Chapter7RepresentativeWritersandTheirWorks

Unit7WallaceStevens

Teachingaims

1)TogetthestudentstoknowsomethingaboutWallaceStevens

2)Todevelopstudents’abilityofunderstandingthegeneralideaofTheSnowMan

3)Toenhancestudents’abilityofunderstandingthemainideaoftheTheSnowMan

Importantanddifficultpoints

1)TounderstandthegeneralideaofTheSnowMan

2)TogettoknowthemainideaofTheSnowMan

TeachingandlearningMethods

Openquestionsandanswersinclass

Classdiscussionandanalysis

Teachingmedia

Textbook,courseware,teachingplan,projectorandcomputer

TeachingProcedures

Step1Lead-in

(showthepictureofWallaceStevensandhaveabrainstormaboutthefollowingquestions.)

1.HowmuchdoyouknowaboutWallaceStevens?

2.Whatarehismajorworks?

Step2Presentation

1.Abouttheauthor

(WatchthevideoaboutWallaceStevensandgraspthemajorpoints.Theteachermakesacomplementaccordingtothecourseware.)

WallaceStevensstudiedatHarvardUniversityandLawSchoolinNewYorkUniversity.Stevens’poetrywasinfluencedbythelatersymbolism,withabruptwords,richcolorsandtortuous,complexandobscurethemes.Manyofhispoemsrevolvearoundatheme:therelationshipbetweenartisticimaginationandreality,andhowpeople’simaginationcanobserveandchangereality.Stevensbelievesthattheaestheticimaginationofpoetrycangiveorderandformtothechaoticworld.

StevensisoneofthemostimportantmodernistpoetsinAmerica,whowascalled"poetsamongpoets"and"animportantpartofAmericanmythology".

2.AboutTheSnowMan

(ShowsomepicturesorashortvideoaboutTheSnowMan.Getstudentstoexpresstheirideasaboutthepoembeforetheteachergeneralizesit.)

3.ComprehensiveunderstandingofTheSnowMan

(Studentsreadthepoemandtrytounderstanditindetail.Ifnecessary,theteachergivessomeguidanceaccordingtothecourseware.)

4.ThemainideaofTheSnowMan

(Studentsexpresstheiropinionsbeforetheteachermakesacomplement.)

InStevens’philosophicalthinkingaboutmanandnature,healwayshasthethoughtoftheunityofmanandnature,which,inhisownwords,is"theunitywithrealitytounderstandandenjoyreality".Therefore,hesaidinhispoem,youmusthavethesamethinkingaswintertostareatthefrostandthepinebrancheshangingwithsnow,andyoumusthavetheexperienceofnotbeingcoldinadaytoobservethecypresstreeshangingdownwithiceandsprucetreeswiththickbranchesshiningwithcoldlightinJanuarysunshine.Thisis"unitywithreality"."Unitywithreality"istheonlywaytoforgetone’ssadnessinthesoundofwindandleaves,whichisthestageof"understandingandenjoyingreality".Onlybymeltingintonaturecanweforgetourselvesandtrulyenjoynature.

Step3Discussion

(Itisagoodchanceforstudentstoexpresstheiropinions.)

Whatarethethemeandstyleofthepoem?

Step4Summary

(Basedonagoodunderstandingofthepoem,itisnotdifficultforstudentstomakeasummary.)

Summarizethemainideaofthepoem.

Step5.Homework

SearchformoreworksbyWallaceStevenstoreadandappreciate.

Step6Feedback

Unit8F.ScottFitzgerald

Teachingaims

1)TogetthestudentstoknowsomethingaboutF.ScottFitzgerald

2)Todevelopstudents’abilityofunderstandingtheexcerptofTheGreatGatsby

3)Toenhancestudents’abilityofunderstandingthesignificanceofTheGreatGatsby

Importantanddifficultpoints

1)TounderstandtheexcerptofTheGreatGatsby

2)TogettoknowthesignificanceofTheGreatGatsby

TeachingandlearningMethods

Openquestionsandanswersinclass

Classdiscussionandanalysis

Teachingmedia

Textbook,courseware,teachingplan,projectorandcomputer

TeachingProcedures

Step1Lead-in

(showthepictureofF.ScottFitzgeraldandhaveabrainstormaboutthefollowingquestions)

1.HowmuchdoyouknowaboutF.ScottFitzgerald?

2.Whatarehismajorworks?

Step2Presentation

1.Abouttheauthor

(WatchthevideoaboutF.ScottFitzgeraldandgraspthemajorpoints.Theteachermakesacomplement.)

F.ScottFitzgeraldisanAmericanauthorofnovelsandshortstories.HismasterpiecesareTheGreatGatsbyandTenderIstheNight.

Fitzgerald’screativeperiodisintheso-called"noisytwenties"and"JazzAge"aftertheFirstWorldWarintheUnitedStates.Hedeeplydepictsthetrendofthetimesthatpaysattentiontomoneyandenjoyment.Ontheonehand,hegoeswiththeflowandindulgesinmaterialenjoyment.ontheotherhand,hecanobjectivelyexaminehiscontradictorymentality,andreflectonthesocialrealityandthespiritualcrisishiddenundertheflashysurface,aswellasthepursuitanddisillusionmentofthe"AmericanDream",withacalmandcriticalstyleofwriting.Therefore,hisworksareregardedasatrueportrayalofthetimes.

