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“The truest history is full of falsehoods, and your romance is full of truth.” (Samuel Richardson)
But not all the literature may present such insights. Only some does. Therefore, literature may be firstly classified into two broad categories: literature of escape and literature of interpretation.
Whatever --- without causing harm --serves to make life less boring, to make the hours pass more quickly and pleasurably, surely needs nothing else to recommend it.
4. Wolfgang von Goethe (17491832)歌德 Make a common subject / reality interesting and poetic; and show an apprehension & representation of the individual / particular
6. Victor Shklovsky (1893-1984) 什克洛夫斯基
Art as technique: a special way of thinking and knowing --estrangement, displaying language out of its usual
7. Kenneth Burke (1897-)
in a narrow sense, to mean compositions that well written that some aesthetic value is acquired.
Literature is a permanent expression in words of some thoughts or feelings or ideas about life & the world.
1 By “close reading”
2 Be familiarized with some literary terms
3 Information about the social and historical background of the writers is also important.
Enable the students to get a general idea about the major genres of English literature in different times, and also the major works of major authors
Cultivate the literary taste of the students
Escape literature is that written purely for entertainment --- to help us pass the time pleasantly. It takes us away from the real world: it enables us temporarily to forget our troubles. Its only object is pleasure.
Enjoyment is the first aim and good reason of reading literature.
But, unless literature gives something more than pleasure, it hardly justifies itself as our study subject. Unless it expands or refines our minds or quickens our sense of life, its value is not appreciably greater than that of video games, bridge or Ping-Pong.
(A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.)
Other ideas about literature
1. Plato & Republic (428-347 BC)
Not only pleasant but also useful to the states and to human life;
Enrich the students’ knowledge
What is literature?
Written works of the human experience, past and present that are intended for reading, but not everything intended for reading is classified as literature.
Interpretive literature is written to broaden and deepen and sharpen our awareness of life. It takes us, through the imagination, deeper into the world: it enables us to understand our troubles. Its object is pleasure and understanding.
As equipment for living --- to deal with recurrent situations in daily life.
8. Iser
Ask the reader to join in the game.
What are the forms of literature?
An Introduction to British & American Literature
By JIA Li Feb, 2012
About Myself
My Name: JiA Li (贾莉） My Tel: My E-mail Address:
About the course
Teaching material
5. Friedrich von Schiller (17591805)席勒
Letters on the Aesthetic Education of Man
Beauty makes a full man --combine his sensuous drive with sense drive, to maintain dignity and enjoy life towards perfection and truth.
Since the invention of language, men have taken pleasure in following and participating in the imaginary adventures and imaginary experiences of imaginary people.
2. Aristotle & Poetics (384-
322BC) Instinct oBiblioteka Baidu imitation and
harmony
3. William Shakespeare (15641616)
They’re the abstract and brief
chronicles of the time. (Hamlet)
Poetry Drama Fiction （Novels，Short
stories …) Essays
Why literature?
Why bother to read it? With life as short as it is, with so many
pressing demands on our time, with books of information, instruction, and discussion waiting to be read, why should we spend precious time on works of imagination? The eternal answers to these questions are two: enjoyment and understanding.
We use the word literature --- in a broad sense, to mean compositions that tell stories, dramatize situations, express emotions, and analyze and advocate ideas;
An Introductory Course Book of English and American Literature
The Objectives of this course
Enable the students to get a general idea about the development or history of English literature
4 Discussion and writing
5 Groundwork of language training
B. historical approach
How to study literature?
A. analytical approach The elements of fiction include
plot, character, setting, point of view, theme, symbol, style, and tone.
Literature is a performance in words. It is the work of men who are specially sensitive to the language of their time and who use the skill of language to make permanent their vision of life.
Learning literature ……
Increasing one’s knowledge Cultural enrichment Language enrichment Fostering the ability to appreciate
a work of art Enjoying oneself
To have a convincing claim on our attention, it must yield not only enjoyment but understanding.
The experience of humankind through the age is that literature may supply such understanding and do so effectively --- that the depiction of imagined experiences can provide real insights.
