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CourseHandoutI.CourseTitleEssentialsofEnglishandAmericanLiteratureTeachingHours105hoursIII.CourseDescriptionThiscourseintendstoleadthestudentswellontheirwaytoliterarythoughts,literaryschools,majorwritersandtheirworksinthehistoryofBritishandAmericanliterature.WorksaretobestudiedinboththeirliterarycontextandthehistoricalandculturalcontextofthetimetherebyhelpingstudentstomakefurtherstudiesinthefieldsofBritishandAmericanliterature.IV.CourseObjectiveTheaimofthecourseistodevelopstudentsinterest’inliteratureandtogivethestudentsacriticalappreciationofEnglishandAmericanliteraryworks.ToobtainabasicunderstandingofEnglishandAmericanliteratureandculture,studentsaresupposedtoreadtheoriginalversionofliterarytextsandappreciatetheplots,thetheme,andthestyleofthetexts.Furthermore,studentsareencouragedtoappreciatethevarietyofperspectivesandenhancereadingandanalyticalskill,whichwillbeofsubstantialhelptoestablishtheindividualangleandvoicewithinabroadrangeofopinionsandfindings.V.AttendanceThiscourseiscompulsoryforseniorEnglishmajors.VI.SubsequentCoursesEnglishandAmericanPoemsEnglishandAmericanShortStoriesEnglishandAmericanEssaysVII.CourseSyllablesCf.AttachmentVIII.TeachingPlanCf.AttachmentIX.EvaluationAcoursepaperattheendofthefifthtermandatestattheendofthesixthterm;classroomperformance30%;paperortest:70%X.TextbooksandReferenceBooks1TextbooksBingshan,Liu.AShortHistoryofEnglishliterature.HenanRenminPublishingHouse.1993.Yaoxin,Chang.ASurveyofAmericanLiterature.NankaiUniversityPress.2003Yangqing,Gui&Xianglin,Wu.SelectedReadingsinEnglishandAmericanLiterature.ForeignTranslation&PublishingCorp.1985.Aimin,Chen.ReadingAmericanLiterature.NanjingNormalUniversityPress.1996.ReferencebooksShouren,Wang.SelectedReadingsinEnglishLiterature.HigherEducationPress.2001.Boxiang,Zhang.ReadingEnglishLiterature.WuhanUniversityPress.1997JinguoLuo.NewSelectionsofEnglishLiterature.PekingUniversityPress.1996Zhengshuang,Li&Cuiting,Li.StudyGuidetoEnglishLiterature.TsinghuaUniversityPress.1998Yaoxin,Chang.SelectedReadingsinAmericanLiterature.NankaiUniversityPress.1991XI.CategoryofknowledgeandskillofAmericanandEnglishLiteratureCf.thenextpage2EnglishLiterature序要求篇目細(xì)目記理運(yùn)知識(shí)項(xiàng)號(hào)憶解用ChapterOne1TheMakingofTheearliestsettlers——theBritonsEarlyAndEnglandTheRomanConquestMedievalTheEnglishConquestEnglishThesocialconditionoftheAnglo-SaxonLiteratureAnglo-Saxonreligiousbeliefanditsinfluence2BeowulfThestoryofBeowulfAnalysisofitscontent3FeudalEnglandTheDanishinvasionTheNormanConquestTheinfluenceoftheNormanConquestontheEnglishlanguageSocialfeatureofthefeudalEnglandThemiseriesofthepeasantsTherisingof1381ThecontentoftheRomanceTheRomancecyclesTheclassnatureoftheRomance4TheEnglishOralliteratureBalladsTheballadsTheRobinhoodBallads5ChaucerLifeChaucer’sliterarycareerTheCanterburyTales

√√√√√√√√√√√√√√√√√√√√√√3序知識(shí)項(xiàng)篇 目 號(hào)Chapter 1 Old EnglandTwo inTransitionTheEnglishRenaissance2 More3 Marlowe5 Shakespeare

