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Foreign Literature History (TV University) (5286) Self-study Examination Outline

First, the nature of the course and the purpose of learning

Special Topics on Foreign Literature in the Twentieth Century is a compulsory course for Chinese Language and Literature majors. This course is based on the relevant knowledge of the basic course "History of Foreign Literature", and further studies the main schools, representative writers and works of European and American literature in the 20th century, especially modernist literature. Its purpose is to guide students to understand the position of foreign literature in the overall history of foreign literature in the 20th century through the study of this course. The basic characteristics of the main schools of modernist literature. Understand the relationship between modernism, realism and postmodernism in foreign literature in the 20th century. Master the creative characteristics of key writers and the ideological and artistic characteristics of key works. Improve students' ability to analyze, understand and appreciate foreign literary works in the 20th century, especially modernist literary works.

In addition to the history of foreign literature, other courses related to this course include an introduction to literature, modern literature in China, contemporary literature in China, selections of western literary theories and an introduction to comparative literature. Students are required to mobilize their own literary theory and knowledge of China literature, and have a more comprehensive understanding of foreign literature in the 20th century within the framework of comparative literature.

Second, the course content and examination objectives

The first chapter is the foundation of modernism: Kafka.

Prophet of the first quarter era

(A) the purpose and requirements of learning

Understand Kafka's life and creation. Understand the dominant position of modernist literature in the 20th century; The theme of alienation in Metamorphosis. Grasp Kafka's position in foreign literature in the 20th century.

course content

1. The leading position of modernist literature in foreign literature in the 20th century.

2. Kafka's life and creation.

3. Kafka's position in literary history.

(3) Assessment requirements and knowledge points

1. Kafka's important works.

2. Understanding: the dominant position of modernist literature in foreign literature in the 20th century. The theme of alienation in Metamorphosis.

3. Kafka's position in literary history.

Section II Artistic Features of Expressionism

(A) the purpose and requirements of learning

Understand the origin and development of expressionism. Grasping the artistic characteristics of expressionism, combining Kafka's creation for in-depth explanation.

course content

1. The origin and artistic characteristics of expressionism.

2. The expressionist features of Kafka's novels.

3. The artistic characteristics of hungry artists.

(3) Assessment requirements and knowledge points

1. The origin and development of expressionism.

2. Understanding: Expressionism. The artistic characteristics of hungry artists.

3. The expressionist features of Kafka's novels.

Section 3 "Castle"

(A) the purpose and requirements of learning

Understand the basic content of the castle. Grasp the symbolic meaning of "castle" and the "fuzziness" of "castle"

course content

1. Basic contents of the castle.

2. The symbolic meaning of "castle".

3. Various interpretations of the castle.

(3) Assessment requirements and knowledge points

1. Memory: Castle is Kafka's most important novel. The characters in The Castle.

2. Understanding: the symbolic meaning of "castle".

3. Mastering: the "fuzziness" and the "unfinished" artistic features of The Castle.

Chapter II Stream of Consciousness Novels

The first section is the philosophical and psychological background and performance skills of stream of consciousness.

(A) the purpose and requirements of learning

Understand the philosophical and psychological basis of stream-of-consciousness novels: psychological explanation of stream-of-consciousness and its three meanings as a literary term. Master the main skills of expressing the psychological and conscious activities of characters in stream-of-consciousness novels.

course content

1. Representative writers and representative works of stream-of-consciousness novels.

2. Philosophical and psychological basis of stream of consciousness; Bergson and Freud's theory.

3. Psychological explanation and literary explanation of stream of consciousness.

4. The main skills of stream-of-consciousness novels to express the psychological and conscious activities of characters.

