AbriefintroductionofBritishLiteraryhistory.pptVIP

History of British Literature TEM 8 General Knowledge Translation (from English to Chinese) W. B. Yeats Born in Dublin Famous poet and playwright Nobel Prize winner in 1923 first Irishman so honored William Butter Yeats, 叶芝（ 1865 — 1939 ）爱尔兰诗人及剧作家，曾获 1923 年诺贝尔文学奖。 E．Keats “Ode to Autumn” Keats’s poetry is always sensuous, colorful and rich in imagery, which expresses the acuteness of his senses. Sight, sound, scent, taste and feeling are all taken in to give an entire understanding of an experience. 约翰·济慈（John Keats，1795年—1821年）出生于18世纪末年的伦敦，他是杰出的英诗作家之一，也是浪漫派的主要成员。 J. F. Cooper The Pioneers James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. 美国著名作家詹姆斯·费尼莫·库珀（James Fenimore Cooper）的小说《拓荒者》（The Pioneer）。 库珀在30年创作生涯中写了50多部小说和其他著作。他最有成就的作品，如《皮袜子故事集》五部曲，对美国的西部小说产生很大影响。至今仍拥有不少读者。 The Key Issues for Literary Study 1.Background Study ＊Social Political Background ＊Religious Background ＊Economic Background ＊Ideological Philosophical Background ＊Cultural Background The Key Issues for Literature Study 2. The Study of Important Literary Terms 3. The Study of Important Literary Trends/Schools 4. The Study of Writers Their Works Writers Their Works a. Life Experience b. Literary Views c. Representative Works ＊The study of the background upon which the works are written ＊The study of the general ideas ＊The study of the themes ＊The study of the characterization ＊The study of the artistic features Artistic Features ＊Style ＊Language ＊Rhetoric devices Course Descriptions Half-year Course:16 weeks, two periods per week; 2 Credits. Open to Seniors with a study focus of English literature This Course is a study of historical background, Important Literary Terms, Important Literary Trends/Schools and representative writers in different periods of British Literature History and Anthology of English literature Requirements: You shou