1、学术英语学术英语 人文人文Academic English Academic English for HumanitiesHumanitiesUnit 3 Reading and Writing about Novels Lead-in Text A Text B Text C Academic Language and Discourse Listening Speaking WritingUnit Contents Lead-in Lead-in activities Supplementary informationUnit 3 Reading and Writing about Nov
2、elsl Recommend one of your favorite novels to your classmate(s)and explain why.Lead-inActivitiesUnit 3 Reading and Writing about Novels Text A How to Write About Hemingway Classroom activities Supplementary information Suggested answer keyUnit 3 Reading and Writing about NovelsHow to Write About Hem
3、ingwaylSay as much as you know about Ernest Hemingway.You may follow the guideline questions in Lead-in/Text A.lRetell the main ideas of Text A on the basis of your answers to Task 1/Critical Reading and Thinking/Text A.Text AClassroom activitiesUnit 3 Reading and Writing about NovelslDiscuss the qu
4、estions in Task 2/Critical Reading and Thinking/Text A.l Ernest HemingwayText ASupplementary informationErnest Hemingway(1899-1961)was an American author and journalist.His writing style,characterized by economy and understatement,has influenced 20th-century American and British fictions.His life of
5、 adventure and mythical public image has also influenced later generations.Hemingway won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954.Many of his works are classics of American literature.Unit 3 Reading and Writing about NovelsHow to Write About HemingwayText ASupplementary informationUnit 3 Reading and Wr
6、iting about NovelsHow to Write About HemingwaySome of the best-known are:“Indian Camp”(1926)The Sun Also Rises(1926)A Farewell to Arms(1929)“The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber”(1935)(To be continued)Text ASupplementary informationUnit 3 Reading and Writing about NovelsHow to Write About Heming
7、waySome of the best-known are:For Whom the Bell Tolls(1940)The Old Man and the Sea(1951)A Moveable Feast(1964,posthumous)True at First Light(1999)l Pulitzer Prize(Para.1)Text ASupplementary informationUnit 3 Reading and Writing about NovelsHow to Write About HemingwayPulitzer Prize is one of the eig
8、ht prizes given every year in the U.S.to people who have created especially good work in journalism,literature or music.It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of American(Hungarian-born)publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City.l Nick Adams(P
9、ara.2)Text ASupplementary informationUnit 3 Reading and Writing about NovelsHow to Write About HemingwayNick Adams is protagonist of early semiautobiographical short stories by Ernest Hemingway.The character first appears in In Our Time(1925),a collection of 15 stories,including coming-of-age experi
10、ences in the woods of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.He also appears in the short-story collection Men Without Women(1927),depicting various stages of his life.In 1972,Scribners published a volume entitled The Nick Adams Stories and the stories are grouped according to major time periods in Nicks l
11、ife.l The Sun Also Rises (Para.3)Text ASupplementary informationThe Sun Also Rises,published in 1926,is widely considered Hemingways greatest work.The novel is set in the 1920s,and deals with members of the post World War I Lost Generation,who are cynical and disillusioned and many of whom suffer ps
12、ychological and physical wounds as a result of the war.The main character,Jake Barnes,is a journalist whose war injuries have left him impotent.He is deeply in love with the British Lady Brett Ashley who also loves him.However,they are unable to consummate their love,and Jake is left to helplessly w
13、atch Brett drifting through a series of affairs despite her love for Jake,with devastating consequences.Unit 3 Reading and Writing about NovelsHow to Write About Hemingwayl The Old Man and the Sea(Para.5)Text ASupplementary informationThe Old Man and the Sea,the last major work of fiction to be prod
14、uced by Hemingway and published in his lifetime,was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1953 and was cited by the Nobel Committee as contributing to the awarding of the Noble Prize in Literature Hemingway in 1954.The story appears to be a simple story of an aging Cuban fisherman(Santiago),who
15、catches an enormously large marlin far out in the Gulf Stream then loses it again.However,theres much more than that.The themes that have been widely discussed include man vs.nature,perseverance,unseen heroism and religion.Unit 3 Reading and Writing about NovelsHow to Write About Hemingwayl essays T
16、ext ASupplementary informationan analytic,interpretative,or critical literary compositionFrancis Bacons essays,published in book form in 1597,1612,1625,were the first works in English that described themselves as essays.Unit 3 Reading and Writing about NovelsHow to Write About Hemingwayl Intertextua
17、lityText ASupplementary informationUnit 3 Reading and Writing about NovelsHow to Write About HemingwayIntertextuality is the interrelationship between texts,especially works of literature.It refers to the way that similar or related texts influence,reflect,or differ from each other.The following are
