1、1Teaching Plan for Tangshan Teachers College (First Page)Department：Foreign Languages Department Group：Specialized English Course NameSelected Readings in American LiteratureCourse classified Required（ ） Course code 140142168 For which major EnglishTotalhours36*3=108 Credits 2Hours of lecture 24*3Ho
2、urs of computer operation 0Hours of experiment12*3Major English Majors Class 09 English MajorsTeacher Song Wenyu Professional title Lecturer Objectives and requirementsThe course is designed to introduce students to the representative American writers, their works and writing styles, and enlighten t
3、hem on the basic concepts and principal terms in literary criticism with regard to poems and novels.Key points and special difficulties Lectures on the related historical and cultural backgrounds; Textual study; Class discussion or presentation ; Reading assignment before each class; Group work; Ind
4、ividual research work for the works.Text book and reference books参考资料（含参考书、文献等）1、林六辰.英美小说要素解析 上海外语教育出版社2、吴伟仁.美国文学史及选读 （I，册）外语教学与研究出版社3、龙毛忠、颜静兰、王慧.英美文学精华导读华东理工大学出版社 4、刘炳善美国文学简史A Short History of English Literature，河南人民出版社 5、 外国文学名著赏析词典浙江文艺出版社 6、吴定柏美国文学欣赏上海外语教育出版社7. 吴定柏美国文学大纲上海外语教育出版社8. 姜涛美国诗歌赏析新华出版社2
5、Teaching Plan for Tangshan Teachers College(Unit Preparations)Topic of teaching（unit） Unit 1 Benjamin FranklinTeaching formTheoretical course, Period Week 1 Totally 2 periodsObjectives and requirements:This unit has been designed to develop students reading, writing, thinking, and language skills th
6、rough exercises and activities related to The Autobiography by Benjamin FranklinOutline（ including key points and special difficulties）：1. Brief outline of American literature2. About Benjamin Franklin His main works and his contribution to the form of the English language3. About The Autobiography4
7、. Literary terms: Puritanism; enlightenmentCourse progress: 1.A brief introduction to American literature2. About Benjamin Franklins life story enlightenment5. HomeworkMethodology: Communicative Approach : content-based, student-centered, elicitation, interaction and discussion, CIAQuestions (discus
8、sions) and assignments：1. Go over Unit 12. Preview Unit 2, and make an outline 3. Answer the questions on page 163References (including reference books, source of relevant data, website and address related, etc):1、吴定柏， 美国文学大纲 ，上海外语教育出版社 2、龙毛忠、颜静兰、王慧， 英美文学精华导读 ，华东理工大学出版社 3、刘炳善， 美国文学简史A Short History
9、of English Literature，河南人民出版社 4、 外国文学名著赏析词典 ，浙江文艺出版社 5、吴定柏， 美国文学欣赏上海外语教育出版社 Brief analysis of class教学环节设计较合理，授课过程中结合小说基本要素，联系小说发表当时的社会背景，引导学生欣赏富兰克林传奇的生活片段，介绍他成为“美国梦”的化身的原因，鼓励学生用自己勤劳的双手打造自己的未来。教学效果较好。Teaching Plan for Tangshan Teachers College(Chapter Preparations)Topic of teaching（unit） Unit 2 Edgar
10、 Allan PoeTeaching formTheoretical course, Period Week 2 Totally 2 periodsObjectives and requirements:This unit has been designed to develop students reading, writing, thinking, and language skills through exercises and activities related to The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan PoeOutline（ includi
11、ng key points and special difficulties）：1. About Edgar Allan Poe: His life story enlightenment2. About Edgar Allan Poea. His life storyb. His main works3. About The Cask of Amontilladoa Analysis of The Cask of Amontilladob. Poes writing skills4. HomeworkMethodology: Communicative Approach : content-
12、based, student-centered, elicitation, interaction and discussion, CIAQuestions (discussions) and assignments：1. Go over Unit 22. Preview Unit 3 and make an outline of Self- Reliance3. Answer the questions on page 24References (including reference books, source of relevant data, website and address r
