Approach the Classics · 1: Junior High School Cultural Reader: Junior High School Cultural Reader

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