《高级英语》课程教学大纲(2)

4) The large variety of writing techniques the author employs 5) The profuse figurative language the author uses

重点：Fallacy can be interpreted at different levels. 难点：the language of the author

Lesson Seven

Invisible Man Chapter 1(Battle Royal)

by Ralph Ellison

Teaching Aims and Requirements

1) The background information about the author, Ralph Ellison, and the novel, Invisible Man 2) Introduction of Booker T. Washington and his Atlanta speech in 1895 3) History of Battle Royal

4) Symbolism and two main symbols in the text 5) Organization of the text 6) Theme of the story

重点：The battle royal is symbolic of the place or position of all American black people in the

white-dominated society. 难点：rhetorical devices: symbolism

Lesson Nine

The Way to Rainy Mountain

Teaching Aims and Requirements

1）The background information about the author,

2） Introduction to the author’s book The Way To Rainy Mountain

3）Appreciate the author’s lyrical and pictorial description of the landscape 4）Organization of the text 5）Theme of the story

重点：Our cultural or ethnic heritage may differ, yet seeking one’s roots is a common human

experience.

难点：a lyrical and pictorial description of the landscape; complicated feelings

Lesson Ten

Before and After September 11

Teaching Aims and Requirements

1）The background information about the author

2）The background information about “The Events of September 11” and the national paranoia in the United States 3）Organization of the text 4）Theme of the essay

重点：Dissenting voices can be heard and in order to win the struggle against terrorism

abroad it is all the more necessary to strengthen, not to weaken democracy at home.

难点: the background of what the writer called national paranoia and the influence of

September 11 Event

高级英语 II （教材：《现代大学英语》 精读 6 杨立民、梅仁毅 主编

外语教学与研究出版社 2004年版）

Lesson One

How to Get the Poor off Our Conscience

by John Kenneth Galbraith

Teaching Aims and Requirements

1）The background information about the author, John Kenneth Galbraith, and the essay, How to Get the Poor off Our Conscience

2）Introduction to the author’s writing style: lucidity and persuasiveness and his skillful

employment of irony, from humorous irony to bitter satire.

3）History of the “intellectual preoccupation”: how to get the poor off conscience ---- from the Bible to the present day

4）Theories of some historical celebrities like utilitarianism by Jeremy Bentham, Malthusianism by Thomas Robert Malthus, Social Darwinism by Herbert Spencer 5）Organization of the text

6）Understanding and appreciating the essay

重点：the gap between the rich and the poor; the meaning of the title 难点：the ironical and sarcastic tone of the text

Lesson Two

The Woods Were Tossing with Jewels

A Childhood in the Florida Wilderness

by Marie St. John

Teaching Aims and Requirements

1）The background information about the essay

2）Introduction to the author’s writing style of the short story 3）General organization of a short story

4）Non-chronological narration of a story and its function 5）Description of surroundings one is in 6）Understanding and appreciating the essay 7）Group discussion in the study of this story 8）Learn to write a short story in English

重点：the westward movement and the message the author wants to get across 难点：appreciate the text through the eyes of a girl of five; description of person

Lesson Three

At War with the Planet

A Reflection on Environmental Crisis

by Barry Commoner

Teaching Aims and Requirements

1）The background information about the author

2）Introduction to the author’s writing style of the essay 3）Organization of the essay

4）How to develop the theme when writing an essay 5）Appreciating the use of rhetorical device of pun 6）How to develop the topic sentence in a paragraph

7）Learn to write an essay in English concerning environment

重点：the importance of understanding the interplay of the two worlds and make peace with

the Planet

难点：definition of the words on environment; the relationship between two worlds

Lesson Four

Nettles

A Woman’s problems: passions, confusions, and dilemmas

By Alice Munro

Teaching Aims and Requirements

1) The background information about the author 2) First-person narration and its function 3) The author’s realistic writing technique

4) A blend of naturalism and symbolism in description 5) The narrative structure of the story

6) Psychological description of a character 7) Description of emotional reality

8) Explore the complexity and beauty of everyday life

9) Group discussion in the study of this story

重点：first-person narration; detailed description of emotional reality

难点：simple plot probing of complicated feelings and subtle meanings of life

Lesson Six

Death of a Pig

An famous essay on the relationship between animals and human beings

by E. B. White

Teaching Aims and Requirements

1) The background information about the author

2) Introduction to the author’s free, smooth and humorous writing style 3) Detailed description of surroundings and its function 4) Careful choice of words in description

5) Rhetorical device of parallelism, imagery and allusion 6) Understanding and appreciating the essay 7) Group discussion in the study of this essay

重点：the mood and the feeling of the author during these days

难点：the implied meaning of the death of a pig; careful choice of words

Lesson Eight

A Rose for Emily

by William Faulkner

Teaching Aims and Requirements

1) The background information about the author

2) Introduction of the author’s writing style of the short story

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