本单元具体教学内容、教学基本要求、单元重点与难点

第5次课：后期浪漫主义

1.教学内容

Section 3 Late Romanticism

I. Nathaniel Hawthorne

1. life

2. works

3. point of view

4. aesthetic ideas

5. style – typical romantic writer

II. Herman Melville

1. life

2. works

3. point of view

4. style

III. Close reading and works analysis

1.Nathaniel Hawthorn: Scarlet letter 

2.Herman Melville: Moby Dick

IV. Culturalcomparison: Chinese marine literature Vs.English Marine literature

2. 教学基本要求

1)To make students acquire some information about the Nathaniel Hawthorn and Herman Melville,,

2) To develop students’ understanding of the marine literature.

3) To improve students’ abilities to interpret and appreciate the way of presentation of the conflict in Moby Dick.

4) To improve students’ language skills of cross-cultural communication and competence.

5) To improve students’ critical thinking on the aspects of marine culture in different culture.

3. 单元重点、难点 

重点

1) Marine literature

2) Appreciation of Moby Dick

难点

1) Presentation of the conflict and tension in Moby Dick.

2）Aspects of marine culture in western and Chinese literature.

Late Romanticism

I. Nathaniel Hawthorne

1. life

2. works

(1) Two collections of short stories: Twice-told Tales, Mosses from and Old Manse

(2) The Scarlet Letter

(3) The House of the Seven Gables

(4) The Marble Faun

3. point of view

(1) Evil is at the core of human life, “that blackness in Hawthorne”

(2) Whenever there is sin, there is punishment. Sin or evil can be passed from generation to generation (causality).

(3) He is of the opinion that evil educates.

(4) He has disgust in science.

4. aesthetic ideas

(1) He took a great interest in history and antiquity. To him these furnish the soil on which his mind grows to fruition.

(2) He was convinced that romance was the predestined form of American narrative. To tell the truth and satirize and yet not to offend: That was what Hawthorne had in mind to achieve.

5. style – typical romantic writer

(1) the use of symbols

(2) revelation of characters’ psychology

(3) the use of supernatural mixed with the actual

(4) his stories are parable (parable inform) – to teach a lesson

(5) use of ambiguity to keep the reader in the world of uncertainty – multiple point of view