18、 some examples of intertexuality in literature:Ulysses(1918)by James Joyce:a retelling of Homers Odyssey,set in DublinA Thousand Acres(1991)by Janes Smiley:a retelling of Shakespeares King Lear,set in rural Iowal Task 1/Overview P48Text ASuggested answer keySuggested answer:Unit 3 Reading and Writin
19、g about Novelsl Task 1/Overview P48Text ASuggested answer keySuggested answer:Unit 3 Reading and Writing about Novelsl Task 2/Points for discussion P48Text ASuggested answer keySuggested answer for Q1:The publics impression of Hemingway might be very different from the real Hemingway.Those fictional
20、 heroes created by Hemingway might not be identical with him.When one writes about Hemingways life and his literary work,one should distinguish the myth from the man and distinguish both the real and mythic man from the fictional characters.Unit 3 Reading and Writing about Novelsl Task 2/Points for
21、discussion P48Text ASuggested answer keySuggested answer to Q2:Jake Barnes in The Sun Also Rises has a good deal in common with theHemingway persona,but if we examine him critically we might find him to be a scarred and flawed character.Obviously,Hemingway is not above criticizing and parodying his
22、own personalities.It is wrong to reason that if a particular character represents Hemingway,then the author must have intended for this character to be the one worthiest of emulation.Unit 3 Reading and Writing about Novelsl Task 2/Points for discussion P48Text ASuggested answer keySuggested answer t
23、o Q3:Hemingway uses simple language in his writing.However,this can be difficult for both the writer and the reader.It is not easy to write this way.On the other hand,the writing may not be easy to understand either,because it forces the reader to constantly interpret and make meaning.Unit 3 Reading
24、 and Writing about Novelsl Task 2/Points for discussion P49Text ASuggested answer keySuggested answer to Q4:The Old Man and the Sea is a story about the relationship between humanand nature,destiny and free will.It can also be interpreted as an allegory onwriting the authors struggle to produce lite
25、rature,a religious parable,or a commentary on Taoism.Unit 3 Reading and Writing about Novelsl Task 2/Points for discussion P49Text ASuggested answer keySuggested answer to Q5:Hemingway wrote many stories that center around Nick Adams.In 1972,Scribners published a volume entitled“The Nick Adams Stori
26、es”and thestories are grouped according to major time periods in Nicks life.Thesestories may be viewed as chronicling a young mans coming of age.Unit 3 Reading and Writing about Novels Text B Harrys Final Fantasy:Last Times the Charm Classroom activities Supplementary information Suggested answer ke
27、yUnit 3 Reading and Writing about NovelsText BClassroom activitiesUnit 3 Reading and Writing about NovelsHarrys Final Fantasy:Last Times the CharmText BClassroom activities1.Text B Analysis1)Give a brief introduction to J.K.Rowling and her Harry Potter series.2)Discuss the main purpose of Text B.3)D
28、iscuss the questions in Task 2/Critical reading and thinking/Text B.Unit 3 Reading and Writing about NovelsHarrys Final Fantasy:Last Times the CharmText BClassroom activities2.Researching Work in small groups to do the task in Researching/Text B.Each group chooses one person to be the“reporter”,who
29、will tell the class about the groups ideas.Unit 3 Reading and Writing about NovelsHarrys Final Fantasy:Last Times the Charml Harry Potter series Text BSupplementary informationUnit 3 Reading and Writing about NovelsHarry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by the British author J.K.Ro
30、wling:Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone(哈利波特与魔法石)Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets（哈利波特与密室）Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban（哈利波特与阿兹卡班囚徒）Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire（哈利波特与火焰杯）Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix（哈利波特与凤凰社）Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince（哈利波特与混血王子
31、）Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows（哈利波特与死亡圣器）Harrys Final Fantasy:Last Times the Charml Harry Potter series Text BSupplementary informationUnit 3 Reading and Writing about NovelsThe series deals with the adolescent wizard Harry Potters quandary involving the evil wizard Lord Voldemort,who killed
32、Harrys parents in his quest to conquer the wizarding world and the Muggles(the non magical people).The series is an interesting mixture of the regular world and fantasy.It is also a successful blend of many elements.There are elements of classical mythology,allusions to many other literary works,ele
33、ments of the coming-of-age novel,and elements of the mystery novel.The books are extremely popular with both children and adults worldwide,available in more than 200 countries and some 60 languages.Harrys Final Fantasy:Last Times the Charml Fantasy novelText BSupplementary informationUnit 3 Reading
