英国文学史及选读第一节课Introduction.ppt

History and Anthology of British Literature Today’s Schedule Introduction Why do we study British literature? What is literature? What are we going to know in this course? Unit 1: The Anglo-Saxon Period Why study literature? It improves your language proficiency. It enriches your knowledge about the English culture. It helps you explore the nature of human beings. It gives you spiritual and psychological relief. 1.1 Nature of literature 1 Introduction to literature What is literature? There have been various attempts to define literature. Many books have been written about int