英美名著影视欣赏

Reviews on Western Films &

Literature Classics

--Nuist, 刘杰海
Sept, 2009
 Course Description
• This course investigates relationships
between two media, film and culture,
studying works linked across the two
media by genre, topic, and style.
 Course Description
• It aims to sharpen appreciation of major
works of cinema and of literary narrative.
 Course Description
• The course explores how artworks
challenge and cross cultural, political and
aesthetic boundaries.
 Structure and contents(1)
• Unit 1: Greek, Ancient Roma and Western
Civilization
• 第一单元：古希腊、罗马文明与西方文明起源
 Structure and contents(2)
• Unit 2: Racial problems，
Jews
• 第二单元：种族问题，少
数族裔
 Structure and contents(3)
• Unit 3: Culture conflicts, assimilation and
misreading 第三单元：文化冲突、融合、误读
 Structure and contents(4)
• Unit 4: Science, future,
philosophy
• 第三单元：科技，未
来，反思
 Structure and contents(5)
• Unit 5: Film and fiction
• 第三单元：电影与文学
Structure and contents(6)
• Independence film of US or China
• 补充赏析：独立电影
 Learning Tasks
• Period: 30 hrs
• Credit hour: 2 hrs
• For the sake of integrality, we need to
watch the complete film unabridged. It’s
a little bit time- and effort-consuming,
but it “always worth it”.
 Learning Tasks
• Broadly speaking, it costs 2 weeks to
appreciate 1 film and finish our
discussion session. So we couldn't
appreciate every film, we just select
major works with its style.
 Training Focus
• 1.了解西方历史、文化（主要是英语文
化），掌握一些影片中使用的经典表
达，学习地道的英语口语；
• 2.掌握影视欣赏的一般方法，掌握对影视
作品做出一般性评论的技巧，并从口头
和书面两方面提高对影视作品进行分析
和评论的一般能力；
 Training Focus
• 3.了解主要英语影视类型，理解影视语言
和方法；
• 4.了解英语影视文化在主要英语国家大众
文化发展中的地位；
• 5.了解世界性电影盛典和奖项
 Procedure
• 1. Pre-class Activities 课前活动
– Preparation Requirements 预习准备
Preview the “introduction” of Director and
Actor/Actress
Note: students’ presentations
– Think about the “questions” in Textbook
 Procedure
• 2. In-class Activities-课堂活动
– The first week: enjoin in watching the movie
selection
– The second week:
Presentation/Discussion/Role play/
Teacher's Reviews
Attack Strategies/Amusements sessions
 Procedure
• 2. Post-class Activities-课后活动
– Watch the recommended movies if possible
– Do listen-in and speak-out exercise with the
aid the DVD-ROM included in textbook
– Visit Teacher’s website for more
supplementary materials and join the
discussion
 Requirements
• 1. Physical attendance to the class
• 2. Preview of the relevant chapters
• 3. Satisfactory accomplishment of tasks
of different types
• 4. Active participation in classroom
discussion
 Assessments and Evaluation
• 1. Attendance 10%
• 2. Classroom Presentation 20%
• 3. Classroom Discussion / Role Play 10%
• 4. Term Paper 60%
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• Thank you~