Notes of Selected Readings of English Literature

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1、Why read literature?

For pleasure(basic) or just to pass(kill) the time, for information and knowledge or for proper solution to problems, to understand situations we could not otherwise understand in real life, or for the enjoyment we get from the arrangement of words.

Literature can give us indirect experience and make our life meaningful and make us clever.

2、Why TV instead of movies or novels etc.?

On the one hand, one needn’t think or imagine, say, about the appearance of the character as reading novels do; on the other hand, paintings and the like are still and only express a person’s state of spirit of a slice of life; last but not least, aside (words said by an actor to help audience understand something) is quite necessary in drama.

3、What is literature?

In its broadest sense, everything that has ever been written is ~. In a narrower sense, it’s various; say, literature written in a certain language, of a particular area or field, etc. In fact, literature writings valued as works of art, especially fictions, drama and poetry.

4、written works with artistic value

以语言文字为工具，形象化地反映客观现实的艺术。《辞海》

文学是语言艺术（plastic art造型艺术、美术、绘画、雕塑）和建筑艺术……palm双关

综合艺术：喜剧、电影、电视……

5、Why this course? 开阔视野+增益想象+充实理解+积累创造

技能：语言是基础，听说读写译 知识：英语语言、文学、文化

相关：语言学 词汇学 语法 文体学 英美文学 英美社会文化 西方文化 外交 外贸 法律 管理 新闻 教育 科技 文化 军事

基础知识：背景/某作家→生平【荣誉】、思想、代表作及其主要角色→选择判断

作品分析：诗歌→格式、修辞…→2？  短篇小说→abstract

6、POETRY：A type of literature in which the sound and meaning of a language are combined to create ideas and feelings.

7、kinds of poetry(began in prehistoric times)

  1)lyric ~抒情诗:any short poem