(3) Assessment requirements and knowledge points

1. Memory: the representative writers and works of stream-of-consciousness novels.

2. Philosophical and psychological basis of stream of consciousness. Stream of consciousness novels.

3. Mastery: the main skills of stream-of-consciousness novels.

Section 2 Representative Writers

(A) the purpose and requirements of learning

Understand the general situation of the creation of representative writers of stream of consciousness novels such as Proust, Woolf and Faulkner. Understand Proust's position in the history of literature and the stream-of-consciousness characteristics of his masterpiece Remembering the Past; The theme of To the Lighthouse. Grasp the structural features and idiotic narrative techniques adopted in The Sound and the Fury.

course content

1. Proust's creation; Status of literary history; Characteristics of Stream of Consciousness in Memories of Time Past.

2. Woolf's creation; The ideological content of To the Lighthouse.

3. Faulkner's creation; The Sound and the Fury and As I Lay Dying are ideological and artistic.

(3) Assessment requirements and knowledge points

1. Recite: Proust, Woolf, Faulkner's important works.

2. Understanding: Proust's position in the history of literature. The theme of To the Lighthouse.

3. Mastering: The Sound and the Fury's structural features and idiotic narrative skills.

Joyce in the third quarter

(A) the purpose and requirements of learning

Learn about Joyce's life and creation. Understand the position of Ulysses in the history of literature; Characteristics of Stream of Consciousness in Ulysses. Grasp the correspondence between Ulysses and Homer's epics.

course content

1. Joyce's life and creation.

2. The position of Ulysses in the history of literature.

3. The structure, characters and artistic features of Ulysses and its correspondence with Homer's epic.

(3) Assessment requirements and knowledge points

1. Memory: Joyce's creation; The Characters and Structure of Ulysses.

2. Understanding: the stream of consciousness characteristics of Ulysses and its position in the history of literature.

3. Master: The correspondence between Ulysses and Homer.

Chapter III Existentialist Literature

Section 1 Existentialist Philosophy and Literary Theme

(A) the purpose and requirements of learning

Understand the basic classification of existential philosophy (Christian existentialism and atheistic existentialism). Understand the significance and basic philosophical proposition of Sartre's existentialism philosophy. Grasp the basic theme of existential literature.

course content

1. Existentialist philosophy.

2. The theme of existentialist literature.

(3) Assessment requirements and knowledge points

1. The representative figure of existentialism philosophy.

2. Understanding: the basic viewpoint of Sartre's existentialism philosophy. The relationship between existential literature and existential philosophy.

3. The basic themes and artistic features of existentialist literature.

Sartre in the second quarter

(A) the purpose and requirements of learning

Understand Sartre's life and creation. Understand the ideological content of the plays Interval and Devil and God. Grasp the philosophical connotation of nausea.

course content

1. Sartre's life and creation.

2. the novel "disgusting".

3. Drama interval and the devil and God.

(3) Assessment requirements and knowledge points

1. Recite: Sartre's important works.

2. Understanding: the idea of "others are hell" in the interval.

3. Mastery: the philosophical connotation of nausea.

Section 3 Camus

(A) the purpose and requirements of learning

Understand Camus' life and creation; Understand the meaning of Musso in The Outsider; Grasp Camus' understanding of absurdity and the symbolic significance of plague image in Plague.

course content

1. The life and creation of Camus.

2. The myth of Sisyphus and Camus' existentialism philosophy.

3. The image of an outsider and Merso.

4. The symbolic meaning of "plague" and "plague" images.

(3) Assessment requirements and knowledge points

1. The main works of Camus.

2. Understanding: the image of Musso.

3. Mastering: the existential philosophy in Sisyphus myth: the symbolic meaning of the image of "plague" in "Plague".

Chapter IV New Fiction School

Section 1 Overview

(A) the purpose and requirements of learning

Understand the background of the new novel school; Understand Sartre's exposition on "anti-fiction"; Grasp the revolutionary nature of the new novel school and its ideological and artistic characteristics.

course content

1. the background of the new novel school; Sartre on new novels.

2. The New Fiction School is the most revolutionary literary school after World War II.

3. The creative characteristics of the new novel school.

(3) Assessment requirements and knowledge points

1. Theoretical works of the New Fiction School.

2. Understanding: Sartre's concept of "anti-fiction".

3. Mastering: the revolutionary nature of the new novel school; The ideological and artistic characteristics of the new novel school.

Section 2 Works of Representative Writers of New Fiction School

(A) the purpose and requirements of learning

Understand the creation of sallot, Bouthors, Simon and Rob Geyer. Understand their respective innovations in novel creation; Rob Geyer's Literary Position.

course content

1. sallot's creation: the meaning of "hidden dialogue".

