选修7module3 Cultural corner and Introduction.ppt

Module 3Literature cultural corner;About English Literature; Old English, or Anglo-Saxon Era(450-1066): basis of modern English, poetic tradition. Middle English Period(1066-1485):French, Norman conquest. The Renaissance(1485-1660): golden age, humanism, the printing press. The Restoration period and the 18th Century: enlightment, polict, poetry, Milton The Romantic Age(1789-1837) : emotion over reason, The Victorian Age(1837-1901): realism, unsettling problems. 20th-Century Literature: two world wars, economic depression, new and fresh. ;Victorian age Historical background ;Charles Dickens;Charles Dickens;1. What experiences from his own life did Dickens use in his novels?;2. What new information have you learnt about Oliver Twist? 3. How did Dickens’ novels help to improve English society?;;Major Works ;Major Works;Major Works;a huge amount of 大量的 归纳拓展 英语中有些表示“许多，大量”的短语，后接可数名词与不可数名词情况不同，归纳如下：;注意：the number of虽与a number of只有一词之差，但它表示“……的数量”，作主语时谓语动词用单数。