学术英语人文Unit-3

学术英语人文AcademicEnglishforHumanitiesUnit3ReadingandWritingaboutNovels•Lead-in•TextA•TextB•TextC•AcademicLanguageandDiscourse•Listening•Speaking•WritingUnitContents•Lead-in–Lead-inactivities–SupplementaryinformationUnit3ReadingandWritingaboutNovelsRecommendoneofyourfavoritenovelstoyourclassmate(s)andexplainwhy.Lead-inActivitiesUnit3ReadingandWritingaboutNovels•TextAHowtoWriteAboutHemingway–Classroomactivities–Supplementaryinformation–SuggestedanswerkeyUnit3ReadingandWritingaboutNovelsHowtoWriteAboutHemingwaySayasmuchasyouknowaboutErnestHemingway.YoumayfollowtheguidelinequestionsinLead-in/TextA.RetellthemainideasofTextAonthebasisofyouranswerstoTask1/CriticalReadingandThinking/TextA.TextAClassroomactivitiesUnit3ReadingandWritingaboutNovelsDiscussthequestionsinTask2/CriticalReadingandThinking/TextA.ErnestHemingwayTextASupplementaryinformationErnestHemingway(1899-1961)wasanAmericanauthorandjournalist.Hiswritingstyle,characterizedbyeconomyandunderstatement有保留的陈述,hasinfluenced20th-centuryAmericanandBritishfictions.Hislifeofadventureandmythicalpublicimagehasalsoinfluencedlatergenerations.HemingwaywontheNobelPrizeinLiteraturein1954.ManyofhisworksareclassicsofAmericanliterature.Unit3ReadingandWritingaboutNovelsHowtoWriteAboutHemingwayTextASupplementaryinformationUnit3ReadingandWritingaboutNovelsHowtoWriteAboutHemingwaySomeofthebest-knownare:“IndianCamp”(1926)TheSunAlsoRises(1926)AFarewelltoArms(1929)“TheShortHappyLifeofFrancisMacomber”(1935)(Tobecontinued)TextASupplementaryinformationUnit3ReadingandWritingaboutNovelsHowtoWriteAboutHemingwaySomeofthebest-knownare:ForWhomtheBellTolls(1940)TheOldManandtheSea(1951)AMoveableFeast(1964,posthumous)TrueatFirstLight(1999)PulitzerPrize(Para.1)TextASupplementaryinformationUnit3ReadingandWritingaboutNovelsHowtoWriteAboutHemingwayPulitzerPrizeisoneoftheeightprizesgiveneveryyearintheU.S.topeoplewhohavecreatedespeciallygoodworkinjournalism,literatureormusic.Itwasestablishedin1917byprovisionsinthewillofAmerican(Hungarian-born)publisherJosephPulitzerandisadministeredbyColumbiaUniversityinNewYorkCity.NickAdams(Para.2)TextASupplementaryinformationUnit3ReadingandWritingaboutNovelsHowtoWriteAboutHemingwayNickAdamsisprotagonistofearlysemiautobiographicalshortstoriesbyErnestHemingway.ThecharacterfirstappearsinInOurTime(1925),acollectionof15stories,includingcoming-of-ageexperiencesinthewoodsoftheUpperPeninsulaofMichigan.Healsoappearsintheshort-storycollectionMenWithoutWomen(1927),depictingvariousstagesofhislife.In1972,Scribner'spublishedavolumeentitledTheNickAdamsStoriesandthestoriesaregroupedaccordingtomajortimeperiodsinNick'slife.TheSunAlsoRises(Para.3)TextASupplementaryinformationTheSunAlsoRises,publishedin1926,iswidelyconsideredHemingway'sgreatestwork.Thenovelissetinthe1920s,anddealswithmembersofthepostWorldWarILostGeneration,whoarecynicalanddisillusionedandmanyofwhomsufferpsychologicalandphysicalwoundsasaresultofthewar.Themaincharacter,JakeBarnes,isajournalistwhosewarinjurieshavelefthimimpotent.HeisdeeplyinlovewiththeBritishLadyBrettAshleywhoalsoloveshim.However,theyareunabletoconsummatetheirlove,andJakeislefttohelplesslywatchBrettdriftingthroughaseriesofaffairsdespiteherloveforJake,withdevastatingconsequences.Unit3ReadingandWritingaboutNovelsHowtoWriteAboutHemingwayTheOldManandtheSea(Para.5)TextASupplementaryinformationTheOldManandtheSea,thelastmajorworkoffictiontobeproducedbyHemingwayandpublishedinhislifetime,wasawardedthePulitzerPrizeforFictionin1953andwascitedbytheNobelCommitteeascontributingtotheawardingoftheNoblePrizeinLiteraturein1954.ThestoryappearstobeasimplestoryofanagingCubanfisherman(Santiago),whocatchesanenormouslylargemarlinfaroutintheGulfStreamthenlosesitagain.However,there'smuchmorethanthat.Thethemesthathavebeenwidelydiscussedincludemanvs.nature,perseverance,unseenheroismandreligion.Unit3ReadingandWritingaboutNovelsHowtoWriteAboutHemingwayessaysTextASupplementaryinformationananalytic,interpretative,orcriticalliterarycompositionFrancisBacon’sessays,publishedinbookformin1597,1612,1625,werethefirstworksinEnglishthatdescribedthemselvesasessays.Unit3ReadingandWritingaboutNovelsHowtoWriteAboutHemingwayIntertextualityTextASupplementaryinformationUnit3ReadingandWritingaboutNovelsHowtoWriteAboutHemingwayIntertextualityistheinterrelationshipbetweentexts,especiallyworksofliterature.Itreferstothewaythatsimilarorrelatedtextsinfluence,reflect,ordifferfromeachother.Thefollowingaresomeexamplesofintertexualityinliterature:Ulysses(1918)byJamesJoyce:aretellingofHomer’sOdyssey,setinDublinAThousandAcres(1991)byJanesSmiley:aretellingofShakespeare’sKingLear,setinruralIowaTask1/OverviewP48TextASuggestedanswerkeySuggestedanswer:Unit3ReadingandWritingaboutNovelsTask1/OverviewP48TextASuggestedanswerkeySuggestedanswer:Unit3ReadingandWritingaboutNovelsTask2/PointsfordiscussionP48TextASuggestedanswerkeySuggestedanswerforQ1:Thepublic’simpressionofHemingwaymightbeverydifferentfromtherealHemingway.ThosefictionalheroescreatedbyHemingwaymightnotbeidenticalwithhim.WhenonewritesaboutHemingw