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1、Module3LiteraturePartTwoTeachingResourcesSection1BackgroundreadingsforModule3LiteratureI.CharlesDickensDickenssnovelscombinebrutalitywithfairy-talefantasy;sharp,realistic,concretedetailwithromance,farce,andmelodrama.;theordinarywiththestrange.Theyrangethroughthecomic,tender,dramatic,sentimental,grot
2、esque,melodramatic,horrible,eccentric,mysterious,violent,romantic,andmorallyearnest.ThoughDickenswasawareofwhathisreaderswantedandwasdeterminedtomakeasmuchmoneyashecouldwithhiswriting,hebelievednovelshadamoralpurposetoarouseinnatemoralsentimentsandtoencouragevirtuousbehaviorinreaders.Itwashismoralpu
3、rposethatledtheLondonTimestocallDickensthegreatestinstructoroftheNineteenthCenturyinhisobituary.Alwaysconcernedtomakemoneywithhiswritings,Dickenstookseriouslythenegativeresponsemanyreadershadtohisdarkernovels.Hedeliberatelyaddressedtheirdiscontent(不滿)whenhe,wroteGreatExpectationswhichheaffirmedwaswr
4、itteninamostsingularandcomicmanner.Duringhislifetime,CharlesDickenswasthemostfamouswriterinEuropeandAmerica.WhenhevisitedAmericatogiveaseriesoflectures,hisadmirersfollowedhim,waitedoutsidehishotel,peeredinwindowsathim,andharassedhiminrailwaycars.Intheirenthusiasm,Dickenssadmirersbehavedverymuchliket
5、hefansofasuperstartoday.II.Dickensassessmentofhumanaffairs(fromATaleofTwoCities)1Itwasthebestoftimes,itwastheworstoftimes,itwastheageofwisdom,itwastheageoffoolishness,itwastheepochofbelief,itwastheepochofincredulity,itwastheseasonofLight,itwastheseasonofDarkness,itwasthespringofhope,itwasthewinterof
6、despair,wehadeverythingbeforeus,wehadnothingbeforeus,wewereallgoingdirecttoHeaven,wewereallgoingdirecttheotherway-inshort,theperiodwassofarlikethepresentperiod,thatsomeofitsnoisiestauthoritiesinsistedonitsbeingreceived,forgoodorforevil,inthesuperlativedegreeofcomparisononly.那是最美好的時代，那是最糟糕的時代；那是智慧的年頭
7、，那是愚昧的年頭；那是信仰的時期，那是懷疑的時期；那是光明的季節(jié)，那是黑暗的季節(jié)；那是希望的春天，那是失望的冬天；我們?nèi)荚谥北继焯茫覀內(nèi)荚谥北枷喾吹姆较?簡而言之，那時跟現(xiàn)在非常相象，某些最喧囂的權(quán)威堅持要用形容詞的最高級來形容它。說它好，是最高級的；說它不好，也是最高級的。III.AboutEnglishLiteratureEnglishliteratureisproducedinEngland,fromtheintroductionofoldthEnglishbytheAnglo-Saxonsinthe5centurytothepresent.TheworksofthoseIrish
8、andScottishauthorswhoarecloselyidentifiedwithEnglishlifeandlettersarealsoconsideredpartofEnglishliterature.1.OldEnglish,orAnglo-SaxonEraThisperiodextendsfromabout450to1066,theyearoftheNormanconquest(ofEngland.TheGermanictribesfromEuropewhooverran蔓延)Englandinthe5thcentury,aftertheRomanwithdrawal,brou
9、ghtwiththemtheOldEnglish,orAnglo-Saxonlanguage,whichisthebasisofModernEnglish.Theybroughtalsoaspecificpoetictradition,theformalcharacterofwhichremainedsurprisinglyconstantuntiltheterminationoftheirrule2bytheNorman-Frenchinvaderssixcenturieslater.2.MiddleEnglishPeriodExtendingfrom1066to1485,thisperio
10、disnotedfortheextensiveinfluenceofFrenchliteratureonnativeEnglishformsandthemes.FromtheNormanconquestofEnglandin1066untilthe14thcentury,FrenchlargelyreplacedEnglishinordinaryliterarycomposition,andLatinmaintaineditsroleasthelanguageoflearnedworks.Bythe14thcentury,whenEnglishagainbecamethechosenlangu
11、ageoftherulingclasses,ithadlostmuchoftheOldEnglishinflectionalsystem,hadundergonecertainsoundchanges,andhadacquiredthecharacteristicitstillpossessesoffreelytakingintothenativestocknumbersofforeignwords,inthiscaseFrenchandLatinones.Thus,thevariousdialectsofMiddleEnglishspokeninthe14thcenturyweresimil
12、artoModernEnglishandcanbereadwithoutgreatdifficultytoday.3.TheRenaissance(文藝復(fù)興時期)(AgoldenageofEnglishliteraturecommenced開始)in1485andlasteduntil1660.MalorysLemortedArthurwasamongthefirstworkstobeprintedbyWilliamCaxton,whointroducedtheprintingpresstoEnglandin1476.Fromthattimeon,readershipwasvastlymult
