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XB1 Unit 4 Extended Reading
Li Bai and
his romantic poetry
He grew up in the most glorious period of the Tang Dynasty.
He had a love for liquor.
He is one of the romantic poets.
He was Du Fu’s good friend.
He was known as “Poet immortal”.
Lead-in
Go through the essay and try to find the general idea of each paragraph.
Please figure out the structure of the passage.
to Li Bai’s Romantic style.
(shape) of Li Bai’s romantic style.
(analyze)of Li Bai’s romantic style.
The status and of Li Bai and his poems.
Para 1
Para 2-4
Para 5
Para6
Introduction
Shaping
Analysis
influence
A Night Stay at a Mountain Temple
A hundred feet the temple towers;
I can reach out for the stars in the sky.
But I dare not speak in a voice loud,
For fear of scaring dwellers on high.
(Para1) Introduction to Li Bai’s romantic style
A Night Stay at a Mountain Temple
A hundred feet the temple towers;
I can reach out for the stars in the sky.
But I dare not speak in a voice loud,
For fear of scaring dwellers on high.
夜宿山寺
危楼高百尺,手可摘星辰。
不敢高声语,恐惊天上人。
A Night Stay at a Mountain Temple
A hundred feet the temple towers;
I can reach out for the stars in the sky.
But I dare not speak in a voice loud,
For fear of scaring dwellers on high.
striking imagination
romantic style
Li Bai and his romantic poetry
A sign of
Why Li Bai can become a great romantic poet
Now, let’s read Para 2-Para 4
to find out topic sentence of each paragraph.
Li Bai and his romantic poetry
(Para2-4) shaping of Li Bai’s romantic style
Para 2: Li Bai’s love of reading and travelling from an early age contributed to his romantic style…
Para 3: Driven by a burning desire for adventure and travel, Li Bai left home and started to travel around in his twenties.
Para 4: Li Bai’s romantic style was also deeply rooted in the social and historical context.
(Para2-4) shaping of Li Bai’s romantic style
Para 2: Li Bai’s love of reading and travelling from an early age contributed to his romantic style…
Para 3: Driven by a burning desire for adventure and travel, Li Bai left home and started to travel around in his twenties.
Para 4: Li Bai’s romantic style was also deeply rooted in the social and historical context.
Personal experiences
Historical background
Li Bai’s romantic poetry
para.2:
para.3:
para.4:
Reading Paras. 2–4
Mind map
love of reading
love of travelling
social and historical context
what
Li Bai’s love of reading
when he was only five years old:
at the age of ten:
Reading Para. 2
study the classics
read ancient philosophers: Confucianism, Taoism
what
Let’s read Para 2 to find out the answer.
Li Bai’s love of reading
when he was only five years old:
at the age of ten:
Reading Para. 2
study the classics
read ancient philosophers: Confucianism, Taoism
what
Let’s read Para 2 to find out the answer and fill in the blanks.2mins for you.
He familiarized himself with classical Chinese culture and acquired the wisdom of previous generations.
by reading all kinds of books
Li Bai’s romantic poetry
para.2:
para.3:
para.4:
Reading Paras. 2–4
Mind map
love of reading
love of travelling
social and historical context
what
where
Read Para 3 to find out the footsteps Li bai covered
Li Bai’s footsteps
cover almost the whole country
famous mountains
great rivers
encounter different customs
and practice
cover almost the whole country
famous mountains
great rivers
encounter different customs
and practice
nourished his love of nature and inspire him to write numerous poems in the romantic poetry
Li Bai’s romantic poetry
para.2:
para.3:
para.4:
Reading Paras. 2–4
Mind map
love of reading
love of travelling
social and historical context
what
where
How
Read Para 4 and answer the questions.
