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Unit4 Exploring literature
Great literature is simply language
charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree.
— Ezra Pound
伟大的文学只不过是在最大程度上承载意义的语言。 —— 埃兹拉·庞德
该句出自美国诗人和文学评论家埃兹拉·庞德（1885—1972）的《如何阅读》（How to Read）。这句话说明了文学语言承载着丰富的内涵，阅读文学作品时我们要认真揣摩和体会。
be charge with承载；指控
to the utmost possible degree在最大可能的程度上
v. 谦虚炫耀
humblebrag
Literature refers to pieces of writing that are valued as works of art, especially novels, plays, poetry, essays(散文), autobiographies(自传) and biographies(传记).
What’s literature
1. What is your favorite book
2. Give a brief introduction to it.
Name;
Author;
Main content;
Reasons why you like it.
Can you tell me who he is and which book he comes from according to the hints provided
Step 2: Brainstorm
1
Hint
1
He was a bodyguard (保镖).
Hint
2
He used to be a king.
Hint
3
He came from a stone.
Hint
4
His weapon was an iron pillar(柱子).
Guessing Game
Sun
Wukong
Who is he
The book is
Journey to the West
2
Hint
1
She is a young lady in a classic Chinese novel..
Hint
2
She is talented in literature, especially in writing beautiful poems.
Hint
3
She delicate and sensitive.
Guessing Game
Lin Daiyu
林黛玉
Who is she
The book is
A Dream of Red Mansions
Four classic novels of Chinese literature:
Dreams of the Red Mansion 红楼梦
Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三国演义
Water Margin 水浒传
Journey to the West 西游记
3
Hint
1
9
Hint
2
He is adopted by his aunt.
Hint
3
He has a scar on his forehead.
Hint
4
He has already been famous around the wizard (巫师) world.
Guessing Game
Harry Potter
Who is he
Harry Potter
series
The book is
4
Hint
1
He used to be the prince of Denmark.
Hint
2
His father was killed by his uncle.
Hint
3
His uncle married his mother.
Hint
4
He avenged（为……报仇） his father on his uncle.
Guessing Game
Who is he
Hamlet
To be, or not to be: that is the question.
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Hamlet
The book is
Hamlet; Othello; Macbeth; King Lear
Romantic play:
Four tragedies:
Four comedies:
Romeo and Juliet
The Merchant of Venice
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Twelfth Night
As You Like It
哈姆雷特
奥赛罗
麦克白
李尔王
威尼斯商人
仲夏夜之梦
第十二夜
皆大欢喜
William Shakespeare
Classics can stand the test of time.
Read the excerpts below from two famous works of literature and discuss the following questions.
stand v.经受
Pre-reading: Welcome to the unit (P43)
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Welcome to the unit
Classics can stand the test of time. Read the excerpts below from two famous works of literature and translate them together.
My meaning simply is, that whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do well; that whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself to completely; that in great aims and in small, I have always been thoroughly in earnest. — David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens
You can never have too much sky. You can fall asleep and wake up drunk on sky, and sky can keep you safe when you are sad. Here there is too much sadness and not enough sky. Butterflies too are few and so are flowers and most things that are beautiful. Still, we take what we can get and make the
best of it. —The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros
我的意思是，无论我在生活中想做什么，我都全心全意地努力做好;无论我致力于什么，我都全身心投入;无论大小目标，我总是彻底地认真。
你永远不能拥有太多的天空。你可以在天空下入睡，在天空下醉醒，在你忧伤的时候，天空可以给你安全感。这里悲伤太多，天空不够。蝴蝶也很少，花也很少，大多数美丽的东西也很少。尽管如此，我们还是会运用我们所能得到的，并充分利用它。
《大卫·科波菲尔》（David Copperfield）是 19 世纪英国现实主义文学代表作家查尔斯·狄更斯（Charles Dickens, 1812–1870）创作的长篇小说。作品以第一人称视角，
通过主人公大卫·科波菲尔从童年屡遭不幸到自学成才，直至成为著名作家的经历，
描绘了 19 世纪维多利亚时代英国社会的广阔图景，展示了当时各个阶层的人物形象，反映了作者的生活哲学和道德理想。
Cultural Background
《芒果街上的小屋》（The House on Mango Street）是墨西哥裔美国作家桑德拉·希斯内罗丝（Sandra Cisneros，1954–）的成名作。
小说通过一个小女孩童真的眼光观察周遭的世界，用 44 个相对独立的小故事描述了芒果街上的生活。
Cultural Background
Qualities of literature
(4)____________
Its permanence
(3)______________
________________
__________________
(2)_____________________________________
Its description of
truth and beauty
Its appeal to our
feelings and imagination
Universal interest
Personal style
P46A1
Read paras. 3~5 and finish the chart.
Read paras. 1~2 and answer the following questions.
Careful reading
1 What does "them" in line 3 refer to
2 What do we need to do in order to enter and enjoy the
new world mentioned in the second paragraph
Strange, low, musical sounds.
We need to love literature and make an effort to explain it.
P46A2
Read paras. 3~5 carefully and answer the questions.
1. Why does the author give the example of a poet
2.What is universal about good literature according to the author
He wants to prove that some truth and beauty remain unnoticed
until a sensitive human soul brings them to our attention.
Good literature reflects the most basic of human nature-love
and hate, joy and sadness, fear and hope.
P46A2
The passage below is about a classic work of plete the passage with the correct forms of the words and phrases in the box below.
B1
description contain significant be capable of
element reflect in summary appeal to
One important feature of classic literature is that it often (1)_______ an author's own experiences and can therefore help us understand the important issues of his or her time. This is one reason why the best works of literature still (2)________ readers long after they were written. Cao Xueqin's A Dream of Red Mansions, one of the most (3)__________ novels in Chinese literature, is a good example of this. Its storyline follows the fall of a large wealthy family much like the author's own. No doubt drawing on his own experiences, Cao Xueqin gives a detailed (4)__________ of what life was like at that time.
reflects
appeal to
significant
description
description contain significant be capable of
element reflect in summary appeal to
The novel (5)__________ a great number of details such as what the upper class wore and ate. It also describes the social relations in 18th-century China. As a result, readers (6)____________ better understanding the gap between rich and poor, men and women, the learned and the uneducated in the historical context. Cultural and historical (7)________ like these make A Dream of Red Mansions a timeless classic. (8)__________ we can learn much about a specific period in history from classic literature.
contains
are capable of
elements
In summary
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