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Whatisclassicliterature?
Classicsaretheantiquesoftheliteraryworld.Theyarenovels,playsandpoemsthatwerewrittenalongtimeagoandweresowellwrittenandwellreceivedthatpeoplestillreadthemtoday.Theyareexamplesofgreatwritingandwisdom,andeventhosewrittencenturiesagocanstillbefoundinbookshopsandlibrariestoday.
Becausealotofclassicswerewrittensolongago,thelanguageusedinthemisquitedifferentfromthelanguageusedtoday.Thismakesthemdifficultforsomepeopletoread,andoften,theclassicsarelefttogatherdustonshelves.Manypeopledonotreadthembecausetheythinkthattheyareold-fashionedandboring,andhavenothingtodowithlifetoday.
However,ifthisistrue,whydowestillfindclassicsinbookshopsandlibraries?
Theyhavenotdisappearedandstillhaveaplaceintheworldtoday.Whyelsewouldmanyfilmsbasedonthembesuccessful?
In1995,Clueless,theaward-winningfilmbasedonJaneAustin’snovelEmma,wasreleased.Threeyearslater,in1998,amodernadaptationofCharlesDickens’snovelGreatExpectationsappearedincinemas.Idonotthinkthattheseclassicnovelswouldbemadeintofilmsiftheyhadnothingtodowithlifetoday.
CharlesDickens:
‘England’sgreatestwriter’
CharlesDickenswasborninPortsmouth,Englandin1812.Hewrotemanynovels.OliveTwist,DavidCopperfieldandGreatExpectationsareprobablyhisbest-knownworks.Hefirstpublishedmanynovelsonechapteratatimeinnewspapers,andsomewerelaterperformedonstage.Forpeopleatthattime,hisstorieswerelikethesoapoperasweseeonTVtoday.
Hediedin1870andhistombreads,‘byhisdeath,oneofEngland’sgreatestwritersislosttotheworld.’
GreatExpectations
GreatExpectationsissetinEnglandintheearly1800s.DickensusesPip,themaincharacter,totellthestory.Pipisnotonlyacharacter,healsotellsthestoryofGreatExpectations.PipliveswithhisoldersisterandherhusbandJoe.Pip’ssisterseldomhasakindwordtosay,butJoeisakindandsimpleman,whowouldratherdiethanseeanyharmcometoPip.
Pip,whoissevenyearsoldwhenthestorybegins,isinamistyfieldoftombswhenamanappearsandfrightenshim.MistisasymbolofdangeranduncertaintyinGreatExpectations.Classicnovelsoftenhavesymbolswhichaddinterest,tensionordeepermeaningtothetext.Readersmaynotbeabletoseethedanger,sotheyneedasymbollikethemisttomakeitclearertothem.
ThereisatwistintheplotwhenaverygenerousstrangergivesPipalotofmoney.Pipisabout18yearsoldwhenthishappens,andthefortunesetshimfreefromthefinancialworries.PipmakestheabruptdecisiontomovefromKent,whichisaconstantremainderofhisshabbybeginnings,tothebrightlightsofLondon.
ExcitedbyhismovetoLondon,Pipcanhardlywaittobeginhisnewlife.Moneyandeducationhavechangedhim,andbeforelonghedevelopstheshortcomingsofbeingshallowandhavingprejudice,evenagainsthisoldcompanions.PipdislikesitwhenJoecomestovisithiminLondon.Hehasrigidideasofwhatitmeanstobecivilandtobeagentleman,andisembarrassedbyJoehedoesnotfitthese.
PipisbentonbecomingagentlemanandwinningEstella’slove.Estellaisabeautifulgirl,andforPip,sheisasymbolofeducationandmoney.WhatitreallymeanstobeagentlemanisanimportantthemeinGreatExpectations.Isaneducatedpersonwithalotofmoneyagentleman?
Orisagentlemansomebodywhoiskindandgoodtohisfriends?
Bytheendofthenovel,Piphaschangedalot.Helearnsthatwealthdoesnotbuyhappinessandthatfriendsaremoreimportantthanafancyeducation.ThischangeinPipiscalledcharacterdevelopmentandisanimportantpartofanynovel.DoesJoeforgivePip?
DoesPipgetthegirlofhisdreams?
Youwilljusthavetoreadityourselftofindout!
1.Whatdoesclassicliteraturerefertointhepassage?
A.Literaryworkswritteninclassicalform.B.Literaryworkswithalonghistory.
C.Literaryworksthatwerewrittenlongago,wellwrittenandwellreceived.
D.Novels,playsandpoemsthatwerewrittenlongago.
2.Accordingtotheauthor,classicliterature________.
A.isold-fashionedandboringB.hasnothingtodowithlifetoday
C.isnovelsthatcanbemadeintofilmsD.stillhasaplaceintoday’sworld
3.AllofthefollowingarewrittenbyCharlesDickensEXCEPT________.
A.OliverTwistB.ATaleofTwoCitiesC.CluelessD.GreatExpectations
4.Whatis/arethetheme(s)inGreatExpectations?
A.Wealthdoesnotbuyhappiness.B.Whatitmeanstobeagentleman.
C.Friendsaremoreimportantthanafancyeducation.
D.Allofabove.
5.Whatistheauthor’sintentioninwritingthearticle?
A.Shetriestoconvinceustoadoptanewpointofviewt