教案 课程名称 英国文学 授课专业和班级 英语本科 Lecturetwo 授课内容 授课学时 2 William Wordsworth 教学目的 literature. To let the students get basic knowledge of British literature To get to know the general clue of British literary history 教学重点与To get to know the important British writers andliterary works 难点 To get to know some key terms To know some methods for literary appreciation and criticism 教学方法 Open questions and answers in class Class discussion and analysis 辅助手段 Projector,audio-video machine I.Lake Poets Area:the English Lake District of Cumberland and Westmorland(now Cumbria) Time:the beginningof the 19th century o. Origins of the name: first described as the "Lake school"by Francis Jeffrey in 1817."Lakers"by the poet Lord Byron The members: William Wordsworth, 华兹华斯(1770-1850)
教 案 课程名称 英国文学 授课专业和班级 英语本科 授课内容 Lecture two William Wordsworth 授课学时 2 教学目的 To let the students see the significance of literature; To let the students have the general impression of British literature. To let the students get basic knowledge of British literature 教学重点与 难点 To get to know the general clue of British literary history To get to know the important British writers and literary works To get to know some key terms To know some methods for literary appreciation and criticism 教学方法 Open questions and answers in class Class discussion and analysis 辅助手段 Projector, audio-video machine I. Lake Poets Area: the English Lake District of Cumberland and Westmorland (now Cumbria) Time: the beginning of the 19th century Origins of the name: first described as the “Lake school” by Francis Jeffrey in 1817.“Lakers” by the poet Lord Byron The members： William Wordsworth, 华兹华斯 (1770-1850) 10’
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 科勒律治(1772-1834) Robert Southey, 骚塞(1774-1843) Common features 1.They have radical inclinations in their youth,but later turned conservative and received favors from the Government. 2.They criticize the industrial capitalist society. 5 3.As a group,they followed no single "school"ofthought or literary practice then known. II.William Wordsworth anearly leader ofromanticism in English poetry one of the greatest lyric poets in the history of English literature the best-known andoldest poet amongthe Lake Poet 5 Life 1770 Hometown:Cockermouth,Cumberland,in the Lake District of England in 1770. 10 Education:St.John's College,Cambridge 1790-92 travel to France and sensed the filthiness of the French
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 科勒律治(1772-1834) Robert Southey, 骚塞(1774-1843) Common features 1. They have radical inclinations in their youth, but later turned conservative and received favors from the Government. 2. They criticize the industrial capitalist society. 3. As a group, they followed no single “school”of thought or literary practice then known. II. William Wordsworth an early leader of romanticism in English poetry one of the greatest lyric poets in the history of English literature the best-known and oldest poet among the Lake Poet Life 1770 Hometown: Cockermouth, Cumberland, in the Lake District of England in 1770. Education: St. John’s College, Cambridge. 1790-92 travel to France and sensed the filthiness of the French 5’ 5’ 10’
Revolution Slogan:"liberty,equalit,and fraternity" He saw that Jacobite took the power from Gironde,who was radical. Lewis XIV was killed. He became conservative in politics 1795 A gentleman friend gave him some money that enabled him to live in Great Lake with his sister Dorothy who never got married live with William Wordsworthofall her life 5 1798 The beginning of the Romantic period.He lived by the riverside with his sister writing poems for 8 years. 1843 He succeeded Southey as Poet Laureate three groups of his poetry 1.Simple.rural folk: wrote when he lived in Lake district e.g."Lucy Poem":full of innocenceand simplicity. 10 2.Childhood:
Revolution Slogan: “liberty, equalit, and fraternity” He saw that Jacobite took the power from Gironde, who was radical. Lewis XIV was killed. He became conservative in politics. 1795 A gentleman friend gave him some money that enabled him to live in Great Lake with his sister Dorothy who never got married live with William Wordsworth of all her life 1798 The beginning of the Romantic period. He lived by the riverside with his sister writing poems for 8 years. 1843 He succeeded Southey as Poet Laureate three groups of his poetry 1. Simple, rural folk: wrote when he lived in Lake district e.g. “Lucy Poem”: full of innocence and simplicity. 2. Childhood: 5’ 10’
beautiful and instructive e.g.“We are seven" a shortpoem in the form of a dialogue between the poet a 8-vear-old girl 10 The poem reveals Wordsworth's philosophy of pre-existence ofsoul The girl is too innocent to recognize death. "Sisters and brothers,little Maid. How many may you be?” "How many?Seven in all",shesaid And wondering looked at me "And where are they?I pray you tell." She answered,"Seven are we; And two of us at Conway dwell, And two are gone to sea. "Two of us in the church-yard lie, My sister and my brother; And,in the church-yard cottage,I Dwell near them with my mother." "You say that two at Conway dwell, And two are gone to sea