2.Bouthors's creation; Use of time; The application of the second person in Bian.

3. Simon's creation; The pursuit of the combination of poetry and painting in the wind; Agricultural poetry and narrative adventure.

4. Rob Gerye's creation and its literary position: the expression of "things" in The Spectator.

(3) Assessment requirements and knowledge points

1. Memories: representative works of sallot, Bouthors, Simon and Rob Geyer.

2. Understanding: sallot, Bouthors, Simon and Rob Geyer's contribution to the new novel, sallot's "hidden dialogue", Bouthors's use of the second person, and Simon's "narrative exploration"; Rob Geyer's Literary Position.

Ge Ye's jealousy in the third quarter

(A) the purpose and requirements of learning

Understand the outline of jealousy. Compared with traditional realistic novels, we can understand the deviation of jealousy from traditional novel norms. The superficial style of the novel. Grasp the materialized theme of the novel and the existence of "two Rob-Gerye" in the novel.

course content

1. Jealousy deviates from the norms of traditional novels.

2. Overview of the content of jealousy.

3. The materialized theme of jealousy, hidden art and superficial style (refusing metaphor).

4. There are two Rob Geyer in jealousy, one is subjective and the other is objective.

(3) Assessment requirements and knowledge points

1. Understanding: jealousy deviates from the traditional novel norms; Superficial Style and Its Rejection of Metaphor

2. Master: the "materialization" theme of jealousy; "Two Rob-Reyes" in the novel.

Chapter V Magic Realism in Latin America

Section 1 Overview

(A) the purpose and requirements of learning

Understand the representative writers of Latin American literature during the "literary explosion" period; Understand the contribution of asturias, Carpentier and fuentes's works to magical realism; Grasp "what is magic realism".

course content

In 1960s 1.0, the "literary explosion" in Latin America;

2. What is magic realism?

3. The creation of asturias, Carpentier and fuentes and their contribution to magical realism.

(3) Assessment requirements and knowledge points

1. Memory: the representative writers of Latin American literature during the "literary explosion" period: an overview of the creation of asturias, Carpentier and fuentes.

2. Understanding: The creative characteristics of asturias, Carpentier and fuentes and their contributions to magical realism.

3. Master: Magic Realism.

Section 2 Artistic Techniques of Magic Realism

(A) the purpose and requirements of learning

Understand the relationship between magical realism and Latin American reality and Indian traditional way of thinking. Master the basic artistic techniques of magical realism, especially clarify the relationship between "magic" and "reality" in magical realism novels.

course content

1. Fantasy and reality, fiction and reality are integrated, reflecting the traditional way of thinking of Indians.

2. The application of defamiliarization skills. Defamiliarization is an important means to make real things magical.

3. Myth. The pursuit of "overall symbol" by magical realism.

(3) Assessment requirements and knowledge points

1. Understanding: the relationship between magical realism and Latin American reality and Indian traditional way of thinking;

2. Mastering: the artistic technique of magical realism; The relationship between "magic" and "reality" in magical realistic novels.

Section 3 "One Hundred Years of Solitude"

(A) the purpose and requirements of learning

Understand Marquez's life and creation; The plot and characters of One Hundred Years of Solitude. Understand the artistic achievements of One Hundred Years of Solitude. Grasp the theme of One Hundred Years of Solitude.

course content

1. Marquez's life and creation.

2. The plot and characters of One Hundred Years of Solitude.

3. The theme and artistic achievements of One Hundred Years of Solitude.

(3) Assessment requirements and knowledge points

1. Memories: Marquez's main works; The characters in One Hundred Years of Solitude.

2. Understanding: The artistic achievement of One Hundred Years of Solitude.

3. Grasp the theme of One Hundred Years of Solitude.

Chapter VI Black Humor

Section 1 Overview

(A) the purpose and requirements of learning

Understand the background and representative writers of black humor; Understand the specific meaning of black humor and its difference from traditional humor; Grasp the artistic features of black humor.

