英美文學(xué)簡(jiǎn)史1

1、SyllabusCourse Description: a course designed to help youlearn basic information about different periods in English and American literary history 1. understand important writers of different schools of English and American literature Content of LecturesEach lecture will include:an overall introducti

2、on about a certain period in either English or American literatures: historical, social & cultural background of; features and literary achievements of this literary perioda detailed study on certain important writers in a certain period: biography, representative literary works, literary career

3、 & literary achievementsa brief introduction about certain literary termsCourse RequirementTo attend class regularlyTo do a considerable amount of reading (to finish the reading assignment in our textbooks before each reading)To do a careful note-takingTo keep a journal log: to write down anythi

4、ng you think important or interesting while doing your reading assignments or attending class & to write your comments on or response to what you readReading Materials (I)Compulsory Reading:Liu Bingshan. A Short History of English Literature. Zhengzhou: Henan People Press, 2007.1. Tongming. A Hi

5、story of American Literature. Nanjing: Yilin Press, 2002.Reading Materials (II)Suggested Reading:Zhang Boxiang. Selected Readings In English And American Readings. Beijing: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, 1999.Wu Weiren. History and Anthology of English Literature. Beijing Foreign Lang

6、uage Teaching and Research Press, 1988.Wu Weiren. History and Anthology of American Literature. Beijing Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, 1990.Reading Materials (III)Further Reading:Chang Yaoxin. A Survey of English Literature. Tianjin: Nankai University Press, 2006.Hu Yintong, Liu Shuse

7、n. Course in American Literature. Tianjin: Nankai University Press, 1995.Chang Yaoxin. A Survey of American Literature, the 2nd Edition. Tianjin: Nankai University Press, 2003.Grading Policy Final Exam (60%) Attendance (10%) Class Performance (10%) Note-taking (20%)Warming Questions Why should we le

8、arn literature? What is the use of learning literature? How shall we study literature?為何學(xué)習(xí)文學(xué)? 熟讀唐詩(shī)三百首，不會(huì)作詩(shī)也會(huì)吟。熟讀唐詩(shī)三百首，不會(huì)作詩(shī)也會(huì)吟。學(xué)習(xí)語(yǔ)言需要多讀，借以培養(yǎng)語(yǔ)感，縮短學(xué)習(xí)者與語(yǔ)言間的距離 細(xì)雨瀟瀟賞宋詞，人生佳境莫如此。細(xì)雨瀟瀟賞宋詞，人生佳境莫如此。文學(xué)可以陶冶情操，提高修養(yǎng) 世事洞明皆學(xué)問(wèn)，人情練達(dá)即文章。世事洞明皆學(xué)問(wèn)，人情練達(dá)即文章。文學(xué)讓人體味百態(tài)人生，領(lǐng)悟生活真諦Importance of Learning Literature Histories make m

9、en wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. Francis Bacon 歷史使人明智，詩(shī)歌使人靈秀，數(shù)學(xué)使人歷史使人明智，詩(shī)歌使人靈秀，數(shù)學(xué)使人縝密，物理使人深刻，倫理學(xué)使人莊重，縝密，物理使人深刻，倫理學(xué)使人莊重，邏輯使人善辯邏輯使人善辯 Each good fiction is a history of its characters or its times. Each good poe

10、m is an expression of the genius wit. Each good essay is full of logic and rhetoric. Each good drama has its thorough influence on peoples morality. Every excellent literary works is wise, witty, subtle, deep, grave, logical at the same time. 讀書(shū)可以改變?nèi)说臍赓|(zhì)讀書(shū)可以改變?nèi)说臍赓|(zhì)。培根文學(xué)的豐富多彩There is no Frigate like a

11、BookThere is no frigate like a book To take us lands awayNor any coursers like a page Of prancing poetryThis traverse may the poorest take Without oppress of toll:How frugal is the chariot That bears the human soul! Emily Dickinson文學(xué)的激勵(lì)作用 圣火的實(shí)例往往比千言萬(wàn)語(yǔ)的說(shuō)教更有力量，它能夠激發(fā)或者緩和人類(lèi)的激情。所以在我當(dāng)面給了你一些安慰之后，我就決定把自己的苦難

12、經(jīng)歷寫(xiě)給你，來(lái)安慰你，希望你拿我的苦難同你的比較一下，你就會(huì)覺(jué)得你的苦難畢竟是微乎其微，你也就有勇氣來(lái)面對(duì)人生的一切磨難。 阿貝拉爾（12世紀(jì)法國(guó)神學(xué)家）如何學(xué)習(xí)文學(xué)如何學(xué)習(xí)文學(xué)“三不分三不分” 文史不分文史不分 the connection between the history and the general literary features 作家與其所處時(shí)代不分作家與其所處時(shí)代不分 the connection between the author and its times 作品與其作者不分作品與其作者不分 the connection between the work and it

13、s author文學(xué)與悟性文學(xué)與悟性To see a World in a Grain of SandAnd a Heaven in a Wild FlowerHold Infinity in the Palm of your handAnd Eternity in an hour一沙一天國(guó)一沙一天國(guó)一花一世界一花一世界君掌盛無(wú)邊君掌盛無(wú)邊剎那含永劫剎那含永劫 William Blake文學(xué)包羅萬(wàn)象文學(xué)包羅萬(wàn)象 the inseparability of literature, history & philosophy Close connection between literatu

