圖書描述
‘Literature for English‘ is a five-book literature-based reading program for students who need to improve their basic English skills. Each book is packed with high-interest stories by famous writers covering varied genres such as folktale, science fiction, and autobiography. Selections in the Beginning - and Intermediate-level books are divided into a number of short, illustrated sections. Many of the chapters in the Advanced-level books contain theme-related stories and poems. Each section in the Student Book is followed by a comprehensive four-part skills check that is developed to meet the needs to LEP readers and is consistent with the general scope and sequence of ESL/ELT curricula. Each ‘Literature for English‘ student book follows a similar format. A pre-reading section, Getting Ready to Read, introduces each story. This section is divided into three parts: The Story and You, Learning About Literature, and Looking Ahead. It provides high-interest material to motivate the student to read the story and also offers important information about elements of literature. Each story is followed by a comprehensive four-part skills check. These activities contain hands-on practice in reading, writing, speaking, and listening. It includes the following exercises: Check Your Reading - provides ten self-scoring multiple-choice questions that review reading comprehension, vocabulary, and idioms. A score chart at the end of the book graphically illustrates student progress. Understanding the Story contains a variety of exercises that use directed writing activities for mastery of reading comprehension, sentence structure, verbs, parts of speech, writing, and punctuation. Hints are provided to help students improve their grammar. Studying the Story activities provide opportunities for students to work together to improve their listening, speaking, and writing skills and contain specific as well as open-ended writing assignments and exercises.
Literature for English (Advanced) 3: A Journey Through Modern and Contemporary Voices Book Overview Literature for English (Advanced) 3 is a meticulously curated anthology designed for students who have successfully navigated the intermediate level and are ready to engage with the complex, nuanced, and stylistically diverse landscape of modern and contemporary Anglophone literature. This volume moves beyond foundational texts to immerse the reader in the literary output of the late 20th century through to the present day, focusing on works that challenge traditional narrative structures, explore shifting cultural paradigms, and push the boundaries of language itself. This textbook is not merely a collection of readings; it is a comprehensive pedagogical tool structured to foster advanced critical literacy, sophisticated analytical skills, and a deep appreciation for the craft of writing in its current forms. The selection emphasizes global diversity, incorporating seminal works from established figures alongside vital voices from emerging literary scenes across the Anglosphere. Core Thematic Pillars The anthology is organized around five interconnected thematic modules, allowing for deep, sustained engagement with complex ideas rather than superficial coverage of disparate texts. Module 1: Fractured Realities and Postmodern Pastiche This section delves into the era defined by skepticism toward grand narratives. Students will encounter texts that employ metafiction, unreliable narration, and temporal distortion to reflect a fragmented contemporary consciousness. Focus Areas: Intertextuality, the collapse of objective truth, the relationship between history and fiction, and the use of pastiche and parody as critical tools. Key Literary Movements Explored: Late Postmodernism, Hyperrealism. Featured Authors (Representative Selections): Selections from authors known for structural experimentation, examining how narrative form mirrors thematic concerns regarding instability and identity construction in an information-saturated world. Module 2: Identity, Diaspora, and the Reclaimed Narrative This module centers on literature produced by writers navigating the complexities of transnational existence, migration, and the politics of representation. It examines how language itself becomes a site of negotiation, resistance, and cultural inheritance. Focus Areas: Postcolonial theory in practice, hybrid identities, the linguistic tension between heritage language and adopted vernacular, themes of displacement, belonging, and the construction of diasporic memory. Key Literary Techniques: Code-switching within narrative voice, the use of folklore and myth to anchor narratives of displacement, and the autobiographical impulse in contemporary fiction. Geographical Scope: Texts drawing from the Caribbean, South Asia, the Middle East, and established diaspora communities in North America and Europe. Module 3: The Body, Technology, and Speculative Futures Moving into more recent territory, this section explores the anxieties and possibilities arising from rapid technological advancement and evolving concepts of the human. This includes explorations of bioconservatism, digital existence, and climate precarity. Focus Areas: Cyberpunk aesthetics, eco-criticism, the ethics of artificial intelligence, bioethics, and the representation of the disabled or augmented body. Genre Blending: Examination of how genre fiction (Science Fiction, Dystopia) has migrated into the mainstream literary canon to critique contemporary social structures. Analytical Goals: Students will learn to analyze narrative world-building as a form of social commentary, assessing the long-term implications embedded within speculative narratives. Module 4: Intimate Geographies and Domestic Subversion This module zooms in on the private sphere, analyzing how the microcosm of family, relationship, and domestic space serves as a battleground for larger societal conflicts regarding gender, class, and power dynamics. Focus Areas: Feminist critiques of domesticity, explorations of non-normative relationships, the psychology of prolonged relational tension, and the impact of economic disparity on home life. Stylistic Emphasis: Close reading of interior monologue, stream of consciousness, and subtle use of subtext and implication in dialogue. Literary Styles: Character-driven realism tempered by psychological depth, often employing sharp, minimalist prose or intensely lyrical introspection. Module 5: Lyrical Innovation and the Poetic Prose The final module shifts focus to texts where linguistic texture and sonic quality take precedence. This section includes excerpts from innovative novels, extended prose poems, and flash fiction collections that prioritize rhythm and imagery over conventional plot momentum. Focus Areas: The musicality of language, figurative density, the use of white space and typographical variation, and the blurring of lines between poetry and narrative prose. Pedagogical Goal: To train students to analyze prose with the same rigorous attention usually reserved for verse, understanding syntax and diction as primary carriers of meaning. Pedagogical Features and Structure Each text within the five modules is accompanied by a suite of advanced study aids designed to scaffold complex interpretation: 1. Contextualizing Introductions: Each author biography and selection is prefaced with a detailed introduction situating the work within its contemporary literary and socio-political milieu. This moves beyond simple biographical facts to analyze the moment the text occupies. 2. Glossary of Advanced Terminology: A running glossary specific to the module, defining complex critical terms (e.g., mimesis, anagnorisis in a modern context, affect theory, unreliable focalization) relevant to the assigned readings. 3. Deep Dive Critical Questions: For every major excerpt, a set of three analytical questions encourages higher-order thinking: Deconstruction: Questions focused on narrative technique, structure, and form. Interpretation: Questions exploring thematic tension and authorial intent/effect. Synthesis: Questions requiring students to connect the specific text to broader literary movements or contemporary critical debates introduced elsewhere in the module. 4. Authorial Craft Essays: Interspersed throughout the book are short, focused essays (written in an accessible academic style) dedicated to specific advanced techniques, such as "The Use of Absence in Narrative Pacing," "Rendering Dialogue in Transcultural Settings," or "Managing Multiple Perspectives without a Single Focalizer." 5. Comparative Analysis Prompts: At the end of each module, structured essay assignments require students to draw nuanced comparisons between at least two distinct texts studied, focusing on divergence in style or convergence in theme under specific critical lenses. 6. Research Trajectories: Suggestions for further independent study, including related critical theory monographs, relevant films, and supplementary primary source materials that illuminate the themes of the selected literature. Intended Student Outcome Upon completion of Literature for English (Advanced) 3, the student will be equipped to: Analyze contemporary literary texts written in diverse registers, recognizing subtleties in irony, allusion, and linguistic experimentation. Articulate sophisticated critical arguments in both written and oral forms, supported by precise textual evidence and engagement with established critical frameworks. Understand the complex relationship between literary form and socio-historical context in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Approach previously unfamiliar advanced texts with confidence, possessing the methodological tools to unlock their structural and thematic depths. Develop a mature, well-informed critical voice capable of contributing meaningfully to advanced literary discourse.