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Chapter 3 Literature 本章教学的目的 1. 中国文学史的基本发展脉络; 2. 中国文学史上的一些名著和现代名 作家的基本知识; 3. 文学作品中脍炙人口诗句的英文翻译。 本章教学的重难点 1. 古典文学发展脉络 2. 古代四大名著 3. 20世纪伟大作家 4. “网络文学”利弊讨论 1. A Brief Introduction 2. Classical Literature 3. Great Writers of the 20th Century Brief introduction Beginning with primitive mythology, Chinese literature developed with The Book of Songs, Poetry of South, the prose of the pre-Qin period, hanfu and yuefu folk songs of the Han Dynasty, the literary criticism in the Wei and Jin dynasties, the Tang poems, ci of the Song Dynasty, yuanqu in the Yuan Dynasty and the Ming and Qing novels. Each dynasty contributed its own distinctive literary genre. Four main periods of Chinese literature development : Classical: pre—late Qing Modern: 1840—May 4th, 1919 Revolutionary: 1919—1949 Contemporary: 1949—present Classical Literature Definition The Book of Songs《诗经》 What is it ? Three sections: Feng or folk ballads (consisting of 160 ballads from 15 states); Ya or dynastic hymns (consisting of 105 songs, most of which are for entertaining slave owners at feast); Song or sacrificial songs (consisting of 40 songs for sacrificial ceremonies attended by slave owners). The poems are mainly written in four-character lines. In terms of writing technique, it can also be classified into fu (赋: narration), bi (比: metaphor), and xing (兴: evocation). All these poems can be sung. Poetry of the South 《楚辞》 Poetry of the South is derived from the songs of the southern state of Chu during the Warring States Period. It pioneered romanticism in Chinese poetry. The verse of Poetry of the South are freeer than those of The Book of Songs. It is not fixed to four characters per line, and the character of “xi” (兮) is often put in the middle or the end of some lines. Qu Yuan and His Masterpieces Qu Yuan—the earliest known famous Chinese poet Masterpieces: Appreciating famous lines 路漫漫其修远兮， 吾将上下而求索。 The journey is long, I’ll search up and down. The Pro