An Introduction to Literature 文学导论.ppt

英美文学研读 Teaching plan of this semester General introduction: literature criticism (Early Autumn) 2. Fiction study I: The novel( The Great Gatsby) 3. Fiction study II: The short story(Ernest Hemingway1,2,3 Female writers1,2,3 Metaficiton1) 4.PoetryI II 5. DramaI: Eugene O’neil, Desire unde the Elms 6. DramaII: Edward Albee, The Zoo Story Further reading 1. A literature of their own, E Showalter. 2. Literary criticism, CＥBressler. 3. Literary theory, T Eagelton. 4. Selected readings in 20th century western critical theory, 张中载编. 5. Sister’s choice, E Showalter. 6. Understanding Poetry, CBrooks RＰWarren. 7. Understanding Fiction, RＰWarren. 8. 《新批评》, 兰色姆,江苏教育出版社. 9. 《批评的解剖》, 弗莱,百花文艺出版社. 10. 《当代文学理论导读》，外研社。 1st week：Literature , Criticism History 文学,文论与文学史 I. Language and literature II. Literary theory and criticism III. Class readings on Early Autumn IV. Assignments: 1.Chapter 2: 6.Elements of the Novel (P17-36) 2. The Great Gatsby Chapter I-IV(P37-81) I. Language and literature 文学,语言的文学性与外语教学 -----关于外语教学如何与文学相处的问题 I. Introductions to Literature 1. Literature is the art that uses language as a medium, including fiction(such creative or figurative writings as novel,short story,play and poem) and non-fiction(a literal expression of life eg. the essay). 2. Literature is a performance in words.It is the work of men who are specially sensitive to the language of their time and who use the skill of language to make permanent their vision of life. (A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.) 3.How words are used and communicated to the reader: Directly,narrative / overheard,interactive/ Meditative 4.What for Western Literature Emotional satisfaction/ didactic and hermeneutic / rhetoric and philology / just confrontation with actual works of art One has to give himself up, and then recover himself, and the third moment is having something to say,before one has whol