13、elated, etc):1、吴定柏， 美国文学大纲 ，上海外语教育出版社 2、龙毛忠、颜静兰、王慧， 英美文学精华导读 ，华东理工大学出版社 3、刘炳善， 美国文学简史A Short History of English Literature，河南人民出版社 4、 外国文学名著赏析词典 ，浙江文艺出版社 5、吴定柏， 美国文学欣赏上海外语教育出版社 Brief analysis of class教学环节设计较合理，授课过程中结合小说基本要素，联系小说发表当时的社会背景，结合作者的写作风格，使学生了解“浪漫主义”并对哥特式小说有所了解，教学效果较好。5Teaching Plan for Tan
14、gshan Teachers College(Chapter Preparations)Topic of teaching（unit） Unit 3 Ralph Waldo EmersonTeaching formTheoretical course, Period Week 3 Totally 2 periodsObjectives and requirements:Let the students come to know the features of Transcendentalism. Let the students have a thorough understanding of
15、 Ralph Waldo Emersons Self- Reliance Outline（ including key points and special difficulties）：1. About Ralph Waldo Emerson: His life story A Psalm of Lifea. General Introductionb. Explanation on the poems3. About Edgar Allan Poe: His main works4. About Sonnet-To Science; To Helena. General Introducti
16、onb. Explanation on the poems5. About Walt Whitman:His main works6. About Ones Self I Sing; O Captain! My Captain!a. General Introductionb. Explanation on the poems7. About Emily DickinsonHer main works8. About To Make a Prairie; Im Nobody; Success Is Counted Sweetest;a. General Introductionb. Expla
17、nation on the poems9. Homework9Methodology: Communicative Approach : content-based, student-centered, elicitation, interaction and discussion, CIAQuestions (discussions) and assignments：1. Go over Unit72. Preview Unit8: Mark Twain and make an outline of The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras Count
18、y3. Answer the questions on page 72 References (including reference books, source of relevant data, website and address related, etc):1、吴定柏， 美国文学大纲 ，上海外语教育出版社 2、姜涛， 美国诗歌赏析 ，新华出版社 3、龙毛忠、颜静兰、王慧， 英美文学精华导读 ，华东理工大学出版社 4、刘炳善， 美国文学简史A Short History of English Literature，河南人民出版社 5、 外国文学名著赏析词典 ，浙江文艺出版社 6、吴定柏
19、， 美国文学欣赏上海外语教育出版社 Brief analysis of class教学环节设计较合理，授课过程中联系所学诗歌发表当时的社会背景，结合诗歌的基本常识如韵律及押韵，引导学生欣赏相关诗人的写作风格，领略诗人诗歌所要表达的主题，并感受到诗歌的美轮美奂，激发学生学习诗歌的兴趣，消除学生对诗歌理解的畏难情绪。教学效果较好。Teaching Plan for Tangshan Teachers College(Chapter Preparations) Topic of teaching（unit） Unit 8 Mark TwainTeaching form Theoretical cou
20、rse Period Week 9 Totally 2 periodsLet the students know about the personal life, works and language style of Mark Twain.10Outline（ including key points and special difficulties）：1. About Mark Twain His main works2. About The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras Countya. General Introductionb. Expla
21、nation on the short story3.Literary term: RealismCourse progress: 1. About Mark Twain His main works2. About The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras Countya. General Introductionb. Explanation on the short story3.Literary term: Realism4. HomeworkMethodology: Communicative Approach : content-based,
22、student-centered, elicitation, interaction and discussion, CIAQuestions (discussions) and assignments：1. Go over Unit 82. Preview Unit 10: Stephen Crane and make an outline of The Open Boat3. Answer the questions on page 121References (including reference books, source of relevant data, website and
23、address related, etc):1、吴定柏， 美国文学大纲 ，上海外语教育出版社 2、姜涛， 美国诗歌赏析 ，新华出版社 3、龙毛忠、颜静兰、王慧， 英美文学精华导读 ，华东理工大学出版社 4、刘炳善， 美国文学简史A Short History of English Literature，河南人民出版社 5、 外国文学名著赏析词典 ，浙江文艺出版社 6、吴定柏， 美国文学欣赏上海外语教育出版社 Brief analysis of class教学环节设计较合理，授课过程中联系小说发表当时的社会背景，引导学生欣赏作者的写作风格以及其幽默技巧的应用，了解文学术语 “乡土文学” 。教学效
24、果较好。11Teaching Plan for Tangshan Teachers College(Chapter Preparations) Topic of teaching（unit） Unit 10 Stephen CraneTeaching form Theoretical course Period Week 10 Totally 2 periodsLet the students know about the personal life, works and language style of Stephen Crane by reading The Open BoatOutli
