(精选)英国文学作品选读1.what is literature课件.pptVIP

unit 1 Literature ——Some related questions;The body of written works of a language, period, or culture. Imaginative or creative writing, especially artistic value The art or occupation of a literary writer The body of written work produced by scholars or researchers in a given field Printed material Music.;Literature: definition 2;;Literature: some basic knowledge;从我于陈蔡者,皆不及门也。 德行：颜渊、闵子骞、冉伯牛、仲弓； 言语：宰我、子贡； 政事：冉有、季路； 文学：子游、子夏 --《论语》 ;用那么艰难的文字写出来的古语摘要，我先前也叫“文”，现在新派一点的叫“文学”，这不是从“文学：子游、子夏”上割下来的。是从日本输入，是他们对英文literature的译名。—鲁迅;我尝说：“语言文学都是人类达意表情的工具，达意达得好，表情表得好，便是文学。”——胡适 文学有三个要件：第一要明白清楚；第二要有力能动人；第三要美。;Is literature a mirror or a flash of light? Is literature aesthetic or authentic? Is literature a game with leisure or a preach with grim? Is literature an art of language or an expression of culture?;There is no original presupposition about literature. ;Why we study literature?;Who is the author of The Waste Land?;Which of the following novelists wrote The Sound and the Fury;Virginia Woolf was an important female in the 20th century England; refers to a long narrative poem that records the adventures of a hero in a nation’s history;Important historical periods in English literature;Important literary criticism;Writing ;The next lesson