5.3GreatWritersofthe20thCenturyTwopeaksofChinesemodernliteratureTheMay4thMovementin1919andtheopening-uppolicyin1978haveproducedtwopeaksofliteraryprosperity.Writerfocusmoreonpeopleandtheirlife.Eightgreatwritersofthe20thcenturyLuXun,GuoMoruo,MaoDun,BaJin,Laoshe,CaoYu,ShenCongwenandAiQingHometown:ShaoxingCountry,ZhejiangProvinceName:ZhouZhangshu,ZhouShurenHonor:agreatthinker,arevolutionaryfigureinliteraturewithpioneeringthoughts,oneofthefoundersofmodernliteratureinChinaHecreatedanewformofmodernChinesefiction.Fierce-browed,Icoollydefyathousandpointingfingers.Head-bowed,likeawillingoxIservethechildren.(横眉冷对千夫指,俯首甘为孺子牛)AMadman’sDiary(hisfirststory)CalltoArms(firstcollectionofstories)TheTrueStoryofAhQ(hismostcelebratedstory)AMadman'sDiary《狂人日记》CalltoArms《呐喊》TheTrueStoryofAhQ《阿Q正传》Wandering《彷徨》OldTalesRetold《故事新编》TheTrueStoryofAhQ《阿Q正传》Hometown:LeshanCountry,SichuanProvinceHonor:writer,poet,dramatist,history,archaeologist,paleographyexpert,andasocialactivist.GuoMoruo(1892-1978)TheGoddess《女神》QuYuan《屈原》ZhuoWenjun《卓文君》WangZhaojun《王昭君》HisfirstpoetryanthologyReflectedthecharacteristicsoftheMay4thMovementTheGoddessMaoDun(矛盾)---(1896—1981)MaoDunwasacritic,novelistandshort-storywriternotedforhiscommitmenttothedoctrineofrealism.Hismostfamousmasterpiece:Midnight(《子夜》);SpringSilkworms(《春蚕》);TheShopofLinFamily(《林家铺子》)。OnceoneofthechiefeditorsofChina’sforemostliteraryjournalShortStoryMonthly《小说月报》Midnight(《子夜》);林家铺子剧照BaJin(巴金)---(1904—2005)BaJinwasbornintoanofficial’sfamilyinChengduCity,SichuanProvince.BaJin’struenameisLiYaotang(李尧棠).Aprolific(多产的)writer,translatorandpublisher;praisedbyLuXunas“awriterwithpassionandprogressivethinking”BaJin’sfamousmasterpieceHisfirstnovel:Destruction(《灭亡》)HisTrilogyoftheTurbulentCurrents(《激流三部曲》):Family(《家》),Spring(《春》),Autumn(《秋》)HisTrilogyoflove(《爱情三部曲》):Fog(《雾》),Rain(《雨》),Electricity(《电》)。LaoShe(老舍)---(1899—1966)LaoShewasbornofManchudescentintoapoorfamilyinPeking.LaoShewasacontemporarywriteranddramatist.LaoShewasapseudonym.HisoriginalnameisShuQingchunLaoShe’sfamousmasterpieceTheRickshawBoy《骆驼祥子》FourGenerationsLivingTogether《四世同堂》Teahouse(《茶馆》)DragonBeardDitch《龙须沟》茶馆剧照CaoYu(曹禺)---(1910—1996)CaoYu,originallynamedWanJiabao(万家宝),wasborninHubeiProvincebutwasraisedinTianjinCity,wherehisfatherwasanofficial.Hisfamousmasterpiece:Thunderstorm(《雷雨》)Sunrise(《日出》)曹禺及其话剧的剧照ShenCongwen(沈从文)---(1902—1988)ShenCongwen,originallynamedShenYuehuan(沈岳焕),wasoftheMiaoethicgroup.Hewasalsoaresearchscholarofhistoricalandculturalrelics.ShenCongwen’sfamousmasterpiece:FrontierCity(《边城》)LongRiver(《长河》)TheAutobiography(《从文自传》)沈从文及其代表作《边城》AiQing(艾青)---(1910—1996)AiQingwasregardedasoneofthefinestmodernChinesepoets.OriginallynamedJiangZhenghan,hewasborninJinhuaCounty,ZhejiangProvince.Hispoetryischaracterisedbyprofundityandartistry.AiQing’sfamousmasterpieceHisfamouspoems:DayanRiver(《大堰河》),FacingTowardstheSun(向太阳),TheSpring(《春天》),TheColourfulPoem(《彩色的诗》)andTheFieldsandtheCity(《原野与城市》)。Hisliteraryview:OnPoetry(《诗论》),OnNew-StylePoems(新诗论),CollectedWorksofNewCulture(《新文艺论集》)andAnthologyofAiQing(《艾青全集》).Discussioncyber/onlineLiteratureTelltheclassyouropinionsof“cyber/onlineliterature”bygivingthemsomeexamples.ThePresentationofStudents’PPTIntroduceoneofyourfavoritewritersandhis/herworkstoyourclassmates.After-classExtendedReading1.PoemsandUsefulExpressions李白《月下独酌》AloneandDrinkingundertheMoon杜甫《春望》AdventofSpring李清照《醉花阴》IntoxicatedundertheShadowofFlowers2.NovelReadingStrangeTalesfromaScholar’sStudio《聊斋志异》节选Mural聊斋志异之画壁Rouge聊斋志异之胭脂