2022-2023高中英语 Unit 4 Exploring literature Section Ⅰ Welcome to the unit Reading课件 牛津译林版必修第二册.pptxVIP

Section Ⅰ　Welcome to the unit Reading话题阅读背景导入：汤显祖是明代成就最高、影响最大的剧作家，其“临川四梦”达到了同时代戏剧创作的高峰。一些中外学者曾将汤显祖与莎士比亚进行平行研究，认为这两位戏剧大师在16世纪与17世纪之交的东西方剧坛上为人类作出了卓越的贡献。文章主要介绍了“中国的莎士比亚”——汤显祖的文学成就及其作品风格。In his 402nd anniversary year, Shakespeare is still rightly celebrated as a great wordsmith and playwright. But he was not the only great master of dramatic writing to die in 1616, and he is certainly not the only writer to have left a lasting influence on theatre.While less known worldwide, Tang Xianzu is considered Chinas greatest playwright and is highly spoken of in that country of ancient literary and dramatic traditions.Tang was born in 1550 in Linchuan, Jiangxi Province, and pursued a low-key career as an official until, in 1598, he retired to focus on writing. Unlike Shakespeares large body of plays, poems and sonnets (十四行诗), Tang wrote only four major plays: The Purple Hairpin (《紫钗记》), The Peony Pavilion (《牡丹亭》), A Dream Under the Southern Bough (《南柯记》), and The Handan Dream (《邯郸记》). The Peony Pavilion is considered as Tangs masterpiece. The rest three are constructed around a dream narrative, a device through which Tang unlocked the emotional dimension of human desires and ambitions and explored human nature beyond the social and political restrictions of that time.Tang lived in the end of the Ming Dynasty and the popularity of his works had a good reason. Similar to Shakespeare, his success rode the wave of a renaissance in theatre as an artistic practice. As in Shakespeares England, Tangs works became hugely popular in China too. During Tangs China, the way, in which playlets were enjoyed and performed, changed. Kunqu Opera, a form of musical drama, spread from southern China to the whole nation and became a symbol of Chinese culture. Combining northern tune and southern music, Kunqu Opera was known for its poetic language, music, dance movements and gestures. Tangs works benefited greatly from the popularity of Kunqu Opera, and his playlets are considered as classics of Ku