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If you were there,
what would you want to do
Unit 4 Extended reading
Li Bai and his romantic poetry
Lead-in
What do you know about Li Bai
He grew up in the most glorious period
of Tang Dynasty.
He is one of the greatest romantic poets
after Qu Yuan.
He was a great lover of wine.
He was Du Fu’s good friend.
He was known as “poetic genius”.
Read for structure
Part 1 [para.1]
Introduction to Li Bai’s romantic style
Part 2 [paras.____ ]
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Part 3 [paras.____ ]
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Part 4 [paras.6]
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[paras.2 and 3]
Personal experiences
[paras.4]
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Li Bai and
his romantic poetry
Part 2 [paras.2-4 ]
The shaping of Li Bai’s romantic style
Part 3 [paras.5 ]
Analysis of Li Bai’s romantic style
Part 4 [paras.6]
The significance of Li Bai and his poems
[paras.4]
Social and historical background
A hundred feet the temple towers,
I can reach out for the stars in the sky.
But I dare not speak in a voice loud,
For fear of scaring dwellers on high.
A Night Stay at a Mountain Temple
危楼高百尺，
手可摘星辰。
不敢高声语，
恐惊天上人。
夜宿山寺
Questions:
What kind of person was Li Bai at that time
He is a teenager of striking imagination.
2.What expressions show Li Bai’s striking imagination
Para 1. Introduction to Li Bai’s romantic style
A sign of a romantic style
Para 2-3. Personal experiences
5 years old
10 years old
Early twenties
started studying the classics
left home and started to travel around
read ancient philosophers of different schools
Finish the following time chart
Para 2-3. Personal experiences
How is Li Bai’s personal experiences helpful to his poetic style
He read books of all kinds
His footsteps covered almost the whole country.
A good grasp of classical Chinese culture
Wisdom of previous generations
Love of nature
Broad horizons, writing inspiration…
in turn
Para 2-3. Social and historical backgrounds
What’s the social and historical context of Li Bai’s romantic style
How did it influence Li Bai’s poetic production
economic boom and social stability
open and tolerant atmosphere
free and unconstrained personality
Para 5. Li Bai’s romantic style
rich imagination
free expression of strong feelings
the wide use of exaggeration, metaphor and other artistic techniques
Through moon and stars, the natural landscapes and the figures in legends.
The features of Li Bai’s romantic style poems
How
the biggest difference between Li Bai and other landscape poets
free expression of strong feelings
白发三千丈，缘愁似个长。
不知明镜里，何处得秋霜。
秋浦歌
My silver hair is three thousand feet long,
Because my sorrow is deep and strong.
How can the autumn frost white
Be cast into the mirror bright
(“Autumn Frost”)
exaggeration
metaphor
Can you detect any features of Li Bai’s romantic style poems
What message does the poem convey
Para 6. The significance of Li Bai and his poems
reputation
influence
The greatest romantic poet after Qu Yuan
Generations of poets, both in China and abroad, owe a debt to his inspirational poems.
Today Li Bai’s poetry continues to be enjoyed by countless readers around the world.
Why does the author use the example of Ezra Pound
He was fascinated by Li Bai’s poems and translated some of them in his 1915 poetry collection entitled Cathay.
Read for thinking
Why do we need to learn Li Bai’s poems in English

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