Para. 4
What’s the social and historical context of Li Bai’s romantic style How did it influence Li Bai’s poetic production
economic boom and social stability
free and unconstrained personality
open and tolerant atmosphere
in turn
Li Bai lived in the most glorious period of the Tang Dynasty
Given his personal experiences and the historical background, it is only natural to see that the majority of Li Bai’s poems are characterized by the romantic style. Even the most uninformed reader would not fail to be impressed by the poet’s rich imagination. The moon and stars in the sky, the natural landscape and the figures in legends all become a vehicle for his imagination. Equally impressive is Li Bai’s free expression of strong feelings, which breathes vitality into the lifeless objects he describes, and which distinguishes him from other landscape poets. These features are inseparable from Li Bai’s wide use of exaggeration, metaphor and other artistic techniques. The poem below, written in his fifties, is representative of him romantic style:
Para. 5 Analysis of Li Bai’s romantic style.
What contributes to his romantic style
Given his personal experiences and the historical background, it is only natural to see that the majority of Li Bai’s poems are characterized by the romantic style. Even the most uninformed reader would not fail to be impressed by the poet’s rich imagination. The moon and stars in the sky, the natural landscape and the figures in legends all become a vehicle for his imagination. Equally impressive is Li Bai’s free expression of strong feelings, which breathes vitality into the lifeless objects he describes, and which distinguishes him from other landscape poets. These features are inseparable from Li Bai’s wide use of exaggeration, metaphor and other artistic techniques. The poem below, written in his fifties, is representative of him romantic style:
Para. 5 Analysis of Li Bai’s romantic style.
What contributes to his romantic style
what makes Li Bai different from other landscape poets
Given his personal experiences and the historical background, it is only natural to see that the majority of Li Bai’s poems are characterized by the romantic style. Even the most uninformed reader would not fail to be impressed by the poet’s rich imagination. The moon and stars in the sky, the natural landscape and the figures in legends all become a vehicle for his imagination. Equally impressive is Li Bai’s free expression of strong feelings, which breathes vitality into the lifeless objects he describes, and which distinguishes him from other landscape poets. These features are inseparable from Li Bai’s wide use of exaggeration, metaphor and other artistic techniques. The poem below, written in his fifties, is representative of him romantic style:
Para. 5 Analysis of Li Bai’s romantic style.
what makes Li Bai different from other landscape poets
What contributes to his romantic style
My silver hair is three thousand feet long,
白发三千丈,
Because my sorrow is deep and strong.
缘愁似个长。
How can the autumn frost white
不知明镜里,
Be cast into the mirror bright
何处得秋霜?
(“Autumn Frost”)
(秋浦歌)
Pay attention to the artistic techniques of Li Bai’s romantic style.
Exaggeration
Free expression of strong feelings
metaphor
Para. 6 The value and influence of Li Bai and his poems
With his extraordinary imagination, free expression of strong feelings and mastery of language, Li Bai is widely recognized as the greatest romantic poet after Qu Yuan. Generations of poets, both in China and abroad, owe a debt to his inspirational poems. One such poet is Ezra Pound, a 20th-century American poet. He was fascinated by Li Bai’s poems and translated some of them in his 1915 poetry collection entitled Cathay. Today Li Bai’s poetry continues to be enjoyed by countless readers around the world.
Li Bai and his romantic poetry
Summary
Li Bai and his romantic poetry
Summary
Why Li Bai can become a great romantic poet
Li Bai and his romantic poetry
Summary
Why Li Bai can become a great romantic poet
How did Li Bai write romantic poems
Li Bai and his romantic poetry
Summary
Why Li Bai can become a great romantic poet
How did Li Bai write romantic poems
What influence did his romantic poems bring
Extension
课文原文填空
Li Bai’s love of reading and travelling from an early age contributed __ his romantic style. He started reading ancient philosophers the age of ten. By reading books of all kinds, he familiarized himself classical Chinese culture. (drive) by a burning desire adventure, Li Bai started to travel around in his early twenties. He visited famous mountains and great rivers, (encounter) different customs. These travelling inspired him ___ (write )numerous poems in the romantic style. Li Bai’s romantic style was also deeply (root) in the most glorious period of the Tang Dynasty. (give)his personal experiences and the historical background, the majority of Li Bai’s poems are _________ (character) by the romantic style.
Li Bai is (wide) recognized the greatest romantic poet after Qu Yuan.
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