要求細(xì)目記理運(yùn)憶解用TheNewMonarchy√TheReformation√TheEnglishBible√TheEnclosureMovement√TheCommercialExpansion√TheWarwithSpain√TheRenaissanceandHumanism√TheBeginningoftheEnglishRenaissance√Life√Utopia√Utopia,BookOne√Utopia,BookTwo√More’slimitation√Life√Tamburlaine√TheJewofMalta√DoctorFaustus√SocialsignificanceofMarlowe’splays√Marlowe’sliteraryachievement√Life√PeriodsofShakespeare’sdramatic√compositionFourGreatTragedies√Shakespeare’scompleteworks√Shakespeares’contribution√ShakespearianSonnet√Thethemeandwritingstyleof“Sonnet18”√Rhetoricaldevicesemployedin“Sonnet18”√4篇序要求知識(shí)項(xiàng)細(xì)目記理運(yùn)目號(hào)憶解用Chapter1ThePoliticalbackground√ThreeEnlightenmentEconomicbackground√TheTwoschoolsofEnlightenment√Enlighten-Moderateenlighteners√mentRadicalenlighteners√ThespiritoftheEnlightenment√Theprincipalproblemofthe√EnlightenmentTheEnglishEnlightenment√TheClassicism√2DanielThefirstEuropeannovel√DefoeThefirstEnglishnovel√Life√Defoe’snovels√TheplotofRobinsonCrusoe√Thethemeofthenovel√Thestyleofthenovel√ThecharacterizationofRobinsonCrusoe√ThelimitationofDanielDefoe√ThesignificantmeaningofChapterVII√3JonathanLife√SwiftATaleofaTub√TheBattleoftheBooks√PamphletsonIreland√TheplotofGulliversTravels’√Thesymbolicmeaningofhighheeland√lowheelinLilliputThesymbolicmeaningofHouyhnhnms√andmymasterThemainideaofChapterVI√Socialevilsattackedbytheauthor√Thecharacterofachiefministerandthe√methodsbywhichheachieveshispositionSwift’sstyle√5序篇 目 知識(shí)項(xiàng)號(hào)HistoricalBackground1AnddefinitionWilliam2BlakeChapterFourPre-romanticism3 RobertBurns

要求細(xì)目記理運(yùn)憶解用Latterhalfofthe18thcentury√Literarymovement√Romanticrevival√WilliamBlakeandRobertBurns√Lifestory√SongsofInnocence&SongsofExperience√Otherpoems√HisPositioninEnglishliterature√Detailedstudyof“London”√Life√ThepoetryofBurns√“BruceatBannockburn”√“TheTreeofLiberty”√“TheSlave’sLament”√“TheToadeater”√FeaturesofBurns’poetry√Detailedstudyof“ARed,RedRose”√6序篇 目 知識(shí)項(xiàng)號(hào)General1introductionHistorical2backgroundMain pointsofRomanticismChapterFiveRomanticism4 Romanticists5 Wordsworth6 Shelley

要求細(xì)目記理運(yùn)憶解用LyricalBallads√WilliamWordsworth√SamuelTaylorColeridge√WalterScott√Glorificationofinstinctandemotion√Respectofnature√Politicalandsocialfactors√FrenchRevolution√IndustrialRevolution√Poeticalrevival√Passionsandemotions√N(yùn)ature√Rousseau√EdmundBurke√WilliamWordsworth√SamuelTaylorColeridge√RobertSouthey√GeorgeGordonByron√PercyByssheShelley√JohnKeats√Life√LyricalBallads√Hispoeticalprinciple√“ComposeduponWestminsterBridge”√Hiswritingstyle√Detailedstudyof“ASolitaryReaper”√Life√QueenMab√TheRevoltofIslam√PrometheusUnbound√7序篇知識(shí)項(xiàng)目號(hào)TheriseofcriticalrealisminEngland

LyricsonNatureandLoveCommentonthewritingstyleDetailedstudyof “SongtotheMenofEngland細(xì) 目SocialbackgroundChartistMovementChartistliteratureErnestJones

√√” √要 求記 理 運(yùn)憶 解 用√√√√FeaturesofEnglishcriticalrealismMajorEnglishcriticalrealistsChapterLifeSixWritingcareerEnglishListofDickens’novelsCriticalRealismWorkscreatedinthefirstperiodCharlesDickensWorkscreatedinthesecondperiod2Dickens’artistictechniquesDickens:manandwriterIntroductiontoDavidCopperfieldDetailedstudyofChapter11Commentonstyleandlanguage

√√√√√√√√√√√√8序篇 目 知識(shí)項(xiàng)號(hào)Social andHistoricalBackgroundThomas2HardyChapterSeven3 GalsworthyTwentiethCenturyEnglishLiteratureGeorge4BernardShaw5 T.S.Eliot