25、ne（ including key points and special difficulties）：1. About Stephen Crane: His life storyHis main works2. About The Open Boata. General Introductionb. Explanation on the short story3. Literary term: NaturalismCourse progress: 1. About Stephen Crane: His life storyHis main works2. About The Open Boat
26、a. General Introductionb. Explanation on the short story3. Literary term: Naturalism 4. HomeworkMethodology:Communicative Approach : content-based, student-centered, elicitation, interaction and discussion, CIAQuestions (discussions) and assignments：1. Go over Unit 102. Preview Unit 13: Katherine An
27、ne Porter and make an outline of The Jilting of Granny Weatherall3. Answer the questions on page 14912References (including reference books, source of relevant data, website and address related, etc):1、吴定柏， 美国文学大纲 ，上海外语教育出版社 2、姜涛， 美国诗歌赏析 ，新华出版社 3、龙毛忠、颜静兰、王慧， 英美文学精华导读 ，华东理工大学出版社 4、刘炳善， 美国文学简史A Short
28、History of English Literature，河南人民出版社 5、 外国文学名著赏析词典 ，浙江文艺出版社 6、吴定柏， 美国文学欣赏上海外语教育出版社 Brief analysis of class教学环节设计较合理，授课过程中联系小说发表当时的社会背景，引导学生欣赏作者的写作风格，感受小说主人公在船只失事后与死神较量的海上行程，使学生明白生命的价值从而珍惜生命，了解文学术语 “自然主义” 。教学效果较好。Teaching Plan for Tangshan Teachers College(Chapter Preparations) Topic of teaching（uni
29、t） Unit 13 Katherine Anne PorterTeaching form Theoretical course Period Week 11 Totally 2 periodsLet the students know about the personal life, works and language style of Katherine Anne Porter by reading The Jilting of Granny WeatherallOutline（ including key points and special difficulties）：1. Intr
30、oduction to the American Modernist literature2. About Katherine Anne Porter: Her main works3. About The Jilting of Granny Weatheralla. General Introductionb. Explanation on the short story13Course progress: 1. Introduction to the American Modernist literature2. About Katherine Anne Porter: Her main
31、works3. About The Jilting of Granny Weatheralla. General Introductionb. Explanation on the short story4. HomeworkMethodology: Communicative Approach : content-based, student-centered, elicitation, interaction and discussion, CIAQuestions (discussions) and assignments：1. Go over Unit 132. Preview Uni
32、t 16: Ernest Hemingway and make an outline of A Clean, Well-Lighted Place3. Answer the questions on page 185References (including reference books, source of relevant data, website and address related, etc):1、吴定柏， 美国文学大纲 ，上海外语教育出版社 2、姜涛， 美国诗歌赏析 ，新华出版社 3、龙毛忠、颜静兰、王慧， 英美文学精华导读 ，华东理工大学出版社 4、刘炳善， 美国文学简史A
33、Short History of English Literature，河南人民出版社 5、 外国文学名著赏析词典 ，浙江文艺出版社 6、吴定柏， 美国文学欣赏上海外语教育出版社 Brief analysis of class14Teaching Plan for Tangshan Teachers College(Chapter Preparations) Topic of teaching（unit） Unit 16 Ernest HemingwayTeaching form Theoretical course Period Week 12 Totally 2 periodsLet th
34、e students know about the personal life, works and language style of Ernest Hemingway by reading A Clean, Well-Lighted PlaceOutline（ including key points and special difficulties）：1. Introduction to the Lost Generation2. About Ernest Hemingway: His main works3. About A Clean, Well-Lighted Placea. Ge
35、neral Introductionb. Explanation on the short story Course progress: 1. Introduction to the Lost Generation2. About Ernest Hemingway: His main works3. About A Clean, Well-Lighted Placea. General Introductionb. Explanation on the short story4. HomeworkMethodology: Communicative Approach :content-base
36、d, student-centered, elicitation, interaction and discussion, CIAQuestions (discussions) and assignments：1. Go over Unit 162. Preview Unit 17: 20th-Century American Poets(1)3. Answer the questions on page 188, 189, 191, 193, 194, 196, 197, 199, 200 a. General Introductionb. Explanation on the poem3.
