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1、英语文学欣赏Syllabus()wWeek1IntroductionwWeek2-5Unit1IdentitywWeek6-8Unit2SpiritualGrowthwWeek9-14Unit3Love,poetryreadingwWeek15-18Unit4Family精品课程精品课程Syllabus()PoetryWritingandReading:duringthiscourse,youaresupposedtowritealovepoemandreaditinclass.(poetryreadingtimeisaboutthemiddleoftheterm)Written assign

2、ment:youaresupposedtowriteashortstoryaboutspiritualgrowthduringthisterm.Assessment:classroomparticipation10%poetryreading20%writtenassignment20%finalexam50%LectureOneHowtoReadLiterature?ReadforMeaningPlatoonlyallowstheseriouspoetsandstory-tellerswhowillwriteaboutvirtuesonlytoliveinhisidealrepublic.A

3、ristotlebelievesthattragedyhasthefunctionofcatharsis,thatis,throughwatchingagreattragedy,peoplefindtheirviolentemotionsrelievedandthemselvespurified.Chineseidea“文以明道”（荀子）“文以载道”（曹丕）“文以贯道”（韩愈）“文所以再载道也”（周敦颐）ReadforFormPoetryisaformoflanguagecharacterizedbyanorientationtowardsitsownform.Whatitfirstofall

4、allowsustoseeinafreshmannerislanguageitself.Theformispartofthecontent.“ArtexiststhatonemayrecoverthesensationoflifeThepurposeofartistoimpartthesensationofthingsastheyareperceivedandnotastheyareknown”(Shklovsky)An Example of“form is content”wl(a wLew afw faw llw ws)w onew lw iness w-QuestionsforPonde

5、ringwWhatisspecialabouttheformoftheabovepoem?wHowdoestheformofthepoemcontributetothemeaning?wPleaseinterpretthepoemApoeminspiredbye.e.cummings(astudentswork)wP(awMwanwfawllwsw)wAwInwfulAnextremeformof“formiscontent”:languagepoetrywL=A=N=G=U=A=G=EP=O=E=T=SbypoetBernadetteMayerinherwork,Experiments:wS

6、ystematicallyderangethelanguage,forexample,writeaworkconsistingonlyofprepositionalphrases,or,addagerundivetoeverylineofanalreadyexistingpieceofproseorpoetry,etc.wGetagroupofwords(makealistorselectatrandom);thenformthesewords(only)intoapieceofwritingwhateverthewordsallow.Letthemdemandtheirownform,and

7、/or:Usecertainwordsinasetway,like,thesamewordineveryline,orinacertainplaceineveryparagraph,etc.Designwords.wWritewhatcannotbewritten,forexample,composeanindex.(Readanindexasapoem).wAttemptwritinginastateofmindthatseemsleastcongenial.wwConsiderword&letterasformstheconcretisticdistortionofatext,forexa

8、mple,toomanyosoramultiplicityofthinletters(illftiii,etc.)wwAttempttoeliminateallconnotationfromapieceofwriting&viceversa.wwWorkyourassofftochangethelanguage&dontevergetfamous.SomeL=A=N=G=U=A=G=EP=O=E=M=SwSad Boys Sad Boy wBYCHARLESBERNSTEINwIruinmyhatsandallthematslidesgladwIhopmygirlsandallisskipag

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10、essadwIskipyoujumpthewayyousaidwButIrunoldandsighyournamewIruinmymatsandallthegirlslidesgladwAtleastwhenluckhopsitskipsbackagainwArunemymatsandallthegirlsslidegladwIjumpIrunyouupinsidemytruckwAfter Mad Girls Love Song by Sylvia Plathw婚宴w车前子w这一首诗不适合朗读，因为扫雪的声音，沙沙沙沙地太响了。南方人扫雪一把条帚，北方人扫雪一把铲子，其实是铲雪。一个名词嫁给

11、不同的动词，我们正去婚宴的路上，又送了一次礼。犀牛姓犀牛的走到王府井。姓薛的讨厌姓朱的，就把自己租来的公寓，叫“杀猪楼”。w姓朱的讨厌姓薛的，借住在农民房里，称“扫雪庄”。姓车的人好，大家就乘他。姓犀牛的走到王府井，再好的车也不载犀牛。早晨小椿树胡同里的一棵椿树，我摸过一百只乳房。可能是五十对。我已没有了虚荣心。一棵椿树越看越不像椿树，也不像槐树。业余爱好w偏头痛的时候最好自己没有脑袋，或者这脑袋是别人的。有的时候我愿意把脑袋送人，但眼镜要留下来。没什么道理，仅仅是业余爱好。观念艺术我热爱的朋友不会在这时打电话，他们知道我睡觉的天赋。上午十点钟，我被吵醒了：“喂，喂，是烤鸭店吗？”我一下没了脾

12、气，我说：“不，不，烧鸡铺子。”喻体他扫雪，裤管像仅剩的桥墩，剥掉白老虎的皮。作为喻体它是流水浊泥的。EnjoytheForms!WhatdidYouGetFromGazingattheAbovePictures?wBegintolookatthingswithfreshlooks?wBegintothinkdifferently?DoesMereFormMakeGoodPoetry?w毫无疑问w我做的馅饼w是全天下w最好吃的w-赵丽华wWhatdoyouthinkofthepoem?Ithastheformofapoem.Isitapoem?PoliticalReadingwMarxistR

13、eading:itisnottheconsciousnessofmenthatdeterminestheirexistence,buttheirsocialexistencethatdeterminestheirconsciousness.FeministReading:focusonwomanasreader(imageandstereotypesofwomen,omissionandmisconceptionsaboutwomenincriticism)andwomanaswriter(femalelanguage,psychology,etc.)Race-orientedReading:

14、readfromracialperspective.Iscertainraceignoredortreatedunjustlyinthework?Istheimageofcertainracedistortedorstereotyped?Isthetonefavorablyorunfavorablybiasedtowardsacertainrace?Etc.DeconstructionistReadingwThisreadingistooverturntraditionalassumptionthatthetexthasadefinitestructurethereforeadefinitem

15、eaning.Deconstructivereadingistofind“holes”,thingsthatshowthatadefiniteinterpretationisimpossible.wSoaccordingtothedeconstructionist,thereisneveranydefinitemeaning.Thereisneveranyendingtoanytext.Themeaningisforeverflowing.wThedeconstructionistreadinghasliberated(over-liberated)thetextandgivengreatpower(tothedegreeofanarchy)tothereaders.