要求細(xì)目記理運(yùn)憶解用TwoWorldWars√TheOctoberRevolution√TheEconomicCrisis√N(yùn)ationalIndependence√Life√Threeclassificationsofhisnovels√RomancesandFantasies√N(yùn)ovelsofIngenuity√N(yùn)ovelsofCharacterandEnvironment√WessexTales√FarFromtheMaddingCrowd√TheMayorofCasterbridge√JudetheObscure√Hiswritingstyle√DetailedstudyofTessoftheD’Urbervilles√Life√TheForsyteSaga√AModernComedy√Hisstyle;elegantandpreciselanguage;√DetailedstudyofBirthofaForsyte√Hislife√PlaysUnpleasant√PlaysPleasant√ThreePlaysforPuritans√Mrs.WarrenProfession√MajorBarbara√HeartbreakHouse√DetailedstudyofPygmalion√Modernisminpoetry√Eliot’slife√Hisliterarycontribution√TheWasteLand√Hiswritingstyle√Detailedstudyof“MorningattheWindow”√9AmericanLiterature要求序記理運(yùn)篇目知識(shí)項(xiàng)細(xì)目號(hào)憶解用Theearliestsettlers——Puritans√Puritan’sbelief√AmericanTheinfluenceofPuritanismonAmericanliterature√1PuritanismAnindigenoussymbolisminAmericanliterature√Thestyle:fresh,simple,anddirect√ChapterOneTheLiteraryAnneBradstreet√SceneinEdwardTaylor√TheColonial2RogerWilliams√ColonialPeriodAmericaJohnWoolman√Biographicalbackground√“ToMyDearandLovingHusband”√AnneThemeofthispoem√3BradstreetMetaphorsinthepoem√Themovementoftheimagesinthepoem√10序篇目知識(shí)項(xiàng)細(xì)目號(hào)thTheRomanticPeriod——fromtheendofthe18centurytoAmericantheoutbreakoftheCivilWar1SocialbackgroundRomanticismFeaturesofAmericanRomanticismLifeFatherofAmericanliteratureWritingstyleHisworksTheSketchBookWashingtonRipVanWinkle2ThecreationofthemoodofmagicandfantasyinRipVanIrvingWinkle

要 求記 理 運(yùn)憶 解 用√√√√√√√√√√ChapterTwoTheAgeofofRomanticism3 LongfellowEdgar Allan6Poe

ThecontrastingvaluesrepresentedbyRipandDameVan√WinkleHumorinthetext√Thenativesubjectoffrontierandwilderness√Life√Brahmins√VoicesoftheNight√TheSongofHiawatha√“APsalmofLife”√Thethemeofthepoem√√√Theappreciationofthispoem√Life√Arulerinamagickingdomofmelodyandcolor√Ajingleman√Twotopics:beautyanddeath√“AnnabelLee”√Repetitioninthepoem√Theimageofseainthepoem√11篇序細(xì)目目知識(shí)項(xiàng)號(hào)ThesummitofAmericanRomanticismTheThemajorfeaturesofNewEnglandTranscendentalism1TranscendentalismEmphasisonspirit,ortheoversoulChapterImportanceoftheindividualThreeAfreshperceptionofnatureAmericanLifeTheAmericanScholarTranscen-WaldoNatureRalphdentalism2Self-RelianceEmersonThemainideainTheAmericanScholarWritingstylein TheAmericanScholar

要 求記 理 運(yùn)憶 解 用√√√√√√√√ √√ √√√12序篇 目號(hào)

知識(shí)項(xiàng)

要求細(xì)目記理運(yùn)憶解用Lifestory√LeavesofGrass√Themeaningofthetitle√ChapterFourThe Period

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WaltWhitmanMarkTwain

Whitman’schiefconcern √Hismostdistinctivecharacteristicsinstyle √Detailedstudyof“IHearAmericaSinging” √Hisdemocraticideainthepoem √“OCaptain!MyCaptain!” √LocalColorism √Time:inthelate1860sandearlyseventies √Featuresoflocalcolorists √LifebackgroundofMarkTwain √TheAdventuresofTomSawyer √TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn √From theCivil WartoWorldWarISherwood3Anderson

Humorousstyle √“TheNotoriousJumpingFrogofCalaverasCounty” √HiscontributiontoAmericanliterature √Colloquiallanguage √Lifebackground √FirstAmericanpsychologicalwriter √Winesburg,Ohio √Anderson'sachievement √Histheme √Hisstyle √“TheEgg” √Theplotofthestory √AmericanDream √Theclimaxofthenovel √Thesymbolicmeaningofegginthestory √Thethemeofthestory √13序篇 目 知識(shí)項(xiàng) 細(xì) 目號(hào)SocialbackgroundTheLostGenerationDarwin’stheoryof Evolution

要 求記 理 運(yùn)憶 解 用√√√ChapterFiveTheEmergenceofModernism

Schopenhauer’sandNietzsche’srebellionagainstrationalismTheoreticalbaseofModernism:irrationalphilosophyandthetheoryofpsycho-analysisThemesofmodernisticwritersDadaism1 ModernismDecadenceExistentialismExpressionismFreeverseImagismStreamofconsciousnessTheatreofAbsurdLifeWritingcareerWritingstyleBlankverse“StoppingbyWoodsonaSnowyEvening”2RobertFrostThefunctionofrepeti