英国文学Lecture 1.pptVIP

 Introduction:A Short History of English LiteratureCompulsory Course; Course Description Introduction to Literature The Making of England;Name: Tang Yujuan （Dolly) E-mail: tyj.tly@163.com Tel:187 7590 4790;Course Objective At the end of the course, students are supposed to : 1. have a general idea about English literature including its history, culture, some basic terminologies and representative writers and their works； 2. be able to read and appreciate English literature in a deeper way; 3. have acquired the ability to make use of literature in their daily life. ;Course Format ·Pre-class reading of the assignments; ·Teacher’s in-class input, combined with whole-class interaction of the key and difficult points of English literature; ·Post-class reflections on the newly-inputted literary knowledge. ;How to define your score at the end of the semester;Textbook 刘炳善 编著. 英国文学简史[M].郑州：河南人民出版社，2007. Reference books 1. 王守仁 主编. 英国文学选读[M].北京：高等教育出版社，2001. 2.王佐良.英国文学史[M].上海：商务印书馆，1993 ; How much do you know about English literature? Can you list some famous writers and their representative works? Share your experiences of reading English books.;Geoffrey Chaucer William Shakespeare James Joyce:Ulysses ... Jane Austen:Pride and Prejudice Virginia Woolf: To the Lighthouse Doris Lessing:The Golden Notebook ... ;Who wrote this?;It is a truth universally acknowledged,that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. ; Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind? ;;Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. ;Who are they?;For Whom?;What is Literature?;The Forms/Genres of Literature;Question for Discussion; We dont read and write poetry because its cute.We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passi