Chapter 4 Literature and Arts
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南京工业大学英语拓展课系列
Comparison between Chinese and Western Cultures
中西方文化比较
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Comparison between Chinese and Western Cultures 中西方文化比较
Chapter 4 Literature and Arts
6) The Victorian Period (1832-1901)
• Critical Realism：Charles Dickens， Jane Austen，Bronte Sisters， Thomas Hardy
• 7) The Modern Period (1914-1945)
• Stream of Consciousness，James Joyce
King Lear
four comedies
Much Ado about nothing
• Satire (讽刺文学), making fun of people, came to full growth in this century. Jonathan Swift , Daniel Defoe
来自百度文库
• 5) The Romantic Period (1785-1830)
Romantic Poets： William Wordsworth，Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats.
Dream of the Red Mansions
• The greatest novel in Chinese literature. • The central thread of the novel is the tragic love story between Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu. Instead of just telling the love story, it taps the social origins of the tragedy through probing deeply into the characters’ minds and complicated relationships.
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1.1 Categories / genres of literature
• In practice, works of literature fall into four categories or genres: – narrative fiction – drama – poetry – non-fiction prose
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1.3 An overview of classics of C&W literature Four famous Chinese classics of literature Romance of the Three Kingdoms 《三国演义》 Water Margin《水浒传》 Journey to the West《西游记》 Dream of the Red Mansions《红楼梦》
第四讲 中西文学与艺术
Contents
•1. A brief introduction to C&W literature •2. Major differences between C&W literature •3. Comparison between C&W painting
•4. C&W architectural cultures
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• 4) The Neo-classical Period (1660-1785)
• Classicism prevailed for the most part of the century with Alexander Pope as its representative.
In-class discussion
• Try to translate the following terms or sentences.
1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) ―初唐四杰‖ 《尚书》 《孔雀东南飞》 《窦娥冤》 《论语》 “路漫漫其修远兮，吾将上下而求索”。
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Answers （refer to 《中国文化概况》） 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) The Four literary Eminences The Book of History Southeast the Peacock Flies The Injustice to Dou E The Analects of Confucius The journey is long,/ I’ll search up and down.
（《中国文化概况》P.30)
Main periods of English literature(英国文学)
• 1) The Old English Period
• the epic Beowulf ，a folk legend brought to England by the Anglo-Saxons from their continental homes.
1.3 An overview of classics of C&W literature • William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
• A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1595) • The Merchant of Venice (1598)
• Tragedies
1.1 Categories / genres of literature stories, poems and plays, especially those that are considered to have value as art and not just entertainment. (MacMillan Dictionary)
□ novel
□ research paper
□ diary □ poem □ letter
How do you make the choice? (What makes you treat
something as literature while dismissing others as non-literature? )
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
• The earliest long Chinese novel.
Based on history books and folk legends, the plot centers on the rise and fall of the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu, and on the complex political, military, and diplomatic struggles during that period.
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The Four Literary Eminences (初唐四杰)
• Wang Bo, Yang Jiong, Luo Binwang, and Lu Zhaolin • Their poems, in a refined language, boast beautiful tonal patterns and rhyme schemes.
1.2 Main periods of C&W literature
Four main periods of Chinese literature development : – Classical: pre—late Qing – Modern: 1840—May 4th, 1919 – Revolutionary: 1919—1949 – Contemporary: 1949—present
Water Margin
• It was the first novel to deal with the subject of peasant revolts in China.
• It is about the story of the rebellion of the 108 heroes at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty.
writings in prose or verse; especially writings having excellence of form or expression and expressing ideas of permanent or universal interest.
(Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition)
• 2) The Middle English Period • the Middle Ages (1066-1485)
• Middle English: The Canterbury Tales , Geoffrey
• 3) The Renaissance (1500-1660)
• Renaissance is characterized by admiration of the Greek and Latin classic works. • William Shakespeare
1.1 Categories / genres of literature
• The two kinds of narrative fiction you will read most often are short stories and novels. • Myths (神话), parables (寓言), romances (传 奇), and epics (史诗) are also part of the genre.
1.3 An overview of classics of C&W literature
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Warm-up cases Choose from the following forms of writing what can be counted as literature:
□ news report
3
1. A brief introduction to C&W literature
中西文学简介
1. A brief introduction to C&W literature
1.1 Categories / genres of literature 1.2 Main periods of C&W literature
Journey to the West
• An outstanding romantic work full of fantastic tales. And also a masterpiece about deities (神仙) and ghosts.
It tells of the Tang Dynasty monk, Xuan Zang overcoming 81 adversities and defeating various monsters and demons before finally reaching India, assisted by his three disciples: Sun Wu Kong, Zhu Ba Jie, and Sha Seng.
