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作者简介

内容简介

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图书信息

出版社: 外语教学与研究出版社; 第1版 (2008年9月1日)

平装: 347页

正文语种: 英语

开本: 16

ISBN: 9787560051642

条形码: 9787560051642

尺寸: 25.6 x 18.4 x 1.6 cm

重量: 558 g

作者简介

编者：(英国)顾曰国(Mary J.Willes) 丛书主编：陈乃芳 蓝纯

内容简介

《人类的想象与创造(第2卷)》内容简介：一个成熟的英语学习者能够用英语进行广泛的阅读并从中收获知识和快乐。让我们为知识和快乐而阅读，而不仅仅是为学好英语而阅读。 “人类文明与文化读本“（READ INTO HUMAN CIVILIZATION AND CULTURE）是针对高校英语专业学生和同等程度的英语学习者开发的一套阅读文库，可以用作泛读课教材.也可以用作课外阅读材料。与一般泛读教材不同的是.本套读本着眼于让读者通过英语的视角来了解上下数千年人类所创造的文明、文化以及所遭遇的挑战和危机。

目录

Table of Contents

General Introduction to Read into Human Civilization and Culture

Introduction to Human's Imagination and Recreation

Part 1 A Survey of Arts, Theater and Literature

Unit 1 A Survey of Arts

Text A General Concepts for the Work of Arts

Text B Specialized Concepts for the Work of Arts

Unit 2 Introduction to the Study of Theater Arts

Text A Dramatic Arts and Theater Presentation

Text B Theaters in the West: Change and Development

Text C What Shakespeare the Dramatist Has to Say About Acting

Unit 3 Introduction to the Study of Literature

Text A What Do We Mean When We Speak of Literature?

Text B The Book—— Still Precious Lifeblood of a Master Spirit

Text C Love Disappointed: Poems from Various Times and Places on a Common Aspect of Human Experience

Part 2 Religion and Arts

Unit 4 Art in the Service of Religion

Text A People Make Meaning from Their Experiences

Text B Religious Festivals and Ceremonies

Text C Artistic Tradition and the Social Order

Unit 5 Conflict and Contradiction in the Relation Between Religion and Arts

Text A Arts as a Dimension of Religion

Text B1 Dispute over Icons

Text B2 The Impact of Puritanism

Unit 6 Communicating Ideology Through Drama, Religious Myth and Legend

Text A The English Mystery Plays

Text B The Medieval Miracle Plays

Part 3 Music and Western Culture

Unit 7 Music and Musicians

Text A An Introduction to the Music Culture of the West

Text B The Great Musicians of the Classical and Romantic Tradition in Western Music

Unit 8 Opera and Ballet

Text A A Brief History of Opera

Text B The Development of Ballet: Classical to Modem

Text C Opera in Five Acts

Unit 9 Popular Music and Popular Culture

Text A Popular Music

Text B The Development of Music and Popular Culture

Part 4 Sculpture and Architecture

Unit 10 A General Survey of Sculpture

Text A Understanding Sculpture

Text B Sculpture: A Glorious Past

Text C Sculpture: Far and Wide

Unit 11 A General Survey of Architecture

Text A Architecture: The Ancient World

Text B Architecture: The Medieval World

Text C Architecture: More Recent Times

Unit 12 East and West: Two Case Studies

Text A Aspects of the Architecture and Sculpture of India

Text B Hidden Gems Among the Gothic Spires of Yale

Part 5 Sports and Culture

Unit 13 Among the Sports We Have

Text A Basketball

Text B Boxing

Text C Soccer

Unit 14 Sports as an Industry

Text A The Olympic Games

Text B Sports Industry

Text C The World Cup

Unit 15 The Other Side of Sports

Text A Forget the Footie, Check out the Technology

Text B Seconds out, Round Two of My Life

Text C Mother of All Climbdowns

Part 6 Trends in Modern Arts

Unit 16 Modernism and Modern Arts

Text A Modem Art

Text B Modem Dance

Unit 17 The Role of Feminism

Text A Women in Art

Text B Self-portrait by Gwen John

Text C The Fortunes of Women Painters and Their Work.

Unit 18 Advertising and Art

Text A Advertising

Text B Early Advertising Art from A. and E Pears Ltd

Key to Questions

Glossary