But not all the literature may present such insights. Only some does. Therefore, literature may be firstly classified into two broad categories: literature of escape and literature of interpretation.
Whatever --- without causing harm --serves to make life less boring, to make the hours pass more quickly and pleasurably, surely needs nothing else to recommend it.
4. Wolfgang von Goethe (17491832)歌德 Make a common subject / reality interesting and poetic; and show an apprehension & representation of the individual / particular
6. Victor Shklovsky (1893-1984) 什克洛夫斯基
Art as technique: a special way of thinking and knowing --estrangement, displaying language out of its usual
7. Kenneth Burke (1897-)
in a narrow sense, to mean compositions that well written that some aesthetic value is acquired.
Literature is a permanent expression in words of some thoughts or feelings or ideas about life & the world.
1 By “close reading”
2 Be familiarized with some literary terms
3 Information about the social and historical background of the writers is also important.
Enable the students to get a general idea about the major genres of English literature in different times, and also the major works of major authors
Cultivate the literary taste of the students
Escape literature is that written purely for entertainment --- to help us pass the time pleasantly. It takes us away from the real world: it enables us temporarily to forget our troubles. Its only object is pleasure.
Enjoyment is the first aim and good reason of reading literature.
But, unless literature gives something more than pleasure, it hardly justifies itself as our study subject. Unless it expands or refines our minds or quickens our sense of life, its value is not appreciably greater than that of video games, bridge or Ping-Pong.
(A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.)
Other ideas about literature
1. Plato & Republic (428-347 BC)
Not only pleasant but also useful to the states and to human life;
Enrich the students’ knowledge
What is literature?
Written works of the human experience, past and present that are intended for reading, but not everything intended for reading is classified as literature.
Interpretive literature is written to broaden and deepen and sharpen our awareness of life. It takes us, through the imagination, deeper into the world: it enables us to understand our troubles. Its object is pleasure and understanding.
As equipment for living --- to deal with recurrent situations in daily life.
8. Iser
Ask the reader to join in the game.
What are the forms of literature?
An Introduction to British & American Literature
By JIA Li Feb, 2012
About Myself
My Name: JiA Li (贾莉） My Tel: My E-mail Address:
About the course
Teaching material
5. Friedrich von Schiller (17591805)席勒
Letters on the Aesthetic Education of Man
Beauty makes a full man --combine his sensuous drive with sense drive, to maintain dignity and enjoy life towards perfection and truth.
Since the invention of language, men have taken pleasure in following and participating in the imaginary adventures and imaginary experiences of imaginary people.
2. Aristotle & Poetics (384-
322BC) Instinct oBiblioteka Baidu imitation and
harmony
3. William Shakespeare (15641616)
They’re the abstract and brief
chronicles of the time. (Hamlet)
Poetry Drama Fiction （Novels，Short
stories …) Essays
Why literature?
Why bother to read it? With life as short as it is, with so many
pressing demands on our time, with books of information, instruction, and discussion waiting to be read, why should we spend precious time on works of imagination? The eternal answers to these questions are two: enjoyment and understanding.
We use the word literature --- in a broad sense, to mean compositions that tell stories, dramatize situations, express emotions, and analyze and advocate ideas;
An Introductory Course Book of English and American Literature
The Objectives of this course
Enable the students to get a general idea about the development or history of English literature
4 Discussion and writing
5 Groundwork of language training
B. historical approach
How to study literature?
A. analytical approach The elements of fiction include
plot, character, setting, point of view, theme, symbol, style, and tone.
Literature is a performance in words. It is the work of men who are specially sensitive to the language of their time and who use the skill of language to make permanent their vision of life.
Learning literature ……
Increasing one’s knowledge Cultural enrichment Language enrichment Fostering the ability to appreciate
a work of art Enjoying oneself
To have a convincing claim on our attention, it must yield not only enjoyment but understanding.
The experience of humankind through the age is that literature may supply such understanding and do so effectively --- that the depiction of imagined experiences can provide real insights.