English through literature 文学阅读与欣赏

English through literature 文学阅读与欣赏 Presented by Liang Rui

一、试题结构 第一部分: 1、多项选择/正误判断题占10% 2、填空占15% 第二部分: 简答题（诗歌）占16% 第三部分: 简答题（戏剧）占14% 第四部分: 问答题（小说）占25% 第五部分: 写作占20%

二、新考试题型的特点： 1、取消口语考试； 2、教材内容涉及量增大，达到50%以上。所考内容多为教材中讲授的文学概念和文学作品知识。例如第一大题：多项选择或判断正误占10%，填空题占15%，另也会选用教材中出现的诗歌、戏剧、或小说等。

Something about English through literature • It’s not a book on literature in its ordinary sense. • 2. As the title shows, it is about English, that is , it is the • way you learn English through literature. You can’t find the • headings like stories, novels, poems, dramas, etc. The book • is not designed in this way. • Literature here is treated as a creative use of English, • that is, a variety among other varieties such as English in • daily life, English at leisure, English in current affairs, and • so on • .

How to study this book? • You should pay attention to“performance objectives” of each unit. • Read more and think more • about each unit.

Something we know about literature Unit 1 Genre analysis Unit 2 Theme analysis Unit 3 Characterization analysis Unit 4 Setting analysis Conflicts analysis Unit 5 Analysis of points of view Unit 6 Plot analysis Unit 7 Macro-function of literature Unit 8

Unit 1 Ne’er so well expressed Unit one aims to do three things: 1. Different definitions of literature; 2. Differences between literary & non-literary English; 3. Differences between literary genres.

1.what is literature? 1.It can refer to broadly as all the writings of a particular time, country, region,etc. 2.It can refer to specifically as written information,usu. In the form of leaflets, that is produced by people who want to sell you something. 名师外语讲座系列7

ACTIVITY 1 What we mean by ‘literature’ • The following five lectures will focus on the differences between literary language and non-literary language: • Five excerpts related to London are collected, and detailed comparisons are to be made. • We will find that the descriptions of the same object vary with genres. • The purpose of intensive reading and comparison is to make sure the distinctions between literary language and non-literary language.

Literary and non-literary (P.6) • Traditionally, short stories, novels, poems, and plays are considered literature in the sense of imaginative literature. • Actually it is one thing to be able to feel the understand of literature and quite another thing to put down what you feel in exact works.

3. Literary genre P.31 1.encyclopaedia: provide the information for anyone who wishes to acquire it. And it has less enthusiastic tone to appeal to perspective visitors. 2.guidebook: aims to provide information, we may expect to find information similar to what we can find in encyclopaedia. But a guidebook has an added purpose in providing information, which is to attract visitors.

3. Diary: It has no communication with any other people. It doesn’t have to be interesting to any other person. The time is an important part of a diary.4. Letter: The style of language is much informal, containing quite a few idiomatic expressions which are common in everyday speech.5. Story: It doesn’t aims at any specific group of readers. It is just to deThe readers would be reading it out of general interest.

Activity Two • Text Analysis (1) • Excerpt 1: Facts and Figures of London

Excerpt London, population 6,770,000. Capital city of England and the United Kingdom, situated on the River Thames in Southeast England. Includes within its boundaries the City of London, the sight of the original medieval city and present-day financial and business center; the City of Westminster, the administrative center which contains the

House of Parliament,Buckingham Palace And government department; and the West End, the main shopping and entertainment area around Oxford Street, Regent Street, Piccadilly Circus and Leicester Square. London is a leading cultural center, with many theatres, museums, galleries, concert halls, opera houses, churches and cathedrals

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English through literature 文学阅读与欣赏