英美文学选读课PPT lecture one

The Enlightenment (18th century)
The 17th Century
The AngloNorman (1066-
1350)
The AngloSaxon (449-
1066)
The Purposes of This Course
•Make students get a clear picture of the development of English literature
Analyzing Fiction
• The first English novel is Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe of 1719. By the nineteenth century, the novel reached a high point in its development, replacing other kinds of extended narratives.
•Make students know how to appreciate literature, understand a literary work, and how to make comment.
The Purposes of This Course
•Make students develop a deep understanding of the western culture, and develop their own humanistic thinking;
English Literature
Teacher: Wang Xingwei
Lecture One Introduction
Contents
General description of the course
How to do well
Purposes of this course
Course requirement
Literature must :
• Be of artistic value
• Include fiction, drama and poetry
• Be imaginative
Three Genres of Literature
• Fiction • Poetry • Drama
Analyzing Fiction
Modernism (the 20th century)
The Victorian Age(Critical Realism, 1837-
1901)
Romanticism (the first half
of the 19th century)
The Renaissance (14-mid17th
century)
• Attend the class Final Exam……….50%
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• Be active in class activities and discussion
• Be honest
What is literature?
• Longman Dictionary:
Written works which are of artistic value;
• Fiction is a narrative that tells a story by presenting events in some logical or orderly way. Works of narrative fiction originated
in the imagination of the author, not in history or fact. Certainly some fiction — historical or autobiographical fiction, for example — focuses on real people and actual events, but the way the characters interact and how the plot unfolds are the author’s invention.
•Help students to enhance their English abilities.
Requirements Grading
• Finish the reading, writing and reciting assignments;
Class attendance.10% Class discussion…10% Reading & Writing 10% Mid-Term Exam 20%
What is literature?
• Oxford Dictionary:
Writings that are valued as works of art, esp. fiction, drama and poetry
What is literature?
• Laurie G. Kirszner and Stephen R.
A General Description
•You will study the eight periods in English literary history
•You will have a very hard time! •You will learn to appreciate
literature, learn to make criticism and even learn to write a small critical essay!
Mandell, Literature
Literature must be imaginative, because even when writers use factual material— historical documents, newspaper stories, or personal experience, for example—they must add something into it and make the event get the universal significance.