中国文化概况Chapter3.ppt

Chapter 3 Literature 本章教学的目的 1. 中国文学史的基本发展脉络; 2. 中国文学史上的一些名著和现代名 作家的基本知识; 3. 文学作品中脍炙人口诗句的英文翻译。 本章教学的重难点 1. 古典文学发展脉络 2. 古代四大名著 3. 20世纪伟大作家 4. “网络文学”利弊讨论 本章教学的时间安排 教师课堂讲解（60 minutes） A Brief Introduction (3 minutes) Classical Literature (47minutes) Great Writers of the 20th Century (10 minutes) 讨论 (10minues) 学生课件展示 (30minutes) 课文讲解 1. A Brief Introduction 2. Classical Literature 3. Great Writers of the 20th Century Brief introduction (3 minutes) Four main periods of Chinese literature development : Classical: pre—late Qing Modern: 1840—May 4th, 1919 Revolutionary: 1919—1949 Contemporary: 1949—present Classical Literature (47minutes) Definition The Book of Songs《诗经》 (3 minutes) What is it ? Three sections: Poetry of the South 《楚辞》 (2 minutes) Poetry of the South is derived from the songs of the southern state of Chu during the Warring States Period. It pioneered romanticism in Chinese poetry. The verse of Poetry of the South are freeer than those of The Book of Songs. It is not fixed to four characters per line, and the character of “xi” (兮) is often put in the middle or the end of some lines. Qu Yuan and His Masterpieces Qu Yuan—the earliest known famous Chinese poet Masterpieces: Appreciating famous lines 路漫漫其修远兮， 吾将上下而求索。 The journey is long, I’ll search up and down. The Prose of the Pre-Qin Period (先秦子学) （5 minutes) The prose in the pre-Qin period includes historical prose (历史散文) and philosophical prose (诸子散文). Historical prose The Book of History 《尚书》 Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋》 Zuo’s Commentary 《左传》 Intrigues of the Warring States 《战国策》 Discourses of the States 《国语》 Philosophical prose Lao Zi (Dao De Jing), Mo Zi, Mencius, Zhuang Zi,The Analects of Confucius Han Dynasty Literature（５minutes） hanfu (汉赋) also called rhyme prose. It is a popular literary genre originating in the Han Dynasty. It emphasizes elaboration and description, and is the combination of poem and prose. It inc