37、 About William Carlos Williams: His main works4. About The Red Wheelbarrow; Spring and Alla. General Introductionb. Explanation on the poems5. About Robert Frost:His main works6. About Fire and Ice; Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening; The Road Not Takena. General Introductionb. Explanation on the
38、poems7. About Wallace Stevens His main works8. About Anecdote of the Jara. General Introductionb. Explanation on the poem9. About Langston Hughes His main works10. About Dreams; Me and the Mule; Border Linea. General Introductionb. Explanation on the poems11. Literary term: the imagist school12. Hom
39、eworkMethodology: Communicative Approach : content-based, student-centered, elicitation, interaction and discussion, movie clips / ppt files as aid in the teaching.Questions (discussions) and assignments：1. Go over Unit172. Preview Unit18: Eugene Glastone ONeill and make an outline of Desire Under t
40、he ElmsScene IV 3. Answer the questions on page 21217References (including reference books, source of relevant data, website and address related, etc):1、吴定柏， 美国文学大纲 ，上海外语教育出版社 2、姜涛， 美国诗歌赏析 ，新华出版社 3、龙毛忠、颜静兰、王慧， 英美文学精华导读 ，华东理工大学出版社 4、刘炳善， 美国文学简史A Short History of English Literature，河南人民出版社 5、 外国文学名著赏析
41、词典 ，浙江文艺出版社 6、吴定柏， 美国文学欣赏上海外语教育出版社 Brief analysis of classTeaching Plan for Tangshan Teachers College(Chapter Preparations)Topic of teaching（unit） Unit 18 Eugene Glastone ONeillTeaching formTheoretical course, Period Week 15 Totally 2 periodsObjectives and requirements:This unit has been designed to
42、 develop students reading, writing, thinking, and language skills through exercises and activities related to Desire Under the ElmsScene IV by Eugene Glastone ONeill.Outline（ including key points and special difficulties）：1. About Eugene Glastone ONeill His main works and the significance as well as
43、 the characteristics of them2. About Desire Under the ElmsScene IVa. The interpretation of the theme b. The understanding of the characters18Course progress: 1. Revision on the imagist school 2. About Eugene Glastone ONeilla. Life experienceb. Main worksc. The significance of his worksd. The charact
44、eristics of his works3 About Desire Under the Elmsa. General Introduction of the plot b. Detailed reading of Scene IVc. Explanation on the excerpt4. Discussions1). The Characters: 2). Setting: 3). ThemesMethodology: Communicative Approach : content-based, student-centered, elicitation, interaction a
45、nd discussion, movie clips / ppt files as aid in the teaching.Questions (discussions) and assignments：1. Go over Unit182. Preview Unit21: Ralph Waldo Ellison and make an outline of Invisible man-Chapter 13. Answer the questions on page 253References (including reference books, source of relevant dat
46、a, website and address related, etc):1、吴定柏， 美国文学大纲 ，上海外语教育出版社 2、姜涛， 美国诗歌赏析 ，新华出版社 3、龙毛忠、颜静兰、王慧， 英美文学精华导读 ，华东理工大学出版社 4、刘炳善， 美国文学简史A Short History of English Literature，河南人民出版社 5、 外国文学名著赏析词典 ，浙江文艺出版社 6、吴定柏， 美国文学欣赏上海外语教育出版社 Brief analysis of class19Teaching Plan for Tangshan Teachers College(Chapter Preparations)Topic of teaching（unit） Unit 21 Ralph Waldo EllisonTeaching formTheoretical course, Period Week 16 Totally
