英语文学名著选读.ppt

English Literature Appreciation
Time: Tuesday 13:30-15:00
Class Room: 307, Chengxin Building
Lecturer: Hu Zhenming
Email: walterhzm@
Lesson 1
What is the literature?
Literature is the art of written works. Literally translated, the word means “acquaintance with letters”(from Latin littera letter).
Different Definitions:
any symbolic record, passing everything from images and sculptures to letters
only posed of letters, or other examples of symbolic written language
Literature is the garment which one puts on what he says or writes so that it may appear more attractive.
Roman Jakobson
(11 October 1896 – 18 July 1982)
Russian linguist and literary critic
, Formalist school
“organized mitted on ordinary speech”
Literature is not only about ideas but also about experiences.
Writers of essays, fiction, drama, and poetry may try to put their readers inside the mind of such a character, making readers intimately share the patient’s experience and feel what it is like to be the patient.
Text-oriented approach
Artist-oriented approach
Reader-oriented approach