2.AboutTheGreatGatsby

(ShowsomepicturesorashortvideoaboutTheGreatGatsby.Getstudentstoexpresstheirideasaboutthenovelbeforetheteachergeneralizesit.)

TheGreatGatsbyisanovelsetinthecityofNewYorkandLongIslandinthe1920s.ItreflectstheAmericansocietyatthattimeandthepursuitoftheso-calledAmericandreamfrombirthtodisillusionment.

Gatsbyisarichmanwhospendsmoneylikewater.Bychance,Nick,apoorclerk,brokeintoGatsby’ssecretworld.HewassurprisedtofindthatGatsby’sonlyinnertiewasthelittlegreenlightontheothersideoftheriver,whereDaisylived.However,thecoldrealitycouldn’tholdtheetherealdream.Intheend,Gatsby’sgoddesswasnothingbutaworldlymaterialgirl.

3.ComprehensiveunderstandingofTheGreatGatsby

(Studentsreadthenovelandtrytounderstanditindetail.Ifnecessary,theteachergivessomeguidanceaccordingtothecourseware.)

4.ThesignificanceofTheGreatGatsby

(Studentsexpresstheiropinionsbeforetheteachermakesacomplement.)

Gatsbyistheembodimentofadream.Heisnevertrulyoneoftheelite,andhisdreamisjustafantasy.Withbeautifullanguageandexquisiteskills,thenoveldelicatelyandaccuratelydepictsthesocialfeaturesofthe"JazzAge"intheUnitedStates.Itcanbecalledaswansongshowingthedisillusionmentofthe"AmericanDream"inthe1920s,andisregardedasasymbolofAmerican"JazzAge"literature.

Step3Discussion

(Itisagoodchanceforstudentstoexpresstheiropinions.)

1.HowdidGatsby’swealthaccumulate?WhatdidDaisy’shusbandsayaboutGatsby?

2.Whatisthemeaningof"greenlightontheotherside"toGatsby?

3.HowdoyouviewGatsby’sobsessionwithDaisy?

Step4Summary

(Basedonagoodunderstandingofthenovel,itisnotdifficultforstudentstomakeasummary.)

SummarizethesignificanceofTheGreatGatsby.

Step5.Homework

SearchformoreworksbyF.ScottFitzgeraldtoreadandappreciate.

Step6Feedback

Unit9ErnestMillerHemingway

Teachingaims

1)TogetthestudentstoknowsomethingaboutErnestMillerHemingway

2)Todevelopstudents’abilityofunderstandingtheTheOldManandtheSea

3)Toenhancestudents’abilityofsignificanceoftheTheOldManandtheSea

Importantanddifficultpoints

1)TounderstandTheOldManandtheSea

2)TogettoknowthesignificanceofTheOldManandtheSea

TeachingandlearningMethods

Openquestionsandanswersinclass

Classdiscussionandanalysis

Teachingmedia

Textbook,courseware,teachingplan,projectorandcomputer

TeachingProcedures

Step1Lead-in

(showthepictureofErnestMillerHemingwayandhaveabrainstormaboutthefollowingquestions)

1.HowmuchdoyouknowaboutErnestMillerHemingway?

2.Whatarehismajorworks?

Step2Presentation

1.Abouttheauthor

(WatchthevideoaboutErnestMillerHemingwayandgraspthemajorpoints.Theteachermakesacomplementaccordingtothecourseware.)

ErnestMillerHemingwaywasborninChicago,USA.HeisanAmericanjournalistandwriter,andthefounderof"journalism"novels.Hiswritingstyleisknownas"thetoughguyintheliteraryworld",andheisregardedasoneofthemostfamousnovelistsinthe20thcentury.

Hismasterpiece,TheOldManandtheSea,waspublishedin1952,whichwonHemingwaytheNobelPrizeforLiteraturein1954.

Hiswritingstyleisfamousforitsconciseness,whichhasafar-reachinginfluenceonthedevelopmentofAmericanliteratureand20thcenturyliterature,andisarepresentativefigureamongAmericanwritersof"LostGeneration".HiswritingstyleinheritsMarkTwain’soraltradition,andhiswritingisplain,vividandnatural,butrichinimplication.

2.AboutTheOldManandtheSea

(ShowsomepicturesorashortvideoaboutTheOldManandtheSea.Getstudentstoexpresstheirideasaboutthenovelbeforetheteachergeneralizesit.)

Itisanexcitingbuttragicadventurestory.Sustainedbytheprideofhiscalling,theonlypridehehasleft,abrokenoldfishermanventuresfaroutintotheGulfStreamandtherehooksthebiggestmarlineverseeninthosewaters.Then,aloneandexhaustedbyhisstruggletoharpoonthegiantfish,heisforcedintoalosingbattlewithmaraudingsharks.Intheendtheyleavehimnothingbuttheskeletonofhiscatch.

3.ComprehensiveunderstandingofTheOldManandtheSea

(Studentsreadthenovelandtrytounderstanditindetail.Ifnecessary,theteachergivessomeguidanceaccordingtotheco