中国文学史课程第一讲英文资料.pdf

中国文学史课程第一讲英文资料

双语表达：精彩句子与段落

Chapter1ABriefIntroduction

1.Chinahasalongandrichliterarytradition,buttomanyWesterners,Chinese

literatureremainsanenigma(谜).ManyofthemostimportantChineseclassicsare

unavailableintranslation,asmuchofChina’sliteraryheritage(particularlyitspoetry)

hasbeenuntranslatable,despitescholarlyefforts.

2.For3,500years,Chineseliterature’sdiversifiedgenres(类型)andformshave

encompassedmythology（神话），poetry,essay,fictionanddrama.Itrivals(与……

媲美)othergreatliteratureoftheworld.

3.Beginningwithprimitivemythology,ChineseliteraturedevelopedwithTheBook

ofSongs(《诗经》)，PoetryoftheSouth(《楚辞》)，theproseofthepre-Qinperiod,

hanfuandyuefufolksongsoftheHanDynasty(汉赋)，theliterarycriticisiminthe

WeiandJindynasties,theTangpoems,cioftheSongDynasty,yuanquintheYuan

DynastyandtheMingandQingnovels.Eachdynastycontributeditsowndistinctive

literarygenre.

4.China’sliterarylegacypredominantlyfallsintoeitherclassicalormoderneras.

However,itcanbesubdividedintofourmainperiods:

Classical:pre—lateQing

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Modern:1840—May4,1919

Revolutionary:1919—1949

Contemporary:1949—present

ModernliteratureembracesworksfromthelateQingDynastytotheMay4th

Movementof1919.asthedecadent(颓废的)reignoftheQingfailedtoinspirethe

mindsofpeople,literaryformsremainedunchangeduntiltheFirstOpiumWarof

1840.asforeignersarrivedinChinaandestablishedtheircolonies,Western

thinkingbegantoinfluenceChinesewriting.Novels,poetry,andotherworkswith

patriotic(爱国的)andrevolutionarythemesappearedtoexposeandattacksocial

ills.

Revolutionaryliteraturespannedtheperiodfrom1919tothefoundationofthe

People’sRepublicofChinain1949andtookonanewvigor,despitethefactthat

Chinawasinthethroes(挣扎)ofpolitica