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九江学院教案课程名称：英国文学授课班级：外B0811/12/33/34授课教师：张婷娜院系：外国语学院2010年2月28日TableofContentsiiIntroduction....................................................................................................................Lecture1WilliamShakespeare....................................................................................Lecture2JohnMilton...................................................................................................Lecture3DanielDefoe...................................................................................................Lecture4WilliamWordsworth....................................................................................Lecture5JaneAusten....................................................................................................Lecture6GeorgeGordon,LordByron.......................................................................Lecture7CharlesDickens.............................................................................................Lecture8JamesJoyce...................................................................................................Lecture9ThomasStearnsEliot....................................................................................Lecture10Conclusion......................................................................................................................3IntroductionLiteratureinthewidestsenseisjustaboutanythingwritten.Butinthemorespecializedsense,itistheartthatuseslanguageasamedium.Literaturecontainsfictionandnon-fiction.Underfictiontherearefourgenres:novels,shortstories,plays,andpoems.Fictionisreferredtoascreativeorfigurativeexpressionoflife.Non-fictioniscalledaliteralexpressionoflifeordiscursivewriting.Non-fictionisessay,whichhastraditionallybeenclassifiedinto4categories:description,narration,expositionandargumentation.RobertFrostsaysliteratureisaperformanceinwords.Itistheworkofmenwhoarespeciallysensitivetothelanguageoftheirtimeandwhousetheskilloflanguagetomaketheirvisionoflife.Literaturehelpsustobetterunderstandthenatureofthereal.Anditalsomakesusreaderstakedelightinthewaythattheworkhasbeenconstructed,takedelightintheperformanceinwords.Literatureoffersbothpleasureandillumination.Itenrichesourlivesandincreasesourcapacitiesforunderstandingandcomprehension.Forthefirst-levelreaders,literatureisreadforemotionalsatisfaction,forexcitementaswellasforentertainment.ForThesecond-levelreaders,literatureisreadforitsdidacticfunction.Advancedreadersofliteraturehaveadistinctiveconcernovermattersbeyonddidacticism.Theylookfor“howitissaid”.Inotherwords,sophisticatedreadersdonotallowthemselvestobepassivelymanipulatedbyeithermovingplotsorfascinatingcharacters.Instead,theyhaveanawarenessofhowauthorsmanipulatereaders,ofwhatthemodeofnarrationis,ofwhomthespeakerisandwhatthebenefitofthechoiceis.Forthem,Literaturecanbereadasrhetoricandphilology.Readersatthislevelarealsoawareofartisticweakness.Theyevenreadtextscloselyastextsanddonotmoveintothegeneralcontextofhumanexperienceorhistory.Theaiminteachingliteratureistoencourageaconfrontationwithactualworksofartandtodemonstratehowliteratureisaparticularorganizationoflanguage.Literatureisalwaysinwardpointing.Thereisnowayofknowingaworkofliteratureunlesswegotootherpartsofthework.Literaturehasitsownspecificlaws,structures,anddevices.Tounderstandworksofliteratureislikeappreciatingabridge.Itisimportanttoknowitselements,toknowhowthecomponentpartsareputtogethertomakethewhole.Beingfamiliaritywithtechnicalvocabularydoesnotguaranteethatonewillunderstandandenjoyfiction.Thereisnosubstituteforcarefulreading,thinkingaboutone’sresponse,andrereadingthetext,lookingforevidencethatsupportstheinitialresponsesorthatwillleadtoricherordifferentones.Tosumup,onemustbeinsideandoutsideofthework.ThiscourseaimsatintroducingthebackgroundofEnglishliterature,andthefamouswritersandworksinEnglishliterature,focusingonthestyleofthewritersandthecharacteristicsoftheirworks.SelectedReadingsinEnglishandAmericanLiteraturebyWuXianglinisourcoursebook.Whenstudyingthiscourse,studentsarerequiredtoprepareanotebookandtakenotesoftheimportantinformationgiven4bytheteacher.Besides,studentsarerequiredtoreadsomeselectedreadingsanddiscusssomequestionsgivenbytheteacher.Furthermore,studentsarerequiredtoreadtwonovelsgivenbytheteacherandhandintwopapers,eachofwhichnolessthan1000words.Gradeofthiscourseincludesthegradeofdailyperformance(20%),thegradeofmid-termexamination(30%)andthegradeoffinalexamination(50%).Thegradeofdailyperformancewillbegivenaccordingtothefollowingitems:in-classbehavior(60%),includingpreviewing,takingnotes,question-answeringandpresentation;homework;attendance(40%).5Lecture1WilliamShakespeareⅠTeachingContentThegeneralintroductionofEnglishLiteratureandRenaissance;TheintroductionofthewriterandhisworksⅡTimeAllotment4periodsⅢTeachingObjectivesandRequirements1HelpthestudentsknowaboutthehistoryandcharacteristicsofliteratureinthisPeriod.2HelpthestudentsknowaboutWilliamShakespeareandhisworks.ⅣKeyPointsandDifficultPointsinTeaching1Renaissance2AppreciationofS