诗歌知识简介Poetryasagenre..doc

诗歌知识简介Poetry as a genre 教学目的： 使学生掌握英语诗歌的基本知识。 教学重点： 英语诗歌的基本要素及诗歌的分类。 英国诗歌的发展状况。 教学难点： 区分几对术语：poetry prose, rhyme rhythm, image symbol, theme subject matter。 教学方法： 教师讲授为主，结合具体的例子进行讲解。 Lecture Notes: Poetry as a Genre 1. Definition of Poetry Poetry, form of literature, spoken or written, that emphasizes rhythm, other intricate patterns of sound and imagery, and the many possible ways that words can suggest meaning. The word itself derives from a Greek word, poesis, meaning “making” or “creating.” Whereas ordinary speech and writing, called prose, are organized in sentences and paragraphs, poetry in its simplest definition is organized in units called lines as well as in sentences, and often in stanzas, which are the paragraphs of poetry. It is important to keep in mind the distinction between verse and a poem . The word verse has two meanings: one, to refer to a line as a unit of poetry; the other, to refer to any work that uses rhythm and rhyme. Working from the second meaning, one can distinguish between verse and a poem. Those works that fall into a category containing limericks, jingles, and the like, we call verse; works of high and lasting quality we can call poems. Poetry uses language and it uses language in a different manner. The practical use of language is to communicate information and to keep the communication channels open, while poetry uses language to communicate experience that is much wider than mere information and knowledge. The very difference between poetry and other literature is that poetry is the most condensed and compacted form of literature , saying most in the fewest number of words. Besides, the language of poetry is multi-dimensional. Practical language which aims to communicate information is only directed at the listener’s understanding, but poetry, which is used to communicate experience, has at least four dimensions. It involves the reader’s whole faculties: his intelligence, his senses, his emotions and his imagination, no