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授课题目 （章、节） Part V Twentieth-century Literature Ezra Pound 授课方式 Student-oriented communicative teaching 授课时间 2011年 10月 12日 第 7周 第 12次课 课时 2 教材及主 要参考书 吴伟仁, 美国文学史及选读（第二册）(History and Anthology of American Literature), 北京,外研社,2009 吴伟仁,美国文学史及选读 学习指南, 北京,外研社,2009 朱刚,新编美国文学史,上海,上海外语教育出版社, 2004 常耀信,美国文学简史(第二版),天津,南开大学出版社,2003 教学目标与要求： Understand the importance of image in Pound’s poems 知识点、难点与重点： Imagism understanding of image in Pound’s poems Pound’s three principles 教学过程设计：（包括教学方式及方法、时间分配、媒体选用及板书设计） step 1 author 20mins step 2 representative works 25mins step 3 Reading excerpt 45mins 教研室审阅意见： 教研室组长： 年 月 日 说明：1、本表原则上以每章为单位填写。2、此表后面为本次安排的授课内容的教案正文。 基 本 内 容 辅助手段 和时间分配 Part V Twentieth-century Literature Ezra Pound I. Brief Introduction Born on October 30, 1885 Education: Undergraduate study: Attended the University of Pennsylvania and then Hamilton College; Graduate study: the University of Pennsylvania (M. A. in romance language); Another year of study in Pennsylvania, on Renaissance literature; His experience in Italy In 1924, left Paris for Rapallo, Italy, attracted by Mussolini’s faithless promises of democratic state socialism. During World War II, Pound, on behalf of the Italian government, conducted radio broadcasts beamed at the American troops. He was returned to the United States as a citizen accused of treason, but on examination he was declared insane. After the treason charges were dismissed in 1958, Pound returned to Italy, where he died in 1972. II. Imagism Pound’s principles What is imagism? The First World War made America a different country, and its literature underwent a substantial change. The 1920s saw a vigorous literary activity in America. In poetry there appeared a strong reaction against Victorian poetry, the chief characteristics of which are its moralizing tendencies（训导说教的趋势）, its over padding （废话）of extra-poetic matter,