《英美文學(xué)選讀1》課程教學(xué)大綱

《英美文學(xué)選讀2》教學(xué)大綱課程編號：02043471a總學(xué)時(shí)數(shù)：32學(xué)時(shí)學(xué)分：2學(xué)分一、課程的性質(zhì)及任務(wù)本課程為英語專業(yè)高年級階段必修課程。其教學(xué)目的是幫助學(xué)生在比較全面系統(tǒng)地掌握英美文學(xué)在各個(gè)不同歷史發(fā)展時(shí)期的創(chuàng)作風(fēng)格和文學(xué)流派的基礎(chǔ)上，重點(diǎn)閱讀一些有代表性的原文作品，使學(xué)生能夠?qū)χ骷业纳胶陀绊懠捌渥髌返膬?nèi)容和藝術(shù)特色有較為清晰準(zhǔn)確的認(rèn)識，從而培養(yǎng)他們對于英美文學(xué)語言的理解與欣賞能力，進(jìn)一步提高自身的文學(xué)素養(yǎng)。二、本課程的基本內(nèi)容本課程根據(jù)《高等學(xué)校英語專業(yè)英語教學(xué)大綱》的課程設(shè)置，充分考慮我國英語專業(yè)高年級學(xué)生的興趣和愛好，簡要介紹美國文學(xué)的主要?dú)v史階段的特點(diǎn)以及重要作家和作品，以期使學(xué)生對美國文學(xué)有總體的認(rèn)識和把握。本課程從著名作家的著名作品中選擇影響大、流傳廣、并經(jīng)過時(shí)間考驗(yàn)而膾炙人口的經(jīng)典片段，引導(dǎo)學(xué)生從閱讀原著入手，培養(yǎng)學(xué)生對文學(xué)作品的閱讀、賞析能力，進(jìn)而感受英、美兩國文學(xué)豐富的思想內(nèi)涵，并在此基礎(chǔ)上提高學(xué)生的人文素質(zhì)。本課程的美國文學(xué)部分授課時(shí)間為一個(gè)學(xué)期，周學(xué)時(shí)為2，每學(xué)期32學(xué)時(shí)。此部分教學(xué)內(nèi)容包括七章，每章由概述、作家簡介、作品概要、原著選讀、注釋、賞析點(diǎn)評和思考題等部分構(gòu)成。具體教學(xué)內(nèi)容如下:AmericanLiteratureintheColonialandRevolutionaryPeriodsChapterOne1.TeachingObjectives:TohaveageneralideaoftheHistoricalbackgroundandPuritanism2.TeachingFocusandDifficulty:Puritanism;BenjaminFranklin3.Periods:24.MainTeachingContent:4.1TheDevelopmentofAmericanLiterature;4.2Puritanism;4.3Franklin---“TheWaytoWealth”.19thCenturyAmericanLiteratureChapterTwo1.TeachingObjectives:TounderstandtheAmericanRomanticism,Transcendentalism,Pre-Romanticism,post-romanticismandthedevelopmentofliterature2.TeachingFocusandDifficulty:WashingtonIrving,NathanielHawthorne,EdgarAllanPoe,HermanMelville,WaltWhitman3.Periods:44.MainTeachingContent:4.1Irving---“RipVanWinkle”;4.2Hawthorne---TheScarletLetter;4.3AllanPoe---“TheRaven”;4.4Melville---Moby-Dick;4.5Whitman---“SongofMyself”Late19thandEarly20thCenturyAmericanLiteratureChapterThree1.TeachingObjectives:TounderstandtheAmericanrealism,regionalandlocalcolorwritings,literarynaturalism2.TeachingFocusandDifficulty:MarkTwain,HenryJames,TheodoreDreiser,JackLondon3.Periods:64.MainTeachingContent:4.1MarkTwain---TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn;4.2HenryJames---DaisyMiller;4.3TheodoreDreiser---SisterCarrie;4.4JackLondon---TheCalloftheWild20thCenturyAmericanLiteraturebeforeWorldWarIIChapterFour1.TeachingObjectives:TounderstandModernismintheAmericanGrain,Freudandpsychoanalysis2.TeachingFocusandDifficulty:EzraPound,RobertFrost,F.ScottFitzgerald,WilliamFaulkner,ErnestHemingway,JohnSteinbeck3.Periods:64.MainTeachingcontent:4.1Frost---“TheRoadNotTaken”and“StoppingbyWoodsonaSnowyEvening”;4.2Pound---“InaStationoftheMetro”;4.3Fitzgerald---TheGreatGatsby;4.4Faulkner---“ARoseforEmily”;4.5Hemingway---TheOldManandtheSea;etc.20thCenturyAfrican-AmericanLiteratureChapterFive1.TeachingObjectives:TocatchthehistoricalbackgroundandthedevelopmentofAfrican-Americanliteratureofthisperiod2.TeachingFocusandDifficulty:LangstonHughes,RalphEllison,ToniMorrison,AliceWalker3.Periods;44.MainTeachingContent:4.1Hughes---“Dreams”;4.2Ellison---InvisibleMan;4.3Morrison---Beloved;4.4Walker---TheColorPurple20thCenturyAmericanDramaChapterSix:1.TeachingObjectives:Tounderstandthedevelopmentofdramaofthisperiod2.TeachingFocusandDifficulty:EugeneO’neill,TennesseeWilliams,ArthurMiller3.Periods:64.MainTeachingContent:4.1O’neill---LongDay’sJourneyintoNight;4.2Williams---AStreetcarNamedDesire;4.3Miller---DeathofaSalesmanPost-WarAmericanLiteratureChapterSeven1.TeachingObjectives:TohaveageneralunderstandingofthediversifiedAmericanliteratureundernewconditions,existentialism,postmodernism,theoryanddeconstruction,contemporarymulti-ethnicliterature2.TeachingFocusandDifficulty:SaulBellow,J.D.Salinger,JosephHeller,JohnUpdike,AmyLuthTan3.Periods:44.MainTeachingContent:4.1SaulBellow---SeizetheDay;4.2Salinger---TheCatcherintheRye;4.3JosephHeller---Catch-22;4.4Updike---Rabbit,Run;4.5AmyTan---TheJoyLuckClub三、教學(xué)方法：課堂教學(xué)主要通過教師講授綱要難點(diǎn)，學(xué)生閱讀文本，師生討論流派觀點(diǎn)，學(xué)生口頭陳述總結(jié)心得體驗(yàn)、課堂朗誦詩歌、散文和小說經(jīng)典篇章，師生表演戲劇、小說的經(jīng)典部分來實(shí)現(xiàn)。課程開展形式多樣化，生動活潑，寓教于樂，富于趣味。本課程通過對英美文學(xué)發(fā)展史綱的講授及文學(xué)作品的閱讀賞析進(jìn)行教學(xué),并組織學(xué)生看英文原版的名著片（利用多媒體設(shè)備或網(wǎng)絡(luò)）。四、考核方式:本課程的第二學(xué)期的考核方式為考試，以閉卷形式進(jìn)行，期終考核成績以期末考試成績?yōu)橹鳎?0%），平時(shí)考核和作業(yè)成績計(jì)入考核成績（20%），考核成績?yōu)榘俜种??？荚嚂r(shí)間一般為120分鐘。五、教材與主要參考書目:（一）教材：劉洊波.美國文學(xué)史概述及作品選讀[M].北京:高等教育出版社，2010.（二）主要參考書目：（1）常耀信.美國文學(xué)簡史[M].天津:南開大學(xué)出版社，2012.（2）林六辰編.英美小說要素解