Hamlet (1601) Othello (1604) King Lear (1605) Macbeth (1606) Romeo and Juliet (1595)
•
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four tragedies Hamlet
Othello
Macbeth
Comparison between Chinese and Western Cultures
中西方文化比较
2014-10-30
Comparison between Chinese and Western Cultures 中西方文化比较
Chapter 4 Literature and Arts
6) The Victorian Period (1832-1901)
• Critical Realism：Charles Dickens， Jane Austen，Bronte Sisters， Thomas Hardy
• 7) The Modern Period (1914-1945)
• Stream of Consciousness，James Joyce
King Lear
four comedies
Much Ado about nothing
• Satire (讽刺文学), making fun of people, came to full growth in this century. Jonathan Swift , Daniel Defoe
来自百度文库
• 5) The Romantic Period (1785-1830)
Romantic Poets： William Wordsworth，Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats.
Dream of the Red Mansions
• The greatest novel in Chinese literature. • The central thread of the novel is the tragic love story between Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu. Instead of just telling the love story, it taps the social origins of the tragedy through probing deeply into the characters’ minds and complicated relationships.
2014-10-30
1.1 Categories / genres of literature
• In practice, works of literature fall into four categories or genres: – narrative fiction – drama – poetry – non-fiction prose
2014-10-30
1.3 An overview of classics of C&W literature Four famous Chinese classics of literature Romance of the Three Kingdoms 《三国演义》 Water Margin《水浒传》 Journey to the West《西游记》 Dream of the Red Mansions《红楼梦》
第四讲 中西文学与艺术
Contents
•1. A brief introduction to C&W literature •2. Major differences between C&W literature •3. Comparison between C&W painting
•4. C&W architectural cultures
2014-10-30
• 4) The Neo-classical Period (1660-1785)
• Classicism prevailed for the most part of the century with Alexander Pope as its representative.
In-class discussion
• Try to translate the following terms or sentences.
1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) ―初唐四杰‖ 《尚书》 《孔雀东南飞》 《窦娥冤》 《论语》 “路漫漫其修远兮，吾将上下而求索”。
2014-10-30
Answers （refer to 《中国文化概况》） 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) The Four literary Eminences The Book of History Southeast the Peacock Flies The Injustice to Dou E The Analects of Confucius The journey is long,/ I’ll search up and down.
（《中国文化概况》P.30)
Main periods of English literature(英国文学)
• 1) The Old English Period
• the epic Beowulf ，a folk legend brought to England by the Anglo-Saxons from their continental homes.
1.3 An overview of classics of C&W literature • William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
• A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1595) • The Merchant of Venice (1598)
• Tragedies
1.1 Categories / genres of literature stories, poems and plays, especially those that are considered to have value as art and not just entertainment. (MacMillan Dictionary)
□ novel
□ research paper
□ diary □ poem □ letter
How do you make the choice? (What makes you treat
something as literature while dismissing others as non-literature? )
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
• The earliest long Chinese novel.
Based on history books and folk legends, the plot centers on the rise and fall of the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu, and on the complex political, military, and diplomatic struggles during that period.
2014-10-30
The Four Literary Eminences (初唐四杰)
• Wang Bo, Yang Jiong, Luo Binwang, and Lu Zhaolin • Their poems, in a refined language, boast beautiful tonal patterns and rhyme schemes.
1.2 Main periods of C&W literature
Four main periods of Chinese literature development : – Classical: pre—late Qing – Modern: 1840—May 4th, 1919 – Revolutionary: 1919—1949 – Contemporary: 1949—present
Water Margin
• It was the first novel to deal with the subject of peasant revolts in China.
• It is about the story of the rebellion of the 108 heroes at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty.
writings in prose or verse; especially writings having excellence of form or expression and expressing ideas of permanent or universal interest.
(Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition)
• 2) The Middle English Period • the Middle Ages (1066-1485)
• Middle English: The Canterbury Tales , Geoffrey
• 3) The Renaissance (1500-1660)
• Renaissance is characterized by admiration of the Greek and Latin classic works. • William Shakespeare
1.1 Categories / genres of literature
• The two kinds of narrative fiction you will read most often are short stories and novels. • Myths (神话), parables (寓言), romances (传 奇), and epics (史诗) are also part of the genre.
1.3 An overview of classics of C&W literature
2014-10-30
Warm-up cases Choose from the following forms of writing what can be counted as literature:
□ news report
3
1. A brief introduction to C&W literature
中西文学简介
1. A brief introduction to C&W literature
1.1 Categories / genres of literature 1.2 Main periods of C&W literature
Journey to the West
• An outstanding romantic work full of fantastic tales. And also a masterpiece about deities (神仙) and ghosts.
It tells of the Tang Dynasty monk, Xuan Zang overcoming 81 adversities and defeating various monsters and demons before finally reaching India, assisted by his three disciples: Sun Wu Kong, Zhu Ba Jie, and Sha Seng.
Hamlet (1601) Othello (1604) King Lear (1605) Macbeth (1606) Romeo and Juliet (1595)
•
2014-10-30
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four tragedies Hamlet
Othello
Macbeth