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Model essay 1: On the pluralism of literary criticism in British and American literature Abstract: There are many different literary criticism theories in British and American literature, and different theoretical schools hold different views. Each school has its own rich theoretical foundation. It is precisely because literary criticism has its own scientific, aesthetic and credibility characteristics that it can tolerate the existence of many schools of criticism and criticize literary works objectively and scientifically.

Keywords: British and American literature; literary criticism

First, the significance of literary criticism theory in the teaching of British and American literature

At present, most colleges and universities in China have set up corresponding literature education theory courses. In the process of teaching British and American literature, literary criticism and literary teaching complement each other. Literary criticism can pay attention to and interpret British and American literary works from its unique perspective, gain a unique point of view, and fully understand the historical significance and connotation of the whole British and American literary works. Literary criticism also provides a key for the teaching of British and American literature, giving students the opportunity to pay attention to British and American literature from different angles, viewpoints and ideas, which has better promoted the development of British and American literature. Based on the basic theory of literary criticism, applying it to the teaching of British and American literature is helpful to avoid the traditional and impressional interpretation in the process of learning works, so that students can fully understand the original works, carefully taste the ideas and writing skills that the author wants to express, cultivate students' study style of practical reading, and also make students fully feel the charm of literature, enhance their interest in learning and improve their academic performance.

Second, various forms of literary criticism in British and American literature

1. New critical theory in British and American literature.

In the 1930s and 1940s, it was represented by J.C. Ransom (1888- 1974) and W.K. Wimsatt (1907- 1975), and formed. It deviates from the original intention of literary criticism, fundamentally shifts the object of literary criticism, that is, shifts to the psychological influence of literary works on readers, and deviates from the object of criticism itself, thus becoming a single impression theory. The new critical theory in British and American literature holds that relying solely on readers' feelings will make readers have a relative "reading illusion". Mdash& ampmdash brings in the reader's existing self-awareness to interfere with the correct and objective literary criticism of the works. The new criticism theory emphasizes the objective and fair literary criticism of the original work on the basis of respect and careful reading, forming a practical reading atmosphere. The application of new criticism theory in the teaching of British and American literature in colleges and universities means that teachers need to spend more time studying the original works and put forward more valuable questions for students to discuss in class. Only in this way can we give students the opportunity to understand British and American literature, understand British and American literature, discover the essence of British and American literature, and actively learn British and American literature.

2. The reader response criticism theory of British and American literature.

Throughout the historical development of British and American literature, there has never been a lack of new voices and new forms of criticism. StanleyFish challenges the new critical theory. He believes that it is a misunderstanding of the whole reading process to simply analyze the work itself and ignore the role of readers. "Reader Response Criticism" emphasizes the influence of the original on readers, the role that readers play after reading the original and the feelings they can get from it. The theory of reader-response criticism focuses on readers and explains the process of "literary criticism" from the perspective of readers. The works need "blank space", and these blank spaces are the "self-imagination" of readers after reading the works, a new interpretation and extension of the works, and a kind of "author-oriented; Mdash & mdash works mdash & mdash; Readers' communication among them. However, this theory emphasizes the role of readers. Every reader is a different individual, and even for the same literary work, there are different ways and viewpoints to interpret it. This is the biggest problem facing the "reader response criticism theory".

Thirdly, the characteristics of literary criticism in British and American literary works.

1. Literary criticism is closely related to many disciplines.

In British and American literature, literary criticism is almost synonymous with literary research. Based on literary appreciation and guided by literary theory, literary criticism analyzes, studies, understands and evaluates writers' works. This whole process is not only a literary act, but also closely related to many disciplines. Literary criticism mostly uses psychology, sociology, philosophy and other disciplines. In particular, the "reader response criticism theory" in literary criticism makes full use of readers' reading psychology and feelings to criticize literary works and get feedback from related works.

2. Literary criticism in British and American literature is aesthetic.

Whether based on the new criticism theory or the reader's response criticism theory, most literary criticism is aesthetic. Aesthetics here refers to taking literary works as the basis and paying attention to the artistry and aesthetics conveyed by the works. According to the law of beauty, critics need to analyze the original works from the aesthetic direction of literary works and make aesthetic judgments and evaluations, so that readers can better understand and recognize the works and enhance their aesthetic interest and reading ability.