14、re, music, painting & photography To learn literature well, you must be a person who are interested in many things and who can use the knowledge in other spheres to interpret literary codes.如何學(xué)好文學(xué)如何學(xué)好文學(xué) 學(xué)而無(wú)思則罔，學(xué)而無(wú)思則罔， 思而不學(xué)則殆。思而不學(xué)則殆。 文學(xué)與生活密切相關(guān)。從生活中汲取文學(xué)與生活密切相關(guān)。從生活中汲取靈感來(lái)理解文學(xué)；從文學(xué)中吸取智慧來(lái)靈感來(lái)理解文學(xué)；從文學(xué)中吸取

15、智慧來(lái)感悟人生。在感悟人生。在“悟悟”中把握人生的真諦。中把握人生的真諦。 非學(xué)無(wú)以置疑，非問(wèn)無(wú)以廣識(shí)。非學(xué)無(wú)以置疑，非問(wèn)無(wú)以廣識(shí)。 勤讀書(shū)，多思考，善提問(wèn)，多討論勤讀書(shū)，多思考，善提問(wèn)，多討論 How to Read Literary Works?v “Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst. What is the right use? What is the one end which all means go to effect? They are for nothing but to inspi

16、re. I had better never seen a book than to be warped by its attraction clean out of my own orbit, and made a satellite instead of a system. The one thing in the world, of value, is the active soul.” Ralph Waldo Emersonv“盡信書(shū)不如無(wú)書(shū)。盡信書(shū)不如無(wú)書(shū)。” v Be an active and critical reader.Divisions in English Litera

17、tureDivision in Our TextbookEarly and Medieval English LiteratureThe English RenaissanceThe Period of the English Bourgeois RevolutionThe Eighteenth CenturyRomanticism in EnglandEnglish Critical RealismProse-Writers and Poets of the Mid and Late 19th CenturyTwentieth Century English LiteraturePoets

18、and Novelists Who Wrote Before and After the Second World WarAn Overview: Six Periods In English LiteratureOld and Medieval Period (450 1066；1066 14th century)The Renaissance Period (14thcentury mid-17th century)The Neoclassical Period (1660 1798)The Romantic Period (1798 1832)The Victorian Period (

19、1836 1901)The Modern Period (20th century )Important Dates In English Literary History 1066: the Norman Conquest 1660: the Restoration of King Charles II 1798: the publication of Lyrical Ballads 1832: Sir Walter Scotts death 1836 1901：the reign of Queen VictoriaImportant Writers in Different Periods

20、 (I)Old and Medieval Period:BeowulfChaucer & his The Canterbury TalesThe Renaissance Period: Drama & Poetry-WritingMarlowe ShakespeareThe Neoclassical Period Milton (Epic)Bunyan, Swift, Defoe & Fielding: the Rise of English NovelMetaphysical Poetry: John DonnePope: Summit of Heroic Coupl

21、etImportant Writers in Different Periods (II)The Romantic Period:Sentimentalism & Pre-Romanticism: Thomas Gray, Blake & BurnsPassive-Romanticism: the Lake-Side Poets (Wordsworth, Coleridge & Southey)Active-Romanticism: Byron, Shelley & KeatsImportant Writers in Different Periods (III

22、)The Victorian Period:Rise of Critical Realism: Dickens ,Thackeray & Women Novelists( Jane Austen, The Bronte Sisters & George Eliot)Poetic Revolution: Tennyson & The Brownings The Modern Period: Hardy, Galsworthy & D. H. LawrenceOverview of some representative writers in later perio

23、d: E. M. Forster, Aldous Huxley, George Orwell, William Golding & Doris LessingDivision in American LiteratureDivision in Our TextbookEarly American Literature: Colonial Period to 1815American Romanticism:1815-1865American Realism: 1865-1914American Modernism:1914-1945American Literature Diversi

24、fied: From 1945 to the 21st Century2nd Version Colonial Period(1607-1765) Age of Reason and Revolution (1765- end of 18th century) Romantic Period(1800-1865) Realistic Period(1865-1918) Modern Period(1918- 1945) Contemporary Period (1945-)Romantic PeriodRealistic PeriodModern PeriodAge of Reason &am

25、p; RevolutionColonial PeriodContemporary PeriodCommon Features in Different DivisionsThe Civil WarThe First World WarThe Second World WarThe War of IndependenceYears as British ColonyFive Historical Events to Remember these Different DivisionsImportant Writers in Different Periods (I) Colonial Perio

26、d: no writer Age of Reason and Revolution: Benjamin Franklin Romantic Period: Edgar Allan PoeRalph Waldo Emerson & Henry David Thoreau (transcendentalism)Nathaniel Hawthorne & Herman Melville19th-Century American PoetsImportant Writers in Different Periods (II)4. Realistic Period:Mark Twain:

27、 local color writingHenry James: psychological realismStephen Crane: naturalismImportant Writers in Different Periods (III)5. Modern Period: Realistic Literature: Willa Cather & Sherwood Anderson Southern Literature: Katherine Ann Porter & William Faulkner Modernist Literature : F. Scott Fitzgerald & Ernest Hemingway The lost Generation 20th century American poets Eugene ONeilImportant Writers in Different Periods (IV)6. Contemporary Peri