选修六课件unit 2.ppt

【问题导读】 Read the text and try to tell if these sentences are True( T ) or False(F)． 1．Chinese Shijing is one of the early poetry styles.(　　) 2．Poetry uses forms and conventions to suggest differential interpretation to words, or to evoke emotive responses.(　　) 答案：1.T　2.T 诗歌是世界上最古老、最基本的文学形式。它富有节奏感和音乐美。古今中外的诗人们用凝练的语言、充沛的情感以及丰富的想象吟咏出了数不胜数、历久不衰的诗篇。 Poetry is a form of literary art which uses aesthetic1 and rhythmic qualities of language—such as phonaesthetics，sound symbolism，and metre—to evoke meanings in addition to，or in place of，the prosaic2 ostensible3 meaning. Poetry has a long history，dating back to the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh.Early poems evolved from folk songs such as the Chinese Shijing，or from a need to retell oral epics4，as with the Sanskrit Vedas，Zoroastrian Gathas，and the Homeric epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey.Ancient attempts to define poetry，such as Aristotle’s Poetics，focused on the uses of speech in rhetoric，drama，song and comedy.Later attempts concentrated on features such as repetition，verse form and rhyme，and emphasized the aesthetics which distinguish poetry from more objectively-informative，prosaic forms of writing.From the mid-20th century，poetry has sometimes been more generally regarded as a fundamental5 creative act employing language. Poetry uses forms and conventions to suggest differential interpretation to words，or to evoke emotive responses.Devices such as assonance，alliteration，onomatopoeia and rhythm are sometimes used to achieve musical or incantatory effects.The use of ambiguity，symbolism, irony and other stylistic elements of poetic diction often leaves a poem open to multiple interpretations.Similarly，metaphor，simile and metonymy create a resonance between otherwise disparate images—a layering of meanings，forming connections previously not perceived.Kindred forms of resonance may exist，between individual verses, in their patterns of rhyme or rhythm. Some poetry types are specific to particular cultures and genres and respond