34、and Writing about NovelsA fantasy novel is a genre of literature featuring fantastical elements,such as mythological creatures and magic.Fantasy novels can be classified into high fantasy,dark fantasy and comic fantasy.High fantasy is commonly characterized by good fighting against evil,for example,
35、J.R.R.Tolkiens Lord of the Rings.Dark fantasy novels usually include elements of horror.Comic fantasy is a form of fantasy that involves humor.Harrys Final Fantasy:Last Times the Charml Task 1/Important details P55Text BSuggested answer keySuggested answer:1.F2.T3.F4.F5.FUnit 3 Reading and Writing a
36、bout Novelsl Task 2/Points for discussion P55Text BSuggested answer keySuggested answer to Q1:This sentence indicates that the impact of the great 20th-century English fantasists on J.K.Rowling makes her novel less interesting or impressive because it seems to be based on other peoples work rather t
37、han original.Unit 3 Reading and Writing about Novelsl Task 2/Points for discussion P55Text BSuggested answer keySuggested answer to Q2:What is great about Rowling is that she allows the surviving characters in her novels to grieve.This enables the characters and the reader to grow and become more ma
38、ture.The phrase“be(all)the better for sth.”means to be improved by a particular action,change,etc.For example,Your performance in the task will be all the better for a little extra practice.Unit 3 Reading and Writing about Novelsl Task 2/Points for discussion P55Text BSuggested answer keySuggested a
39、nswer to Q3:The similarities between J.K.Rowling and Charles Dickens include:careful accounts of details based on small meticulous observations a gift for marvelous names understanding the anguish and longing of the awkward and unlovableUnit 3 Reading and Writing about Novelsl Task 2/Points for disc
40、ussion P55Text BSuggested answer keySuggested answer to Q4&Q5:(Answers may vary.)Unit 3 Reading and Writing about Novels Text C The Lost Generation Classroom activities Supplementary information Suggested answer keyUnit 3 Reading and Writing about Novels The Lost GenerationText CClassroom activities
41、l Characterize the Lost Generation and the writers of The Lost Generation.Unit 3 Reading and Writing about Novelsl Give a brief introduction to John Dos Passos.l Check the answers to the task in Text C.Text CUnit 3 Reading and Writing about Novels The Lost GenerationIn general,the Lost Generation re
42、fers to the post-World War I generation.It also refers specifically to a group of U.S.writers who came of age during the war and established their literary reputations in the 1920s.The generation was“lost”in the sense that they seemed to have lost directions for the future.World War I seemed to have
43、 destroyed the belief that if you acted virtuously,good things would happen.Many young men went to war and died,or returned home either physically or mentally wounded.Their traditional faith was no longer valid and they were“lost”.Ernest Hemingway popularized the term,as he used it as an epigraph of
44、 his novel The Sun Also Rises.Three best known writers among the Lost Generation are Ernest Hemingway,F.Scott Fitzgerald,John Dos Passos.Supplementary informationl Definitionl The Jazz AgeText CSupplementary informationFeminist literary criticism,informed by feminist theory,analyzes the representati
45、on of women in literature.In the first wave of feminism(from late 1700s to early 1900s)and second wave of feminism(from early 1960s to late 1970s),feminist literary criticism was concerned with the politics of womens authorship and the representation of womens condition within literature.In the thir
46、d-wave of feminism(from early 1990s to present),feminist literary criticism has taken a variety of new routes.Unit 3 Reading and Writing about Novels The Lost Generationl John Dos PassosText CSupplementary informationUnit 3 Reading and Writing about Novels The Lost GenerationJohn Dos Passos(1896-197
47、0)was an American writer,one of the major novelists of the post-World War I“lost generation”.His first novel,One Mans Initiation:1917,was published in 1920.His antiwar story,Three Soldiers(1920),brought him considerable recognition.His most famous work is USA Trilogy:The 42nd Parallel(1930),1919(193
48、2),and The Big Money(1936).In the novel,Dos Passos expressed his pessimistic view about the political and economic future of the United States.Text CSuggested answer keySuggested answer to Task/P57F.Scott Fitzgerald:Tender Is the Night,The Great Gatsby,This Side of ParadiseErnest Hemingway:A Farewel
49、l to Arms,For Whom the Bell Tolls,The Old Man and the Sea,The Sun Also RisesJohn Dos Passos:One Mans Initiation:1917,Three SoldiersUnit 3 Reading and Writing about Novels Academic Language and Discourse Specialized vocabulary Signpost language Formal English Supplementary informationUnit 3 Reading a
50、nd Writing about Novelsl Check the answers to Task 1/Language building-up/Text A.Academic language and discourseUnit 3 Reading and Writing about NovelsSuggested answer:1.1 fictional character 2 straightforward style3 plot 4 declarative sentence5 叙事性评论 6 互文性7 速写，短文 8 插入的章节 (To be continued)Academic l