beautiful and instructive e.g. “We are seven” a short poem in the form of a dialogue between the poet a 8-year-old girl The poem reveals Wordsworth’s philosophy of pre-existence of soul The girl is too innocent to recognize death. “Sisters and brothers, little Maid, How many may you be?” “How many? Seven in all”, she said And wondering looked at me. “And where are they? I pray you tell.” She answered, “Seven are we; And two of us at Conway dwell, And two are gone to sea. “Two of us in the church-yard lie, My sister and my brother; And, in the church-yard cottage, I Dwell near them with my mother.” “You say that two at Conway dwell, And two are gone to sea, 10’
Yet ye are seven!-I pray youtell Sweet Maid,how this may be." Then did the little Maid reply "Seven boys and girls are we; Two of us in the church-yard lie, Beneath the church-yard tree." "Their graves are green,they may be seen", The little Maid replied, "Twelve stepsor more from my mother's door. And they areside by side. 3.Nature the most important part aboutanimals,plants,emotions e.g 53 "To a butterfly” "To a skylark" My heart leapsup” III.The major works Tintern Abby The Prelude,1805 The Preface,1800 5 The Lake District
Yet ye are seven!-I pray you tell, Sweet Maid, how this may be.” Then did the little Maid reply, “Seven boys and girls are we; Two of us in the church-yard lie, Beneath the church-yard tree.” “Their graves are green, they may be seen”, The little Maid replied, “Twelve steps or more from my mother’s door, And they are side by side. 3. Nature the most important part about animals, plants, emotions e.g. “To a butterfly” “To a skylark” “My heart leaps up” III. The major works Tintern Abby The Prelude,1805 The Preface,1800 The Lake District 5’ 5’
Grasmere is in northwestern England's Lake District,between Morecambe Bay on the southand Solway Firth on the north. Among its attractions are England's highest mountain,Scafell 6. Pike,and Esthwaite Lake and other picturesque meres radiating outward,like the points of a star,from the town of Grasmere. The Lake District was the haunt of not only Wordsworth but also poets Robert Southey Samuel TaylorColeridge Thomas De Quincey The year 1797 marked the beginning of Wordsworth's long and mutually enriching friendship with Samuel Taylor Coleridge,the first fruit of which was their joint publication of Lyrical Ballads(1798). Most of his poems in this collection centered on the simple yet deeply human feelings ofordinary people,phrased in their own language. 10 His views on this new kind of poetry were more fully described in the important "Preface"that he wrote for the second edition(1800). Lyrical Ballads
Grasmere is in northwestern England’s Lake District, between Morecambe Bay on the south and Solway Firth on the north. Among its attractions are England’s highest mountain, Scafell Pike, and Esthwaite Lake and other picturesque meres radiating outward, like the points of a star, from the town of Grasmere. The Lake District was the haunt of not only Wordsworth but also poets Robert Southey Samuel Taylor Coleridge Thomas De Quincey The year 1797 marked the beginning of Wordsworth's long and mutually enriching friendship with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the first fruit of which was their joint publication of Lyrical Ballads(1798). Most of his poems in this collection centered on the simple yet deeply human feelings of ordinary people, phrased in their own language. His views on this new kind of poetry were more fully described in the important “Preface” that he wrote for the second edition (1800). Lyrical Ballads 10’ 10’
The first edition of Lyrical Ballads was published in 1798 The idea was to write a new kind of poetry,which could be read and understood by everybody. 5 It was here that Coleridge's "Rime ofthe Ancient Mariner and Wordsworth's"Tintern Abbey"first appeared. These poems remain among the most famous and best loved of the poets work. TheTitle The two words in the title stem from different traditions in the history ofpoetry,and have different characteristics. By combining them in the title,Wordsworth and Coleridge 10 indicated that they were involved in a fresh interpretation of old traditions. In ancient Greece,a lyric was a song to accompany music from a lyre(a stringed instrument). Later the word was used for any short poem in which personal moods and emotions were expressed Nowadays the words ofpopular songs are called lyrics. all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings(Preface to Lyrical Ballads,1802) (100')
The first edition of Lyrical Ballads was published in 1798. The idea was to write a new kind of poetry, which could be read and understood by everybody. It was here that Coleridge’s “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” and Wordsworth’s “Tintern Abbey” first appeared. These poems remain among the most famous and best loved of the poets work. The Title The two words in the title stem from different traditions in the history of poetry, and have different characteristics. By combining them in the title, Wordsworth and Coleridge indicated that they were involved in a fresh interpretation of old traditions. In ancient Greece, a lyric was a song to accompany music from a lyre (a stringed instrument). Later the word was used for any short poem in which personal moods and emotions were expressed. Nowadays the words of popular songs are called lyrics. all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings (Preface to Lyrical Ballads, 1802) 5’ 10’ (100’)
