经典英文作品欣赏与诵读(期末论文).docVIP

姓名： 学号： 学院： 课程：经典英文作品欣赏与诵读（0311300110） 班级序号：2 Classic English works and culture inheritance Think of culture inheritance and most of us will think of different kinds of spiritual culture and material culture,among which literature is an element that cannot be denied.And when it comes to literary heritage,we wont miss classic English works for their influence is just too profound to avoid. Then why classic English works?How on earth can they have such enchanting power?As we all know,almost everyone of us have,voluntarily or involuntarily,read lots of classical literature since our student days.At first we read in Chinese only,some classical Chinese literary works and some Chinese versions of foreign literature for example,and when we grow old enough to understand English,we begin to have exposure to original English literature --Jane Eyre,Wuthering Heights,Pride and Prejudice,Uncle Toms Cabin and so on. From my perspective,a novel in English is not so much a familiar one as a totally alien thing.When I received The Left Hand of Darkness and read it for the first time,I didnt know,for Gods sake,anything about it!Well,it can be somewhat exaggerated,but I believe that you can surely understand my feeling when I found myself even didnt know how to connect the name Estraven with its translation.I had a tough time digesting all of this and when I started to get accustomed to English,I had to admit that it was so fascinating an experience to enjoy original works.I can picture Gethen(a planet in the book I just referred to) in my mind;I can feel the heros desperation in the penal farm;I can imagine Estravens determination on saving Genly;I can get overwhelmed on reading that they are crossing the ice sheet;I can empathizing Genlys great grief on losing his faithful friend. So as you can see,good classic English works can stimulate so many emotions and make people resonate,not to mention making contributions to cultural inheritance.Provided that a ma