Unit4ExploringliteratureWelcometotheunitAnovelisamirrorwalkingalongamainroad.—Stendhal一部小說猶如一面在大街上行走的鏡子。——司湯達(dá)Greatliteratureissimplylanguagechargedwithmeaningtotheutmostpossibledegree.

—EzraPound偉大的文學(xué)只不過是在最大程度上承載意義的語言。——埃茲拉·龐德Greatliteratureistimelessandtimely.Eachtakesastandinhistoryinvarioustypesorgenres.Let’stakealookatsomemajorliteraturegenres.Literaturegenre:poetryIWanderedLonelyasaCloud

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WILLIAMWORDSWORTHExcerptIwanderedlonelyasacloudThatfloatsonhigho'ervalesandhills,WhenallatonceIsawacrowd,Ahost,ofgoldendaffodils;Besidethelake,beneaththetrees,Flutteringanddancinginthebreeze.

Literaturegenre:fable,fairytalethefableofthetortoiseandthehare.Aprinceturnsintoafroginafairytale.Literaturegenres:dramaLiteraturegenres:fictionGameoftheThrones（權(quán)力的游戲）sciencefictionTheThree-BodyProblem（三體）Literaturegenres:non-fictionBiography:SteveJobs

Someonewhowritespoemsisa__________.Someonewhowritesdramaisa__________.

Someonewhowritesbiographyisa_______________.

Someonewhowritesnovelsisa__________.variousprofessionplaywrightpoetbiographernovelist1.Whatisyourfavouriteworkofliterature?Why?2.Whatbenefitscanwegetfromreadingliterature?DiscussionMymeaningsimplyis,thatwhateverIhavetriedtodoinlife,Ihavetriedwithallmyhearttodowell;thatwhateverIhavedevotedmyselfto,Ihavedevotedmyselftocompletely;thatingreataimsandinsmall,Ihavealwaysbeenthoroughlyinearnest.——DavidCopperfield,byCharlesDickensYoucanneverhavetoomuchsky.Youcanfallasleepandwakeupdrunkonsky,andskycankeepyousafewhenyouaresad.Herethereistoomuchsadnessandnotenoughsky.Butterfliestooarefewandsoareflowersandmostthingsthatarebeautiful.Still,wetakewhatwecangetandmakethebestofit.——TheHouseonMangoStreet,bySandraCisneros(1)Whatmessageisconveyedinthemrespectively?(2)Whichoftheexcerptsmakesyoufeellikereadingthewholebook?Why?

TheexcerptfromDavidCopperfieldshowsthemaincharacter’spassionforwhateverheisdoing.Theotherexcerptintroducestheconceptofmakingfulluseofwhatwehavenow.Thesecondexcerptmakesmefeellikereadingthewholebookbecausethelanguagetheauthorusesissimplebutbeautiful.Iparticularlylikethedescriptionoftheskykeepingussafewhenwearesad.Arethesetwobooksthesametype?Dothesetwoexcerptsshowanythingincommon?DavidCopperfieldandTheHouseonMangoStreetaredistinctivelytwotypesofbooks.However,thesetwoexcerptsbothexpressapositiveoutlookinthefaceofadversity.CharlesDickens

Itwasthebestoftimes,itwastheworstoftimes,itwastheageofwisdom,itwastheageoffoolishness,itwastheepochofbelief,itwastheepochofincredulity,itwastheseasonofLight,itwastheseasonofDarkness,itwasthespringofhope,itwasthewinterofdespair,wehadeverythingbeforeus,wehadnothingbeforeus,wewereallgoingdirecttoHeav