course content

1. A representative writer of black humor; The connotation of black humor.

2. Humor and black humor in the traditional sense.

3. Black humorous background.

4. The artistic features of black humor.

(3) Assessment requirements and knowledge points

1. A representative writer of black humor.

2. Understanding: the background of black humor; The difference between traditional humor and black humor.

3. The artistic features of black humor.

Section 2 Representative Writers

(A) the purpose and requirements of learning

Know Donald? Overview of donald barthelme, Thomas Pynchon, Kurt Wernig Jr. and John Bass; Understand their own creative characteristics; Grasp the outstanding "hybrid" characteristics in their creation.

course content

1. The creation of Donald donald barthelme; The mixed characteristics of Snow White.

2. Thomas Pynchon's creation; The Rainbow of Gravitation has "an encyclopedic ambition of postmodernism".

3. Kurt Vonnegut Jr.' s creation: Slaughterhouse Five and Grabbed Breakfast are concerns about the crisis of human existence and the trend of materialization.

4. The creation of John Bass; Giles, a shepherd boy, and metafiction.

(3) Assessment requirements and knowledge points

1. Memory: the representative works of donald barthelme, Thomas Pynchon, Kurt Vonnegut Jr. and John Bass.

2. Understanding: the creative characteristics of donald barthelme, Thomas Pynchon, Kurt Vonnegut Jr. and John Bass.

3. Mastery: the "hybrid" feature of black humor.

Section 3 Heller and Catch-22

(A) the purpose and requirements of learning

Understand Heller's general situation of creation. Understand the creative background and artistic characteristics of Catch-22. Grasp the symbolic significance of catch-22.

course content

1. Heller's life and creation; The creative background of Catch-22.

2. The symbolic significance of catch-22.

3. The artistic features of Catch-22.

4. Introduction to Something.

(3) Assessment requirements and knowledge points

1. Memory: Heller's main works.

2. The artistic features of Catch-22.

3. Mastering: the symbolic meaning of catch-up article 22.

Chapter VII Post-modernism Writing

Section 1 Overview

(A) the purpose and requirements of learning

Understand Nabokov's general situation of creation. Understand "postmodernism" and "postmodern writing"; Characteristics of postmodern writing. Grasp the characteristics of "meta-novel".

course content

1. Interpreting "Postmodernism". Postmodernism in the field of literature.

2. The characteristics of postmodern writing: "meta-novel" and "meta-narrative"; A mixture of genres and styles.

3. Nabokov's dim fire.

(3) Assessment requirements and knowledge points

1. Nabokov's creation.

2. Understanding: postmodernism; Characteristics of postmodern writing.

3. Master: What is a "metanovel"?

Borges in the second quarter

(A) the purpose and requirements of learning

Understand Borges' creation. Understand the ideological and artistic nature of Borges' novels. Grasp Borges' contribution to the novel.

course content

1. The life and creation of Borges.

2. The ideological and artistic features of Borges' novels: metaphysics: miscellaneous; Exquisite handling of fantasy themes.

3. A garden with intersecting paths.

4. Borges' novels.

(3) Assessment requirements and knowledge points

1. Important works of Borges.

2. Understanding: the ideological and artistic features of Borges' novels: the artistic features of cross-shaped gardens.

3. Borges' contribution to the novel.

Section 3 Calvino

(A) the purpose and requirements of learning

Learn about Calvino's creation. Understand its literary status; Artistic features of A Traveler on a Cold Winter Night. Grasp the fairy tale and fable characteristics of our ancestors.

course content

1. Calvino's life, creation and literary position.

2. The mythical thinking and fable form of our ancestors.

3. The experimental pursuit of A Traveler on a Winter Night: "Time Zero", "Box Structure" and its "Metafiction" characteristics.

(3) Assessment requirements and knowledge points

1. Memory: Calvino's important works.

2. Understanding: Calvino's literary position; A traveler's experimental pursuit on a cold winter night.

3. Mastery: the fairy tale and fable characteristics of our ancestors.

Chapter VIII Realistic Novels

Section 1 Overview

(A) the purpose and requirements of learning

Understand the representative writers and works of realistic novels in the 20th century. Understand the position and characteristics of realistic novels in 20th century literature.

course content

1. The position of realistic novels in 20th century literature: realistic novels represent writers and works.

2. The characteristics of realistic novels in the 20th century: the trend of diversification and the reference and integration of modernism.

