An introduction to English literature 2.pptVIP

About the teacher Liu Zhen(刘贞) Research Direction: English and American literature ,esp.20th century English literature and narratology Mobile phone 6980 E-mail address139.com Microblog:/literaryland（文学学习） Micromessage:l English literature VS British Literature English literature is the literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England，for example, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Joseph Conrad was Polish, Ernest Hemingway was American. British Literature refers to literature associated with the United Kingdom,the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands:English Literature; Welsh Literature; Scottish Literature; Literature of Northern Ireland; Welsh literature in English, etc. The Importance of This Course It is a compulsory course, more importantly, a competence-oriented course for junor and senior English majors. Generally, English Literature consists of two branches : The History of English Literature and the Anthology or Selected Readings in English Literature. Of the two branches, Selected Readings is more important than the History. When you study it,you can have a real taste and a good understanding of some important classical works. The Importance of This Course Greatly enhance your English competence. Thorough understanding of human life and nature It is for self-cultivation, developing literary attainments Further develop question consciousness, moral attitudes and critical thinking Critical thinking consists of a mental process of analyzing or evaluating information, particularly statements or propositions that people have offered as true. It forms a process of reflecting upon the meaning of statements, examining the offered evidence and reasoning, and forming judgments about the facts.大意是，评判式思维是一种脑力程序，包括分析、评估信息，尤其是那些通常被当成真理和常识来推介的一些判断和陈述。对那些证据、推理进行重新检查，反省那些判断的原意，然后对于某些信息和事实提出自己的评判。 About the textbo