unit5 enjoying novels. 自我简介 1209 key words of the literary genres. who — character(s),...
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Unit5 Enjoying novels
自我简介
1209
Key words of the literary genres.
who — character(s), hero, heroinewhen and where — settingwhat happened — plot, subplotthe problem to be solved — conflictthe way the story is told — styletalk between two people — dialogue
The Four Chinese Classical Novels
《三国演义 — 》The Romance of the Three Kingdoms《水浒传 — 》The story by the Water Margin《红楼梦 — 》The Dream of the Red Chamber (A dream in Red Mansions)《西游记 — 》 Journey to the West
Mary Ann Evans
(George Eliot) was
born in Warwickshire,
a great English novelist.
Much of her fiction
reflects the Middle-class
rural background of
her childhood and youth.
Silas Marner is one of
her famous works.
The three Bronte sisters
Charlotte Bronte
Emily Bronte Wuthering Heights
Anne Bronte
Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice
简 · 奥斯汀 - 生平简介 简 · 奥斯汀终身未婚，家道小康。由于居住在乡村小镇 , 接触到的是中小地主、牧师等人物以及他们恬静、舒适的生活环境 , 因此她的作品里没有重大的社会矛盾。她以女性特有的细致入微的观察力 , 真实地描绘了她周围世界的小天地 , 尤其是绅士淑女间的婚姻和爱情风波。她的作品格调轻松诙谐 , 富有喜剧性冲突 , 深受读者欢迎。她的作品往往通过喜剧性的场面嘲讽人们的愚蠢、自私、势利和盲目自信等可鄙可笑的弱点。
奥斯汀的小说出现在 19 世纪初叶 , 一扫风行一时的假浪漫主义潮流 , 继承和发展了英国18 世纪优秀的现实主义传统 , 为 19 世纪现实主义小说的高潮做了准备。虽然其作品反映的广度和深度有限 , 但她的作品如“两寸牙雕” , 从一个小窗口中窥视到整个社会形态和人情世故，对改变当时小说创作中的庸俗风气起了好的作用，在英国小说的发展史上有承上启下的意义 , 被誉为地位“可与莎士比亚平起平坐”的作家。
Gone with the Wind
the heroine
Margaret Mitchell
Charles Dickens
Agnes Grey
Gone with the Wind
Tess of the
d’Urbevilles
David Copperfield
Pre-reading
Can you match the titles of these
famous novels to the authors?
Margaret Mitchell
Anne Brontë
Charles Dickens
Thomas Hardy
Jane Eyre
Pride and Prejudice
Wuthering Heights
Just so stories
To kill a Mockingbird
Jane Austen
Charlotte Brontë
Harper Lee
Emily Brontë
Rudyard Kipling
Skimming
Skimming the text quickly, tick this
chart to show the issue each writer
was most concerned with.
Name of writer
Dates Personal issues
Social issues
Jane Austen 1775-1817
Charles Dickens
1812-1870
Charlotte Bronte
1816-1855
George Eliot 1819-1880
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1. What was the consensus in society in 19th century?
They opposed the writing of
novels by authoresses.
Read the passage quickly and answer the questions.
2. Who were the five famous authoresses?
3. Why did Ann Evans use the name of
George Eliot to publish her works?
Jane Austhen, the three Bronte sisters, George Eliot.
Because it was hopeless for her to use her own name to publish the works.
4. Who was the writer of “Jane Eyre”?
5. Who was the male author referred to in the passage?
Charlotte Bronte
Charles Dickens
Careful reading
1. This passage is mainly about ____.A. the problems of women writers in the 19th centuryB. the influence women writers of the 19th century had on English literatureC. the position and achievements of English authoresses in the 19th century D. the introduction to the novels by English authoresses in the 19th century
B
2. Which is wrong accoding to the first paragraph?A. There was no equality of opportunity for women in the 19th century.B. The discrimination of this kind was not in force for a very long time.C. There was a twist to this consensus.D. In a contradiction, there were five authoresses getting round this ban.
B
1. Jane Austen’s novels mainly delt with
the problems and limitations of
women’s choices.
2. It was her identity, her refreshingly
light and ironic stytle that made her
novels very appealing.
T
F
“Everyone knows that a single man
with a fortune must be in want of a
wife.” The underlined word in the
sentence probably means “____”.
A. bright future
B. good luck
C. a large amount of money
D. business
C
In the fifth paragraph, the word
“they” in the sentence “Her novels were
revolutionary for the explicit way they
described women struggling against their
restricted roles in society.” refers to ____.
A. her novels
B. the women
C. the three Bronte sisters
D. heroines
A
Translate the two sentences in Para(6--7).
1. Her novels examined the morally ambiguous concessions people make in their lives in order to succeed.
她的小说探讨了人们在生活中为了取得成功在道德上所作的退让。
2. These women having produced works of the highest quality, any survey of the 19th century must include them.
这些女作家由于创作了最高水准的作品 , 任何关于 19 世纪英国文学的研究都必须包括她们。
Why is Charles Dickens mentioned in the last paragraph? A. Many female writers imitated his writing style. B. The text intends to emphasize the authoresses’ contributions to the 19th century English literature. C. He produced more works than any of the authoresses. D. His style is similar to that of the authoresses.
B
Which of the following statement is NOT true according to the text? A. The 19th century was regarded as a great period of authoresses. B. No excellent male writers in the 19th century produced works of high quality. C. The first of these great women writers was Jane Austen. D. George Eliot did write about love and marriage in her novels.
B
1. Why do you think so many authoresses wrote about love and marriage?
This was the experience and the dilemma for these women writers and this was also a common longing for most women.
Read the passage carefully and then answer these questions.
2. Which writer was the most reserved in her descriptions of feelings? Why do we still read her books?
Jane Austin was most reserved in her
description of personal feelings. We
read her books for their humour,
irony and characterization.
3. In which way were George Eliot’s books similar to those of Charles Dickens?
George Eliot’s books were concerned with the way social pressures made people behave badly or stupidly, while Charles Dickens novels are concerned with injustice in society. So both are concerned with society and its effect on the individual but they deal with it from different points of views.