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* Liu Jing Nanjing Wenshu Middle School Unit 1 Module 8 The Written Word Revision I am just a farmer writing novels. Literature is a rather lonely field. Its not like films that attracts a huge audience, but it will never die. Literature is an art of language and its beauty could not be replaced by those of other arts. Great news for China Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize for Literature. He has a great place in world literature. He is the best-known poet and playwright of all time. He has a good reputation for his poetry and drama . His poems have been translated into other languages and some of his plays have been adapted into films. Two of his best-known works are “Hamlet” and “Romeo and Juliet”. William Shakespeare Guess who it is ! He was an English Victorian era author and is generally regarded as the most popular novelist at that time. He was good at writing fiction. His novels touch on the life of common people. He created some of the world’s most unforgettable fictional characters. His tomb reads, “By his death, one of England’s greatest writers is lost to the world. One of his novels is “Great Expectations”. Charles Dickens Guess who it is ! Pip a criminal on the run Pip’s sister Estella Joe give him a fortune give him food abuse would rather die than harm Pip be desperate for her love live up to but become vain; be ashamed of his friends what it really means to be a gentleman Friends are more important than a fancy education. Theme Lessons Wealth does not buy happiness. be bent on be intended to generous Useful words and expressions poetry; poet; poem character novel; novelist abuse criminal drama fiction author playwright generous theme vain fancy be bent on doing live up to be intended to do/be sth be desperate for /to do would rather do A than do B on the run have a good reputation for have a place in be adapted into be lost to touch on Fill in the blanks using the proper