文档介绍：History of English and American Literature
Teaching Design by 朱法荣
College of Foreign Languages
Teaching Plan
The 1st 12weeks :
History of English Literature;
The rest 8 weeks:
History of American Literature.
History of English Literature
1st week: Part I ,II ,III The Ancient and Middle English period;
2nd –3rd week : Part Iv The Renaissance and Shakespeare;
4-5th week: Part V ,VI The 17th Century and 18th century;
6th –7th week: Part VII Romantic Period ;
8-9th week: Part VIII Victorian Age and Critical Realist;
10-11th week: Part IX 20th Century Literature.
12th week: mid-term paper;
History of American Literature: 8 weeks
12th week: Part I ,II Puritan Thoughts and The Literature of Reason and Revolution;
13-14th week: Part III Romanticism;
15-16th week: Part IV Realism;
17-18th week: Part V 20th century;
Final Examination.
Focus of the Final Examination
I Fill in the blanks(20%) .
II Match the author and the works(10%).
III Term explanations(20%).
IV Analyze the selections of the fiction or poetry(30%).
V Translation of English poetry into Chinese(20%).
Goal:2 long novels,5-6short ones recite 5-6poems,finish 2 papers.
Requirements:
1、Class Attendance no less than 17weeks;
2、Finish assignments on time;
3、Read as widely as possible, even do some further research.
Teaching Ideas
1、1/3 of the class time : History Review;
2、2/3 of the class time: Literature reading and class talking;
3、After class: Further reading and writing;
4、Use Library and .
1st Week:
Part I ,II ,III The Ancient and Middle English period_ Beowulf,Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, The Canterbury Tales ,Popular Ballads.
Class focus:
I、History of Roman Occupation, Danish Invasion and Normandy Conquest;
II、 The Influence of these 3 invasions;
III、Class reading of Beowulf and Geoffrey Chaucer’s General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales .
I History of Roman Occupation, Danish Invasion and Normandy Conquest
Ancient Pictures