13、iplied.Thegrowthofthemiddleclass,thecontinuingdevelopmentoftrade,thenewcharacterandthoroughness(完全)ofeducationforlaypeople(非神職人員)andnotonlyclergy(神職人員),thecentralizationofpowerandofmuchintellectuallifeinthecourtoftheTudorandStuartmonarchs,andthewideninghorizonsofexplorationgaveafundamentalnewimpetus
14、(促進(jìn))anddirectiontoliterature.Thenewliteratureneverthelessdidnotfullyflourishuntilthelast20yearsofthe1500s,duringthereignofQueenElizabethI.Literarydevelopmentintheearlierpartofthe316thcenturywasweakenedbythediversionofintellectualenergiestothepolemics(辯論法)ofthereligiousstrugglebetweentheRomanCatholic
15、ChurchandtheChurchofEngland,aproductoftheReformation.4.TheRestorationPeriodandthe18thCenturyThisperiodextendsfrom1660,theyearCharlesIIwasrestoredtothethrone,untilabout1789.TheprevailingcharacteristicoftheliteratureoftheRenaissancehadbeenitsreliance(依靠)onpoeticinspirationorwhattodaymightbecalledimagi
16、nation.TheinspiredconceptionsofMarlowe,Shakespeare,andMilton,thetrueoriginalityofSpenser,andthedaringpoeticstyleofDonneallsupportthisgeneralization.Furthermore,althoughnearlyallthesepoetshadbeenfarmorebound(限制)byformalandstylisticconventionsthanmodernpoetsare,theyhaddevelopedalargevarietyofformsando
17、frichorexuberant(豐富的)stylesintowhichindividualpoeticexpressionmightfit.5.TheRomanticAgeExtendingfromabout1789until1837,theRomanticagestressedemotionoverreason.OneobjectiveoftheFrenchRevolutionwastodestroyanoldertraditionthathadcometoseemartificial,andtoasserttheliberty,spirit,andheartfeltunityoftheh
18、umanrace.TomanywritersoftheRomanticagethisobjectiveseemedequallyappropriateinthefieldofEnglishletters.Inaddition,theRomanticageinEnglishliteraturewascharacterizedbythesubordinationofreasontointuition(直覺)andpassion,thecultofnaturemuchasthewordisnowunderstoodandnotasPopeunderstoodit,theprimacy(首位)ofth
19、eindividualwilloversocialnormsofbehavior,thepreferencefortheillusionofimmediateexperienceasopposedtogeneralizedandtypicalexperience,andtheinterestinwhatisdistantintimeandplace.46.TheVictorianEraTheVictorianera,fromthecoronation(加冕禮)ofQueenVictoriain1837untilherdeathin1901,wasaneraofseveralunsettling
20、socialdevelopmentsthatforcedwritersmorethaneverbeforetotakepositionsontheimmediateissuesanimatingtherestofsociety.Thus,althoughromanticformsofexpressioninpoetryandprose(散文)continuedtodominateEnglishliteraturethroughoutmuchofthecentury,theattentionofmanywriterswasdirected,sometimespassionately,tosuch
21、issuesasthegrowthofEnglishdemocracy(民主主義),theeducationofthemasses,theprogressofindustrialenterpriseandtheconsequentriseofamaterialistic(唯物主義的)philosophy,andtheplight(困境)ofthenewlyindustrializedworker.Inaddition,theunsettlingofreligiousbeliefbynewadvancesinscience,particularlythetheoryofevolutionandt
22、hehistoricalstudyoftheBible,drewotherwritersawayfromtheimmemorialsubjectsofliteratureintoconsiderationsofproblemsoffaithandtruth.7.20thCenturyLiteratureTwoworldwars,anintervening(干涉)economicdepressionofgreatseverity,andtheausterity(節(jié)儉)oflifeinGreatBritainfollowingthesecondofthesewarshelptoexplainthe
23、qualityanddirectionofEnglishliteratureinthe20thcentury.ThetraditionalvaluesofWesterncivilization,whichtheVictorianshadonlybeguntoquestion,cametobequestionedseriouslybeanumberofnewwriters,whosawsocietybreakingdownaroundthem.Traditionalliteraryformswereoftendiscarded,andnewonessucceededoneanotherwithbewilderingrapidity,aswriterssoughtfresherwaysofexpressingwhattheytooktobenewkindsofexperience,orexperienceseeninnewways.56
外研版高中英語選修7《module 3 literature》教案