教案 课程名称 英国文学 授课专业和班级 英语本科 LectureThree 授课内容 授课学时 2 William Wordsworth To let the students see the significance of literature; 教学目的 To let the students have the general impression of British literature. To let the students get basic knowledge of British literature To get to know the general clue of British literary history 教学重点与To get to know the important British writers and literary works 难点 To get to know some key terms To know some methods for literary appreciation and criticism 教学方法 Open questions and answers in class Class discussion and analysis 辅助手段 Projector audio-video machine Ballad 10 Definition: a poem or song which usually tells a story in the popular language of the day,and has associations with traditional folk culture. "The principal object was to chuse (choose)incidents and situations from common life,and to relate or describe them, throughout,as far as was possible,in a selection of language really used by men
教 案 课程名称 英国文学 授课专业和班级 英语本科 授课内容 Lecture Three William Wordsworth 授课学时 2 教学目的 To let the students see the significance of literature; To let the students have the general impression of British literature. To let the students get basic knowledge of British literature 教学重点与 难点 To get to know the general clue of British literary history To get to know the important British writers and literary works To get to know some key terms To know some methods for literary appreciation and criticism 教学方法 Open questions and answers in class Class discussion and analysis 辅助手段 Projector, audio-video machine Ballad Definition: a poem or song which usually tells a story in the popular language of the day, and has associations with traditional folk culture. “The principal object was to chuse (choose) incidents and situations from common life, and to relate or describe them, throughout, as far as was possible, in a selection of language really used by men” 10’
(Prefaceto Lyrical Ballads,1802) Tintern Abbey 10 1798 the final poem in the volume opens witha personal experience explores themes such as Nature,memory,and imagination combines his feelings as worship of nature,with his impression gathered during his second visit. reveals his innermost thoughts and emotions with regard to the natural world The poem closes on a subdued but confident reassertion of nature's healing power,even though mystical insight may be withdrawn from the poet. Form written in tightly-structured blank verse comprises verse-paragraphs rather than stanzas unrhymed and mostly in iambic pentameter it contains elements of theode the dramatic monologue the conversation poem a monologue
(Preface to Lyrical Ballads, 1802) Tintern Abbey 1798 the final poem in the volume opens with a personal experience explores themes such as Nature, memory, and imagination. combines his feelings as worship of nature, with his impression gathered during his second visit. reveals his innermost thoughts and emotions with regard to the natural world The poem closes on a subdued but confident reassertion of nature’s healing power, even though mystical insight may be withdrawn from the poet. Form written in tightly-structured blank verse comprises verse-paragraphs rather than stanzas unrhymed and mostly in iambic pentameter it contains elements of the ode the dramatic monologue the conversation poem a monologue 10’
imaginatively spoken by a single speaker to himself, referencing the specific objects of its imaginary scene occasionally addressingothers once the spirit ofnature occasionally thespeaker'ssister The language of the poem striking for its simplicity and forthrightness. The Preface,1800 10 added to the Lyrical Ballads(1798) Importance:it's a piece of literary criticism which shows Wordsworth'stheory ofpoetry writing. Characters of Wordsworth's Poems 1.Theme of poetry:incidents and situations chosen from common life. 2.Language:really used by common people. 3.Ordinary things are to be presented in an unusual way.("We areseven") 4.Trace the primary laws ofhuman nature. Lyrical Ballads: a landmark in English poetry 10: 1.It's a collaborationof Wordsworth and Coleridge who are the major representatives ofthe Romantic Movement
imaginatively spoken by a single speaker to himself, referencing the specific objects of its imaginary scene occasionally addressing others once the spirit of nature occasionally the speaker’s sister The language of the poem striking for its simplicity and forthrightness. The Preface, 1800 added to the Lyrical Ballads (1798) Importance: it’s a piece of literary criticism which shows Wordsworth’s theory of poetry writing. Characters of Wordsworth’s Poems 1. Theme of poetry: incidents and situations chosen from common life. 2. Language: really used by common people. 3. Ordinary things are to be presented in an unusual way. (“We are seven”) 4. Trace the primary laws of human nature. Lyrical Ballads: a landmark in English poetry 1. It’s a collaboration of Wordsworth and Coleridge who are the major representatives of the Romantic Movement 10’ 10’