《英語文學導論》是湖南師範大學提供的慕課課程，授課老師是曾艷鈺、曹波、龍娟、劉白、任海燕、譚彥緯。
基本介紹
- 中文名：英語文學導論
- 類別：慕課
- 授課老師：曾艷鈺、曹波、龍娟、劉白、任海燕、譚彥緯
- 提供學校：湖南師範大學
課程簡介,課程大綱,
課程簡介
課程的主要目的是讓學生熟悉英語文學中的三大體裁：小說、詩歌、戲劇。通過對文學要素的介紹與文學文本的分析，幫助其更好地理解作品，理解英語文學中小說、戲劇及詩歌各文類的特徵，包括各文類的定義與特徵、故事與情節、人物與人物塑造、背景與主題、象徵與諷喻以及各文學流派等等。
課程大綱
01 Fiction
This chapter focuses on the main types, text features, and elements of Fiction. By reading and discussing the works of canonic British and American writers, learners are to command the necessary skills to appreciate and analyze different types of fiction through different approaches.
課時
1.1 What is Literature?
1.2.1 General Introduction to Plot
1.2.2 Plot Analysis of “The Yellow Wallpaper”
1.3.1 General Introduction to Theme and Theme Analysis of “The Yellow Wallpaper”
1.3.2 Theme Analysis of D.H. Lawrence's "Ticket, Please"
1.3.3 Conflict in Bharati Mukherjee’s “A Father”
1.3.4 Plot and Theme Analysis of Eudora Welty’s “A Worn Path”
1.3.5 An Analysis of Phoenix Jackson and the Symbolism of “A Worn Path”
1.3.6 Themes in Sherwood Anderson’s “The Egg”
1.4.1 Setting, Style and Technique Analysis in Hemingway’s “In Another Country”
1.5.1 General Introduction to Narrators and Narrative Structure
1.5.2 Narrator and images in Hemingway’s “In Another Country”
1.6.1 General Introduction to Character and Characterization
1.6.2 Characters and Theme in Amy Tan’s “Half and Half”
1.6.3 Analysis of Estelle in Margaret Atwood’s “Rape Fantasies”
1.7.1 Symbolic Analysis of the Setting in James Joyce's “The Dead”
1.7.2 Characterization and Style in James Joyce’s “The Dead”
1.7.3 Themes in James Joyce’s “The Dead”
02 Drama
This chapter is a brief introduction to the origin, development and major genres of the western drama, with reference to and discussion on the works of major western dramatists.
課時
2.2.1 The Merchant of Venice I
2.2.2 The Merchant of Venice II
2.3.1 Midsummer Night's Dream I
2.3.2 Midsummer Night's Dream II
2.4.1 The Father-daughter Relationship in King Lear I
2.4.2 The Father-daughter Relationship in King Lear II
2.5.1 A Doll's House I
2.5.2 A Doll's House II
2.6.1 The Theater of the Absurd
2.6.2 Waiting for Godot & S. Beckett
2.6.3 Waiting for Godot
2.7.1 Mrs. Warren's Profession & Shaw
2.7.2 Mrs. Warren's Profession
2.8.1 Lala's Self-conflict in Alfred Uhry's The Last Night of Ballyhoo I
2.8.2 Lala's Self-conflict in Alfred Uhry's The Last Night of Ballyhoo II
2.9.1 Metaphors in Sam Shepard and The God of Hell I
2.9.2 Metaphors in Sam Shepard and The God of Hell II
2.10.1 Blues in August Wilson’s Ma Rainey's Black Bottom I
2.10.2 Blues in August Wilson’s Ma Rainey's Black Bottom II
03 Poetry
This chapter introduces the basic elements of poetry, including the voice, tone, diction, syntax, imagery, figure of speech, rhyme, rhythm, sound, theme, and so on. All the elements are to be discussed and illustrated through concrete examples in poems from British and American literary Canon.
課時
3.2.1 Voice in PoetryⅠ
3.2.2 Voice in Poetry Ⅱ
3.3 Diction
3.4.1 ImageryⅠ
3.4.2 Imagery Ⅱ
3.5 Symbol
3.6 Syntax
3.7.1 ThemeⅠ
3.7.2 Theme Ⅱ
3.8.1 Sound and Rhythm in Poetry I
3.8.2 Sound and Rhythm in Poetry Ⅱ
3.9.1 Metaphor in Poetry Ⅰ
3.9.2 Metaphor in Poetry Ⅱ
3.9.3 Metonymy and Synecdoche in Poetry
3.9.4 Irony in Poetry
3.10.1 Key Points of Read poems aloud Ⅰ
3.10.2 Key Points of Read poems aloud Ⅱ
