2020年英美文学选读教案以及复习要点

英美文学选读教案以及复习要点

英美文学选读教案以及复习要点

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Lecture 1

William Shakespeare 1. Introduction of the course (1) This

course is called Selected Readings in English and American

Literature, a pulsory course for you. It will be finished in

12 weeks. And in each week well meet each other two times. (2)

In

this

course,

you

will

have

to

read

some

original

works

taken

from English and American classics. It may be a little bit

difficult for you. However, its also a chance for you to know

some great treasury in world literature and Ill help you

understand them. (3)Comparing with the literary history

courses, this course mainly focuses on original productions.

The

course

book

is

a

nice

one

with

classical

works

and

detailed

notes. (4) For the final test, 10% will be decided by your

attendance, 20% by your homework and 70% by the test paper.

About the homework, after we finish each writer, Ill give you

a

name

list

of

remended

works

written

by

the

writer.

In

the

whole

semester, you should choose at least one piece of English

writers

works

and

one

piece

of

American

writers

works

remended

by me. And then you should write a small paper on the piece of

works you chose. That means you should turn in two papers in

the whole semester. (5) A very important suggestion: preview

the productions before the class; otherwise itll be very

difficult for you to catch me in the class. 2. William

Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) (1) Historical Background A. Queen

Elizabeth I: a powerful England with the fast development of

capitalism B. Renaissance: an intellectual movement sprung

first

in

Italy

in

the

14th

century

and

gradually

spread

all

over

Europe.

Two

features

are

striking

of

this

movement.

The

one

is

a

thirsting

curiosity

for

the

classical

literature.

Another

is

the humanism, which means the new feeling of admiration for

human beauty and human achievement. C. Shakespeare lived in

such a period and also such a period made him the most famous

and most important English writer. (2) Life (Read paragraph 1

and 2 on page 1 after class. These two paragraphs are the

introduction of the great writers life.) A. His plete works

include

37

plays,

2

narrative

poems

and

154

sons.

B.

He

is

mainly

famous for his great plays, especially the outstanding Four

Great Tragedies. (Hamlet, King Lear, Othello and Macbeth) He

is also the author of some other famous plays, such as Romeo

and Juliet, but today well learn the excerpt from one of his

great edies - The Merchant of Venice, which well talk about a

little

bit

later.

C.

Shakespeares

sons

are

also

very

good.

Well

first introduce Son 18, the most famous son written by

Shakespeare. (3) Son 18 A. A son is a lyric poem consisting of

a single stanza of fourteen iambic pentameter lines linked by

an intricate rhyme scheme. It was introduced to England from

Italy

by

Sir

Thomas

Wyatt

and

Henry

Howard,

Earl

of

Surrey.

(It

is a very popular poem form and used widely in English

literature. In the Elizabeth era, Edmund Spenser was also

famous for his sons. And later, John Milton, Byron and Keats

all contributed excellent sons.) B. Though the son is a fixed

form,

but

the

rhyme

scheme

of

the

son

is

not

fixed.

(few

minutes

for

students

to

find

out

this

poems

rhyme

scheme.)

Answer:

abab

cdcd

efef

gg.

This

is

a

typical

rhyme

scheme

used

by

Shakespeare

in all his sons. C. Explain the poem sentence by sentence.

temperate:

moderate

or

mild;

rough

winds:

strong

winds;

darling:

lovely; lease:

租约

;plexion: appearance; dim: darken with

cloud;

brag:

boast;

D.(discuss)

Theme:

expressing

the

deep

love

to

his

friend (4)

The Merchant

of

Venice

A. Famous

edy written

by

Shakespeare

in

his

youth

B.

Setting:

Venice,

the

Middle

Age

C. Characters: Bassanio, Antonio, Shylock, Portia (let

students discuss the characters) Portia: Shakespeares ideal

woman, beautiful, intelligent, cultured, gracious,

independent, a daughter

of Renaissance

Shylock: most

suessful

character, a Jew, a greedy and merciless usurer and also a