Romantic Period(1798 1832)5.The Victorian Period(1836 1901)6.The Mo

18、dern Period(20th century )Important Dates In English Literary History1066:the Norman Conquest1660:the Restoration of King Charles II1798:the publication of Lyrical Ballads1832:Sir Walter Scotts death1836 1901：the reign of Queen VictoriaImportant Writers in Different Periods(I)1.Old and Medieval Peri

19、od:BeowulfChaucer&his The Canterbury Tales2.The Renaissance Period:Drama&Poetry-WritingMarlowe Shakespeare3.The Neoclassical Period Milton(Epic)Bunyan,Swift,Defoe&Fielding:the Rise of English NovelMetaphysical Poetry:John DonnePope:Summit of Heroic CoupletImportant Writers in Different Periods(II)4.

20、The Romantic Period:Sentimentalism&Pre-Romanticism:Thomas Gray,Blake&BurnsPassive-Romanticism:the Lake-Side Poets(Wordsworth,Coleridge&Southey)Active-Romanticism:Byron,Shelley&KeatsImportant Writers in Different Periods(III)5.The Victorian Period:Rise of Critical Realism:Dickens,Thackeray&Women Nove

21、lists(Jane Austen,The Bronte Sisters&George Eliot)Poetic Revolution:Tennyson&The Brownings 6.The Modern Period:Hardy,Galsworthy&D.H.LawrenceOverview of some representative writers in later period:E.M.Forster,Aldous Huxley,George Orwell,William Golding&Doris LessingDivision in American LiteratureDivi

22、sion in Our Textbook1.Early American Literature:Colonial Period to 18152.American Romanticism:1815-18653.American Realism:1865-19144.American Modernism:1914-19455.American Literature Diversified:From 1945 to the 21st Century2nd Version1.Colonial Period(1607-1765)2.Age of Reason and Revolution(1765-e

23、nd of 18th century)3.Romantic Period(1800-1865)4.Realistic Period(1865-1918)5.Modern Period(1918-1945)6.Contemporary Period(1945-)Romantic PeriodRealistic PeriodModern PeriodAge of Reason&RevolutionColonial PeriodContemporary PeriodCommon Features in Different DivisionsThe Civil WarThe First World W

24、arThe Second World WarThe War of IndependenceYears as British ColonyFive Historical Events to Remember these Different DivisionsImportant Writers in Different Periods(I)1.Colonial Period:no writer2.Age of Reason and Revolution:Benjamin Franklin3.Romantic Period:Edgar Allan PoeRalph Waldo Emerson&Hen

25、ry David Thoreau(transcendentalism)Nathaniel Hawthorne&Herman Melville19th-Century American PoetsImportant Writers in Different Periods(II)4.Realistic Period:Mark Twain:local color writingHenry James:psychological realismStephen Crane:naturalismImportant Writers in Different Periods(III)5.Modern Per

26、iod:Realistic Literature:Willa Cather&Sherwood AndersonSouthern Literature:Katherine Ann Porter&William FaulknerModernist Literature:F.Scott Fitzgerald&Ernest Hemingway The lost Generation20th century American poetsEugene ONeilImportant Writers in Different Periods(IV)6.Contemporary PeriodEssayist:E

27、lwyn Brooks WhitePlaywright:Tennessee Williams&Arthur MillerBlack Literature:Ralph Waldo Ellison&Toni MorrisonJewish Literature:Saul BellowBlack Humor:Joseph HellerScheduleWeek 1:Introduction to the CourseWeek 2-3:English RenaissanceWeek 4-5:English NeoclassicismWeek 6-7:English RomanticismWeek 8-9:

28、Victorian Literature Week 10:English Modern PeriodWeek 11-12:American RomanticismWeek 13-14:American RealismWeek 15-16:American Modern PeriodWeek 17:American Contemporary PeriodWeek 18:Examination Week“净净”：努力保持文化环境的纯净努力保持文化环境的纯净“静静”：让人宁静下来思考静修：让人宁静下来思考静修“敬敬”：心存敬畏，心存感恩：心存敬畏，心存感恩“境境”：善用其心，善待一切，用心做事，提升

29、：善用其心，善待一切，用心做事，提升自我，升华自我。自我，升华自我。道德经说道德经说“五色令人目盲；五音令人耳聋五色令人目盲；五音令人耳聋”。不追逐声色之娱，摒弃物欲的诱惑，还要沉下心不追逐声色之娱，摒弃物欲的诱惑，还要沉下心学习实在不易。不易而能去做才会成才。学习实在不易。不易而能去做才会成才。读书从未成名，人品究竟高雅。读书从未成名，人品究竟高雅。行善不求回报，终归梦稳心安。行善不求回报，终归梦稳心安。摘自摘自 冀星冀星 多读书多读书 勤修身勤修身Thanks for your attention!此课件下载可自行编辑修改，仅供参考！此课件下载可自行编辑修改，仅供参考！感谢您的支持，我们努力做得更好！谢谢感谢您的支持，我们努力做得更好！谢谢