3. thomas mann's Magic Mountain; Hemingway's old man and the sea.

(3) Assessment requirements and knowledge points

1.Representative writers and works of realistic novels in the 20th century.

2. Understanding: The characteristics of realistic novels in the 20th century: These characteristics are reflected in the works of thomas mann and Hemingway.

Section 2 Pasternak

(A) the purpose and requirements of learning

Understand Pasternak's life and creation. Understand the artistic features of Doctor Zhiwaji. Grasp the spiritual connotation of Doctor Zhiwaji.

course content

1. Pasternak's life and creation. The publication and award of Dr. Zhiwaji.

2. The ideological content of Doctor Zhiwaji.

3. The artistic features of Doctor Zhiwaji.

(3) Assessment requirements and knowledge points

1. Memory: An Overview of Pasternak's Creation.

2. The artistic features of Doctor Zhiwaji.

3. The spiritual connotation of Doctor Zhiwaji.

Section 3 Saul Bellow

(A) the purpose and requirements of learning

Learn about Saul Bellow's life and creation. Understand the ideological connotation of his representative works. Grasp his literary achievements.

course content

1. The life and creation of Saul Bellow.

2. Herzog and Henderson the Rain King pursue the meaning of life; Humboldt gifts promoted Humboldt spirit.

3. Saul Bellow's literary achievements: he inherited the tradition of realism and absorbed the expressions of modernism and Bellow style.

(3) Assessment requirements and knowledge points

1. The important works of Saul Bellow.

2. Understanding: the ideological content of Herzog, Henderson the Rain King and Humboldt's Gift.

3. Saul Bellow's literary achievements.

Chapter IX Late Symbolism

(A) the purpose and requirements of learning

Understand the late symbolist poets and their representative works. Understand the symbolic meaning of his works. Grasp the characteristics of symbolism poetry in the later period.

course content

1. What is a symbol? Pre-symbolism and its representative poets.

2. Late symbolism.

3. Valery, Rilke, Ye Zhi, Eliot

(3) Assessment requirements and knowledge points

1. Memory: Late symbolist poets and their representative works.

2. Understanding: the symbolic meaning of Valery's poems, Rilke's Leopard-In the Paris Botanical Garden, Ye Zhi's When You Are Old, Eliot's Love Song of Pruefer Locke and The Waste Land.

3. Mastery: the characteristics of symbolism poetry in the later period.

Chapter 10 Imagist Poetry

(A) the purpose and requirements of learning

Understand the three stages of the development of Imagism Movement; Imagism represents the representative works of poets. Understand the background of imagism; Pound's role in the development of imagism. Grasp the characteristics of imagist poetry.

course content

1. The background of the Imagism Movement and its three stages of development.

2. The theory, practice and influence of imagist poetry.

3. The representative poet of Imagism.

(3) Assessment requirements and knowledge points

1. Memory: Three stages of meaningful sports development. The representative poets of Imagism and their masterpieces.

2. Understanding: the background of the Imagism movement. The role of pound in the development of imagist poetry.

3. Mastery: the characteristics of imagist poetry.

The first chapter is XI's surrealist poetry.

(A) the purpose and requirements of learning

Understand the representative works of surrealism representative poets. Understand the background of surrealism. Grasp the ideological and artistic characteristics of surrealism.

course content

1. The emergence of surrealism; The ideological and artistic features of surrealism.

2. French surrealist poets: Brighton, Aragon and Ai Lvya.

3. Latin American surrealist poets: Paz, Borges, Transtrom.

(3) Assessment requirements and knowledge points

1. Memory: the representative works of surrealism representative poets.

2. Understanding: the background of surrealism.

3. The ideological and artistic features of surrealism.

Chapter XII Feminist Poetry

(A) the purpose and requirements of learning

Understand the development of feminist poetry; Important feminist poets and their representative works. Understand Woolf and others' exposition of feminist poetry. Master the theoretical viewpoint and creative characteristics of feminist poet Richie.

course content

1. Feminist Poetry in Europe and America.

2. The practice of female literary criticism and the study of female poets.

3. Feminist poet.

(3) Assessment requirements and knowledge points

1. Memory: an important theorist and poet in the development of feminist poetry.

2. Woolf's exposition of female poetry creation.

3. Mastering: Rich's feminist poetry theory and creative characteristics.

Chapter XIII Post-modern Poetry

(A) the purpose and requirements of learning

Understand the life and creation of Ginsburg and broschi. Understand their creative characteristics and broschi's worship of language.

course content

1. Ginsburg's life and creation; Creative characteristics; The masterpiece Howl.

2. brodsky's life and creation; Creative characteristics; Broschi's worship of language.