3. Literary criticism in British and American literature is scientific.

Any form of literary criticism should not be divorced from the reality of scientific development. Correct literary criticism should objectively criticize literary works with rational logical thinking mode while criticizing aesthetics and art. Critics need to have scientific creativity, criticize literary works objectively and fairly with scientific research methods, research thinking and research theories, consult a large number of rich literary materials on the basis of objective facts, and thoroughly and systematically analyze and judge the original works, without doping a lot of personal subjective thoughts and narrow prejudices, so as to scientifically criticize the original works.

Four. Concluding remarks

There are many different literary criticism theories in British and American literature, and different theoretical schools hold different views. Each school has its own rich theoretical foundation. It is precisely because literary criticism has its own scientific, aesthetic and credibility characteristics that it can tolerate the existence of many schools of criticism and criticize literary works objectively and scientifically. Literature has its own special features, which are different from other objective things. It cannot be explained and analyzed by general laws. It is precisely because of the existence of literary criticism that we can deeply analyze and interpret British and American literary works from the perspectives of different readers and with the support of different theories, explore the views that the author wants to express, understand the true intentions of the original author, and summarize the development characteristics of British and American literature in order to learn better.

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1, Predicament of English and American Literature Course and Multimedia-assisted Teaching Liu Yihua Journal of Nantong Normal University (Philosophy and Social Sciences Edition) 2000- 10-3025

2. Investigation on the Teaching Status of English Literature Course for English Majors in Colleges and Universities Journal of Xi International Studies University, 2003- 12-0 124

With the development of the times, China's higher education needs to cultivate talents with humanistic quality and scientific quality to promote the all-round development of students. If students only attach importance to scientific knowledge and neglect the cultivation of humanistic quality, they will become a person with only knowledge but no wisdom.

Keywords: British and American literature; ELT

As a new introduction mode, the introduction of British and American literature can broaden the teaching mode of college English and meet the needs of integrating various teaching modes in Requirements. In addition, most of the students in ordinary universities in China, especially in science and engineering colleges, are science students, focusing on the study of mathematics, physics and biology in senior high schools, and have relatively little understanding of British and American literature. According to Requirements, college English teaching should improve students' comprehensive cultural quality. It is necessary to integrate the introduction of British and American literature into college English teaching, so that students can learn more about British and American literature and western culture, which is helpful to improve students' interest in learning and cultivate their comprehensive cultural literacy. At present, college English teachers in colleges and universities in China have studied English and American literature during their studies, and some have studied English and American literature at the postgraduate level. Therefore, from the requirements of college English teaching, students' thirst for knowledge and teachers' ability, it is feasible to introduce British and American literature into college English teaching.

Influenced by the single traditional college English teaching mode, many students feel bored, bored and anxious in the learning process, which affects their learning enthusiasm and learning efficiency. The introduction of literary works "can reduce learners' anxiety and promote language acquisition" [2]. The introduction of British and American literature can help students get rid of the negative influence of a single traditional college English teaching model and play a positive role in promoting college English teaching in the new period.

1 helps to improve students' interest in learning.

Einstein, a famous scientist, once said, "Interest is the best teacher". When students are interested in a subject, even without the supervision of parents and teachers, they will continue to explore and learn this subject, from which they will get the pleasure of learning this subject. At present, most students in China begin to learn English in the third grade of primary school, and have been studying English for ten years in the first grade of university. Most students are tired of English. The best way for students to continue learning English is to constantly improve their interest in English. The knowledge of British and American literature is less exposed or only exposed to some simple content in high school. Adding English and American literature to the lead-in will make students feel very novel. So you can concentrate on listening to the teacher and improve your interest in learning. There is a sentence in Unit 7 "FacetoFacewithGuns" of New Horizon College English Reading and Writing Course: Turingtosepa-gesandstudyingthhephotographisailikeflows on the add current that, like Blake &；; RsquoSThames, see "markineveryface, marksoflawey, marksowoe [3]". This sentence actually quoted the famous American romantic poet William &; Bull; Teachers can analyze the poems in Black's London through the characteristics of The Romantic Period's poems, which can enhance students' appreciation of the poems and their accurate understanding of the sentences in the text. In Unit 6 of New Horizon College English, the article in paragraph A is entitled "AsHisNameIs, SoIsHe!" Some teachers will import from the perspective of people's names according to the title of the article, but if they import from the perspective of literature, they will stimulate students' interest more. This title actually comes from the seventh chapter of Proverbs of the Bible. The original sentence is "Asamanthinkethinhisheart, soheis." Teachers can import from the perspective of the Bible. Students have basically heard of the Bible, but they don't know much about it. Teachers can introduce famous stories in the Bible, such as the Garden of Eden, Noah's Ark and Exodus. In addition, the Bible is not only a classic of _ _ _, but also the source of western literature, and many famous works in British and American literature are related to the Bible. A comprehensive survey of these literary works influenced by the Bible shows that biblical allusions are very flexible in their application. There are many types of biblical allusions, such as dictionaries, dictionaries, events, images, structural models and concepts. [4]. Many dialogues, allusions and images in British and American literary classics, such as Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Melville's Moby Dick, Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath and Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury, all originate from the Bible.

