Unit 5 (Book10)

Enjoying novelsDesigned by : 荆 斌 夏桂娇 穆侃奇 明珠学校

Do you know something about the Four Chinese Classical Novels?

Warming-up

Guessing

吴承恩Journey to the West

施耐庵

The Story by the Water Margin

曹雪芹

A Dream of Red Mansions

罗贯中

The Romance of the Three Kingdoms

古代四大名著西游记 (Journey to the West)

---- 吴承恩水浒传 (The story by the Water Margin)

---- 施耐庵三国演义 (The Romance of the Three Kingdom

s)

----- 罗贯中红楼梦 (The Dream of the Red Chamber)

---- 曹雪芹

Do you know something about English novels in the 19th century?

Warming-up

Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice

Guessing

The three Bronte sisters

Charlotte, Emily and Anne

Charlotte Bronte Jane Eyre

Emily Bronte

Wuthering Heights

Anne Bronte Agnes Grey

Gone with the WindMargaret Mitchell

Charles Dickens David Copperfield

Can you match the titles of these

famous novels to the authors?

Pre-reading

Agnes Grey

Gone with the Wind

Tess of the d’Urbevilles

David Copperfield

Margaret Mitchell

Anne Brontë

Charles Dickens

Thomas Hardy Jane Eyre

Pride and Prejudice

Wuthering Heights

Just so stories

To kill a Mockingbird

Jane Austen

Charlotte Brontë

Harper Lee

Emily Brontë

Rudyard Kipling

ReadingReading

Extensive-reading

Read the text as quickly as possible, and try to find out the answers to

the following questions:

Questions:1. How many English authoresses in the 19th century in the text?

2. Who are they?

There are five authoresses (in the 19th century in the text).

They are Jane Austin, the three Bronte sisters (Charlotte, Emily and Anne), and the writer known as George Eliot.

3. What are their works mentioned in the text?

3. What are their works mentioned in the text?

“Pride and Prejudice” written by Jane Austin, “Jane Eyre” written by Charlotte Bronte and “Silas Marner” written by George Eliot.

• Intensive--reading • Read the whole text as carefully

as possible and try to get more information.

• Para.1 Main idea:

• The consensus in society opposed the writing of novels by authoresses, but this period produced five of the most courageous and gifted authoresses.

• Para.2-3 main idea:• The introduction of Jane Austen and

her works (Pride & Prejudice)

Finish the following form

Name Works Issue addressed

in her novels

Reasons for success

Jane

AustenPride and Prejudice

problems and limitations of women’s choices

content,refreshingly light and ironic style

• Para. 5 Main idea: • The introduction of Charlotte Bronte

and her works (Jane Eyre)

Finish the following form

Name Works Issue addressed

in her novels

Reasons for success

Charlotte

BronteJane Eyre

Women’s struggle against their restricted role in society

explicit way of writing about women’s feelings

• Para.6 main idea:

• The introduction of George Eliot and her works (Silas Marner)

Finish the following form

Name Works Issue addressed

in her novels

Reasons for success

George

Eliot Silas Marner

morally ambiguous concessions people make in life to succeed

Not mentioned

• Para.7 main idea:

• The introduction of the Charles Dickens and his works (David Copperfield)

Finish the following formName Works Issue addres

sed

in her novels

Reasons for success

Charles

Dickens

Hardships of poor people

a literary criticof injustices of society

DavidCopperfield

Discussion:

Work in pairs to find out how many parts this passage can be divided into?

The whole text can be divided into 3 parts

Part 1( Para. 1): About the social background (of the rise of

the English authoresses). Part 2(para.2-6): Introduction of the five authoresses and their

works Part 3(para.7): About the important status of the five author-

esses in the history of English literature.

1. Do a summary of the whole text

2. Surf the internet to get more information

Homework