NIGHT静夜思.ppt

* * In the Quiet Night静夜思 静夜思In the Quiet Night 李白 Thoughts on a still night Before my bed a pool of light,Can it be hoarfrost on the ground?Looking up, I find the moon bright;Bowing, in homesickness I’m drowned. 窗前明月光，疑是地上霜。 举头望明月，低头思故乡。 Scan the text and answer the questions. Whose poetry reminds Chinese readers of Du Fu or Li Bai? 2. Whose poetry reminds us of Su Dongpo? The works by Wordsworth, Byron, Shelly and Keats The works by John Donne Why we read poetry. para. 1 para. 2 para. 3 para. 4 para. 5 para. 6 para. 7 Chinese poetry and poets the earliest English poetry English poetry in the 19th century modern English poets The introduction of English poetry to China More and more people are interested in reading modern poetry in English. Para.1 bring… together play with … calls up… poetry colours, feelings…. experiences…..images… Why we read poetry. Du Fu(712-770 ) Wang Wei (701-761) Li bai (701-762) Who? the form is important. Poetry often follows special patterns of rhythm and rhyme Para. 2 Chinese poets and poetry William Shakespeare John Donne John Milton Alexander Pope George Gordon Byron John Keats William Wordsworth Robert Frost Para 3、4、5 The end of 19th century Modern poets 19th century 18th century The end of 17th century 17th century poets characteristics time Early English poetry Difficult to understand The use of surprising images Shakespeare Donne The absence of rhyme at the end of sentence John Millton Pop Romantic/long poems Wordsworth Byron Keats Stand close to us both in the language and images they use Robert Frost(American) Be introduced to China By Lu Xun, Guo Moruo English Poetry Famous writers translated poetry and novels into Chinese. Lu Xun Guo Moro Para 6 Disadvantage of reading the translation: Something of the spirit of the original work is lost in the translation edition. More and more people are interested to read modern poetry in English Why? Give you much more choice 2