英美文学赏析方法.ppt

Appreciation of the Selected Readings in British and American Literature Contents What is the literature? How to appreciate poetry? Sample readings: A Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns She walks in beauty by George Gordon Byron What is Literature Written or oral works that makes use of the imagination A Dictionary Definition: n. “Great novels, poetry and plays; books and printed information on a particular subject.”- Little Oxford Dictionary. The traditional Western study of literature concentrates on “great novels, poetry, plays (and short stories)” Summary Literature: An art (imaginative or creative qualities of literature<beautydynamic relationship between the object and the perceiver> That is to say, the writers tell stories or create contexts by employing their imagination and expose their emotions and opinions in order to entertain and instruct the readers. What’s more, those who read their works can acquire knowledge, enlarge the horizon of their viewpoints and purify their feelings. In a sense, literature aims to entertain and educate the people. Why is literature important ? Literature is important to us because it speaks to us, it is universal, it affects us and it is beautiful. The Major Genres PROSE Prose is the ordinary form of written language. It imitates the spoken language. Prose FICTION NON-FICTION Short Stories Personal Narrative Fairy Tales Letters Folk Tales Memoirs Novels Short Stories Poems Reports Poetry Lyric Poem Narrative Poem Concrete Poem Significance of Literature Literature makes a concept concrete, for example, literature does not define the word courage, but shows us a courageous character acting courageously. On this point, literature concretizes an array of human values, emotions, actions and ideas in a story form. Basic Knowledge of Poetry The Music System Prosodic features（韵律成分）： Key features: stress, length, pause Stress(重音） word stress and sen