川外学生：英国文学期末复习资料.doc

Appreciating Modern English Literature Part One. Introduction Definitions --Appreciate 1. to be grateful or thankful for: They appreciated his thoughtfulness 2. to value or regard highly; place a high estimate on: to appreciate good wine. 3. to be fully conscious of; be aware of; detect: to appreciate the dangers of a situation. 4. to raise in value. 5. to increase in value: Property values appreciated yearly. Use appreciate in a Sentence See images of appreciate Search appreciate on the Web Origin: 1645–55; ML appreciātus ?valued, appraised, LL appretiātus ?(ptp. of appretiāre ) appraised, equiv. to L ap- ap-1 + preti ( um ) price + -ātus -ate1 Modern: 1. of or pertaining to present and recent time; not ancient or remote: modern city life. 2. characteristic of present and recent time; contemporary; not antiquated or obsolete: modern viewpoints. 3. of or pertaining to the historical period following the Middle Ages: modern European history. 4. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of contemporary styles of art, literature, music, etc., that reject traditionally accepted or sanctioned forms and emphasize individual experimentation and sensibility. Origin: 1490–1500; MF moderne ? LL modernus, ?equiv. to L mod ( o ), mod ( ō ) lately, just now (orig. abl. sing. of modus mode1 ) + -ernus ?adj. suffix of time Literature Literature is literally an acquaintance with letters as in the first sense given in the Oxford English Dictionary (from the Latin littera meaning an individual written character (letter)). The term has, however, generally come to identify a collection of texts. The word literature, as a common noun, can refer to any form of writing, such as essays; while Literature, the proper noun, refers to a whole body of literary work, world-wide or relating to a specific culture. More generally, one can equate a literature with a collection of stories, poems, plays and nonfiction prose that revolve around a particular topic. Questions: 1.Why do we r