英语文学写作.docx
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英语文学写作英语文学写作Theterm'literarywriting'callstomindworksbywriterssuchasShakespeare,Milton,orWordsworth;definitiveexamplesofallthatthetermimplies.Weinstinctivelyassociatethetermwithcharacteristicssuchasartisticmerit,creativegenius,andtheexpressionofmankind'snoblestqualities.InthisessayIwillexploresomeofthecharacteristicsofthiskindofwriting.Literaryworksareprimarilydistinguishablefromotherpiecesofwritingbytheircreative,orartisticintent.Apieceofliteraturediffersfromaspecializedtreatisesonastronomy,politicaleconomy,philosophy,orevenhistory,inpartbecauseitappeals,nottoaparticularclassofreadersonly,buttomenandwomen;andinpartbecause,whiletheobjectofthetreatiseissimplytoimpartknowledge,oneidealendofthepieceofliterature,whetheritalsoimpartsknowledgeornot,istoyieldaestheticsatisfactionbythemannerofwhichithandlesitstheme.Thewriterofthispassageemphasisesthedistinctionbetweenwritingofdidacticpurposeandliterarywritingwhichhasthatother,aesthetic,dimension.Infundamentaltermsliteratureis'anexpressionoflifethroughthemediumoflanguage',butlanguageusedmoreprofoundlythanwhenusedsimplytoconveyinformation.Thefollowingtwoextracts,forexample,bothdescribingonepartner'sresponsetomaritalproblems,aredifferentinboththeirformandtheirintent:Manycriticsdatethecrumblingoftheirmarriagebacktothatunfortunateepisode,butDavidwasdelightedwhenheheardthatLynnehadproducedadaughterfromhermarriagetoanAmericandoctor.AndHerwritinghandstopped.Shesatstillforamoment;thensheslowlyturnedinherchairandrestedherelbowonitscurvedback.Herface,disfiguredbyheremotion,wasnotaprettysightasshestaredatmylegsandsaid..Thefirstpiece,fromanewspaper,givesatypicaltabloidaccountofabrokenmarriage.Itplainlystatesthepositionofthetwopartiesinvolved,(butwithanattitudeakinto'gossip').Thetoneofthesecondpieceislessfactualandmoredescriptive.Herethewriterissetsouttodepictaparticularscene,thatofawomandistressedbythediscoveryofsomeunsavouryinformationconcerningherhusband,andemployssuchdevicesastheuseofemotivewords,such