Unit1ThewrittenwordWordpowerLiteratureTrytoanswerseveralquestions：⑴Areyouinterestedinbooks?⑵Whatkindofbooksareyouparticularlyfondof?⑶Howmanycategoriesofliteraturecanyouname?Discussthosequestionsinsmallgroups,thenwritedownallthecategoriessaidbystudentsontheblackboard.ReadthearticleaboutdifferentcategoriesofliteratureinpartA.Findoutallthetypesmentionedintext.FillinthechartbelowpoetrydramaShortstoryromanceSciencefictionnovelNewsarticlebiographyautobiographyCategoryofliteratureDescriptionFictionNon-fiction•hasarepeatedrhythm•focusesonfeelings•tellsastorythroughactionandspeech•firstwrittenandthenperformedonstage•onlyafewcharacters•asimpleplot•manycharacters•acomplexplot•popular•inanewspaper•reportsfactualinformationDescribesthelifeofapersonDescribestheauthor’sownlifeCharlesDickensDickens,CharlesJohnHuffam(1812-1870),Englishnovelistandoneofthemostpopularwritersinthehistoryofliterature.Inhisenormousbodyofworks,Dickenscombinedmasterlystorytelling,humor,pathos,andironywithsharpsocialcriticismandacuteobservationofpeopleandplaces,bothrealandimagined.Keats，John（1795-1821），Englishpoet，andaninfluentialfigureoftheromanticmovement.KeatswasborninLondon.In1816hebecamealicenseddruggist，butheneverpracticedtheprofession.Keats'sfirstpublishedpoemsappearedin1816intheExaminer，aliteraryperiodicaleditedbytheessayistandpoetLeighHunt.Keats'sfirstbookwasPoemsbyJohnKeats（1817）。Hissecondvolume，Endymion（1818），wasattackedbytwoofthemostinfluentialcriticalmagazinesofthetime，theQuarterlyReviewandBlackwood'sMagazine.JohnKeatsWilliamShakespearewasborninStratford-upon-Avonin1564onAprilthe23rd.HisfatherwasanimportantmanintownsoShakespearehadagoodupbringing.Shakespeareprobablywenttoschoolbutnotuniversity.Shakespearewrote38playsand154sonnets(asonnetisakindofpoem).HebeganworkinginhishometownofStratfordbutby1592waswritinginLondon.HebecamerichenoughtobuyahouseinthecapitalandoneinStratford.WilliamShakespeareKatherineMansfieldwasborninWellington,NewZealand,intoamiddle-classcolonialfamily.Attheageofnineshehadherfirsttextpublished.Asafirststeptoherrebellionagainstherbackground,shewithdrewtoLondonin1903andstudiedatQueen'sCollege,whereshejoinedthestaffoftheCollegeMagazine.BackinNewZealandin1906,shethentookupmusic,andhadaffairswithbothmenandwomen.In1908shestudiedtypingandbookkeepingatWellingtonTechnicalCollege.HerlifelongfriendIdaBakerpersuadedMansfield'sfathertoallowKatherinetomovebacktoEngland,withanallowanceof£100ayear.Thereshedevotedherselftowriting.MansfieldnevervisitedNewZealandagain.KatherineMansfieldMatchthewriterswithsuitableworksaccordingtopartBKatherineMansfieldWilliamShakespeareJohnKeatsCharlesDickensGreatExpectationsMissBrillOdetoNightingaleRomeoandJulietAnswerstopartC1.fiction2.poetry3.poet4.drama5.playwright6.shortstory7.novel8.romance9.genres10.non-fiction11.biography12.autobiographyFinishpartConpage7inpairs,usingpartAandBasreferenceCompletepartDinpairs.Youmayconsultadictionarywhenyouhavequestions.PartD:1234567rewritewritecomposecomplcorctdaftdit1.ItiswidelybelievedJordanisafamousbasketballplayeralltime.2.Sciencefictionandromancearepopularnovelgenreswhichareoftenfoundbest-sellerlists.3.MrBean’sperformancestellastoryorajokefacialexpressionsandactons.ConsolidationExercises:Fillintheblankswithsuitableprepsofonthrough4.Poetryoftenfocusesfeelings,sopeoplesaythosewhoareinlovecanwritepoemsnicely.5.DoyouknowJohnKeats,famousthebeautifulpoemOdetoaNightingale?6.Wecallabookapersonwriteshis/herownlifeanautobiography.onforaboutCompletethesentencesbelowwiththesewords:fictiondramapoetnovelnewsbiographystorygenres1.Literaturethatisnottrueorfactualiscalled.2.Scienceandromancearepopularnovel.3.iswritingthattellsastorythroughactionandspeech.4.AlikeWarandPeacehasmanycharactersandamorecomplexplot.5.LiBai,afamousChinese,wrotemanypoemsaboutnatureandlife.6.Abookaboutthelifeofsomeoneiscalleda.7.Ashortworkoffictionwithonlyafewcharactersandasimpleplotiscalledashort.8.Ilikenon-fictionliterature,especiallyarticlesinnewspapers.fictiongenresDramanovelpoetbiographystorynewsGroupWork:TrytofindmoreinformationaboutdifferentcategoriesofEnglishliteratureandsomeliteraryfigures.Thensharethemwithyourpartner.Homework:DothepartAandBonpage106,oftheworkbookthencompletethereviewinpartC.
