英语文学欣赏Syllabus(Ⅰ).pptVIP

Week1IntroductionWeek2-5Unit1IdentityWeek6-8Unit2SpiritualGrowthWeek9-14Unit3Love,poetryreadingWeek15-18Unit4Family精品课程PoetryWritingandReading:duringthiscourse,youaresupposedtowritealovepoemandreaditinclass.(poetryreadingtimeisaboutthemiddleoftheterm)Writtenassignment:youaresupposedtowriteashortstoryaboutspiritualgrowthduringthisterm.Assessment:classroomparticipation10%poetryreading20%writtenassignment20%finalexam50%LectureOne

HowtoReadLiterature?ReadforMeaningPlatoonlyallowstheseriouspoetsandstory-tellerswhowillwriteaboutvirtuesonlytoliveinhisidealrepublic.Aristotlebelievesthattragedyhasthefunctionofcatharsis,thatis,throughwatchingagreattragedy,peoplefindtheirviolentemotionsrelievedandthemselvespurified.Chineseidea“文以明道”（荀子）““文以载道”（曹丕）“文以贯道”（韩愈）“文所以再载道也”（周敦颐）ReadforFormPoetryisaformoflanguagecharacterizedbyanorientationtowardsitsownform.Whatitfirstofallallowsustoseeinafreshmannerislanguageitself.Theformispartofthecontent.“Artexiststhatonemayrecoverthesensationoflife…Thepurposeofartistoimpartthesensationofthingsastheyareperceivedandnotastheyareknown”(Shklovsky)AnExampleof“formiscontent”

l(aLeaffalls)oneliness----QuestionsforPonderingWhatisspecialabouttheformoftheabovepoem?01Howdoestheformofthepoemcontributetothemeaning?02Pleaseinterpretthepoem03Apoeminspiredbye.e.cummings

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