“博雅”学科英语系列教程属于大学英语高阶课程教材,供非英语专业学生使用。一般情况下,学生在完成三个学期的基础英语课程学习后,在第四学期开始该教程的学习。1.该教程属于通识英语类教材。通识英语(ELE,即English for Liberal Education)以英语语言为载体,以人类文明、科学、文化发展为主题,有内容、有深度,以拓展学生的知识视野、提升学生的人文素养和批判性思维能力为目的。是一种特殊形式的“专门用途英语”。2.人文素养的提升和思维能力训练是教程编写的指导思路。“人文素养”决定了教程主题虽然与学科相关,但具体内容并非为深奥的专业知识,而是更近似于本学科的科普类教材。“思维能力训练”则要求练习设计摆脱传统语言教材模式,强调对课文内容的反思和知识的运用。3.英语语言能力的提升也是教程的重要教学目标。在该教程中,学科知识的学习和课后练习均通过英语语言实现。从英语教学的角度看,语言知识的输入采用基于内容的教学方法(content-based instruction, CBI),语言技能的提高则以输出任务为驱动(output-driven)。因此,英语语言能力在学习完成后必然得到很大程度的提升。本分册《文学:真与美的追寻》梳理并呈现文学的起源与定义、文学经典的特质、文学思潮的划分、文学大家的生平与贡献、文学研究的方法与变革、文学论文的写作等文学素质培养的重要方面,使学生全面了解文学学科的本质与特征,开启深入阅读和研究文学经典的兴趣,提升文学欣赏和研究的能力。
CONTENTS
PART 1 A Panorama 1
LECTURE 1
Approaching Literature 2
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At the Threshold of Literature 3
Grammar of Literature 11
LECTURE 2
Milestones in the Literary Atlas 15
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Literary Classics and Literary Canon 16
Read Fiction and Be a Better Leader 26
LECTURE 3
Moment, Milieu and Literature 29
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Literary Periods 30
Six Pilgrimages for the Lover of Western Literature 39
RESOURCES & LINKS 43
PART 2 Great Minds 45
LECTURE 4
“Not of an Age, But for All Time.” 46
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Shakespeare, the Genius 47
American Voice of the Enlightenment—Benjamin Franklin 56
LECTURE 5
The Epiphany of Nature 60
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Wordsworth and His Spirit of Romanticism 61
A River Runs Through Him 70
LECTURE 6
Milieu, Men and Women 73
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A Literature of Her Own 74
The Lost Generation: American Writers of the 1920s 83
RESOURCES & LINKS 87
PART 3 Insights 89
LECTURE 7
The Art of Insight I 90
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Critical Approaches to Literature I 91
Traditional Approaches in Practice 99
LECTURE 8
The Art of Insight II 102
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Critical Approaches to Literature II 103
Readers and Reading I 113
LECTURE 9
Criticism in Evolution 117
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Five Waves of Revolution in Theoretical Paradigms 118
Readers and Reading II 127
RESOURCES & LINKS 131
PART 4 Academic Study and Communication 133
LECTURE 10
Literary Analysis 134
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Analyzing Literature: A Guide for Students 135
What Characterizes a Good Interpretation? 144
LECTURE 11
Reading as Prelude to Writing 147
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A Brief Guide to Writing the English Paper I 148
Why Is Studying Literature Still Needed Today? I 156
LECTURE 12
Creating an Academic Paper 159
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A Brief Guide to Writing the English Paper II 160
Why Is Studying Literature Still Needed Today? II 17