1、Unit 4Unit 4 UNIT 4 Exploring Literature Greatliteratureissimplylanguage chargedwithmeaningtotheutmost possibledegree. EzraPound Gettoknowthetwoauthors. Gettoknowtheworksofthetwoauthors. Talkaboutsomeofthegreatbooksyouve read. Thinkabouttheimpactliteraryclassics havehadonyourlife. Literature:written
2、artisticworks, particularlythosewithahighandlasting artisticvalue. Literatureistheartthatuseslanguageasa medium. Whats literature? JaneAusten CharlesDickens WilliamShakespeare GreatExpectations 远大前程 RomeoandJuliet 罗密欧与朱丽叶 Prideandprejudice 傲慢与偏见 MatchMatchMatchMatch Do you know these authors and the
3、ir works? Do you like reading? What kind of books do you like to read? genres famouswritersandworks famousquotes Can you tell something about the authors? Sandra Cisneros SandraCisneros,(bornDecember20,1954, Chicago,Illinois,U.S.),Americanshort- storywriterandpoetbestknownforher groundbreakingevocat
4、ionofMexican AmericanlifeinChicago. SheisaLatinaAmericannovelistwho wrotethebestsellingnovelTheHouseon MangoStreet. The House on Mango Street Itiscomprisedof44short charactersketches,orstories, calledvignettes.Theyarenarrated byEsperanza,whojustmoved withherfamilytoMangoStreet, inthebarrio.Esperanza
5、hates theirhouseonMangoStreet becauseitisnota“real”house, liketheonesshesseenonTV. ThenovelisaboutayoungLatinawoman comingofageinChicago,hassoldmorethan twomillioncopies.Cisneroshasreceived numerousawardsforherwork,includingthe MacArthurFoundationFellowshipandthe TexasMedaloftheArts.ShelivesinSan An
6、tonio,Texas. Sandra Cisneross great works: TheHouseonMangoStreet(1984) Poems(1984) MyWicked,WickedWays(1987) WomanHolleringCreekandOther Stories(1991) HaveYouSeenMarie?(2012) Charles Dickens (1812-1870) Charles DickensisoneofEnglandsmost famousnovelists.Hedescribedlifeinthemiddle ofthe19thcentury,ap
7、eriodthatisnowcalled Victorian,asitiswhenQueenVictoriaruled Britain.ManyofDickensnovelstakeplacein London. Hispopularworksare:DavidCopperfield, BleakHouse,ATaleofTwoCities,Great Expectations,andOurMutualFriend. Dickens works DavidCopperfieldgoesfromahappyhomeuntil hismothermarriesagain.Hessenttoscho
8、ol. Whenhismotherdies,herunsawaytohisaunt, whosendshimtoanother.Hemakesmore friendsandfallsinlove,buthardtimesgoes.His auntandhisfriendslosetheirmoneytoafraud( 诈骗诈骗 ).HisnannyPeggottysfamily,whomDavid hasloved,isalsointrouble.Davidswifediesas well.Intheend,everythingisresolved.The moneyisreturned;Pe
9、ggottysfamilysetsouton anewadventure;Davidremarries,tohisfriend Agnes,andbeginshisnewcareerasawriter. ItsDickenssmostpopularnovelsandwashis own“favoritechild.”Theworkis semiautobiographical,Dickensrelatedearly personalexperiencesthathadmeantmuchto himhisworkinafactory,hisschoolingand reading,andhise
10、mergencefromparliamentary (议会的)reportingintosuccessfulnovelwriting. OliverTwistisaboutaboynamedOliver Twist,whoescapesfromanorphanage(孤儿 院)andmeetsagangofpickpockets(扒手) inLondon.ThenovelisoneofDickenss mostwell-knownworks,andhasbeenthe subjectofnumerousfilmandtelevision adaptations(改编). Have you re
11、ad these two books? Read the excerpts below from two famous works of literature and discuss the following questions in pairs. Classicscanstandthetestoftime. Mymeaningsimplyis,thatwhateverIhave triedtodoinlife,Ihavetriedwithallmyheart todowell;thatwhateverIhavedevotedmyself to,Ihavedevotedmyselftocom
12、pletely;thatin greataimsandinsmall,Ihavealwaysbeen thoroughlyinearnest. DavidCopperfield, byCharlesDickens adj.非常认认真的;真诚诚的 致力,专专心,献身 Youcanneverhavetoomuchsky.Youcan fallasleepandwakeupdrunkonsky,andsky cankeepyousafewhenyouaresad.Here thereistoomuchsadnessandnotenoughsky. Butterfliestooarefewandsoa
13、reflowersand mostthingsthatarebeautiful.Still,wetake whatwecangetandmakethebestofit. TheHouseonMangoStreet, bySandraCisneros, n.蝴蝶 What message is conveyed in the two excerpts? TheexcerptfromDavidCopperfieldshowsthe maincharacterspassionforwhateverheis doing. TheotherexcerptfromTheHouseonMango Stree
14、tintroducestheconceptofmakingfulluse ofwhatwehavenow. Which of the excerpts makes you feel like reading the whole book? Why? Thesecondexcerptmakesmefeellikereading thewholebookbecauseIthinkthelanguage theauthorusesissimplebutbeautiful.I particularlylikeherdescriptionofthesky keepingussafewhenwearesa
15、d. What is your favorite work of literature? Why? born February 7, 1812, Portsmouth, Hampshire, Englanddied June 9, 1870, Gads Hill, near Chatham, Kent, English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian era. His popular works are: A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, Bleak House,
16、 A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations, and Our Mutual Friend. OfthemanyworksofliteratureIhaveread,my favoriteisTheGadflybytheIrishwriterEthel Voynich.Thestorytakesplaceduringa revolutioninItalyinthe19thcentury.Througha seriesofexcitingevents,thehero,Arthur Burton,comestotermswithhisidentityand b
17、ecomesatruerevolutionary.Thisbookisan amazingcoming-of-agestorythatmovedme deeply,andIwouldrecommendittoanyone. What is the importance of literature and its impact on society? “Literatureaddstoreality,itdoesnotsimply describeit.Itenrichesthenecessarycompetencies thatdailyliferequiresandprovides;andi
18、nthis respect,itirrigatesthedesertsthatourliveshave alreadybecome.” C.S.Lewis,Britishscholarandnovelist Why should we read? Readingliteratureexercisestheimagination. Readingliteraturetransportsusoutofour currentcontextandintootheragesandplaces. Readingliteratureenablesustoseetheworld throughtheeyeso
19、fothers. Readingliteraturehelpsustoknowourselves inshort,tounderstandman. Mind map of LiteratureMind map of Literature Itwasthebestoftimes,itwastheworstof times,itwastheageofwisdom,itwastheageof foolishness,itwastheepochofbelief,itwasthe epochofincredulity,itwastheseasonofLight, itwastheseasonofDarkness,itwasthespring ofhope,itwasthewinterofdespair. CharlesDickens Introduce your favorite writer and his / her works in 80 words. Make a mind map of Literature yourself.
