课程简介
文学是一门审美的课程，也是培养学生讲品格、讲格调、讲责任的课程。在国内英语专业的本科教学中，文学类课程一直是不可或缺的核心课程。但大部分高校为英语专业生开设的是《英国文学史》与《美国文学史》等简史类课程，单独开设《英语文学导论》的高校较少。这门课程的主要目的是让学生熟悉英语文学中的三大体裁：小说、诗歌、戏剧。通过对文学要素的介绍与文学文本的分析，帮助其更好地理解作品，理解英语文学中小说、戏剧及诗歌各文类的特征，包括各文类的定义与特征、故事与情节、人物与人物塑造、背景与主题、象征与讽喻以及各文学流派等等。
课程大纲
Fiction
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”
Drama
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
Poetry
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
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”
Drama
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
Poetry
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