英国文学课程教学大纲

《英国文学》课程教学大纲

课程编号：ENGL2017

课程类别：专业必修课程

授课对象：英语、英语师范专业

开课学期：春（第5学期）

学分：2

主讲教师：秦伟刚

指定教材：《英美文学选读》，张伯香编。外语教学与研究出版社，2000年。

《英国文学简史》，刘炳善编著。河南人民出版社，2001年。

教学目的：英国文学历史悠久，自中远古至今，尤其是文艺复兴以来，名家名作迭出，卷轶浩繁，为世界文学的发展与繁荣做出了突出贡献。莎士比亚，雪莱，狄更斯，勃朗特姐妹，哈代等，即便对于一般读者来说都已成为耳熟能详的名字，他们的作品以各自不同的角度，各自不同的手法，对英国的社会生活、文化，乃至人类的命运等重大问题，进行了艺术的表现和诠释。作为英语专业的学生，有选择、批判性地阅读一些英国名家名篇的原作，对于提高英语阅读和写作的基本技能，丰富自身的文学素养，大有裨益。在全球化成为一种不可逆转的趋势、国际交往日益增多的今天，透过英国文学这一窗口，对英国的风土人情和英国的社会文化有一个基本认识和了解，对于将在不同程度上以英语作为工具从事学习和工作的英语专业学生来说，不仅必要，而且具有重要的现实意义。

本课程选取英国作家具有代表性的经典名篇为内容，以课堂精讲、小组讨论、独立研究等形式，从社会、历史的角度，解读作家与作品，引入心理学、人类学、语言学、社会学、伦理学、哲学等方面的最新成果，引导学生加深对所读作家作品的理解和认识，着重培养学生的分析思辩能力和语言表达能力，为学生写以文学为主题的毕业论文奠定基础。同时，通过本课程的学习，提高学生理解欧美文学和文化的鉴赏能力，加深学生对社会人生的思考，体现素质教育的特点。

第一课Introduction to English literature.

课时：第一周，共2课时

教学内容Introduction to English literature.

第一节

Why should we take this course.

The importance of studying literature.

English literature from the medieval period to the present

思考题：

1.What do you know about English literature?

2.Are you interested in literature?

第二节

How to prepare for this course.

How to make an oral presentation.

How to participate in classroom discussions.

How to do research through the Internet and in the library

第二课Chaucer’s “The Canterbury Tales”

课时：第二周，共2课时

教学内容

第一节Text

Pre-reading questions and background information of the author/story.

2、Oral presentations on the author/ story.

3、Detailed study of the text / story.

思考题：

1.What is the season and setting of the General Prologue and how are these important to the Tale?

2.In what order are the pilgrims introduced? Does the order and grouping of the pilgrims suggest anything about medieval English society?

3.Critics find that some of the characters are being satirized in their initial presentation. Pick two characters--one presented seriously (or respectfully) and the other satirized. Describe why you selected each and why they fit into that category.

4.Discuss Chaucer’s writing style.

第二节

Questions and answers

Discussions and responses from the students

Homework

第三课Spenser’s “Faire Queene”

课时：第三周，共2课时

教学内容

第一节text

Pre-reading questions and background information of the author/poems.

Oral presentations on the author/poems

Detailed study of the text

思考题：

1.The Faerie Queene is historical, moral, allegorical, and literal. Think about the different ways that this is so for the sections you've read.

2.In what ways can you see the section you've read as commenting on religious or cultural turmoil in England, Ireland or the Continent.

3.How is the episode you're considering an important part of the character's growth? What could it mean for the reader's growth?

4.In what ways is what you're reading Epic and in what ways is it Romance?

5.What do you think Redcrosse symbolize? What do you think Una symbolize?

6.Discuss Spenser’s stylistic features as shown in the section you’ve read.

第二节

Questions and answers

Discussions and responses from the students

Homework

第四课Shakespeare’s Sonnets

课时：第四周，共2课时

教学内容

第一节Text

Pre-reading questions and background information of the poet/his sonnets

Oral presentations on the poet/his sonnets

Detailed study of the text

思考题：

1.Figure out the rhyme scheme of Shakespeare’s sonnets.

2.Identify the theme of each of the sonnets you’ve read.

3. What are some of the literary devices that the poet employs in the sonnets and how effectively

do they help to express the themes?

第二节

Questions and answers

Discussions and responses from the students

Homework

第五课Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice”

课时：第五周，共2课时

教学内容