Content: Part A: General introduction
Part B: Selected films
eg. 1. Kramer versus Kramer (VCD, Synopsis, Dialogue)
2. Forrest T Gump (VCD, Synopsis, Dialogue)
七、参考书目及电子教材
1. 朱维方,2000,《英语电影教程》(上),外研版 2. 2001,《经典影片精彩片段语言评析》,清华版 3. 2000,《当代英美电影鉴赏》,外文版
4. 已获奥斯卡等奖的英文原版影片影碟或多媒体教学碟 八、拟定课程计划
Unit 1 General Introduction
1. Understanding film: cultural, aesthetic and language features of
films
2. A survey of the contemporary American and British films 3. Features of Contemporary American and British films
4. Well-known American and British directors, actors and actresses 5. Classification of films Unit 2 Ethical Films 1. Kramer vs. Kramer 2. Forrest T Gump 3. Rain Man
4. Scent of a Woman 5. Being There
Unit 3 Campus Life Films 1. Mr. Holland’s Opus 2. School Ties Unit 4 War Films
1. The Bridge on the River Kwai 2. Born on the Fourth of July 3. Saving Private Ryan 4. African Queen
Unit 5 Myths and Legends 1. Lawrence of Arabia 2. Gandhi
3. Brave Heart
4. The Wizard of Oz 5. Beauty and the Beast Unit 6 Western
1. Dances with Wolves 2. Unforgiven Unit 7 Road Films 1. Thelma and Louise 2. Wild at Heart
Unit 8 Political Films
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1. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 2. JFK
3. Schindler’s List 4. The Thirty-nine Steps Unit 9 Romance 1. Casablanca 2. Roman Holiday 3. On Golden Pond 4. Ghost
5. Sense and Sensibility Unit 10 Sci-fi Films
1. E.T. (The Extra-Terrestrial) 2. Jurassic Park Unit 11 Thriller 1. Rebecca
2. The Silence of the Lambs Unit 12 Musical
1. The Sound of Music 2. Beauty and the Beast 3. The Red Shoes
4. Singin’ in the Rain 5. Amadeus
6. The Great Waltz Unit 13 Cartoons
Films from the Disney world Unit 14 Documents
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高等学校非英语专业《英美诗选》课程教学大纲
课程编号:16
课程名称:英美诗选 课程类别:选修 学分: 2 总学时:32
一、 教学对象 《英美诗选》是针对非英语专业三、四年级学生开设的文化素质课选修课程。 二、 教学目的和要求
1)该课程的开设一方面是为了让非英语专业学生对英美诗歌发展的历史轨迹、英美诗歌的形式及其语言特点、英美重要诗人及其作品的风格(包括语言、艺术创作手法、主题)等有一定的了解,对诗歌中所反映的各种异域文化有所了解,另一方面是为了提高非英语专业学生的整体诗歌鉴赏水平和综合文化素养。
2)该课程要求非英语专业学生对中国诗歌有一定的鉴赏水平。 三、 教学内容
1. A General Introduction to English Poetry
1) General Differences between Poetry and Other Forms of Literature 2) General knowledge about English Poetry:
A. Rhythm; Meter/Foot; Rhyme and Rhyme Scheme; Stanza B. Imagery
C. Figures of Speech D. Types of Poetry
3) General Functions of English Poetry
A. Social Functions: Confucius’ Poetics “xing(兴)”, “guan(观)”, “qun(群)” and “yuan(怨)”
B. Individualistic Functions
4) English Poetry Appreciation Methods—A Combination of the Following Methods
A. Author-centered B. Reader-centered C. The Text-centered 2.Geoffrey Chaucer
1) A Brief Introduction to Chaucer and the Social Background he lived in 2) Appreciation of The Canterbury Tales: The Prologue 3.William Shakespeare
1) A Brief Introduction to the English Renaissance
2) A Brief Introduction to Shakespeare and his Masterpieces 3) Appreciation of Sonnets 18, 29 and 65 4) Appreciation of Monologues from his famous plays: Macbeth and Hamlet 4.William Wordsworth
1) A Brief Introduction to English Romanticism
2) A Brief introduction to William Wordsworth and his poetics
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3) Appreciation of Lines Composed Upon the Westminster Bridge and The Solitary Reaper 5.George Gordon Byron
1) A Brief introduction to George Gordon Byron
2) Appreciation of “Isles of Greece! Isles of Greece!” from Don Juan and Song for the Luddites 6.Percy Bysshe Shelley
1) A Brief Introduction to Percy Bysshe Shelley
2) Appreciation of On Liberty, To a Skylark, Ode to the West Wind by Percy Bysshe Shelley 7.John Keats
1) A Brief Introduction to John Keats
2) Appreciation of On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer by John Keats 8.Robert Browning
1) A Brief Introduction to Robert Browning and his “Dramatic Monologue” 2) Appreciation of My Last Duchess by Robert Browning 9.Walt Whitman
1) A Brief Introduction to Walt Whitman
2) Appreciation of O, Captain, My Captain by Walt Whitman 10.Ezra Pound and e. e. cummings
1) A Brief Introduction to Ezra Pound and his Imagism 2) Appreciation of In a Station of the Metro by Ezra Pound 3) A Brief Introduction to e. e. cummings
4) Appreciation of Buffalo Bill’s Defunct by e. e. cummings 11.Robert Frost
1) A Brief Introduction to Robert Frost
2) Appreciation of Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening and Mending Wall by R. Frost
12.Langston Hughes
1) A Brief Introduction to Langston Hughes
2) Appreciation of As I Grew Older by Langston Hughes 13.Emily Dickinsonen
1) A Brief Introduction to Emily Dickinson
2) Appreciation of Because I Could Not Stop for Death, I Heard a Fly Buzz—When I Died, and A Narrow Fellow in the Grass by Emily Dickinson 14.T. S. Eliot
1) A Brief Introduction to T. S. Eliot and Modernism
2) Appreciation of The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T. S. Eliot 四、 教学时数分配
开课一学期,每周两学时。总学时数为32学时。每学期均可开设。 五、 教学方法
1.本课程使用英语授课,充分利用多媒体以增强教学效果。讲授与启发、 讨论等方式有机结合。
2.学生课前多预习,课堂内多作笔记。
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3.学生课后用英语对所学重要诗歌作品内容进行评论 六、 考试与考查
可要求学生就所学诗歌内容做1000-1500英文单词的评论。 七、教材
可使用教师自编的《英美诗选》材料。
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