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* * Unit 1 The written word Word power Literature Try to answer several questions： ⑴Are you interested in books? ⑵What kind of books are you particularly fond of? ⑶How many categories of literature can you name? Discuss those questions in small groups, then write down all the categories said by students on the blackboard. Read the article about different categories of literature in part A. Find out all the types mentioned in text. Fill in the chart below poetry drama Short story romance Science fiction novel News article biography autobiography Category of literature Description Fiction Non-fiction ? has a repeated rhythm ? focuses on feelings ? tells a story through action and speech ? first written and then performed on stage ? only a few characters ? a simple plot ? many characters ? a complex plot ? popular ? in a newspaper ? reports factual information Describes the life of a person Describes the author’s own life Charles Dickens Dickens, Charles John Huffam (1812-1870), English novelist and one of the most popular writers in the history of literature. In his enormous body of works, Dickens combined masterly storytelling, humor, pathos, and irony with sharp social criticism and acute observation of people and places, both real and imagined. Keats， John （1795-1821）， English poet， and an influential figure of the romantic movement. Keats was born in London. In 1816 he became a licensed druggist， but he never practiced the profession. Keatss first published poems appeared in 1816 in the Examiner， a literary periodical edited by the essayist and poet Leigh Hunt. Keatss first book was Poems by John Keats （1817）。 His second volume， Endymion （1818）， was attacked by two of the most influential critical magazines of the time， the Quarterly Review and Blackwoods Magazine. John Keats William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564 on April the 23rd. His father was an important man in town so Shakespeare had a good upbringing. Shakespeare pr