warm-up 热身
In 2007, Doris Lessing won the Noble Prize for Literature. The Grass is Singing was written quite a long time ago in the 1940s, over four or five years and it was Doris Lessing's first novel – the beginning of a great literary career. In this video, Doris Lessing talks about her experience in writing her first novel.
Learning Objectives 学习目标
1. To know about the representative works and authors of early British literature;
2. To know about key playwrights in the Elizabethan era, particularly Shakespeare;
3. To know about the implications of the King James Bible and key writers and their works in the 17th century;
4. To know about the rise of novels and key writers and their works in the 18th century;
5. To know about Romantic period and key representatives;
6. To know about novels reflecting the spirit of Romanticism and the influence of Realism;
7. The know about modernism and post-modernism.
Focal Points 知识点
