本单元具体教学内容、教学基本要求、单元重点与难点

1. 教学内容

1）The process of forming a unitied Britain

2）A brief introduction to Beowulf

3）Literary terms

4）Rhetoric

5）Discussion

6）Exercises for critical thinking

7）The literary phenomena of Old  and Medieval English periods

2. 教学基本要求

1) Make students know how Britain came into being.

2) Make clear about major points of Beowulf and have a general idea of it.

3) Make Ss master some literary terms and rhetorics.

4) Guide Ss to do a comparison of images of dragons between China and Western countries after learning Beowulf.

 

3. 单元重点、难点 

重点：

1) Background of Beowulf;

2) A brief introduction to Beowulf; 

3) Some literary terms;

4)The use of figures of speech in Beowulf.

 

难点：

1) How Britain came into being and its influence upon British literature;

2) Background of Beowulf  and its relation with Britain;

3) Figures of speech in Beowulf;