Unit 5
(Book10)
Enjoying novels
Designed by :荆 斌 夏桂娇 穆侃奇
明珠学校
Warming-up
Do you know something about the
Four Chinese Classical Novels?
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
-----罗贯中
红楼梦(The Dream of the Red Chamber)
----曹雪芹
Warming-up
Do you know something about English
novels in the 19th century?
Guessing
Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice
The three Bronte sisters
Charlotte, Emily and Anne
Charlotte Bronte
Jane Eyre
Wuthering Heights
Emily Bronte
Anne Bronte
Agnes Grey
Margaret Mitchell
Gone with the Wind
Charles Dickens
David Copperfield
Pre-reading
Can you match the titles of these
famous novels to the authors?
Agnes Grey
Margaret Mitchell
Gone with the Wind
Anne Brontë
Tess of the d’Urbevilles
Charles Dickens
David Copperfield
Jane Eyre
Thomas Hardy
Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice
Charlotte Brontë
Wuthering Heights
Harper Lee
Just so stories
Emily Brontë
To kill a Mockingbird
Rudyard Kipling
Reading
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?
There are five authoresses (in the
19th century in the text).
2. Who are they?
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
Jane
Pride and
Austen Prejudice
Issue
addressed
in her novels
problems and
limitations of
women’s
choices
Reasons for
success
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
Charlotte Jane
Eyre
Bronte
Issue
Reasons for
addressed
success
in her novels
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
George
Silas
Eliot
Marner
Issue
addressed
in her novels
Reasons for
success
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 form
Name
Works
Issue
addressed
in her
novels
Charles David
Hardships
Dickens Copperfield of poor
people
Reasons for
success
a literary
critic
of injustices
of society
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 authoresses in the history of English literature.
Homework
1. Do a summary of the whole text
2. Surf the internet to get more information