It helps students understand western culture.

When reading British and American literary works, students can learn more about western culture and avoid unnecessary cultural conflicts in international communication. Bull; Oscar Wilde, English poet William &; Bull; Wordsworth, John &; Bull; Milton and American writer David &; Bull; Thoreau, teachers can import from their works and use these works to help students understand western culture. Teachers can also import words that appear in the text. The word colony appeared in Unit 4, Book 3 of New Horizon College English Reading and Writing Course. Students know that it means "colony" when they read the notes. Teachers can introduce it from the perspective of literature. European Puritan immigrants established thirteen colonies in North America. American literature is deeply influenced by Puritanism, just as Confucianism has a profound influence on China literature. Historian Bath believes that it is impossible to understand American society without understanding American Puritanism [6]. Modesty, honesty, diligence, frugality and optimism advocated by Puritans also had a far-reaching impact on American society. Puritanism laid the foundation of American democracy and shaped the character of the American people. American diligence, thrift and optimism are inseparable from Puritanism. At the same time, many American writers are deeply influenced by Puritanism in their creation. These writers' works are simple in style and fresh and direct in language. Therefore, the explanation of Puritanism will help students to understand the American character from the root and help them to understand the western culture more deeply.

3 help to improve students' humanistic quality.

With the development of the times, China's higher education needs to cultivate talents with humanistic quality and scientific quality in order to promote the all-round development of students. If students only attach importance to scientific knowledge and neglect the cultivation of humanistic quality, they will become people with only knowledge and no wisdom. Humanistic quality can help students form a correct outlook on life, world outlook and values, and promote spiritual cultivation. It appears in Unit 7 of New Horizon College English Reading and Writing Course. Bull; Franklin, the teacher can take Franklin as the object of introduction. Franklin was not only a politician and a scientist, but also a famous writer. Franklin set himself thirteen virtues in his autobiography, including temperance, silence, life order, determination, simplicity, diligence, sincerity, justice, moderation, cleanliness, chastity and modesty. These thirteen virtues are of certain significance to improving the humanistic quality of college students today. Teachers can let students follow Franklin's example and demand themselves with thirteen virtues in daily life. Teachers can also let students freely discuss and exchange these virtues, and evaluate the unhealthy phenomena existing in the current society, which is helpful to improve students' analytical ability and social responsibility. Therefore, the introduction of British and American literature is an important part of higher education in the new period and an important means to improve students' humanistic quality.

Non-English majors in Chinese universities, especially in science and engineering universities, have relatively little knowledge of British and American literature, and the introduction method of college English teaching is relatively simple. Therefore, teachers can use English and American literature knowledge in college English teaching, which can not only solve the single problem of classroom introduction, but also improve students' interest in learning, increase their understanding of English and American literature knowledge, help them understand western culture and improve their humanistic quality, which is in line with the development needs of cultivating all-round talents in higher education in China and meet the needs of talents in 2 1 century. 59660.88888886667

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1 multimedia teaching mode of British and American film literature, d foreign language audio-visual teaching 2002-02-2026

2, monologue and communication, where to go? On English and American Literature Teaching: Foreign Languages and Foreign Language Teaching 2006-08-0 126

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