Approach the Classics · 2: Junior High School Cultural Reader: Junior High School Cultural Reader

Author: Yu Yi
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Publish Date: 2004-07-01
Features: The compilation of this series aims to build a solid foundation of humanities and scientific literacy for contemporary students, based on their current reading needs. It seeks to cultivate a broad cultural perspective and a strong modern awareness, enabling students to develop a solid scientific and humanistic foundation through exposure to classic works. Getting Closer to Classics: Junior High Cultural Reader (Volumes 1 to 6) is the sister series to the already published Getting Closer to Classics: Senior High Cultural Reader (Volumes 1 to 6). This series is edited by the renowned national special-grade Chinese language teacher Yu Yi, jointly written by university professors and frontline secondary school teachers, and is a brand-new Chinese language reader meticulously crafted for middle school students by Shanghai Education Publishing House. The series features the following five content characteristics:
① Emphasizes the classic nature of the selected texts, with all articles included being renowned works by famous authors from ancient and modern China and the world.
② Focuses on the diversity of genres, including novels, poems, essays, dramas, and other literary forms.
③ Highlights the breadth of time, with a wide temporal span covering ancient, modern, and contemporary works.
④ Reflects the vastness of geography, selecting works from authors and creators in multiple countries such as China, Japan, Russia, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France.
⑤ Stresses the novelty of the texts, with editors striving to avoid articles that have appeared in other cultural readers while also paying attention to contemporary classics.
In terms of its format, each unit is equipped with an "Information Platform" and "Related Links," providing supplementary basic knowledge and cultural facts related to the selected texts. This guides students to fully understand the articles, engage in dialogue with classics, expand their thinking space, and enhance their innovative abilities.