第十四课 20faustian 20economicsppt.ppt

Teaching Objectives To know the background knowledge of the author, Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus ,Exodus, John Milton and Paradise Lost To understand American way of life and the connotation of Faustian economics To appreciate the type of writing: argumentation Teaching Contents Ⅰ.Background Knowledge Ⅱ.Type of the text Ⅲ.Organization of the text Ⅳ.Detailed Study of the text Ⅴ.Language Features Ⅰ.Background Knowledge 1)the author : Wendell Berry 2)Christopher Marlow and Doctor Faustus 3)Faustian 4)Exodus 5)John Milton and Paradise Lost The author : Wendell Berry (1934--) Occupation: American Farmer, Writer, Critic Writings: “What Are People?” “Standing on Earth”, “Sex, Economy, Freedom and Community”, “Home Economics: Fourteen Essays” , etc. Prize: The National Humanities Medal T. S. Eliot prizes. Rockefeller Fellowships The author : Wendell Berry Berry is the first of four children of a lawyer and tobacco farmer in Kentucky . Berry earned a B.A. and M.A. in English at the University of Kentucky In 1958, he attended Stanford Universitys creative writing program In April 1960, Berrys first novel was published. 1962 to 1964, he taught English at New York Universitys University College in the Bronx. In 1965, Berry moved to a farm he had purchased, Lanes Landing, and began growing corn and small grains . Berry has farmed, resided, and written at Lanes Landing down to the present day. The author : Wendell Berry Berry has written at least twenty-five books of poems, sixteen volumes of essays, and eleven novels and short story collections. His writing is grounded in the notion that ones work ought to be rooted in and responsive to ones place. Berry, a lifelong Baptist, has criticized Christian organizations for failing to challenge cultural complacency about environmental degradation and has shown a willingness to criticize what he perceives as the arrogance of some Christians.