1、Exploring LiteratureWelcome to the UnitWhat is literature?written artistic works,especially those with a high and lasting artistic value.Literature is the mirror of society.Thus a book written in a particular time defines people,their thoughts,and the influences of that era.“The person,be it gentlem
2、an or lady,who has not pleasure in a good novel,must be intolerably stupid.”Jane AustinPride and Prejudice傲慢与偏见傲慢与偏见Sense and Sensibility理智与情感理智与情感Forms of LiteratureDrama（William Shakespeare）PoetryNovelEssayautobiographyGreat literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible
3、 degree.Ezra Pound 伟大的文学伟大的文学只不过只不过是是在最大在最大程度上承载程度上承载意义的语言。意义的语言。埃兹拉埃兹拉庞德庞德American poets,literary critic the representative of imagismIn a Station of the MetroEzra PoundThe apparition of these faces in the crowd;Petals on a wet,black bough.地铁站地铁站人群中那些面孔的魅影；人群中那些面孔的魅影；潮湿阴暗树干上的花瓣。潮湿阴暗树干上的花瓣。Charles D
4、ickens(1812-1870)Charles Dickens is one of Englands most famous novelists.He described life in the middle of the 19th century,a period that is now called Victorian,as it is when Queen Victoria ruled Britain.Many of Dickens novels take place in London.His popular works are:David Copperfield,Bleak Hou
5、se,A Tale of Two Cities,Great Expectations,and Our Mutual Friend.Dickens worksMy 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 alwa
6、ys beenthoroughly in earnest.David Copperfield,by Charles Dickensadj.非常认真的非常认真的;真诚的真诚的致力致力,专心专心,献身献身Sandra CisnerosSandra Cisneros,(born December 20,1954,Chicago,Illinois,U.S.),American short-story writer and poet,best known for her groundbreaking evocation of Mexican American life in Chicago.She is
7、 a Latina American novelist who wrote the bestselling novel The House on Mango Street.The House on Mango StreetIt is comprised of 44 short character sketches,or stories.They are narrated by Esperanza,who just moved with her family to Mango Street,in the barrio.Esperanza hates their house on Mango St
8、reet because it is not a“real”house,like the ones shes seen on TV.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
9、are beautiful.Still,we take what we can get and make the best of it.The House on Mango Street,by Sandra Cisneros,n.蝴蝶蝴蝶What message is conveyed in the two excerpts?The excerpt from David Copperfield shows the main characters passion for whatever he is doing.The other excerpt from The House on Mango
10、Street introduces the concept of making full use of what we have now.Which of the excerpts makes you feel like reading the whole book?Why?The second excerpt makes me feel like reading the whole book because I think the language the author uses is simple but beautiful.I particularly like her description of the sky keeping us safe when we are sad.What is your favorite work of literature?Why?Of the many works of literature I have read,my favorite is by.The story takes place.This book is a story that moved me deeply,and I would recommend it to anyone.