(3) Assessment requirements and knowledge points

1. Memory: Poems by Ginsburg and broschi.

2. Understanding: The creative characteristics of the two poets: broschi's worship of language.

III. Relevant explanations and implementation requirements

(a) the use of this outline.

This syllabus distinguishes between novels and poems in writing style, with novels as the mainstay. Therefore, chapter 65438 +0-8 of the novel is involved, and the outline is written in sections; Chapter 9-13, which involves poetry, is divided into chapters without subsections.

This outline puts forward specific assessment requirements for each unit, and lists the assessment knowledge points one by one at different levels. Any content that belongs to the "memory" part needs candidates to try their best to remember and accurately identify it in various situations. The content of "Understanding" requires candidates not only to be familiar with related concepts, but also to understand their principles, and to briefly analyze the works of relevant writers. If you want to "master" the content, you must be able to use relevant theories and knowledge to conduct a comprehensive and in-depth analysis, and you must be able to show the examinee's ability to analyze and solve problems.

(two) the implementation requirements of this outline

1. This syllabus is the basis for candidates to study the course Special Topics of Foreign Literature in the Twentieth Century by themselves. According to the self-study content and assessment requirements stipulated in this syllabus, candidates should study hard and systematically master and master at three levels of knowledge: memory, understanding and mastery. Besides textbooks, you can use required reading and reference books to help you with your study. However, if the contents of the specified examinations and reference books are different from those in this syllabus, the contents and assessment requirements stipulated in this syllabus shall prevail.

2. This syllabus is the basis of social assistance in this course. Social students should carry out assistance activities in accordance with the course nature, learning purpose and teaching content stipulated in this syllabus. Emphasis should be placed on the analysis and combing of the course content. At the same time, according to the requirements of "memory", "understanding" and "mastery", explain relevant knowledge, pay attention to the guidance of methods, deepen candidates' understanding of textbooks, and improve their ability to analyze and solve problems.

3. This outline is the basis of the examination proposition of this course. The content range, ability level and examination focus of the examination proposition of this course are based on the assessment objectives stipulated in this syllabus. If the contents of other compulsory books and reference books are inconsistent with this outline, this outline shall prevail. When making a proposition, the proportion of "memorizing" questions in each test paper is 40%, "understanding" is 30%, and "mastering" is 30%. The proportion of the three questions can be up and down by 5%. Test questions with different difficulty levels should be allocated reasonably, but it should be noted that the difficulty of test questions and the ability level of candidates are not the same concept, and any ability level has different difficulties.

(3) Examples of test types

1. Multiple choice questions (65438+ 0 point for each question)

(1) The author of Metamorphosis is ()

(1) Strindberg (2) Rilke.

③ Kafka ④ Eliot

(2) Pasternak's masterpiece is ()

① Cave ② Quiet Don River.

(3) Humboldt's Gift (4) Doctor Zhiwaji

2. Multiple choice questions (65438+ 0 point for each question)

(1) The following poets belong to the late symbolism ()

① Ramadan ② Eliot

③ Wei Erlun ④ Rilke ⑤ Valery.

(2) The representative writer of existentialist literature is ()

1 Camus 2 Sartre 3 Beauvoir

④ Carpentier ⑤ Rulfo。

3. Noun explanation (4 points for each question)

(1) magic realism

(2) Meta-fiction

4. Short answer questions (5-8 points for each question)

The artistic features of Catch-22.

5. Analysis and discussion questions (0/2-16 points for each question)

This paper analyzes the corresponding relationship between Ulysses and Homer's epic.